Resolution 111-1994
Community Services
RESOLUTION NO. III -1994
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE COUNTY COM-
MISSION'S POLICY CONCERNING THE MARATHON
AIRPORT BUFFERYARD VOLUNTEER PROJECT
WHEREAS, the County is the owner of the Marathon Airport and
desires to landscape certain areas of the Airport with vegetation
native to various Keys ecosystems;
WHEREAS, the County's dual purpose for the landscaping is to
create a visual and noise buffer and to bring the endangered
plants of the County to the attention of visitors and residents
alike; and
WHEREAS, the COllnty is willing to provide all ~rathon.are~
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Section 1.
The landscaping tasks for the Marathon
Airport are referred to as the Project in the remainder of this
Resolution. The Volunteers must construct the Project in confor-
mity to the plans described in Exhibit A and the specifica-
tions described in Exhibit B.
Both exhibits are attached and
made a part of this Resolution.
Section 2.
County's Proj ect Manager and the Volunteers'
coordinator are:
Director of Comm\lnity Services
Public Service Building
5100 College Road, Stock Island
Key West, FL 33040
(305)292-4500
Bob Ernst
7525 Gulfstream
Marathon, FL 33050
(305)743-6872
All Project communication needed must be through these individu-
als or any assistants they may designate in writing from time to
time.
Section 3.
Project construction must begin at the
eastern end of the buffer strip (noted as "Upper Keys Hammock" in
Exhibit A). Construction will then move westerly up the strip,
after completion of each section in accord with Exhibit A or as
agreed upon by the County and the Volunteer Coordinator. The
Volunteers may not plant any vegetation within 20 feet of the
existing fence line in order to provide access to FKEC utility
poles.
The Volunteers must coordinate with the FKAA all the
planting adjacent to the bike path due to the proximity of FKAA's
main water line.
Section 4.
The Volunteers must furnish all labor needed
to construct the Project.
Section 5.
The Volunteers may donate funds for the
purchase of vegetation. The County must deposit the donations in
a separate Project account. If available the County will provide
grant funds to the Volunteers for Project construction.
In the
event grant funds are not available, the County will not be
required to match the Volunteers' donation.
Once the donation
and matching funds, if any, are deposited in the Project account,
the County shall purchase the vegetation and other Project
materials, upon the recommendation of the Volunteer Coordinator,
for planting by the Volunteers. The County may only purchase the
quantity and type of vegetation needed for the Project increment,
or increments, authorized by the County's Director of Community
Services. All purchases must be made under the version of the
County's purchasing manual then in effect. The County shall be
responsible for the accounting of all funds received and spent in
connection with the project.
Section 6. The County must pay for the water necessary
to assure the survival of the vegetation until the time it can
survive on rainfall alone. The County shall make a water truck
available to the Volunteers on the days it is not needed for use
elsewhere. The Volunteers are responsible for loading water on
the truck, driving the truck to the Project site, and watering
the vegetation. In the event the County cannot make the truck
available for the amount of time necessary to adequately water
the vegetation, the Volunteers must still transport sufficient
water - via whatever method they select - to keep the vegetation
alive until it can survive on rainfall alone.
Section 7. The Volunteers must assist the County in
obtaining whatever permits are needed for the Project. The
County must issue any County permit needed at no charge.
Section 8. If the Volunteers wish to place signs on the
Project site that explain the various types of vegetation, they
must submit a plan for those signs to the County's Community
Service Director for review. The County may pay for the signs
out of the same funds, and in the same manner, as the vegetation.
Section 9.
The execution of a Volunteer Registration
form by all Volunteers is needed to provide the Volunteers with
workers compensation and liability insurance. Because of that,
no person may work on any aspect of the Project without executing
the form.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 24th day of
March
1994.
Mayor London yes
Mayor Pro Tem Cheal yes
Commissioner Harvey absent
Commissioner Freeman yes
Commissioner Reich yes
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Attest: DANNY KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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PROPOSED PLANT MATERIAL FOR MARATHON AIRPORT
The following .list of trees and shrubs is for the proposed
landscaping along the south side of Marathon Airport. The species
chosen for this plan are representative of the plants growing in
the Florida Keys. The plant groupings are designed to allow a
person walking on the bike path to see the different plants and
their associated communities from the upper Keys, middle Keys, and
the lower Keys with in a mile. The plant communities will include
wetlands, transition areas, pinelands, and hardwood ham.~ocks.
The elevations along the airport lend themselves to this concept
of planting communities. At the western end of the airport, the
end with the D. A. V . building. the ground is low and frequent ly
flooded when it rains. The elevation gradually increases as you
walk east. towards Mosquito Control. .
A series of utility poles run the enti~e length of Lhe area to be
landscaped. They are numbered with the #1 at the west end
(D.A.V.) to #30 at the eastern end (Mosquito Control). The poles
are approximately 250' apart. The location of the following
planting areas will be indicated by the utility pole numbers.
The planting of these areas \vill be completed in 125' sections.
