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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION JOINT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY
THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
PUBLIC HELIPORT PROJECT ("HELIPORT PROJECT") ON WATSON ISLAND, IN
THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000); AUTHORIZING THE
ALLOCATION OF REQUIRED MATCHING FUNDS FOR SAID HELIPORT
PROJECT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS
($1,000,000), FROM FUNDS TO BE IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY MANAGER PRIOR
TO THE EXPENDITURE OF SAID FUNDS.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is the owner of certain real property and improvements
located at Watson Island, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Watson Island Aviation and Visitors Center (the "Aviation Facility") was
established in the Capital Improvement Program, Project No. 344101, pursuant to Ordinance No.
11528, adopted July 24, 1997; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No 98-1120, adopted November 17, 1998, the City
Commission authorized a Joint Participation Agreement (the "Original Agreement") between the City
and the Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT"), executed January 12, 1999, that provided
funding assistance in the amount of $4,700,419, for the design and construction of the Watson Island
Air Transportation Facilities Planning Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 05-458, adopted July 28, 2005, the City Commission
authorized a Joint Participation Agreement No. 2 between the City and FDOT, executed September 9,
2005, that reduced funding assistance to $1,000,000 for the design and construction of the public
heliport on Watson Island; and
WHEREAS, due to the age of the Original Agreement executed on January 12, 1999, the original
funding amount has expired and FDOT has established new funds which require a new Joint
Participation Agreement ("JPA"); and
WHEREAS, funds for the allocation of the City's required matching funds, in an amount not to
exceed $1,000,000, for said Aviation Facility, which includes the public heliport project (the "Heliport
Project"), will be identified by the City Manager prior to the expenditure of said funds;
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
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adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute a Public Transportation JPA, in
substantially the attached form, between the City and FDOT, for the construction of the Heliport
Project on Watson Island in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
Section 3. The allocation of required matching funds for said Heliport Project, in an amount not to
exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), is authorized, from funds to be identified by the City Manager
prior to the expenditure of said funds.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROV
'ORG L FE NANDEZ
CITY T • R EY
D AS TO FORM AND COc.,,. RECTNESS:
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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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