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Resolution 291-2010 RESOLUTION NO. 291 - 2010 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA APPLAUDING THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY AND FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN ORGANIZING AND CARRYING OUT A KEYS-WIDE BEACH CLEANUP TO TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2010. WHEREAS, the Florida Keys have a diversity of coastal resources including fringing mangroves, saltmarshes, seagrass meadows, nearshore patch reefs, offshore barrier reefs, and sandy beaches; and WHEREAS, the coast has provided the Keys with a rich scenic, cultural, and historical heritage and constitutes a national recreational and economic resource supporting a robust commercial fishing and tourist industry; and WHEREAS, Monroe County is strongly committed to the wise management of its coastline in ()rder to ensure the natural and economic sustainability of this resource; and WHEREAS, the proper disposal and recycling of solid waste is an important aspect of protecting the Keys' coastal resources and achieving coastal sustainability; and WHEREAS, the Ocean Conservancy has sponsored an annual County and Statewide coastal cleanup in Florida since 1988, resulting in the nations' largest coastal cleanup effort; and WHEREAS, the Ocean Conservancy and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is sponsoring a coastal cleanup in the Florida Keys on Saturday, September 25, 2010; WHEREAS, the coastal cleanup efforts of the Ocean Conservancy and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary are critically important to the protection of coastal resources in the Keys; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that: 1. The Board and citizens of Monroe County, the Florida Keys, support this laudable effort with the same strength of spirit held by those who organized the cleanup and \lolunteered their substantial time and energy. 2. The Board would like to commend the many businesses in the Keys that donated time and materials to this effort, including the Monroe County Solid Waste Management Department, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and Keys' solid waste haulers: Key Sanitary Service, Marathon Garbage Service, Waste Management Inc., and Veoila. Page lof2 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, on this 15th day of September, 2010. Mayor Sylvia Murphy Mayor Pro Tem Heather Carruthers Commissioner Kim Wigington Commissioner George Neugent Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro (SEAL) Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK By: o a::: o u w a::: 0::: o u..... o W --.J u- ~(~~. ~~6 Deputy Clerk M M W L? <i 1-: '.,2 :SC); N 2: 0- M N 0... La.J (I) <<= c::) c:--.1 ~I >- LL.J C~~) __.1 Ct::: L) -J*'" <: C5 ",'-, '"<-;r- ~ "'- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: ayor/Chairperson A. IUTTON · ";ij( Ir"~:Y~Y. '-"'~/i~~ Page 2 of2