Item M4BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date September 17, 2014 Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes X_No _ Department: George R. Neu)Zent
Staff Contact Person/Phone #: T. Colonna 4512
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval of a resolution of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners applauding the Ocean
Conservancy & Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary for their efforts in organizing and carrying out
a keys wide beach cleanup to take place on September 20. 2014.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes —No
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE:
COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included x Not Required_
DISPOSITION:
Revised 7/09
AGENDA ITEM #
Commissioner Neugent
RESOLUTION NO. - 2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA APPLAUDING THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY
AND THE FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOR
THEIR EFFORTS IN ORGANIZING AND CARRYING OUT A KEYS
WIDE BEACH CLEANUP TO TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2014.
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 order 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 20, 2014;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
1. The Board recognizes 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.
2. The Board and citizens of the Florida Keys support this laudable effort with the
same strength of spirit held by those who organized the cleanup and volunteered
their substantial time and energy.
3. The Board would also like to commend the Monroe County Solid Waste
Management Department and the many businesses in the Keys who have donated
time and materials to this effort including The Ocean Conservancy, The Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and the Florida Keys' solid waste haulers:
Waste Management, Inc.; Marathon Garbage Service, Inc.; Keys Sanitary
Service; Ted Carter Enterprises, Inc.; and Veolia Environmental Services.
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Res Coastal Cleanup Commend (Neugent)
BOCC 9117/14 (KP)
Commissioner Neugent
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners, Monroe County,
Florida at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 17`h of September, 2014.
Mayor Sylvia Murphy
Mayor Pro Tem Danny Kolhage
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Heather Carruthers
Commissioner David Rice
(Seal)
ATTEST: AMY HEAVILIN, CLERK
By
Deputy Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
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BOCC 9/17114 (KP)
Mayor/Chairman
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY ;
TO fju�M:
OBl£ B. SHLUNGER, JR.
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