Resolution 365-2001
RESOLUTION NO.365 2001
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS APPLAUDING THE OCEAN
CONSERVANCY AND CLEAN FLORIDA KEYS FOR THEIR
EFFORTS IN ORGANIZING AND CARRYING OUT A KEYS
WIDE BEACH CLEANUP ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2001.
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; and
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 Ocean Conservancy and Clean Florida Keys has
sponsored an annual County and Statewide coastal cleanup in Florida since 1988
and Clean Florida Keys sponsored the Adopt-A-Shore program since 1994, overall
resulting in the nations' largest coastal cleanup effort;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
The coastal cleanup efforts of The Ocean Conservancy and Clean Florida
Keys 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.
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Additionally, the Board would like to commend the many businesses in the
Keys that donated time and materials to this effort, including the Keys' solid waste
haulers and Waste Management Inc.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners,
Monroe County, Florida at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 20th day of
September, A.D., 2001.
Mayor Neugent
Mayor Pro Tern Williams
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Nelson
Commissioner Spehar
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