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RESOLUTION NO. 2000-~~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, RELATING TO
THE CITRUS CANKER ERADICATION PROGRAM;
CALLING UPON THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO ESTABLISH
A TREE CANOPY COMPENSATION FUND TO PROVIDE
JUST AND FAIR COMPENSATION TO MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY RESIDENTS WHOSE TREES HAVE BEEN
ERADICATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO CITIES IN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY TO REESTABLISH THE DECIMATED TREE
CANOPY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the eradication of citrus trees under the Florida Department of Agriculture's
Citrus Canker Eradication Program in Miami-Dade County is an issue of major concern to all
residents and the various municipalities within Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Agriculture has declared a state emergency and
quarantine of South Florida in order to protect the 8.6 billion dollar citrus industry from the bacteria
that causes citrus canker, Xanthomonasaxonopodis Pv. Citri (Asian Strain); and
WHEREAS, an estimated 1,000,000 citrus trees have been or will be eradicated in Miami-
Dade County under the Florida Department of Agriculture's Citrus Canker Eradication Program;
WHEREAS, the eradication has placed major hardships on residents and denuded the tree
canopy in cities; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida is providing only a limited-use $100.00 certificate per
residence, regardless of the number of trees eradicated, as compensation; and
WHEREAS, these efforts are clearly inadequate,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The State of Florida be requested to re-assess any scientific data to confirm or end the
need for further citrus canker eradication and make readily available its "public" scientific data.
Section 2. The City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach calls upon the State of Florida
and the Florida Citrus Industry to establish a just and fair compensation grant program for residents
that will provide sufficient, realistic "fair market value" funding to replace all citrus trees eradicated
due to the Citrus Canker Eradication Program.
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Section 3. The Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach further calls upon the State of
Florida and the Citrus Industry to establish a matching grant program for local municipalities to
enable them to immediately begin to replace the tree canopy decimated by the Citrus Canker
Eradication Program.
Section 4.
This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this~ daYOfJ{J7~ ~
David Samson, Mayor
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Richard Brown,.Morilla, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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Mayor Samson
Vice Mayor Morrow
Commissioner Iglesias
Commissioner Kauffman
Commissioner Turetsky
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