Resolution 070-1968
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RESOLUTION NO. 70 -1968
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida desires to object to the continuance of the current moratorium in
effect on submerged and sub-marginal land sales, dredging permits and
filling permits, as imposed by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement
Fund of the State of Florida, throughout Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, said moratorium, having been in effect since May, 1968,
has halted all development and construction, both residential and commer-
cial, on such waterfront lands in Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County, Florida is entirely different, geographi-
cally, from any other Florida county, being comprised of 840 keys, or is-
lands, approximately 38 of which are connected by roads and 90% of which
are sub-marginal in nature, and other Florida counties have a 90% "fastl!
land ratio, or better, and
WHEREAS, to adopt the recommended procedure for Monroe County,
Florida would remove approximately 80% of such sub-marginal land from
the tax rolls of said county, and pose an economic problem of great magni-
tude for the remaining residents, and a continuation of said proposal in
Monroe County, Florida would lead to economic disaster, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that said Board hereby strongly objects
to a further four months' extension of said matter for further study, and
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considers said extension both needless and useless during the course of
further study.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD, that said Board hereby
endorses the recommendation of establishing a bulkhead line in Monroe Coun-
ty, Florida, in accordance with the following:
1. Any bulkhead line should conform to the existing sale line
previously in effect, to-wit, 200 feet to the water -ward
of the outer edge of the mangrove line.
2. Said line should be established about the perimeter of
only those keys or islands having highway road connections.
3. The mean high tide line should be fixed at the outer edge
of the mangrove line.
4. Approval by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund
of purchase applications for submerged or sub-marginal
land in Monroe County, Florida should include the right to
develop said land without the necessity of other agency per-
mits, any of which could negatively kill the usage of said
lands purchased.
5. The Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund should not
require a marine biological study within the limits of the
established bulkhead line.
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 Honorable Claude R. Kirk, Jr., Governor of the State of
Florida, all State cabinet members, and the Trustees of the Internal Im-
provement Fund of the State of Florida.
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, 1968.
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