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Resolution: R-14-0326
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 14-00773 Final Action Date: 9/11/2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT,
IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI
("CITY") AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY"), TO RECEIVE AND EXTEND
MUTUAL AID IN THE FORM OF GANG INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
WITH THE COUNTY'S MULTI -AGENCY GANG TASK FORCE, TO APPREHEND
AND PROSECUTE CRIMINAL GANG MEMBERS THAT CROSS JURISDICTIONAL
BOUNDARIES AS DEFINED IN PART 1, CHAPTER 23, OF THE FLORIDA
STATUTES.
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County ("County") and the City of Miami ("City") have the authority
under Section 23.12, Florida Statutes, et. seq., the Florida Mutual Aid Act, to enter into a Mutual Aid
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City and the County recognize that criminal gangs do not operate with regard
to jurisdictional boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Mutual Aid Agreement is to allow the City to assist the County
with its Multi -Agency Gang Task Force ("MAGTF") which was created to conduct proactive gang
enforcement operations and investigate criminal gang activity in order to apprehend and prosecute
criminal gang members who are outside of the jurisdictional boundaries of the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969, §163.01 Florida
Statutes, the City and the County have the authority to enter into agreements to jointly exercise any
power, privilege, or authority which they share in common and which each might exercise separately;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute a Mutual Aid Agreement, in
substantially the attached form, between the City and the County, to receive and extend mutual aid in
the form of gang investigations and enforcement with the County's Multi -Agency Gang Task Force, to
apprehend and prosecute criminal gang members that cross jurisdictional boundaries as defined in
Part 1, Chapter 23, of the Florida Statutes.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{2}
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Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City
Charter and Code provisions.
{2} 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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