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9/28/99
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
RELATED TO THE ADVOCATED INCREASE IN THE FIRE
ASSESSMENT FEE; DETERMINING THAT PROJECTED
REVENUES ANTICIPATED DURING FY 1999-2000 FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES WILL PROVIDE AMPLE FUNDS FOR
ALL PROJECTED EXPENSES; DETERMINING THAT THE
CITY IS RETURNING TO A POSITION OF FINANCIAL
STRENGTH AND STABILITY BY FINDING REVENUES
AND OPERATING EXPENSE REDUCTIONS WHICH
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE INCREASE IN THE FIRE
ASSESSMENT FEE ADVOCATED BY THE GOVERNOR'S
EMERGENCY FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD; AND
FURTHER FINDING THAT ANY ADDITIONAL FIRE
ASSESSMENT FEE IS UNNECESSARY AND WOULD PLACE
AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS AND
TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY.
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission has considered the
increase proposed by the Governor's Emergency Financial Oversight
Board in the amount- of the Fire Assessment Fee established
pursuant to the Fire Rescue Assessment Fee Ordinance No. 11584,
and its implementing resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered a Proposed
Budget that is a balanced one which fully satisfies the State's
TRIM requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Commission has reviewed the
Proposed Budget and Five Year Plan prepared and recommended by
the City Manager, which anticipates that the Fire Assessment Fee
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is to be maintained at its current level; and
WHEREAS, the Proposed Budget and Five Year Plan demonstrate
that the City of Miami is returning to a position of financial
strength and stability; and
WHEREAS, the Proposed Budget and Five Year Plan demonstrate
that the projected revenues to the City of Miami anticipated
during FY 1999-2000 from increased development, increased fees
for City services, the existing Fire Assessment Fee and the
recently adopted parking surcharge, will aggregately result in a
surplus for the City of approximately $2 million, thus providing
more than ample funds to meet the City's obligations under the
law without the requested increase in the current Fire Assessment
Fee; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission held public hearings and
received comments and objections from the residents of the City
of Miami regarding fees and taxes on several dates, i.e. Fire
Assessment Fees on January 13, 1.998, February 24, 1998, March 31,
1998, April 28, 1998 and September 21, 1999, and Budget Hearings
on September 8, 1998, September 28, 1998, September 15, 1999 and
September 28, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds no justification for any
increase in the Fire Assessment Fee and further finds that it
would not be in the best interest of the residents and taxpayers
of the City of Miami to impose on them an unnecessary additional
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
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Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
{ thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. As it relates to the proposed increase in the
Fire Assessment Fee, it is hereby determined that:
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(a) Projected revenues anticipated by the City of Miami
during FY 1999-2000 from various sources will provide
ample funds for all projected expenses; and
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(b) The City of Miami is returning to a position of
financial strength and stability, and has found other
revenues and operating expense reductions which
substitute for the increase in the Fire Assessment Fee
advocated by the Governor's Emergency Financial
Oversight Board; and
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(c) Any additional Fire Assessment Fee would place an undue
burden on the residents and property owners of the
City, and specifically, the Fire Assessment Fee would
have a disproportionately negative effect on the ad
valorem tax base, and further, additional Fire
f Assessment Fees would result in property owners
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abandoning fiscally marginal apartments and very low
jj income targeted apartments in the poor sections of
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i abandonment of marginal apartments and buildings
thereby creating unsafe hazards and nuisances by
accelerating vacant structures.
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Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
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immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of -September 1 1999.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
ATTEST: In accordance with Miami Code Sec. 2-36, since ihe
this legislation by signing it in the
becomes effective with the elapse of ten (10) diit,� j;jtC
WALTER J. FOEMAN p same, -without the Mayor exercisl o.
CITY CLERK
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APPRP,V,' AS XOP,01D CORRECTNESS:6
W`R(171 LARELLO
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If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become
effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was
passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it
shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by
the City Commission.
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