HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #26A - Discussion ItemTO Donald Warshaw
City Manager
0 CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA _4�
DISTRICT 4
INTER -OFFICE MEMORAND COMMISSIONER REGALADO
DATE: April 17, 2000 FILE.
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Discussion Item
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Omas Regalad ENCLOSURES:
Commissioner
Please place the following item on the agenda of the City Commission meeting to be held
on April 27, 2000.
J1) The administration's report relative to funds for sidewalk repair.
2) Discussion about the Children's Museum
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CITY OFMAMI, FLORIDA
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and DATE:
Members of the City Commission
SUBJECT: Citywide Sidewalk
Replacement Program
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Donald H;,Warshaw
City Manager ENCLOSURES:
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In accordance with the instructions of the Honorable Tomas Regalado at the April
13, 2000 City Commission meeting, the Public Works Department has prepared the
following report on the status of the Citywide sidewalk replacement projects.
1. Expenditures to date for sidewalk replacement Citywide in FY 2000:
Citywide Sidewalk Replacement Phase 15 (Gas Tax) $ 312,107
2. Remaining expenditures for sidewalk replacement Citywide in FY 2000:
Downtown CBD Sidewalk Replacement (Impact Fee) $ 787,000 (est)
Coconut Grove Sidewalk Rebuilding (Impact Fee) $ 165,000 (est)
Citywide Sidewalk Replacement Phase 16 (Gas Tax) $ 52.000 (est)
TOTAL $1,004,000
3. Scheduled expenditures for sidewalk replacement Citywide in FY 2001:
Downtown CBD Sidewalk Replacement (Impact Fee) $ 197,000
Coconut Grove Sidewalk Rebuilding (impact Fee) $ 330,000
Citywide Sidewalk Replacement Phase 16 (Gas Tax) $ 314,000
Little Havana C.D. Street and Sidewalks $ 43,200
(Community Development)
Edison Sidewalk Rebuilding (Impact Fee) $ 25,200
Flagami Sidewalk Rebuilding (Impact Fee) $ 223.200
TOTAL $1,132,600
4. Demand for sidewalk repairs and requests for new sidewalk.
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The Honorable Mayor and
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Citywide Sidewalk Replacement Program
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In 1992, the City initiated an aggressive program to replace damaged concrete
sidewalk Citywide. This action was in response to citizen complaints about the
poor condition of many of the City's sidewalks and the need to reduce the City's
exposure to liability. Since 1992, approximately $1,000,000 per year of new
concrete sidewalk has been constructed, the majority of which replaced existing
damaged sidewalk. This rate of construction meets the demand for replacement
of existing damaged sidewalk from citizens; however, this rate also utilizes a
majority of the Community Development, Impact Fee and Gas Tax funds
appropriated for street improvements.
The current sidewalk replacement program does not address the construction of
new concrete sidewalk in areas where sidewalk is missing. A recent inventory of
the City's streets concludes that approximately 2,975,550 square feet of sidewalk is
missing on streets Citywide. The most critical obstacle that has prevented the City
from completing the installation of new sidewalks in areas where sidewalks are
missing is that all of the right-of-way (land) for streets and sidewalks has not been
dedicated by the abutting property owners. The City cannot consider the
installation of sidewalk until such time that the land is dedicated to the public.
other obstacles include physical barriers such as terrain, trees and structures,
resident opposition to sidewalks and funding. The estimated cost to complete the
installation of sidewalks on all City streets is $11,902,200. Demand for new
sidewalks from residents received by the Public Works Department is low when
compared to other requests for service in the public right-of-way, and voluntary
dedicca�ioQn�o-f land by property owners for the installation of sidewalk is rare.
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John H. Jackson, Acting Director, Public Works Department
Leonard J. Helmers, Chief Civil Engineer
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