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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY of MONROE Mayor Craig Cates,District 1
The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5
Michelle Lincoln,District 2
James K.Scholl,District 3
David Rice,District 4
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
June 21, 2023
Agenda Item Number: A2
2023-1172
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Commissioners Aid
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Michelle Lincoln
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, reclaiming the title of creating the world's largest Key Lime Pie, on July 3rd,
2023, at the Bicentennial Celebration at the Big Pine Key Community Park.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
The Resolution recognizes the history of the Key Lime Pie and its association with Monroe County and
the Florida Keys and recognizes the residents of the Florida Keys will reclaim the World Record for
creating the world's largest Key Lime Pie at the County's Bicentennial celebration on July 3, 2023 at the
Big Pine Key Community Park.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
N/A
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
DOCUMENTATION:
Resolution on the Worlds Largest Key Lime Pie at Bicentennial Celebration on 7.3.23 at BPK
Community Park.pdf
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ANNOUNCING THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS WILL RECLAIM THE TITLE OF CREATORS OF THE
WORLD'S LARGEST KEY LIME PIE AT MONROE
COUNTY'S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ON JULY 23,
2023 AT THE BIG PINE COMMUNITY PARK.
WHEREAS, Key Lime Pie is a native Floridian dessert that originated in the
Florida Keys, and was designated and has been proudly served as the Official State Pie
of Florida since 2006; and
WHEREAS, Key Lime Pie is the Official' Dessert of Monroe County and the
Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, Florida has prepared at least four world record Key Lime Pies and
served the mammoth pies to Key West, Boston, Atlanta, the Governor in Tallahassee,
and Good Morning America; and
WHEREAS, Key Lime Pie reminds people of sun, sand, and tropical breezes and
is celebrated in songs singing "My, my, my— my Key Lime Pie;" and
WHEREAS, Key Lime Pie is engrained in the American presidencies of Taft,
Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and
Trump; and
WHEREAS, on July 3, 2023, Monroe County will celebrate its Bicentennial at the
Big Pine Community Park with what will break the record for the World's Largest Key
Lime Pie; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned World's Largest Key Lime Pie will measure
13.14 feet in diameter and be delicious!!
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that on July 3, 2023, the
residents of the Florida Keys will officially reclaim the World Record for creating the
Largest Key Lime Pie at Monroe County's Bicentennial Celebration at the Big Pine Key
Community Park.
1 See, Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida Resolution 104-2022.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting held in Key Largo, Florida on the 21st day of June,
2023.
Mayor Craig Cates
Mayor Pro Tem Holly Merrill Raschein
Commissioner Michelle Lincoln
Commissioner James Scholl
Commissioner David Rice
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
MAYOR PRO TEM HOLLY MERRILL RASCHEIN
(SEAL)
ATTEST: KEVIN MADOK, CLERK Approved as to form & legal sufficiency
By
AS DEPUTY CLERK Robert B. Shillinger, Monroe County Attorney