68-29RESOLUTION NO. 68-29
WHEREAS, the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, is without
any library facilities wherein its citizens can enjoy the use
of books of an educational, technical, reference, artistic and
fictional nature, and
WHEREAS, the citi2ens of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida,
have expressed the desire to their City Commission that such a
facility be provided, and
WHEREAS, it has come to the knowledge of the City Commissions
of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, that the Consolidated
City of Jacksonville has allocated certain monies in the consoli-
dated budget to the Board of Library Trustees for the planning of
the expansion of the library system of the Consolidated City of
Jacksonville, and that such expansion will include the opening of
new branch libraries within the territorial limits of the Consoli-
dated City of Jacksonville, and
WHEREAS, under Article 12, Chapter 3, Section 12.301 of the
Charter of the Consolidated Government of the City of Jacksonville,
Florida, provision is made for the furnishing of free library
service for the use and enjoyment of the citizens of the consoli-
dated government;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY `THE CITY C01MNiZSBION OF THE CITY
OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLC}RIDA, AS FOLLOWS;
1. That the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, make applica-
tion to the Board of Library Trustees for the construction
of a branch library on Atlantic Boulevard, within the city
limits of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida.
2. That the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, request the
Consolidated City of Jacksonville to send the members of
the Planning Board to inspect various lacations on
Atlantic Boulevard, within the .limits of the City of
Atlantic Beach, Florida, on which such a branch library
can be constructed.
3. That a copy of this Resolution be respectfully sub-
mitted to the Honorable Hans Tanzler, Jr. Mayor of the
City of Jacksonville, to the Honorable Cecil C. Bailey,
President of the Board of Library Trustees,, to the
Honorable Harry Brinton, Director of Libraries, to the
Honorable Walter Dickinson., Councilman, and to the
Honorable Marvin C. Hill, Executive Director of
Jacksonville-Duval Area Planning Baird.
Passed by the City Commission on October 2$, 19~i8.
Attest:
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Adele S. Grage
City Clerk