1978-04 (Street Closing)RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, a Petition To Close and Abandon a Citv Road was
received from the Board of County Commissioners of Okeechobee
County on September 5th, 1978, and
WHEREAS, Notice Of Public Hearing on the above mentioned
Petition To Close and Abandon a City Road was published in the
Okeechobee News on September 21st, 1978, pursuant to Florida
Statutes, and
WHEREAS, public hearings on the Petition To Close and
Abandon a City Road was heard on Tuesday, October 10th, 1978,
in the Council Room, 55 Southeast Third Avenue, Okeechobee,
Florida, at 7:00 P.M., and
WHEREAS, Kyle S. Van Landingham, Attorney for the Board of
County Commissioners, appeared and argued in support of the
Petition To Close and Abandon a City Road for the purpose of
constructing a drainage canal along the North 20 feet of North-
east 14th Street in the City of Okeechobee, and
WHEREAS, interested citizens were invited to attend and
be heard regarding said Petition;
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED that the City of Okeechobee
abandon that portion of Northeast 14th Street in the City of
Okeechobee and more particularly described as follows:
A strip of land, 20.00 feet in width,
lying within Sections 15 and 16, Town-
ship 37 South, Range 35 East, Okeechobee
County, Florida. Said parcel of land
being more particularly described as fol-
lows: That part of the North 20.00 feet
of Northeast 14th Street, formerly known
as 20th Street, lying East of the East
right-of-way line of Parrott Avenue, (also
known as State Road #15 and U.S. 441), City
of Okeechobee, according to the Plat thereof
recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 10, of the
Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida,
and West of the West right-of-way line of
Taylor Creek Water shed, as shown on Plat
#2 of Taylor Creek Water shed, according to
the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 3,
Page 26, of the Public Records of Okeechobee
County, Florida.
So long as the above described strip of land is used for a
water canal.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, this 10th day of October, 1978.
RUSSELL V. DOMER, President
City Council, City of Okeechobee
ATTESTED BY:
CIL .Lte--i1-1,
SYLVIA CHRISTIAN, Acting City Clerk
APPROVED by me this 10th day of October, 1978.
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AUDLEY DUNHAM, Mayor
City of Okeechobee