Resolution No. 2021-035R-EftbS. CITY OF CLERMONT
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY,
FLORIDA OPPOSING ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR ADDITIONAL
LAND USE CHANGES THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL
MINING OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE GREEN
SWAMP AREA OF CRITICAL STATE CONCERN. PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF
SCRIVENERS ERROR, PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, water levels in the Clermont Chain of Lakes and flows within the Palatlakaha
River are dependent on discharges from Big and Little Creeks; and,
WHEREAS, Big and Little Creeks derive all their flows from the Green Swamp Area of
Critical State Concern; and,
WHEREAS, flows and water levels within the Clermont Chain and the Palatlakaha River
are required to maintain the ecological integrity of the lakes and wetlands; and,
WHEREAS, the lakes and connecting waterbodies of the Clermont Chain serve an important
economic role in the City by providing recreational opportunities, economic impact and valuable
navigation to local businesses and users; and,
WHEREAS, the alteration of water recharging upland hills to manmade lakes used in mining
and other development results in increased evaporative losses causing decreases in groundwater
seepage to the adjoining wetlands and creeks; and,
WHEREAS, the combined increases in the alteration of water contributing uplands to
manmade waterbodies will collectively contribute to decreased flow in Little and Big Creeks
causing impacts to water levels of the Clermont Chain and flows within the Palatlakaha River, and,
WHEREAS, such alteration to the water resources of Lake County is in direct conflict with
the efforts of the City of Clermont and the Lake County Water Authority to improve water quality,
fisheries, and public recreation within South Lake County.
WHEREAS, the City of Clermont has identified the Green Swamp Area of Critical State
Concern as being within its Joint Planning Area (JPA) and has adopted comprehensive policy plans
stating that the City shall coordinate with the agencies that directly oversee the Green Swamp to
establish regulations that protect the Green Swamp from the negative impacts of development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and the City Council of the City
of Clermont, Lake County, Florida as follow:
SECTION 1:
A. That the above recitals are true and stated as fact and so incorporated herein.
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B. That maintenance of the ecological function of the lakes and their natural vegetative
communities is critical to the protection of Clermont and Lake County's vital water
resources, upon which much of the quality of life, recreational opportunity, economic
vitality, wildlife habitat, and natural beauty depend.
C. That the City of Clermont opposes the adoption of any comprehensive plan changes or
additional land use changes that would authorize additional mining or destructive
development within the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern because of
cumulative impacts to wetlands and creeks that provide water to the Clermont Chain of
Lakes and the Palatlakaha River.
D. That the City of Clermont will cooperate to provide whatever assistance it can in support
of the Lake Board of County Commissioners in this effort to protect its water resources.
E. That a copy of this Resolution shall be sent to the Lake County Board of County
Commissioners.
SECTION 2: CONFLICT
All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with any of the provisions of this Resolution are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: SEVERABILITY
If any portion of this Resolution is declared invalid, the invalidated portion shall be severed from
the remainder of the Resolution, and the remainder of the Resolution shall continue in full force
and effect as if enacted without the invalidated portion, except in cases where such continued
validity of the remainder would clearly and without doubt contradict or frustrate the intent of the
Resolution as a whole.
SECTION 4: ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION
This Resolution may be re -numbered or re -lettered, and/or corrected for typographical and/or
scrivener's errors which do not affect the intent of said resolution, as authorized by the City
Manager or designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of same with the
City Clerk.
SECTION 5: PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE
This Resolution shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law and shall take
effect immediately upon its final passage.
CITY OF CLERMONT
RESOLUTION NO.2021-035R
DONE AND RESOLVED by the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Clermont,
Lake County, Florida, this 11 th day of May, 2021.
CITY OF CLERMONT
Tim Murry, Mayor
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City Clerk
Approved as to Form and Legality:
Daniel F. Mantzaris, City Attorney