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File Number: 08-00510 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT OF SPECIFIC BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS TO
THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ENTERPRISE ZONE AS ALLOWED UNDER THE
FLORIDA ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS AS STATED
HEREIN AND TO POST A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE CITY OF
MIAMI'S WEB PAGE.
WHEREAS, § 290.0055, Fla. Stat. (2007) of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act, allows the governing
body of the jurisdiction which authorized the application for an enterprise zone to administratively
amend their boundaries once every three (3) years; and
WHEREAS, on January 22, 2008, the Board of County Commissioners of Miami -Dade County
adopted a resolution authorizing an issuance of a Request for Application to solicit proposals for an
administrative boundary change to the Miami -Dade County Enterprise Zone; and
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Enterprise Zone includes over two hundred eight (208) acres
of non -developable land within the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to support an amendment to the boundaries of the enterprise zone to
include certain properties currently not within the enterprise zone, in exchange for non -developable
land currently inside the boundaries;
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 expresses its support of specific boundary modifications to
the Miami -Dade County Enterprise Zone as allowed under the Florida Enterprise Zone Act.
Section 3. The City Clerk is authorized to cause a certified copy of this Resolution to be delivered
to Miami -Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez, the Miami -Dade County Board of Commissioners,
Miami -Dade County Manager George Burgess, and to Miami -Dade County Attorney Robert A.
Cuevas, Jr., and to post a copy of this Resolution to the City of Miami's web page.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1)
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File Number: 08-00510
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
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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