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File Number: 04-01312
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTER -LOCAL
AGREEMENT, WITH THE TERMS AS STATED HEREIN, IN SUBSTANTIALLY
THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH THE MIDTOWN MIAMI COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ("CDD"), A LOCAL. UNIT OF SPECIAL PURPOSE
GOVERNMENT, FOR THE CDD TO PROVIDE CONCEPTUAL AND FINAL
DESIGN TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED MIAMI STREETCAR THROUGH
MIDTOWN MIAMI, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $613,000; ALLOCATING
FUNDS FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 341330, "B-71215
STREETCAR PROJECT."
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 03-135, adopted November 13, 2003, the petition
submitted to the Miami -Dade County ("County") Commission by Biscayne Development Partners, LLC
to create the Midtown Miami Community Development District ("CDD") was supported; and
WHEREAS, the CDD was created by the County pursuant to Ordinance No. 03-271, adopted by
the Board of County Commissioners on December 16, 2003 and effective on December 26, 2003, as a
local unit of special purpose government for the purpose of delivering certain community development
services and facilities within and outside the boundaries of the Midtown Miami District ("District"); and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose and intent of the Inter -Local Agreement ("Agreement") to permit and
authorize the City of Miami ("City") and the CDD to make the most efficient use of their respective
powers, resources, authority and capabilities by enabling them to cooperate on the basis of mutual
advantage and to achieve the results provided for in this Agreement pursuant to Section 163.01,
Florida Statutes, known as the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969; and
WHEREAS, the CDD began to undertake the design, acquisition and construction of certain
roadways (within and outside the boundaries of the District), water and sewer facilities, a stormwater
management system, streetscape and landscape in Midtown Miami in the summer of 2003; and
WHEREAS, while the City Commission has not yet ratified the Miami Streetcar Project from the
current feasibility study stage to subsequent development and implementation phases; and
WHEREAS, the City's Department of Transportation has determined that limited additional
engineering services are warranted regarding the streetcar as it impacts the proposed street design
and construction within Midtown Miami; and
WHEREAS, the attached Agreement sets forth the understanding between the City and the CDD
for costs associated with conceptual and final design, permitting modifications and construction to
accommodate the proposed Miami Streetcar through Midtown Miami; and
WHEREAS, the engineering services include an amount not to exceed$126,000 for conceptual
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design, an amount not to exceed $457,000 for final design, and an amount not to exceed $30,000 for
permitting modifications for a total amount not to exceed $613,000; and
WHEREAS, the construction amount will be determined after the final design is complete;
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 City Manager is authorized{1} to execute an Agreement, in substantially the
attached form, which sets forth the understanding between the City and the CDD to the financial
contributions to be made by the City to the CDD for costs associated with the conceptual and final
design, permitting modifications and construction to be determined after final design is complete of the
Miami Streetcar Through Midtown Miami, in an amount not to exceed $613,000, with funds allocated
from Capital Improvement Project No. 341330, "B-71215 Streetcar Project."
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JORGE L. FERNANDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
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} 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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