HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-039RESOLUTION NO. 09-039
A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MR. BOB HERBST JR.
FOR HIS $5,000.00 CONTRIBUTION TO THE SNOOK
FOUNDATION; RECOGNIZING THE SNOOK FOUNDATION
FOR OVERSEEING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDS
FOR TI3E DEPLOYMENT OF THE TUG LEE ON SEPTEMBER
17, 2008; AND FURTHER, NAMING THE REEF THE
"TUG LESLEY LEE REEF"
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County
has made the following determinations:
1. Mr. Bob Herbst Jr. contributed $5,000.00 to the Snook
Foundation, which was transferred to McCulley Marine Services,
Inc., for the deployment of the Tug Lee on September 17, 2008.
2. The Tug Lee, built in 1952 by Bellinger Shipbuilding
Company, is 48.8 feet in length with a steel hull at a depth of 5.5
feet and a breadth of 15 feet, weighed 12 net tons at deployment.
3. A post-deployment inspection showed that the Tug Lee is
now upright and stable at the bottom of the permitted offshore
artificial reef site and providing fish habitat and fishing
opportunities.
4. This Board believes that the $5,000.00 contribution from
Mr. Bob Herbst Jr. to the Snook Foundation and the overseeing of
the distribution of the funds by the Snook Foundation for the
deployment of the Tug Lee should be recognized.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby recognize Mr. Bob Herbst Jr. for
his $5,000.00 contribution to the Snook Foundation; and does
the
ize the Snook Foundation for overseeing
further recogn the Tug Lee a~
hereby 10 ~ent o~
distribution of the funds for the dep Y
Sept~~er 17~ 2008• the
d does hereby name the reef creat~d by
2, This Boar Lee Reet" in
the "Tug Lesley
dep7-oYment of the Tug Lee a~ which
Bob Herbst, Jr.,
from Mr.
appreciation of the contribu~ion
S ecies of ma~'lne life to be attracted to
has provided various p
this new artifi~ial reef. of February, 2009.
pASSED AN~ DULY ADOPTED this 10th day
13TY CONn`-lISSIONERS
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