Resolution 026-1971
RESOLUTION NO.
26..1971
WHEREASl' the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe Countyl'
F1oridal' has been informed that the Key West Lighthouse is being declared
excess to the United States Coast GuardIs needsl' and
WHEREAS" said lighthouse is not now being used as an aid to
navigation" and
WHEREAS. title to the land upon which said lighthouse is located has
already been given to the County of Monroe, State of Florida, and
WHEREAS, the said Board of County Commissioners desires to obtain
the Key West Lighthouse for historical preservation and to be used in connection
with the operation of the Armed Forces Historical Museum presently located
adjacent to said lighthouse" now, therefore"
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the General Services Administration be and
is hereby requested that upon the United States Coast Guard declaring said
Key West Lighthouse as surplus or excess" that said lighthouse be given to the
County of Monroe, State of Florida, for historical preservation and to be used in
connection with the operation of the Armed Forces Historical Museum presently
located adjacent to said lighthouse.
BE IT FUR THER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the Clerk of said
Board be" and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward copies of this
resolution to the General Services Administration, Washington, D. C., and to
Representative Dante B. Fascell and Senator Edward Gurney and Senator Lawton
Chiles.
Dated April 13th, 1971.