Resolution 179-1978
RESOLUTION NO.179 -1978
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority has re-
quested the County of Monroe to cancel delinquent taxes and
future taxes on property owned by the Authority and described in
Attachment "A" rN'hich is attached hereto and made a part hereof,
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Statute 196.28, the County
can cancel delinquent and future taxes upon a showing that the
property is used for public purposes, and
1VHEREAS, the Monroe County Property Appraiser has estab-
1ished that 63.7% of the property and building is used for public
purpose, and
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority has paid the
1977 taxes, and
WHEREAS, due to a clerk's error the refund amount for
1977 was incorrectly stated in Resolution No. 141-1978, now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COt~1ISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That Resolution No. 141-1978 is hereby repealed.
2. TIlat the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority's use of
the property described below is for the public use of providing
office space and facilities to operate, maintain and control the
public agency known as the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority.
3. That the property being used is described as follows:
See Attachment "A"
4. That the taxes on the above property for the year
1977 over and above the amount of $5,774.87 are hereby cancelled
and discharged and any liens for said taxes, delinquent or current,
are hereby cancelled and discharged pursuant to Florida Statute
196.28.
5. That a refund shall be made to the Florida Keys
Aqueduct Authority in the amount of $1,782.28 by the County Tax
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APPROVED ON_I)~J~ ""'''.~~,
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Collector for that portion of the 1977 taxes which have been paid
for the period from September, 1977, through December, 1977,
during which time the property was owned by said Authority and
used by said Authority.
6. That 63.7% of all taxes for the year 1978 and future
years are hereby cancelled and discharged on the property described
above so long as same is used for the public purpose set forth
above and that the proper officials of the County and the State are
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to make proper entries
upon the records to accomplish such cancellation and to do all
things necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution.
7. That certified copies of this resolution be provided
by the Clerk to the proper officials of the County and the State
to carry out the provisions of this resolution.
DATED July 11, 1978.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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(Seal)
Attest:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this document
has been reviewed for legal suffi-
ciency and that the same meets with
my approval.
By
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ATTACHMENT "A"
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A parcel of land on the Island of Key West and
more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Southeasterly corner of Parcel 14
as shown on a Plat recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 35
of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida,
which said corner is the point of beginning of the
hereinafter described land, run thence along the
Southerly border of said Parcel 14 in a Southwesterly
direction Two Hundred (200) feet to a point; thence
at right angles in a Southeasterly direction One
Hundred (100) feet to a point; thence at right angles
in a Northeasterly direction and parallel with the
Southerly border of said Parcel 14 Two Hundred (200)
feet to a point; thence at right angles in a North-
westerly direction One Hundred (100) feet back to the
point of beginning.