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File Number: 14-01088 Final Action Date:
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 AND
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY"), TO RECEIVE AND EXTEND MUTUAL AID IN
THE FORM OF STREET VIOLENCE INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
WITH THE COUNTY'S NORTH -END STREET VIOLENCE TASK FORCE, TO
APPREHEND AND PROSECUTE CRIMINALS ENGAGING IN VIOLENT CRIMES
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 criminals engaging in violent crimes 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 North -end Street Violence Task Force, which was created to investigate, apprehend, and prosecute
criminals engaging in violent crimes, to include murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, and
other firearm -related crimes outside 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
violent crime investigations and enforcement with the County's North -end Street Violence Task Force,
to apprehend and prosecute criminals engaging in violent crimes 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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APPROVED; S TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VI t ORIA ' ENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
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 (10}
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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