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Date: August 28, 2006
The following Regular Agenda Items were not
discussed during the August 28, 2006 City
Commission Regular Meeting, due to the City
Commission Meeting not being extended.
COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM 306
Regular
August 28, 2006
Regular Meeting
Mgr. / Dept.
Authorization
REQUEST:
The Office of the Mayor requesting the City Commission to appoint
Commissioner Joanne M. Krebs to the State Gopher Tortoise Stakeholder Group.
PURPOSE:
This Agenda Item is needed to have Commissioner Joanne M. Krebs designated
the City of Winter Springs Representative on the State of Florida Gopher Tortoise
Stakerholder Group.
CONSIDERATIONS:
The State of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is currently
updating the State's System for managing the State's population of Gopher
Tortoise. This update will embody a wide range of new initiatives to more
effectively protect the Gopher Tortoise which has recently been upgraded to the
"threatened" species list.
The Gopher Tortoise Stakeholder Group is composed of persons with credentials
and interest in wildlife protection and serves as the Fish and Wildlife
Commission's advisers in revitalizing the States Management Plan for Gopher
Tortoise Protection.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
CITY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING - AUGUST 28, 2006
REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 306
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FUNDING:
N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
I am recommending Commission Krebs' appointment to the Gopher Tortoise
Stakeholder Group because of her intense interest in the protection of the Gopher
Tortoise and to symbolize the City's interest in the protection of "threatened"
endangered species.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.
COMMISSION ACTION: