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10/26/89
RESOLUTION NO. 89-978
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
EXPRESSING ITS TOTAL OPPOSITION TO ANY
PROPOSAL THAT A JAIL OR DETENTION FACILITY BE
LOCATED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI.
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Miami City Commission is totally opposed
to any proposal calling for the location of a jail or detention
facility within the downtown area of the City of Miami.
Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of. _ October 1989.
XAVIER L. SU Z, MAYOR
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
J RGE L. FER ANDEZ
CIVY ATTO RN E
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CITY COMMISSION
s ' MEETING OF
OCT 26 1989
89-978
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CITY OF MIAMI, RL*RIDA
INTER-CIrtFICx MaMOFtANDUM
TO; The Honorable MAyor
Members of the City
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (U.S. Department of Justice) has
purchased a 1.09 acre site directly south of the U.S. District
Court for 4.7 million dollars. They propose to construct a
Metropolitan Correction Center to house 1,000 detainees. The
site purchased is located directly adjacent to a new classroom
building of the New World School of the Arts (currently
undergoing renovation).
The general consensus of the downtown community is that the
proposed site on N.W. 2nd. Street adjacent to the New World
School will have a negative impact on the schoul and the economic
viability of the Flagler Street retail core area. This was
expressed at a public meeting held October lath by the Federal
Government.
On October 17th the Dade County Commission approved a resolution
reyueAting an alternative site be found.
On the block directly north of the U.S. District Court, the City
of Miami .will be constructing a 250,000 square toot Federal Law
Enforcement Building to be leased by the General Services
Administration for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Federal Judges and
other federal law enforcement agencies. Financing has bean
secured and the land has been acquired. The City is in the
process of selecting a qualified developer and the Re?-P. is
anticipated to be issued in mid November (R.F.Q. issued already).
In light of the present altuation, there are two other options
which should be investigated as a means of alleviating local
concerns and opposition to the present plans. One option would
be to develop the Metropolitan Correction Center together with
the Federal Law Enforcement Building on the nurthern block.
Additinnal lard would be needed to be acquired. The other option
is the possibility of a land swap which would locate the
Metropolitan Correction Center on the northern block and the
Federal Law Enforcement Building on the southern block (adjacent
to the New World School of the Arts classroom facility.
Attached is a revised map denoting potential alternative sites
for the proposed Federal Detention Facility in Downtown Miami'.
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