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File Number: 14-01100 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGENCY AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, REPLACING
THE EXISITING INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY AGREEMENT WITH
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, APPROVED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 11-0451,
ADOPTED OCTOBER 27, 2011; TO PERFORM CERTAIN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC
ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS AND TO ALLOW THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") TO
INSTALL AND MAINTAIN CERTAIN TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES OR SIGNS
WITHIN LOCAL MUNICIPAL STREETS OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
CITY.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 11-0451, adopted October 27, 2011, the City
Commission authorized, through an Intergovernmental Agency Agreement ("Agreement"), the
installation and maintainance of traffic calming devices or signs, which included traffic circles, speed
humps, and historic street name signs; and
WHEREAS, currently, traffic calming devices may be installed on local municipal streets only
after an appropriate traffic engineering study has been performed and sealed, and signed plans have
been submitted to the Miami -Dade County Public Works and Waste Management Department
("Department") for its review and approval; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") wishes to assume the installation and maintenance
responsibilities of certain traffic engineering functions pertaining to local municipal streets only, by the
adoption of the attached revised Intergovernmental Agency Agreement, replacing the existing
Agreement adopted October 27, 2011;
WHEREAS, the adoption of the attached revised Intergovernmental Agency Agreement will
give the City the necessary jurisdiction over the installation, maintenance, and use of certain traffic
calming devices, precluding the review and approval process by the Department under the existing
Agreement;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute an Intergovernmental Agency
Agreement, in substantially the attached form, replacing the existing Agreement with Miami -Dade
County, approved pursuant to Resolution No. 11-0451, adopted October 27, 2011, to perform certain
traffic engineering functions, and to allow the City to install and maintain certain traffic calming devices
or signs within local municipal streets operated and maintained by the City.
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Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VICTORIA M-EF DEZ /
,e°' CITY ATTORNEY
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Footnote
{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 (10) 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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