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RESOLUTION NO. 8 O 2 7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI AUTHORIZING AND URGING THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO
ESTABLISH A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR THE
EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL POLICE
PROTECTION AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP
A DOWNTOWN PEOPLE MOVER SYSTEM WITHIN SAID
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED AND
TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL AD VALOREM TAX NOT EXCEEDING
ONE MILL ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN
SAID DISTRICT; REQUESTING THAT THE QUESTION OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH DISTRICT AND LEVYING
OF SUCH TAX BE SUBMITTED TO REFERENDUM AT THE
MARCH 1980 ELECTION; ACKNOWLEDGING THAT DADE
COUNTY IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION
OF THE DOWNTOWN PEOPLE MOVER IN THE CITY.
WHEREAS, the Charter of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida,
has empowered the Board of County Commissioners of Dade County,
Florida, with the exclusive authority to create and establish
special taxing districts within Metropolitan Dade County; and
WHEREAS, the. Laws of_Florida and the Code of Metropolitan
Dade County, Florida, require the governing body of a municipality
to approve the creation of a special taxing district if said
district embraces all or part of the municipality; and
WHEREAS, Dade County has a duty to provide for the health,
safety, welfare and general comfort of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the downtown area of the City of. Miami is a
center for commerce,
trade and tourism; and
WHEREAS, the City is only able to provide ordinary police
protection services which inure to the benefit of its citizens;
and
WHEREAS, the streets and ways of the central downtown
area must remain safe for the peace and comfor o''j�jj .)a.n,�
ciitize�ts
tourists; and
WHEREAS, there
is a need for
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providing extraorhinary
police services wherein need has been expressed by concerned
citizens; and
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WHEREAS, certain merchants and business persons have
also expressed a need -and desire to facilitate the orderly move-
ment of people and traffic along the City's streets and ways by
the establishment'of modern transportation system; and.'
WHEREAS, the City finds and determines a need for rendering
financial assistance to the development of a modern transportation
system to provide the orderly movement of pedestrian and vehicular
traffic upon its streets and ways;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA;
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Dade
County, Florida, is hereby authorized and urged to establish a,
special taxing district for the express purpose of providing
additional police protection and financial assistance for the
development of a Downtown People Mover System-,
Section 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Dade
County, Florida, is hereby authorized and urged to levy an additional
ad valorem tax not • exceeding one mill on all real and personal
property situated in the above special taxing district for the
above purposes: one-half (1) mill to be used for transportation
in the
Downtown people Mover System, as the County Commission may
determine, and one-half (12) mill to be used for either ,increased
police protection or transportation in the Downtown People Mover
system, as the Commission of the City of Miami may determine.
Section 3. The boundaries of said district shall be
described generally as set forth in the schedule attached hereto,
designated Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof.
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Section 4.
The Board of Dade County Commissioners is hereby
requested to submit to the electors residing within the boundaries
of the proposed district at the March 1980 election the question
of establishing the above district and of levying the above tax.
Section 5. Operation of the downtown people mover in the
City of Miami is hereby expressly acknowledged to be the primary
responsibility of Dade County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10 day of January , 1980..
MAURICE A. FERRE
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ALPH G. ONGIE, CITY CLER
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
J. MICHAEL HAYGOOD
ASSISTANT CITY ATTOR'
APPROV TO Fq M AND CORRECTNESS:
GEORGE F
CITY ATT
MAYOR
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SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT
"At the point of beginning at the centerline of the
intersection of N.W. 5th Street and N.W. 3rd Avenue,
corner of the district, thence running southerly to
the centerline of West Flagler Street at the intersec-
tion of N.W. 3rd Avenue and West.Flagl.er Street, thence
westerly along the centerline of West Flagler Street to
the centerline of the Miami River, thence southeasterly,
following the centerline of the Miami. River (meandering
line) to the easterly right-of-way line of Metropolitan
Dade County Rapid. Transit Corridor, thence running
southerly along said eastern Rapid Transit Corridor right-
of-way line to its intersection with S.E. 15th Road, thence
southeasterly along the centerline of S.E. 15th Road to
a point midway between Brickell Avenue and S.E. Bayshore
'Drive, thence northeasterly to S.E. 14th Street, thence
easterly on S.E. 14th Street to the westerly bulkhead
(Dade County bulkhead) line of Biscayne Bay, thence
northerly along said Dade County bulkhead line following
the bulkhead projected northerly across the Miami River
to the Dade County bulkhead and the southerly boundary
of the DuPont Plaza Center property, thence northeasterly
on a line remaining parallelto the southerly boundary of
the DuPont Plaza Center and the St Joe Paper Company
property to a point southerly of the eastern bulkhead line
of the St. Joe Paper Company, thence northerly along the
bulkhead line of Bayfront Park and the Bayfront Park Yacht
Docks, continuing northerly along the bulkhead line to a
point on the centerline of N.E. 17th Street extended,
thence westerly along the centerline of N.E. 17th Street
to the eastern right-of-way line of the FEC Railroad,
thence southerly along the eastern side of the FEC Railroad
right-of-way to the centerline of N.W. 5th Street, thence
westerly along the centerline of N.W. 5th Street, to the
point of beginning."
