Resolution 296-2009
RESOLUTION NO. 296 -2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
URGING IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF WATER
PROTECTION AND REINVESTMENT ACT.
WHEREAS, the spirit of the Clean Water Act is threatened by lack of funding for water
infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, Florida statutes designed to protect water quality are also threatened
by lack of funding for water infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, compliance with the federal and state statutes mandating improved
water quality place a high cost burden on residents; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 3202 provides for grants and other financing opportunities for
wastewater infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the lack of wastewater infrastructure threatens the quality of the
waters that support the complex and fragile ecosystem of the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, which is critical to the region's commercial fisheries and marine-based
tourism industry; and
WHEREAS, the wastewater charges for residents of the Keys exceed the
financial hardship standards established by the US Environmental Protection Agency;
and
WHEREAS, U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer has sponsored a bill
establishing a water protection and reinvestment fund to support investments in clean
water and water infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the bill provides for grants and other financing opportunities for
wastewater infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, providing centralized sewerage and treatment systems throughout
the Florida Keys and onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems in areas of the Keys
too remote for centralization to be feasible is of grave importance to all of Monroe
County; and
WHEREAS, the imposition of greater treatment standards on the Florida Keys
than anyplace in the state of Florida, coupled with the greater costs of construction in
general in the Florida Keys due to enhanced building codes and the distance from the
mainland has rendered the costs of sewering the Keys much higher than elsewhere in the
United States; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County that:
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County hereby endorses the
Water Protection and Reinvestment Act, and urges the III th Congress of the United
States to enact the bill introduced by Representative Blumenauer.
Section 3. Upon adoption, the County Clerk is hereby directed to send a copy of this
Resolution by United States mail to the co-sponsors of the bill, to wit: Representatives
Norman Dick, Donna Edwards, Sam Farr, Raul Grijalva, Maurice Hinchey, Henry
"Hank" Johnson, Jr., Carolyn Kilpatrick, Steven LaTourette, Grace Napolitano, Thomas
Petri, Janice Schakowsky, Michael Simpson, Robert Wexler, and Ed Whitfield, as well as
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Section 4. This Resolution shall be effective as of the date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 16th.day of Sept:. , 2009.
Mayor George Neugent
Mayor Pro Tern Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner Heather Carruthers
Commissioner Mario DiGennaro
Commissioner Kim Wigington
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