Res 1236-60 RESOLUTION NO. 1236.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA,
URGING THE STATE BOAI~D OF CONTROL TO
PROCEED FORTHWITH WITH THE PREPARATION
OF DETAILED AND SPECIFIC PLANS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION AND ACTIVATION OF A STATE
UNIVERSITY AT BOCA RATON, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS a recent study of Florida's College require-
ments shows that provisions must be made for 60,000 additional
College students before the fall of 1965, that a total of 121,800
students will be seeking higher education in 1965 as compared with
60,121 enrolled in Florida institutions in 1959-60, and
WHEREAS the six southeastern Counties of Florida,
namely St. Lucie, Martin, 0keechobee, Hendry, Palm Beach, Broward
and Dado now furnish more than 33 percent of the Florida students
enrolled, and the unprecedented growth of these counties may be
expected to continue so that even more than 33 percent may be ex-
pected to originate in this area in 1965, and
WHEREAS the facilities of existing Universities,
Colleges and Junior Colleges, public and private, will be wholly
inadequate to meet these 1965 requirementS, despite maximum plant
expansions and extensions, including proposed quadrupling of the
Junior College system, and
WHEREAS the Florida Legislature, in its 1955 Session,
authorized the Board of Control to establish a University in Palm
Beach County by Chap. 30297, and in its 1959 Session appropriated
$50,000 for preliminary planning, and
WHEREAS additional funds will be required to complete
sufficiently detailed plans to adequately support and Justify a
request for capital outlay construction funds at the 1961 Session
of the Legislature, and failure to provide such detailed plans at
the 1961 Session could result in a delay of two years in the
activation of said University,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Board
of Control be, and it is hereby urged to proceed forthwith with
the preparation of detailed and specific plans for the constructio~
and activation of a State University at Boca Raton, where the
State now holds title to 1,200 acres of land for this purpose, and
that said Board of Control be urged to immediately seek the funds
required, from all possible sources, so that plans necessary to
Justify and support a specific request for the appropriation of
construction funds may be presented to the 1961 Session of the
Florida Legislature.
ADOPTED this 21st day of xM~arch, A~1960. ~
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Lot 6, Block 4, Stephen B. & MarJorie P. Keeler 9.15
Rio Del Rey Shores. East Syracuse l, N. Y.
Lot 7, Block 4, C.F. & Tonetta St. John 12.12
Rio Del Rey Shores. 16 Tonetta Circle
E. Norwalk, Conn.
t 24, Block 4, Burnell N. & Mary L. Larke 10.64
o Del Rey Shores. 727 S. Cass
Hastings, Mich.
ots 8 and 9, O.S. Mansfield 91.49
lock 12. 415 N. W. 1st Street
Delray Beach, Florida
ot 1, Block G, ~ Robert A. Fenton 10.64
The ~ t-~ 5Wilmuth Avenue
Village
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Wyoming, Cincinnati, Ohio
ot 7, Block K, J. Hicks; F. Ludington; L Woehle & 12.12
~te Village. G. Baker, Jr.
c/o Mrs. Joan L. Hicks
2732 Abingdon Road
Birmingham 13, Alabama
Recorded in Official Record L~ook~
J. ALEX
CLERK OF CIRCUIT COUR];
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS a recent study of Floridats College requirements shows that
provisions must be made £or 60,000 add~tional College students before
the Fall of 1965, that a total off 121~00 students will be seeking
higher education in 1965 as compared with 60~121 enrolled in Florida
institutions in 1959-60, and
V~EREA$ the six southeastern Counties o£ Florida, namely St. Luci%
Martin~ Okeechobee~ Hendry~ Palm Beach~ Broward and Dade now furnish
more than ~5 percent off the Florida students enrolled~ and the unprec-
edented growth of these counties may be expected to continue so that
even more than 5~ percent may be expected to originate in this area in
1965, and
2~EREAS the facilities of existing Universities, Colleges and Junior
Colleges, public and priw~te, will be wholly inadequate to meet these
1965 requirements, despite max~,um plant expansions and extensions,
including proposed quadrupling off the Junior College system, and
~fHER~S the Florida Legislature~ in its 1955 Session~ authorized the
Board off Control to establish a University in Palm Beach County by
Chap. ~0297, and in its 1959 Session appropriated $50~000 for prelimi-
nary planning~ and
WHEREAS additional funds will be required to complete sufficiently
detailed plans to adequately support and justify a request for capital
outlay construction funds at the 1961 Session ~£ the Legislature, and
failure to provide such detailed plans at the 19~1 Session could result
in a delay o£ two years in the activation off said University~
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the State Board off Control be~ and
it is hereby urged to proceed £orthwith with the preparation off detailed
and specific plans for the construction and activatien off a State
University at Boca Raton~ where the State now holds title to 1~200 acres
of land £or this purpos% and that said Board off Control be urged to
immediately seek the funds required, fr~n all possible sources, so that
plans necessary to justify and support a specific request for the
appropriation off construction funds may be presented to the 1961 Session
of the Florida Legislature.
ADOPTED THIS Day o£ March, A. D. 1960 by: