Resolution 112-1986
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Mayor Wilhelmina G. Harvey
Commissioner John Stormont
RESOLUTION NO. 112-1986
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
SUPPORTING THE ACQUISITION BY THE PUBLIC OF
CERTAIN LANDS IN NORTH KEY LARGO.
WHEREAS, North Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, is a
mostly undeveloped island surrounded on all sides by natural
areas of greatly recognized value,
including:
Everglades
National Park, Biscayne National Park, Biscayne Bay Aquatic
Preserve, Key Largo Coral Reef Federal Marine Sanctuary, John
Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Crocodile Lakes National
Wildlife Refuge, Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Lobster Sanctuary and
North Key Largo Hammocks; and
WHEREAS, the undeveloped properties extend southerly from
the Ocean Reef Club down to and including the Port Bougainvi11e
and Garden Cove properties; and
WHEREAS, the partially disturbed portions of Port Bougain-
vi11e and Garden Cove would be considered ideal for the
establishment of a multiple-agency scientific research and
management center for the island of North Key Largo; and
WHEREAS, the land of North Key Largo is a habitat for
threatened and endangered species of plants and animals; and
WHEREAS, the coral reef within the John Pennekamp State Park
and the Key Largo Marine Sanctuary are the only living coral
reefs in the continental United States; and
WHEREAS, the coral reefs are the basis of a thriving tourist
economy and recreational and commercial fishing industry in North
Key Largo; and
WHEREAS, the protection of the coral reefs begins with the
land of North Key Largo; and
WHEREAS, the health of the reefs is threatened by increasing
sources of pollution through the development of the land of North
Key Largo; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Commission is concerned with the
protection of both the coral reefs and the undeveloped land of
North Key Largo; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Monroe County Commission hereby
supports the acquisition by the public of the remaining
undeveloped property in North Key Largo and urges the
appropriation of public funds for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 1/1),
day of
4rt-I/
, A.D. 1986.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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. MAYOR CHAIRMAN ;
(SEAL)
ATTEST :DANNX L. J.{.OLHAGE). Clerk
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