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Resolution: R-05-0500
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 05-00962 Final Action Date: 9/8/2005
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT , IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY
OF MIAMI AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDING OF
LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS TO 1-95 IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI; AS MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") and Miami -Dade County ("County") wish to participate in a
landscaping improvement project within the area between the northbound and southbound lanes of
1-95, south of 395 and north of Northwest 11th Terrace and the southbound exit of Northwest 8th
Street, Miami, Florida ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the City shall seek the Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") Permit to
conduct the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City will contract with Roots in the City, Inc., a non-profit organization in
Overtown, to design and implement the Project; and
WHEREAS, a Memorandum of Agreement ("Agreement"), attached and incorporated, provides for
the City to be reimbursed by the County a total amount not to exceed $132,000, of which an amount
not to exceed $52,000, is to be provided by the Landscape Joint Participation Agreement ("JPA") with
FDOT for the design and installation of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City will be responsible for the maintenance of proposed facilities once the
Project has been completed and will be eligible to receive an amount of $20,000, per year for years 2
through 5, subject to the County's budgetary approval;
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, between the City and the County, for the funding of the Project, which provides for the
reimbursement of an amount not to exceed $132,000, of which an amount not to exceed $52,000, is
to be provided by the Landscape JPA No. AK579, with FDOT, for the design and installation of the
Project, by Roots in the City, Inc., a non-profit organization in Overtown, for the first year and for an
amount not to exceed $20,000, per year for years 2 through 5, to be funded by the County through
Community Image Advisory Board funding, to offset the cost of maintenance activities.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
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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} 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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