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THE CABINET STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________________________________
The
above agencies came to be heard before Reported by: SANDRA L. NARGIZ
Registered Professional Reporter
Representing the Florida Cabinet:
JEB BUSH
JIM SMITH
ROBERT F. MILLIGAN
BOB BUTTERWORTH
CHARLIE CRIST
TOM GALLAGHER * * *
DIVISION OF BOND FINANCE
1 Approved 7
1 Approved 9
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
1 Approved 30
1 Approved 31
1 Approved 32
STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
1 Deferred 47
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BOARD
1 Approved 128
STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION
1 Approved 160 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER 169
2 (The agenda items commenced at 10:20 a.m.) 3 GOVERNOR BUSH: We need a motion on the 4 scheduled meetings of the Governor and Cabinet for 5 the year 2003. 6 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Motion on the schedule. 7 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Second. 8 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. 9 ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: (Inaudible.) 10 You might complain about the Executive 11 Branch. 12 Moved and seconded without objection, the 13 item passes. 14 I can't wait to see that. 15 GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: I would never complain 16 about the Executive Branch. 17 GOVERNOR BUSH: Yeah, you will. You are in 18 the Senate, you will. You will drink the Cool 19 Aide like the rest of them. 20 The next Cabinet will be held Tuesday, 21 September 10, one year from -- one year and a 22 day less when we were at the Hermitage, the SBA 23 offices where our Cabinet was. 24 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Which is also the Bond
25 Finance's office.
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2 the minutes. 3 GOVERNOR BUSH: Division of Bond Finance. 4 ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: Second. 5 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Item 1 6 is approved. 7 MR. WATKINS: Item 2 is a resolution 8 authorizing the competitive sale of up to 9 $10 million in parking facility revenue bonds for 10 Florida Atlantic University. 11 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Motion. 12 GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: Second. 13 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Without 14 objection, the item passes. 15 MR. WATKINS: Item 3 is a report of award and 16 the competitive sale of $100 million in PICO 17 bonds. The bonds were awarded to the low bidder 18 at a true interest cost of 44.752. 19 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Move. 20 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Second. 21 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Without 22 objection, the item passes. 23 This is the lowest interest rate? 24 MR. WATKINS: We went back and looked in
25 1985, Governor, and this is the lowest rate in the
2 at a point in time where interest rates are very 3 attractive. So if you are going into debt, now is 4 great time to be borrowing money. 5 GOVERNOR BUSH: That's on the record, Ben. 6 It's a policy shift. 7 MR. WATKINS: As far as refinancing 8 activities, we are -- we continually review all of 9 the particular candidates that are economically 10 feasible to refund, but we are challenged right 11 now because of the Federal Reserve's active 12 engagement through monetary policy and lowering 13 the federal fund rates creates a situation for us 14 in refunding called negative arbitrage. 15 That's simply the difference between the 16 rate that you are borrowing at and the rate you 17 can reinvest at until you can call the bonds; 18 and that's adversely impacting our ability to 19 achieve the normal level of savings that we 20 would like to see. 21 So there are not as many candidates that 22 are available for refinancing, but we are 23 actively engaged in evaluating the feasibility 24 of those on an on-going basis.
25 GOVERNOR BUSH: Thank you, Ben.
2 and Motor Vehicles. 3 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Motion on the minutes. 4 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Second. 5 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Without 6 objection, item 1 passes. 7 MR. DICKINSON: Item 2 is the accomplishments 8 for this fiscal year past on performance contract 9 for the executive director. 10 ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: Move the item. 11 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Second. 12 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Any 13 discussion? 14 MR. DICKINSON: I would like to point out, 15 Governor, we did accomplish all of our goals, some 16 of them more than others. 17 GOVERNOR BUSH: Need to raise the goals. 18 MR. DICKINSON: Yes, sir, we have in this 19 next item, by the way. Submission of the 20 2002-2003 performance contract. 21 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Move. 22 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Second. 23 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Any 24 discussion?
