Resolution 324-1997
Commissioner, District 4
RESOLUTION NO. 324 -1997
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPLAUDING THE
CENTER FOR MARINE CONSERVATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN ORGANIZING AND
PREPARING TO CARRY OUT A KEYS WIDE BEACH CLEANUP TO TAKE PLACE ON 20
SEPTEMBER, 1997.
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;
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 Center for Marine Conservation has sponsored an annual County and Statewide
coastal cleanup in Florida since 1988, resulting in the nations' largest coastal cleanup effort; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Marine Conservation is sponsoring a coastal cleanup in the Florida Keys
on Saturday 20 September, 1997; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
The coastal cleanup efforts of the Center for Marine Conservation 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.
Additionally, the Board would like to commend the many businesses in the ~ysdhatlond!ed
time and materials to this effort, including the Keys' solid waste haulers and Waste M~e.ln~
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe C~l'j;-Flotl'Sa, €J a
fre~~~aLrr1,:eting of said Board held on the 17th day of September, 1997. ~E~ ~ ;
.~~" ' Mayor Douglass yes :<:-t:r: N (")
// MaYOr. p.ro Tem London yes;!!. ~ ;..g
.-; .' Comm~. ioner Freeman yes 'P";f:':. c
\, . Commf.. ioner Harvey yes
c; 'I' sioner Reich yes
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Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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