Item B08
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 20 September 2001
Division:
Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes ---X-
No
Department: Marine Resources
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
A resolution of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners applauding The Ocean Conservancy and
Clean Florida Keys for their efforts in organizing and carrying out a Keys wide beach clean-up on 15
September 200 1.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Over the past several years The Ocean Conservancy (previously Center for Marine Conservation) has
supported beach clean-up activities in the Florida Keys and throughout the State for the month of
September. In addition local initiatives, such as Clean Florida Keys, have become strong partners in
this effort. The program establishes specific beach clean-up areas and pulls together volunteers from
throughout the community remove debris from Keys' beaches and other shorelines.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
Previous support of The Ocean Conservancy and Clean Florida Keys Shoreline Clean-up activities in
past years.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
NA
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approval
TOTAL COST:
None
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY: None
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
Year
DOCUMENT A TION:
Included ---X-
To Follow_
Risk Management _NA_
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Not Required_
APPROVED BY: County Atty X
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #~,
RESOLUTION NO. 2001
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS APPLAUDING THE OCEAN
CONSERV ANCY AND CLEAN FLORIDA KEYS FOR THEIR
EFFORTS IN ORGANIZING AND CARRYING OUT A KEYS
WIDE BEACH CLEANUP ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2001.
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 and Clean Florida Keys has
sponsored an annual County and Statewide coastal cleanup in Florida since 1988
and Clean Florida Keys sponsored the Adopt-A-Shore program since 1994, overall
resulting in the nations' largest coastal cleanup effort;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
The coastal cleanup efforts of The Ocean Conservancy and Clean Florida
Keys are critically important to the protection of coastal resources in the Keys; and
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 volunteered their substantial time and energy.
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Additionally, the Board would like to commend the many businesses in the
Keys that donated time and materials to this effort, including the Keys' solid waste
haulers and Waste Management Inc.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners,
Monroe County, Florida at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 20th day of
September, A.D., 2001.
Mayor Neugent
Mayor Pro Tern Williams
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Nelson
Commissioner Spehar
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:
MA YORlCHAIR PERSON
(SEAL)
A TIEST:
DANNY 1. KOLHAGE, CLERK
BY:
DEPUTY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
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