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Resolution: R-21-0277
File Number: 9204
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 7/8/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION SUPPORTING THE
CONVERSION OF A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF SOUTHWEST 3RD AVENUE,
MIAMI, FLORIDA LOCATED BETWEEN ITS INTERSECTIONS WITH
SOUTHWEST 7TH AND SOUTHWEST 6TH STREETS, MIAMI, FLORIDA INTO
A TWO-WAY STREET, PERMITTING TRAFFIC TO FLOW IN NORTHERLY
AND SOUTHERNLY DIRECTIONS, STARTING AT THE INTERSECTION OF
SOUTHWEST 3RD AVENUE AND SOUTHWEST 7TH STREET, MIAMI,
FLORIDA AND ENDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHWEST 3RD
AVENUE AND SOUTHWEST 6TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA ("PROJECT"),
WITH DESIGN, PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS AS
STATED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND
ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT SAID PROJECT.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 13571 adopted October 22, 2015, the City
Commission approved the "Miami River Special Area Plan," a mixed -use development bounded
on the North by the Miami River, on the South by Southwest 7th Street, on the East by
Southwest 2nd Avenue, and on the West by Southwest 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida ("Project");
and
WHEREAS, the City Commission's approval authorized the City Manager to execute a
development agreement to memorialize the terms of the Project ("Development Agreement") as
required by Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("Miami 21 Code"); and
WHEREAS, the Development Agreement was executed and entered into by the City of
Miami ("City") and the appropriate parties on February 24, 2016 and was recorded at Official
Record Book 29976, Pages 189-228 of the Public Records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission's approval was based, in part, on a Project traffic
study conducted by Kimley-Horn dated August 2014, which proposed the conversion of a
segment of Southwest 3rd Avenue between Southwest 61" Street and Southwest 71" Street,
Miami, Florida ("SW 3rd Segment") from a one-way street that allows only northbound traffic to a
two-way street that would permit traffic north and south bound; and
WHEREAS, the conversion of the SW 3rd Segment was included in the Project's
approved conceptual plan and in the Development Agreement as one of the required traffic
infrastructure improvements identified as a community benefit; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Project's requirements, the City Commission desires to
support the conversion of the SW 3rd Segment as a two-way street, subject to review and
approval by the County and implementation by the Project's developer as duly permitted by the
City;
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File ID: 9204
Enactment Number: R-21-0277
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission supports the conversion of the SW 3rd Segment into a
two-way street, permitting traffic to flow in northerly and southerly directions, starting at the
intersection of Southwest 3rd Avenue and Southwest 7th Street, Miami, Florida and ending at
the intersection of Southwest 3rd Avenue and Southwest 6th Street, Miami, Florida.
Section 3. The Project's developer shall obtain approval from Miami -Dade County and
design, permit, and construct, or cause to be designed, permitted, and construct, road and other
streetscape improvements in accordance with Project approvals and City requirements to
accomplish the conversion of the SW 3rd Segment.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to take such further actions as may be
necessary to implement the purpose and provisions of this Resolution.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
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