House Bill 9137

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9137

        By Representative Wallace






  1                         House Resolution

  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 two-person staff into a highly

11  professional local environmental regulatory agency, respected

12  by residents, the business community, local governments, and

13  his professional peers, while also attaining state and

14  national 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, and

18  his aggressive leadership in implementing the obligations

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

20  one 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 House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9137

    567-163-00






  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 House of Representatives of the State of

10  Florida:

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12         That the House of Representatives commends Roger P.

13  Stewart as he leaves the Hillsborough County Environmental

14  Protection Commission after 30 years of outstanding public

15  service.

16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

17  be presented to Roger P. Stewart as a tangible token of the

18  sentiments expressed herein.

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