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OFFICE OF THE CIry ATTORNEY
RAUL ]. AGUILA, CITY ATTORNEY
TO: MAYOR PHILIP LEVINE
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION
CITY MANAGER JIMMY MORALES
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
FRoM: clrY ATToRNEY RAUL J. AGUTLA? ,L){J-
DATE: July 23,2014
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTTON OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MTAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS TO ENACT A COMPREHENSIVE SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES LONG TERM
FUNDING FOR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Deede Weithorn, the attached Resolution is
submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS TO ENACT A COMPREHENSIVE
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES
LONG TERM FUNDING FOR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS.
WHEREAS, transportation is fundamental to the vitality and strength of the City of Miami
Beach, its economy, and public safety; and
WHEREAS, transportation plays a key role in local economic development and federal
transportation legislation is needed to enhance local government funding for transit, road, and
bridge projects; and
WHEREAS , in 2012, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21't Century Act (MAP-21)
was enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama which provided
federal transportation funds and represented a milestone for the U.S. economy as the first multi-
year transportation authorization enacted since 2005, and which funded surface transportation
programs at over $105 billion for Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014; and
WHEREAS, MAP-21 will expire on September 30, 2014, therefore the re-authorization of
MAP-21, or the enactment of other new federal transportation legislation, is needed to continue
long term funding for transportation programs to improve local bridges, roads, and transit; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach support a
comprehensive federal transportation program that will continue long term funding for
transportation programs that will improve local transportation infrastructures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAM! BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby urge the United State Congress to enact a comprehensive surface
transportation program that provides long term funding for local transportation projects.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of
ATTEST:
2014.
PHILIP LEVINE, MAYOR
RAFAEL E. GRANADO,
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO
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