25 Without objection, the item passes.
2 format for a new performance contract, and we 3 interpolated and integrated a lot of the numbers 4 and goals set by our legislative process through 5 our PD-squared and the long-range budget planning 6 process. 7 Now for the fun of the evening, I would 8 like to introduce three new tags we have. 9 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Yeah, we need more 10 tags. 11 MR. DICKINSON: New College, President 12 Michalson is here, if he can come up. New College 13 would be the first one. 14 GOVERNOR BUSH: Good morning, Mr. President. 15 PRESIDENT MICHALSON: Good morning. I don't 16 mean to run you off here. 17 MR. DICKINSON: See if that will set up for 18 you. 19 PRESIDENT MICHALSON: Governor Bush, at lunch 20 a couple of weeks ago you, with all the 21 presidents, you asked me how the New College 22 football team was doing, and I am proud to stand 23 before you today and give the same answer: We 24 remain undefeated. I suspect that will be the
25 case for sometime.
2 College, I think it's a moment to celebrate for 3 all the citizens of our state because of the 4 way New College represents the wide range of 5 options available to our citizens seeking 6 higher education. 7 We are distinctive in a lot of ways. And 8 one way is the way we are producing leaders in 9 the State of Florida. As I hope most of you 10 know, Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart as is his 11 brother, Jose, which leads to the question 12 whatever happened to Mario? 13 Senator Bob Johnson is chairman of our 14 board; he would have loved to have been here 15 this morning. Among other things, he is the 16 proud grandfather of a third-year student at 17 New College, spent most of Sunday afternoon 18 accompanying her move into her new dorm space. 19 He sends his best regards. 20 Final thing I would like to point out is 21 that as small as we are, I think New College is 22 a case study in one best practice, which is 23 public/private partnership in supporting higher 24 education. Since we went public in '75, as the
25 residential liberal arts honor college of the
2 College Foundation has brought over a hundred 3 million dollars to our campus, a lot of that in 4 the form of state matching funds which are, of 5 course, triggered by the generosity of private 6 donors. 7 I think our ability to leverage those 8 private monies is even stronger now that we are 9 independent and look forward to a lot more 10 success stories on that front. 11 Finally, the entire campus would like me 12 to extend our thanks to you, Governor Bush, 13 with the appointment of such a strong Board of 14 Trustees, beginning with our chairman Bob 15 Johnson. 16 Things are going fine in the governance 17 area. This is no time to change governance in 18 higher education. We feel very strongly about 19 that. You heard all the presidents underscore 20 that feeling, Governor Bush. 21 And no one feels more strongly about that 22 than us at New College because of our good, 23 warm, strong working relationship with our 24 Board of Trustees.
25 Final word of thanks to Senator Lisa
2 and to Paul Sanfield of Fred Dickinson's shop 3 helping us get the colors right. 4 GOVERNOR BUSH: Thank you, sir. You are the 5 only, I think out of the 1,364 license plates in 6 the State of Florida, you are the only one that 7 actually has Latin on it, except for the Marine 8 plate. 9 PRESIDENT MICHALSON: Well, mean and lean 10 folks know how to stick together. 11 GOVERNOR BUSH: Very good. 12 MR. DICKINSON: Governor, do we need a 13 translation of that in Latin? He briefed me on it 14 earlier. I think you got it. 15 GOVERNOR BUSH: I think it's probably 16 Florida's New College or New College Florida. 17 MR. DICKINSON: New College Florida. 18 GOVERNOR BUSH: What a scholar I am. 19 MR. DICKINSON: Do we want to vote 20 individually or take them collectively at the end? 21 GOVERNOR BUSH: I think we can probably take 22 them collectively. I doubt there is going to be 23 massive opposition to this. 24 MR. DICKINSON: The second tag is the United
25 We Stand and Senator Buddy Dwyer, one of the
2 Scott Case; and then finally Diane Kramer I think 3 wants to say a few words. 4 SENATOR DYER: Governor, Members of the 5 Cabinet, it is a pleasure to be with you today. 6 This is the first Cabinet meeting I have ever 7 attended; hopefully there will be a few more in my 8 future. 9 GOVERNOR BUSH: Good TV ad, by the way. 10 SENATOR DYER: Thank you, Governor. 11 It's really a pleasure to be here. You 12 have before you the final design for the United 13 We Stand license plate which was a plate that 14 was created by the legislature last November. 15 And a portion of the proceeds from the 16 sale of this plate will go to the Rewards for 17 Justice Program which, in turn, will turn over 18 a hundred percent of the money raised to the 19 U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice 20 Program which will be used for reward payments 21 in the capture of known terrorists around the 22 world. 23 The remaining dollars will be used for 24 airport security here in Florida.
