R-61-097~ 9~
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the following described real property in the
City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, was conveyed to said City
in consideration of the paving liens assessed against said property:
Fractional Lot 6 of Herring Hooks Estate in
,Section 25, Township 22 South, Range 25
East, .lying between Lake Drive and Lake
Winona and South of Lime Street extended to
Lake Winona LESS the Southwesterly 150 feet
thereof conveyed to O. H. Keene and wife,
Carrie G. Keene, on December 2, 1959,
and said City is still the owner thereof and is in absolute possession
and control thereof; and,
WHEREAS, various and several parties have offered to
purchase or lease said lands from the City but have always declined
same, until the above excepted lands were sold to O. H. Keene and
wife, Carrie G. Keene, in consideration of said parties removing all
brush, trash and grass from said lands and pumping in white sand to
form a beach adjacent to the waters of Lake Winona; and,
WHEREAS, this and prior Councils have found the above
lands manifestly essential to the health, comfort and pleasure of its
citizens as well as an added attractiveness to Lake Drive, and title
to said lands should forever remain in said City, and it is now essen-
tial to establish and maintain same as a Park in conjunction with a
part of said Lake Drive, as well as a part of the Park and system of
streets in said City, with its use and regulations, if any, to be con-
trolled and otherwise restricted or regulated by Ordinances of said
City; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Clermont for and in behalf of said City, that the above described
land, now or formerly under water, and heretofore conveyed to
said City in fee simple, be now declared, deducated, kept and here-
after maintained as a public park, street, or place for public use,
resort and recreation, to be known as LAKE WINONA PARK, and
that no builduig or other structures shall be erected on such park
or on the lands now or formerly under water, inconsistent with
its use as a public park, street or place of public use, resort or
recreation, provided, however, the Council of said City may 1i-
cense, permit or otherwise grant an easement or right to any property
owner abutting Lake Drive to erect or otherwise construct or build
only a dock extending from said lands into said Lake Winona, to
beautify a portion of said lands corresponding with the boundaries of
his or her lands if extended in the same direction across said ,lands
to Lake Winona, but when so granted shall not be a right, license or
permit to the absolute exclusion of the public; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that any and a1.1 regulations or
restrictions of any kind affecting said park shall be set forth and
provided for in an appropriate Ordinance or Ordinances of said City.
DATED, July 18, 1961.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake
County, Florida, at an adjourned regu.lat meeting held on July 18, 1961.
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City o~ C.1 mont, La e County, Florida
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