Resolution 064-1967
RESOLUTION NO. 64 -1967
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida has previously obtained from the Federal Government a part of
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Government Lot 1, Section 14, T. 67 S., R. 27 #., on Sugarloaf Key, Mon-
roe County, Florida, for park purposes, and
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WHEREAS, said Board desires to obtain the hereinafter described bay
bottom lands, without advertising, for use in connection with said public park,
and deems the acquisition of said lands to be in the interests of public need, and
WHEREAS, said bay bottom lands are owned by the State of Florida,
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNT Y COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Trustees of the Internal Improvement
Fund of the State of Florida be, and they are hereby requested to deed to Mon-
roe County, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, the follow-
ing described bay bottom lands, for public purposes in connection with said
public par k:
A tract of submerged land in the Atlantic Ocean, South of
and adjacent to a part of Government Lot 1, Section 14,
T. 67 S., R. 27 E., at Sugar loaf Key, Monroe County,
Florida and being more particularly described by metes
and bounds as follow s :
Commencing at the Northeast Corner of Section 14, bear
North 89 degrees and 50 minutes West, along the North Line
of Section 14, 660 feet; thence bear South 00 degrees and 10
minutes West, 943.80 feet to a point on the shoreline of the
Atlantic Ocean, said point also to be known as the Point of
Beginning of the tract of submerged land hereinafter de-
scribed; from said Point of Beginning, continue bearing
South 00 degrees and 10 minutes West, 561 feet, more or
less, to a point; thence bear North 89 degrees and 50min-
utes West, 165 feet to a point; thence bear North 00 degrees
and 10 minutes East, 450 feet,more or less, back to the
shoreline; thence meander the shoreline in a Northeasterly
direction, back to the Point of Beginning, containing 1. 9
acres,more or less.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the Clerk of said
Board be, and he is hereby authorized to forward certified copies of this
Resolution to the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of
Florida, for appropriate action.
Dated December 12th, 1967.