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Resolution 12340 RESOLUTION NO, 12340 WHEREAS, for a long period of time, whenever a serious criminal offense has been committed in the municipalities and the unincorporated area which constitute the ocean front of Dade County, the news media have, on many occasions, characterized and described the locale as being in Miami Beach, when in truth and in fact a substantial portion of said crimes and criminal offenses are committed outside the corporate limits of the City of Miami Beach and in areas wherein the City of I.1i.ami Beach has no jurisdiction, legal or otherwise; and WHEREAS, the characterization of such crimes as having occurred in Miami Beach does great harm to the tourist industry, not only in the City of Miami Beach, but also in the County of Dade and State of Florida; and WHEREAS, the Grand Jury for the 1967 Spring Term for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, has taken official cognizance of the injustice and injury which is thereby done to the City of Miami Beach; and WHEREAS, the said Grand Jury has, in effect, strongly recommended and urged that the City of Miami Beach not be held culpable or responsible for criminal offenses not committed within its corporate limits; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the newspapers and all of the various news media be and they are hereby urged and requested to take notice and cognizance of the fact that the corporate limits of the City of Miami Beach extend only from Government Cut northward to 87th Terrace. BE IT FURTHER DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the journalists and other representatives of the daily press, and other news media, be and they are hereby further requested to take note, and are hereby respectfully but strongly urged to bear in mind, the said corporate limits of the City of Miami Beach when report- ing the occurrence of any crime or criminal offense, and not to loosely and inaccurately describe any crime or criminal offense as having occurred in the City of Miami Beach, when in truth and in fact the same has occurred or transpired in the area north of the City of Miami Beach. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the responsible officials of the daily press and other news media. PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of February, 1968, 1411 ATTEST: / rI Mayor V _Ze-td/(2 if City Clerk and Finance Director o rn C U > C0 Q0 (0 Q) C a) t a) L a) t f6 N L .- 3 (D +3 E a) co O t a) C •— co ++ E (0 M •— fp t N 'O C 4- -J Q) O E 4-1 s— • VI L a) V1 O a) O t 4-+ c� z 3 E c_ •— a) •— a) O E C Z C L L •— O U C 0) >`.— I— C CI) a) •— C m a+ O u) (0 3— 1 () (1) L L L O W 7 0 7 7 Q Q Q U U L a) a) U U O L t0 O U