RESOLUTION 88-19141 RESOLUTION NO. 88-19141
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH REQUESTING THAT THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INCREASE THE
STRENGTH OF THE COAST GUARD IN SOUTH FLORIDA
AND NOT DECREASE IT, IN KEEPING WITH FEDERAL
COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL
AGENCIES IN COMBATTING THE IMPORTATION OF
ILLEGAL DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach is a municipal corporation
organized to promote the well-being of the community, and to
provide professional and efficient law enforcement services
therein; and
WHEREAS, the announcement by the United States Government
that the strength level of the United States Coast Guard in South
Florida is being reduced has caused great concern.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the interdiction efforts of
the United States Coast Guard are an essential component of the
overall war against illegal drugs; that a reduction in strength
of the Coast Guard in South Florida will have a negative effect
on law enforcement in South Florida and will have a harmful
effect on the citizens of Miami Beach and Dade County and of the
United States as a whole; and that the United States Government
should increase the strength of the Coast Guard in South Florida,
rather than decrease it, in keeping with the federal commitment
to support state and local agencies in combatting the importation
of illegal drugs into the United States.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of February , 1988.
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Attest :
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City Clerk
FORM APPROVED
LEGAL DEPARTMENT:
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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 88-19141
(Requesting that the United States Govern-
ment increase the strength of the Coast
Guard in South Florida and not decrease it,
in keeping with Federal Commitment to
support State and local agencies in com-
bating the importation of illegial drugs
into the United States)