Item G2
Commissioner Neugent
RESOLUTION NO.
-2002
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THAT THE LEGISlATURE NOT
ESTABlISH A VALUATION BEYOND WHICH HOMES ARE INEUGIBLE FOR
WINDSTORM INSURANCE FROM THE FLORIDA WINDSTORM
UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION (FWUA); REQUESTING THAT THE
LEGISlATURE NOT MAKE SECOND HOMES INEUGIBlE FOR WINDSTORM
INSURANCE FROM FWUA; REQUESTING THAT THE LEGISlATURE ALLOW
ALL DOlLARS RAISED FOR EDUCATION IN THE KEYS TO REMAIN IN THE
COUNTY FOR THE EDUCATION OF COUNTY CHILDREN IF THE
LEGISlATURE DECIDES TO ESTABUSH A VALUATION UMIT FOR FWUA
WINDSTORM INSURANCE AND/OR DECIDES TO EXCLUDE SECOND HOMES
FROM FWUA WINDSTORM INSURANCE.
WHEREAS, a legislative bill authorized by Representative J. D. Alexander (R-Winter
Haven) proposes that second homes and, by 2006, homes valued at more than $300,000 become
ineligible for windstorm insurance through the Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association, see
article in The Miami Herald, Feb. 19, 2002, p. 1 and lOA;
WHEREAS, at present in Key West, and elsewhere in the Keys, homes owned by ordinary
working people have valuations in excess of $200,000 and, absent an economic catastrophe, such
homes will easily be valued in excess of $300,000 by 2006;
WHEREAS, the ownership and use of second homes in the Keys is also an important part of
the overall Keys' economy; and
WHEREAS, the high real property values of the Keys result in the transfer of Keys' dollars
to pay for the schools and teachers in other areas, including Rep, Alexander's .working teacher in
Frostproof. . .,N see article in the Florida Keys Keynoter, Feb. 13, 2002, p. 1 and 2; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Legislature is requested not to make homes above a certain value
ineligible for windstorm insurance from the Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association (FWUA).
Section 2. The Legislature is requested not to make second homes ineligible for
windstorm insurance from the FWUA.
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