Resolution 235-1995
Planning Department
RESOLUTION NO. 235-1995
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZING THE SUBMIS-
SION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE
FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST AREA OF CRITI-
CAL STATE CONCERN PROGRAM TO PROVIDE
FUNDS FOR A LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM
TO SECURE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE FOR THE USE
AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCE AND ACTIVITY-
BASED NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PARKS
WHEREAS, the Area of Critical State Concern Program is admin-
istered by the Florida Communities Trust; and
WHEREAS, one of the purposes of the Area of Critical State
Concern Program is to purchase lands that assist an Area of Criti-
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cal State Concern county to implement or further tie S:re~at~n
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and open space element of the local comprehensive ~~n; ~ ~;
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WHEREAS, grant funds of $6,354,265.00 are avai~~hle ~r Ar~as
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of Critical State Concern with a fifty percent (5o:,..,~) loc-al S2
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match; and
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WHEREAS, Monroe County will terminate the 1993 and 1994 Area
of Critical State Concern grants and will then have approximately
$1,720,000 remaining in the 1994-95 Capital Projects Fund #304
for the purchase of recreational lands; and
WHEREAS, this money can be used as Monroe County's fifty
(50%) local match; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County requires assistance in furthering the
goals, objectives and policies of the recreation and open space
element of the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, a grant request of one million seven hundred and
twenty thousand ($1,720,000) dollars will assist Monroe County in
furthering the recreation and open space element of the Comprehen-
sive Plan; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
1. The County Administrator is hereby authorized to submit
an application to the Florida Communities Trust for Area of Criti-
cal State Concern Program grant monies in the approximate amount
of $1,720,000 to purchase lands that will assist Monroe County to
further the goals, objectives and policies of the recreation and
open space element of the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive
Plan; and
2. The Board of County Commissioners is prepared to meet the
matching requirements of the grant program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 18th day of July, A.D., 1995.
Mayor Freeman
Mayor Pro Tern London
Commissioner Douglass
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Reich
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
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MAYOR/CH URMAN
(SEAL)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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