R-266-45 RESOLUTION N0. 266
A RESOLUTION USING OPPOSITION OF
THE CITY. OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE TO THE
PLAN OF CONSOLIDATION OF DARE COUNTY,
GOVERNMENTAL UNITS PROPOSED .BY MAYOR
THOMSON OF THE CITY OF. MIAMI, AND REQUEST-
ING SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM DADS
COUNTY TO WITHHOLD ACTION ON THAT PROPOSAL.
WHMMS, there has been proposed to the senator and
representatives from Dade County that' all governmental functions
now existent in Dade County be abolished and re-established in a
single central overall governmental unit to be known as the City
and County of Miami, and.
WHEREAS# it is the firm opinion of this Council that
such a single government would not be to the best interests of the
several widely differing areas and categories of urban and rural
development in Dade County; that the proposal, if effected, would
not result in appreciable economy; that serious harm would be done
to the smaller cities and communities through a loss of control of
zoning, regulation of liquor establishments, gambling, and other
special controls and safeguards now enjoyed by them; and would
deprive them of the privilege of determining and maintaining the
standard and level of municipal services they do or may in the
future desire; and
WHEREAS, it is the positive knowledge of the Council
that its people do not desire to be submerged in such a centralized,
remote control "city-county" government, and that they strongly
wis# to continue with the control and operation of the affairs of
their own community, and
SEAS, the present proposal is obviously un-American,
unfair, and confiscatory, insofar as the people of Miami Shores
Village are concerned, as it gives them no opportunity to express
themselves by balloting as a community upon the proposal,
NOSE, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA _
That this Council, on behalf of the people of the City
of Miami Shores Village, Florida, does hereby express its deter-
mined opposition to the plan of centralized "city-county" govern•
ment for Dade County proposed by Mayor Thomson of the City of
Miami, and does hereby request Senator D. C. Coleman and Repre-
sentatives Charles 0elkers, George Okell and G. W* Peters not to
introduce said measure in the Senate or House of Representatives
of the legislature of Florida, and to oppose any measure intro-
duoed therein similarly affecting the City of Miami Shores Village+
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of
•h, A.D., 1946. .
mayor
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