Resolution 294-1985
Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey
RESOLUTION NO. 294-1985
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the Governor of Florida
intends to request the Florida Legislature to amend the
Marketable Record Title Act to retroactively exempt all
previously state owned navigable waterways from the operation of
said act; and
WHEREAS, the cost of litigating claims if the act were
amended would be astronomical to the taxpayers of the State of
Florida; and
WHEREAS, the public's right to use and enj oy the present
waters of the State of Florida is protected by other laws and
regulations of the State of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the transferring of waterfront property from
private owners to the State of Florida would remove said property
from the tax base of Monroe County with a result in loss of ad
valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, this issue is not such to justify a special session
to the Florida Legislature; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That the Florida Legislature be requested to not amend
the Marketable Record Title Act as requested by the Governor, and
the Governor of Florida be requested to not call a special
session of the Legislature to consider the Marketable Record
Title Act.
2. That the local legislative delegation is requested to
vote against such amendment and encourage their fellow legi-
slators to also vote against the amendment.
3. That copies of this Resolution be mailed to the Board of
County Commissioners of each County in Florida to the attention
of its Chairman, and to all members of the Florida Legislature
and furnished to all local media and the Key West Citizen, The
Keynoter and The Reporter.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 18th day of October, A.D. 1985.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNX L. KOLHAGE, Cieri
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