Memorialize Congress - Improve Ponce DeLeon Inlet - 05-09-1955RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO MEMORIALIZE
THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
IMPROVE THE PONCE DE LEON INLET IN
VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, Ponce De Leon Inlet from the Atlantic Ocean to
the Halifax River is situated in Volusia County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, The said Ponce De Leon Inlet is a vital adjunct
to the. economic welfare of the City of Edgewater, and Halifax
River area, in that the same constitutes the sole means of
ingress and egress to the Atlantic Ocean from the Inter -coastal
Waterway by the commercial and sport fishing industries in the
Edgewater and Halifax River area, and
WHEREAS, The said Ponce De Leon Inlet has, over the past
several years, become increasingly hazardous to navigation by
reason of silting and tidal bars, thereby substantially ending
the use thereof by theretofore long established commercial
fishing industry craft and resulting in a material loss to the
economic welfare of Edgewater and the Halifax River area, and
WHEREAS, By reason of the aforesaid deterioration of said
Ponce De Leon Inlet to navigation, the plentiful game fish of
the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Edgewater, Florida, have
become more and more inaccessible to sport fishing craft because
of the dangers to life and property necessarily accompanying the
navigation of said Ponce De Leon Inlet, thereby depriving the
said Edgewater and Halifax River area of a prime tourist
attraction of inestimable value to the economic life of the
entire area, and
WHEREAS, The said Ponce De Leon Inlet is of vast poten-
tial importance and value to the National Defense in that the
same is situated less than o0 miles from the United States
Air Force Guided I=iissile Test Center located at Camp Cana-
veral, and said Ponce De Leon Inlet is a natural and poten-
tially important adjunct to the Federal inlet facilities lo-
cated at Cape Canaveral as an alternative and additional means
of carrying out the operations of said Guided Missile Test
Center, and
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WHEREAS, The said Ponce De Leon Inlet is otherwise po-
tentially an invaluable asset to the National Defence in that
the same would, if the same were improved so as to render the
same safe for navigation, make hundreds of miles of the inter -
coastal Waterway accessible to the Atlantic Ocean, and
WHEREAS, The dangerous and hazardous condition of the
said Ponce De Leon Inlet is such that at this time the United
States Coast Guard stationed at said Inlet has been hampered
and prevented from utilizing the same in connection with vital
efforts on the part of said United States Coast Guard to effect
sea rescues due solely to the impassibility of said Inlet for
navigation purposes during such emergencies, thereby contri-
buting to loss of life and property which would otherwise have
been saved, and
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Florida is now
in regular session and possesses authority and power to mem-
oralize the Congress of the United States of America in matters
of this kind,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EDGEWAT.R, FLORIDA, IN REGULAR MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED:
Section 1: That the Legislature of the State of Florida
be, and the same is hereby petitioned and requested that the
House of Representatives and the Senate, constituting the
Legislature of the State of Florida, do forthwith memoralize
the Congress of the United States of America to take immediate
steps toward the improvement of the Ponce De Leon Inlet located
in Volusia County, Florida, to the end that the same be made
safe for navigation to the Atlantic Ocean from the Intercoastal
Waterway.
Section 21 That this Resolution take effect immediately
upon its adoption.]
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Adopted: May 9th, 1955.