HomeMy Public PortalAboutRES 87/04RESOLUTION NO. 87-4_
A RESOLUTION OF TOWN OF GULF STREAM URGING THE
SOUTH LAKE WORTH INLET COMMISSION AND THE PALM BEACH
COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO COMPLY WITH THE
REQUEST OF THE TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE TO PROVIDE INCREASED
SAND TRANSFER TO THE DOWNDRIFT SIDE OF THE SOUTH LAKE
WORTH INLET AND TO RECONSIDER THE POSITION PREVIOUSLY
TAKEN ON RESOLVING THE SAND DEPRIVATION FOR OCEANFRONT
MUNICIPALITIES SOUTH OF THE SOUTH LAKE WORTH INLET, FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, for many years beaches south of the South Lake
Worth Inlet have been deprived of downdrift sand due to the
blocking action of said inlet; and
WHEREAS, the Town /City of OCEAN RIDGE has had to cope
with the impact of the sand deprivation, and has therefore
entered into costly programs to relocate, divert or move sand
onto its beaches, or -to retain sand thereon; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Ocean Ridge has made certain requests
of the South Lake Worth Inlet Commission and the Board of' County
Commissioners of Palm Beach County, to increase the flow of sand
across said inlet so as to more nearly approximate the natural
littoral drift; and
WHEREAS, the South Lake Worth Inlet Commission and the Board
of County Commissioners have failed to act in accordance with the
request of the Town of Ocean Ridge, have refused to resolve the
downdrift sand deprivation in a substantial, effective and
responsible manner.
NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESO VFD BY THE Town Commission- OF THE
Town of Gulf Stream FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The South Lake Worth Inlet Commission and the
Palm Beach County Board of County Commissi -oners of are urged to
reconsider the intransigent position taken on resolving the sand
deprivation for ocean front municipalities south of the South
Lake Worth Inlet.
Section 2. The South Lake Worth Inlet Commission and the
Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners are further urged
to comply with the request of the Town of Ocean Ridge and provide
increased sand transfer to the downdrift side of the inlet which
more nearly approximates the natural littoral drift.
Section 3.. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to furnish copies of this Resolution to the following:
SOUTH LAKE WORTH INLET COMMISSION
PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES & SHORES COUNCIL
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in session held this day of
1987.
ATTEST:
Town Clerk
MAYOR
VICE MAYOR
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