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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-85-0381I J-85-220 2/27/85 rr/049/D-T RESOLUTION NO.s3 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN TERMINATING THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PARTICIPATION IN THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES NOTIFICATION CENTER (UUNC) SINCE ITS MAJOR PARTICIPANT, SOUTHERN BELL, HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE UUNC. WHEREAS, the City Commission by Resolution No. 75-976 authorized the City Manager to enter into a contract for membership with this organization, and Resolution No. 75-1080 provided the necessary funding; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami has been a Charter Member of the Underground Utilities Notification Center (UUNC) since its inception in 1975 and the UUNC is a one number call bureau created to supply information as to the locations of participating members' underground facilities to anyone performing excavations in the public rights of way; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is comprised of the following Charter Members: Southern Bell, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Florida Gas, Peoples Gas, Metropolitan Dade County Public Works, and Traffic and Transportation and the City of Miami; and WHEREAS, Southern Bell, who provided 80% of the funding for UUNC, has served official notice to all Charter and Principal Members terminating its participation in UUNC as of March 31, 1985; and WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works has reevaluated its activities in the UUNC and has found that past benefits from being a member of this organization has been minimal; and WHEREAS, the UUNC, as it presently exists, will no longer be a functioning organization; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF APR 11 1985 85'-381 014 No. __ Section 1. The action of the City Manager in terminating the City of Miami's participation in the Underground Utilities Notification Center (UUNC) is hereby approved and confirmed since the Center's major participant, Southern Bell, has withdrawn from the UUNC. PASSED AND ADOPTED this iltW ay of April �, 1985. MAURICE A. FERRE M A Y O R ATTEST: / PH .''ONGIE C Y CLERK i a ' PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: J �atf� 16'4 ROBERT F. CLARK CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED A AND CORRECTNESS: !: a LUCIA A. DOUGHER CITY ATTORNEY *, 85-381. 1 "i i CM OF MIAMI. IrLORIbA ;� � 13 1lVTEft•OFOrIC9 M19MORAtVOUM _i *� Randolph H. Rosencrant z - o.* ? c ebruary 21 , 1985 inom City Manager suiiECT A Resolution Terminating The City of Miami Participation in the Underground Utilities eRCM ��-•� REFCRtNCt:<r 'notification Center "UUNC) Cor. ald 'd. Cather ENCLCSUREl: �Por Co©mission Meeting of Director of Public Works;4arch 1�1, 1985) The Department of Public Works recommends the adoption of a resolution confirming the actions of the City Manager terminating the City of Miami participation in the Underground Utilities Notification Center MINC). Since its major participant, Southern Bell, has withdrawn from the UUNC. The City Commission by Resolution No. 75-975 authorized the City :tanager to enter into a contract for membership with this organization and Resolution No. 75-1080 provided the necessary funding. The City of Miami has been a Charter Member of the UUNC since its inception in 1975• The UUNC is a one number call bureau created to supply information as to the locations in the participating members underground facilities to anyone performing excavations ir. tie public rights -of -Way. Southern Bell, who provided 80% of the funding for the UUNC.",, nas served officia? notice to all Charter and Principal Members terminating their participation in the UUP1C •as of :larch. 31, 198;. The Department of Public Works has reevaluated its ac.ivity in the Underground Utilities Notification Center and has found that past benefits from being a member of this organization has been minimal - '.he UUNC as it presently/ exist, will no longer be a functioning organization as of April 1, 1985• AFJ: rj Resolution attached cc: Alberto Ruder 85-381.