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ARCHIVE - Year 2004
Below
you will find a list of flyers, newsletter items,
minutes, and other publications on issues of general
interest to the Duck Key community. Click on an item for
the complete article.
Community archive material has been separated by year. This page contains information for
2004
together with links to archive material for
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, and 2002.
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WHAT'S
NEW ON DUCK KEY - Posted DECEMBER 2004
1. Duck Key Community
Calendar - December
2004
2.
Duck
Key's Ladies' Lunch
Bunch
- Human Interest Story
3.
Duck Key's
Claudia
Milne and Mike
Whitaker,
2004 International EMMY Award Winners
4. Drinking
water
in the Florida Keys is now blended with 5 percent
brackish water.
5.
Welcome
Back Party pictures
hosted by Duck Key Property Association - November 20,
2004
6.
Holloween
pictures
at Club Duck Key by Bob Adams
7. Club
Duck Key Bazaar November
2004 pictures
8.
Club
Duck Key - some new members - Robert and Gene Dyer, Frank
and Vivian Afshari, Dan Sullivan, Anne and Eugene
Francavilla, Mike and Lorene Solomon, Bernard and
Christine Seidling, Donald and Jaqueline Gamache, Wayne
and Barbara Brown
9.
Wastewater
News November 2004
10.
Recent Legal Rulings -
http://www.mattsonlaw.com/pagetwo.htm
October
4, 2004. - Judge Payne's Order on Liability regarding
Compensation for a regulatory taking.
October
8, 2004. - Final Judgment on case involving vested
rights in mixed use (residential/office)
building.
October
30, 2004. - compensation for a regulatory taking.
11.
Property Rights - Attorney James Mattson filed suit on
November 22, 2004 against Monroe County claiming that
plaintiffs (lot owners on Duck Key,Big Pine and
Summerland Key) " . . . have been deprived all beneficial
use of their lots." Though Mattson has filed suit for
just ten plaintiffs, who own 18 parcels of land, he
indicates that such takings have affected "some 8,000
people. This is just the tip of the iceberg."
12.
Property
Rights on Big Pine
Pacific
Legal Foundation announced its filing of a temporary
takings complaint on behalf of Big Pine property
owners against Monroe County.
"No
governmental entity, whether by design or bureaucratic
indifference, may drag its feet for years, denying
property owners the right to reasonably use their
property, without due process and a demonstrated
compelling public interest,"
13.
Repeat of posted Summer Item
-
Millionaires,
soaring property values, taxes, increased windstorm
insurance premiums
in the Florida Keys.
WHAT'S
NEW ON DUCK KEY - Posted OCTOBER and NOVEMBER
2004
1. In
Memorium
for
Donna Janota
2. More
on property value increases
Over
the summer a link was posted to the Coldwell Banker
Schmitt Real Estate Spring 2004 Newsletter
http://www.realestatefloridakeys.com/pdfs/spring2004.pdf
"Sale
price has increased 132% since 1997 in the Lower
Keys, the area with the lowest average cost to
purchase in the Keys. Key West +133% and the Middle
Keys +106%. Upper Keys prices rose 74% in the 5
years since 1999. (1997 stats unavailable)"
A link
to the Summer 2004 report is now provided -
http://www.realestatefloridakeys.com/pdfs/summer2004.pdf
"Average
sale price continues to increase, reaching $495K
with a 25% overall increase from Key Largo to Key
West. . . . Key West experienced the largest growth
with 39% to $672K. The Lower Keys rose 27% to
$363K, Middle Keys up 24% to $521K and the Upper
Keys with 16% growth to $407K."
3.
Several
letters
appeared in the KeyNoter over the summer on the
oversight
of setback
requirement
at Hawk's Cay.
WHAT'S
NEW ON DUCK KEY - Posted SUMMER 2004
1.
Duck Key's Poinciana
Trees
in bloom on Duck Key
2. Improved Subdivision
Masonry designation for Duck Key. Changes made because of
State. More
details
3. Duck
Key Wastewater News
plus notice of Public hearings THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, and
August 31 2004, 6:00 P.M.
5.
Images
of Monroe County Commissioners up for
Re-election
4.
Oversight
on Greenbriar Drive
- Planning Department overlooked setback requirement on
Hawk's Cay employee housing
5 Fran
Copeland - Memorial
Celebration Pictures
-
Club Duck Key
6.
Some Summer
Pictures
7.
Pictures of the Peanut
Butter Hotdog Party at Club Duck Key
8.
Millionaires,
soaring property values, taxes, increased windstorm
insurance premiums
in the Florida Keys
9. Several Postings on
the MattsonLaw.com website may be of interest
Go to http://www.mattsonlaw.com/ambrose/appeal/supreme_ct/fl_sc_review.htm
for particulars and history.
