Backup Documents 06/08/2010 Item #16H516H 5
PROCL AMA TION
WHEREAS, Mote Marine Laboratory was created as the Cape Haze Marine
Laboratory in 1955 by Dr. Eugenie Clark to teach people about the
sea in a two room 240 square foot shed in Placida, and was relocated
to Siesta Key in 1960 and renamed Mote Marine Laboratory in honor of
its mgior benefactor, William R. Mote, before moving in 1978 to its
current headquarters on City Island, Sarasota, and,
WHEREAS, world renown Mote Marine Laboratory is one of the few remaining
independent marine research centers with more than 191 staff
members, 34 of whom have doctoral degrees, and nearly 1,300
volunteers conducting marine research and education projects locally
and in more than 50 countries around the world, and,
WHEREAS, the Laboratory currently has 200,00o square feet of research,
education and public outreach space on a 10.5 acre campus on City
Island in Sarasota, as well as a 200 acre inland aquaculture park in
Sarasota and field stations in Charlotte Harbor and the Florida Keys on
Key West and Summerland Key, and,•
WHEREAS, Mote Marine Laboratory has performed significant community service
for the citizens of Collier County, through environmental education and
scientific shies of Southwest Florida Bays, the contiguous rivers,
streams, estuarine, and gulf areas of Collier County, and
WHEREAS, Mote Marine Laboratory has answered the challenge of educating the
Public about marine and estuarine ecosystems through its public
Aquarium which hosts 350,000 visitors annually and its education
Programs which reach 28, 000 students annually, and
WHEREAS, Mote Marine Laboratory is celebrating 55 years of advancing the
science of the sea through research, education and community service.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, that June 13 through June 19, 2010 be designated as
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY WEEK
with June 13, 1955 being the date of incorporation of the Laboratory.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 8th Day of June, 2010.
ATTEST.•
DWI T E. 8 OCK, CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY FLORIDA