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RESOLUTION NUMBER 2005-22
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA TO ENTER
INTO AN URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT MEMORANDUM
OF AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, DIVISION OF FORESTRY
WHEREAS, trees are an important part of our community; and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs wants to improve its Parks Urban Forest by
replanting trees; and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs desires to apply for an Emergency Hurricane
Supplemental Urban and Community Forestry Grant which would provide monies in which to
help fund the cost of replacing trees; and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs wants to provide replacement trees to
homeowners who lost trees; and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs desires to apply for an Emergency Hurricane
Supplemental Urban and Community Forest Grant which would provide monies in which to help
fund the cost of purchasing replacement trees for homeowners; and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs wants to improve the health of city surviving
trees; and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs desires to apply for an Urban and Community
Forest Grant which would provide monies in which to help fund the cost improving the health of
surviving trees; and
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs wishes to enter into an Urban and Community
Forestry Grant Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Winter Springs, Florida and the
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of The City of
Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida as follows:
Section 1. The City Commission supports, the improvement of its Urban Forest by
planting trees in city parks.
Section 2. The City Commission supports, the providing of new trees to homeowners
who lost trees in the hurricanes,
Section 3. The City Commission supports, the improvement of the health of the cities
surviving trees.
Section 4. The City Commission hereby authorizes, the City Manager to enter into an
Urban and Community Forestry Grant Memorandum of Agreement between the City of
Winter Springs, Florida and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services,
Section 5. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Resolutions, All prior resolutions or parts of
resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 6. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or
portion of this resolution is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto,
Section 7. Effective Date, This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs.
DONE AND ADOPTED in regular session of the City Commission of the City of
Winter Springs, Florida, this 13t day of June 2005.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused
this seal to be affixed.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
JOHN F. BUSH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANDREA LORENZO LUACES
CITY CLERK
Approved as to Iegal form and sufficiency for
The City of Winter Springs only:
ANTHONY A. GARGANESE, City Attorney
City of Winter Springs
Resolution Number 2005-22
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