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Senate Resolution

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A resolution recognizing Paul Polizzotto, renowned

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environmentalist.

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     WHEREAS, Paul Polizzotto developed a love of water as a

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surfer in Manhattan Beach, California, and, troubled by the

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polluted water that made him and fellow surfers sick, launched

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his first green business, Property Prep, in 1989, after

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graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, and

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     WHEREAS, Property Prep provided environmental cleaning

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services to assist industries in complying with stormwater laws

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by using a Zero Discharge process, a ground-breaking method

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developed to reduce the flow of pollutants into stormwater drain

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systems that feed into lakes, rivers, and the ocean, and

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     WHEREAS, Paul Polizzotto's state and local activism in

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environmental issues led him to create Adopt-a-Waterway (formerly

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Adopt-a-Stormdrain), after discovering that local governments

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were aware of which pollution mitigation systems were required to

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clean up their waterways but lacked adequate funding to implement

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them, and

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     WHEREAS, Adopt-a-Waterway provides funding and resources to

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clean the world's waters, the earth's most precious natural

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resource and, due to this great innovation and pioneering

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achievement, Paul Polizzotto earned recognition from the United

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States Environmental Protection Agency as an "Environmental

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Hero," and

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     WHEREAS, building on his earlier successes, Paul Polizzotto

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founded EcoMedia, the world's premier environmental media

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company, which uses corporate advertising dollars to fund local

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environmental programs, and through EcoZone, EcoMedia's flagship

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program, provides funding for fiscally constrained local

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governments to help them meet federal and state regulations

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mandating clean air, water, and energy, and

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     WHEREAS, EcoZone has joined with the City of Miami to launch

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EcoZone Miami, a public-private environmental partnership that

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will fund and support the "Greening of Miami" projects and

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initiatives of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, including the City Hall

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Energy Efficiency Project, the Miami Green Lab, the Miami Baywash

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Program, the GlobeTech Catch Basin Insert Filter Installation

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project, and the Miami Tree Canopy Initiative, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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     That the Florida Senate recognizes and commends the

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outstanding leadership and support to environmental rebuilding

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demonstrated by Paul Polizzotto.

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

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the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Paul Polizzotto

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as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.