25 Scott Case, who is one of the co-founders
2 just a minute about his efforts and that of his 3 group. 4 I just want to conclude my remarks by 5 saying we are quickly approaching the first 6 anniversary of those terrible attacks. And 7 while it is important that we remember that day 8 vividly and the lessons we have learned as a 9 result of those attacks, it's also important we 10 moved forward to ensure that September 11 is 11 never repeated. 12 I am happy and proud that Florida was the 13 first state to pass legislation creating a 14 license plate that allows all Floridians to 15 voluntary contribute to the War Against 16 Terrorism. 17 As a result of the work for Rewards for 18 Justice Fund, four additional states have 19 passed similar legislation. Today my hope is 20 you will approve the design and the plates will 21 be on the shelf by September 11. Thank you. 22 Scott Case. 23 GOVERNOR BUSH: Welcome, Scott. 24 MR. CASE: Good morning, thanks for having me
25 here.
2 days following the September 11 attacks my 3 colleague, business colleague and I, were 4 watching like so many others about the attacks 5 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; and 6 we established the Awards for Justice Fund as a 7 way for every American to contribute to the 8 fight against terrorism. 9 Within weeks, thousands of Americans had 10 contributed to our fund, which is a unique 11 partnership between the U.S. State Department 12 and a private, nonprofit organization, The 13 Rewards for Justice Fund. 14 In December, Secretary Colin Powell 15 reintroduced the Rewards for Justice Program 16 that's been run by the State Department for the 17 last 18 years, and stated it was one of the 18 most effective tools in the War Against 19 Terrorism and that our fund was an excellent 20 opportunity for every American to participate. 21 As Senator Dyer pointed out, Florida was 22 the first state in the Union to create this 23 specialty tag. And thanks to his leadership, 24 Governor Bush, and the legislature, we now have
25 this plate available before September 11.
2 states have followed Florida's leadership in 3 creating specialty license plates, including 4 Virginia, South Carolina, Connecticut and most 5 recently New Jersey. We have legislation 6 pending in several other states as well, and we 7 expect a dozen or so more over the next 18 8 months. 9 And really as thousands of Floridians 10 began to register their plates in September, we 11 are hoping that Florida can also lead the 12 country once again by being the first state to 13 sell 100,000 license plates. 14 And given some of the indications from the 15 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 16 and some of the other license plate programs in 17 past, we think that's very achievable. 18 Echoing Senator Dyer's comments, nearly a 19 year ago our nation was shocked by horrific 20 attacks, unimaginable. Americans were 21 frustrated, angry, and many of us felt very 22 helpless. 23 But now, thanks to the work of the people 24 in this room, I want to point out this is one
25 of the first times in the history where private
2 contribution towards a government program. 3 The Rewards for Justice Fund is that 4 vehicle. And by putting one of these license 5 plates on your cars, it not only sends a strong 6 message, but it also engages in a very specific 7 way in the Fight Against Terrorism. 8 So what has been accomplished today in 9 Florida is profound, and I don't want that to 10 be lost; so I want to congratulate everyone 11 here; this is quite an achievement and I want 12 to thank you. 13 GOVERNOR BUSH: Thank you, sir. 14 GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: I have a question. I 15 have a question here. I would assume that this 16 plate, that a lot of people who may want it also 17 as a front plate. 18 Is there a way, even if it's not 19 numbered -- I don't think you want "sample" on 20 it, but if you have something on it -- just 21 somebody might have another license plate on 22 their car, it still has a year to go but they 23 can still come in and buy a front plate to put 24 on the front of the car, if there is a way of
25 doing that?
