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CITY CLERK
AII-Amedca City
1993
January 22, 1997
Ms. Mary S. Baruch
Administrative Assistant
Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation
301 N. Olive Avenue, 10th Floor
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Re: Resolution No. 7-97
Dear Ms. Baruch:
Enclosed please find a copy of Resolution No. 7-97 in support of
State House Bill 103 which would impose a surcharge on cruise
ship tickets for the purpose of providing a dedicated source of
funding to implement a statewide beach management plan. This
resolution was passed and adopted by the Delray Beach City
Commission in regular session on January 21, 1997.
The City Commission fully supports the provisions of House Bill
103 and strongly urges Florida's legislators to act promptly to
enact same.
Please ensure that this resolution is forwarded to each member of
the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation, with our thanks in
advance for their serious consideration and support of Delray
Beach's position.
Thank you for your assistance.-'-If you have any questions, please
do not hesitate to call me at 561/243-7050.
Sincerely,
Alison MacGregor Harry
City Clerk
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Enclosure
cc: Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association
Kathy Daley
THE EFFORT ALWAYS MATTERS
Printe~ on Recycled Paper
RESOLUTION NO. 7-97
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
.DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 103
IMPOSING A SURCHARGE ON CRUISE SHIP TICKETS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A DEDICATED SOURCE OF FUNDING TO
IMPLEMENT A STATEWIDE BEACH MANAGEMENT PLAN;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Delray Beach is a coastal community
located in Palm Beach County on the southeast coast of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the health of Florida's beaches is fundamental to
the health of the tourism industry which-, in turn, is a foundation of
the State's economy; and
WHEREAS, there has never been a dedicated funding source in
the state for beach management and erosion control, resulting in the
program being consistently underfunded; and
WHEREAS, many of Florida's beaches have become badly eroded
through neglect and insufficient funding of the state's beach
management program; and
WHEREAS, studies show that a major cause of beach erosion in
Florida is the presence of deep channels and protective navigation
structures at ports and harbors which interrupt the littoral movement
of sand that otherwise would naturally renourish the beaches; and
WHEREAS, beach erosion has been declared, pursuant to
Florida Statutes Section 161.088, to be a serious threat to the
economy and general welfare of the state; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach
recognizes the need for substantial and dependable funding to manage
and protect Florida's stable beaches and to repair and restore those
beaches experiencing erosion; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 103 will create a funding source in the
Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund for a comprehensive
statewide beach management plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Commission of the City of Delray
fully supports th~ provisions of House Bill 103 and strongly urges
Florida's legislators to act promptlY to enact House Bill 103.
Section 2, That the City Clerk is hereby directed to
fu~ish a copy of this Resolution to our legislative delegation, to
the Florida Shore & Beach Prese~ation Association, and to such other
persons as may be appropriate.
Section 3. That this resolution shall take effect
i~ediately upon passage.
PASSED AND ~OPTED in regular session on this the 21st day
of Janua~, 1997.
A~EST:
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MEMORANDUM
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS
FROM: CITY MANAGER~
SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM # ~- REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 21, 1997
RESOLUTION NO. 7-97 (BEACH NOURISHMENT FUNDING)
DATE: JANUARY 17, 1997
This is before the Commission to approve a resolution in support
of House Bill 103 imposing a surcharge on cruise ship tickets for
the purpose of providing a dedicated source of funding to
implement a statewide beach management plan.
This issue was discussed at the January 14th workshop and approved
by consensus. Resolution No. 7-97 formalizes the City
Commission's position.
Recommend approval of Resolution No. 7-97.
