Resolution 075-1981
RESOLUTION NO. 75 - 1981
RESOLUTION DIRECTING MONROE COUNTY PLANNERS
TO TAKE PART IN PUBLIC HEARINGS CONCERNING
PROTECTION OF THE EVERGLADES.
WHEREAS the health, safety and welfare of the present
and future residents of Monroe County are dependent on the
natural ecosystems of Everglades National Park (which includes
Florida Bay), and
WHEREAS the health, safety and welfare of the present and
future residents of Monroe County are dependent on the Everglades
Water Shed for potable water supplies, and
WHEREAS the natural ecosystems and watersheds of the
Everglades, Everglades National Park and Florida Bay depend on
a quantity and quality of water influenced by the southerly flow
of water from points north of Lake Okeechobee southward which
are influenced by natural and unnatural events, and
WHEREAS the protection and maintenance of the Everglades
watershed is beyond the jurisdiction and boundaries of Monroe
County, and
WHEREAS the responsibility of protection and maintenance
of the Everglades watershed is with the United States, State of
Florida, Counties of Dade, Collier, Broward, Hendry, Palm Beach,
and all other counties within the jurisdiction of the South
Florida Water Management District, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for Monroe County to protect the
health, safety and welfare of the present and future residents
of Monroe County,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That the Monroe County Commission desires the above
named governmental bodies to protect and maintain the ecosystems
and watersheds of the Everglades, and
2. That the Monroe County Planners be directed to take
part ln Public Hearings concerned with the ecosystems and water-
sheds of the Everglades.
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Passed and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners
of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the
24th day of March, 1981.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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