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MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION NO. 047 - 2025
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AMENDING RESOLUTION 075-2022 TO ELIMINATE
ITEM 80 FROM THE POTENTIAL SOLUTION LIST OF PROJECTS
WITHIN APPENDIX G OF THE APPROVED U.S. 1 TRANSPORTATION
MASTER PLAN THAT COULD ALLEVIATE CONGESTION ON U.S. 1.AND
ASSIST IN IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ON U.S. 1.; AND
FORWARDING THE PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHEREAS, Monroe County policies and regulations adopted in the Monroe County
Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code are to maintain public health, safety, and welfare of
the citizens of the Florida Keys and to strengthen our local government capability to manage land use
and development; and
WHEREAS, Policy 301.4.1 of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan requires Monroe
County to complete a Transportation Strategy Master Plan, through its Long Range Transportation Plan,
by May 2021, incorporating an intelmodal transportation system and considerations of climate change
implications; and
WHEREAS, Policy 301.5.2 of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan requires by May 2021,
Monroe County shall complete the County's Long Range Transportation Plan incorporating the
considerations of climate change implications; and
WHEREAS, Policy 401.3.1 of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan states by May 2021,
Monroe County shall complete a Transportation Strategy Master Plan, through its Long Range
Transportation Plan, to enhance mass transit for all residents and visitors, in coordination with
municipalities and Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS,Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Policy 301.1.2 and Land Development Code
Sections 114-2 and 114-200 adopt the overall and segment level of service (LOS) standard for U.S. 1 as
LOS "C," represented by a median speed of 45 mph; and
WHEREAS, on February 17, 2021, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
(BOCC) adopted the recommendations of the U.S. 1 LOS Task Force and the 2021 Updated
Methodology Document,A Methodology To Assess Level-Of-Service On US-1 In The Florida Keys for
County use; and
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WHEREAS, the 2021 U.S. 1 Arterial Travel Time and Delay Study (ATTDS) reports an
overall LOS Con U.S. 1 with a median speed of 45.5 mph and two (2) segments within the
Islamorada, Village of Islands operate below the adopted LOS standard (LOS D for Windley,
Segment 20 and LOSE for Upper Matecumbe, Segment 19); and
WHEREAS, the ATTDS has continually identified one or more segments within the Islamorada,
Village of Islands as operating below the adopted LOS standard for the County; and
WHEREAS,the Florida Keys are a chain of islands that are connected to each other and the mainland
by 112 miles of US Highway 1 (U.S. 1), extending from Key Largo to Key West; and
WHEREAS, traffic issues on U.S. 1 affect the health, safety, welfare, economic
sustainability and quality of life of the residents and visitors to the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys are dependent on a safe, attractive, resilient, sustainable, and
efficient access and travel along U.S. 1 throughout Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the Monroe County BOCC approved the completion a
Transportation Master Plan to provide recommendations for U.S. 1 improvements to remedy Level of
Service issues and to improve traffic flow within Monroe County and multimodal improvements; and
WHEREAS, the development of the U.S. 1 Transportation Master Plan includes reviewing
relevant existing data, such as traffic volumes, crash data, transit information; meetings with stakeholders
to get input on transportation issues and improvement opportunities;public input from numerous sources
and public meetings; analyzing these factors to identify potential issues and develop potential high-level
solutions, including roadway and multi-modal solutions to address the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists,
public transit, and vehicular traffic; and
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2021, at their regular meeting, the Monroe County BOCC adopted
the U.S. 1 Transportation Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. 1 Transportation Master Plan recommended potential project list will be
further reviewed by the Monroe County BOCC to evaluate the opportunities, constraints and to select
and prioritize the projects at future meetings; and
WHEREAS, the municipal jurisdictions provided Monroe County BOCC with
recommendations from U.S. 1 Transportation Master Plan recommended potential project list; and
WHEREAS, the compiled list of potential projects from the County and municipalities were
prioritized through the review and input from the Florida Keys Transportation Coordination Committee
(FKTCC) at a meeting on January 24, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the FKTCC provided an overall recommendation to the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners via FKTCC Resolution 01-2022; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County BOCC considered the recommendations of the FKTCC at a
meeting on February 16, 2022, provided for public input and prioritized the potential project list with
the coordinated submission to Florida Department of Transportation(FDOT); and
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WHEREAS, coordinated and comprehensive solutions are necessary for the traffic flow,
congestion, safety and other transportation issues that affect the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, the FDOT is tasked with providing a safe statewide transportation system that
ensures the mobility of people and goods, enhances economic prosperity, and preserves the quality of
our environment and communities, and
WHEREAS, the partnership with FDOT is important to address and solve transportation issues
affecting the Florida Keys and recognizing the importance of and support for maintaining a safe,resilient
and efficient access and travel along U.S. 1;
WHEREAS, on February 16,2022 the Board of County Commissioners passed Resolution
075-2022 which identified recommendations to FDOT for potential solutions to the County's traffic
goals; and
WHEREAS, the Resolution 075-2022 had 12 priority projects that included item 80
that contemplated a feasibility study to restrict traffic to a "RIGHT TURN ONLY" and/or a traffic signal
at the intersection of US-1 and Aviation Boulevard/72nd Street in the City of Marathon; and
WHEREAS, the FDOT formally noted that this location does not meet the warrant criteria for
a traffic signal after completing a Qualitative Assessment (Intersection) for SR 5/Overseas Highway
at Aviation Blvd in 2015 and the Sheriff is also in agreement that a stop light is not needed at this
intersection.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals and statements of legislative intent are true and correct and are
hereby incorporated as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: This Resolution supersedes and replaces Resolution 075-2022.
SECTION 3: Pursuant to the goals of improving traffic flow, alleviating congestion, improving
and maintaining the level of service for U.S. 1, enhancing safety and improving intermodal
transportation systems, the Board of County Commissioners has identified recommendations from
the potential solution list for the traffic goals listed above.
SECTION 4: The Board of County Commissioners does hereby provide the following
recommendations as listed in Exhibit I and incorporated herein, which includes removing Item 80 as
listed in Exhibit 1 to County Resolution 075-2022.
SECTION 5: The Board of County Commissioners recommendations are projects that benefit and
serve all Monroe County residents, enhancing their quality of life, while also considering visitors and
fostering economic sustainability for the Florida Keys.
SECTION 6: The Board of County Commissioners authorizes staff to forward this list of Primary
Priority Recommendations addressing the predefined Potential Solutions List of concerns defined in
the Transportation Master Plan as ranked and notated by the County and the municipalities, with the
removal of item 80 from the priority projects list, to FDOT.
SECTION 5: This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
PASSED:AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of:Monroe County, Florida, at a
• reg ular meetin of said board on the 15th dayof January2025. i
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