Res 174 ??HEREAS, The Federal Government did cause to be widened
the Florida mast Coast Canal through the Cit~ of Delray Beach,
Florida, and in the widening of said canal did excavate and take
away the dikes and canal banks along said canal; and
¥~HERE~S, ~y the removal of said dikes and canal banks, and
b~ the deepe~ing of said canal, has caused the waters of said
canal to rise at high tide, so as to flood the lands on both
sides of said canal, causing great damage to the property
owners along said canal; and
?fHEREAS, by the flooding of said lan~s along said canal,
d~mage has been done to nursery trees and palms, low places
being filled with brackish water, and causing the breeding of
mosquitoes and sand gnats i~ great number;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By t~e City Council of
the City of Delr~y Beach, Florida, that the Federal Government
be required to take immediate steps to fill in the low lands
adjoining the Florida East Coast Canal to such an extend as to
make sai2 lands useable and to fill i~ ti~e lo-~~ places on said
lands so as to'stop the breeding of sand gnats and mosquitoes,
through the City of ~elray Besc~, and its immediate vicinity;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That in the event the Federal
Government will not fill in these low lands which are now flooded
at high tide, due to the deepening and widening of said canal,
and the removal of the dike or embankments which were along
said canal, prior to the widening and deepening of the sa~.~e, that
cana~
said dike or/bank be replaced by the Federal Government in its
former heigh~hand width so as to hold the water of said canal
within its true boundaries, thereby eliminating the flooding
of the adjoining lands along said canal, which lands at this time
are of no use or benefit to the owners, and the nursery trees,
palms and plants, and the farmin~ lands have been ruined by the
overflowing of said lands by salt water, and are now infested
by mosquitoes and sand gnats in great numbers to the detriment
and health of the citizens of the City of Delray Beach and
immediate vicinity.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the United States Engineers, Congressman J. Mark
Wilcox and Senators Claude Pepper and C. 0. Andrews.
The above and foregoing resolution was adopted by the
City o~mcll of the Czty of Delray Beach~ FloriJ'_a, at its
regular meeting h~Id March ~nd, 1937.
President of the City Council,
Delray Beach, Florida.
APPROVED:
Mayor.
ATTEST:
City Clerk.