Item J2BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Wed., May 21, 2008 Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes No XX Department: Comm. Di Gennaro, District 4
Staff Contact Person: Tamara Lundstrom
(305 289-6000)
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to provide central sanitary wastewater service to the
property owners of No Name Key through inclusion of the area in the Lower Keys Regional
Service Area wastewater treatment and collection system.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to Board direction from April 16, 2008, staff has investigated
and considered the request from No Name Key (NNK) residents for central wastewater sewer
services. Early cost estimates from our partner, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) indicate
the total cost of providing standard central sewer service to NNK could be approx. $2.5 million.
Additionally, hybrid central sewer system proposals have been brought forward to be evaluated for
overall feasibility on NNK and other outlying areas of the Keys that could possibly reduce
installation costs by as much as a third. The direction of the BOCC should be to direct staff to
include No Name Key within the central sanitary wastewater system plan for the Lower Keys
Regional Service Area, which currently encompasses Lower Sugarloaf Key through Big Pine Key.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
June 2000 – BOCC approved the Monroe County Wastewater Management Plan
April 16, 2008 – BOCC approved expansion
of the Summerland/Cudjoe/Sugarloaf Regional Wastewater
System to cover design for Big Pine Key through Ramrod Key and Lower Sugarloaf Key.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
__________________________________________________________________________________
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST: BUDGETED:
TBD Yes No XX
COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS
TBD: ______________________________
REVENUE PRODUCING:AMOUNT PER MONTHYear ____
Yes No
APPROVED BY:
County Atty OMB/Purchasing Risk Management ____
DOCUMENTATION:
Included XX Not Required_____
DISPOSITION:AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 2/05
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From: Mary Bakke (mbakkel00@hotmail.com)
Sent: Tue 5/20/08 8:23 PM
To: Mary Bakke (mbakkel00@hotmail.com)
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From: MacDanes <Beth@MacDanes.com>
To: John Morris
Cc: Mary Bakke <mbakke100@hotmail.com>
Sent: Tue May 20 13:46:03 2008
Subject: Re: Tomorrows BOCC Meeting
We HOPE your son can.
We are meeting in front of the Key Largo Library at 1:00 (MM 101).
My cell# is 714-803-6745
~Beth
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From: John Morris <mailto:JDMORRIS@fau.edu>
To: Beth@MacDanes.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Tomorrows BOCC Meeting
Beth,
Unfortunately, I have a dass tomorrow so I can't make it. I did send emails to
the BOCC and you can certainly count Linda an me as being in the .pro. camp on both
issues.
Another possibility is that my son Dan may be going to the meeting.
Dan Morris
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COMMISSIONERS
From: Mary Bakke (mbakkel00@hotmait.com)
Sent: Tue 5/20/08 8:17 PM
To: Mary BakkE! (mbakke100@hotmail.com)
Dear COmmiS!iioner:
I am writing to express my support for correcting the designation of No Name Key from a
cold spot to a hot spot, and to urge you to vote to connect No Name Key to the planned
central sewer system.
I will not speculate on how No Name Key's hot spot designation was changed, despite
tests of the Bahia Shores canal clearly showing it was a hot spot. Nor willi speculate on
how my neighborhood was "inadvertently" covered by a Coastal Barrier Reef overlay,
despite the fact that the settled density far exceeds the specification. Be assured that the
history of these "errors" will be brought to light at some point.
When I purchased my home, I knew full well that there was no grid electricity on the
island. If anyone had suggested to me, however, that I would one day be required to give
up my flush toilet, I would not have considered the purchase. In my country, a house
without flush toilets has no market value.
The only responsible solution for meeting the 2010 water quality requirements is a central
sewer hookup. Proponents of alternative technology know that it has been tested (on Big
Pine Key) and will not meet the 2010 requirements, and certainly will not meet the more
stringent requirements to follow.
I regret that business keeps me away from the meeting this week, but I will be closely
monitoring the situation. I hope you make the appropriate choices.
John Lentini, CFEI
Scientific Fire Analysis, LLC
www.firescientist.com
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From: Mary Bakke (mbakke100@hotmail.com)
Sent: Tue 5/20/08 8:15 PM
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From: dantejoe@mindspring.com
To: mbakke100@hotmail.com
Subject: Email
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:39:10 -0400
As a owner of property located @ 2084 No Name Key, I am expressing my appreciation
for the support you personally gave to the No Name Key at the past Commissioners
meetings referencing the Central Sewage system on all of our Island. As a
community member of NoName Key it would become our best interest to be restored
as a Hot Spot that allows us to be part of the Central Sewer System throughout our
continuous Keys.