There you will find
background information on the filing of a multi-plaintiff
"taking" lawsuit against Monroe County, Marathon, and
Islamorada, to obtain compensation for the Fair Market
Value on platted lots in the Keys which has be found not
to have vested rights. Co-counsels Jim Mattson and Andrew
Tobin " expect that taking claims in excess of $800
million will be filed. While this will have no impact on
lots on Duck Key if the "taking" lawsuit prevails, the
$800 million in claims would affect all
taxpayers.
10. Letter
to Editor in KeyNoter from Dick
Rudell of
Marathon which mentions Hawk's Cay expansion.
During a flying tour of
the Middle Keys friends ask, "What are those rows of tin
roofs down there?" His response "Having long since gotten
used to the sight, the question reminded me of just how
ugly this sight really is. Other descriptive words used
"all ticky-tacky" and "tin roofs all in a
row".
Villa owners view things
differently and love their Key West style cottages with
tin roofs - Go to pictures
provided by villa home owner.
11. Tin Roofs may be
needed on Yacht Club - Fireworks gave new meaning to
words "home of the brave" - On July 13, 2004 at 9 PM
during a fireworks' aerial display rockets from Hawk's
Cay landed on Ray Pryzbyl's property and exploded. When
"the rockets red glare and the bombs bursting in air"
subsided, Ray was glad that the flag and his home were
still there.
WHAT'S
NEW ON DUCK KEY - APRIL 2004
1.
April
Calendar
2. Club
Duck Key Spring Chicken Dinner Dance - pictures
from Fran Copeland
3. Club
Duck Key Night in Venice pictures
4.
Wastewater
Information
5. KeyNoter
Editorial
- "Sewer systems, costs merit more caution"
"High
water costs in the Keys make the idea of re-use
attractive, until officials run the numbers on the
added expense.
This
may be a case where it's far cheaper to prescribe
native vegetation that doesn't need regular watering
in parks and parkways and forego the expense of re-use
systems. "
6. Duck
Key Wastewater Advisory Committtee - Marathon
Free Press article
April 21, 2004
Advisory
Committee met with the FKAA on April 7.
7. Upper
Keys Reporter article
- "Enclosure Inspections move to Phase 2"
Click on
the link above for an informative article on the changes
and possible impact of Enclosure inspections.
"Inspections
take a new form beginning June 1 in unincorporated
Monroe County. Inspections will take place prior to
the sale of a home . . . . The ordinance says the
intent is to identify for county records any
nonconforming enclosures and to inform new owner."
8.
Key
West Citizen article
- In the article, "Hawk's Cay draws interest of
investigators", reporter Laurie Karnatz provides a
great deal of history on the approval for expansion of
the Hawk's Cay Resort.
"In
June 2003, Monroe County officials delivered seven
boxes of tapes, videos and documents to the FBI's Key
West office in response to a federal subpoena. . . .
Most
of the records had to do with Hawk's Cay Resort, the
sprawling condominium complex, hotel and marina on
Duck Key built by developer Pritam Singh."
WHAT'S
NEW ON DUCK KEY - MARCH 2004
1.
March
Calendar
for Duck Key
2.
Pictures
from Fran and Bill Copeland - Chili
Cookoff
3.
Visual Pollution - unsightly temporary communication
tower erected in February on Hawk's Cay Resort property.
Comment
and pictures
4.
Madi Gra Party - Club Duck Key - Pictures
from Fran Copeland
5. Old
postcard image of the Administration
Building
added to the History section.
6.
Next Month - Noise Pollution and why some Yacht Club
Island residents are contemplating hiring a rainmaker.
7. Fran
Copeland - Pictures of Red
Hat Gathering
- 2004
8.
Food
and Friends
Gathering - pictures from Fran Copeland - March
2004
9.
Reminder - March 25 - Wasterwater Meeting
-
Aquaduct Authority
letter
- Hawk's Cay 7:30 PM
WHAT'S
NEW ON DUCK KEY - FEBRUARY 2004
Pictured
near the Brown and Root complex on Duck
Key.
Cubans
landed on Duck Key February 21, 2004
Several residents heard motors of a go fast boat in the
early AM
Additional
pictures 1
and 2
1.
February
Calendar
2.
Duck
Key's Post Office
3.
Harry
Truman on Duck Key
- new pictures and information about Truman plus links to
written logs of Truman's daily activities while at the
Little White House.
4. Yes,
Conch
Key's Sewage is coming to Duck
Key
Subsidy for Conch Key.
5. In
light of the above, some items of possible interest are
provided below:
Andrew
Tobin, Attorney and Key Largo Wasterwater Board
Commissioner , wrote a letter to the Key Largo Free
Press, in which he stated
"
According to the FKAA, tap water contains nitogen of
3mg per Liter. Therefore treating to 10 mg per Liter
(Best Available Technology) instead of 5 mg/L (Advance
Wastewater Treatment) reduces nitrogen to 95 percent
instead of 98 percent which could be insignificant
compared to the cost/benefit." Tobin points out that
"Operating and maintaining a new AWT system is
estimated to cost 60 to 80 percent more than that for
a conventional secondary treatment facility."
