Resolution 2003-221
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RESOLUTION NO. 03- 221
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THAT
NAPLES BAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT AS A SURFACE WATER AND
IMPROVEMENT MANAGEMENT (SWIM)
PROJECT AND BE INCLUDED IN THE SWIM
PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, in 1987, the Florida Legislature created the Surface Water Improvement and
Management (SWIM) program under Chapter 373.451 et seq., Florida Statutes and Rule 62-
40.432 Florida Administrative Code to address the sources of water pollution affecting water
bodies of the State; and
WHEREAS, the State's five water management districts and Department of
Environmental Protection are directly responsible for the SWIM Program, and that these
agencies work as partners in concert with federal, state, and local governments, as well as the
private sector, with respect to this Program; and
WHEREAS, the federal, state, local governments, and private partners m a SWIM
Program contribute either funding or in-kind services; and
WHEREAS, the SWIM Program requires the development of plans for the restoration,
management, and protection of at-risk water bodies. Such a plan directs the work needed to
restore damaged aquatic ecosystems, prevent pollution from runoff and other sources, and
educate the public; and
WHEREAS, the SWIM Programs throughout the State have made great strides toward
improving the quality of a number of water bodies within the State; and
WHEREAS, Naples Bay has been impacted by the tremendous growth in the human
population of the region, the building of the Golden Gate Canal System and its connection to the
Naples Bay, and dredging and canal building; and
WHEREAS, Naples Bay has experienced a stratification of its fresh and salt water that
is negatively affecting oxygen levels, salinity and the survival of biotic organisms; an increase in
stormwater runoff that is carrying pollutants into the Bay and the loss of naturally-occurring
aquatic plant and animal life.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Collier County, Florida, thaI:
(1) Naples Bay be designated by the South Florida Water Management District as a
Surface Water and Improvement Management Project; (2) Naples Bay be included in the SWIM
Program; (3) A Plan to restore, manage, and protect the Bay be developed and; (4) Funding be
sought to implement the Plan.
_B ~Ef>', .~~, " DULY 1~TED ~~e :;ard of County Commissioners
ofCrit\~o~ntY(:'Ft$m~a, this day of ,2003.
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Approved as to form and legal
sufficiency.
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Marjori M. Student I
Assistant County At{orney
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