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8 MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
9 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
10 RESOLUTION NO. 101 -2020
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12 A RESLOUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
13 COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
14 REQUESTING THAT FEMA SUSPEND FLOOD RE-MAPPING
15 IN MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR A PERIOD OF
16 EIGHTEEN (18) MONTHS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19
17 PANDEMIC
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20 WHEREAS,On March 11,2020,the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic;and
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22 WHEREAS,On March 13,2020,the President of the United States issued an Emergency declaration for the entire State
23 of Florida(EM-3432),declaring a state of emergency because of the Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19);and
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25 WHEREAS,On March 9,2020, Florida Governor Ron Desantis issued Executive Order Number 20-52, declaring a
26 state of emergency because of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); and then subsequently expanded emergency
27 orders closing many lodging,dining and non-essential businesses;
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29 WHEREAS,The Florida Department of Health(DOH)issued a Declaration of Public Health Emergency on March 1,
30 2020,stating that COVID-19 is a threat to public health in Florida;and
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32 WHEREAS,The County declared a local state of emergency on Sunday March 15,2020;has extended said emergency
33 to the present day;and
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35 WHEREAS, the impact has created financial devastation communitywide, severely curtailed the availability of
36 business,government and especially healthcare services;and
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38 WHEREAS, non-essential workers have been strongly encouraged to shelter at home, with many around the nation
39 attempting to work remotely;and
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41 WHEREAS,all efforts are focused on the prevention of the spread of this virus and reducing the resulting death toll;
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44 WHEREAS, the cumulative global, national, state and local impacts render it impossible for communities such as
45 Monroe County to actively participate in the flood-mapping RISK Map process already underway. with pending FEMA
46 deadlines for detailed engineering analysis,alternatives and appeals;and
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48 WHEREAS,the County must muster all resources toward the immediate safety of its citizens,and then to the recovery
49 and restoration of its devastated economy—which alone could easily consume one entire year—the detailed focus necessary
50 upon the flood remapping effort can not prevail,
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1 NOW THREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
2 COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDA:
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4 Section 1. The Board hereby adopts the recommendation for FEMA to suspend/postpone
5 all furtherance of the flood-remapping process for a period of at least eighteen (18)
6 months.
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8 Section 2.This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption
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11 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
12 at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 15`h day of April 2020.
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14 Mayor Heather Carruthers Yes
15 Mayor Pro Tern Michelle Coldiron Yes
16 Commissioner Craig Cates . Yes
17 Commissioner David Rice Yes
18 Commissioner Sylvia Murphy Yes
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