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Resolution R-22-0265
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 12151 Final Action Date: 7/28/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A COMBINED
INTERLOCAL AND MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE
ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE CITY OF
CORAL GABLES, TO CONTINUE THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT
ENFORCEMENT ZONE, LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, AND EXTENSION
OF THE MULTI -AGENCY ANTI -PROSTITUTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
TASK FORCE PURSUANT TO THE MUTUAL AID ACT, CHAPTER 23, PART 1,
OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-17-0270, adopted on June 8, 2017, the City of
Miami ("City") and the City of Coral Gables ("Coral Gables") entered into a Combined Interlocal
Agreement and Mutual Aid Agreement ("Agreement") for the creation of law enforcement
services and the Multi -Agency Anti -Prostitution and Human Trafficking Task Force ("MAAPTF");
and
WHEREAS, the City and Coral Gables wish to renew the Agreement for the continued
provision of the task force; and
WHEREAS, human sex trafficking continues to be an epidemic of significant
consequences to South Florida; and
WHEREAS, this crime occurs when a trafficker uses violence, threats, blackmail, false
promises, deception, manipulation, or debt bondage to trap vulnerable individuals and force
them to engage in commercial sex acts or labor against his/her will; and
WHEREAS, the victims of human sex trafficking are often exposed to serious health
risks including but not limited to sexually transmitted diseases, drug and alcohol addiction,
physical injuries, forced abortions, and various forms of psychological trauma; and
WHEREAS, the individuals engaged in prostitution are exposed to similar physical and
psychological injuries; and
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the City and Coral Gables to ensure the public
safety of their citizens and visitors by providing adequate levels of police services; and
WHEREAS, the City and Coral Gables have authority pursuant to the Florida Interlocal
Cooperation Act of 1969, Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, to enter into interlocal agreements to
jointly exercise any power, privilege, or authority which they share and which each might
exercise separately; and
WHEREAS, the City and Coral Gables have authority pursuant to the Municipal Home
Rule Powers Act, Section 166.011, Florida Statutes, et. seq., to enter into interlocal agreements
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with an adjoining municipality within the same county to provide law enforcement services within
the territorial boundaries of the other adjoining municipality; and
WHEREAS, the City and Coral Gables have authority under the Mutual Aid Act, Chapter
23, Part 1, Florida Statutes, to enter into mutual aid agreements; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to renew the Joint Enforcement Zone for
the MAAPTF with the intent to continue combating human trafficking, prostitution, and other
related criminal violations within the Joint Enforcement Zone; and
WHEREAS, the MAAPTF seeks to disrupt human trafficking, prostitution, and other
related criminal activity through joint proactive law enforcement operations in order to
investigate, apprehend, and successfully prosecute offenders engaging in such activity within
the Joint Enforcement Zone; and
WHEREAS, the apprehension and prosecution of these criminals are intended to reduce
crime inside and outside the respective jurisdictions of the City and Coral Gables, regardless of
where these criminal offenders are ultimately apprehended; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement shall take effect upon execution by the City and will
continue in full force and effect for an additional period of five (5) years;
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 to execute the Combined Interlocal
Agreement and Mutual Aid Agreement, in substantially the attached form, between the City and
Coral Gables, to continue the provisions of the Joint Enforcement Zone, law enforcement
services, and extension of the MAAPTF Task Force pursuant to the Mutual Aid Act, Chapter 23,
Part 1, of the Florida Statutes.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
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