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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
FLORIDA HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT, WITH A
TERMINAL COMPLEX TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, LINKING
THIS SYSTEM WITH THE METRORAIL AND METROMOVER
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, AND INSTRUCTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY TO THE
FLORIDA HIGH SPEED RAIL TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION IN PLANNING, EVALUATING AND
IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has established the Florida
High Speed Rail Transportation Commission to oversee the
development of a high speed rail system within the State; and
WHEREAS, the Florida High Speed Rail Transportation
Commission has produced a study recommending a high speed rail
system extending from Tampa to Miami and terminating in Miami;
and
WHEREAS, this system can bring the greatest economic and
transportation benefit to the City of Miami with the system
terminal being located within the downtown area of the City,
allowing for a linkage to the existing Metrorai 1 and Metromo ver
systems; and
WHEREAS, the planning, proposing, evaluating and
implementing of a high speed rail system with a terminal in
downtown Miami will require administrative support and other
available City resources;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The high speed rail transportation system
proposed by the Florida High Speed Rail Transportation
Commission, with a terminal to be located within the downtown
area of the City of Miami, is hereby endorsed as a new and vital
transportation link as well as an economic development catalyst
for the City and State.
Section 2. The City Manager is instructed to provide the
necessary administrative assistance to the Florida High Speed
Rail Transportation Commission in the planning, evaluation and
implementation of the system.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th- day of JULY 1986.
Mayor
ATTEST:
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
ROBERT F. R1, CHIEF DEPUTY
CITY ATT NE
APPRO D A �B.FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The Honorable Mayor and
TO. Members of the City Commission
FROM: Cesar H. Odi o
City Manager 0
DATE: JUL 18 1986 FILE:
Florida High Speed Rail
SUBJECT: Project
July 24, 1986 Commission
REFERENCES: Agenda
ENCLOSURES:
It is recommended that the City Commission
approve the attached resolution endorsing the
development of the Florida Hi gh Speed Rail
Project, with a terminal complex to be
developed within the downtown area of the
City of Miami, linking this system with
Metrorail and Metromover transportation
systems, and instructing the C i ty Manager to
provide the necessary administrative
assistance of the City to the Florida High
Speed Rail Transportation Commission in
planning, evaluating and implementing the
Project.
The Florida High S-peed Rail Transportation Commission (FHSRTC) has
commissioned a study of a high speed rail system for Florida. Thi s
study is proposing a system linking Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm
Beach, Orlando and Tampa. Miami and Tampa would be terminal points
for the system. No final route alignments or station locations have
been determined.
The system would be built, owned and operated by private enterprise
through a franchise arrangement. Development of real estate
surrounding system stations would also be undertaken by the
franchisee. As currently scheduled, the system would become
operational in the mid-1990s.
The FHSRTC is preparing a Request for Proposals (RFP), to be issued
by October of this year, for the construction and operation of a
specific system. The FHSRTC is seeking resolutions of support and
assistance for the system from cities and counties along the proposed
service link for inclusion in the RFP, and endorsements have already
been secured from a number of counties and cities.
Honorable Mayor
and Members Page 2
of the City Commission
The benefits of having the HSR southern terminal within the City will
be tremendous, proving a new transportation link to Miami and an
added economic development catalyst for the City. A downtown
location in Miami would the
complete i ntra �ci tyn and pi inter-
city Metrorail and Metromo , providing
city system.
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