Resolution 138-1972
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RESOLUTION NO. 138 -1972
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida has given valuable lands to the State of Florida for park purposes
and state parks have been established at Bahia Honda Key and Long Key,
Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS the County in giving said valuable land received no con-
sideration expecting said parks to be operated without charging of admission,
and
WHEREAS, it has recently come to the said Board of County Com-
missioners attention that the State of Florida is charging admission to
residents of Monroe County, Florida, and said Board feels that residents
of Monroe County, Florida should be admitted free to said parks, now
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Division of Recreation and Parks
of the Department of Natural Resources, State of Florida, be and it is hereby
requested to exempt Monroe County residents from the admission fees now
being charged at the Bahia Honda park and Long Key park in Monroe County,
Florida.
BE IT FUR THER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that copies of this
resolution be forwarded to the Director of the Department of Natural Resources,
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-State of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida for appropriate action.
DATED December 12, 1972.