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Resolution: R-21-0033
File Number: 8393
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 1/28/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE
CITY OF MIAMI AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY"), BY AND THROUGH
THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ENSURING DIRECT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY BETWEEN
EACH PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT AND ALL FIRST RESPONDER
AGENCIES WITHIN THE COUNTY IN THE EVENT OF A PUBLIC SAFETY
EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 365.179,
FLORIDA STATUTES.
WHEREAS, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission
("Commission") recommended that counties throughout the State of Florida be required to
develop and implement communication systems that allow direct radio communication between
911 public safety answering points ("PSAP") and first responders outside the PSAP's normal
service area to provide for more efficient dispatch of first responders; and
WHEREAS, in response to the Commission's recommendations, the Florida Legislature
created Section 365.179, Florida Statutes, titled "Direct Radio Communication Between 911
Public Safety Answering Points and First Responders" ("Law"); and
WHEREAS, the Law requires each sheriff in collaboration with all first responder agency
heads in his or her county to facilitate the development and execution of written interlocal
agreements between all primary first responder agencies within the county for purposes of
coordinating and ensuring direct radio communication between each PSAP and all first
responder agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade Police Department ("MDPD") as the sheriff of Miami -Dade
County ("County") is required to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Miami ("City")
for the purpose of complying with the Law; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, known as the "Florida Interlocal
Cooperation Act of 1969," authorizes local governments to make the most efficient use of their
powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage to
provide services and facilities that will harmonize geographic, economic, population, and other
factors influencing the needs and development of local communities; and
WHEREAS, Part 1 of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, permits public agencies, as defined
therein, to enter into interlocal agreements with each other to exercise jointly any power,
privilege, or authority which such agencies share in common and which each might exercise
separately;
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File ID: 8393
Enactment Number: R-21-0033
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized' to execute an Interlocal Agreement,
in substantially the form attached, with the County for the purpose of ensuring direct radio
communications capabilities between each PSAP and all first responders agencies within the
County in the event of a public safety emergency pursuant to the requirements of the Law.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City
Charter and City Code provisions.
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