Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 091730 |
Printable PDF Format Clerk's Official Copy |
File Number: 091730 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-861-09 | Control: Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 6/30/2009 | ||||||||
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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 | 6/30/2009 | 11A3 | Adopted | P | |||
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County Attorney | 6/1/2009 | Assigned | Jess M. McCarty | ||||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO PASS THE DEFENSE COMMUNITIES ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2009, S. 590, H.R.�1959 OR SIMILAR LEGISLATION BODY WHEREAS, the Defense Communities Assistance Act of 2009 contains provisions that: * Grant permanent authority to convey property at military installations to support military construction and agreements to limit encroachment; * Extend military departments� authority to purchase, from a county municipal government or other local government, municipal services for military installations in the U.S.; * Allow for and clarify reimbursable activities under the Defense-State Memorandum of Agreement program; * Strengthen provisions that protect parties involved in base redevelopment from liability for undiscovered pre-existing pollution conditions at closed military installations; and * Encourage no-cost economic development conveyances for bases shuttered during the Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process; and WHEREAS, communities with military bases struggle with a host of issues from closures as a result of the latest BRAC round to an influx in service personnel; and WHEREAS, the Defense Communities Assistance Act of 2009 will assist communities with military bases to overcome the bureaucratic barriers that stand in the way of economic development and create meaningful jobs and reinvestment for the hundreds of communities that have been adversely affected by BRAC closures or downsizings; and WHEREAS, the Defense Communities Assistance Act of 2009 is supported by the Association of Defense Communities, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board: Section 1. Urges Congress to pass the Defense Communities Assistance Act of 2009, S. 590, H.R. 1959 or similar legislation. Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the two U.S. Senators that represent Florida and the members of the Miami-Dade County Congressional Delegation. Section 3. Directs the County�s federal lobbyists to advocate for the passage of the legislation set forth in Section 1 above, and authorizes and directs the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to include this item in the 2009 and 2010 Federal Legislative Packages. |
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