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FILE ID: 11-om g
Date: 3/21/2011
Commission Meeting Date: 4/28/2011
Type: ® Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item
❑ Other
Requesting Department: Capital Improvements & Trans
District Impacted: 2 5
Law Department
Matter ID
No. 11-96 RSR
Subject: To authorize the City Manager to execute a Joint Participation Agreement with the County to
receive funds for the FEC Quiet Zone Study.
Purpose of Item:
To authorize the City Manager to execute a Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) between the
City of Miami (City) and Miami -Dade County to accept up to the amount of $99,418.20 from the Port
of Miami (POM) as a grant to support the "FEC Quiet Zone Study", CIP Project B-40268. The total
cost of the study is $149,934.50. The City appropriated the remaining balance pursuant to Resolution
No. 11-0038 on January 27, 2011 from Fund 39900 Mass Transit. The JPA is required since the POM
is contributing funds to the study.
Background Information:
The City initiated the FEC (Florida East Coast Railway) Quiet Zone Study in order to designate
a new Quiet Zone along the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway from NE 71 St Street (Little River) to
the POM. 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. It is a requirement of the
Federal Rail Administration that City's requesting a Quiet Zone submit the application and requisite
technical data for evaluation. This study will recommend safety upgrades to the existing grade
crossings in order to allow the City to petition the Federal Railroad Administration for a waiver to
establish a Quiet Zone. The Quiet Zone allows railroad trains to be exempt from blowing their
whistles at each crossing.
Budget Impact Analysis
NO Is this item related to revenue?
NO Is this item an expenditure? If so, please identify funding source below.
General Account No:
Special Revenue Account No:
CIP Project No. B-40268
NO Is this item funded by Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bonds?
Start Up Capital Cost:
Maintenance Cost:
Total Fiscal Impact:
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Final Approvals
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City Manager
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