Resolution 149-1977
RESOLUTION NO~49 - 1977
RESOLUTION REQUESTING TEMPORARY JOINT
USE OF BOCA CHICA NAVAL AIR STATION.
WHEREAS, the runways of Key West International Airport re-
quire resurfacing and are scheduled for repair and construction of
additional runway footage, and
WHEREAS, such construction, when commenced, will materially
disrupt and make impossible commercial and private aviation general
use of said airport for a period of time not to exceed thirty days,
and
WHEREAS, it is to the economic well being of the citizens
and residents of Monroe County, Florida that said aviation activities
not be discontinued for thirty days, and
WHEREAS, through a cooperative joint use venture with the
united States Navy, said disruption of aviation activities in the
Key West area can be avoided by use of the aviation facilities at
NAS - BOCA CHICA and the same would be beneficial to both the County
and to the united States Navy due to working together on such a joint
venture, now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA that Captain J. E. McCARDELL, captain, U. S. Navy,
Commanding Officer of the United States Navy Air Station - Boca Chica,
Monroe County, Florida, be and he is hereby requested to act favora-
bly to the purposes and goals set forth in this Resolution and do all
in his authority and his command toward the end that said Naval Air
Station be used jointly by the Navy and County for general aviation
activities for a period of thirty days, said period to commence at
such time as may conveniently be provided for.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a true copy of said Resolution
be forwarded to the Honorable Lawton M. Chiles, United States Senator,
The Honorable Richard "Dick" Stone, united States Senator, and to the
Honorable Dante B. Fascell, United States Representative, with request
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that each act favorably upon the Board's within request.
RESOLVED in regular meeting at Plantation Key, Monroe
County, Florida this 23rd day of August, A.D. 1977.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY I FLORIDA
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