Resolution 123-2007
RESOLUTION NO. 123-2007
Mayor Pro Tem Dixie Spehar
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY SUPPORTING THE PLACEMENT OF A NAME
PLACE SIGN WELCOMING THE MILITARY NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO
BOCA CHICA NA VAL BASE.
WHEREAS, a welcome sign to the military has existed for many years near mile marker 8,
near the Boca Chica overpass; and
WHEREAS, the billboard-size sign was destroyed in recent years during hurricane season; and
WHEREAS, the Navy League of the United States, Key West Council, has requested that a
sign permissible under Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) policies be erected; and
WHEREAS, Place Name Signs are permitted by FDOT; and
WHEREAS, the Navy League has designed the signage to appear in substantially the format
shown in the attached rendition; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County deem it to be in the
interest of promoting community goodwill to approve the placement of such a sign; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1: That the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County supports the
placement at or about mile marker 8 of a Place Name sign for the US Naval Air Station, with a
welcome message, as depicted in the attached rendition.
Section 2: That the Clerk is directed to send certified copies of this Resolution to Bud
Brewer, Project Coordinator for the Navy league, and Debora Rivera, PE, FDOT District 6 Traffic
Operations Engineer.
Section 3:
This Resolution shall become effective on the date written below.
Mayor Mario DiGennaro
Mayor Pro Tern Dixie M. Spehar
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner George Neugent
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners
~101iil, at a meetingof said Board held on the 21st day of March, A.D., 2007.
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Mayor/Chairman ~ ~ A. HUTTON
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