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RESOLUTION NO. 06-001
A RESOLUTION OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY EROSION
DISTRICT SUPPORTING OUR NATION'S BEACHES FOR
2006; SETTING FORTH FINDINGS; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, America's beaches provide vital economic, recreational, storm damage
reduction, and environmental benefits to the Nation; and
WHEREAS, the devastation caused by recent hurricanes and severe weather underscores
the need to invest in our Nation's water resources infrastructure, including shore protection
projects; and
WHEREAS, nearly sixty percent of all Americans live within 50 miles of the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the five Great Lakes; and
WHEREAS, the Nation's beaches are the leading tourist destination for millions of domestic
and foreign visitors, providing jobs and business profits which in turn produce billions of dollars
of tax revenues for the Federal government, as well as state and local governments; and
WHEREAS, the Federal government has made a commitment to our Nation's beaches by
partnering with state and local governments to fund on-going beach restoration projects,
including periodic beach renourishment, for over sixty years.
WHEREAS, the past half-century has demonstrated that beach nourishment works as a
means of repairing erosion and providing public recreation while producing at least $4 in national
economic benefits for every $1 of Federal money spent.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Erosion District Board of St. Lucie
County, Florida, as follows:
1. St. Lucie County Erosion District Board urges Congress to pass the Water Resources
Development Act (WRDA), support adequate funding for beach nourishment, reject all
efforts to withdraw from or limit the Federal government's role in our Nation's beach
nourishment projects and recognize that continued Federal support is critical to the
sustained environmental and economic health of our coastal resources and
communities.
2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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AFTER MOTION AND SECONDED, the vote on this Resolution was as follows:
Chair Frannie Hutchinson
Vice-Chair Doug Coward
Commissioner Chris Craft
Commissioner Paula A. Lewis
Commissioner Joseph Smith
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this
ATTEST:
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24th
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EROSION DISTRICT BOARD
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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