HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-05-0020 Cover MemoSEOPW & Omni CRA Board Meeting
April 25, 2005
Item# 4
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Chairman Johnny L. Winton Date:
and Members of the CRA Board
From: Fran i-C K. Rollason
Executive Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Subject:
References:
April 15, 2005 File :05-00313
Authorization to Provide Funding for
Omni Hotel District North Bayshore
Drive Traffic Access Study
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
Legislation
It is recommended that the Board of Directors of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment
Agency (GRA) approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the Executive Director to fund a Traffic
Access Study through the City of Miami Capital Improvement Projects(CIP) Department for the purpose of
analyzing the flow of traffic in and out of the Omni Area hotels along North Bayshore Drive with the objective of
identifying a solution(s) to the bottlenecks that regularly occur due to the congestion caused by through traffic as
patrons attempt to gain access or leave the hotels as well as signage recommendations at the Biscayne
Boulevard/I-395 exit to assist visitors to locate the Omni Hotels at an amount not to exceed $19,000 which
includes a four percent (4%) Administrative Fee charged by the City of Miami and an approximate fifteen
percent(15%) contingency fund, if so required, to complete the study.
JUSTIFICATION:
Due to extensive new construction along North Bayshore Drive in front of Margaret Pace Park, the traffic which
flows to and from those work sites has had a detrimental impact to the hotels (the Marriott and the Double Tree
Grand Hotel as well as the exit of the Omni Parking Garage) along North Bayshore Drive between NE 15th Street
and 17th Terrace. This study would evaluate the traffic situation with emphasis on solving the ingress and egress
bottleneck created at the hotels due to the volume of through traffic. In addition, the study would include an
analysis of the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and 1-395 for the purpose of recommending way -finding
signage for visitors/tourists to assist them in locating the hotels in the Omni Area. The City of Miami's Department
of CIF has selected Parsons Brinkerhoff, a consultant from their list of approved consultants, to perform this study
at a cost of $15,590.45 (see attached Scope of Services and Cost Analysis) with the Omni CRA funding this study
to include an approximate contingency of a fifteen percent(15%) as well as a four percent(4%) Administrative Fee
for the City for a total amount not to exceed $19,000. Upon the results being made available, the CRA
Administration will consider recommending funding for the solution(s) proposed as approved by the City's
Department of Public Works as part of the Omni CRA's Capital Projects Plan.
FUNDING SOURCE: $19,000 from Omni TIF Account Code 686001.590320.6.270 entitled
"Professional Services Other."
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