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FILE ID: 0 5- 0 00 4 3
Date: 1/7/2005 Requesting Department: Capital Improvements &
Transp
Commission Meeting Date: 2/10/2005 District Impacted: 2
Type: ❑ Resolution ❑ Ordinance ® Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item
❑ Other
Subject: Ordinance to accept and appropriate funds from Miami -Dade County for a Tunnel Feasibility
Study
Purpose of Item:
Authorization to accept and appropriate a contribution of funds, in the amount of $500,000, to Capital
Improvement Project No. 341332, entitled "Miami River Tunnel Feasibility Study" from Miami -Dade
County, and authorization for the City Manager to execute the Joint Participation Agreement, in
substantially the attached form. The funds are for a Tunnel Feasibility Study for SW 1st Avenue at the
Miami River.
Background Information:
The City of Miami and Miami -Dade County are partnering to advance the feasibility study stage of
the proposed Miami River Tunnel project to connect the Downtown and Brickell areas unimpeded by
marine navigation. The purpose of the study is to obtain recommendations to determine the feasibility
of a new multi -lane tunnel below the Miami River along SW 1st Avenue in Miami Dade County,
Florida, between SW 7th Street and SW 1st Street. The study will be conducted by one of the ten firms
recently selected and awarded contracts by the City to provide transportation engineering services for
any and all major transportation and transit projects in the City of Miami's Capital Improvement Plan.
It is anticipated that the duration of the study will be 6 to 8 months.
Budget Impact Analysis
YES Is this item related to revenue?
NO Is this item an expenditure? If so, please identify funding source below.
General Account No:
Special Revenue Account No:
CIP Project No:
NO Is this item funded by Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bonds?
Start Up Capital Cost:
Maintenance Cost:
Total Fiscal Impact:
Final Approvals
(SIGN AND DATE)
CIP Budget
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