Item R14
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
*TIME CERTAIN REQUESTED *
Meeting Date: Wednesday. AUlZUst 20. 2003
Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
No XX
Department: Commissioner Rice. District 4
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Michael Davis, of Keith and Schnars, will make a report to the
Board regarding recent progress concerning the Programmatic Regulations for the
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program (CERP).
ITEM BACKGROUND: Resolution #465-2002 was approved by the Board October 16,2002 in
support of the Programmatic Regulations under development by the Anny Corp. of Engineers to
outline the procedures and relationships between the various agencies involved in the CERP. In
February of 2003, the Board approved a contract with Keith and Schnars, P.A. to provide
government services to the County on projects relating to Everglades restoration.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION; The Board of County Commissioners approved
Resolutions #075-2003 and #147-2003 in support of Everglades restoration issues.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS;
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMBlPurchasing _ Risk Management_
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DMSION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION:
Included XX To Follow_ Not Required_
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #-LV~
Revised I/03
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News Release
US Army Corps
of Engineers
Jacksonville District
Release No. 3703
For Release: July 10, 2003
P.O. Box 4970 Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019
Contact: Judy Wilson, Public Affairs Officer
Phone: 904-232-2236 - FAX: 904-232-2237
Email: iudv.m.wilsonf.W.usace.armv.mil
FOR IMMEDIA TE RELEASE
ARMY SUBMITS FINAL RULES FOR EVERGLADES RESTORA TION TO
OMB FOR ADMINISTRA TION REVIEW
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Today, the Acting Secretary of the Army submitted the
final programmatic regulations for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final Administration review. The
programmatic regulations establish the framework for the detailed planning and
implementation of the $8 billion Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP),
which will be jointly funded by the Federal government and the State of Florida. The
regulations also assist in defining the relationships and responsibilities of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers as well as federal, state, local and tribal partners in the restoration
effort.
The final regulations have been significantly changed to address concerns
raised during the public review process on the proposed rule that was published in the
Federal Register on August 2, 2002. The final regulations reflect many ideas and
comments from agencies, tribes, and a large number of individuals and organizations
representing environmental, agricultural, utility, and economic interests.
Review of the programmatic regulations by the Office of Management and
Budget is required for regulations that are considered a significant regulatory action
before they are published in final form. The final regulations also require concurrence of
the State of Florida and the Department of the Interior, both of whom have been closely
For more information about Jacksonville District's activities, visit our website at: http://www.saj.usace.army.mil
involved in the development of the regulations to ensure that they meet their needs.
After OMS review and concurrence, the final regulations will be published in the Federal
Register.
For more information on the programmatic regulations, see our website at
http://www.everoladesplan.oro/pm/proor reos.cfm. OMS's Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs can be contacted by fax at (202) 395-3047. For more information on
the OMS regulatory review process, see their web page at
http://www.whitehouse.aov/omb/inforeg/reopol.html.
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Commissioner 6eorge Neugent
AESOWTION NO.
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A AE5OU1T.JX)N Of THE 80ARD OP COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Of
MONROE COUNTY, fL.OIW)A CONCStNINe THE PROQRAMMATIC
A8iUlATIONS Of THE COMPA&IENS.1VE EVEAaADfS ItESTORATION
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WHEREAS; Monroe County incluctcs the FlorfdGlCaya island thain as _II CIS 0 subttantial
portion of the mainland E~
WHEREAS; 'The ~ EvergtodM Restoration Pfart ts an $8 billion federal-state
endeGYor that ailnS at re.ftoring Americo's EYergtada ine~ng Florida Bay:
WHeREAS; Florida 8Gy IS on oquotic nursery that provides the breeding grounds for
(ommer~lally Gnd NUeG1'ionaIly important fi. _ well as taN birds:
WHEREAS; The Florida K&ys ore home to a $2 biltiort--a-year tourism ~ Ifrgety based
on sportfishing and scuba diving. both dependent on c*-, water and a healthy South Florida
Eeosystem;
Wl-EREAS; Th& Ftoricfa Keys en also haIne 1'0 nohraI raoqrces of intcmGtionaI
significance including the 1hird-1orgat barrier coral reef in the worfd - mainland Alnericds only
living caraI....f - three Nationaf parks, the l'ICltion's most-visited natiGnallMrine SGnC1'UaI"y, five
nationot wildlife refuges, Floridcl's most-vi,ited ,tate park and thcnation's largest and most
protected marifte ....erve;
WHEREAS: Tbc FIoridcr Keys ere home to Flortdo's most voJuoble commercial fishery, which
in Iondings value regularly rdnks in the top five in the country;
WHEREAS; The Prugranunatic; Regulations are the btueprint for building and operating the
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan projects;
WHEREAS; It is in the fntcrat of the Florida Keys - both the ncm.nt raourcu and the
residents who depend on the touriSm economy -'that this bl....print provide strong guidance towcrd
Q hcGIthy, restored ecHySteII\;
WHEREAS; 80th florida's senators hQYC joined in Q bipar1i.san position of Seltators on the
Programmatic Regulations fncludfftg lIUppOI'1ing iMepMdent seietatlfic review and strong public:
outrcGch efforts as well as the reiMtatement of the 80/20 split' of water for the nattral system
and Q strong roolc for ttw= [)cpartment of Interior'; now. fhcreforc
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BE IT RESOlVED, THAT THe MONROE COUNlY COMMISSION hereby agras to send
this letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers endorsing the Senators' PD'ition and QI'ling for the
Progranunatic ReguJcations to be strengthened so as to provide stronger (lUidallu for ecosystem
ratoratiort..
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County. Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 16ttt day of October, 2002.
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