HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-78-0126RESOLUTION NO: 7 8" 1 2, G
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $5,000 FROM
THE CONTINGENCY FUND OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO BE
EXPENDED BY THE CITY MANAGER, AS NECESSARY, FOR
EXPENSES INVOLVED IN GIVING INFORMATION TO THE
PUBLIC CONCERNING THE PROPOSED $15,000,000 STORM
SEWER BOND ISSUE, WHICH BOND ISSUE WILL BE VOTED
UPON AT A SPECIAL BOND ELECTION IN THE CITY OF
MIAMI ON MARCH 7, 1978, AS PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE
NO: 8737; AND TO INFORM THE. CITY VOTERS AS TO TI3il�i SUPPORTIVE
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IMPORTANCE THAT RAPID TRANSIT IS TO THE CITY OF
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WHEREAS, the City Commission on January 11, 1978, passed
Ordinance No. 8737 providing for the Bolding of a special storm
sewer bond election on March 7, 1978; and
WHEREAS, the Commission passed Motion 78-15 authorizing
and directing the City Manager to prepare a bilingual fact sheet
on the subject of rapid transit to be distributed to all registered
voters in the City of Miami in order that they may be informed of
the importance of the rapid transit issue; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission on January 24, 1978, allocat-
ed $18,000 from the Contingency Fund for this purpose, but that addi-
tional funds will be needed to increase the amount of information to be
provided to the Citizens of Miami;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The sum of $5,000 is hereby allocated from the
Contingency Fund of the City of Miami to be expended by the City Manager,
as necessary, for expenses involved in giving information to the public
concerning the proposed $15,000,000 storm sewer bond issue, which bond
issue will be voted upon at a special election in the City of Miami on
r.larch 7, 1978, as provided by Ordinance No. 8737, and to inform the voters
of the City of Miami of the importance rapid transit is to the City of
Miami.
Section 2. Any and all funds allocated from the Contingency
fund of the City of Miami in connection with the public information acti-
vity regarding the $15,000,000 storm sewer bond issue shall be reimburse
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in full to said Contingency Fund from funds derived from the aforesaid
storm sewer bond issue.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23 day of
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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ROBERT F. CLARK
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
February
Maurice A. Terre
1978.
MAURICE A. FERRE, MAYOR
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GEORG •. KNOX, JR.
CITY TORNEY
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Dick Fostnoen February 100 1978
Assistant City Manager
Clark Merrill
Administrative Assistant
to the City Manager
The Bond Election Reminder Advertisement
The cost of mailing approximately 128,000, ballot brochures to City of Miami
Voters will cost approximately $17,000. to addition to the informational
material being sent to each of Miami's Voters, we plan to place an "Election
Reminder" advertisement in several local and minority newspapers. To accomplish
that, we will need to increase the original allocation by $5,000.
The attached Resolution will be needed to accomplish the additional funding need-
ede