HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM :
The Honorable Mayor and Members
of the }ty Commission _
Joe A i la
Chie A ministrator/City Manager
DATE :
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES.
MAC; 11 2004
FILE :
Resolution Granting
Easement to Florida Power
& Light Company — Property
adjacent to Jose Marti Park
City Commission Agenda
March 25, 2004
RECOMMENDATION:
The administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution, in substantially
the attached form, for a Grant of Easement to Florida Power & Light Company ("FPL"), on City -owned
property between Southwest 5th Street and Southwest hth Street adjacent to Jose Marti Park, Miami,
Florida, as more particularly described in Exhibits "A", "B", "C", and "D" attached hereto and made a
part hereof, for the construction, operation and maintenance of overhead and underground electric utility
facilities, including the relocation of three (3) existing poles and the installation of a new manhole, with
the right to reconstruct, improve, add to, enlarge, change the voltage, as well as, the size of and remove
such facilities or any of them within the easement. This Resolution further authorizes the City Manager
to execute a Grant of Easement to FPL, for said purpose.
BACKGROUND:
The United States Corps of Engineers ("COE") has requested that FPL relocate its subaqueous river
crossings because they do not meet the new depth criteria under the Miami River Dredging Project. FPL
has begun bore crossings under the Miami River at 1-95 but because of congestion of existing
underground utilities within the right -of way along Southwest 3rd Avenue, it is impossible to locate its
facilities within the right-of-way.
FPL has requested that they be granted a 204.6 square foot easement from the City of Miami ("City") in
order to relocate utility facilities in order to continue to provide and enhance electric power to City
residents and the general public. FPL shall, at its sole cost and expense, construct, operate and maintain
overhead and underground electric utility facilities (including wires, poles, guys, cables, conduits and
appurtenant equipment) to be installed from time to time; with the right to reconstruct, improve, change
the voltage, and remove such facilities or any of them within the easement, with full right of ingress
thereto and egress therefrom. In the event this easement is disconnected or abandoned, the easement will
cease and revert to the City.
Financial Impact: There is a financial impact of $4,993.00 in revenue to the City's capital fund.
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