Item 6A
RESOLUTION NO: 06-02
AGENDA ITEM #6A
FEBRUARY 13, 2006
~. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA,
URGING MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE AN
ANNUAL APPROPRIATION SUFFICIENT TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND
~* PROMOTE THE HISTORIC RESOURCES IN OUR NATION'S OLDEST CITY
WHERF,AS, St. Augustine, the Nation's Oldest City, is a national historic treasure that
belongs to our region, our state and our nation, and
~"" WHEREAS, St. Augustine's historic sites and buildings include the largest single resource in
our nation representing the contributions of Spain and the Spanish-speaking people to the settlement
and development of the United States, and
_ WHEREAS, in the City of St. Augustine there aze four National Historic Register Districts, 31
National Historic Register sites and buildings, 41 colonial-era buildings and monuments, and 1,100
"" buildings listed as contributing to the significance of these historic districts, and
WHEREAS, thirty-three of these historic properties in St. Augustine are owned by the people
~" of Florida, but are without direct legislative support, and
WHEREAS, the success of a dynamic maintenance, archeological and interpretative program
has been proven through annual legislative funding of more than one million dollars to Pensacola's
heritage program, supporting 20 state-owned historic properties, and
~. WHEREAS, the historic resources of St. Augustine attract an estimated five million visitors
annually, benefiting our region and the entire State of Florida;
NOW THEREFORE, we endorse and support the City of St. Augustine's request to the
Legislature of the State of Florida, to provide an annual appropriation sufficient to preserve, protect
~, and promote these historic resources, as our state's investment in the rich history -and interpretation
of that history - in our Nation's Oldest City.
,,, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and caused the official seal of the
City of Atlantic Beach, Florida to be affixed on this day of 2006.
ATTEST:
~" DONNA BUSSEY DONALD M. WOLFSON
City Clerk Mayor
Approved as to form and correctness:
"'"' ALAN C. JENSEN, ESQUIRE
• City Attorney