HomeMy WebLinkAboutSummary FormDate: 9/05/2007
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM
FILE ID: 0 I' 0k oS
Requesting Department: Public Facilities/
Asset Management
CA.11
Commission Meeting Date: 10/11/2007 District Impacted: 2
Type: j Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item
❑ Other
Subject: Grant Agreement Amendment No. 2 between the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and the City of Miami for the Watson Island Boat Ramp Project.
Purpose of Item:
A Resolution of the Miami City Commission, with attachment (s), authorizing the City Manager to
execute an Agreement, in substantially the attached form, with the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection ("DEP") in order to reinstate and amend DEP Agreement Number CZ613,
as more particularly described in Exhibit B, attached hereto and made part hereof, for the baywaik
design of the public boat ramp located on Watson Island, to extend the completion and reimbursement
date of the project. to May 31 , 2008 .
Background Information:
See Supplemental Sheet.
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Subject: Grant Agreement Amendment No. 2 between the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and the City of Miami for the Watson Island Boat Ramp 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 March 31, 2007.
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 delay, the City was in jeopardy of losing the funding provided by
DEP as construction could not be completed by March 31, 2007.
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. In addition, the term of the grant award was extended to allow the City
additional time to complete the redesign of the project. The final design, which takes into account all
of the DERM requirements, was submitted to DERM in late August 2007. DEP decided to extend the
grant until May 31, 2008 in order to allow the City sufficient time to obtain DERM approvals and to
submit any additional reimbursement requests.