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RESOLUTION NO. 05-319
A RESOLUTION REGARDING
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT WHICH
INCLUDES THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON -
SOUTH PLAN
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida, has made the following determinations:
1.
St.
Lucie
County adopted
the
St.
Lucie
County
Comprehensive Plan on January 9, 1990 by Ordinance No. 90-1.
2. The adopted comprehensive plan contains objectives and
policies which protect natural resources, including the North Fork
of the St. Lucie River and the Indian River Lagoon National
Estuary.
3. The St. Lucie Estuary and Indian River Lagoon have been
and continue to be severely degraded by excessive freshwater
discharges and nutrients from drainage canals constructed by the
Central and Southern Flood Control Project.
4. St. Lucie County, Florida, has a long history of
supporting local, state and federal programs to improve the
environmental health of the St. Lucie Estuary and Indian River
Lagoon, which is critical to the economic and social environment of
South Florida.
5. St. Lucie is implementing urban stormwater quality
retrofit projects, participates in the Adopt-A-Drop program for
neighborhood stormwater quality improvement and supports numerous
local grassroots organizations dedicated to cleaning up the St.
Lucie Estuary and Indian River Lagoon.
6. St. Lucie County endorsed the state and federal Indian
River Lagoon Restoration (IRL) Plan published in final form August,
2002.
7 . St. Lucie County has had an aggressive land buying
program known as the Environmentally Significant Lands Program that
has preserved over 7,000 acres of sensitive lands.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board supports the restoration of native habitats
and the construction of water preserve areas as a means to restore
the Indian River Lagoon Estuary and the St. Lucie River.
2. This Board will assist to further the goals and
objectives of the Water Resources Development Act which includes
the Indian River Lagoon South Plan through funding, staff support,
and the implementation of local preservation and restoration
projects that protect natural areas and enhance the County's
waterways and adjacent uplands habitats.
3. This Board urges legislative authorities, which have
oversight of the agencies responsible for Florida's waterways and
estuary systems, to approve funding for the implementation of the
Water Resources Development Act which includes the Indian River
Lagoon South Plan this session.
After motion and second the vote on this resolution was as
follows:
Chairman 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 16th day of August, 2005.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COlon-US ONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, RIDÀ'
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