Resolution 205-1981
RESOLUTION NO. 205_ 1981
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND
THE CABINET OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO UTILIZE,
PRESERVE AND OBTAIN FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, A PORTION OF WINDLEY KEY AS A PUBLIC STATE
PARK.
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, that the properties known
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Board of County
a the Windley Key Quarries, located on Windley Key, Monroe County,
Florida, are unique and have unusual and very historic geological
significance, and
WHEREAS, many residents and persons interested in said
properties have shown and expressed a need for the preservation
of these quarries and surrounding properties for the purpose of
making them into a state park, thus preserving forever the unique
and unusual qualities of the same, and
WHEREAS, these geological phenomena are of long and historic
significance and only found In certain areas of the world and very
unique to the Keys, and
WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the Board
of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, that this
particular group of quarries on Windley Key have a direct relation-
ship to Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and should be preserved
along with it as twin parks, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County is still an area of critical concern
and undergoing studies that relate strictly to the very unusual and
valuable resources indigenous to the Florida Keys, and
WHEREAS, it is encumbent upon the County Commissioners of
Monroe County to preserve for posterity as best it can those things
most valuable to the citizens of this County now living and those who
are to come, now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Department of Natural Resources, together
with the State Cabinet are requested to use every effort to to acquire
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the Windley Key quarrles and surrounding properties for the purpose
of creating a State Park thereon for the reasons hereinabove stated.
Passed and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on
the 14th day of July, A.D. 1981.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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