HomeMy WebLinkAboutText File ReportFile ID: 07-00775
Enactment #: R-07-0361
Version: 1
City of Miami
Text File Report
Type: Resolution
Introduced: 6/1/07
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Status: Passed
Enactment Date: 61!4107
Controlling Body: Office of the City
Clerk
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LOCALLY -FUNDED JOINT PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT, AN ESCROW AGREEMENT AND A MAINTENANCE MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORMS, WITH THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("FDOT"), FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN
ROADWAY ENHANCEMENTS ALONG BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI, FLORIDA, .
INCLUDING NON-STANDARD SIDEWALK TREATMENTS AND MEDIAN LANDSCAPE
UPLIGHTING, AS PART OF FUTURE FDOT LANDSCAPE PROJECTS ALONG BISCAYNE
BOULEVARD FROM NORTHEAST 5TH STREET TO NORTHEAST 87TH STREET, MIAMI;
FLORIDA; ALLOCATING FUNDS, FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI'S REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION, IN
THE AMOUNT OF $298,000, FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT B-30564.
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") will initiate the construction of a landscape project
along Biscayne Boulevard from Northeast 37th Street to Northeast 67th Street, Miami, Florida, in December, 2007, and from
Northeast 67th Street to Northeast 78th Street, Miami, Florida, at a later date; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has requested that FDOT include in their future landscape projects, certain
roadway enhancements along Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida, to accentuate the unique characteristics of the corridor
and adjacent land use; and
WHEREAS, the desired enhancements include non-standard treatments to the sidewalks within the historic MiMo
District (from Northeast 50th Street to Northeast 77th Street, Miami, Florida) and uplighting enhancements in the landscaped
median (from Northeast 40th Street to Northeast 50th Street, Miami, Florida); and
WHEREAS, the City agreed to fiord the proposed enhancements within these areas and FDOT agreed to include the
work in their upcoming landscape projects extending from 37th Street to 87th Street, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the infrastructure work necessary for the uplighting has been completed by FDOT as part of the current
roadway reconstruction project and the remaining decorative work is now ready to be initiated; and
WHEREAS, execution of the Agreements, attached and incorporated, and the contribution of funds by the City are
required to confirm our commitment to FDOT and the project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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