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12/19/77
RESOLUTION NO.. --
A RESOLUTIt)N OPPOSING REPEAL OF DADE COUNTY'S
1972 UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BOND ISSUE
AUTHORIZING ORDINANCE.
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. CUMENTS
FOLLOW" WHEREAS, in November of 1972 the voters of Miami
and Dade County approved the issuance of 9132.5 million general
obligation bonds for providing a unified transportation system
expressly including a fixed guideway elevated rail rapid transit
system, buses, and support faci 1 i ties; and
WHEREAS, on March 7, 1978 there will be a referendum
vote on the repeal of these bonds and in effect of the unified
transportations system for Mi.imi and Dade County; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has expressed its policy
on Stage 1 of the R•1pid Transit System (Resolution /5-442, dated
May S, 1 9 75) ; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood flan
adopted by the City Commission (Resolution 77-430; dated '.'lay 12,
1977) is based on the unified transportation system of rapid
transit and buses, without which the Plan would be seriously under-
mined; and
WHEREAS, the future growth and economic vi tali tv of
Miami wi l l depend on rapid transit as the only long range effec-
tive means of getting people to jobs, commercial centers, tourist
attractions, cultural centers and public service centers wittl in
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ITEM N0._.._21
WHEREAS, the City ut Miami strongly opposes the construc-
tion of additional multilane expressways through its neighborhoods
of Douglas Park, Little Havana, Wynwood, Buena Vista, Culnier,
Edison Park, and Little River as proposed in the 1969 Miami Urban
Area 'Transportation Study ;lnd which were replaced by the 1972
uni tied transportation system; and
WHEREAS, the continued and increasing congestion of
Miami's streets and arterial roadways with private automobijes..
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threatens the health, safety and welfare of those who live
and work in Miami and the unified transportation system for
public: mass transit is the only effective alternative to
increased use of the private automobile; ,and
WHEREAS, 20i" of Miami's families do not have :a
private automobile And depend on public transportation to
reach jobs, shopping and recreational faci l i ties; and
WHEREAS, the taxpayers of Miami will lose $575
rri 11 ion in federal monies rand $70 mi 1 l ion in state monies that
wi 11 go to other metropolitan areas if this pond issue is
repealed; and
WHEREAS, repeal of the 1972 unified transportation
system bonds would leave Dade County without necessary funds
(local, state, or federal) for development o public transporta-
tion systems including both buses And rapid transit, and little
prospect o1 replacing them, which would paralyze future County
and City t ransport,at i on systems; and
WHEREAS, the most effective and least expensive means
of providing public mass transportation for Dade County is through
a combination of rapid transit and bus systems as proposed in
the 1972 unified transportation program;
NOW, THEREFORE, 1B1. IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City of Miami, Florida, is strongly
opposed to repeal of the 1972 United Transportation System Bonds
issue and the voters of the City of Miam are urged to vote "no"
at the ?March 7, 1978 referendum which seeks to repeal the Dade
County ordinance which authorized the issuance of said Bonds.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this IIthday of
JiALPH G. ONC1E, CITY CLERK
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PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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ROBERT F. CLARK. ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
D AS TO FoRM ANI tRECTNESS:
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KNOX, 1 R. CI TY .,
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ORNEY
"SUPPORTIVE
DOCUMENTS
FOLLOW"
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Robert Ifoman
Assistant to City Manager
Richard L. Fostyloen 'Director
Plannin g Department
December 9, 1977
Rapid Transit Resolution
Attached hereto is the Commission re:iolution opposing repeal of the 1972
urified transportation system bonds for rapid transit and an expanded bus
system as approved by the voters of Dade County in No vember of 1972.
This resolution is for adoption at the January 1978 Commission meeting.
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