ref:agmemoll
HB 103
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5 cruimo ship admis~ion~ o~ tickets;
10 ~tato~ido beach manasomont l)l~n; p~vidi~.~
administration, collection, a~,d oafo~co~[~t;
providins for rulo~; providi*,9 an ox furtive
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15 HHEREA~, tourism i~ a keV comnponent of Clarid~'~
~,':1~ economy, ~onoraLin~ moro tho, ~qO billion i,l ruvonuo
19' ~ouri~ vi~itin~ Fl~ri4. anauallF ha~ sh~. ui~uall~
~1 H~EREA~. Florida i~ facin~ incr~a~in~ competition fac
22 touri~t~ from beach resortm in th~ Cat-ibbea~ aad Maxico, and
2~ H~EREAS, Florida'~ number one tourist a%traction i~ h~r
2A beautiful b~ach~s~ man~ ef ~hich havu b.cumu badly
Z~ thceush neSlect and i~uffici.nt fundi~5 ~f th. ~tat~'s b.ach
~6 management ~ro~ram, and
27 HHEEEAS~ a ~ound and cost-efficient ~trat~y [o attract
ZB a~ditional to~ri~t~ to Florida is %o ru~tor~ and b~autify tho
%,~30{ NHEREAS, ~tudios ~ho~ ~hat u major cause of buach
~1[ erosion in Florida i~ %ho pro~onco of doop cnannuls and
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1 The surcharqe shall ~ot be included i~ th,, calculatioq
3 provided in =. 212.12 shall not apply [o ;,nv amount collected
? tho ~urcherqe imposed by thi~ act.
8 S~ctien 1. ~his ~ct ~h~ll L.ke oiioct upo~ b~comin
9 la~. The surch&r~e impo~ed by thi~ ~ct ~hall become dun and
1~ collectible beginning Jull 1~ 1997.
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admission= or tickets at the rate of 65 for cruises of
15 hours or longer and 61 for lo~ than 2q I~ouc~. Exomt~t=
lishing, diving~ and sightseeing cruise~. Provides [hat
l& the proceed= shall be deposited in tho Ecoay~tem ',~ff
~anagement and Restoration Trust Fund =ad
17 exclusively to implement a state,ldo beach inanaguinont
plan.
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per single page in compliance with tho Rules and fGr the
23 snformation of members of tho Lugi=latu~o and the public.
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PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
TO: David Harden, City Manager .... "n~c~C~'
DATE: Janua~ 3, 1997
SUBJECT: BEACH NOURISHMENT FUNDING
Attached is a copy of State House Bill 103 and related information, identifying a
dedicated source of funds for beach management and erosion control. The
Flodda Shore'& Beach Preservation Association supports the bill and requests
the City to lobby for its passage in this Legislative Session.
There has never been a firm funding source in the State for beaches, which has
resulted in the program being consistently underfunded and required local
governments to compete politically for scant funds. This bill levies a surcharge
on cruise ship tickets and creates a trust fund for the proceeds which will be
used exclusively for beach management. The surcharge is estimated to
generate an annual income of $27 million, approximately the amount requested
annually from the State by local governments for beach management. A
dedicated funding source will relieve local governments and the Legislature from
the need to compete for general revenue funds, and allow more systematic
planning for beach projects.
c: Diane Dominguez
S:~adv~beach\DEPfund2
RECEIVED
CITY CLERK
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CHAIRMAN
Robert
.Unive~sll¥ of Florida
December 31, 1996
VICE CHAIRMAN
Brian Flynn
Dado County.
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~o~rt ciager To: FSBPA Board of Directors & BeachWatch Members
Palm Beach Cc)un.h/
PRE$1DEN! From: Stan Tait
Stan Toit
Tailahossee
D~.~Cm.S Re: Cruise Ship Surcharge
Richard Davis
University of
Soulh Florida
: Bruno Falkenstein
St, PelersDurg Beach
Enclosed is our "sell" argument in suppol1 of l-lB 103 which, we hope, will provide
Steve Higgins
: ~o~,o,d Co.,W dedicated funding for Florida's beaches.
Potm ~och Counu These arguments are aimed at persuading legislators.
Malcolm McLouth
Port Canaveral
If you have any suggestions to strengthen our argument, please give me a call.
', Debbie Norton
Santa .Rosa Island
A.t~o~. Also enclosed is t~e first news sto~ on the bill. --
--. Katie Pierola
B~ocienton Beach
William Strange
' Florida Atlantic
University
, John Wall(er
· Del~ay I~och
Michael Walther, P,E,
· I}loq-Gc~vernmental
EX OFFICIO
'- Al Devefeoux
' - Florida DEP
Eddie Salem
Corps of Engineers
.Tom Campbell
Erik Olsen
, Tony Sondifer
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Allen TenBroek
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CRUISE SHIP SURCHARGE: PRESERVING FLOILIDA'S BEACHES
HB103, Representative Dennis Jones
SB
WHAT THE BILL DOES
1. Levies a state surcharge on cruise ship passengers when they embark
or debark from Florida ports. Fee schedule is:
-- cruises over 24 hours: $5.00
-- cruises under 24 hours: $1.00
2. Estimated annual income to the state is $27 million. (based on 1994-95 figures.)
-- 5 million embarkations/debarkations over 24 hours = $25 million
-- 2 million embarkations/debarkations under 24 hours = $2 million
3. Fee would be put in the state Ecosystem Management and Restoration
Trust Fund for repair and maintenance of Florida's beaches and for
enhancements to the beach environment by Florida's deep water ports.
