65-24RESOLUTxON ~b5-24
A F2ESOLUTI011'f OF
THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA
RECOMMENDING A LOCATION FOR
THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE
WE~REAS, acreage ha.s been offered free, for the construct-
ion of a Junior College, about midway 3~etwepn the City of
Jacksonville and the Beach communities of Atlantic Beach,
Jacksonville Beach, l~ayport, Neptune Beach a.nd Ponte Vedra
Beach; such acreage being not limited as to e~ttent, or as
to e~a.ct location on Atlantic or 8ea.ch Boulevard , or in
regions north, south or between those highways, and
WHEREAS, this genaral location is within a fe*,~r rni~:utes drive
of the Beach Communities and Sputh Jacksonville residential
area., and is adjacent ~.o several home development projects,
and therefore is most accessible to the majority of pros-
pective Duval County students as well as being• quite
accessible to those from Nassau County via Expressway and
Interstate 95 and,
'WE3EREAS, the acreage necessary for construction of the
contemplated Junior College is proposed to be available in
any desired shape or total area, and the necessary utilities
would be available together with a COQ foot access road
right-of-way and,
WHEREAS, there is at present no industry in this vicinity,
population growth tends to render -the area. entirely residen-
tial, and the area. surrounding the Cal7.ege ca~.ld readily be
suitably coned far its protection,
Ls10W, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY CU_MMISSION OF THE
CITY OF ATLA,N~f IC BEACH, FLORIDA, TF~AT,
The hereinbefore described location is deemed most suitable
anc? desirable for the construction of a Junior College, and
the Board of Public Instruction of Duval CoLSnty is hereby
urged to approve and recommend it and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, copies of this Resolution be
forwarded to the Board of Public Instruct~_ora, the Department
of Education o~ the State of Florida. a.nd to a?1 other
interested parties.
Passed by the City. Commission on August 23, 195.
Attest m
(SEAL} Gity Clerk