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File Number: 11-00607a Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ADOPTING THE AGENCY
REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED ALTERNATE CORRIDOR SUBMITTED BY
NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES, PREPARED BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN, TO
BE FILED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY IN THE MATTER OF
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT (FPL) COMPANY, TURKEY POINT UNITS 6 AND 7
POWER PLANT SITING APPLICATION, CASE NO. 09-003575-EPP; DENYING
CERTIFICATION OF THE ALTERNATE CORRIDOR; FURTHER OBJECTING TO
THE ALTERNATE CORRIDOR AS A VIABLE CORRIDOR FOR THE CITY OF
MIAMI UNLESS THE TRANSMISSION LINES ARE UNDERGROUNDED, AND IN
SO FAR AS ALL CITIZENS THAT BENEFIT FROM THE POWER OF SAID LINES,
I.E., ALL FPL RATE PAYERS, SHALL PAYA PRO RATA SHARE OF
UNDERGROUNDING.
WHEREAS, Florida Power and Light ("FPL") desires to place overhead high voltage transmission
lines through the City of Miami ("City"), specifically on US 1 between Turkey Point and Downtown
Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, neighboring municipalities have filed a proposed alternate corridor that the City
objects to; and
WHEREAS, the proposed alternate corridor departs from FPL's proposed route just northwest of
the intersection of Southwest 97th Avenue and Southwest 136th Street, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, from that point, the proposed alternate corridor would run north between Southwest
107th Avenue and Southwest 97th Avenue (paralleling the existing transmission lines) to approximately
Southwest 24th Street and then jogging slightly further east of Southwest 97th Avenue and continuing
north to the Flagami substation located at Southwest 4th Street and Southwest 92nd Avenue, Miami,
Florida; and
WHEREAS, the proposed alternate corridor would then run east between Southwest 8th Street
and State Road 836 to approximately Southwest/Northwest 57th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, east of that point, the proposed alternate corridor would continue east between Flagler
Street and Northwest 11th Street to Northwest 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida, then jogging between the
Miami River and Southwest 7th Street while continuing east to the FPL Miami Substation; and
WHEREAS, the City must prepare an agency report discussing the proposed alternate corridor
and recommends denial of the alternate corridor (unless undergrounded) along with conditions
necessary for certification, if the alternate corridor is certified; and
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WHEREAS, many experts say transmission lines can be safely placed underground; and
WHEREAS, the proposed FPL corridor and alternate corridor for the overhead transmission lines
will negatively impact the densely populated City, including residents, businesses, quality of life, and
public health, along the routes; and
WHEREAS, many experts claim overhead transmission lines may be dangerous to the public due
to the electromagnetic fields surrounding the lines; and
WHEREAS, members of the public and citizen groups in the City oppose the proposed corridor
and the proposed alternate corridor for the transmission lines; and
WHEREAS, Undergrounding the transmission lines can be successfully achieved by having all FPL
rate payers share in the cost of undergrounding;
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 Commission adopts the agency report for the proposed alternate corridor, to
be filed by the City Manager and City Attorney, prepared by the Administration of the City and the
recommendations contained therein, in the matter of Florida Power and Light Company Turkey Point
Units 6 and 7 Power Plant Siting Application, CASE NO. 09-003575EPP; denying certification of the
alternate corridor; further objecting to the alternate corridor as a viable corridor for the City of Miami,
unless the transmission lines are undergrounded, and in so far as all citizens that benefit from the
power of said transmission lines, i.e., all FPL rate payers, shall pay a pro rata share of the
undergrounding.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature by
the Mayor.{1}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
IE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} 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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