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File Number: 14-00101 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMITAN APPLICATION FOR
REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FUNDING TO THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION
DISTRICT ("FIND") WATERWAYS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $1,000,000.00 FOR THE SEYBOLD CANAL DREDGING PROJECT
("PROJECT"); AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF THE REQUIRED MATCHING
FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,000,000.00 TO BE PROVIDED BY
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 40-B50643 AWARD 1431 STORM WATER
UTILITY AND FUTURE STORM WATER UTILITY RECEIPTS OR OTHER
AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE SUBMISSION OF SAID GRANT
APPLICATION, THE EXECUTION OF GRANT OR DEED AGREEMENTS AND
AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, EXTENSIONS, AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF
GRANT FUNDS IN THE EVENT OF THE AWARD OF THE GRANT FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2014-2015.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") wishes to restore the navigability of the formerly navigable
Seybold Canal ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the total cost of this phase of the Project is estimated at $2,000,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to apply for reimbursement grant funding from the Florida Inland
Navigation District ("FIND") in the amount of fifty percent (50%) of the total Project cost or an
amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the City is allocating the fifty percent (50%) matching funds in an amount not to
exceed $1,000,000.00, or fifty percent (50%) of the total Project cost, currently available from Capital
Improvement Project 40-B50643 Award 1431 Storm Water Utility and from future Storm Water Utility
receipts or other available funding sources, and the City will appropriate funding by separate
Resolution in the event of the award of the grant for Fiscal Year 2014-2015; and
WHEREAS, the Project consists of the dredging and disposal of hazardous sediments at the
base of the canal from Northwest llth Street to where it connects with the Miami River, within the
vicinity of Northwest 7th Avenue and 5th Street, Miami, Florida;
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.
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Section 2. The City Manager is authorized {1}, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, to
submit an application for reimbursement grant funding to FIND Waterways Assistance Program, in
an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 for the Project, and to execute any and all necessary
documents, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in connection with the submission of said
grant application, the execution of grant or deed agreements and amendments, modifications,
extensions, and the acceptance of grant funds in the event of award of the grant for Fiscal Year
2014-2015, in order to implement this Resolution.
Section 3. The City further certifies to FIND the following matters:
(1) The City accepts the terms and conditions set forth in FIND Rule 66B-2 F.A.C., which
outlines the Waterways Assistance Program and which will be a part of the Project Agreement for
any assistance under this proposal;
(2) The City is in complete accord with the proposal and agrees to carry out the program in the
manner described in the proposal and any plan and specifications attached thereto, unless prior
approval for any change has need received from FIND;
(3) The City has the ability and intention to finance its share of the cost of the Project and that
the Project will be operated and maintained at the expense of the City for public use;
(4) The City will not unlawfully discriminate against any person on basis of race, color or national
origin in the use of any property or facility acquired or developed pursuant to this proposal, and
shall comply with the terms and intent of the Title VI of the Civil rights Act of 1964, P.L. 88-352
(1964) and design and construct all facilities to comply fully with statutes relating to accessibility
by handicapped persons as well as other federal, state and local laws, rules and requirements;
(5) The City agrees to maintain adequate financial records for the proposed Project to
substantiate claims for reimbursements; and
(6) The City will make available to FIND, if requested, a post -audit of expenses incurred on the
Project prior to, or in conjunction with, request for the final ten percent (10%) of the funding
agreed to by FIND.
Section 4. The allocation of required matching funds, for fifty percent (50%) of the Project costs,
in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 from Capital Improvement Project 40-B50643 Award
1431 Storm Water Utility and future Storm Water Utility receipts or other available funding sources,
is authorized.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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VICt'ORIA MENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
City of Miami
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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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