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RE.1
File Number: 07-00378A
Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION STRONGLY URGING
CONTRACTORS TO DETERMINE THE BACKGROUND OF CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS IN THEIR EMPLOY BY ENCOURAGING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
TO VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND SCREENING.
WHEREAS, construction workers, by the very nature of their profession, have relatively liberal
access to the residences that they have been contracted to improve; and
WHEREAS, there appears to exist a correlation between increased construction activity in R-1 and
R-2 residential zoning areas and the increase in reports of burglaries and other crimes in those
districts; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has a legitimate government interest in protecting the welfare
and safety of its neighborhoods and neighborhood citizenry; and
WHEREAS, existing Florida statutes allow municipalities to regulate any business, profession or
occupation by requiring background screening; and
WHEREAS, the City now seeks to regulate construction workers through the policy of voluntary
criminal background screening; and
WHEREAS, contractors would be responsible for implementing policies that encourage
construction workers in their employ to voluntarily submit to criminal background screening; and
WHEREAS, implementation of said policies would offer the protection to neighborhoods and
neighborhood citizenry sought by the City; and
WHEREAS, a contractors decision not to implement a policy of voluntary background screening
shall not be the basis for the City of Miami to deny a building permit;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this section.
Section 2. The Miami City Commission strongly urges contractors to determine the background of
construction workers in their employ by encouraging construction workers to voluntarily submit to
criminal background screening.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
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Rio Number. 07-00378A
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:t/
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JORGE FR NANDEZ
CITY A _ O EY
Footnotes:
{1} 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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