Res No. 45-19 R�?SOI J-110N V). 45� 19
A RQGAJ 1FK)N (HI IYE (111" CONINUSSION OF IHE an" of,'
I)HRAV BF:`,ACIL HDRU)A, PROVIDING OPPOSI HC)N B'Y
lIfEcraw, IWLTAYBEWHOF (*[SIIORF,
IN`UA DING SFISNIK: AIRGUN JWSTING; JIM-AIDING AN
EIPHAIVE DAIR AND 1,0R. 011-11 R T"L'RPOS ES,
VAIERKAn Ae Wded Sraws goA,ernrnent ha's C"CPressed inte'rest in opening the Atlantic Ocean and
EaSWTII GlIf Of NWQU to (%Kqe od and gas developiment and exploration, including riskl I.Ththods such as
scismuc iitgun, blastin�',,,; and
WTIF.,'REAS, scisadc airguns fire immue bhqs 4 cmnpwmed air, one (A the loudest rnarn.vade sounds
in the occan, every 10 12 seamds A dn,weekq cn mcnahs on ent and
WHEREAS, seistnic. airgun noise, has been shown to Imuran and injure ck,)IphJns, whales, endangered sca
tau aless, fish, and other rnartne tie ; and
VIAE RAIN exploratur�,' and cot ntnercial drnftaig, (',,xtraction, and transportat�on of offshore u�,)fl and pas
regnuces pose a syWcua 64 of oil spUls and chronic leakage; and
AN14ERF0S, evemiml oThwe Mhng inay requKe Qhficant omhow infraStTUCMM, SUCh aS 1�nipehnes
c)r rcfineric�s, ",lucIli %Wd Kann We character of the coast; and
WHRRIONS, Wshorc� diffling a.cfivitics pose direats to tic,.asured v"acation des6nations on Florida's
Coasts, xkhichare of hahnic ecwxmik inhe Or IWITICI oUS industries, provide essential nursery halsitats for
recrcauonal and conimer&Uy iniportant Gsherieq and act as nawn] buffers fi(nn sv,)n"n surgc, and hurricane�,;
and
PERKY, be (My cd Way fkach rev-.r)piizes 1110t rhC t(A&M and 6shmg industries, -",hi(h, dcjnne�rld
on a heally aml vibrant coastal enGonnient, 110th sezve, as rnajor econotruc c1rivcts benefiting the CLItrCm and
fuume residents, prcqxrt� r)%',ncrs, and vishors m) Florida;and
WHREWS, the Chy of Delray Bc:ach endeavois to be a g(KXI SfCA`,U'(j (.)fr die, settee and
environrrientand its re s .)urces; and
VVI IFIRKS, exploradon arui dei clopinent of ud and gas irsoumes off the coast of Ho6da wdl not
QW&A ad&ess Wn hing terni eneW, necds of oLu- cound-y'; and
WHEREkS, tk^ n. htu of Dt�,,Iraj' Beach recomrnends that it woill be rnow econoinicaHy and aohag,caU�
reqmnAW to pursue nmrPoWAT soulkes (Ar renewable enugy mxh as RAm and krut, tint pow Us 6sk v)
the coasul envitonnsent and ecionornic health 106re using uncertain rnethods a�)f seisinic airgu.m blasiJng
Whcnc (Al mid gas deposits,
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NOW, INERFIX)RII BE FU WOLVED BY 11M CIT) CONVIMSSION, 01' THE ("JTN_ OF,
DELFQN' I3F_kCIJ, FLOR[DA, AS FOLLOV`S:
,k¢, :)n Th(�! foregoing recitals are, hcteby confinned and radfied,
siL
SAM Ibe CS 4 DeW Beach reccIgnizes o0hore A and jps ddhng and elloradmi,
including seisrmc aRgun Wastmg, w,J1 put fioddal envionment, bcAcbes,rnar�ne resources, and local econornies
at W" theref6re, tim (AM (A)Nnninkmi expresses %; (TpoWw ") these actiskes aimi urges the fideral
governnwnt mi to ynwsue buch praciiccs off F'JoridCs Coast,
They ("'ity ("c'mimission authorizes the Cit) Manager to take all ac6ons, necessary to
ef'fectuatc ffie purp )sc of ths Resohmon,
I'his Rembahm shaU Imcortic cActive. imrnedratChUP0,11 P,'ISSa,p",C,
1,Illiie,
IMSSED VID NDUYUM this day of 2019,
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