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RESOLUTION NO. 13603
WHEREAS, on the 22nd day of September, 1967, the
City of Miami Beach, Florida and Causeway Marina, Inc. , entered
into a contract for the storage and dockage of a City-owned
patrol boat (Fla.Reg. #F121 77AC) ; and
WHEREAS, said boat was purchased in 1966 at a cost
of $2, 400. 00, which sum included the motor, and, in accordance
with a statement of Langer ' s Outboard Service, dated October
30, 1970, said boat had a valuation of $1, 800.00 in 1968. On
November 22, 1967, while in the custody of and due to the
negligence of Causeway Marina, Inc. , in maintaining good care,
said patrol boat sunk and the City incurred damages in the
sum of $925.64. Repairs to the boat were finished on December
20, 1967, and the boat was put back into continuous service
until December 14, 1970, when it was sold for $400.00; and
WHEREAS, there is litigation pending between the City
and Causeway Marina, Inc. , in which Causeway Marina, Inc. and
its insurance carrier deny liability, and the parties have been
negotiating for settlement; that Causeway Marina, Inc. , carries
insurance with a deductible clause in the sum of $1, 000. 00, and
its insurance carrier is willing to settle and compromise this
litigation without contribution from Causeway Marina, Inc. for
the sum of $350. 00; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney has recommended to the
City Council that it is in the best interest of the City to
enter into a compromise settlement in the total amount of
$350. 00; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the
best interest of the City to enter into a final settlement upon
the terms hereinabove set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the said
settlement offer be and the same is hereby accepted, and that
the Mayor and the City Clerk-Finance Director be and they are
hereby authorized and directed to execute appropriate releases
upon receipt of said $350. 00.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 19th day of April , l972 .
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Mayor
Attest :
City Clerk-Finance Director
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY-1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE-MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139