HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution_02-72/73_03/13/1973 RESOLUTION NO. 2 -72/73
-A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE
LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY,
FLORIDA, NOT TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED HOUSE
BILL OF FLORIDA HOUSE MEMBER, THOMAS F. LEWIS,
WHICH BILL WOULD DEFER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
JANUARY 1, 1973, ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE, WHEN
SEWAGE PLANTS WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA SHALL
TREAT EFFLUENT AT A MINIMtM OF NINETY PERCENT
BOD REMOVAL: AND, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
BEING REQUESTED TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTION.
WHEREAS, the Honorable Thomas F. Lewis, a member of the House
of Representatives, State of Florida, has announced that he will pre -
file House Bill #227 to defer the effective date of January 1, 1973,
until June 30, 1975 when sewage plants within the State of Florida,
• shall be required to treat effluent at a minimum of ninety (90) percent
BOD removal, and
WHEREAS, the mandatory deadline of January 1, 1973, was
placed in legal effect more than two years prior to its effective date
and there is still non - compliance throughout the State, and
WHEREAS, the health and welfare of the community are deeply
involved as are all phases of the construction industry, and each has
a vested interest in the subject at hand, and
WHEREAS, there is no assurance that any new deadline will be
met by extending the date to June 30, 1975, and
WHEREAS, State and local governmental agencies have contributed
to failure of sewage plants to comply by contradictory and diverse
rulings as to proper disposal of sewage effluent, and
• WHEREAS, these State and local agencies have failed to provide
the proper guidelines that would result in the required goals;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Legislative Delegation of Palm Beach County
be and it is hereby requested to direct their efforts to provide through
legislative action,'a cohesive plan to implement and achieve the treatment
required by present law without further delay.
Section 2. The Legislative Delegation of Palm Beach County,
Florida, be and it is hereby requested to oppose any change in the
• present mandatory requirement that all sewage plants operating within
the State of Florida, shall as of January 1, 1973, treat effluent at a
minimum of ninety (90) percent BOD removal.
Section 3. The Village Clerk be and is hereby authorized and
directed to send a copy of this Resolution to all members of the
Legislative Delegation of Palm Beach County, the County Commission of
said County, all municipalities of the County, and to all Committees
of the State House of Representatives to whom such type of Bill would
be referred under legislative procedures.
Section 4 . All Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS ^�� DAY OF C ,
A.D., 1973.
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William J. R sell
Mayor
(Village S
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Attest:
�" Robert Harp
Village Clerk
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