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Resolution 2008-234 RESOLUTION NO. 2008- 234 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, DECLARING A PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY IN REMOVING DEBRIS CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM FAY ON OR ADJACENT TO PUBLIC ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND AUTHORIZING SUCH REMOVAL OF DEBRIS BY COLLIER COUNTY AS PART OF ITS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 84-37, AS AMENDED, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCLAMATION/RESOLUTION NO. 2008-231, WHICH DECLARED AND EXTENDED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR ALL TERRITORY WITHIN COLLIER COUNTY, AS A RESULT OF EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED TROPICAL STORM FAY. WHEREAS, on August 18, 2008, the Board of County Conunissioners of Collier County, Florida (the "Board") in Emergency Session adopted ProclamationlResolution 2008-231, declaring a State of Emergency for all territory within the legal boundaries of Collier County, including all incorporated and unincorporated areas; and WHEREAS, the Board, having duly met in chambers on August 26, 2008, and being further informed that Tropical Storm Fay has caused extensive damage to public utilities, public buildings, public communication systems, public streets and roads, public drainage systems, commercial and residential buildings and areas, and as such poses an imminent threat to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens, residents and visitors of/to Collier County; and WHEREAS, Collier County Ordinance Nos. 84-37, as amended, authorizes the Board of County Conunissioners, following a declaration of a State of Emergency, to make a determination and to declare that it is in the public interest and safety to collect and remove disaster debris from all property, whether public lands, public or private roads, and gated communities, to eliminate an inunediate threat to life, public health and safety to reduce the threat of additional damage to improved property and to promote economic recovery of the community at large, and to authorize the county or its contracted agent(s) the right of access to private roads or gated communities as needed for: (a) Emergency vehicles such as, but not limited to, fire, police and medical care; (b) Performance of damage assessment, emergency management, specialized search and rescue teams; (c) Human services and victim relief; (d) Temporary emergency traffic controls or detour efforts; and (e) Debris removal vehicles and equipment, utility equipment and sanitation efforts to alleviate immediate threats to public health and safety; and to otherwise authorize the removal of debris, wreckage or collapsed structures resulting from a major disaster for a safe and sanitary living or functioning condition of the proximate environment. NOW THEREFORE, IT IS RESOL VED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, in Special Session, this 26th day of August, 2008, that: I. The removal of debris from or adjacent to public roads throughout Collier County, is hereby declared to be in the public interest and necessary to eliminate or lessen immediate threats to life, public health and safety and to eliminate or lessen immediate threats of significant damage to improved property, and as such is to be removed by Collier County or its contractors. 2. Debris resulting from the demolition of mobile homes, manufactured homes, residential or commercial buildings that is "pushed out" to the right of way will not be eligible for removal operations of Collier County or its subcontractors. This Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote favoring same. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COLLIER COUNTY FLORIDA By: d legal sufficiency: