RESOLUTION 2006-10

JOINT RESOLUTION

OF THE

COUNTY COMMISSION OF BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA

CITY OF DAPHNE, ALABAMA

&

CITY OF SPANISH FORT, ALABAMA

SUPPORTING A WATERSHED ASSESSMENT OF THE D’OLIVE CREEK

WATERSHED IN BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA

WHEREAS, the County Commission of Baldwin County, Alabama, City of Daphne, Alabama and City of Spanish Fort, Alabama, desire to collectively support a watershed assessment of the D’Olive Creek Watershed in Baldwin County; and

WHEREAS, currently, the D’Olive Creek Watershed is a rapidly developing residential and commercial area in Baldwin County which remains home to over 15,000 citizens on the Baldwin County Eastern Shore; and

WHEREAS, further, as the D’Olive Creek Watershed contains both the D’Olive Creek and Tiawassee Creek which empty directly into Mobile Bay, the environmental quality of the D’Olive Creek Watershed has a direct impact on the entire water quality of Mobile Bay; and

WHEREAS, because of the forgoing, the County Commission of Baldwin County, Alabama, City of Daphne, Alabama and City of Spanish Fort, Alabama desire to collectively support a watershed assessment be conducted of the D’Olive Creek Watershed in Baldwin County by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION OF BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA, CITY OF DAPHNE, ALABAMA AND CITY OF SPANISH FORT, ALABAMA, IN UNANIMOUS CONCURRENCE, that we hereby collectively support a watershed assessment be conducted of the D’Olive Creek Watershed in Baldwin County by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

DONE, under the Seal of the City of Daphne, Alabama, on this the _______ day of ____________, 2006.

                                                                                             __________________________________
                                                                                             Greg Burnam
                                                                                             Council President

                                                                                             Date & Time Signed: _________________

 

                                                                                             ____________________________________
                                                                                             Fred Small
                                                                                             Mayor

                                                                                             Date & Time Signed: ___________________

ATTEST:

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David L. Cohen
City Clerk, MMC