Item H1LAND AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: September 17, 2008
Division: Land Authority
Bulk Item: Yes No X Staff Contact / Phone #: Mark Rosch / 295-5180
Agenda Item Wording: Approval of the minutes for the August 20, 2008 meeting.
Item Background: N/A
Advisory Committee Action: N/A
Previous Governing Board Action: N/A
Contract/Agreement Changes: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Approval
Total Cost: $ Budgeted: Yes _ No
Cost to Land Authority: $ Source of Funds:
Approved By: Attorney _ County Land Steward
Documentation: Included: X To Follow: Not Required:
Disposition: Agenda Item
MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY
GOVERNING BOARD
August 20, 2008 Meeting Minutes
The Governing Board of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority held a regular
meeting on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at the Marathon Government Center located at 2798
Overseas Highway, Marathon, Florida. Chairman Sonny McCoy called the meeting to order at
10:12 AM. Present and answering roll call, in addition to Chairman McCoy, were Commissioner
Sylvia Murphy, Commissioner George Neugent, and Commissioner Dixie Spehar. Mayor Mario
Di Gennaro was absent. Also in attendance were Executive Director Mark Rosch, Office
Manager Kimberly Nystrom, Counsel Larry Erskine, and members of the press and public.
The first item on the agenda was approval of the minutes for the meetings held on June 18,
2008 and July 28, 2008. A motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by
Commissioner Murphy to approve the minutes as submitted. There being no objections, the
motion carried (4/0).
The next item was approval of a contract to purchase the Sea Grape Apartments Phase II site in
Marathon (RE #103560-000201 and 103560-000203) for affordable housing. The total cost of
the acquisition was $471,737.50. Mr. Rosch addressed the Board. A motion was made by
Commissioner Spehar and seconded by Commissioner Murphy to approve the item. Mayor Di
Gennaro entered the meeting and took his seat at the dais during the Board's discussion. Roll
call was as follows: Mayor Di Gennaro, yes; Commissioner Murphy, yes; Commissioner
Neugent, yes; Commissioner Spehar, yes; and Chairman McCoy, yes. The motion carried
(5/0).
The next item was approval of a resolution authorizing the conveyance of the Sea Grape
Apartments Phase II site (RE #103560-000201 and 103560-000203) to the Monroe County
Board of County Commissioners for affordable housing. Mr. Rosch addressed the Board. A
motion was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Spehar to
approve the item. There being no objections, the motion carried (5/0). [Resolution 07-2008]
The next item was approval to purchase the following property for conservation:
a) Seven parcels in Pine Heights, Sea View, Sands, and Koehns subdivisions on Big Pine Key.
The specific lots were Block B, Lots 8, 9 and 10, Pine Heights; Square 39, Lots 7 and 8, Sea
View; Block 49, Lot 12, Sands; and Block 4, Lot 5, Koehns. The total cost was $23,292.75.
b) Eight parcels on No Name Key (RE #107970-000000) and in Palm Villa and Silas Knowles
subdivisions on Big Pine Key. The specific parcels were Block 9, Lots 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9, and
Block 10, Lot 13, Silas Knowles; Block 3, Lot 5, Palm Villa; and RE #107970-000000 on No
Name Key. The total cost was $89,178.00.
c) Big Pine Key acreage parcel RE #110610-000000. The total cost was $51,674.00.
d) Block 6, Lot 50, North Sugarloaf Acres on Sugarloaf Key. The total cost was $16,543.50.
e) Block 9, Lot 20, Bahia Mar Estates on Key Largo. The total cost was $81,161.00.
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A motion was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Murphy to
approve items a through a above. There being no objections, the motion carried (5/0).
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:17 AM.
Minutes prepared by:
Mark J. Rosch
Executive Director
Approved by the Board on:
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