1929-01 Advantages of City for Flood Control Hdqrtrs.LV (ksj
Upon aiotion' of Councilman haifsnild'�'er L'secoTnYdAeAd J. H. V�,alk-er, Sr.
the folloning resoliltion aas nc�oot ed
Resolution
IMHEREAS,, The 'Okeecho�ee Flood CJ011tT0l Board has C-5-esirgiiated the ,Iity of Okee-
chobee as its EngineerinE headquprters for the sunervision and construction o.L
f
ation nro�-ects in Lake Okenchobee, end
levees, canals and navi,�.
WHE.IHEAS; O1keec1,-o"bCe Flood Control Board, at its :,eetuin:�- in Se-c-'CeL�ber, lc',25,
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r-ent on record requesting ilk -'s En L 0 i, A.�
-hat the "ity of Okeechobee be used. by it f or its Army Engineers, in case the
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United States Governalent an for t'j-.e -n-arpose Of flx)d control anf,.
navigation in LPke Okeechobee, end
1',liZiEAS, the Hojse of Rie-jr-esenl-'a-tives of th-1 Congress of tl-le United States
has passec.", a Bill 2r, eropropriation this purnose, and
74.,HZhEAS, the Senate of the United States h.as this 3ill noi% U..'3el, Consideration,
?" - ` -ee of the Se -note, and
rhich has '-l-,een, annroved b-, Cocizierce C' o rlarft i L, 45
ME.RZAS, the Conneis leading alonLc:� t -1, -Le 1�'ortheastern shores of" Lake
Okeechobr;e, is to b-- f-rced of tolls, -'.--he City of UkeechYbee the r-ost acces-
sible' PUce from which the Arr.,iy Eng-ineers co-�ild operate, and
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WHEPSAS, Railroad and hichway transplortal -faci-L.ties ai7e far moxe equ-te
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han those of any other comunnity on Okleecl,'_') 2 �d
WHEREAS, the City -has ample 111ousing accommodations, at low Tental rates, and
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office rooms which will be tendered to the War Depart'mer,", free of nt, toe -ether
with ample school facilities �lnd an adequat-c water sunply;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESCLITED THAT ME OITY CMUCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
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d o h.4 e r eb diTect at",I-ention to 'i'irar HurIcy, am,6. MAef of St,�,ff of Ar,.,iy
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t I.-. ese two -.1-Li ch off ici,-., I ,, investi, #e n nk�� %rE' -,,rj thc- -keechobee c -r- ,)u�,
corisicleration as the location ooint from which "he Ar -.,'Py EnEAncers, may Operate, if
and when t'41 -,-e Flood �Ontrol Bill rloi�, beforc- t*',,e Sernt
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