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Dear Mr. Ongiet
Very truly yours,
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Mr. Ialph Ongie, City Clerk
City of Miami
P. O. Box 330708
Miami, Florida 33133
Enclosed is a copy of a resolution which was adopt-.ed by
the City Council of the City of homestead it regard to
the :Mass Transit System for Dade County.
NICHOI ASR SINCORE. MAYOR
JACK 1 Ri ZONA. COUNCIL MAN
1 %11t !AM E DICK INSUN.COUNCILE.IAN
YVONNE BRASSFIELD. COUNCILWOMAN
WALTER RUTZKE. COUNCILMAN
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REAbitiTION No 77i.1I8
A kt80tt TtO4 OP THE CITY OP ROMESTEAD,
ELORIbA REOUESTINO THE EOMRb OE COUNTY
COMMISStOtvEk8 of DADE COUNTY To Sift MwT
TO RE `EREt DUM E? TAE EtECTOAATE OP DADE
COUNTY THE U Tto OF THE TYPE or MASS
TRAMSim SYSTEM To $E PttO't Ib1 PDlk b bE
COUNTY.
WHEREAS, in 1972 the electorate of Dade County
as a part of its Decade of Progress passed on One hundred
Thirty - Two Million Dollar bond issue to be used for a Mass
Transit System; and
WHEREAS, a huge commitment of federal dollars
has been made by the Federal Government and the Metro Com-
mission now needs to turn to other local or state financing
possibilities to match this and further round out the entire
cost of the project; and
WHEREAS, on November 2, 1976, the voters turned
down an extra penny tax to be used for Mass Transit System
financing; and
WHEREAS. by a straw ballot placed in the primary
election in the Spring of 1976, Miami Beach voted down an
elevated rapid transit system in their City; and
WHEREAS, it is felt that the citizens of Dade
County are strongly reluctant to vote further financing into
a system about which they have doubts regarding two major
factors: esthetics and economics;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF HOMESTEAD:
That the of County Commissioners of Dade
County be and they hereby are requested to submit to referendum
by the electorate of Dade County, the auestion of the type of
Mass Transit System to be provided for Dade County, offering
three alternatives, with a comparative breakdown as to capital
improvement outlay and operating expense.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this
re$olution be transmitted by the City Clerk to each member of
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tbakd Of ettitinty ONIIMit§iblittb of bade COunty) the H011ettebip
ilttibih bib Atketo, 0oVernot of the State of Plorida, truce A.
mathert, Secretary of State, the Dade Delegation to the
Plotida Legiglature, the bade League of Cities and to the
individual municipalities of bade County.
PASSED ANb ADOPTED EY THE CITY COUNCIL OP THE
CITY OF HOMESTEAD this 17th day of January, A.D., 1977.
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
City Clerk
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