Resolution 352-2007
Commissioner Murphy
RESOLUTION 352 - 2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN SUPPORT OF
ENCOURAGING THE FLORIDA KEYS WASTEWATER
ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, INC. IN ITS KEYSWIDE
MISSION.
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys are a l30-mile island chain, south of mainland Florida and
the nation's largest water quality restoration project, The Everglades, at the center of a federally
protected National Marine Sanctuary and the nation's largest barrier coral reef; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys are home to 74,000 citizens and 4 million annual visitors
who deposit sewage that is state mandated to be collected in centralized sewer systems to
standards four times stricter than the United States Clean Water Act by June 30, 2010 or suffer
severe financial penalties from the State Departments of Health and Environmental Protection;
and
WHEREAS, the Florida Wastewater Assistance Foundation was formed April 16,2007
as a Florida non-profit corporation to fill a critical need for federally designated Rural Monroe
County Florida community, its homes, businesses and policy makers; and
WHEREAS, the Foundation purpose is two-fold: (1) to educate Keys and Florida
publics as to why by State mandate and law we must eliminate cesspits and leaking septic tanks
and treat sewage to Advanced Wastewater Standards and what will happen if we don't; and (2)
to alleviate the sewer hook up needs of our low income, elderly and disabled who make up a
higher-than-average percentage of our population; and
WHEREAS, the Foundation's mission is to be a forum for Keyswide communication on
critical water quality issues and a seeker of integrated and cooperative solutions; and
WHEREAS, the Foundation is a voice for unity but in no way a competing or conflicting
group which interferes with the sovereignty or values of any civic, social, educational,
governmental or non-profit Keys entity;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners, Monroe County, Florida, that the Florida Keys Wastewater Assistance
Foundation be encouraged to be:
1. A clearinghouse for information and research.
2. A forum to bring diverse groups together and encourage innovative solutions.
3. A facilitator of financial resources to the financially challenged and disabled.
4. An ally in the effort to promote open communication between and among all private and
public entities related to wastewater and its impact on water quality restoration.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the 19th day of September, A.D., 2007.
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Mayor Pro Tern Dixie M. Spehar
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner George Neugent
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