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Resolution 4150 RIMOLUTION NO. 4150 ;M;, the Publio works Administration has made nn offer or grants to the City of Wind Beach in connection with water works improvement project No. 1079.4), and Storm Sewer construction project No. 1O7T•.DS. and E' *?.AS, one of the conditions of the offer of said grants is that work be atarted within ten weeks from the date of the offer and to oonplete suoh projects jects with all possible diepa toh not later than twelve months following the date of the offer, and % fl1 EA8, it is impracticable to prosecute public works in E t Beach during the winter months, NOV , TH R FORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the tollowinq oommuflica— tion be addressed to the Honorable H. T. Cole, "egl,onal Director of the Pu' lie c=orks Administration, with the request that if.. possible an exoeption be made in the ease of the City of Apia mi Bench and the time of commencement of the work contemplated under the offer of :rant be extended to April 1, 1938. "Honorable i . T. Cole Regional Director Public Works Administration Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Cole t Possibly you are not familiar with the situation existing in Mimi Roach which probably does not exist in ,any other oot mu— nity, in the country. Mani Beach is primarily, in fact almost wholly , m winter resort with approximately 575 apartment houses, 175 hotels and 2500 homes devoted almost exolusivsly to the houe. in,; of those who come here to spend the winter months beginning about DeoeMber 1 and endin;; about April 3. to April 15. It has always been the policy of the City in oonetruottnr their own improvements to do all of the work during the steer months so that our winter visitors, who are the whole source of the city's income, will not be disturbed and annoyed during their sojourn here. It is en industry which brines to the city an annual income of more than -25,000,000. You can readily see, with many ca ,c ,•etitive resorcities with a climate equally favorable, that we {: ght incur losses running into billions of dollars if any other polioith respect to public construction work were fo1lored. So ikportant is this polioy that even private building Burin, ; the winter months is hihly restricted with respect to character and hours of work. Public construction work which proceeds during the winter time is especially disturbing ane annoying by further reason of a peculiar soil condition which we have here. A few feat below the surface of the ground is a decried man,,rove for ,ation which when disturbed bytrenoh excavations emits a very penetrating and offenr- sive odor which discolors paint on nearby buildings and otherwise creates an extreme nuisance. It is impracticable, therefore, to prosecute public work between November 1 and about April 1 to 15. There is 4 further reason why publio works here should be oonetruoteci during the Sumner rather than the winter menthe. From about November 1 to April 1, there in frequently an actual shortage of oommon labor by reason of the feat that all of the farntnF- operations in the territory, including the gatherinv° of citrus fruits, are oarried on during the winter months, employing theweands of ne;roee and other oommon laborers. _`row the stand- poi $, therefore, of affording employment for those in need, public wefts here should proceed during the seer months only. IN are calling these matters to your attention in the hope that! en exception mi;ht be made in our oAse in the starting date of improvements contemplated under the grants recently authorised d by the 1u 1io works Administration. If it Is possible to seoure an a"tension of time, we should like to file an amended appltoation whioh would entail oonetruotion of inp,rov ments identioal with those included in our ori incl applioatian. A nulber of the pro. jeote included in the ori ,final. application have been completed, but other's of a similar nature are neoessery in our next year's program.. Yours very truly CITY ODUNCfL OF ThiX CITY OF MIAMI BrACR, P'LORX DAV 0 H BYL. C. W. Tomlinson, City aerkeim 'W eod PASSED AND ADOPTEE this 10th day of November, A. D. , 1937. / 1 r ID I M 0 0 .r1 0 O 4-a is 4-4 r1 0 0 4-1 • N r � � 1-1 ti 0 S H p4 >~ i-1 H N t O s DC •ri U © rl N 0 M >~ 41 ° E