Resolution 4923 1
RESOLUTION NO. 4923
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, that the following form of instrument, to-wit:
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
to
MIAMI BEACH BAY SHORE COMPANY
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THIS INSTRUMENT, made and executed, in duplicate,
the day of , 1940, by the CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
a municipal corporation in Dade County, Florida, hereinafter
called "said City, " to MIAMI BEACH HAY SHORE COMPANY, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Florida, hereinafter called "said Company. "
1. WHEREAS, for the purpose of securing a suitable
site at Miami Beach, Florida, for the United States Coast
Guard, a proposal has been made to exchange that certain
tract of land at Miami Beach, Florida, belonging to the
United States of America, known as the "Coast Guard House
of Refuge Property" (commonly called "Surfside .'ark" ) , for
a tract of submerged land (hereinafter called "said tract
of submered land" ) containing about 17. 52 acres, situate
in Miami beach, Florida, belonging to the Miami Beach Bay
Shore Company, together with a right-of-way thereto over
a small tract of land adjoining said tract of submerged
land;
2. AND WHEREAS, said tract of submerged land will
have to be bulkheaded and filled and a certain area of
water adjacent thereto dredged to a greater depth before
the United States of America will exchange said "Surfside
Park" for said tract of submerged land and right-of-way
thereto;
3 AND WHEREAS, as means to the end of bulkheading
and filling said tract of submerged land and dredging a
certain water area adjacent thereto so as to make said tract
of land, now submerged, acceptable to the United States of
America in exchange for said "Surfside Park, " the following
parties, respectively, have made the following offers, re-
spectively, towit:
(a) The City of Miami teach has offered to
purchase, for a consideration of 025,000, said
'Surfside Park, " and pay said sum to the Paul
Smith Construction Company, a Florida corporation.
(b ) The Paul smith Construction Company has
offered to perform the work of bulkheading, filling
and dredging said tract of submerged land to meet
the requirements of tree Unites States of America.
(c) The Miami beach Bay Shore Company, a Florida
corporation, has offered to convey said tract of
submerged land, tog$ther with a right-of-way thereto
over said small tract of land adjoining said tract
of submerged land, to the United states of America,
as a site for the United States Coast Guard, for a
consideration of 415,000 (which consideration said
Paul Smith Construction Company has offered to pay )
and the ferryboat terminal rights and privileges
hereinafter mentioned (which said City of Miami
Beach has offered to furnish).
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4. NOW, THEREFORE, WITNESSETH, that for divers good
and valuable consideration, said City hereby gives, subject
to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to said Company, and
its assigns, the right to use, for a -period of thirty (30)
years from date hereof, the foot of Biscayne Street in said
City for the purpose of a ferryboat terminal, together with
the right to construct at said place necessary facilities
therefor, including; a dock or slip (at the option of said
Company) of sufficient dimensions to accommodate the landing
and departure of ferryboats at and from said place; subject,
however, to the right of said City to make and promulgate
reasonable rules and regulations (consistent with the reasonable
use by said Company of said facilities) for the use of said
foot of Biscayne street by said Company and the general public;
and subject, further, to the right of said City, at any time,
to cancel the rights hereby given to said Company and to take
over any terminal facilities constructed at said foot of
Biscayne street by said Company, or its assigns, at cost
less depreciation, in the event said City shall determine,
in good faith, to operate an adequate ferry service for an
indefinite length of time on reasonable schedules to meet
the public convenience from said foot of Biscayne Street
to and from harbor Terminal Island, sometimes called Fisher's
Island, in said City.
5. The phrase "foot of Biscayne Street, " as used in
this instrument, means the western end of said street where
it adjoins Biscayne Bay in said City.
6. This instrument is executed and delivered to said
Company on the express condition that said. Company, or its
assigns, shall, within ten years from the date hereof, con—
struct a ferryboat terminal at said foot of Biscayne Street,
and operate a ferry service to and from said point.
7. This instrument shall be effective only in the event
said City shall acquire said "Surfside Park" hereinabove men-
tioned.
8. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
has caused this instrument to be signed by its Mayor, and at—
tested by its City Clerk, and its corporate seal to be af—
fixed, this — day of , 1940.
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, DADE COUNTY,
Signed, sealed and FLORIDA,
delivered in the
presence of: By
Its Mayor
ATTEST:
By
Its City Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA,
COUNTY OF DADE:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day personally
appeared before me, an officer duly authorized to administer oaths
and take acknowledgments of deeds, JOHN H. LEVI, as Mayor of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, and C. W. TOMLINSON, as Clerk of
said City, to me personally known to be the persons who signed
the foregoing instrument as Mayor and Clerk of said City, re—
spectively, for and on behalf of said City, and acknowledged
before me that they executed the foregoing instrument as Mayor
and Clerk of said City, respectively, for the uses and purposes
therein expressed, under authority vested in them by law, and
under authority expressly given by resolution of the
City Council of the City of j°iiami Beach, Dade County,
Florida, passed at a meeting of said Council held in the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, on the day of ,
1940, and that said City caused its corporate seal to be
affixed thereto, and that saidrinstrument is s theFlorida.nd
deed of said ity of Miami Beach, y,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my official seal at , said
County and State, this ` day of , 1940.
IZT. t C PUBLIC,
State of Florida at Large.
My Commission expires:
be and the same is hereby approved and confirmed, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID CITY COUNCIL OF THE SAID
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Clerk are
hereby authorized and directed to execute said instrument for
and in behalf of 'Lie City of Miami Beach, Florida..
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of July, A. , - 140.
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