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SEOPW and OMNI Boards of Commissioners Meeting
October 29, 2007
Item # 5
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: October 19, 2007 File: 07-01335
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Authorizing Additional Funding for Design and
Construction of Improvements to North
Bayshore Drive
From: James H. Villacort References:
Executive Director
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation,
Legislation
BACKGROUND:
This resolution authorizes additional funds to complete design and fund construction of traffic and roadway
improvements, including signage, along North Bayshore Drive between approximately Northeast 15th Street and
Northeast 17th Terrace, Miami, Florida. All work is being performed through the City of Miami's Capital
Improvements and Transportation Office. The Board of Commissioners by Resolution CRA-R-07-0006, adopted
February 26, 2007, authorized $100,000 for design. Due to an expanded scope of work additional design fees
of $25,000 will be incurred. This resolution authorizes the additional design fees and provides $375,000 in
construction funding.
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 was completed and this funding will allow
completion of the design drawings and construction 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 SOPRCE: $400,000 from Omni TIF Fund, "Construction In Progress," Account Code No.
10040.920101.670000.0000.00000.
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