Each 125' section will be mulched (to be supplied by Monroe
County) and then planted with 5 canopy trees. 10 understory trees
10 shrubs. and 20 ground cover. This planting will not include
the area of the terminal. Al so. the area in front of the Flight
DeparLment will be planted in clusters of trees, 0nly. The total
number of trees for this project:
230 canopy trees
460 understory trees
460 shrubs
920 ground cover
The soil will be amended with peat moss, cow manure. rooting
hormones with trace elements. and time release fertili zer with
chelated iron. The plant holes will be dug by a backhoe. The new
plants will be watered by truck two times per week for the first
month and then one time per week until the rainy season begins, to
be supplied by Monroe County.
The following plants are available now in limited quantities. Due
to Hurricane Andrew the availability changes daily. Also species
availabili ty may change with time. It is probable that changes
will be needed at the time of planting to allow for this.
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INITIAL PLANTING SIZE:
Trees 6' to 8' in height, 7 gallon to 10 gallon
Shrubs ~' to 4', 3 gallon
Ground Cover 1', 1 gallon
SECTION, ,
# 1-4
# 4-7
# 7-9
Wetlands
Transition
Pinelands
COMMON NAME
Green Buttonwood
Silver Buttonwood
Pond Apple
Live Oak
Blolly
SHRUBS
Sea Grape
Maidenbush
Necklace Pod
Cocoplum
Sea ox-eye
TREES
Green Buttonwood
Spanish Stopper
Blolly
Jamaica 'Dogwood
Willow Bustic
Myrsine
Silver Buttonwood
7 Year Apple
Wild Tamarind
SHRUBS
Necklace Pod
Sea Ox-Eye
Maidenbush
Lantana
Limber Caper
Bahama Cassia
Coral Bean
GROUND COVER
Golden Creeper
Spider Lilly
TREES
Slash Pines
Silver Palm
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Conocarpus erecta
C. erecta sericea
Annona glabra
Quercus virginiana
Guapira discolor
Cocoloba uvifera
Savia bahamensis
Sophora tomentosa
Chrysobalanus icaco
Borrichia arborescen
Eugenia foetida
Piscidia Piscipula
Dipholis salicitolia
Myrsine floridana
Casasia clusifolia
Lysiloma bahamensis
Lantana involucrata
Capparis flexuosa
Cassia chapmanLi.
Erythrina herbacea
Ernodea littoraJis
Hymenocallis latifolia
Pinus elliotii var.
densa
Cocothrinax argentata
SECTION
# 7-9
# 9-14
It 20-24
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COMMUNITY
Pinelands
COf"IMOl'l Nt\ME
Thatch Palm
Sweet Acacia
SHRUBS
Saw Palmetto
Coontie
Firebush
Quail Berry
Long Stalk Stopper
Mid-Keys Hammock TREES
Gumbo Limbo
Jamaica Dogwood
Black Ironwood
Spanish Stopper
Strangler Fig
Geiger Tree
Wild Tamarind
Pigeon Plum
Crabwood
SHRUBS
Dwarf Bamboo Grass
Cocoplum
Limber Caper
Bahama Cassia
ThrinaK mOrlSll.
Acacia farnesiana
Serenoa repens
Zamia pumila
Hamelia patens
Crossopetalum
ilicifolium
psidium longipes
Bursera simarouba
Krugiodendron ferrel~
Ficus aurea
Cordia sebestena
Coco10ba diversifolia
Ateramnus licidus
GROUND COVER
Blue Porter weed Stachytarpheta jamaicen
Ernodea littoralis
Spider Lilly
Mid-Keys Hammock TREES
Crab wood
Autograph Tree
Red Stopper
Spanish Stopper
Paradise Tree
Black IromJood
Gumbo Limbo
Jamaica Dogwood
Pigeon Plum
Inkwood
SHRUBS
Myrsine
Wild Coffee
Lantana
Cocoplum
Dwarf Bamboo Grass
Cassia
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Clusia rosea
Eugeni.a rhombea
Simarouba glauca
Bursera Simarollba
Exothea p2niculata
Psychotria nervosa
Lantana camara
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SECTION
# 20-24
# 24-26
# 26--30
COMMUNITY , COMMON NAME
Mid-Keys Hammock GROUND COVER
Spider Lilly
CLUSTERS AROUM~ FLIGHT DEPARTMENT
Geiger Tree
Pigeon Plum
Gumbo Limbo
Wild Tamarind
Upper Keys Hammock TREES
Mast ic
Pigeon Plim
Mahogany
Lignum vitae
Paradise Tree
Dahoon Holly
Satinleaf
Jamaica Caper
Wild Tamari.nd
Shortleaf Fig
SHRUBS
Spice wood
Lantana
Cocoplum
Fire Bush
Myrsine
Dwarf Bamboo Grass
GROUND COVER
Spider' Lilly
Golden Creeper
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Mastichodendron
foetidissimum
Swieteniamahogany
Guaicum sanctum
Ilex cassin9
Chrysophyllum
olivitorme
Capparis
cynophallophora
Ficus citrifolia
Calyptranthes
pall ens