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RESOLUTION NO.
1KNISFY07
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO CONTACT THE
COUNTY MANAGER OP METROPOLITAN DADE
COUNTY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE
ARISEN CONCERNING BUILDING PERMITS WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BY VIRTUE
OF THE FACT THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DADE
COUNTY POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICE HAS ADVISED
THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI THAT NO BUILDING PERMIT SHALL BE
ISSUED INVOLVING THE GENERATION AND DIS-
CHARGE OF WASTEWATER TO THE VIRGINIA KEY
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY WITHOUT
WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE DADE COUNTY
POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICE, OR OTHERWISE
REQUEST A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY
COMMISSION AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO
DISCUSS THESE PROBLEMS,
WHEREAS, the City of Miami, by the action of its City
Commission on the 1st day of April, 1973, took action to transfer
its Department of Water and Sewers to Metropolitan Dade County
so that Metropolitan Dade County could formulate the Miami -Dade
Water and Sewer Authority; and
WHEREAS, by so doing, the City of Miami, on behalf of
all of its citizens, showed good faith by cooperating with the
Greater Miami Community so that all of Dade County could move
forward toward the goal of a complete sewage system; and
WHEREAS, the act of transferring the Department of
Water and Sewers was to be for the benefit of all of the citizens
of Dade County, including the citizens of the City of Miami, and
not designed to operate to the detriment of the citizens of the
City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Dade County Pollution
Control Office has advised the Chief Building Inspector of the
City of Miaiti that no building permit shall be issued involving
the generation and discharge of Wastewater into the Virginia
Key Wastewater Treatment Facility without written approval of
his office because of what the said Director construes as a
limitation on the amount of wastewater which may be emitted
into said Treatment Facility; and
WHEREAS, it clearly appears that the Virginia Key
Wastewater Treatment Facility is capable of accepting effluent
within those limits established by the temporary operating permit;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager of the City of Miami is
directed to contact the County Manager of Metropolitan Dade
County to solve the problems which have arisen concerning building
permits within the limits of the City of Miami by virtue of the
fact that the Director of the Dade County Pollution Control Office
has advised the Chief Building Inspector of the City of Miami
that no building permit shall be issued involving the generation
and discharge of wastewater to the Virginia Key Wastewater Treat-
ment Facility without written approval of the Dade County Pollution
Control Office, or otherwise request a joint meeting between the
City Commission and the County Commission to discuss these problems.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this Zfday of 0¢0114e'L0
1974.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
HN S. LLOYD, City Attor
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