HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-00631RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION
OF TIME FOR THE OONSTRUCTION OP AN ISLAND GENERALLY
KNOWN AS THE BURLINGAME ISLAND NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE
MIAMI RIVER AND AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY
ISLANDS IN BISCAYNE BAT SOUTH OF THE CAUSEWAY.
WHEREAS, information has been received by the City
Commission of the City of Miami that an application has been
made for the extension of time for the oonetruotion of an
island, generally known as the Burlingame island, near the
mouth of the Miami River, and
WHEREAS, a hearing was had upon such application
for extension of the Burlingame Permit at the United States
Engineer's office at Miami Beach, Florida, on December 21st,
1922, and
WHEREAS, it appears to the satisfaction of the Commission
from the statements made at said hearing by W. H. Molntyre
Pilot for the Port of Miami, who has had an actual experience
for twenty-five years continuously, in and about the waters
of Biscayne Bay, and E. R. Graham, I. E. Schilling, E. Garretson,
and others, together with the report made to the City Commission
by Charles W. Murray, Director of Public Service and Welfare of
the City of Miami, that the construction of said island near the
mouth of the Miami River would be a menace to navigation and
seriously impede the co:amerce and shipping of the City of Miami
in Biscayne Bay and the Miami River,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI:
That the City Commission places itself of record
against the extension of the permit to construct an island,
generally known as the Burlingame Permit, near the mouth of the
Miami River.
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'iseinn that it is against the interests of the Oi
'0f Miami for any islands to be oonstruoted in Biscayne Bay.
South of the Causeway, unless it oan first be 0.0,n
suoh oonetruotion will not interfere with commerce and with -
Ahipping, and that suoh islands are to be used for the bone
of the public.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be'and he is
hereby directed to immediately mail a certified copy of this
resolution to the office of the United. States Engineer at
Jacksonville, Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1/4,7 II -day of
A. D. 1923.
ATTEST:
ity Clerk.
Mayor.