Resolution 116-2001
RESOLUTION NO. 116-2001
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY SUPPORTING
LOCAL EFFORTS TO SEEK FLORIDA SCENIC HIGHWAY
DESIGNATION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS OVERSEAS
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WHEREAS, the quality of the natural, cultural and historical resources found within and adjacent to U.S.
Highway I in the Florida Keys is nationally and globally significant, and
WHEREAS, a Corridor Management Entity consisting of citizens, businesses and government
representatives has been formed for the Florida Keys Scenic Highway as required by Florida Statutes for
the purpose of designation as a Florida Scenic Highway; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the scenic highway designation is to protect, enhance, preserve, and maintain
the cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, natural and scenic resources of the designated corridor,
while utilizing these resources for appropriate economic development and tourism; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners believes that significant benefits of
additional resource conservation, aesthetic enhancement, recreational amenities, public information, and
economic development can result from the scenic highway designation; and
WHEREAS, the Corridor Management Plan, which delineates the implementation of the goals and
objectives of the Florida Keys Scenic Highway corridor, has been developed and will be implemented
with the approval of the local governments of the jurisdictions through which the corridor passes, without
state or federal restrictions on land use within the corridor by virtue of the designation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS that we register support for the designation of the Florida Keys Scenic Highway
in Monroe County as a Florida Scenic Highway, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Commission will strive to incorporate appropriate elements of
the Corridor Management Plan for the Florida Keys Scenic Highway into the Monroe County
tQ)mpohensive Plan.
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~S~S ~~OPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a
Q!€guifm~~f said Board held on the 22nd day of February, 2001.
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Mayor George Neugent yes
Mayor Pro Tern Nora Williams yes
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy yes
Commissioner Murray Nelson yes
Commissioner Dixie Spehar yes
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF M7ROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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