Resolution 159-2001
Commissioner Nora Williams
RESOLUTION NO. 159 - 2001
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, URGING THE CONTINUED APPROPRIATION
OF FUNDING FOR LAND ACQUISITION
WHEREAS, Monroe County citizens have advanced environmental land preservation
efforts with vote approval to locally fund a county wide preservation program; and
WHEREAS, the land and Water Conservation Fund, is a Federal Program designed
to acquire and therefore save the protection of sensitive and valuable natural areas in
Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, the loss of natural areas in the Keys continues to threaten our valuable
natural systems, which are one of the most important foundations of Monroe County's
economy; and
WHEREAS, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, through the National Wildlife
Refuges of the Florida Keys, has already preserved thousands of acres of environmentally
sensitive lands; and
WHEREAS, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, through appropriations for the
Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges, offers an opportunity to protect environmentally
sensitive lands and support the implementation of our County Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County is designated an Area of Critical State and
appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund will assist in acquisition of lands
affected by this designation; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County recognizes the importance of land acquisition in enabling
the implementation of conservation goals, growth management and comprehensive land use
plans; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners hereby urges
the Congress of the United States to appropriate Land and Water Conservation Funds, in
the following amount, for land acquisition in the Florida Keys for fiscal year 2001.
National Key Deer Refuge: $1 million
Section 2. That the County Clerk be hereby directed to furnish copies of this
Resolution to United States Senator Bob Graham. United States Senator Bill Nelson. and
United States Representative Peter Deutsch.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County.
Florida. at a regular meeting of said Board held on the J.~ndday of March. 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Mayor Pro Tem Nora Williams
Commissioner Murray Nelson
. ner Dixie Spehar
r Charles McCoy
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