Resolution 135-1992
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RESOLUTION NO. 135-1992
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, ET AL. TO RESCIND
THE PLAN TO REMOVE SR4A ON CUDJOE KEY.
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WHEREAS, the Cudj oe Key Bike Path, also known as the Old
Overseas Highway, or Old State Road 4A, running along and
parallel to U.S. Highway 1 for the length of Cudjoe Key, serves
as a safe and scenic recreation route for biking, hiking, and
enjoyment of the Lower Florida Keys' natural environment,
providing serene and unspoiled vistas, with educational potential
of enormous value; and
WHEREAS, said Cudjoe Key Bike Path may serve, in dire
emergencies, as an alternative route for essential traffic
during emergencies which may close U.S. 1 to traffic; and
WHEREAS, said Cudjoe Key Bike Path, having been in place for
over 60 years, and as one of the very few remaining segments of
the original Overseas Highway, is of significant historical
value; and
WHEREAS, said Cudjoe Key Bike Path is in clear and imminent
threat of destruction (i.e., removal) at the hands of the Florida
Department of Transportation, with the agreement of Florida
Department of Environmental Regulation (and other agencies) to
mitigate environmental damage, in the form of illegal fill placed
in wetlands during DOT construction elsewhere on Cudjoe Key; and
WHEREAS, removal of the Cudjoe Key Bike Path which has been
in place for over 60 years and is therefore quite stable
ecologically, would severely disturb the flora and fauna of the
area for many years to come; and
WHEREAS, Southern Bell has, at significant expense, recently
placed a fiber-optic cable in a trench beneath the Cudjoe Key
Bike Path, removal of which would be necessary and very
expensive, the cost to be passed on to either taxpayers or
telephone customers, and is contemplating litigation to void the
mitigation agreement as it affects their interests;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1.
The Board respectfully requests the Florida
Departments of Transportation and Environmental Regulation, as
well as other agencies involved in the mitigation proj ect, to
rescind the plan to remove SR4A on Cudjoe Key (DER project number
441951755), and to seriously consider alternative mitigation
work, in cooperation with local government and civic groups.
Section 2.
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That a coordinating committee be established
comprised of Commissioner Jack London, Lorenzo Aghemo, Planning
Director, representatives of the two homeowners associations
(Cudjoe Key Homeowners Association, Inc. and Cudjoe Gardens
Property Owners Association), Dr. Peter Kalla, Florida Game and
Freshwater Fish Commission, and representatives of agencies that
were parties to the original mitigation agreement which resulted
in the above-cited permit and required mitigation, for the
purpose of recommending alternatives to the destruction of the
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existing Old Overseas Highway (SR4A) and deprivation of its use
to area residents.
Section 3.
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That title searches need to be done on the
property on which the old SR4A roadbed lies, as ownership of the
property may be in question.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a special meeting of the Board held on
the 27th. day of Febru~r~, A.D. 1992.
Mayor Harvey
Mayor Pro Tem London
Commissioner Cheal
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner Stormont
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Mayor/Chairman
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ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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