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RESOLUTION NO. 70 r
A RESOLUTION RE -AFFIRMING THE MIAMI CITY .
COMMISSION'S POLICY BY APPROVING IN PRINCIPAL
THE METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY WATER QUALITY
MANAGEMENT PLAN TO MEET THE URGENT NEED TO
DEVELOP AREA -WIDE SANITARY COLLECTION AND
TREATMENT FACILITIES, AND REQUESTING THAT THE
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY AND THE
STATE OF FLORIDA RELEASE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS
ALLOCATED TO IMPLEMENT SAID PLAN, AND FURTHER
URGING THE MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
TO EXPEDITIOUSLY INITIATE WORK ON SAID PROJECT UPON
THE RELEASE OF GRANT FUNDS.
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to develop area -wide sanitary
collection and treatment facilities at the earliest possible date, and
WHEREAS, it is incumbent upon the public officials to exercise
Maximum effort to combat the danger to public health and welfare due to existing
inadequate sanitary facilities, and
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Dade County, Florida has, through its
consultants, developed the Dade County Water Quality Management Plan, and
WHEREAS, applications for grant funds have been approved by
the State of Florida Pollution Control Board, and the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of the City of Miami that immediate action be taken to
protect and assure the future quality of our water resources;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the Metropolitan Dade County Water Quality
Management Plan is hereby approved in principal so as to meet the urgent need
to develop area -wide sanitary collection and treatment facilities.
Section Z. That the United States Environmental Protection
Agency and the State of Florida are hereby requested to release federal grant
funds allocated to implement Dade County Water Quality Management Plan.
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ITEM NO.
CITY COMMISSIC N
JAN 10 1974
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Section 3. That the Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Authority
is hereby urged to expeditiously initiate work to implement the Metropolitan
Dade County Water Quality Management Plan upon the release of grant funds.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this /�j' day of � jR/0/ ,
1974.