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RESOLUTION NO. 05-003
A RESOLUTION URGING THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS TO FUND THE BIOLOGICAL PRESERVATION
COMPONENT AND NOT DEFER THE NATURAL STORAGE
AND MUCK REMOVAL COMPONENT OF THE INDIAN RIVER
LAGOON PLAN BUT INCLUDE IT IN THE FIRST PHASE;
AND FURTHER REQUEST THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CONCUR WITH THIS BOARD'S
FINDINGS AND ALSO URGE THE ARMY, CORPS OF
ENGINEERS TO FUND THE BIOLOGICAL PRESERVATION
COMPONENT AND NOT DEFER THE NATURAL STORAGE
AND MUCK REMOVAL COMPONENT OF THE INDIAN RIVER
LAGOON PLAN BUT INCLUDE IT IN THE FIRST PHASE
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida, has made the following determinations:
1. The Indian River Lagoon is the most biodiverse estuarine
system in all of North America.
2. The Final Feasibility Study for the Indian River Lagoon -
South Project recommends a plan in Martin, St. Lucie, and
Okeechobee Counties that will improve water quality within the St.
Lucie Estuary (SLE) and the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) by reducing
the damaging effects of watershed runoff, reducing high peak
freshwater discharges to control salinity levels, and reducing
nutrient loads, pesticides and other pollutants.
3. The project will also provide water supply for agriculture
to offset reliance on the Ftoridian Aquifer.
4. The Army Corps of fngineers has proposed a change to the
Master Implementation Seque~cing Plan for the Indian River Lagoon
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Project that delays the aC9ulsltlon of 90,000 acres of land and
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muck removal to 2020, which essentially defeats the plan because it
will be very difficult to acquire that much land in the future,
given the escalating costs of real estate in Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board urges the Army Corps of Engineers to fund the
Biological Preservation Component and not defer the natural storage
and muck removal component of the Indian River Lagoon Plan, but
include it in the first phase; and requests the South Florida Water
Management District concur with this Board's findings and also urge
the Army Corps of Engineers to fund the Biological Preservation
Component and not defer the natural storage and muck removal
component of the Indian River Lagoon Plan, but include it in the
first phase.
2. The County Administrator is hereby directed to send a copy
of this resolution to Mr. Joseph Redican of the Army Corps of
Engineers, and Juan Diaz-Carreras of the South Florida Water
Management District requesting that the South Florida Water
Management District concur with this Board's findings and urge the
Army Corps of Engineers to fund the Biological Preservation
Component and not defer the natural storage and muck removal
component of the Indian River Lagoon Plan, but include it in the
first phase.
After motion and second the vote on this resolution was as
follows:
Chairperson Frannie Hutchinson AYE
Vice-Chairman Doug Coward AYE
Commissioner Paula A. Lewis AYE
Commissioner Joseph E. Smith AYE
Commissioner Chris Craft AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 4th day of January, 2005.
ATTEST:
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, F~9RIDA
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