Link
to entire Tobin letter.
Representative
Sorenson has asked state agencies to rethink and
reexamine their data and conclusion on wastewater. For
more information on issues of wastewater in the Florida
Keys go to Implementation
Report
of Chapter 99-395, Laws of Florida (Microsoft Word
Document)
6.
Other
Keys News
-
According
to a quote in an Upper Keys newspaper, Attorney Lee Rohe
believes the County's Growth Management Division has
become an advocate
for developers.
7.
In
memorium
- Duck Key residents Dorothy and Esther
Steinman
8.
PICTURES Fran
Copeland - Voices for Florida Keys Children Luncheon -
2004
9. Island
Clean up - Pictures
of Duck Key Property Owners' Association
volunteers
cleaning up and speading mulch on the island on February
21, 2004.
WHAT'S
NEW ON DUCK KEY - JANUARY 2004
1.
Community
Calendar - January 2004
2. Tom's
Harbor Keys for Sale at $2.9 Million - The two islands
which are southwest of Duck Key's Harbour Island are for
sale. These keys most likely were included with Duck Key
in 1832 when James Audubon described visiting a group of
islands called the Duck Keys. For more about the sale of
the Tom's Harbour Keys and some history on a fishing camp
planned for them in 1981 go to Tom's
Harbor Keys.
A website
promoting the sale of the islands provides attractive
photos and says,
"Escape
the hustle and bustle of city life, become the ruler
of your own private island empire, search for buried
treasure, conduct your own "Survivor" contest, build
the ultimate sand castle, conduct corporate retreats,
or skinny dip in complete privacy. Owning a private
island in the Florida Keys is only limited by your
imagination."
3. Club
News - The Club at Hawk's Cay has increased dues at
renewal time to $2000. Club Duck Key dues are $1000 plus
initial equity shareholder membership cost of $3000.
Shareholder membership may be sold if membership is
discontinued.
4. Duck
Key homes displayed a festive look ths December. Santa
toured Duck Key on Christmas Eve thanks to the Conch Key
Fire Department.
PICTURES
5.
Wastewater from Conch Key MAY utilize the Hawk's Cay -
Duck Key Wastewater Cooperative Plant - December 17, 2003
"
Conch Key in the Middle Keys, however, is still up in
the air as it could have a stand-alone plant or secure
arrangement with Hawk's Cay Resort on Duck Key to use
the resort's existing plant."
6. The
Monroe County Oasis provides a list of all property
owners, names, addresses and deed restrictions for lots
throughout the Keys. The information for Duck Key has
been broken down by island and put into html format for
ease of use by Duck Key Online viewers.
Center
Island which had 398 platted lots will take a bit of time
to download. Once downloaded you can copy and paste this
information to a word processing application and save it
to your hard drive for future reference if so inclined.
Plantation
Island -
Yacht
Club Island -
Center
Island -
Harbour
Island -
Original
Exception lots
7. A
Monroe County map of Duck Key in portable document format
is also included. The application Adobe Reader will open
this map and it is best viewed at 1200%. The map
identifies reference numbers utilized by the
county.
MAP
8.
Background
material Center
Island Land Purchases by Land Trust
9. News
Item - Commissioners approved the Duck Key Property
Owner's Association request for the funding of mooring
buoys with the help of Commissioner Rice. Commissioners
express financial concerns should similar requests come
before them, but approval was gained thanks to
Commissioner Rice's persuasiveness. Homeowners and
homeowners associations can obtain permits for marker
buoys to delineate the 100 yards off residential
shorelines as an idle speed only zone. In addition to the
10 buoys requested by DKPOA, 54 buoys in 10 locations in
Monroe County have been approved so far. See
December
Item
10.
Cesspits permits and ROGO - The County Building Permit
Allocation System and cesspit credits may slow building
on Duck Key. A number of property owners have been
granted permits to build on Duck Key, but permit holders
are kept from starting construction because they lack a
cesspit credit. Cesspit replacement credits are becoming
hard to get in unincorporated Middle Keys . Credits are
no longer available from the Grassy Key area as that is
now part of Marathon. With a waste treatment plant
scheduled for Conch Key, cesspit credits won't be coming
from that area either for a while.
Individuals
may independently acquire a cesspit permit. More than
likely Duck Key property owners anxious to build a home
will opt to replace someone's cesspit on Duck Key at
their own expense rather than wait for replacement to
happen independently. The Credit will then be reserved
until a ROGO permit is issued. The property owner must be
in the ROGO system before a Cesspit credit may be issued.
See ROGO.pdf
- Monroe County Building Permit Allocation
System
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