Item B4
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
MEETING DATE: MARCH i 9.2003
DIVISION: COMMUNITY SERVICES
BULK ITEM: NO
DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY SERVICES
AGENDA ITEM WORDING Presentation of award to The Dolphin Research Center, Grassy Key by Monroe County
Board of County Commissioners and The Florida Keys Council For People With Disabilities.
ITEM BACKGROUND: See Attached.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Disability awards have been presented by the BOCC on many occasions.
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STAFF RECOMMENDATIOf'>l: Present Award
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The Board of County Commissioners ofMomoe County Florida and
The Florida Keys Council For People With Disabilities
Award Citation
To
The Dolphin Research Center
Grassy Key, Florida
Presented March 19, 2003
This award is presented on behalf of the disabled citizens of Monroe County, Florida by
the Board of County Commissioners and The Florida Keys Council For People with
Disabilities in recognition of outstanding effort in behalf of people with special needs.
They have installed the first salt water dockside cbairlift in the Florida Keys, retrofitted
their property with two accessible bathrooms and created wheelchair friendly pathways
throughout their premises. They have, for many years, hired and retained employees with
disabilities. With great compassion, they have established and executed a Special Needs
Program to allow disabled children and aduhs &om around the globe to experience the
joy of encounters with bottle-nosed dolphins.
For counting disabled people as full members of the human race, we present this plaque.
with gratitude, to the Dolphin Research Center, Grassy Key Florida.