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RESOLUTION NO. 2020- 004 <br />WHEREAS, over thirty local Florida governments, including Indian River <br />County, have enacted land -acquisition financing programs in past decades, and those <br />conservation programs serve to leverage Florida Forever funding and increase the impact <br />of State land -conservation funding, and <br />WHEREAS, the residents of Indian River County have benefited <br />greatly from the FCT program by receiving matching funds that helped fund twenty-one <br />different acquisition projects while receiving over $25,000,000.00 from the program, and <br />WHEREAS, after years of neglect by the Florida Legislature, the citizens of <br />Florida voted overwhelmingly in 2014 to support the Florida Water and Land Conservation <br />Amendment ("Amendment 1") to restore funding to Florida Forever, and <br />WHEREAS, the Florida State Legislature has continued to underfund <br />Florida Forever specifically, and land conservation generally, despite the passage of <br />Amendment 1 with approval by over 75% of voters, and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County desires to direct their local legislative <br />delegation to make land conservation a priority again. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: <br />1. The Board encourages the Florida Legislature to fund the Florida <br />Forever program at its historical annual allocation of $300 million. <br />2. The Board declares its support to have Florida Forever completely <br />funded so that programs under the act, such as the FCT program, which has been vital <br />to our residents by providing financial assistance to acquire parks and other conservation <br />lands, are funded fully. <br />2 <br />