Resolution 019-1977
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RESOLUTION NO. 19 - 1977
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE
SELECTION OF SOMBRERO REEF RESORT AS
SITE FOR ERDA SOLAR TOTAL ENERGY LARGE
SCALE EXPERIMENT.
WHEREAS, the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA has been advised that the Federal Energy Research
and Development Administration is considering the present Sombrero
Reef Resort at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida as a possible site
for the conduct of a Solar Total Energy Large Scale Experiment,
and
WHEREAS, the Board recognizes that Monroe County, Florida
has one of the highest electric utility user rates in the country
and inasmuch as the solar radiation in Monroe County is in abun-
dance all year round so that Monroe County is ideally suited for
such a total energy facility, and
WHEREAS, with the millions of tourists who visit Monroe
County, such a facility would receive great and widespread publicity,
and would be favorable publicity for the Florida Keys and would be
in keeping with the Board's policies of environmental protection,
now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that the Federal Energy Research and Develop-
ment Administration be and they are hereby notified that the Board
expresses its support and endorsement that the Administration
construct and operate at the Sombrero Reef Resort, Marathon, Monroe
County, Florida a Solar Total Energy Large Scale Experiment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this
Resolution be forwarded to the Energy Research and Development
Administration and a copy forwarded to Mr. R. A. Dow, 620 Armada
Road South, Venice, Florida 33595.
RESOLVED in regular meeting this 1st day of February,
A.D. 1977.
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