LTC 080-2011 Resolution from Surfside 1A/M I -A
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No. LTC #;080 -201 1 - - - r LETTER TOU&MM&SI
TO: . Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City. Manager
DATE:. April 6, 2011
SUBJECT:. RESOLUTION FROM THE TOWN OF SURFSIDE, FLORIDA,
PERTAINING TO THE "BOTTLE BILL"
Attached for your perusal . is. a Town of- Surfside resolution urging the governor, state
representatives, and state. senators in the Florida legislature to'adopt a "bottle bill" to
encourage the return or recycling of all beverage containers and other recyclable materials.
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C: Duncan Ballantyne, Assistant City Manager, Hilda Fernandez, Assistant City Manager,
Jorge Gomez, Assistant City Manager, Dolores Mejia, Special Projects Ad'ministrator, and
Jose Smith, City Attorney
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Please distribute to the mayor and commissioners.
Thank you,
Priscilla Krutules
Office of the Town Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. '11- 0
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE.
TOWN OF SURFSIDE,,. FLORIDA, I.- URGING THE
GOVERNOR, STATE REPRESEN'T'ATIVE AND STATE
SENATORS IN THE FLORIDA_LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT
A STATE OF FLORIDA "BOTTLE` BILL" " TO AMONG
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OTHER THINGS ENCOURAGE TIDE •:RETURN OR.
RECYCLE OF ALL; BEVERAGE. - CONTAINERS - AND
OTHER RECYCLABLE MATERIALS,,. FURTHER
DIRECTING THE TOWN CLERK .TO IRANSMIT THIS
RESOLUTION TO CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
".WHEREAS, the Town Commission recognizes the importance of encouraging a clean . _
and. sustainable environment by creating incentives for -users of beverage containers to recycle
rather than dispose those used containers; and.
-WHEREAS, states with deposit laws (i.e., bottle bills) have higher residential recycling
rates of beverage containers than, those of non- deposit states and also enjoy litter decrease by 70-
8 5 %; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature, by enacting, the Energy, Climate Change, and
Economic Security Act of 2008 (Section, 403.7032, Florida Statutes ) established a statewide
recycling goal of 75 % by 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Enviroxunental Protection, in its 75% Recycling
Goal Report to the Florida Legislature on January 4, 2010, identified a bottle bill as an option
that can contribute to achieving the 75% recycling goal with little or -no additional funding; and
WHEREAS, the Town Commission believe_ s that it is in the best interest of the health,
safety, and welfare of residents of the Town and for the State of Florida to encourage these
efforts - and in that regard encourage the creation of a bottle bill;
NOW THEREFORE BE - IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN - COMMISSION 'OF
THE TOWN OF SURFSIDE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
- Section L The foregoing "Whereas. clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as .being
true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this resolution upon adoption hereof.
Section 2. . The Town of Surfside. hereby supports legislation that would create a
bottle bill.
Section. 3. The Town Clerk is hereby directed to transmit copies of this resolution to
the Governor of 'the State of Florida, the President of the Florida Senate, the Speaker of the
Florida House of 'Representatives, and Members of the Florida .House of -Representatives or
Florida Senate,.introducizig; le
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slation.in accordance with the terms of this resolution, and. the
Mayors and Members of the governing bodies of the municipalities within Miami- -Dade County.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Resolution becomes effective upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this t ' day of a 2QI 1.
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Motion b Commissioner n
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FINAL VOTE. ON ADOPTION
Corrunissioner m
.Edward Kopelmh
Conunissioner Mdrta.Olchyk
Vice Mayor Joseph Graubart
Mayor Daniel Dietch
Daniel Dietch, Mayor
ATTEST:
Debra E. Eastman, MMC
Town Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORiM AND
LE :AL SUFFICIENCY FOR THE TOWN OF SURFSIDE ONLY:
Lyn -Darmheisser
: Town Attorney, -