Resolution 036-1982
RESOLUTION NO. 36 -1982
A RESOLUTION DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA REQUESTING THAT
THE BEACH LOCATED ON UPPER 1.1ATECUHBE KEY AND KNOWN
AS ~1ATECUMBE BEACH, CONSISTING OF THAT BEACH AREA
IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE CHEECA LODGE BE CONSIDER-
ED AND ACQUIRED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS A PUBLIC
BEACH.
w}iEREAS, the beach area known as the Matecumbe Beach which is
located on Upper Matecumbe Key, Monroe County, and immediately
south of Cheeca Lodge on Upper Matecumbe Beach is available and
ideal for use as a public beach, and
~VHEREAS, said beach area is one of the few left in Monroe County
that is readily accessible and available to the public of the State
of Florida and Monroe County, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That the Department of Natural Resources of the State of
Florida be and it is hereby requested to acquire that certain beach
area located on Upper Matecumbe Key which consists of the beach
lands described as:
Those lands to the shoreline that are reflected in
T.I.I.F. Deed No. 23,451 recorded in Official
Record Book 609 at page 425; T.I.I.F. Deed No.
22,218, recorded in Official Record Book 609 at
pages 427 and 428; and T.I.I.F. Deed No. 22,259,
recorded in Official Record Book 609 at pages
426 and 427; and to include that portion of Beach
Road to the shoreward being 80 feet in width and
located between the property described in T.I.I.F.
Deed No. 23,451 recorded in Official Record
Book 609 at page 427 and T.I.I.F. Deed No. 22,218
recorded in Official Record Book 609 at pages
427 and 428.
Said lands are located immediately south of the Cheeca Lodge area.
2. That this beach is one of the few accessible and available
beaches left in Monroe County that is ideally suited for a public
beach area and for that reason it is urged upon the State that said
area be acquired at the earliest possible moment for this purpose.
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3. That the acquisition of this beach property be made
through either "The State Endangered Land Program" or the "Save
Our Coast Program".
4. That this parcel of land is reputed to be the first land
grant in Monroe County, Florida.
5. That the Clerk of this Board is hereby instructed to
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the following
members of CORAL (Community Recreation Lands): Dr. Elton Gissen-
danner, Executive Director, Department of Natural Resources;
Ms. Victoria Tschinkel, Secretary, Department of Environmental
Regulation; Ms. Joan Heggen, Secretary, Department of Veteran and
Community Affairs; Mr. John Bethea, Division of Forestry, Depart-
ment of Agriculture; Mr. Ross Morrell, Division Director, Secretary
of State's Office; and Col. Robert Brantley, Game and Fresh Water
Fish Commission.
Passed and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on
the 12th day of January, A.D. 1982.
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