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Resolution
File Number: 10-00892
City Hall
3504 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION URGING CONGRESS TO
FUND THE PORT OF MIAMI DEEP DREDGE PROJECT, WHICH WOULD
DEEPEN MIAMI HARBOR TO FIFTY (50) FEET TO ACCOMMODATE THE
WORLD'S LARGEST CARGO CONTAINER VESSELS; DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS
STATED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, in 2014, large numbers of Post Panamax megaships that previously off loaded cargo
on the West Coast of the United States, will instead traverse the expanded Panama Canal en route to
East Coast destinations, thereby potentially giving the Port of Miami a chance to significantly expand
its cargo business; and
WHEREAS, Miami, is the "Gateway of the Americas" and the Port of Miami is the closest one to
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Panama on the Eastern Seaboard which makes it the logical place for the new, larger ships to make
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calls; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to accommodate these vessels, the Port of Miami needs to deepen Miami
Harbor ("Deep Dredge Project"}; and..
WHEREAS, Mayor Tomas Regalado along with Miami -Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and
other local elected and business leaders have joined in requesting federal funding in the amount of
$75 million in the upcoming 2012 Appropriations Act to commence the Deep Dredge Project that will
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enable the Port of Miami to double its cargo capacity of the next decade; and
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WHEREAS, the United States Congress has already given the approval to dredge to the required
fifty (50) foot depth, and the Army Corp of Engineers will complete the planning and design of said
by next summer, but needs the funding in order to the to bid and to adhere to a
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2014 project completion timeline; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County are striving to complete the project in 2014
to coincide with the opening of the new Port Tunnel linking the interstate system with the Port of Miami
and also with the widening of the Panama Canal; and
WHEREAS, the Deep Dredge Project is the most important infrastructure project in the State of
Florida and has been called a "nationally significant project" by the Army Corps of Engineers';
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Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Resolution.
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Section 2. The Miami City Commission urges Congress to fund the Port of Miami Deep Dredge
Project which would deepen Miami Harbor to fifty (50) feet to accommodate the world's largest cargo
container vessels.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to President Barack
Obama, the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senators Bill
Nelson and George LeMieux, and to the Miami -Dade County Congressional Legislative Delegation.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. (1)
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} 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.
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