Resolution 198-1987
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County Commission
RESOLUTION NO.
198-1987
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE
NATION OF FLORIDA KEYS AS
ISLANDS.
PROPOSED DESIG-
COASTAL BARRIER
WHEREAS, the County Commission of Monroe County has been
advised that the Department of Interior is presently engaged in a
study, the ultimate effect would be a designation of the Florida
Keys as Coastal Barrier Islands; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and County Commission of Monroe County,
Florida, take the unalterable position that such a designation
would not only be detrimental to the welfare of the Florida Keys,
but is a false and improper designation in that said Florida Keys
are not defined as Coastal Barrier Islands; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNTY COMMISSION OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1.
That the Department of Interior and those who
are attempting to designate the Florida Keys as Coastal Barrier
Islands are hereby called upon to refrain from adding such
designation to the Florida Keys.
Section 2.
That only those Keys in Monroe County,
Florida, which are unbridged, undeveloped and are off shore
islands of the main Florida Keys be considered for such desig-
nation, even though most of these islands do not fit the defini-
tion of a Coastal Barrier Island. The Department of Interior is
called upon to refrain from recommending any such designation,
with the possible exception of certain islands offshore that may
be defined as Coastal Barrier Islands.
Section 3.
That it is the understanding of the County
Commission of Monroe County that there are certain of the many
maps that contain inaccurate information and that these are
simply erroneous and not correct.
Taken in to account these
things with the fact that the main channel of islands in the
Florida Keys have no characteristics whatsoever akin to barrier
islands renders any such attempt to be improper in its inception.
Any such study leading to such a designation would have a direct,
irreversible impact.
Section 4.
Any study or attempt to designate the Florida
Keys as Coastal Barrier Islands completely disregards the impor-
tance of these islands in connecting U.S. Highway 1, particularly
as it affects the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of
the Florida Keys.
Section 5.
Copies of this Resolution be furnished and
forwarded to Senator Lawton Chiles, Senator Bob Graham, and
Congressman Dante Fascell. Furthermore, copies of this Resolu-
tion be furnished to the Coastal Barrier Islands Study Group,
Department of Interior.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the .s-~~ day of May, A.D., 1987.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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(SEAL)
At te s t : DANNY 1. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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APPR 'ED AS TO FORM
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Attorney's Office
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