R-352-55 RESOLUTION NO. 352
NOW, WHEREAS, the Commissioners of the City of Miami,
Florida did on or about July 1, 1953, adopt Resolution No. 25684 creating
a Board to study the Municipal and County governments in Dade County and
draft a plan for the Consolidation, Merger, Federation or Re-organization
of, or changes in, said government; providing for referenda on said plan
by the electors of the governments affected thereby;
NOW, WHEREAS, pursuant to the passage of the aforementioned
Resolution a Metropolitan Miami Municipal Board was appointed and did
study and unanimously adopt a resolution recommending that certain changes
be made in the governments of the metropolitan area of Greater Miami;
NOW, WHEREAS, subsequent developments have made it impera-
tive that this Board continue to function and whereas the funds originally
appropriated by the City of Miami are exhausted, it is incumbent upon the
various governments of the affected area to contribute their pro-rata share
of funds for its continuing studies.
BE IT RESOLVED THEREFORE, that the Council of the Village of
Miami Shores does hereby authorize the expenditure of $325. 00 out of its
contingency fund for the use of the Metropolitan Miami Municipal Board to
use as the Board deems advisable for the completion of these studies and/or
dissemination of the information gathered therefrom for the enlightenment
of the general public.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the Council of
the Village of Miami Shores axenot at this time taking any official stand, either
collectively or individually on the merits or the outcome of these studies.
We merely desire to carry our share of a project which we feel directly affects
the entire area and therefore must be considered a community project for the
benefit of all residents of the metropolitan area of Dade County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of September, 1955.
Mayor
ATTEST
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Clerk