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Resolution: R-08-0551
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3500 Pan American
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 08-01060zt Final Action Date: 9/25/2008
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE
TRANSMITTAL OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE; SPECIFICALLY, DELINEATING
THE BOUNDARIES OF A REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER FOR THE HEALTH
DISTRICT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,
FOR DETERMINATION OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE CRITERIA OF RULE
28-24.014 OF THE FLORIDAADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND PURSUANT TO
CHAPTER 93.206 OF THE LAWS OF FLORIDA AND CHAPTER 380.06, FLORIDA
STATUTES.
WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of September 17, 2008, Item
No.P.7 following an advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB-08-038 by a vote of seven to
zero (7-0), recommending APPROVAL of the authorization of the transmittal of a proposed ordinance
specifically delineating the boundaries of a Regional Activity Center, as hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.3167, Florida Statutes, requires that each municipality in the State of
Florida prepare, adopt and implement a Comprehensive Plan in order to plan for their future growth
and development; and
WHEREAS the City Commission finds it necessary to establish a Health District Regional
Activity Center to attract hospitals, emergency rooms, clinics, laboratories, medical, research and
clinical studies; including biotechnical laboratories and research facilities, and all other accessory
uses in support of and expansion of medical services, educational facilities, office, commercial, and
residential development in areas of concentrated intensity located in close proximity to major public
transportation facilities and transportation corridors; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has determined that the area generally located South of NW
20th Street, North of State Road 836 and north of the Miami River; East of NW 17th Avenue, and
West of Interstate 95, known as the Health District, is a compact, high intensity, high density multi -use
area that is appropriate for intensive growth, and which may be used for retail, office, cultural,
recreational and entertainment facilities; hotels and motels; major institutional and public facilities and
appropriate industrial activities, and is therefore appropriate for designation as a Regional Activity
Center; and
WHEREAS, the Health District is a major employment area within the City of Miami and
Southeast Florida, employing more than 30,000 people and home to several of the nation's premier
medical, educational, judicial and social services facilities including: The University of Miami Leonard
M. Miller School of Medicine; University of Miami Hospital; Jackson Memorial Hospital; The Miami VA
Healthcare System; Miami -Dade College Medical Campus; Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education
Center; The 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida; Office of the State Attorney; Office of the Public
Defender; Miami -Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department; Children's Home Society
of Florida; Miami -Dade County Health Department; Kristi House; and Camillus House. These major
medical and educational institutions and facilities within the Health District are expected to continue to
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expand and redevelop in order to meet the demands of the region's growing population.
Redevelopment and infill within the District are expected to include residential, retail, office and
related services. Many of these uses are intended to serve the residents and employees in the
immediate area, but all will lead to increased housing and employment opportunities for the region.
The redevelopment will also contribute to the City's continued desire for compact urban development
for residents to live and work in close proximity; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Regional Activity Center is consistent with the comprehensive plan
and future land use map intensities; provides service to, and is regularly used by, a significant
number of citizens of more than one county; contains adequate existing public facilities as defined in
Chapter 9J-5, F.A.C., or committed public facilities, as identified in the capital improvements element
of the local government comprehensive plan; and is proximate and accessible to interstate or major
arterial roadways; and
WHEREAS, the creation of a Health District Regional Activity Center is necessary to achieve
the City's goals for continued development and redevelopment of its principal health care, hospital
and research area; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the area currently referred to as the Health District
is the appropriate urban area to designate as a Health District Regional Activity Center; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission after careful consideration of this matter deems it advisable
and in the best interest of the general welfare of the City of Miami and its inhabitants to transmit the
proposed ordinance to the Department of Community Affairs requesting a determination of
consistency with the criteria of 28-24.014 F.A.C. and pursuant to Chapter 93-206, Laws of Florida
and Chapter 380.06, Florida Statutes;
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 City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized to transmit the proposed
ordinance to the Department of Community Affairs requesting a determination of consistency with the
criteria of 28-24.014, F.A.C. and pursuant to Chapter 93-206, Laws of Florida and Chapter 380.06,
Florida Statutes.
Section 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor. {1}
Footnotes:
{1 } 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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