Resolution 4388 7
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RESOLUTION NO. 4388
WHEREAS, an application has been made to the Public
Works Administration for a loan and grant to defray the cost
of constructing a causeway across Biscayne Bay with its eastern
terminus near Forty-first Street, Miami Beach, and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this City Council that so
far as Miami Beach is concerned, such a thoroughfare would
greatly depreciate property values in the central section of
the city and that the disadvantages of such a highway as is
proposed would greatly outweigh the advantages, and
WHEREAS, numerous civic and service organizations of
Miami Beach, as follows:
Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
Miami Beach Realty Board
Miami Beach Business & Professional
Women ' s Club
Miami Beach Hotel Association
Miami Beach Business Men's Association
Miami Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce
North Beach Parent-Teachers Association
Miami Beach Lions Club
after due consideration have protested against the construction
of this project at this location, only one such organization,
namely, the Civic League of Miami Beach, favoring this project
and
WHEREAS, an overwhelming majority of property owners in
the vicinity of Forty-first Street have protested against this
project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, that the Honorable County Commis-
sioners of Dade County be requested to withdraw their application
to the Public Works Administration and: that a copy of this reso-
lution be forwarded to the Honorable Harold L. Ickes, Administra-
tor, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, in Washing-
ton, D. C.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th ay of Oc ber , 193g•
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