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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Al,loust 17. 2000
Bulk Item: Yes No l
Department: Countv Administrator
Agenda Item Wording: Approval to submit a grant proposal to the Florida Communities
Trust for the purchase of property on Key largo.
Item Background: The saee has discussed the concern that a secondary impact of
the Key largo wastewater treatment facility could be increased growth pressures. As a
means of addressing this concern, the BOCC initially discussed dedicating County
infrastructure sales tax revenue toward the purchase and management of vacant land on
Key largo. More recently (on 6/28/00), the Commission discussed using the sales tax
revenue to subsidize the cost of wastewater treatment and requested the land Authority
to assist with the land acquisition initiative.
The Florida Communities Trust (FCT) is now accepting proposals for recreation and
conservation land acquisition projects located in Areas of Critical State Concern. which
would include Key Largo. The FCT application deadline is September 9,2000 and there
will be at least $2.9 million available. FCT grants cover 50% of land acquisition costs.
Under the draft proposal, the land Authority would provide a 50% local match of $1
million toward acquisition costs. while the County would pay for the land management
costs out of general fund and infrastructure sales tax revenue. The specific acquisition
sites would be identified in coordination with the Land Authority and the Planning
Department's Livable CommuniKeys program for Key Largo. An outline of the proposal
will be presented at the August 17 Commission meeting.
Previous Governing Board Action: On 1219/99, the eocc directed staff to work with
the Land Authority in preparing an application for FCT funds.
Staff Recommendation:
Total Cost: $ 2.000.000 plus land manaaement Budgeted: Yes
No --2L-.
Cost to County: $ to be determined {land manaoementl
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMS/Purchasing _Risk Management_
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James L. Roberts
To Follow X Not Required
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DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION: Included
DISPOSITION:
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FCT Program:
Grant Purpose:
Funds Available:
Eligible Applicants:
Application Deadline:
Applications Selected:
Acquisitions Begin:
Grant Expires:
Progress Reports:
Stewardship Reports:
Management Plans:
Outline of Proposal
Purpose:
Amount of Grant:
Local Match Required:
Combined Funds:
Use of Property:
Acquisition Procedures:
Acquisition Staffing:
Stewardship Staffing:
Stewardship Funding:
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KEY LARGO COMMUNIKEYS GRANT PROPOSAL
TO FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST (FeT)
Area of Critical State Concern
To acquire land for recreation or conservation
(Administration, stewardship, and development activities not eligible)
$ 5,429,191 total
$ (2.500,000) for the City of Apalachicola per HB 2403, Section 23
$ 2,929,191 balance available
ACSC counties plus the City of Apalachicola
(The Land Authority and Keys cities are not eligible. See note below"')
September 9,2000
October 5, 2000
January 20. 2001
October 5, 2002
Required and due quarterly
Required and due annually
Required - conceptual plan due with proposal
Site specific plans due within 1 year of property acquisition
Pursuant to the policies in the Conservation and Coastal Management
Element and the Five Year Work Program in the Monroe County Year
2010 Comprehensive Plan, Monroe County recently approved a regional
wastewater treatment system for Key Largo to improve nearshore water
quality. To ensure this infrastructure does not cause the secondary
impact of increasing land development in conflict with the growth controls
and other policies of the Comprehensive Plan, the grant will be used to
acquire fee simple and less than fee simple title to lands on Key largo.
Monroe County's Livable CommuniKeys Program will prepare a
community master plan for Key Largo by July 2002 which will identify the
specific properties to be acquired and will consider lands with the
following characteristics: native habitats; critical habitats for endangered
or threatened species or species of concern; unique geologic features;
features of historic or archaeological significance; conservation and
green/open space potential, passive recreation potential, and private
development rights that need to be retired.
$1 million
$1 million (from the Land Authority)
$2 million
Conservation, open space. resource based parks, or activity based parks
land Authority
land Authority
Growth Management and Public Works
General Fund and Infrastructure Sales Tax
"'Note: This means the grant contract and title to any properties acquired must be in the County's name,
the local match must be held in the County's account, and closing disbursements must come from the
Clerk's Office.