4. This bill would free up general revenue funds currently allocated to
the state's beach management program.
IMPORTANCE OF BEACHES TO FLORIDA'S ECONOMY
1. Beaches are Florida's number one tourist "attraction." Beach-related
sales generate more than $16 billion to the state's economy. (On average,
beach tourists stay four days longer and spend more per capita than those
going to other Florida destinations)
2. DEP estimates that at least 276 miles of Florida's 787 miles of sandy beaches
fronting the Atlantic or .Gulf are experiencing critical erosion. This is
negatively impacting tourism, which has been relatively stagnant for the past
five years. Hotel owners say eroded beaches drive away tourists to other
destinations, including the Caribbean and Mexico.
3. When the state's beach management program was enacted in 1986, the
Legislature declared an intent to "appropriate at least $35 million
annually" to implement the program. (Average appropriations for
the last five years have been $8.6 million, making it impossible to
adequately restore and maintain Florida's beaches.
4. DEP estimates that to restore and maintain Florida's +276 miles of
critically-eroding beaches over the next twenty years will have a total annual
cost of $95 million. If'current federal and local cost-sharing formulas are
maintained, the state's annual cost will be between $30 and $35 million,
reinforcing the vision of 1986 Beach Management Act. (Only 105 of the
state's 276 miles of critically-eroding beaches are currently being addressed by
the state's beach management program.)
5. For FY1997-98, local governments have requested $27.3 million in state
matching funds for beach projects. (These projects entailed $30 million
in federal matching money plus $30.6 million in local matching money, or
a total of more than $2 for every state dollar spent.)
6. Another major benefit of Florida's beach management program is storm
protection. The presence of a 100-foot wide strip of beach reduces
storm damage to coastal properties by more than 50%.
7. Beaches are the first line of protection from storms and hurricanes. They
protect $150 billion in coastal buildings. If we allow our beaches to
erode away, the state and federal governments will be stuck with
unnecessarily large storm recovery costs. (The Corps of Engineers
estimated that structural damage from Hurricane Opal at Panama City
Beach would have been reduced by upwards of 70% if the pending
beach nourishment project there had been completed.)
RATIONALE AND NEXUS
I. Navigation inlets, including pons, are a significant cause of beach
erosion in Florida by blocking the sand flow that provides "natural
beach nourishment." It is appropriate that users of these ports help
support remedies to the beach erosion problem. '
2. The rationale for this surcharge is essentially the same as the surcharge
on airport car rentals.
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3. Caribbean cruise destinations typically charge a "head tax" and other
fees on U.S. tourists while the State of Florida gets nothing. Following
are port and passenger fees collected by cruise lines on passengers from
Florida ports:
Bahamas 4 night cruise $84.50
Jamaica 7 night cruise $ l 18.50
Mexico 7 night cruise $126.50
4. Nearly all the cruise ships doing business in Florida are registered
abroad in countries such as Panama and Liberia. They pay virtually no
U.S. or Florida taxes. All shipping related income, such as cruise fares,
is tax exempt.
PROJECTED IMPACTS ON FLORIDIANS & THE CRUISE LINES
1. The overwhelming majority of cruise passengers departing from Florida ports
are residents of the other 49 states of the U.S. or from Canada. Thus, ·
relatively few Floridians will be subject to the proposed surcharge. (Florida,
with the world's three busiest cruise ports, serves about 79% of all North
American homeport passenger movements.)
2. The big majority of these out-of-state cruise passengers do not vacation
in Florida. Rather, they use Florida as merely a "way station" to and
from the cruise ship.
3. The average cruise passenger pays more than $1,000 for his/her trip and
spends an additional $125 at each pon of call.
