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Resolution: R-04-0440
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 04-00735 Final Action Date: 7/8/2004
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
ENTITLED: "OLD VIRGINIA KEY LANDFILL SITE REMEDIATION
ASSESSMENT GRANT" AND APPROPRIATING A GRANT AWARD, IN THE
AMOUNT OF $650,000, FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY");
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN
THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE COUNTY, FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE
GRANT.
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County ("County") has deemed it in its best interest to make certain the
City of Miami's ("City") Class II landfill at Virginia Key is closed in an environmentally safe manner to
safeguard the health, safety, an welfare of the residents of the City and County; and
WHEREAS, the County is desirous of entering into a grant agreement with the City to fund the
costs associated with the preparation and implementation of the Contamination Assessment Plan and
Site Assessment Report required by the County's Department of Environmental Resource
Management for the former Virginia Key Landfill site; and
WHEREAS, said grant is being made available as part of a Comprehensive Landfill Closure Plan
presented by the County Manager and received by the County Commission on February 17, 2004,
wherein the County also expressed its intent to assist the City with the future remediation of the
former Virginia Key Landfill site by providing a $45.6 million remediation grant no later than 2010; and
WHEREAS, the City is not required to provide matching funds as a condition of said grant;
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 adopted
by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The following new Special Revenue Fund is established and resources are
appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: Old Virginia Key Landfill Site Remediation
Assessment Grant
RESOURCES: Miami -Dade County $650,000
APPROPRIATION: Necessary expenses by the Department of Solid Waste
for the preparation of a Contamination Assessment
Plan and a Site Assessment Report $650,000
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Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute a Grant Agreement, in substantially
the attached form, between the City of Miami and the County, for acceptance of the grant.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter
and Code provisions.
{2} This Resolution shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten
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 or upon the effective date
stated herein, whichever is later.
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