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Resolution: R-15-0003
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 14-01203 Final Action Date: 1/8/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT ENTITLED: "WAGNER
CREEK/SEYBOLD CANAL DREDGING/RESTORATION PROJECT"; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT AWARD AND TO
APPROPRIATE FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000.00
("GRANT"), FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION ("FDEP"), FOR THE WAGNER CREEK/SEYBOLD CANAL
DREDGING/RESTORATION PROJECT ("PROJECT"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE FDEP AGREEMENT NO. S0774 ("AWARD
AGREEMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, AND ANY
AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, EXTENSIONS, OR RENEWALS THEREOF, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE
GRANT, TO COMPLY WITH THE AWARD AGREEMENT, AND TO IMPLEMENT THE
PROJECT.
WHEREAS, through an appropriation by the Florida Legislature, the City of Miami ("City") has
been awarded a reimbursement grant from the State of Florida Department of Environmental
Protection ("FDEP"), in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 ("Grant"), to implement the Wagner
Creek/Seybold Canal Dredging/Restoration Project ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has previously endorsed the Project by funding and
permitting the design, and the Florida Inland Navigation District has previously awarded to the City
three (3) grants totaling $3.7 million toward the navigable portion of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City has a strong interest in the marine industrial businesses and residential
navigational access in the Project areas, and the dredging and restoration will allow twenty-four (24)
hour maritime access for the Seybold Canal which will increase economic benefits to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Project will improve the environment and promote health by reducing decades
of materials collecting in the Wagner Creek/Seybold Canal, some of which flow into the Miami River
and Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the City Manager to accept the Grant and to establish a new
special revenue project fund for the appropriation of the Grant;
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 following new Special Revenue Fund is established and resources are
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appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: Wagner Creek/Seybold Canal Dredging/
Restoration Project
RESOURCES: State of Florida, Department of $200,000.00
Environmental Protection
APPROPRIATIONS: Complete the Wagner Creek/Seybold $200,000.00
Canal Dredging/Restoration Project
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to accept a reimbursement Grant award and to
appropriate funds, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00, from the FDEP, for the Project.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized{1} to execute the Award Agreement, in
substantially the attached form, and any amendments, modifications, extensions, or renewals thereof,
in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to accept the Grant, to comply with the Award
Agreement, and to implement the Project.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{2}
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 (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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