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RESOLUTION 95-R-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, CONVEYING
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY,
THE CITY OF OAK HILL, ON ATTAINMENT OF THE
"FLORIDA RURAL COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR FOR 1995"
AWARD; REPEALING RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,
in November 1994,
Florida voters passed a
constitutional amendment that banned entangling gill nets in the
state's near-shore and inshore waters, and
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Hill has more than 100 local families
involved in commercial fishing, and
WHEREAS, a net ban task force made up of city officials,
representatives from the net fishing industry, local business
leaders, county officials and the Chamber of Commerce helped to
initiate compensation and retraining efforts by the state for
persons involved with commercial fishing who were effectively
unemployed by the ban on commercial net fishing, and
WHEREAS, this net ban task force became a model for other such
organizations throughout the state, helped the Florida Department
of Labor develop its net ban compensation package, and in addition
convinced state legislators to provide retraining efforts by the
state for out of work fishermen and net buy back money for
fishermen put out of work by the November 1994 commercial fish net
ban amendment, and
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Hill was selected from twelve (12)
applicants to receive the "Florida's Rural Community of the Year
1995" award for its efforts in helping displaced fishermen and
WHEREAS, this award recognizes and rewards a community that
made a priority of improving the quality of life for its citizens
through a worthy project which demonstrated community involvement
and the impact in improving the community's quality of life.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Edgewater, Florida:
Section 1. The City of Edgewater congratulates the City of
Oak Hill for the "Florida Rural Community of the Year for 1995"
award.
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Section 2. All resolutions or parts of resolutions in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
After motion by Councilman Mitchum and second by Councilman
Hays, the vote on this resolution was as follows:
Mayor Jack H. Hayman, Sr. ABSENT
Councilman Danny Hatfield AYE
Vice Mayor Louise A. Martin AYE
Councilman Mike Hays AYE
Councilman David L. Mitchum AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 20th day of November, 1995.
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OOF��E�DGEEWA ER, FLORIDA
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Louise A. Martin
Vice Mayor
APPROVED FOR FORM
AND CORRECTNESS:
Krli to A. Storey
City Attorney
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