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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Commissioner Michael Gongora 
DATE:June  6, 2018
 



SUBJECT:

DISCUSSION REGARDING BANNING PLASTIC BAGS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.


ANALYSIS

Please place on the April 11th Commission agenda, a discussion regarding banning plastic bags in the City of Miami Beach. I would like an update on the City of Coral Gables litigation on banning plastic bags and when Miami Beach will implement our own law banning same. The banning of plastic bags would be beneficial to our community for multiple reasons, including that they do not degrade, are harmful to our marine life, and are expensive to remove. Please feel free to contact my Aide, Diana Fontani Martinez, for further details at extension 6722.

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Commissioner Michael Gongora
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Co-sponsored by Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez