1996-08 Hwy Landscaping AgreementRESOLUTION 96-8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A HIGHWAY
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPING
LOCATED ON A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 15 (US
441) BETWEEN S.W. 7TH AND S.W. 8TH STREETS WITHIN
THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, many roadside areas within the Department of Transportation, State Road 15
(US 441) between S.W. 7th and S.W. 8th Streets right-of-ways are capable of receiving
and sustaining landscape beautification features; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the City of Okeechobee participate in the
beautification of this highway's roadside areas within the City of Okeechobee through
landscape development; and
WHEREAS, the Okeechobee City Council intends, by the adoption of this Resolution, to
authorize the Mayor, to enter into a Landscape Installation and Maintenance Agreement
between the City of Okeechobee, Florida, and the Florida Department of Transportation.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE OKEECHOBEE CITY COUNCIL, CITY
OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to enter into a
Landscape Installation and Maintenance Agreement between the Florida Department of
Transportation, pertaining to the roadside areas between S.W. 7th and S.W. 8th Streets
within the City of Okeechobee, Florida.
Section 2. The Mayor for the City of Okeechobee, Florida, is hereby directed to
forward two certified copies of this Resolution to the Florida Department of Transportation,
Sebring, as a condition for receiving a Department General Use Permit.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
ADOPTED by the Okeechobee City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida at
regular meeting assembled this 19th day of November, 1996.
JAMES E. KIRK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
l30WN-1E-"S"-.-THOMAS,
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FO AND
COR ECTNESS-
JOHN COOK, CITY ATTORNEY