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Home My WebLink AboutR-00-0185J-00-180 2/17/00 _ RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FLORIDA STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE DESIGNATING MIAMI AS THE SITE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH SPEED NETWORK ACCESS POINT TO SERVE AS THE GATEWAY FOR UNITED STATES -LATIN AMERICAN E-COMMERCE AND OTHER INTERNET RELATED SERVICES; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THE HEREIN RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS DESIGNATED HEREIN. WHEREAS, the Beacon Council,. a Florida not-for-profit corporation, is active in the InternetCoast Task Force, a regional effort by Miami -Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties to create and develop internet related businesses in Southeast Florida; and WHEREAS, in June 1999, the Florida Legislature created the Information Technology Development Task Force ("State Task Force") to develop policies to benefit residents of Florida by fostering the free-market development and beneficial use of advanced communications networks and information technologies within the State of Florida; and WHEREAS, on January 20, 2000, an infrastructure subcommittee of the State Task Force recommended downtown Miami as the site CITY COMVIISSION MEETING OF FEB 9 7 2000 Resolution No. U-� for high-speed Network Access Point ("NAP") to serve as the gateway for United States -Latin American e-commerce and other internet related services, and for the construction of a facility; and WHEREAS, similar facilities have been constructed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Houston, and Dallas; and WHEREAS, vacant and under-utilized land in downtown Miami may be available for such facility, including the Community Redevelopment Area; and WHEREAS, the existence of a federal Empowerment Zone in an area where the facility is constructed could facilitate funding from federal grants and tax exempt financing; and WHEREAS, on January 20, 2000, Broward Alliance President Mike Langley endorsed downtown Miami as the site of the NAP, as well as Hollywood, Florida, as a location for collateral systems that would help support the Miami NAP; and WHEREAS, such a project as proposed will further regional cooperation among Miami -Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties to the overall economic benefit of the. -entire Southeast Florida Region; Page 2 of 4 C�9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. The recommendations' of the Florida State Information Technology Development Task Force, to be presented to the Governor of Florida on February 26, 2000,. that Miami be designated as the site for the development of a high speed Network Access Point to serve as the gateway for the United States -Latin American e-commerce and other internet related services is hereby supported by the Miami City Commission. Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Governor Jeb Bush, the President of the Florida Senate, the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, all members of the Dade County Legislative Delegation, the Beacon Council, the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of Miami -Dade County, the Mayor of Hollywood, Florida, the members of the Broward County Commission, the Broward Alliance, and the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County. Page 3 of 4 -'- U Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.'/ PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of February , 2000. JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR to accordance with Miami Code Sec. 2-3, since the,, . * did not iradioGte approval of this legislation by signing it in the designated pla,,provided, said legislati. : low becomes effective with the elapse n ('10 ys ` the dat f CommieXII r:.4t.on regarding same, without the Mqy exerci 'ng o' ATTEST: WALTER J. FOEMAN CITY CLERK APPROVE AS O I LAITELLO W4 L6O : RCL : BS S RRECTNESS:/ er J. fXeMan, City Clerk If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. Page 4 of 4 WALTER J. FOEMAN City Clerk March 31. 2000 tof t ueev pFFFC ¢r o �F FF o OF, o�ti ,fo DONALD H. WARSHAW City Manager TO: The Honorable Jeb Bush, Governor The Honorable Toni Jennings, President of the Florida Senate The Honorable J., Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Ms.. Debra D. Owens, .Executive Director - Miami -Dade County Legislative Delegation The Beacon Council The. Mavor and. Board. of Commissioners of Miami -Dade County Ms. Mara- S. Giulianti. ;_Mayor of Hollywood, Florida The Members of the Broward County Commission. The Broward Alliance The Busines eyelopment Board of Beach Countv a FROM: Walter J. ioeman, o iaxmi City Clerk Enclosed please finda copy of �Re of t oi001,^$5 which.was passed and adopted by the City of - Miami Commission at its meeting on F bruary l'�' 000 This legislation is being forwarded to you for your information and files. . OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/ 3500 Pan American Drive/P.O. Box 330708/Miami, FL 33233/(305) 250-5360/FAX: (305) 858-1610 CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM o_ Vice Chairman Gort DATE: February 14, 2000 FILE: City Commissioner SUBJECT: Pocket items for Next Commission _.