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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO DEVELOP AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITIES LOCATED WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO PROVIDE FOR THE PERIODIC REPORTING OF TREE PLANTINGS WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; ENCOURAGING MUNICIPALITIES LOCATED WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO PROVIDE PERIODIC REPORTS REGARDING THE NUMBER OF TREES PLANTED WITHIN THEIR MUNICIPALITY AND TO ENTER INTO THE AFOREMENTIONED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY
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WHEREAS, on April 4, 2011, this County, with the assistance of this Board and Neat Streets Miami, launched the Million Trees Miami Campaign; and
WHEREAS, the objective of the Million Trees Miami Campaign is to plant 1 million trees by 2020 and increase the shade canopy by 30 percent; and
WHEREAS, through 2016, Neat Streets Miami has accounted for the planting of 243,824 new trees, a number that Neat Streets Miami believes undercounts the true number of trees planted in Miami-Dade County since the launch of the Million Trees Miami Campaign; and
WHEREAS, specifically, Neat Streets Miami has been challenged to receive accurate and timely data regarding tree plantings from municipalities; and
WHEREAS, this Board desires to assist Neat Streets Miami in obtaining more accurate and timely data from municipalities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:
Section 1. Directs the County Mayor or designee to develop an interlocal agreement, to be entered into between the County and municipalities located within Miami-Dade County, which interlocal agreement shall provide for municipalities engaged in tree planting to provide periodic reports to the County regarding their tree plantings.
Section 2. Encourages municipalities located within Miami-Dade County to provide periodic reports to the County (no less than quarterly) regarding the number of trees planted within their municipality and, once developed...
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