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Resolution: R-11-0124
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File Number: 11-00188 Final Action Date: 3/24/2011
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT
FUNDING TO THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT WATERWAYS
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,143,000, FOR
THE BAYWALK AT MUSEUM PARK PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AND
BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT ("PROJECT"); AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF
$1,143,000, PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("CRA") PURSUANT TO THE CRA RESOLUTION PROVIDING SAME TO THE CITY
OF MIAMI; ALLOCATION OF THE REQUIRED MATCHING FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $1,143,000, PROVIDED BY THE CRA; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE SUBMISSION OF SAID GRANT
APPLICATION, THE EXECUTION OF GRANT OR DEED AGREEMENTS, AND THE
ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF MATCHING FUNDS IN THE EVENT OF
THE AWARD OF THE GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") and the Community Redevelopment Authority ("CRA") wish
to improve the Baywalk at Museum Park ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the total cost of this phase of the Project is $2,286,000; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to apply for grant funding from the Florida Inland Navigation District
("FIND") in the amount of $1,143,000, or fifty percent (50%) if the total Project cost; and
WHEREAS, grant funding is potentially available from FIND for this City project pursuant to FIND
Rule 66B-2 F.A.C.; and
WHEREAS, the City is allocating the matching funds in an amount not to exceed $1,143,000, or
fifty percent (50%) of the total cost, from the Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA"); and
WHEREAS, the CRA funding match was passed via Resolution on February 28, 2011 by the CRA
Board of Commissioners, allocating $1,143,000 to the City from the Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other
Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to accept the $1,143,000 from the CRA Omni Tax Increment Fund,
"Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000, for the matching
fund requirement for the FIND grant; and
WHEREAS, the Project will consists of the construction of a Baywalk that extends from the
Baywalk East of Museum Park and continue along the Baywalk slip, and additional improvements
include but are not limited to landscaping development, installations of walkway lighting, benches,
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trash receptors and decorative pavers;
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}, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, to submit
an application for grant funding to FIND Waterways Assistance Program, in an amount not to exceed
$1,143,000 for the Project, and to execute any and all necessary documents in connection with the
submission of said grant application, the execution of grant or deed agreements, and acceptance and
appropriation of matching funds in the event of award of the grant in order to implement this
Resolution.
Section 3. The City further certifies to FIND the following matters:
(1) The City accepts the terms and conditions set forth in FIND Rule 66B-2 F.A.C., which outlines the
Waterways Assistance Program and which will be a part of the Project Agreement for any assistance
under this proposal;
(2) The City is in complete accord with the proposal and agrees to carry out the Project in the manner
described in the proposal and any plan and specifications attached thereto; unless prior approval for
any change has been received from FIND;
(3) The City has the ability and intention to finance its share of the cost of the Project and that the
Project will be operated and maintained at the expense of the City for public use;
(4) The City will not unlawfully discriminate against any person on basis of race, color or national
origin in the use of any property or facility acquired or developed pursuant to this proposal, and shall
comply with the terms and intent of the Title VI of the Civil rights Act of 1964, P.L. 88-352 (1964) and
design and construct all facilities to comply fully with statutes relating to accessibility by handicapped
persons as well as other federal, state and local laws, rules and requirements;
(5) The City agrees to maintain adequate financial records for the proposed Project to substantiate
claims for reimbursements; and
(6) The City will make available to FIND, if requested, a post -audit of expenses incurred on the
Project prior to, or in conjunction with, request for the final (10%) of the funding agreed to by FIND.
Section 4. The allocation of required matching funds, in an amount not to exceed $1,143,000, is
appropriated and authorized from the CRA Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids,"
Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
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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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