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From: Jennifer' SWeet (jenniferlsweet@msn.com)
Sent: Mon 5/19/08 4:54 AM
To: boccdis3@monroecounty-f1.gov
To Sonny McCoy
Dear Sir, (lli Sonny! ) It was really great to meet you. I was really impressed with all of your
accomplishments. And I am so grateful for your support. To be connected to the central sewer
system is a huge step in cleaning up the reef, and the possibility of being able to have modern
conveniences is enough to make me giddy! It means the world to all of us ,there are a lot of
people everywhere on the island who are grateful for you support and really knocked out that we
have it. I hope that we have a many years to know you. Rick and I will be traveling on business off
and on all summer. We are not sure which meetings we will be able to attend, but we will try to
get to all of them. And we want you to know that you have our support.
Thank you very much
Jennifer Sweet
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From: Jennifer SWeet (jenniferlsweet@msn.com)
Sent: Mon 5/19>/08 5:27 AM
To: boccdls1@rnonroecounty-f1.gov
Dear Commissioners, we would like to have No Name Key re-instated as a hot spot and hooked
up to the central sewer system. Thank you for your support.
Rick Sweet
32857 Tortuga lane
No Name Key, A. 33043
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My letter to George. . . his is the only one that was slightly different.
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Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:08:23 -0400
Subject: Central Sewers for No Name Key
To: neugent-george@monroecounty-f1.gov
Dear George -
We have just seen the Keynoter article of May 14 and are absolutely delighted and encouraged with
the news contained therein! As you know - and we have definitely been in your face lately I _ the
overwhelming majority of homeowners on No Name Key are absolutely committed to seeing central
sewers come to our island. We feel being designated as a "hot spot" is just one of the first steps to
this end.
We are writing today to ask and encourage you to vote in favor of designating No Name Key as a
"hot spot". You are our representative, and we hope you will vote in favor of what your constituents
believe is the best for our island and environment.
We would also like to go on record that we will happily accept electricity! We have been burning
fossil fuels for far too many years now, and the cost is not only getting prohibitive, but the
environmental damage is anything but green. It is time we put away our generators and start using
clean energy off the grid.
We look for your support on May 21st.
Sincerely,
Robert and Ruth Eaken
32844 Bimini Lane
No Name Key, FL 33043
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I sent this, today, to Commissioners Murphy, Nuegent, and Spehar. My
wife sent separate e-mails yeaterday.
From: Rocky Bone (nonamebone@bellsouth.net)
Sent: Tue 5/20/08 6: 22 PM
To: 'Mary Bakke' (mbakkelOO@hotmail.com)
Dear Commissil:lfler
I am writing to r1:lQuesl that the Commission reinstate No Name Key as a "hot spar in the county's sewer planning.
I understand that No Name was originally classified as a "hot spot" and then somehow fell off the list. I feel, as do
most of the island, that it is important that we be recognized as the "hot spar' which the E.P.A found us to be, and
request that we be connected to the central sewer system.
Thank you,
Charles R. Bone
2011 Bahia Shores Road
No Name Key
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Dear Commissioners:
We look forward, with appreciation, to these changes being made, and we look
forward, with energy, to continuing to work with you on this and other projects
that benefit our lives on No Name and in the Keys generally.
I am writing to express my gratitude for your assistance in reinstating No Name
Key as a hot spot and in working to have us connected to the central sewer system.
We, who live on No Name, have enormous appreciation for how special this island
is, for its place in the local ecosystem, and for the uniqueness of the animals who
call our home their own. We work very hard to protect those animals and that
environment, because they were part of what drew us here. At the same time, No
Name is also our home, and it needs to be as resident-friendly as it can be within
the confines of its eco-friendly nature.
The State has mandated a change in our wastewater disposal methods with an eye
toward protecting our environment. After extensive research, we have concluded
(as it appears you have also concluded) that hooking us up to the central sewer
system is the only way to adequately comply with the State's mandate while still
adequately protecting our unique No Name environment. The fact that we were
omitted from the 2000 Wastewater Plan is confusing, but it was that omission that
resulted in our designation as a cold spot. Since the EP A had already designated
No Name (in 1999) as a hot spot, it must have been an oversight that left us out of
the Wastewater Plan; but it can be easily corrected by you, as our current
Commission.
Sincerely,
Judy Lentini
32836 Bimini Lane
No Name Key, FL 33043
305-872-9093
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Ta: Mary Bakke (mbakkelOO@hatmail.cam)
This is essentiiaUy what I wrote (with much redundancy) the commissioners.
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same thing in different ways, ............ .....texts.
