R-434-64 RESOLUTION NO. 434
An amendment has been proposed to the Charter of Metropolitan
Dade County, the effect of which is to provide that before an urban renewal
program for a municipality is put into effect, it must first be approved
by a majority of the votes cast by the electors of said municipality.
The Council of this Village is of the opinion that this amendment
should be adopted. The avowed and ostensible purpose of adopting the
Home Rule Charter for Dade County was to enable the County and the
municipalities to exercise control over their local affairs without regard
of interference from the Legislature of the State of Florida. In purely
local affairs it is in accordance with the spirit of the charter that incorpor-
ated municipalities should exercise control over local matters within their
borders without interference from the County government. The proposed
amendment essentially guards this right of local self-government which is
the foundation on which the County Charter rests. There is no reason why
the Board of County Commissioners should exercise jurisdiction or control
of urban renewal programs within the limits of a municipality, nor is there
any reason why a municipality should be involved in urban renewal problems
that are carried on in wholly unincorporated areas.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of Miami
Shores that the proposed amendment to the Metropolitan Dade County Charter
providing that urban renewal projects within the limits of municipalities
shall not be undertaken without the consent of the electors thereof, is hereby
approved by this Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
distributed among the electors of this Village.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of January, 1964.
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