Resolution 137-2006
Commissioner Neugent
RESOLUTION NO. 137-2006
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS IN SUPPORT OF U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES BILL 4783, THE "PERMANENT
PROTECTION OF FLORIDA ACT OF 2006," WHOSE
PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT FLORIDA FROM THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS
EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION ALONG OUR FLORIDA
COAST AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PROVIDE SAID
RESOLUTION TO THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR AND
CABINET, THE STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION,
AND TO APPROPRIATE SPONSORS OF SAID
LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS.
WHEREAS, the Florida coast and particularly the Florida Keys provide the
American public with one of the nation's great tropical and subtropical vistas on
the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean; and
WHEREAS, these visual amenities of Florida form the basis for the State
and County's tourist and retiree based economies; and
WHEREAS, Florida and particularly the Florida Keys provide seafood
lovers with a substantial percentage of the nation's marine harvest, from snapper
and grouper to lobster and stone crab; and
WHEREAS, the initiation of oil and gas exploration and production creates
a substantial risk to the state of Florida and the Florida Keys, as a result of changed
perceptions about the beauty of Florida's coastline and the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys are one of the premier sport fishing
destinations in the world; and
WHEREAS, the potential for oil and gas to impact the natural beauty and
resources of the State and Florida Keys due to accident or an act of god is a risk
that is simply too great to accept; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
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Commissioner Neugent
Section 1. The Monroe County Board of Commissioners WHOLE
HEARTEDL Y support by this Resolution, House Bill 4783, the "Permanent
Protection of Florida Act of 2006; and
Section 2. Staff is directed to provide this adopted Resolution to Florida's
Governor and Cabinet, the State's legislative delegation to Congress, and to the
appropriate Congressional sponsors of House Bill 4783 and any similar Bills
developed in the United States Senate.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners,
Monroe County, Florida at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 15th day
of MarclL A.D., 2006.
Mayor Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Mayor Pro TemMurray Nelson
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner David Rice
BOARD OF CO
MONROE CO
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