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File Number: 11-00298
Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A JOINT PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
ACCEPTING THE AMOUNT OF $99,418.20, FROM THE PORT OF MIAMI AS A
GRANT TO SUPPORT THE "FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY QUIET ZONE
STUDY," CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROJECT B-40268.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") initiated the Florida East Coast Railway ("FEC") Quiet Zone
Study ("Study") in order to designate a new Quiet Zone along the FEC from Northeast 71st Street
(Little River), Miami, Florida, to the Port of Miami ("POM"); and
WHEREAS, this Study is driven by the FEC and POM project to reconstruct a 4.4 mile segment of
the existing rail corridor in order to allow both freight and passenger rail; and
WHEREAS, this Study will recommend safety upgrades to the existing grade crossing in order to
allow the City to petition the Federal Railroad Administration for a waiver to establish the Quiet Zone
which will allow railroad trains to be exempt from blowing their whistles at each crossing; and
WHEREAS, the POM will contribute the amount of $99,418.20 and the total cost of the Study is
$149,934.50; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 11-0038, adopted January 27, 2011, the City Commission
appropriated the remaining balance of the Study cost from Fund 39900 Mass Transit; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Participation Agreement ("JPA") is required since the Miami -Dade County
("County") through the POM, is contributing funds to the study and since County funds were used, the
City, through the POM, was required to contact the County's Department of Small Business
Development ("SBD"); and —
WHEREAS, the SBD ruled, on March 16, 2011, that the Community Business Enterprise Program
contract measure will not be required for the Study; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that the City Commission approve the JPA;
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) to execute the JPA, in substantially the attached
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form, with the County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, to allow the City to accept the
amount of $99,418.20, from the POM as a grant to support the "FEC Quiet Zone Study," Capital
Improvements Program Project B-40268.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
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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