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Task
Write and submit the proposal
Select land to be purchased
Appraise, negotiate, close purchases
Write and submit quarterly progress reports
on acquisition
Write and submit a site specific management plan
for each property acquired within 1 year of purchase
Implement the management plans
Write and submit annual stewardship reports
regarding progress on implementing the management
plans
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Land Authority - lead
Growth Mgt & Public Works .. review
Growth Management and land Authority
Land Authority
land Authority
Growth Management and Public Works
Public Works
Growth Management and Public Works
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RESOLUTION
-2000
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
REQUESTING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
MONROE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO IP,1PLEMENT
THE INTERIM ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE KEY LARGO WASTEWATER
SERVICE AREA
WHEREAS, Rule 64E-6, Part II, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.)
establishes strict new minimum design standards for onsite wastewater treatment
systems in Monroe County that dramatically increase the capital and operating
costs of such systems for property owners; and,
WHEREAS, Rule 64E-6, Part II, F.AC. also provides interim standards
for the repair, improvement and replacement of existing on-site wastewater
treatment systems and cesspits within areas scheduled to be served by a
neighborhood or central sewerage system by December 31, 2004; and,
WHEREAS. the intent of these interim standards is to relieve the financial
burdens placed on property owners in areas scheduled for central sewerage,
who, in first replacing an existing onsite wastewater treatment system with one
that meets the new, very costly design standard, would subsequently be required
to connect to a central or neighborhood sewerage system when it becomes
available within a short period of time; and,
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and the Board of County
Commissioners established a Wastewater Sevvei District to S6ili6 1(6Y Largo.
except for Ocean Reef, in accordance with Chapter 76.441, Section 9(b), Laws
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WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, in coordination with the
Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, has selected a site at Mile Marker 100.5 for the
construction of a 2.25 million gallons per day Advanced Waste Treatment Plant;
and,
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority upon the
recommendation of the Board of County Commissioners has entered into a
contract with the firm of Ogden Water Systems, Inc., to design, build, and
operate a central sewerage system to serve Key Largo between Tavernier Creek
and Mile Marker 106; and,
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WHEREAS, the provIsIons of the contract between the Florida Keys
Aqueduct Authority and Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority require that the entire
system be fully operational within thirty-six (36) months from the notice to
proceed; and,
WHEREAS, this construction and operations schedule, even assuming
any unforeseen delays, will ensure that all existing residence~ with cesspits and
onsite wastewater treatment systems within the service area will be connected to
the Key Largo central sewerage system by December 31, 2004; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners is aware that the
Monroe County Health Department has made an administration decision not to
implement the interim standards for existing onsite wastewater treatment
systems within the Key Largo service area as provided for under Rule 64E-
6.0181, F.A.C., de$pite the fact that a wastewater service district has been
established and a contract for the construction, design, and operation of a central
sewer system has been executed; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners firmly believes the Key
Largo project fully meets the eligibility criteria for application of the interim design
standards within the project's service area, as provided for under Rule 64E-
6.0181, F.A.C.; and,
WHEREAS, further delay in the application of these interim design
standards by the Monroe County Health Department within the Key largo
wastewater service area is unwarranted and will only further burden property
owners. who already are facing hookup fees of possibly more than $5.000 to the
new central system; and.
WHEREAS, with the onset of the peak of hurricane season the Board of
CVUlliy Commissioners is t-xtremely concemed about the financial implications
and possible housing dislocation ramifications for its citizens if the interim design
standards are not immediately applied within the Key largo service area: now
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA, THAT:
1. The Monroe County Health Department is requested to reconsider
its administrative position and make a determination that the Key
Largo service area meets all requirements for interim on-site
wastewater treatment design standards as provided for under Rule
64E-6.0181 (F.A.C.);
2. This resolution should sent to the Director of the Monroe County
Heath Department with copies to, Senator Jones, Representative
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Sorenson. U.S. Environmeni:al Protection Agency, Governor's
Office, Florida Department of Health and Florida Department of
Environmental Protection.
Passed and adopted. by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a meeting of its Board held on the 17th day of August. A.D.,
2000.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Mayor Pro T em George Neugent
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
Commissioner Nora Williams
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:
MA YOR/CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
nF=PI 'TV r.r F=RK
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