Resolution 048-2014RESOLUTION NO. 04'b - 2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
OPPOSING THE BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK
SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT GENERAL MANAGEMENT
PLAN/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
ALTERNATIVE #6.
WHEREAS, Biscayne National Park is drafting a supplemental draft general
management plan/ environmental impact statement; and
WHEREAS, Biscayne National Park has been working for over a decade drafting
this plan; and
WHEREAS, they are now proposing an Alternative #6 which proposes a large
Special Recreation Zone; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners is strongly
interested in protecting the reef and fish resources in the area; and
WHEREAS, there is strong evidence that coral death worldwide is linked to
rising water temperature, not fishing pressure; and
WHEREAS, the Special Recreation Zone within Alternative 6 in restricting such
a large area will increase fishing pressure elsewhere; and
WHEREAS, the cumulative impact of restricted areas in adjacent areas such as
the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Everglades National Park has not been
studied; and
WHEREAS, the proposed permit process will not provide reasonable access to
22 square miles of the Park designated in the Special Recreation Zone; and
WHEREAS, the economic report on the Monroe County economy has not been
studied;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida believes in order to protect the reefs and fish
resource, Biscayne National Park should work closely with the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Commission and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to establish a smaller closed
or restricted area located north of Caesar's Creek rather than the proposed Special
Recreation Zone in Alternative 6.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 19 day of February, 2014.
Mayor Sylvia Murphy 4 ES
Mayor pro tem Danny L. Kolhage Y ES
Commissioner Heather Carruthers Y ES
Commissioner George Neugent Y Es
Commissioner David Rice yes
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