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Resolution No. 10-8144
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA, TO SUPPORT THE
PEOPLE'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN (PTP) FUNDING
AND URGES THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
THE NEW CITIES OUT OF THE COUNTY'S EIGHTY
PERCENT(80%)SHARE OF THE SURTAX;PROVIDING
FOR INCORPORATION OF RECITALS;PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the People's Transportation Plan (PTP) commits to adding more buses, bus
routes, improving service, expanding rapid transit and creating thousands of transportation and
construction-related jobs throughout Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS, the PTP is the group of transportation and transit projects set forth in Miami-
Dade County Ordinance No. 02-116 subject to amendments that became collectively known as the
People's Transportation Plan (PTP); and
WHEREAS, the People's Transportation Plan fund is a special fund adopted by Ordinance
No. 02-116 which provides that Surtax proceeds collected are deposited in a special fund; and
WHEREAS,the agreed upon proposal provided that 20% of the revenue generated by the
half-cent sales tax shall be distributed to the cities in existence at the time the tax was approved;and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Opa-locka desires to support the funding
of the People's Transportation Plan(PTP)for new cities,provided that said funding should be taken
from the County's 80% of the funds, not the 20% currently allocated to existing cities:
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF OPA-LOCKA,FLORIDA:
Resolution No. 10-8144
Section 1. The recitals to the preamble herein are incorporated by reference.
Section 2. The City Commission of the City of Opa-Locka,Florida support and urges the
Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners to provide funding for the new cities out of
the County's eighty percent (80%) share of the People's Transportation Plan (PTP) Surtax funds.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13TH day of October, 2010.
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JOS R!�FP LEY
MAY 1 I'
Attest:
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Deborah Irby--
City Clerk
Approved as o form and legal sufficiency:
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Jo•:.h . C'ieller, Esq.
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Moved by: HOLMES
Seconded by: JOHNSON
Commission Vote: 4-0
Commissioner Holmes: YES
Commissioner Johnson: YES
Commissioner Tydus: YES
Vice-Mayor Taylor: NOT PRESENT
Mayor Kelley: YES
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