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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Summary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM File ID: #10727 ' Bb84 Q. Date: Requesting Department: Office of the C Clerk Commission Meeting Date: 09/13/2021 Sponsored By: District Impacted: All Type: Resolution Subject: Instruct City Manager to meet with MDC officials regarding inmates within City Limits Budget Impact Analysis Item has NO budget impact Total Fiscal Impact: Reviewed By City Commission Maricarmen Lopez Meeting Completed 09/13/2021 9:00 AM Legislative Division Valentin J Alvarez Legislative Division Review Completed 09/15/2021 9:27 AM Office of the City Attorney Juan Carlos Perez ACA Review Completed 09/15/2021 2:49 PM Office of Management and Budget Leon P Michel Budget Review Completed 09/16/2021 12:18 PM Office of the City Attorney Barnaby L. Min Deputy Attorney Review Completed 09/16/2021 3:22 PM Office of the City Attorney Victoria Mendez Approved Form and Correctness Completed 09/20/2021 10:55 AM Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Rendered Completed 09/20/2021 6:28 PM �tzY,°v City of Miami City Hall " * `IIL111 IIATtA k ' „ 11 Legislation 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 r R % www.miamigov.com Resolution Enactment Number: R-21-0378 File Number: 10727 Final Action Date:9/13/2021 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MEET WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAYOR DANIELLA LEVINE CAVA AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION DIRECTOR DANIEL JUNIOR TO DEMAND THAT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROVIDE PROVISIONS OR ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF JAIL INMATES RELEASED FROM THE TURNER GUILFORD KNIGHT CORRECTIONAL CENTER LOCATED AT 7000 NW 41ST STREET, IN UNINCORPORATED MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, BACK TO THE INMATES ORIGINATING COMMUNITIES AND CEASE FROM FURTHER TRANSPORTING RELEASED INMATES TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FOR PURPOSES OF ABANDONING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, all persons arrested throughout Miami -Dade County are transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center ("TGK") located at 7000 Northwest 41 st Street, which is owned by Miami -Dade County ("County"), operated by the Miami -Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("MDCR"), and serves as a pre-trial detention facility for inmates awaiting a disposition of their criminal charge(s); and WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-20-0158 on May 14, 2020, directing the City Manager to meet with the County to demand that MDCR cease the transportation of released inmates into the City of Miami ("City"); and WHEREAS, based on information and belief, inmates continue to be transported from TGK and released in the area surrounding the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building where they are abandoned on the City's streets with no means of returning to the municipality or unincorporated areas of the County from where they were originally arrested; and WHEREAS, since the City Manager's meeting, MDCR and the County have failed to make any changes to their inmate release plan to make provisions or accommodations for the transportation of TGK releasees back to their originating communities; and WHEREAS, the residents, visitors, and business employees and owners of the City have continuously been forced to carry a disproportionate burden in tolerating the behavior of TGK releasees and the City has had to expend enormous resources without any contribution from the County or MDCR; and WHEREAS, the County has failed to balance the impact that such transportations has had, and will continue to have, on the City and the City's residents, visitors, and businesses; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. The City Manager is hereby directed to meet with County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and MDCR Director Daniel Junior to demand that the County provide provisions or accommodations for the transportation of jail inmates released from TGK back to the inmates originating communities and cease from further transporting released inmates to the City for purposes of abandoning the jail releasees within the boundaries of the City. Section 3. The City Attorney is hereby authorized' to take any and all legal actions necessary against the County, in law or in equity, to prohibit the further transportation of released jail inmates into the City and to seek any and all appropriate remedies. Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: 1 ai4nal ndez, Ufy Httor iey 9/2012021 Pursuant to the resolution, this item became effective immediately upon adoption by the Commission. ' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code provisions.