Resolution 033-1975
RESOLUTION NO. J 3.. -1975
A RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE PRE-
PARATION OF A COASTAL ZONE PLAN
FOR THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION
WHEREAS, the Congress declared in the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972 that it is a national policy "to preserve, protect,
develop and where possible, to restore the resources of the nation's
coastal zone for this and succeeding generations . . . For all
Federal agencies engaged in programs affecting the coastal zone to
cooperate and participate with State and local governments and regional
agencies in effectuating the purposes of this Act", and
WHEREAS, it \Vas the legislative intent ,,.,hen the Florida
Coastal Coordinating Council was created that there be "a coordinated
effort of interested Federal, State, and local agencies of government"
to plan for and effect a solution for problems within the Coastal Zone,
and
WHEREAS, the South Florida Regional Planning Council is the
regional planning council for Florida District 10; duly organized by
inter local agreement between the counties in District 10 under Chapter
163 of the Florida Statutes, and
WHEREAS, the defined purposes of the Council under the inter-
local agreement include:
to cooperate with Federal, State, local and
non-governmental agencies and citizens to
insure the orderly and harmonious coordina-
tion of State, Federal and local planning
and development programs in order to assure
the orderly, economic and balanced growth
and development of the Region, consistent
with the protection of the natural resources
and environment of the Region and to protect
the health, safety, welfare and quality of
life of the residents of the Region, and
WHEREAS, the Act recognizes that "local governments are closest
to those who will be most affected by a management program and that
many sub-state units often make a useful contribution to the develop-
ment of the programlt, and
WHEREAS, it is required prior to approval and funding of a
management program that there be a finding by the United States
Secretary of Commerce that the State of Florida has developed and
adopted a management program enabling the opportunity for full par-
ticipation by local goverments and regional planning organizations
and has established an effective mechanism for continuing consultation
and coordination between the management agency and local governments
and regimnal agencies, and
WHEREAS, the Coastal Coordinating Council and the Divis~on
of State Planning request South Florida Regional Planning Council's
participation in coastal zone planning in State District 10, on a
contractual basis, and
mIEREAS, South Florida Regional Planning Council negotiated
in good faith with representatives from the Division of State Planning
and the Coastal Coordinating Council in order to draft a mutually
acceptable agreement; and to this end said representatives agreed upon
a draft contract which would later be ratified by all parties, and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Division of State Planning
authorized immediate commencement of work based on said draft con-
tract, and
WfEREAS, notwithstanding the draft contract negotiated and
the authorization to begin work, the Coastal Coordinating Council sub-
sequently rescinded the draft contract and terminated further nego-
tiations.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners
of Honroe County, Florida recognizes the importance of the Coastal
Zone Management Act and the need for an effective mechanism for con-
tinuing consultation and coordination among governmental bodies
involved in coastal planning and management, and
That in order to insure the opportunity for this full parti-
cipation in Region 10, the Board of County Commissioners of .Honroe
County, Florida urges the adoption of a process which will lead to
the incorporation of the interests and concerns of all governmental
agencies in the Region, and
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Honroe County, Florida protests, to the Governor and to
the United States Secretary of Commerce, the actions of the Division
of State Planning and the Coastal Coordinating Council, that exclude
the South Florida Regional Planning Council, the instrumentality of
local governments in sub-state Regiona 10, from the development of
the coastal plan and management process in Region 10, and
The Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Flori~a,
asks the Go~ernor to direct the appropriate State agency to execute
the negotiated coastal planning contract with the South Florida
Regional Planning Council and to insure a continuing, effective role
for the Council, as an instrumentality of the local governments in
RegionalO, in the development of a coastal zone plan and its imole-
mentation.
DATED February 11, 1975.