Resolution 2004-158
RESOLUTION NO. 2004- ~
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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, DECLARING THAT A STATE
OF EMERGENCY EXISTS THROUGHOUT UNINCORPORATED
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, REGARDING THE THREAT OF
LETHAL YELLOWING DISEASE TO SPECIFIED SPECIES OF
PALM TREES
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
1, This Declaration is made upon recommendation by the County's Public
Services Administrator. The Lethal Yellowing Disease, which infests and kills
the species of "covered palm trees" listed in subsection (B) in SECTION THREE
of the Ordinance, spreads easily through the air and requires immediate and
summary emergency action to prevent further spread of this disease.
2, This declaration of emergency shall continue throughout unincorporated
Collier County until (a) determinations are made from time-to-time by the Public
Services Administrator or designee that the threat or danger from the Lethal
Yellowing Disease no longer exists in specified geographic areas in
unincorporated Collier County, or (b) until a recommendation is made to the
Board of County Commissioners to terminate this declared state of emergency
and the Board of County Commissioners approves such recommendation.
3, Pursuant to Subsection 5 in SECTION FIVE in the Ordinance, Collier
County expenditures up to $20,000 in each fiscal year are authorized to be
expended to inoculate and/or remove covered palm trees suspected to be
infested with the Lethal Yellowing Disease.
4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
ADOPTED this _ day of
second and majority vote favoring adoption.
,2004 after motion,
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By:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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DO NA FIALA, Chairman
Approved as to form
and legal sufficiency:
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Thomas C. Palmer,
Assistant County Attorney
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