Item B1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 02/2012008 Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes -X... No - Department: DisL3
Staff Contact /Phone #; TarnDlV Sweeting
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Proclamation Proclaiming 2008 as the year of the Key Largo Woodrat
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACI10N:
CONTRACf/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDA nONS:
TOTAL COST: BUDGETED: Yes - No -
COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes - No - AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year -
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMBlPurehas" Risk Management_
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DOCUMENTATION: lncluded - Not Required_
DlSPOSmON: AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 11106
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. Mayor". PreclamatioD
Whereat, the urea !mown 85 Nodh Key LarF oonlains the only acrea,ge of tropical t.dwood bammock. in
, the COlItiDeDIaJ UDited S1lIles, _iningthe~eocbmgi:red KeyLsrJo Woodnd (NeofGma tloridana
SIlllIIIi).
~ the missiPu otFrieDds And Voluntfler.l Ofllefuges (FAVOR.) is lD ~ the ~ WildIifu
Refuges.oftbe Florida Keys through educatiCD, vo1unIBerilIm. 'oon- advenariaI. ~ 8Dd fimdraising.
WIlereu, FAVOR celebrates extensive combined efforts over recem years betwea1 Vohmteers, Private
CorpcInI!ionlland LocaJ,.S1Ble aDd FednI. ~. These efforts have I'IlSIIhed in a successfu] CIIptive
breeding program 8Dd bIbilat restllatioo of; 8Dd for, 111I endImpnld Key largo Woodrat.
WIIeraI. FAVOR CODlinIll!lS toceldJrate die efforts ofYoluomen who made North Key Largo arealily.
We nmember \'isionaay volunteers such IS Depy JoIJDscm and supporters of early habitat pW'cllue and
protecOOIl.
w--.. inspind by the pIigbl of tile eodanpred Key Largo Woodn!t. with its humoogous'lIIB, geatIe
nature and good pllI'eIlting sIdIIs, bro<<bln IlaIph and Clay DeGayoer eoD8bonded 10 ~ an educ:aliomd
book, "KeY Lalgo's Koala"; 8 prodgc:t of1heir many bolo ofbandl-oD vol1altDer'Mlrk 011 Nor1b Key
Largo.
WIttraI, man effort to IxiDg __ throuih Itor)'tellin& loaIIl'IlSideDt, ~. 2006 F.DvironmenlaI
Teacher of the Year lIIId Cnx:odiIe LlIIi:e NllIiomlI Wildlife ~ vo1ualeer '''P'-dldi.e. Nicty Luk,
ha writlcn a children's nOwil,.~Woodnt Jill"..
Wberas. ~ 10 the ChiDaIe ttm.r c:aIcDk, 2008 is 1be V_ of1bc Rat; Ib ewat celebrIted around,
die wortd. III Cbinme i:IIkure the mt is rapectIld tur his co.np. respollIibilily, survivalllbilitiils, lIbilily to
find IIOlutioDa, and gnat Ieaderibip qualities. The Chinese Now Vrc JbIrtlld on Fllbnw'y 7dJ Tht Rat sign
ill tint in 8 twelve yell' ~Ie; 8 time ibr new ~iT-
Now ~ by ~ ofthQ power vested in me. MayDr ofMomue Cou:d:y, PJorida, I, a.rJa
"Sonny" McCoy, do hereby proclaim tile year of2OO1 .
YeIIT olthe Key Ltlrgo Woodrat
w~ III)' hand and sa1 oCtile County ofMcJmoe.,F1cridIl dUa 20dl dIly of Febtwry
Mayor
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