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CONCERNED
CITIZENS OF DUCK KEY - May 20, 2002
LETTER
Dear Property
Owners of Duck Key,
The following is an
update of the political situation as it now stands
concerning the build out at Hawks Cay and the waste water
plan they have tied to it.
As most of you
know, the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) did step
in to appeal the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)
vote to approve both items on March 12th based upon
its so called validity as being "outside" of the rate of
growth ordinance. The DCA ruled that county attorney Jim
Hendrick's position on the build out was invalid and
would not agree and further stated that the waste water
issue should be "de-coupled" from the Development of
Regional Impact (DRI).
CCDK was elated
with this news as it appeared that the DRI would be
stopped and the sewer issue would stand alone and not be
forced upon us by Hawk's Cay developers and the
county.
THIS WAS
NOT TO BE!!
With noticeable
swiftness, the DCA then announced that a new plan was in
effect whereby the developer could purchase Transferable
Development Rights (TDR) and use them to build at Hawk's
Cay. This could have been the plan all along but why buy
TDRS if you can get by with "phantom" development rights
as originally postulated by Mr. Hendricks???
The DCA has now
thrown the whole matter back to the BOCC for their vote
of approval or denial.
We were scheduled
on the May 15th meeting agenda and were prepared to make
our stand to convince a majority of the board to vote our
way. Our attorney, Vincent Damian, was prepared and
thought we had a very good chance of victory. However, at
the last minute, we were pulled off the docket and
re-scheduled on June 1 9thy. Either the developer was not
ready or he wanted to wait for the great summer exodus
from Duck Key, or both.
It appears at this
time that we have a very good opportunity to defeat the
DRI and separate the sewer issue at the June 19th
meeting. We will, of course, need Mr. Damian to present
our case which will cost more money. We are about "on
board" with exspenses, having collected about $30,000 to
date...We need about $5,000 more to see us through the
summer. Please contribute whatever you can to finish this
struggle to protect our way of living on Duck
Key.
We have been made
aware of two letters from present and past DKPOA officers
stating that DKPOA does not oppose more buildings at
Hawk's Cay or the developers plan of tying us into Hawk's
Cay outdated sewer plant. These letters have served as
the perfect catalyst to galvanize DKPOA into action,
which has been one of our goals since the
outset.
Mr. Art ApKarian,
President of DKPOA, has seized the opportunity to take a
very positive political stand and finally set the record
straight with Representative Sorenson, Secretary Seibert
of the DCA and all of our County Commissioners that DKPOA
as well as CCDK firmly oppose the build out and want the
opportunity to make all waste water decisions without
pressure from developers or County officials.
Our congratulations
to Art for having the insight and courage to speak out on
these issues and not be content with DKPOA taking a
"neutral" position on matters so vital to our
future.
We would like to
have as many Duck Key residents as possible at the June
19th meeting to show our county commission that we are
alive and well and need to be recognized.
Please remember
that this stand represents the wishes of the majority of
Duck Key residents. Much hard work has gone into getting
us to this point. Don't let the summer "blahs"-make us
apathetic. This is what the developers are counting
heavily on. We need this push at this meeting by your
physical presence if possible We also need more
dollars.
I waant to take
this opportunity to thank all of those who have so
generously contributed to this effort. It has been a
great effort by all and it has been a privilege for me to
work with so many people who really care about Duck
Key.
Sincerely,
Tom Davis,
President, CCDK
Directors, CCDK
Corp
President - Tom Davis
Treasurer - George Prout, MD Tom
Davis
Directors - Louise Skidmore, Tillie Theodore,
Dennis D'Angelo, Ward Doyle MD,
Mickey Bohan, James Hankins, ESQ., Jane Marter
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