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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FtORIDA, SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHM�NT
OF A REGIONAL ORGANIZATlON OF LOCAL
GOVERN�ACNTS AND CHAMBERS COMMERCE
WITHIN THE COASTAL REGION EXTENDING
FROM TARPON SPRINGS O�! THE NORTH "TO
NAPLES ON THE SOUTH FOR TNE PURPOSE OF
PURSUING AND DEVELOPIIdG SOLUTIONS TO
AVOID RED TIDE AND THE INiPACYS OF RE[3
TIDE WITHIN OUR REGIO(V; PF20VlDtNG Afd
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on Thur�day, February 1, 1996, representatives from rrZany
Florida west coast communities and scienfifiic researchers from many areas met
for a day-long seminar, hosted by the Town of Longboat Key, in an attempt to
find solutions to eliminate the financial, physical and social impacfi of Red '�ide;
and
WHEREAS, all of thE coastal communities within the region be#ween
Tarpon Springs, Florida, and Naples, Florida; of wrhich the City o� Clearw�ter is a
part, are adversely impacted from the scourge of red tides that reach our shores;
artd .
WHEREAS, ihe red tide algal bloom is an act ofi nature which occa�rs
without warning and without known cause, disrupting the environmeni, our iife-
styles, and our health; and
WHEREAS, the development of solutions to avoid red tide will require an
organized effort by communities affected; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COM61flISSiOP! OF
THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
,�ection 1. The City of Clearwater supports the formation of the
appropriate non-profit or other appropriate entity for the purpose of bringing
together a consortium of local governments and Charribers of Commerce within
the region with the objective of organizing, structuring, funding, and
administering a program to develop solutions to avoid red tide.
Resolution No.96-21
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Section 2. This resolution is adopted to endicate the City of Clearwater's
support for the formation of such an organizaiion and the Cifiy's interest in
participafiing cantingent upon th� adoption of a subsequent resolutio� by tfie City
approving the organization's structure, financing and administration.
PASSED Ah1D ADOPTED #his
Rpproved as to form
anci legai su�ficiency�:
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Pamela '&C. Akin, City Atiomey
�th day of March, 1996.
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ita Garvey, Mayor-Co ssi�er
Attest:
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Cyn ia E. Goudeau, Cify Clerk�
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