Resolution 142-1974
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RESOLUTION NO. 142 -1974
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County
recognizes the importance of our ocean environment in the
Florida Keys, and
WHEREAS, the Board believes that Captain Jacques-Ives Cousteau
has made significant and' valuable educational contributions to
the understanding and appreciation of our ocean resources, and
WHEREAS, the Board believes that the Florida Keys would be an
ideal research headquarters for Captain Cousteau and the
Cousteau Society, now, 'therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF M:>NROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, assembled in a regular meeting the 19~h day
of November 1974, at Plantation Key, Florida, that Captain
Jacques-Ives Cousteau, be, and he is hereby invited to Key
West and the Florida Keys for the purpose of evaluating the
Key West Navy Base as a possible headquarters location.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD that the Clerk of said
Board be, and he is hereby authorized to extend this invitation
to Captain Cousteau.
Dated November 19, 1974.
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