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RESOLUTION NO. 99- 197
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION,
WITH ATTACHMENT, EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BROWNFIZLDS AREAS TO
INCLUDE AREAS DETERMINED TO HAVE
REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND A CRITICAL NERD
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIATION AND
REHABILITATION, INCLUDING THE EMPOWERMENT
EONS AND ADJACENT AREAS, AS ILLUSTRATED ON
EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART
HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has provided in Sections
376.77-376.84, Florida Statutes (The Brownfielde Redevelopment
Act), for the designation, by resolution, of contiguous areas
consisting of one or more brownfielda sites to be known' as
brownfields areas, and for the provision of environmental
remediation, rehabilitation and economic development of such
areas; and
WHEREAS, brownfields sites contain abandoned, idled, or
underused industrial and commercial properties where expansion or
redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental
contamination; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature recognizes that the United
States Environmental Protection Agency has created several pilot
projects for redevelopment of brownfield areas to gather
ATTACHMENT (S).
CONTAINED
CITY CON1418SION
MEETING OF
MAR 2 3 1999
afficautios NA.
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information on the best ways to return old industrial and
commercial sites to productive use in situations where
redevelopment is complicated by potential environmental
contamination; and
WHEREAS, The City of Miami was designated as a Brownfields
Pilot Project pursuant to the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Brownfields Initiative; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 98-242, adopted March
10, 1998, the City Commission designated a brownfields area for
remediation and rehabilitation which included Wynwood, and
certain areas within Overtown and Allapattah; and
WHEREAS, after further analyses, the Empowerment Zone
and
two adjacent areas were identified for inclusion within the
brownfields area; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to expand the boundaries of
thie
original brownfields area to include the above sites and to
notify the Florida Department of Environmental Protection of
such; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has additionally considered the
criteria set forth in Section 376.80(2)(a)1-4, Florida Statutes„
to wit: (1) whether the proposed brownfields area, as revised, and
illustrated on Exhibit A attached hereto, warrants economic:
development and has a reasonable potential for such activities,
(2) whether the brownfields area repreeents a reasonably focused
approach and is not overly large in geographic coverage, (3)
whether the brownfields area has potential to interest the
private sector in participating in remediation, rehabilitation
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and economic development, and (4) whether the brownfields' area
contains sites or parts of sites suitable for limited
recreational open spaces, cultural, or historical preservation
purposes;
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 hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The Miami City Commission hereby approves
expanding the boundaries of the City of Miami Brownfield' Area to
include areas determined to have redevelopment potential and a
critical need for environmental remediation and rehabilitation,
including the Empowerment Zone and adjacent areas, as illustrated)
on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Section 3. The expanded area as depicted on the attached
Exhibit A, is hereby designated as a Brownfielda Area for
remediation and rehabilitation purposes as set forth in Section
376.77-376.84, Florida Statutes.
Section 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized to
notify the Florida Department of Environmental Protection of the
City's decision to expand and designate a Brownfields Area to
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include the Empowerment Zone and adjacent areas, as illustrated
on the attached Exhibit A.
:Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayors".
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of March , 1999.
ATTEST:
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
In accordance with -Miami Code Sec. 248, since the Mayor did not Indicate approve, c
this legislation by signing it In the designated •lace provided, said legislation not
becomes effective with the elapse of tent F) . from the date of Co 11sicn attic;
regarding same. without the Ma • r rchi � veto )
Foernan, City Cier�►
WALTRR J. FOEMAN
CITY CLERK
APPR•, • TO _ • • AND CORRECTNESS'/
LLO
ATTORNEY
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1/ If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become affective 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.