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SEOPW and OMNI Boards of Commissioners Meeting
February 26, 2007
Item # 3
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: February 16, 2007 File: 07-00132
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Authorizing Funding for Preparation of Design
Drawings for Improvements to North Bayshore
Drive
From: James H. Villacort � References:
Executive Director((!
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation,
Legislation
BACKGROUND:
This resolution authorizes funding for preparation of design drawings through the City of Miami's Capital
Improvements and Transportation Office for traffic and roadway improvements, including signage, along North
Bayshore Drive between approximately Northeast 15th Street and Northeast 17th Terrace, Miami, Florida.
JUSTIFICATION:
Extensive new construction along North Bayshore Drive in front of Margaret Pace Park has generated traffic
flows to and from those work sites which has had a detrimental impact on the hotels and businesses along
North Bayshore Drive between approximately NE 15th Street and NE 17th Terrace. The CRA undertook a traffic
study to evaluate possible solutions with an emphasis on solving ingress and egress bottlenecks and to assist
visitors and tourists with way -finding signs. The traffic study has been completed and this funding will allow
preparation of the design drawings necessary to implement the study's recommendations. Funding for this
project was included as part of the Omni CRA's 2007 Capital Projects Plan.
FUNDING SOURCE:
$100,000 from Omni TIF Fund, "Construction In Progress,"
Account Code No. 10040.920101.670000.0000.00000
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