EXHIBIT "A"
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TO:
Joseph R. Grassie
City Manager
FROM: Geo f/tje
City A
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
January 9,.1980
DATE:
SUBJECT:
FILE:
Special Taxing District
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
'Please find attached a resolution authorizing and urging the'`
County Commission to establish a special taxing district for
the purpose of providing additional police protection and trans-
portation facilities in the downtown area.
The reason for the City having to request, the County to establish
this special taxing district is because the City is preempted by
Florida Statute 165.022. This Section states that in those
counties that have a method for the establishment ofspecial tax-
ing districts,this method shall be the exclusive and controlling
method for the establishment of said district.
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RESOLUTION NO,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI AUTHORIZING ANn URGING THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA., TO
ESTABLISH A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR: THE
EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL POLICE
PROTECTION AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP
A MODERN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITHIN SAID
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED AND
TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL AD VALOREM TAX NOT EXCEEDING
ONE MILL ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PR.OPEP.TY I`T
SAID DISTRICT; R.EOUESTING THAT THE niTFSTInN Or
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH DISTRICT AND LEVYING
OF SUCH TAX BE SUBMITTED TO REFERENDUM AT THE
MARCH 1980 ELECTION; ACKNOWLEDGING THAT DA1)E
COUNTY IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION
OF THE DOWNTOWN PEOPLE MOVER IN THE CITY.
WHEREAS, the Charter of Metropolitan Dade County,
Florida, has empowered the Board of County Commissioners of Dade
County, Florida, with the exclusive authority to create and
establish special taxing districts within Metropolitan Dade
County; and
WHEREAS, the Laws of Florida and the Code of. Metropolitan
Dade County, Florida, require the governing bode of a municipality
to approve the creation of a special taxing district if said
district embraces all or part of the municinality; and
WHEREAS, Dade County has a duty to provide for the
health, safety, welfare and generalcomfort of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the downtown area of the City of Miami is a
center for commerce, trade and tourism; and
WHEREAS the City is only able to provide ordinary
police protection services which inure to the benefit of its
citizens; and
WHEREAS, the streets and .ways of the central downtown
area must remain safe for the peace and comfort of citizens and
tourists; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for providing extraordinary
police services wherein need has been expressed by concerned
citizens; and
WHEREAS, certain merchants and business persons have
also expressed a need and desire to facilitate the orderly
movement of people and traffic along the City's'streets and
ways by the establishment of modern transportation system; and
WHEREAS, the City finds and determines a need for
rendering financial assistance to the development of a modern
transportation system to provide the orderly movement of pedestrian
and vehicular traffic upon its streets and ways:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF 1IIAMI , FLORIDA
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Dade
County, Florida, is hereby authorized and urged to establish a
special taxing district for the express purpose of providing
additional police, protection and financial assistance for the
development of a modern transportation system, both vehicular
and pedestrian.
Section 2. The Board of County Commissioners of
Dade County, Florida is hereby authorized and urged to levy a
additional ad valorem tax not exceeding one mill on all real and
personal property situated in the above special taxing district
for the above purposes,..
'Section 3. The boundaries of said district shall be
as follows:
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Section L1.. The Board of Dade County Commissioners
is hereby requested to submit at the March 1980 election the
question of establishing the above district and of levying the
above tax to the electors residing within the boundaries of the
proposed' district.
Section 5. Operation of the downtown people mover
in the City of Miami is hereby expressly acknowledged to be the
primary responsibility of Dade County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ` day of , 1980.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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,�t-<4i ,(.,
MICHAEL HAYGOOD
A SISTANT CITY ATTORNF
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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GEOR 7E F / KN S X
CITY 'ATT.:NEY
MAY n R
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