87-21 v INTRODUCED BY MAYOR HOWELL AND COMMISSIONER COOK
RESOLUTION NUMBER 87-21
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
Trust Fund is vested with title to all sovereign beaches within
the State of Florida and that said title is held in trust for the
citizens of Florida under Article X, Section 1 1 , of the Florida
Constitution and Chapter 253, Florida Statutes, and
WHEREAS, the beaches of Florida constitute this state' s
greatest recreational and economic resource and the Legislature
has given increasing importance to management of state beaches
including acquisition, protection, restoration and use, and
WHEREAS, public beach access plays an essential role in the
use and enjoyment of the beaches and the opportunities and issues
of public beach access vary along the state's shoreline and the
quality and quantity of public beach access has a direct impact
on local economies and the quality of life in the community, and
WHEREAS, beach access programs and the problem of inadequate
access will become worse and solutions will become more difficult
and expensive as time progresses, and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of Atlantic Beach recognizes
that it is essential to balance the rights of private property
owners with those of the public and will encourage and promote
incentives to provide public beach access, and
WHEREAS, the City Commission will acquire only the interests
necessary to provide beach access and will ensure the surrounding
property owners that such access rights- of-way will be
constructed and maintained in a manner aesthetically compatible
with the surrounding property.
NOW THEREFORE, Be It resolved by the City Commission of the
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Be it further resolved that other offices of the City are
hereby directed to cooperate with the City Attorney to the
fullest extent to minimize the costs to the City of Atlantic
Beach in acquiring the aforesaid interests in the described
property so as to insure pleasing, innovative design to maintain
the integrity and security of surrounding, residential area thus
minimizing any adverse impacts.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED by the City Commission, Atlantic
Beach, Florida, the 22nd day of June, 1987.
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Will -m S. Howell , : . Presidi g
ATTEST:
Ade aide Tucker, City Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness :
laude L. Ni71is , ity Attorney
EXHIBIT "A"
PARCEL 1
North two and one half (21) feet of Lot 79, North
Atlantic Beach, Unit Number three (3) , R-C-B-S Corporation, as recorded
in Plat Book 15, page 93 of Public Records of Duval County, Florida
and
South two and one half (22) feet of Lot 80, North
Atlantic Beach, Unit Number three (3) , R-C-B-S Corporation, as recorded
in Plat Book 15, page 93 of Public Records of Duval County, Florida.
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