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BOOK MPAGE 631 <br />ZL RESOLUTION 99-022 - IN SUPPORT OF FLORIDA FOREVER ASA <br />SUCCESSOR PROGRAM TO PRESERVATION 2000 <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of March 9, 1999: <br />TO: Margaret Gunter <br />FROM: Chairman Fran B. Adams <br />DATE: March 9, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item Under Consent <br />BCC Meeting March 16, 1999 <br />ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FLORIDA FOREVER AS A <br />SUCCESSOR PROGRAM TO PRESERVATION 2000. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Stanbridge, the <br />Board unanimously adopted Resolution 99-022 <br />supporting the establishment of FLORIDA <br />FOREVER as a successor program to <br />PRESERVATION 2000. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 99-22 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF FLORIDA FOREVER AS A SUCCESSOR <br />PROGRAM TO PRESERVATION 2000; AND PROVIDING FOR AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, Preservation 2000 has been the State of Florida's premier land preservation program, <br />which has acquired and, therefore, saved much of Florida's best remaining natural land; and <br />WHMEAS, Florida's population continues to grow by more than 700 people per day, and accounts for <br />the rapid conversion of forests, wetlands, farms, wilderness and other green space; and <br />WHEREAS, we must protect and restore water resources for natural systems and human use, as well <br />as for habitat for plants, animals and fisheries; and <br />WHEREAS, it is important to provide exceptional opportunities for outdoor recreation for all <br />Floridians and visitors in order to enhance Florida's economy and quality of life; and <br />WHEREAS, we must ensure the effective long-term management of public lands; and <br />WHEREAS, Florida's native plant and animal species do not yet have sufficient habitat for survival, <br />and Florida's wild lands are being invaded by non-native plant and animal species; and <br />WHEREAS, land acquisitions under Preservation 2000 have provided significant environmental <br />protection, but have not yet completed the job o setting aside enough land and water areas to meet Florida's <br />pressing natural resource needs; and <br />WHEREAS, in anticipation of the expiration of Preservation 2000, a successor program to be known <br />as Florida Forever has been proposed as a new land conservation program to further the protection of Florida's <br />exceptional wild lands; and <br />MARCH 16, 1999 <br />