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02/06/1990 Special RR 053 Special Meeting Board of County Commissioners Tuesday, February 6, 1990 Key Colony Beach A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at 9:00 a.m. on the above date at the City Hall in Key Colony Beach. Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Douglas Jones, Commissioner Eugene Lytton, Commissioner Michael Puto, and Mayor John Stormont. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Randy Ludacer, County Attorney; Garth Coller, Assistant County Attorney; Tom Brown, County Administrator; Donald Craig, Director/Growth Management Division; members of the County Planning Staff; members of the Press and Radio; and the general public. Mayor Stormont discussed the procedures to be observed for the meeting. Mayor Stormont entered for the record a report and letter from Milt Mravic of the Planning Commission relative to that Commission's concerns about Preliminary Report #1 of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan as submitted by BRW, Inc. Prior to commencing the Special Meeting, County Administrator Tom Brown requested that an item concerning the Marathon Jail Site be added to the Agenda on an emergency basis. Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded by Commissioner Harvey to add a discussion of the Marathon Jail Site to the Agenda. Motion carried unani- mously. Mr. Brown made a report to the Board concerning certain recent developments about the Marathon Jail Facility site. Motion was made by Commissioner Puto and seconded by Commissioner Jones to rescind the Board's previous direction to utilize the property near the Monroe County Courthouse in Marathon and authorize the County Attorney to negotiate a Lease and Interlocal Agreement with the Middle Keys Guidance Clinic for use of property and a treatment plant faciility near the American Legion/Guidance Clinic property complex in Marathon. Roll call vote was unanimous. Mayor Stormont read a statement itemizing his con- cerns about the conduct of the Land Use planning process to date. The other members of the Board also offered their comments. Donald Craig, Director/Growth Management Division, addressed the Board concerning a review of Preliminary Report #1 of the Comprehensive Plan update by BRW, Inc. Mr. Fred Goodrow of BRW, Inc. addressed the Board concerning Report #1. Brian LaPointe, Donald Craig, and the Commissioners discussed the preliminary findings of the Water Quality Study delivered to the Board. Dagny Johnson of the Upper Keys Citizens Association briefly discussed the Water Quality Study. The Board then proceeded to receive public input on the population estimates and projections contained in Report #1. The following individuals addressed the Board: Pete Kalla, George Kundtz, Dagny Johnson of the Upper Keys Citizens Association, Bob Ernst of the Florida Keys Citizens Association. Motion was made by Commissioner RR 054 Lytton and seconded by Commissioner Harvey directing that the planning process proceed with the method prescribed in the Statutes concerning population estimates, utilizing University of Florida BEBRS statistics, and to ensure that any variation from those statistics considered unique to Monroe County be foot-noted for guidance of the County Commission. Motion carried unanimously. Donald Craig discussed the on-going traffic analy- sis work. Dr. William B. Stronge of Regional Research Associates made a presentation of the findings of their opi- nion survey. The survey was entered for the record. Mr. Craig returned to consideration of the Preliminary Report #1 and discussed the existing Land Use Inventory. The following individuals addressed the Board concerning the Land Use Inventory: Ross Burnaman, Bob Ernst. Mr. Craig and Mr. Goodrow of BRW, Inc. then discussed the Levels of Service. The following individuals addressed the Board concerning the Levels of Service: Pete Kalla, Dagny Johnson of the Upper Keys Citizens Association, George Kundtz, Bob Ernst. Mr. Craig then proceeded to a discussion of "Definitions". Following a discussion of Preliminary Report #1, Mayor Stormont offered the following directions in the future planning effort: 1. That a list of the bare minimum requirements necessary to comply with F.S. 163 be provided to the Board. 2. That all work material should be reviewed to eliminate everything not minimally necessary to comply with the provisions of F.S. 163. 3. That a list of questions be provided to the Board for response prior to the production of future work products. The following individuals discussed Preliminary Report #1: Ross Burnaman, Dagny Johnson, Bob Ernst, Pete Kalla, and Earl Cheal. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. * * * * *