Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 082378 |
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File Number: 082378 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-1379-08 | Control: Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 12/2/2008 | ||||||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Acting Body | Date | Agenda Item | Action | Sent To | Due Date | Returned | Pass/Fail |
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Board of County Commissioners | 12/2/2008 | 11A15 | Adopted | P | |||
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Governmental Operations and Environment Committee | 11/10/2008 | 3W | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation | P | |||
REPORT: | Assistant County Attorney Geri Bonzon-Keenan read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Hearing no comments or questions, the Committee proceeded to vote on the foregoing proposed resolution as presented. | ||||||
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County Manager | 10/21/2008 | Referred | Governmental Operations and Environment Committee | 11/10/2008 | |||
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County Attorney | 8/27/2008 | Referred | Governmental Operations and Environment Committee | 10/14/2008 | |||
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County Attorney | 8/20/2008 | Assigned | Jess M. McCarty | ||||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION SETTING A ''PLAIN LANGUAGE'' POLICY FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAIN LANGUAGE POLICY BODY WHEREAS, shortly after taking office, Governor Charlie Crist issued Executive Order 07-01 (attached), which, among other things, instituted a ''Plain Language Initiative'' requiring all announcements, publications and other documents to contain clear and concise instructions and information; and WHEREAS, as part of his Plain Language Initiative, the Governor strongly encouraged state agencies to move away from heavy reliance on the use of acronyms and required each state agency under his purview to develop a plan to implement the Plain Language Initiative; and WHEREAS, while the Plain Language Initiative applied only to state agencies under the Governor's purview, he encouraged local governments and other government agencies that deal directly with the public to seriously consider joining the Plain Language Initiative; and WHEREAS, heavy use of acronyms and unnecessarily complex memoranda, notices, website information and other communications not only make government more difficult for the community to understand, but has also led to confusion on recent items before this Board; and WHEREAS, the Administration should do a thorough review of memoranda, notices, reports, letters, website information and other communications with the public, businesses and other government agencies, and revise such communications so as to make them easy to read and understand by using common language to the greatest extent possible; and WHEREAS, making a conscious effort to use common, easy to understand language will help to make government more accessible to residents, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: Section 1. It is the policy of Miami-Dade County to use plain language wherever possible and to make all memoranda, notices, reports, letters, website information and other communications as easy to read and understand as possible. Section 2. The Mayor or Designee shall do a thorough review of all memoranda, notices, reports, letters, website information and other communications with the public, businesses and other governmental agencies to ensure that plain language is used and that these communications are as easy to read and understand as possible through the use of common language. Section 3. Within 120 days of the effective date of this resolution, the Mayor or Designee shall (i) report back to this Board the results of the review set forth in section 2 above and (ii) provide a draft Implementing Order for the Board's approval that implements the plain language policy set forth in this resolution. The draft Implementing Order should set forth the most effective and cost-effective means of implementing a plain language policy. |
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