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Resolution R-24-0229
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 15706 Final Action Date: 6/18/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. R-20-0296, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 24,
2020; FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGENCY AGREEMENT EXECUTED ON JULY 21, 2015 BETWEEN THE CITY
OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY"), IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY TO
PERFORM CERTAIN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS
WITHIN LOCAL MUNICIPAL STREETS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY, AND
ALLOWS THE CITY TO INSTALL CERTAIN TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES
WITH A DESIGN PRE -APPROVED BY THE COUNTY WITHOUT REQUIRING
PRIOR COUNTY APPROVAL, INCLUDING TRAFFIC CIRCLES, SPEED
HUMPS, HISTORIC WAYFINDING SIGNS, RAISED INTERSECTIONS, SPEED
TABLES, SPEED CUSHIONS, CHICANES, AND RAISED CROSSWALKS, AS
DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Damian Pardo
WHEREAS, on December 11, 2014, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-14-
0473, which authorized the City Manager to execute an Intergovernmental Agency Agreement
("Agreement") with Miami -Dade County ("County") to allow the City of Miami ("City") to install
and maintain designated Traffic Calming Devices and/or signs, which include traffic circles,
speed humps, historic street name signs, and in -street pedestrian crossing signs (collectively,
"Traffic Calming Devices") within local municipal streets operated and maintained by the City;
and
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2015, the City entered into the Agreement with the County,
which also authorized the City to perform such traffic engineering studies to determine the
feasibility of utilization of certain Traffic Calming Devices; and
WHEREAS, on April 28, 2016, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-16-0199,
which authorized the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement
("Amendment No. 1") with the County to include raised intersections as an additional traffic
calming device that may be installed by the City on City streets and reduce the distance for
traffic calming devices to be installed away from County roads or traffic signals from 700 feet to
250 feet; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2016, the City entered into Amendment No. 1 with the County;
and
WHEREAS, the Agreement and Amendment No. 1 both provide for Traffic Calming
Devices with a design pre -approved by the County, specifically attached as exhibits thereto, to
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be installed in City streets without further review from the County's Department of
Transportation and Public Works ("DTPW'); and
WHEREAS, the Agreement and Amendment No. 1 only contain traffic circles as exhibits
with a design pre -approved by the County, requiring the design of all other Traffic Calming
Devices to be approved by DTPW prior to installation by the City; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement and Amendment No. 1 require adherence to certain
technical specifications, including the County Traffic Flow Modification(s)/Street Closure
Procedure placement of Traffic Calming Devices or a resolution by the City Commission in lieu
thereof; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to install some Traffic Calming Devices, including those in
the Agreement and Amendment No. 1, with designs pre -approved by DTPW without the need to
seek further approvals; and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2020, the City Commission approved Resolution No. R-
20-0296, which included the intent to install Traffic Calming Devices, where appropriate, in an
expeditious manner without the delay caused by requiring neighborhood concurrence or
requiring the City Commission to adopt a resolution in support of each Traffic Calming Device;
as well as the ability to install vehicular access restrictions across City rights -of -way in order to
further the safety and wellbeing of City residents by reducing cut -through traffic in City
neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the County denied the City's intent to install Traffic Calming Devices, where
appropriate, in an expeditious manner without the delay caused by requiring neighborhood
concurrence or requiring the City Commission to adopt a resolution in support of each Traffic
Calming Device; as well as the ability to install vehicular access restrictions across City rights -
of -way in order to further the safety and wellbeing of City residents by reducing cut -through
traffic in City neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, instead, Amendment No. 2 will incorporate the details, as described in
Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated, and allow the City to install the Traffic Calming Devices
including those in the Agreement and Amendment No. 1, with designs pre -approved by DTPW
without the need to seek further approvals;
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. Resolution No. R-20-0296, adopted September 24, 2020, is rescinded in its
entirety.
Section 3. Further, the City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute an
Amendment No. 2 to the Intergovernmental Agency Agreement executed on July 21, 2015
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.
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between the City and the County, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, to allow the City to
perform certain additional traffic engineering functions within City streets and to allow the City to
install the certain Traffic Calming Devices expeditiously with a design pre -approved by County
DTPW, without requiring prior County DTPW approval for each Traffic Calming Device on City
streets, including traffic circles, speed humps, historic wayfinding signs, raised intersections,
speed tables, speed cushions, chicanes, and raised crosswalks, as described in the attached
and incorporated Exhibit "A," and in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement and
Amendment No. 1.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wy j ng III, C y for -y 10/2/2024
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