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WHOMAS, Miami Shores Village entered into a franchise
contract with the Miami Transit Company on February ll, 1932 for bus
transportation service from Miami Shores Village to downtown Miami, and
=XOM., said franchise is still in force and said Miami
Transit Company has continued said bus service, and is now serving the
citizens of Miami Shores Village from three different sections of the
Village to downtown Miami without transfers or extra charges, and is also
operating a crosstown service directly from Miami Shores Village to the
"Coconut Grove" section of Miami which is routed through areas in which
many employees of Village citizens reside and who depend on this route for
transportation, and
WHEHEAS,, many business, professional and working people
residing in Miami Shores Village, having their offices and places of
business in downtown Miami and along the three routes aforementioned, depend
on said bus service for transportations, and
WHMASs, It has been rumored and published in the newspapers
that a plan is being formulated to abandon three-fount of said bus trans-
portation service to Miami Shores Village and substitute therefor a short
line system running from Miami Shores Village to the vicinity of "Little
River" section of Miami where passengers would be left to find another
bus and pay another fare in order to reach their destination in downtown
Miami or along the route, thereby causing inconvenience, hardship, con-
fusion not in the interest of public welfare, and
said rumors and published reports state that said
plan will be submitted to the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
for approval or rejection and if approved, will be put into operation, and
, a section of the corporate limits of Miami. Shores
Village abuts the corporate limits of the City of Miami, thus making the
tato municipalities contiguous,
ROW THsRsFOHE BE IT RESOLVED BY X AMI SSOBESS VILLAS:
Section 1. That the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities
Commission be and is hereby petitioned to rule that it has no jurisdiction
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in the matter of the franchise contract between Miami Shores Village
and the Miami Transit Company and, therefore, will not consider that
part of any plan that interferes with said franchise contract;
Section 2. That if the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities
Commission finds that it does have jurisdiction in the matter then the
Commission is hereby petitioned to reject any proposal, that will curtail
the present bras transportation service to Miami Shores Village, or that
will create inconvenience and hardships on its citizens by causing trans-
ferring from one bus line to another bus line and requiring the payment of
two fares in order to reach their regular destinations;
Section 3. That the Miami Transit Company is hereby
notified that the Village Council expects it to continue the present bus
transportation service to the citizens of Miami Shores Village and their
employees;
Section 4, That the Village Attorney and Village Manager
are hereby instructed to present all available data and information that
might be useful to the Railroad and Public Utilities Commission in its
consideration of the matter.
PASSED AND ADAPTED this day of August , A.D. 1949.
Mayor
Attests
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Vill a Manager and Cle .
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