Resolution 181-2007
Commissioner Sonny McCoy
RESOLUTION NO. 181 - 2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
PETITIONING THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO FLOAT A
$500,000,000 BOND TO COMPLETE THE SEWERING
OF THE FLORIDA KEYS IN AN EXPEDITIOUS
MANNER.
WHEREAS, Monroe County is an Area of Critical State Concern; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has mandated that the Florida Keys be fully
sewered by 2010 in order to protect the near-shore waters of the Keys; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys constitute a 120-mile long archipelago with a
tremendous amount of near-shore waters; and
WHEREAS, the sewering of the Florida Keys is intended to protect the waters in
order to preserve marine life; and
WHEREAS, sewering the Florida Keys will further the interest of the health,
welfare, and safety of citizens, visitors, and wildlife; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County has been funding sewer projects for a number of
years, with erratic funding from the State, notwithstanding the State mandate to
accomplish the sewering; and
WHEREAS, building the sewering projects over the timeline necessary without
federal and only partial State funding, with no future State assistance secured, results in a
lengthy process which incurs construction costs increasing at a rate that the County's
resources will be depleted before finishing the projects throughout the County; now
therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR
MONROE COUNTY, that:
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners For Monroe County, Florida, petitions
the State of Florida to float a State-backed bond issue in the amount of $500,000,000
(five hundred million dollars), in order to expeditiously complete the sewering of the
Florida Keys.
Res. Pet. State Bonds for Sewers
Section 2. The Clerk is directed to send copies of this resolution to Governor Charles
Crist, Senator Larcenia Bullard, and Representative Saunders.
Section 3. This Resolution shall be effective on the day stated below.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Conunissioners of Monroe
County, Florida at a regularly scheduled meeting of said Board held on the 16th day of
May, 2007.
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Mayor Mario DiGennaro
Mayor Pro Tern Dixie Spehar
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
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STATE OF FLORIDA
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Citizen Services
THE CAPITOL
TALLAHASSEE. FLORIDA 32399-0001
Charlie Crist
Governor
www.tlgov.com
(850) 488-4441
Fax: (850) 487-0801
June 12,2007
Mr. Danny Kolhage
Monroe County Clerk of Court
Suite 101
500 Whitehead Street
Key West, Florida 33040
Dear Mr. Kolhage:
Thank you tor sharing a copy of Resolution No. 181-2007 adopted by the Monroe
County Board of Commissioners. I appreciate the opportunity to respond.
I want to know how you and your constituents feel about the many critical issues we
face. To assist you, I have forwarded a copy of your letter to the Office of Policy and
Budget and the Office of Legislative Affairs for their review.
Thank you again for writing. Please do not hesitate to write again in the future to
share your concerns and those of the Monroe County.
Charlie Crist
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Office of Legislative Affairs
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