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Natural Resources - Consent |
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| | | | | | | | | DATE: | November 7, 2017
| | DEPARTMENT: | Natural Resources
| | REQUESTER: | Roland Ottolini
| | TITLE: | Execute Amendment to Interlocal Agreement with Lee County Sheriff’s Office |
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| | | | | | | | | I. | MOTION REQUESTED | | | Execute Third Amendment to Interlocal agreement with Lee County Sheriff’s Office to implement previously approved and funded project to provide for enhanced law enforcement service for areas of vessel regulation, fisheries enforcement and abandonment of property in the waters of Lee County. |
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| | | | | | | | | II. | ITEM SUMMARY | | | Amends and extends agreement between Lee County and Lee County Sheriff’s Office providing one full time marine officer to assist Natural Resources Division in areas of vessel regulation, fisheries enforcement and abandonment of property in the waters of Lee County. The position is Grant Funded by WCIND for this project and is included in the budget. |
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| | | | | | | | | III. | BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION |
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| | | | | | | | | | A) | Board Action and Other History | | | | The Agreement between Lee County and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was executed November 18, 2008 under blue sheet 20081310. The first amendment to the agreement was executed March 20th, 2012 under blue sheet 20120210. The Purpose of the Agreement is to provide for enhanced law enforcement service for areas of vessel regulation, fisheries enforcement and abandonment of property in the waters of Lee County. The enhanced law enforcement services are paid through funding provided by the West Coast Inland Navigation District Waterway Development Program. The proposed amendment to the agreement will extend the term of the agreement and program law enforcement services for an additional three years through September 30, 2021. |
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| | | | | | | | | | B) | Policy Issues | | | | Natural Resources staff works with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to assist with vessel regulation, fisheries enforcement and abandonment of property in the waters of Lee County. |
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| | | | | | | | | | C) | BoCC Goals | | | | Tourism/sports. Safe and clean waterways are a vital component of our tourism infrastructure. |
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| | | | | | | | | | D) | Analysis | | | | Amending this agreement will allow the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to assist Natural Resources staff with vessel regulation, fisheries enforcement and abandonment of property in the waters of Lee County. |
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| | | | | | | | | | E) | Options | | | | Execute Amended Agreement
Deny Amended Agreement |
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| | | | | | | | | | A) | Current year dollar amount of item:
| No funding required. | | | B) | Is this item approved in the current budget? | N/A | | | C) | Is this a revenue or expense item? | N/A | | | D) | Is this Discretionary or Mandatory? | N/A | | | E) | Will this item impact future budgets?
If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.
| No | | | F) | Fund:
Program:
Project:
Account Strings: | | | G) | Fund Type? | Other: No County funding is required. | | | H) | Comments:
Grant Funded. On May 2, 2017 the BOCC approved Resolution 17-05-04 requesting grant funding from WCIND for this project. On September 25, 2017 WCIND, as part of their annual budget, approved Lee County’s funding request. |
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| | | | | | | | | VI. | TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION | | | The project will begin immediately and funding will be reauthorized on an annual basis. Deliverables include enhanced law enforcement presence for the purpose of protecting navigation and natural resources within Lee County waters. |
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| REVIEWERS: | | Department | Reviewer | Action | Date | | Natural Resources | Ottolini, Roland | Approved | 10/13/2017 - 10:09 AM | | Budget Services | Answerer | Approved | 10/13/2017 - 2:37 PM | | Budget Services | Winton, Peter | Approved | 10/13/2017 - 11:28 AM | | County Attorney | Fredyma, John J. | Approved | 10/13/2017 - 4:49 PM | | County Manager | Harner, David | Approved | 10/20/2017 - 2:14 PM |
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