Item M03
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 4/19/00
Division: Mayor Freeman
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AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners designating the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum as the
official Maritime Museum of the county.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
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The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum has for over 15 years been the most visited historical museum in
Florida and the entire southeastern United States.
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Mayor Shirley Freeman
RESOLUTION NO.
-2000
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DESIGNATING THE MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM AS THE OFFICIAL
MARITIME MUSEUM OF THE COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the Mel Fisher\ Maritime Museum is a 501(c}(3} non-profit corporation
founded in 1982 for the purpose of educating both local and tourist audiences about the history
of Florida and the Caribbean; and
WHEREAS, the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum owns and displays a large and unique
collection of historical maritime artifacts which tell the story of the founding of this country,
including the interrelation of native, European, and African populations through the course of
oceanic travel; and
WHEREAS, the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum has displays that encompass the history of
the Florida Keys from trade between Spain and the New World, with artifacts from the
Nuestra Senora de Atocha, the Santa Margarita, and the 1733 fleet wrecked off Marathon,
through with artifacts from the schooner Spring of Whitbyand salvaging activities; and
WHEREAS, the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum was founded by Mel Fisher, a figure
synonymous with the Keys late 20th Century maritime activities of treasure salvaging; and
WHEREAS, the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum has for over 15 years been the most visited
historical museum in Florida and the entire southeastern United States; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that
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Section 1.
The Board hereby names the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum as the Official
Maritime Museum of the County.
Section 2. The Board hereby endorses the Museum's use of this designation for
educational purposes such as enhancement of the understanding of the place the Florida Keys
played within the history of the nation and to educate school children in the vital matter of
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preserving our seafaring heritage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the
day of April, 2000.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY LKOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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