2 that authority several years back, so we can 3 market those. 4 GOVERNOR BUSH: How would it look? Would it 5 have the same plate? 6 MR. DICKINSON: It will be a sample tag; it 7 will say "sample" on it. 8 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Couldn't it be 9 something other than that? 10 MR. DICKINSON: We can probably pick 11 another -- that's a case of first impression for 12 us. 13 TREASURER GALLAGHER: "Sample" just doesn't 14 get it; maybe come up with something better than 15 that, it would be better to leave it blank. 16 MR. DICKINSON: Dorothy would have liked 17 "sample." 18 GOVERNOR BUSH: God bless you. How many 19 people remember her? 20 MR. DICKINSON: That was a blast from the 21 past. We'll work on that and see what we can do. 22 TREASURER GALLAGHER: USA, anything, but 23 please not "sample." 24 MR. DICKINSON: We'll be working on that.
25 There was some question --
2 If you sell a tag like this, how much would you 3 sell it for? 4 GOVERNOR BUSH: Same price? 5 MR. DICKINSON: Same price, less the tax. 6 $25. 7 TREASURER GALLAGHER: For $25, and a dollar 8 or two to produce it? 9 MR. DICKINSON: $10 for the tag itself, the 10 25 goes to the group, then $2 service fee and the 11 10-dollar tag fee. 12 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Wait a minute now, this 13 is the one for the front we are talking about? 14 MR. DICKINSON: Yes. 15 TREASURER GALLAGHER: So you are still 16 charging all those fees? 17 MR. DICKINSON: No, we are not charging taxes 18 for the vehicle. We are charging everything but 19 the tax for the vehicle. 20 TREASURER GALLAGHER: If you don't have to 21 have one, why are we charging anything but $25 22 plus what it costs to make it? 23 MR. DICKINSON: That's exactly what we are 24 charging.
25 TREASURER GALLAGHER: How much does it cost
2 MR. DICKINSON: The statute says 10 bucks. 3 You get $2 a year -- 4 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Then the statute says 5 you do what with the $10? 6 GOVERNOR BUSH: Fund his programs. 7 MR. DICKINSON: Put it in our trust fund. 8 TREASURER GALLAGHER: But see, that's not -- 9 you got enough in your trust fund from tags people 10 have to buy. 11 MR. DICKINSON: No, sir, we do not, but 12 that's another issue for another day. 13 Let us do a little work on this, come back 14 to you with a better game plan. 15 There were some questions about the groups 16 that are getting this money and where the money 17 is going. I am told a hundred percent of the 18 money generated by the sales of the tags goes 19 for where it is intended; there is zero 20 administrative cost. 21 Scott, you want to speak to that, maybe 22 some, accountability. 23 MR. CASE: When we established the fund in 24 September of last year, we committed to fund the
25 operations and administration of the fund through
2 money, whether it be donated through our website 3 or whether it be given to us via check or whether 4 it would be through the sale of a specialty 5 license plate, all is earmarked as reward payments 6 and is used and administered by the State 7 Department's Rewards for Justice Program. We are 8 administered as any regular 501(3)(c) and our 9 books are opened to the public, et cetera. 10 TREASURER GALLAGHER: I do have a question. 11 I think it's great that we do the Rewards For 12 Justice Fund. I have a hard time figuring out why 13 we ought to be -- that we ought to be selling tags 14 to enhance airport security. 15 MR. CASE: That would be a question for the 16 legislature. Senator Dyer. 17 TREASURER GALLAGHER: We got all the security 18 I can handle at these airports right now. 19 SENATOR DYER: That was a compromise that was 20 made on the floor of the Senate in terms of other 21 people who wanted to support the tag, but also 22 wanted to make sure that some of the money stayed 23 here in Florida. So that was an amendment that 24 was added to the bill during the course of the
25 process.
