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RESOLUTION NO. 07-145
A RESOLUTION URGING THE FLORIDA
LEGISLATURE TO DEFEAT LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD PREEMPT LOCAL REGULATION
OF WETLANDS
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida, has made the following determinations:
1. Amendments to Proposed HB 957 have been adopted that
would preempt local governments from regulating wetlands.
2. Local governments currently have the ability to prevent
damage to local wetlands by adopting regulations more strict than
those required by the state.
3. Wetlands under one-half an acre would go completely
unprotected if local wetlands regulations were preempted, because
only local governments regulate small wetlands.
4. Wetlands filter pollutants out of our water, which mean
that the fewer wetlands that exist, the less water quality
protection we will ultimately experience.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida:
1. The Florida Legislature is urged to defeat legislation
that would preempt local regulation of wetlands, including language
contained in HB 957, or similar legislation.
2. The County Administrator shall send a copy of this
resolution to the Governor, and the members of the St. Lucie County
Legislative Delegation.
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After motion and second the vote on this resolution was as
follows:
Chairman Cris Craft AYE
Vice-Chairman Joseph E. Smith AYE
Commissioner Paula Lewis AYE
Commissioner Doug Coward AYE
Commissioner Charles Grande AYE
PASSED 24th day of April, 2007.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. /~~ COUNTY, FLORI, DA
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