� Meeting to be held on February r 17, 2000 FROM: Joe Carollo REFERENCES: Mayor ENCLOSURES: Please consider the attached resolutions as pocket items for the City Commission Meeting to be held on Thursday, February 17,'2.000. JC/sbm cc: Members of the City Commission Donald Warshaw, City Manager Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney Walter Foeman, City Clerk r -<C2- Col 9 Qe o� cri °.1 > m 7 --o y MC" PTI -sf r i iv/00� THE BEACON COUNCIL -�-�- January 27, 2000 The Honorable Joe Carollo Mayor — City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive — 2nd Floor Miami, Florida 33133 Dear Mayor Caroiio: I ` The Beacon Council wishes to submit to you this resolution that was passed unanimously by our Executive Committee at its meeting of January 21, 2000. The State of Florida's Internet Task Force is recommending to the Governor that the City of Miami be the site for perhaps. the most, significant internet=related facility that will be built in the State of Florida. It is a Network Access Point (NAP), where many information carriers connect to each other .to exchange. information at very high speeds. Similar facilities in. New. York and Los Angeles have cost in the neighborhood of $300. million. The proposal is for this facility to be built by a consortium of private companies; which would secure Miami -Dade County and South Florida as the internet gateway to Latin America. The recommendation is expected to go to the Governor on February 26. We want to urge the Governor to accept the proposal of the state task force, and to also support legislation that would help such a facility to receive the benefits of tax increment financing. The project also could be helped by its presence in the Community Redevelopment Area of Downtown Miami; and because it is in close proximity to o,ir federally desiplated empowe,rmeent zone, As part of our continued efforts to seek greater regionalization of our economic efforts in Southeast Florida, Mike Langley of the Broward Alliance also has endorsed Miami as the site for this important project. We respectfully ask you to contact the Governor to express your support for Miami as the site of this important new project. SiRcfrely, NK R. NERO MiamirDade County's Official Economic Development Partnership 80 Southwest Eighth Street Suite 2400 Miami, Florida 33130 Telephone: 305.579.1300 Facsimile: 305.375.0271 www.beacon council.com Enclosure: 00- 185 11 • THE MIAMI-DADE BEACON COUNCIL RESOLUTION Resolution of Support The undersigned, The Miami -Dade County Beacon Council, a Florida not-for-profit corporation (the "Company"), does hereby certify that the following resolution was duly adopted at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Company, duly called and held in Miami on January 21, 2000, in which meeting a quorum was present and action throughout: WHEREAS, The Beacon Council is taking an active role as part of the InternetCoast Task Force, a regional effort by Miami -Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties to create and develop internet related businesses in Southeast Florida; and, WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature in June of 1999 created the Information Technology Development Task Force (hereinafter referred to as the "state task force") to develop policies that will benefit residents of Florida by fostering the free-market development and beneficial use of advanced communications networks and information technologies within the state; and, WHEREAS, the Infrastructure Subcommittee of the state task force on January 20, 2000, reported that it will recommend downtown Miami as the site for the development of a high-speed Network Access Point (NAP) to serve as the gateway for US -Latin American e-commerce and other internet related services, a facility where many information carriers connect to each other to exchange information at very high speeds; and, WHEREAS, similar fa.Aities have been constructed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Houston and Dallas, and in some cases have represented a $300 million investment; and, WHEREAS, there is an abundant amount of vacant and under-utilized land in downtown Miami, including the Community Redevelopment Area; and, WHEREAS, Florida Eas-i Coast railroad right-of-way could be used for adding fiber optic cable for future growth of the NAP; and, WHEREAS, the existence of a federal Empowerment Zone in the same vicinity could facilitate funding from federal grants and tax exempt financing; and, WHEREAS, on January 20, 2000, Broward Alliance President Mike Langley endorsed downtown Miami asthe site of the NAP, as well as Hollywood, Florida, as a location for collateral systems that'uld help support the Miami NAP; WHEREAS, such a project as proposed will further regional cooperation among Miami - Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties to the overall economic benefit of the entire Southeast Florida region; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that The Beacon Council hereby endorses the recommendation of the state task force subcommittee, and asks that the state task force embrace its recommendation when making its report to the Governor of Florida on February 26, 2000; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that The Beacon Council pursue opportunities for municipal support of tax increment financing towards development of the land in downtown Miami, and such other state incentives that may be appropriate to make this proposed project a reality, and that copies of this resolution be distributed to the state task force, the Governor of Florida, members of the Miami -Dade legislative delegation, the Mayor of Miami -Dade County, members of the Miami -Dade County Commission, the Mayor of Miami, the Miami City Commission, the Mayor of Hollywood, Florida, members of the Broward County Commission, the Broward Alliance, and the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Resolution effective as of January 21, 2000. THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BEACON COUNCIL Adrienne Arsht Fred Messing i Frank R. Nero. Secretary Chairman j President & CEO