2 it. Thank you. 3 MR. DICKINSON: Diane Kramer would like to be 4 heard. 5 MS. KRAMER: Thank you. I am just a shorty. 6 It's a pleasure and an honor to be here, thank 7 you. 8 I created and actively pursued the United 9 We Stand license plate endeavor following the 10 terrorist attacks last September as an 11 incentive to lead our country forward and give 12 America a chance to team up to fight terrorism. 13 While emphasizing our patriotic commitment 14 through a united stronghold. 15 I would not have achieved the success that 16 we did without the help of all citizens 17 throughout the state and the media and, of 18 course, Senators Dyer and Debbie 19 Wasserman-Schultz. 20 And though I lost my job as a result of 21 the terrorist attacks, I put this on the 22 forefront; this was my priority, no matter, and 23 I am proud of all the work that's been done. 24 And I want to thank everybody here for their
25 help.
2 endeavor to cross all borders around the United 3 States, and while continuing to merge America 4 through a united wave of recovery and on going 5 perseverance. And I just wanted to say: Let's 6 keep this endeavor moving forward and across 7 our country. Thank you. 8 GOVERNOR BUSH: Thank you very much. Thank 9 you for being here. 10 MR. DICKINSON: All right. That's pretty 11 much the serious nature. Now it's golf time, 12 Governor. 13 We have a number of representatives here 14 and Ronnie Brook is organizing this, so this is 15 Ronnie Brook Production. He is fresh off 16 shooting down in Miami Beach for the movie, 17 what was the movie you are shooting? 18 GOVERNOR BUSH: Bad Boys Two. 19 MR. DICKINSON: Fresh from that, he's here in 20 Tallahassee to put this production together. 21 Ronnie, I really appreciate, I know there has been 22 a lot of back and forth with you, and I appreciate 23 this. I know Governor and many Members of the 24 Cabinet enjoy this sport, this game, this
25 business, and I am pleased to present the golf
2 I believe James Kiely is the first speaker 3 on this. He is the golfer whose silhouette 4 appears on the tag, as a matter of fact. 5 GOVERNOR BUSH: So much for being a secret 6 here. 7 MR. KIELY: I brought the tag just in case 8 they didn't bring one, because of the 1,165 tags 9 there are, there are none with a golfer on them. 10 So there you go. 11 Governor and distinguished Cabinet 12 Members, this my first Cabinet meeting, and I 13 wanted to thank you for the opportunity to be 14 here today. 15 We are thrilled that this tag has finally 16 got to this stage. I know it's been a two-year 17 process and we lost out last year because of a 18 transportation package. It was part of a 19 bigger package. 20 GOVERNOR BUSH: Sorry about that. 21 MR. KIELY: Unfortunately there were some 22 issues that we understand you didn't agree with. 23 GOVERNOR BUSH: You don't have to bring it 24 up. Move on.
25 MR. KIELY: But it passed in a stand-alone
2 I wanted to thank Ron Brook again for his 3 efforts in lobbying this program and this tag. 4 I want to thank the sponsors of this bill, 5 Senator Ron Silver and Representative Roger 6 Wishner who sponsored the bill and got it 7 through from bill to law. 8 I want to thank the transportation, 9 Department of Transportation, Dave Russell, 10 Representative Russell and Henry Como who 11 helped us a lot. Sherry Slepin, Paul Stanfield 12 and Fred Dickinson, who are going to help us 13 now create these tags. 14 And I did want to recognize individuals 15 that are here today from an organization such 16 as the PGA Tour, Richard Bowers, organizations 17 such as the First T that was started by the PGA 18 Tour, the LPGA Tour, PGA of America and the 19 Master's of Augusta, members of Augusta. That 20 is Joe Lewis Barrow, Jr. who is executive 21 director of this facility -- this organization; 22 also Andrew Crabtree is here representing the 23 Florida State Golf Association, which is an arm 24 of the United States Golf Association.
