Senate Bill 2744

    Florida Senate - 2000        (NP)                      SR 2744

    By Senator Lee





    23-2032-00

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution commending Roger P. Stewart for 30

  3         years of outstanding service with the

  4         Hillsborough County Environmental Protection

  5         Commission.

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  7         WHEREAS, Roger P. Stewart has for 30 years nurtured and

  8  developed the Environmental Protection Commission of

  9  Hillsborough County, created by special act of the

10  Legislature, from a 2-person staff into a highly professional

11  local environmental regulatory agency, respected by residents,

12  the business community, local governments, and his

13  professional peers, while also attaining state and national

14  recognition, and

15         WHEREAS, Roger P. Stewart was always plain spoken and

16  sometimes courageously outspoken when he believed that

17  Florida's fragile environment was imminently threatened, his

18  aggressive leadership in implementing the obligations under

19  the special act put would-be polluters on notice that no one

20  was immune from the requirements of the law, and

21         WHEREAS, Roger P. Stewart was responsible for

22  establishing and maintaining for Tampa Bay one of the first

23  long-term comprehensive water quality monitoring systems in

24  Florida and an extensive air sampling network for Hillsborough

25  County, both of which have served as invaluable and

26  irreplaceable sources of historical data about our

27  environment, and

28         WHEREAS, Roger P. Stewart, through his common-sense

29  belief that all arms of government should cooperate in the

30  public interest, has worked tirelessly to obtain federal,

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    Florida Senate - 2000        (NP)                      SR 2744
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  1  state, and local commitment to communicate and share resources

  2  in addressing mutual concerns, and

  3         WHEREAS, Roger P. Stewart has decided to step down from

  4  public service as he retires from the Environmental Protection

  5  Commission, leaving an enduring legacy to the residents and

  6  the lands, air, and waters of Hillsborough County, NOW,

  7  THEREFORE,

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  9  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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11         That the Florida Senate commends Roger P. Stewart as he

12  leaves the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection

13  Commission after 30 years of outstanding public service.

14         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

15  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Roger P.

16  Stewart as a tangible token of the sentiments and good wishes

17  of the Florida Senate.

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