Res 154~ RESOLUTION OF T~E CITY COUi~CIL OF T~ CITY OF DELSEY
BE~-CH, FLORI D~.
V~REAS, The Florida East Canal has recently been widened
throu~h the City o~ ~elray Beach, Florida, and it ha~ been
represented to the City Cou_ucil that it was proposed to con-
struct a dyke along the East right of way o£ said canal from
~tlantic ~cenue in said City o~ ~elray Beach on the ~orth to
the South line of Section 16, Township ~6 South of Range
East, where said canal abutts upon the property of Zook Palm
Nurseries, Inc., it being the purpose of said dyke to prevent
the over-flow and damage to said nursery property, and
WH~RE~S, The said canal is navigable water and under the
jurisdiction of the War Department of the United States, and
any construction along said canal will be upon the authority
and under the direction of the ~ar Department, and
WHERE~L$, it has been suggested that in lieu of the con-
struction of said dyke, it might be possible that the ~Jar
Department would consent to widen said canal to the East line
of the right of way owned by the Government, and deposit the
material, so removed, upon the abutting land, ~hereby preventing
the overLflow of said land as effectively as said dyke, and
~VI~EREAS, the Zook Palm I~urseries, Inc. is willing, without
com~ensation, to ~rant the necessary permit for the wi~ening of
said canal and the deposit of the spoil therefrom upon its
adjoining land, and
WHEREAS, the said widening of said canal would create a
yacht basin in the center of the City of Delray Beach that would
be a public improvement benefiting the entire community, and
~J~RELS, it is understood that such improvement, if made,
must be by the consent and under the direction of the
Department.
IfOW T~LEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TIES CITY COUi;CIL OF
CITY OF DEL~'~Y BE~CH, ~ORI~:
Section 1. That the said City Co~cil is of the opinion
that the improvement recited in the pre~ble hereof will be a
public improvement and a benefit to the entire comm~ity, and
hereby requests the ?~ar Department of the United States to give
due consideration to the widening of said canal as aforesaid.
Section E. That the said City Co.oil hereby goes on
record as be i~ in favor of said proposed ~provement provided,
however, that in Said const~ction due safe guards are taken
to prevent damage to the street or walks alo~ said Ltlantic
Avenue and the bri~e across said canal, and without expense to
said City of ~elray Beach.
Passed and adopted by the City Co.oil at its regula~
session, December $Oth, 19Zo.~ /~
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