25 So there are some powerful companies that
2 are golfing companies. And on the onslot of 3 Tiger Woods' success as a junior golfer, there 4 has been an explosion of junior golfers and 5 certainly in the State of Florida with the golf 6 courses we have. 7 The problem being is there is not 8 operational dollars to sustain some of these 9 programs. So that's the purpose and intent of 10 this tag, is to provide much needed funds to 11 sustain existing and create new programs. 12 And talking to Joe Lewis Barrow just 13 recently this morning, he mentioned they have 14 an aggressive plan throughout -- First T 15 programs throughout the State of Florida, which 16 would expose a lot more junior golfers to the 17 program. 18 I am a product of junior golf. I went 19 through the Dan Amateur Golf Association in 20 1963 with Charlie DeLucca. I later became a 21 member of the PG Tour and later became a member 22 of the PGA of America, the class now the 23 business sector is marketing and advertising to 24 executives, and I still use golf; it's touched
25 my life, it's a game of a lifetime. I use it
2 So we just want to touch a lot of young 3 individuals in this state, give them an 4 opportunity to play where they couldn't afford 5 that opportunity in the past. And this plate 6 is going to do that. 7 GOVERNOR BUSH: Yes, Commissioner. 8 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Just for everyone to 9 know, this money that's going for the Junior Golf 10 is going for both the young men and women who are 11 in the Junior Golf Program. 12 MR. KIELY: Yes, and Kids with Disabilities, 13 but I had to introduce Charles DeLucca. He is the 14 Godfather of Junior Golf. 40 years of his life 15 has been dedicated to Junior Golf and today is his 16 birthday. 17 MR. DeLUCCA: I just want to say thank you; 18 and I am 40 years old, I want you to know, today. 19 And I want to introduce my son, his birthday is 20 tomorrow. 21 GOVERNOR BUSH: You all want some pictures? 22 MR. DICKINSON: Yes, if we could. 23 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Motion on the tags. 24 COMMISSIONER CRIST: Second.
25 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded, without
2 (Picture taking.) 3 MR. DICKINSON: I know it's late, and I am 4 finished, but can I do one personal thing and call 5 Paula Stanfield. This is who put all these tags 6 together for us. And I would just like a round of 7 applause for Paula. 8 (Applause.) 9 GOVERNOR BUSH: What's your position on the 10 tag business? You think we ought to raise 11 standards, lower standards or keep them just as 12 they are? 13 MS. STANFIELD: No, comment. 14 GOVERNOR BUSH: Okay. You had your chance. 15 I think we need -- I think we need to -- my 16 personal opinion -- and I really do want to get 17 your views on this -- I think it ought to be the 18 same way to get a tag, but a little bit higher 19 standard of sustainability. My own personal 20 opinion. Maybe we'll look at the legislative 21 process to change that. 22 MS. STANFIELD: We'll be reviewing it. Thank 23 you much. 24
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2 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Move the minutes. 3 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Second. 4 GOVERNOR BUSH: Without objection, the item 5 passes. Item 2. 6 MR. ZINGALE: The Department of Revenue 7 provides certified training for property 8 appraisers, their staff, and anyone that wants to 9 do mass appraisal fee appraisal work. 10 We are under contract with the 11 International Association of Assessors to 12 provide this training. There is really no 13 other competitors out there. It's a paid for 14 itself business, they pay tuition, it covers 15 the cost of the program. This is to extend the 16 contract out five years. 17 Request for permission to go forward with 18 the contract. 19 SECRETARY SMITH: Move. 20 GOVERNOR BUSH: Is there a second? 21 ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: Second. 22 GOVERNOR BUSH: Any discussion? Moved and 23 seconded. 24 Without objection, it's approved.
