Construction of Facilities for Shelters 02/16/1994
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BRANCH OFFICE
3117 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY
MARATHON, FLORIDA 33050
TEL. (305) 289-6027
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
MONROE COUNTY
500 WHITEHEAD STREET
KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040
TEL. (305) 292-3550
BRANCH OFFICE
88820 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY
PLANTATION KEY, FLORIDA 33070
TEL. (305) 852-7145
M E M 0 RAN DUM
To:
From:
Mayor Pro Tern Earl Cheal
Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk ~. c. e.
March 9, 1994
Date:
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As you know, on February 16, 1994, the Board adopted Resolution
No. 072-1994, and authorized execution of an Interlocal Agreement
between Monroe County and the Monroe County School Board District
requesting the State Road of Education and the Legislature take
action to require public schools and other educational facilities
be constructed to serve as public shelters in the event of a
Category V hurricane or less.
Enclosed please find a duplicate original of the subject
Agreement and a certified copy of the Resolution for return to
the Monroe County School Board.
Should you have any questions concerning the above, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
cc: County Attorney
County Administrator
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.94 MAR -9 p~RLOCAL AGREEMENT
THIS INTI11Rc~~~RrfEMENT is entered into this 28th day of
Februar~~)NR()r C:OUNl Y. ~L.i'994, by and between THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, hereinafter "County,"
and THE MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, hereinafter "School Board."
WIT N E SSE T H:
WHEREAS, Monroe County consists largely of an archipelago of
is lands and has a pronounced vulnerability to hurricane damage;
and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State of Florida for
governmental agencies to cooperate in all ways possible
particularly with respect to preparation for disasters; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature has heretofore enacted
legislation which contemplates the creation of public shelters in
the design of public educational facilities construction; and
WHEREAS,
Florida Statutes Sec.
235.26(10)
calls
for
consultation between school boards and county and state emergency
management offices to assess the State Uniform Building Code for
p\lblic educational facilities construction to determine necessary
changes for incorporation of public shelter design criteria into
the Code; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature has declared that the State is
vulnerable to a wide range of emergencies including natural,
technological, and man-made disasters, all of which threaten the
life, health and safety of the people of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Community Affairs has
heretofore determined that evacuation of Monroe County is
necessary in the event of a hurricane; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Land Use Plan has incorporated
such mandate as its Hurricane Plan; and
WHEREAS, other and more recent data has demonstrated that in
the event of hurricane, it would require four day's advanced
notice for the evacuation of Dade, Broward and Monroe counties;
and
WHEREAS, such extreme advanced warning is both unrealistic
and unlikely; and
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WHEREAS, in the event of a hurricane alert, it will be
necessary for the citizens of Monroe County and its various
government entities to make alternative provisions for the
citizens of Monroe County in the event that evacuation proves
impossible or excessively dangerous;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree that each of the
parties shall cooperate with the other to the fullest extent
possible in securing the location, construction and siting of
new facilities which are also designed to be used as hurricane
shelters in accordance with the directives of the State of
Florida as recited in Florida Statutes Chapters 235 and 252.
The parties further agree that each will assist the other in
the resolution of all problems that may be anticipated with a
view to preserving the safety of the citizens of Monroe County
through the \ltilization of public facilities for hurricane
shelters and for the use of such other facilities as the parties
may deem appropriate from time to time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above
written.
(SEAL)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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By
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY, FLORIDA
ATTEST:
SCHOOL BOARD OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA
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