Resolution 041-1983 RESOLUTION NO.041 -1983
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE ESTABLISHING OF
A VETERANS CLINIC IN MONROE COUNTY.
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the County Commission
that there is now being proposed with the, Veterans Administration
in Washington the establishment of a Veterans Clinic to be located
in Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, it .is obvious that for. Veterans in this County to have
to travel all the way to Miami- to the Veterans Regional Hospital for
Outpatient Clinic treatment necessitates a long and burdensome trip
and, •
WHEREAS , no facilities exist in Monroe County at this present
time • for Outpatient treatment for -Veterans entitled to the same ,
now, therefore ,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that :
1 . .The project being initiated in Washington through the
• . Veterans Administration to establish an Outpatient Clinic in Monroe
County, Florida be and the same is hereby heartily endorsed by the
Mayor and County Commission "of Monroe County, and that Congressman,
Dante Fascell , and the two Senators from Florida, the Honorable Lawton
Chiles and the Honorable .Paula Hawkins , be contacted and urged to
support such a project . , That the Clerk of the Court is hereby
directed to send a copy of this Resolution to the Honorable Dante
Fascell ; the Honorable Lawton Chiles and the Honorable Paula Hawkins ,
and thata conformed copy of the same be directed to the Veterans
Administration in Washington, D. C .
Passed and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 18thday of
February , A.D. 1983 .
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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