Resolution 121-2009
RESOLUTION NO. 121 -2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY RENAMING THE GREEN BUILDING CODE TASK
FORCE TO THE GREEN INITIATIVE TASK FORCE; CHANGING
THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE MADE TO THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, RATHER THAN THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THE TASK FORCE PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS NOT ON LOCAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
BUT ON GREEN STANDARDS FOR IMPLEMNTATION IN MONROE
COUNTY TO IMPROVE LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND CREATE A
MORE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, on April 16, 2008 the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved
the creation of an advisory board by means of Resolution No. 177-2008 to recommend green
standards for building to be adopted as local technical amendments into the Florida Building
Code; and
WHEREAS, the Green Building Task Force has had their first four (4) meetings to meet
and discuss the goals and objectives as outlined by Resolution No. 177-2008; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 177-2008 directs the Task Force to recommend local technical
amendments to the Florida Building Code in order to enact (environmentally sound) building
techniques and practices to protect the environment; and
WHEREAS, after four (4) meetings, the Task Force has discovered that there have never
been any local technical amendments ever adopted as "green building regulations"; and
WHEREAS, it is not feasible to make local technical amendments to the Florida
Building Code to promote environmentally sound building techniques and practices; and
WHEREAS, green building programs are incentive based rather than regulatory based;
and
WHEREAS, government should and needs to lead by example; and
WHEREAS, there are many organizations such as the ICC, USGBC and others that are
working to have the Florida Building Code updated to adopt environmentally sound building
techniques and practices; and
WHEREAS, implementation should be a fmal step in adopting green building practices
and therefore the task force must first collect and analyze data prior to making recommendations
on implementation; and
WHEREAS, 83% of Florida's carbon footprint is created by building; and
'/VHEREAS, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes $3.1
billion fc)r energy assistance grants for states that adopt and administer the national model
building ,energy codes; and
WHEREAS, after further research and discussion it was concluded that there are other
methods to meeting the goal of green building rather than through local technical amendments;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
1. The name of the "Green Building Task Force" shall be changed to the "Green
Initiative Task Force"
2. The scope of authority shall be changed from "recommendations of changes to
local technical amendments to the Florida Building Code" to
"recommendations of environmentally sound practices and techniques to
protect the environment"
3. The recommendations of this task force shall be made to the Board of County
Commissioners rather than to the Building Department.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 15thday of April, 2009.
Mayor George Neugent
Mayor Pro Tem Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner Heather Carruthers
Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro
Commissioner Kim Wigington
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CHRISTINE M. LIMBERT-BARROWS
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