Item M09BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: March 21, 2012 Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes No X Department: DISTRICT FIVE
Staff Contact /Phone #: Donna Hanson 453-8787
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a resolution of the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida in support of the effort by the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission to create a slow speed boating safety zone at Jewfish Creek.
ITEM BACKGROUND: On February 8, 2012, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
approved a slow speed Boating Safety Zone at Jewfish Creek. The rules of the FFWC require a
resolution from the local government endorsing the creation of the boating safety zone.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: N/A
TOTAL COST: N/A 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:
DISPOSITION:
Revised 7/09
Included X Not Required,
AGENDA ITEM #
Commissioner Murphy
RESOLUTION - - 2012
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
IN SUPPORT OF THE EFFORT BY THE FLORIDA
FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
COMMISSION TO CREATE A SLOW SPEED
BOATING SAFETY ZONE AT JEWFTSH CREEK.
WHEREAS, Jewfish Creek is the entrance to Monroe County via the Inland Waterway;
and
WHEREAS, on February 8, 2012, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission approved a slow speed Boating Safety Zone at Jewfish Creek; and
WHEREAS, the rules of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission require a resolution
from the local government endorsing the creation of this Boating Safety Zone; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that the Board does hereby express its support of the Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Boating Safety Zone at Jewfish Creek.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 21t day of March, 2012.
Mayor David Rice
Mayor Pro Tern Kim Wigington
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner Heather Carruthers
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
(SEAL) David P. Rice, Mayor
Attest: Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
By:
Deputy Clerk