4. In any case, the cruise industry is booming. A recent article in Florida
Trend Mage*.z. ine notes that Carnival Corp.'. "is so cash richthat Over the ·
three years ending in 1998 it will build seven new cruise ships at a total
cost of $2.1 billion without incurring much in the way of debt. This year,
for example, Carnival will pay an estimated $674 million -- in cash -- for
ship construction."
Compiled by the Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association, a league of cities and counties on
beach and coastal issues
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FLORIDA SHORE & BEACH
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CHAIRMAN
Ro~rt CI/ngel
Polm [~,och Counly
VICE CHAIRMAN
MEMORANDUM
~TARY-
~EASURER
~n Flynn
~ co~t~ TO: FSBPA Bo~d of D~ectors
~ESIDENT BeachWatch Members
Sta~ Taft
FROM: Debbie Flack
DIRECTORS
Richard Dov~
Unive~sily ol
~,h no,~0~ DATE: December 30, 1996
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st. ~,~ ~ RE: HB 103: Cruise Ship S~charge
Steve H~ggir,s Gener~ B~ ~y Representative Dennis Jones
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~=,~ ~ co~w Here is -o~- dedicated funding vehicle---a c~ise s~p
M~c~r~cL~,t~ s~charge. I hope eve~ one of FSBPA's loc~ governments
P~ co~,~ can actively support it. It needs to be a p~t of your
oeoo~ No.on 'government's "must have" legislative priorities. It w~ be
A.,no,~,y up to loc~ governments to con. ce the~ Legisla~ve
~,~n~,~ DeleRation of ~e critic~ importance of a dedicated
F~i~ Legislature fund~g so. ce for managing Florida's beaches.
~q~ Stronge
Fl~i~ Atlantic
Univer~ly Time is critical, and its now. I hope eve~ coast~
J~es Te~w government with T~ahassee representation w~ Ret the~
~co~w .gener~ lobbyi~t~ wor~g on ~is. It wo~d be ~eat ff some
M~e, womtne~. P.E. Of ~e l~Ee coastal counties wo~d con.act for one-t~e
~n~n~ one-issue representation~ by lobbyists who
~ omoo Cmance/t~ issues. We need support from v~ious so~ces.
~ ~vefeaux
~'~ ~ This ca~ot be a solo effort.
Eddie ~lem
C~otEnginee,s 8tan w~ be.sen~ out FSBPA's FACT SHEET for HB103
~o~ c~e~ showy. We wffi be ~g to ~m-up
Er~ Olsen
~ ~nm~, d~g ne~ week's committee meet~gs.
AiJea Ten ~oek
PLANNING & ZONING
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RESOLUTION NO. 364
A RF$OI.UTION OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER ISLAND, MARTIN COUNTY,
FLORIDA, SUPPORTIN(3 HOUSE BILL 1013 CREATING A CRUISE SHIP
SURCHARGE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Juplter Island is a coastal communily located in Martin County on
the easl coast of Florida; and
WHERF. AS, studies show that a major cause of beach erosion in Florida is th~ prcsenc~ of
dccp chat~l~els and protective navigation structures al. ports and harbors which interrupt the littoral
movement o~sat~d tl~at otl~erwlse would naturally renourish the beaches; and
WH[~RF. AS, the Town o[']upiter Island is Iocate~ downdriR of'thc St. I..ucie inleL a
navigational channel; and
WHEREAS, beach erosion has bccn declared, pursuant to s. 161.088, Florida Statues to be a
s~riou.~ nlcnace to ~he economy and gencral v,~lfar~ of'thc State; and
WHEREAS, the shoreline wilhi~ the Tow~ have bccn critically eroded; and
WHEREAS, the Town's bea~h~ and dunes provide envlron,nemally compalible storm
protection to upland development; and
WHEREAS, Hou.~ Bill 103 will create a funding source in the Ecosystem Management
Restoration Trusl Fund for a comprehensive st,~tewide beach n~anagement p!an.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TI-IE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN
OF JUPITER ISLAND, FLORIDA, THAT;
Seclion I. The Town Commission strongly urges the State of Florida, House of
· Representatives.to act promptly to e~act House Bill 103.
Section 2~ A copy of this resolution is to be provided to our local Representatives and
to the Florida Shore &~ Beach ?reservation Association.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immedialel¥ upon its adoption.
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS ~' DAY OF JANUARY, 1997.
..... Comnlissione~'
Commi~ioner
ATTEST:
Toval Clerk
Res. No. 364