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Resolution R-17-0270
File Number: 1701
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 6/8/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A COMBINED
INTERLOCAL AND MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE
ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE CITY OF CORAL
GABLES PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF A JOINT ENFORCEMENT
ZONE, PROVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AND CREATING A
MULTI -AGENCY ANTI -PROSTITUTION & HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE
PURSUANT TO THE MUTUAL AID ACT, CHAPTER 23, PART 1, OF THE
FLORIDA STATUTES.
WHEREAS, human sex trafficking has become an epidemic of significant consequences
to South Florida; and
WHEREAS, this crime occurs when a trafficker uses violence, threats, blackmail, false
promises, deception, manipulation, or debt bondage to trap vulnerable individuals and force
them to engage in commercial sex acts or labor against his/her will; and
WHEREAS, the victims of human sex trafficking are often exposed to serious health
risks including but not limited to sexually transmitted diseases, drug and alcohol addiction,
physical injuries, forced abortions, and various forms of psychological trauma; and
WHEREAS, the individuals engaged in prostitution are exposed to similar physical and
psychological injuries; and
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the City of Miami ("City") and the City of Coral
Gables ("Coral Gables") to ensure the public safety of their citizens by providing adequate levels
of police services; and
WHEREAS, the City and Coral Gables have authority under the Florida Interlocal
Cooperation Act of 1969, Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, to enter into interlocal agreements to
jointly exercise any power, privilege, or authority which they share and which each might
exercise separately; and
WHEREAS, the City and Coral Gables have the authority under the Municipal Home
Rule Powers Act, Section 166.011, Florida Statutes, et. seq., to enter into an interlocal
agreement with an adjoining municipality within the same county to provide law enforcement
services within the territorial boundaries of the other adjoining municipality; and
WHEREAS, the City and Coral Gables have authority under the Mutual Aid Act, Chapter
23, Part 1, Florida Statutes, to enter into mutual aid agreements; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City and Coral Gables to enter into this
Combined Interlocal Agreement and Mutual Aid Agreement ("Agreement"); and
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WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to provide for the creation and
implementation of a Joint Enforcement Zone of a Multi -Agency Anti -Prostitution and Human
Trafficking Task Force ("MAAPTF") intended to combat human trafficking, prostitution, and other
related criminal violations; and
WHEREAS, the MAAPTF seeks to disrupt human trafficking, prostitution, and other
related criminal activity through joint proactive law enforcement operations in order to
investigate, apprehend, and successfully prosecute offenders engaging in such activity within
the Joint Enforcement Zone; and
WHEREAS, the apprehension and prosecution of these criminals is intended to reduce
crime inside and outside the respective jurisdictions of the City and Coral Gables, regardless of
where these criminal offenders are ultimately apprehended; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement shall take effect upon execution and approval by the City
and Coral Gables;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to execute the Agreement, in substantially
the attached form, between the City and Coral Gables, to receive and extend mutual aid in the
creation of a Joint Enforcement Zone, provision of law enforcement services, and creating a
Multi -Agency Anti -Prostitution & Human Trafficking Task Force pursuant to the Mutual Aid Act,
Chapter 23, Part 1, of the Florida Statutes.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Attorney including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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