Resolution 069-1994
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RESO~WBBON (~Ht*,i LgOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA URGING THE CONTINUED APPROPRIATION OF
FUNDING FOR PRESERVATION 2000.
WHEREAS, Monroe County citizens have advanced
environmental land preservation efforts with voter approval to
locally fund a county wide preservation program; and
WHEREAS, Preservation 2000 is a ten-year program designed
to acquire and therefore save Florida's best remaining natural
land, and is the state's most comprehensive land protection
program; and
WHEREAS, Florida's rate of population growth and conversion
of natural areas continue to threaten our natural systems; and
WHEREAS, Preservation 2000 is now in the fourth year of
operation and has already preserved 225,000 acres of
environmentally sensitive lands, 2,627 acres being located here
in Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, Preservation 2000 offers an opportunity for
funding partnership between Monroe County and the state to
protect environmentally sensitive lands and support the
implementation of our county comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County recognizes the importance of
Preservation 2000 in enabling the implementation of conservation
goals, growth management and comprehensive land use plans; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners hereby urges the Legislature of the State of
Florida to:
A. Appropriate funding for Preservation 2000 for the
upcoming year.
B. Appropriate a permanent funding source for the
remaining years of the Preservation 2000 program.
Section 2. That the County Clerk be hereby directed to
furnish copies of this Resolution to the members of the Monroe
County Legislative Delegation and to the Government Relations
Coordinator of The Nature Conservancy.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 16th day of February, 1994.
Mayor London
Mayor Pro Tern Cheal
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Reich
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OUNTY, FLORIDA
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ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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