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Resolution 2005-262 RESOLUTION NO. 2005-2.62 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN SUPPORT OF A WESTBOUND ENTRANCE RAMP/ACCELERATION LANE ON INTERSTATE 75 FOR MINING TRUCKS FROM THE NORTH BELLE MEADE OVERLA Y AREA OF THE COUNTY. WHEREAS, recent comprehensive studies performed on behalf of the Board have concluded that there is a scarcity of rock suitable for road building on lands within Collier County where mining is allowed by the County's Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, Florida Rock Industries, Inc. ("Florida Rock") owns approximately 1,000 acres of Receiving Lands within the North Belle Meade Overlay ("NBMO") area where mining for rock suitable for road building is allowed and encouraged by the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, Florida Rock has asked the County Commission to support Florida Rock's request for approval from the appropriate state and federal agencies to construct a westbound mining haul route entrance ramp/acceleration lane on Interstate 75 located between the tollbooth and Everglades Boulevard. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: The Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida urges the Florida Department of Transportation and United States Department of Transportation to approve an application to be filed by Florida Rock for a westbound temporary special use access permit for an entrance onto Interstate 75 for loaded road material trucks, in order to minimize truck impacts on internal rural roads and urban streets, and to minimize the cost of constructing future improved roads within CoWer County by expediting construction time and reducing the haul distance for aggregate products. This Resolution is adopted this _ day of ,2005, after motion, second and majority vote favoring same. ATTEST: _ '., 1\,,\ - - elf (':7' \ , . ~ ~ ,,) ,".l .'1 DWIGm~\'E,. R0(;:~A:IFr~ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, '.. .' . ~ ,'"' ! COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA /:' .---;;~;..' '.t~-\.;_:: ~; -~" ,,:~~~~\, FR~~"c~ ~ ,; : ,,': ," , ' -< : ~ ""VI'I,. , ( .,. y.. By: Jeffrey Assista 475008.2. '''-~-'.'' ---