Item N09BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
"TIME APPROXIMATE REQUESTED"
Meeting Date: Wed., May 16, 2007
Bulk Item: Yes No XX
Division: BOCC
Department: Mayor Di Gennaro, District 4
Staff Contact Person: Tamara Lundstrom
(305 289-6000)
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Discussion and approval to arrange a delegation of Florida Keys
Mayors to travel to Washington DC to make a unified appeal for Federal funding for water
quality projects in Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND: To enhance Federal recognition of Keys water quality issues, local
governments need to speak with one voice as a unified Florida Keys delegation. Accompanying
the delegation would be members of the scientific and environmental communities and from the
National Marine Sanctuary that are familiar with the Keys water quality issues. While Monroe
County is under a Florida State Mandate to sewer the Keys by 2010, the Florida Keys waters
have also been designated as a National Marine Sanctuary, deserving of Federal funding to help
with the preservation of America's only living coral reef by with water quality projects
protecting the Sanctuary and enhancing water quality in near -shore waters.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
COST TO COUNTY:
BUDGETED: Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included Not Required XX
DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM #
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