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May 20,2008
Dear Commissioner, (
)
As a 45 year veteran of the Florida university system, I am familiar with annual state legislative
bndgel cuts, impetuous mandates. and departments vying for an equitable share of inadequate
funding. The glory of a democracy is not that those with the most votes win. make the best
leaders. and/or represent the best agendas. We have amply evidence this isn't always the ease.
The glory of a democracy is that it proteels the minority and trusts its leaders to make deeisious
that provide equal opportunity for aD.
I could not be more pleased that for the first time in my 20 year residence, No Name Key is being
cousidered commeusuratly with aU the otber Keys. I am grateful for your support of our Key,
and wbereas it has been referred to as unique, it's uniqueness is irrelevant to the provision of a
central waste water conneelion proposed to be afforded to aU citizens of Monroe County. The
matter of waste water compliance is a worthy an etbieaI matter; one deserving of response tbat
bas notbing to do with monetary eIigeneies. As Commissioners. it is your responsiblity to provide
the best designed system along with universal access, qnite apart from any other views. Beware of
enIts, enclaves, and compounds whose conservative views are arrested in an era of Jeffersonian
Democracy and nineteenth century bealth standards. There was a bue and cry a few years back
that Edncation should "go back to basks." It was a mindless idea. Going back to a smaU and
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inadquate curriculum; a time wheu almost no Black childnn graduated from high school presents
a vision of c10thlines and outhouses in backyards and people fighting over water access. We can't.
nor should w,e ever seek go back. We can only hope to keep np with the needs ofthe future. sans
moritoriums. reactionary. and naive visions rooted in the put. A solar community sounds unique.
but it is not realistic. Solar power works for us when the sun shines brightly. One cannot exist
solely by the whims of the weather. AD islands ofthe Keys are reasonably mandated to be in
compliance b:r 2010. It is well establisb......st citizens of No Name Key are eager for the
same central 'waste water connee....e...ioBed for all other citizens. We seek the same
conveniences" and health standards as are enjoyed by the rest ofthe connty. Wben I first
established rc'sideney on No NllIIIe Key. (prior to the availabIiIity of Cell phones) all homeowners
wanted telephone servke so as to be able to call 911 in emergencies. One would think this would
be quickly implimented. Not so. It was attained by no smaIl amount of lobbying over more than a
little resistance. (Reference: The Putueys. and Gatos.) We later sought to get grid electricity. but
it was denied on the most capricious grounds. and via political maneuvering. A waste water
system available to all would seem a matter beyond debate, yet you have listened to "We want.....
"We don.twlltnt..... ad nauseum. You patiently listen at meetings to wbatyou have read from the
same person'!! correspondenee. I contend this is not a debateable issue. As Commissioners. it is
your job to move forward with all due speed to see that the county is in compliance. specifically
providing equal access usuing the best universal plan. The Keys have long sufl'ered from neglect,
and inequitie~:. Alternative solutions cannot be permanent. nor equitably funded as the same
system for all. Wbere did the idea of No Name Key being considered for any alternative system
originate? Other islands require as much or more pipeline as our island. It is a mistaken
assumption to speak of our pipeline as being excessive when contrasted with Big Pine.
Summerland, Marathon. Duck Key. Shark Key. and others. Could the confusion offaetual data.
and the clouding of the ethical issue be related to the matter of eleetricity needed to power the
sewer system~' Nota Bene- AD Keys communities except No Name Key have eleetricity. Too.
every state. allld national preserve and park has access to electricity. (E.G.. on the same water
body are Everglades National Park-Flamingo. and Chokolnskee.) This is an ethical issue; not a
budgetary one,. If eleetrical power is required for us to have access to an equitable sewer system.
we citizens of No Name Key welcome it. We are no different from any other island community in
Monroe County. It will be very hard to convince me that we don't qualify for any service afforded
other county dtizens.
It appears to me to be an inexorably simplex matter, with an equally simple solution. It is meet
and right for "OU (PI) to put an end to the seemingly endless delays and redundaney of verhage.
and deelare your intention to cease and desist considering No Name Key a speeial exception.
There are no @:rounds to do so. This is your moral charge and your responsibility as a
commissioner; without equivocation.
Sincerely,
Bob
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Robert G. BrowD, emeritus professor; retired resideDt of No Name Key and citzeD of MODroe
CODDty
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From: MarsFh:c:@aol.com
Sent: Wed 5/21/08 1 :40 AM
To: mbakkelOiJ@hotmail.com
I AM SORRY BUT I WONT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. BUT I HAVE BEEN BUSY SENDING EMAILS TO ALL OF
THE COUNTY COMMISH AND THE AQUADUCT AUTH.......ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO???????LET ME
KNOW....THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED HARD WORK......MARSHA
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