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A, RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE
PROPOSED AMTRAK STATION BEING LOCATED
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI AND MORE SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDING
THAT THE UNUSED AND ABANDONED RAILYARD
OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY,
CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 40-ACRES
SITUATED IN THE VICINITY OF N.E. 36 STREET
BE CONSIDERED AS THE SITE FOR THE NEW
STATION; FURTHER REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO SEND A TELEGRAM TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES AND TO THE APPROPRIATE ADMINIS-
TRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE AMTRAK SYSTEM PRO-
TESTING THE CURRENT PLAN TO CONSTRUCT THE
NEW STATION IN THE OUTLYING AREA WHERE IT WILL
NOT SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI;
AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
REPORT THE RESULTS OF HIS INVESTIGATION AND
ACTIVITY AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
T RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby instructed
investigate the feasibility of the proposed AMTRAK Station
-being located within the city limits of the City of Miami
and more specifically recommending that the unused and aban-
doned railyard of the Florida East Coast Railway, consisting
of approximately 40-acres situated in the vicinity of N.E.
36 Street, be considered as the site for the new station.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby further
requested to send
States and to the
the AMTRAK system
a telegram to the President of the United
appropriate administrative officers of
protesting the current plan to construct the new
station in the outlying area where it will not serve the
citizens of the City of Miami.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby directed to
report the results of his investigation and activity at the.
:next Commission Meeting.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ,O day of
1976,
ATTEST;
TX CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY;
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ROBERT F. CLARK
Assistant City Attorney
APPRIC;leyiD TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS;
AS
GEN6E F. KN(X, JR.
City Attorney
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