2000-02 Hwy. Landscaping AgreementRESOLUTION NO. 00 -2
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF HIGHWAY LANDSCAPING
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee is very concerned over the
appearance of median islands, interchange areas within the corporate limits of the City of
Okeechobee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee after discussion with the
Department of Transportation of the State of Florida, believes that it can better perform the
maintenance of the landscaping in those areas; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation of the State of Florida, has agreed
to provide funds in the amount of Twenty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars
and Twenty -Eight Cents ($28,880.28) per year for a period of one (1) year for the City of
Okeechobee to maintain and said landscaping; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes such an agreement to be in the vest interest
of the citizens of the City of Okeechobee.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Okeechobee,
does hereby authorize the Mayor to execute an agreement entitled "Highway Landscaping
Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement" between the City of Okeechobee and the
Florida Department of Transportation, agreeing to maintain the landscaping in median
islands, interchange areas and right -of -way described in said Agreement in exchange for
the payment of Twenty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars and Twenty -Eight
Cents ($28,880.28) payable to Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty Dollars and
Seven Cents ($7,220.07) per quarter for a period of one (1) year.
This Resolution shall take effect on the 1S day of April 2000.
INTRODUCED and Adopted this 7 day of March 200
Bonnie S. Thomas, CMC, City Clerk
REVIEWED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
John R. Cook, City Attorney
James Kirk, Mayor