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FILE ID: 010 ' 0 110
Date: 8/31/2006 Requesting Department: Public Facilities
Commission Meeting Date: 10/12/2006 Di�s[ct{ipa�tecN� 55
Type: ® Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item
❑ Other
Subject: Grant Agreement Amendment No. 1 between the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and the City of Miami for the Watson Island Boatramp Project.
Purpose of Item:
The administration recommends that the Miami City Commission adopt the attached resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment Number 1 to the Department of Environmental
Protection ("DEP") Agreement Number CZ613, which agreement provided the City $50,000 in grant
funds for the construction of the baywalk of the public boat ramp located on Watson Island, to
provide for a change in the scope of work and extend the completion date of the project.
Background Information:
See Supplemental Sheet.
Budget Impact Analysis
NO Is this item related to revenue?
NO Is this item an expenditure? If so, please identify funding source below.
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NO Is this item funded by Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bonds?
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SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET
Subject: Grant Agreement Amendment No. 1 between the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and the City of Miami for the Watson Island Boatramp Project.
Background Information:
The City and the Department of Off -Street Parking ("DOSP"), entered into an Agreement
("Agreement") on August 8, 2002 to design, construct, finance, operate, maintain and manage the
Boat Ramp Parking Facility in the City of Miami at Watson Island. While the City has leveraged
substantial funding from other grant sources for coastal stabilization features along the southern
shoreline, the City needs additional monies to curb soil erosion, provide shoreline protection as well
as public seating facilities along the baywalk area earmarked for this southern shoreline. Currently
approximately 500 linear feet along the southeastern shoreline of Watson Island has no shoreline
protective features for its surface soil.
The City received a grant from the Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") in the amount of
$50,000 with a local match of an equal amount being funded by the DOSP to aid in funding the
construction of the retaining wall/public seating for the baywalk. The term to use the monies for the
construction expired on September 30, 2006.
The Department of Environmental Resource Management ("DERM") had requested the City
undertake a clean-up of the property to remove all shoreline exotic vegetation in order to better
determine the location of the mean high water line. The City completed the removal of exotics and
resubmitted the design to DERM for their review. Upon subsequent meetings with DERM the City
was informed the plans, as submitted, would not be approved and an overall redesign of the baywalk
had to be undertaken. Due to this setback the City was in jeopardy of losing the funding provided by
DEP as construction could not be completed by September 30, 2006. Due to the requirements
imposed by DERM, the City went back to DEP in an attempt to obtain approval by the grantor to
allow a change in the scope of work and allow the funds to be used for the design of the project and in
addition extending the term of the grant award allowing the City ample time to complete the redesign
of the project.
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