The City Commission will host its monthly "Townhall Meeting" in Marble Hall and as a Zoom webinar on Monday, April 15, 2024, at 9:30 a.m.
Townhall Meetings are planned for the Monday before each monthly city commission meeting.
Come in person! Attend on Zoom!
Have your questions and comments ready!
The city commission really wants to hear from all KCBers!
Be persuasive. Be focused. Be present.
This Townhall will be the first public hearing about the Monroe County Vulnerability Assessment Project for KCB, starting with a presentation by Florida attorney and certified land planner Erin Deady.
From the Agenda:
"The City of Key Colony Beach has been engaged in a planning process over the last year to conduct a Vulnerability Assessment. The City received grant funding from the State of Florida to complete that project to comply with new State requirements and we are developing this vulnerability assessment in partnership with Layton and the County. The City is completing the modeling and analysis for the project and now we are conducting a two-part series of Townhall meetings to gain your input.
"In the two-part public meeting series, the City will present information about its planning process, the State’s requirements, the modeling and analysis completed and the state of the City’s vulnerability to flood risk from sea level rise, tidal flooding, rainfall and combined flooding events on April 15 at 9:30 am at City Hall. We will also have maps available for the public to request certain areas for review and a deep dive into specific flood risk scenarios.
"In the second meeting, May 13th in person at City Hall, we will focus on information about the City’s critical assets and infrastructure and other regional assets located in the City to determine how to prioritize the City’s adaptation response. We will be identifying “hot spots” where there are City assets at risk and the City would like the public’s feedback to ensure that our proposed priorities are correct."
The Commission wants your input "to ensure we have included all of the important City assets and infrastructure, that we have developed the right priorities and that we hear from you on the types of adaptation response you would like to see the City pursue."
Other Issues to Review:
- Should the Utility Board change our sewer billing from the current "flat rate" quarterly bills sent by the City to a bill based on water usage sent by FKAA?
- What is your opinion of the suggested Solar Field at the Retention Pond?
- Work is going on in the Post Office. How soon can we move back in?
The prior commission disbanded KCB's (free) citizen-led Code Board in favor of hiring the Florida Department of Administrative Hearings to hold code proceedings. Commissioner Harding never answered these questions:
- Is it true that the work formerly done by citizens didn't bring in enough revenue?
- Is it true the DOAH magistrate has rubber stamped whatever the city lawyers or the code enforcer told him to do?
- How many times have DOAH magistrates been reversed?
- How much does DOAH charge KCB?
Please attend the meeting to hear the news and to tell your story or make your requests. The commission invites all KCBers to air their interests and concerns on these topics. Really. They do want to hear from you. Town hall meetings educate the commissioners who have pledged to include your issues at the commission meetings.
KCB is our little city. Be there. Be ready. Be focused. Be persuasive. And please volunteer to help our gem and to stand against the remaining false claims.
Please attend the meeting to hear the news and to tell your story or make your requests. The commission invites all KCBers to air their interests and concerns on these topics. Really. They do want to hear from you. Town hall meetings educate the commissioners who have pledged to include your issues at the commission meetings.
KCB is our little city. Be there. Be ready. Be focused. Be persuasive. And please volunteer to help our gem and to stand against the remaining false claims.
Download the 04-15-2024 City Commission Townhall Meeting Agenda.
This meeting will be held in Marble Hall at 600 W. Ocean Drive, Key Colony Beach, Florida, and virtually via Zoom. Click this URL to join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86223397641?pwd=SlJNOEpRS2x4NWM3cnBVRDl2bmZ4dz09
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