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2 MS. SAFELY: We have two items. Item 1 is the 3 appointment of Angela P. Williams to the Education 4 Practices Commission, replacing Deborah 5 Orr-Castro, for a term ending September 30, 2004. 6 Item 2 -- 7 GOVERNOR BUSH: Hold on a second. 8 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Moved. 9 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Second. 10 GOVERNOR BUSH: Wait a second. Moved and 11 seconded. Without objection, the item passes. 12 MS. SAFELY: Item 2 is the appointment of 13 Deborah Shepard to the Education Practice 14 Commission, replacing Diane Porter, for a term 15 ending September 30, 2006. 16 COMMISSIONER CRIST: Moved. 17 ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: Second. 18 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Without 19 objection, the item passes. 20 Thank you, Robin. 21 22 23 24
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2 Adjudicatory Commission. 3 MS. TINKER: Good morning. Item 1, recommend 4 approval of the minutes of the June 12, 2002 5 meeting. 6 COMMISSIONER CRIST: Move. 7 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Second. 8 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Without 9 objection, the item passes. Item 2. 10 MS. TINKER: Item 2, recommend approval of 11 the proposed final rule establishing the Bartram 12 Springs Community Development District in the City 13 of Jacksonville. 14 GOVERNOR BUSH: Is there a motion? 15 ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: Moved. 16 COMMISSIONER BRONSON: Second. 17 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Any 18 discussion? 19 Without objection, the item passes. Thank 20 you, T. 21 22 23 24
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2 MR. STRUHS: Good morning. 3 GOVERNOR BUSH: Good morning. 4 MR. STRUHS: Nice tie, Governor. 5 I would like to recommend deferral on 6 item 1 to October 8. 7 TREASURER GALLAGHER: Move. 8 GENERAL BUTTERWORTH: Second. 9 GOVERNOR BUSH: Moved and seconded. Without 10 objection, the item passes. 11 MR. STRUHS: Item 2, this is going to go very 12 quickly, but we do have a presentation for you on 13 item 2. 14 It has become a tradition and, in fact, 15 it's a requirement of law here in Florida that 16 we provide you an annual update on how we are 17 managing the Florida Keys National Marine 18 Sanctuary. And we have got four individuals, 19 Fritz Wettstein from our office, Billy Causey, 20 who is the federal administrator, Nancy 21 Klingener and David White. 22 And they will go very quickly but we would 23 like to give you a little update on the 24 tremendous progress we made over these last
25 several years in managing the Florida Keys
2 It's a great federal/state partnership. 3 Fritz, are you ready? 4 MR. WETTSTEIN: Yes, we have to power up the 5 computer and we'll be ready to roll. 6 GOVERNOR BUSH: I did a site visit this last 7 week and the sanctuary from my perspective looked 8 pretty good. 9 MR. STRUHS: Glad to hear that. 10 MR. WETTSTEIN: Good morning, my name is 11 Fritz Wettstein. 12 The department has prepared a five-year 13 evaluation of the sanctuary management plan in 14 cooperation with our partners in the National 15 Marine Sanctuary Program and NOAA. 16 We have also prepared an annual report. 17 For five years we have been coming to you with 18 this annual report. 19 Five years ago, after six years of plan 20 development, you all approved the sanctuary 21 regulations to be in effect within state 22 waters. This was done through a resolution 23 that contained 14 conditions stipulating 24 actions that NOAA and the state must take in
25 order for the regulations to be in effect. And
2 regarding a fear of a federal takeover. We can 3 report now that there is widespread public 4 support. 5 We can also report that all the conditions 6 of the sanctuary -- of the your resolution have 7 been satisfied and fully complied with. 8 As we are going to see, the management 9 plan has been successfully implemented and it 10 is effective. One of the conditions was that 11 we prove to you all that this management plan 12 and regulations, such as the no take zones, 13 actually work; that we have to come back in 14 five years and demonstrate the effectiveness or 15 there is kind of an up and down on the next 16 step of the sanctuary program. 17 GOVERNOR BUSH: You want to undo the fuzzy 18 stuff there, Bruce? You want to get a faster 19 computer? 20 MR. WETTSTEIN: Something that's not in my 21 slide, but may as well share with you, there has 22 been a recent study by economists of the reefs of 23 Southeast Florida, including Palm Beach, Broward 24 Dade and Monroe Counties. In that survey they ask
25 people what they thought about the Marine
2 vote, fish and dive on the reef supported the 3 marine reserve concept and marine reserves in the 4 Keys. So we think we've come along way. 5 Talked about the resolution. 6 This was one of our management plan 7 activities. We have installed over 400 8 moorings on the reef. By the diver or 9 fishermen tying up to these buoys, they are not 10 dropping the anchors on the coral and damaging 11 the coral. 12 The T motion has been a very successful 13 activity, providing information and outreach, 14 not just in a brochure in a shop somewhere but 15 actually on the water, at the reef itself, 16 providing assistance. 17 Law enforcement: We have moved from 18 having seven law enforcement officers covering 19 the Keys to 17 with the assistance of the 20 Office of the Governor and the Florida 21 Legislature. 22 We have implemented a no-discharge zone< | |||||||||||
