Resolution No. 06-02
RESOLUTION NO: 06-02
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
WHEREAS, 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 are 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 13~` day of F~bru~006.
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DONNA BUSSEY
City Clerk
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DONALD M. WOLFSON
Mayor
as to fo'rtn and correctness:
ALAN C.,d'EEN`, ESQUIRE
City A