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S fi4��. tT <br />F. y <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />(305) 947 -0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949 -3113 Fax <br />MEMORANDUM <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br />Commissioner Jennifer Levin <br />6/19/2014 <br />Resolution Urging Miami -Dade Board of County Commissioners to <br />Restore Full Funding to the entire Miami -Dade Library System <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />This Resolution is presented for your consideration and approval. <br />REASONS: <br />A January survey presented by Mayor Carlos Jimenez's Blue Ribbon Task Force <br />has shown that a significant number of Miami -Dade County residents support a <br />growing library system and are willing to pay a tax increase to maintain a better <br />level of service in the Public Library System. <br />Consistent with the Task Force's conclusion, it is recommended that the City of <br />Sunny Isles Beach Commission express support for a sustainable financial plan <br />to restore full funding for the Public Library System and find that it is in the best <br />interest of Sunny Isles Beach residents and all the residents throughout Miami - <br />Dade County. <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION <br />The Miami -Dade Public Library System is comprised of forty -nine branches that <br />serve over 2.5 million residents, as well as approximately 8 million visitors <br />throughout Miami -Dade County. With the reduction of funding to the Public <br />Library System and the closures, down - sizing or reconfigurations of the Public <br />Library System, many children, teens and adults within Miami -Dade County <br />municipalities have been turned away from a place of learning and have suffered <br />greatly. <br />Agenda Item No. 101 <br />Date 6/19/2014 <br />91 <br />