Resolution 2815 RESOLUTION NO. 2815
WHEREAS, contract is about to be let for the deepen—
ing of the Miami Ship Channel and adjacent waters from
ocean to Miami docks to a depth of not less than thirty
feet, and
WHEREAS, the importance of the Port of Miami,
Florida, has grown very rapidly in the last few years due
to the almost unprecedented growth of the area in and about
the cities of Miami and Miami Beach and also due to its
strategic location for the fostering of Pan American and
South American trade, and
WHEREAS, we have within the corporate limits of the
City of Miami Beach an island of two hundred ten acres,
conveniently located with reference to the Miami Ship
Channel, already surrounded by deep water and partially
developed as a Terminal Island and admirably suited for
use as a Free Port, and
WHEREAS, we have observed the vast possibilities of
international trade if there could be established Free
Trade Ports along the seaboards of the United States, and
this very important subject having been heretofore dis—
cussed before the United States Congress,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI REACH, FLORIDA, in regular meeting as-
sembled, that we hereby heartily endorse the present ef-
fort being made for the establishment of a Free Port in
the Port of Miami and we most respectfully urge the early
passage, by our National Congress, of such legislation as
will authorize or make possible the creation or establish-
ment of a Free Port or Foreign Trade Zone on Habor Terminal
Island, within the limits of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, to be conducted by a local body, at their own ex—
pense, under proper Federal regulations, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution
be forwarded to the Honorable Duncan U. Fletcher and Park
Trammel, Senators from Florida, and to the Honorable Mark
J. Wilcox and W. J. Sears, Representatives from Florida,
with the request that they use their every influence to
bring about the passage of the desired legislation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day April, A. D. , 1934.
Signed) John H. Ievi
President of City Council
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( Signed' C. W. Tomlinson
City Clerk
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