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File Number: 15-00158 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR
REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FUNDING TO THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION
DISTRICT ("FIND") WATERWAYS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $700,000.00, FOR THE SEYBOLD CANAL DREDGING PROJECT
("PROJECT"); AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF THE REQUIRED MATCHING
FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $700,000.00, TO BE PROVIDED BY
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ("CITP") PROJECT
B-50643; 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, AND EXTENSIONS, AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT
FUNDS IN THE EVENT OF THE AWARD OF THE GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR
2015-2016.
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 $1,400,000.00; 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
$700,000.00; and
WHEREAS., the City is allocating the fifty percent (50%) matching funds in an amount not
to exceed $700,000.00, or fifty percent (50%) of the total Project cost, currently available from
Capital Improvement and Transportation Program ("CITP") Project B-50643 and 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 2015-2016; and
WHEREAS, the Project consists of the dredging and disposal of hazardous sediments at
the base of the canal from Northwest 11th Street to where it connects with the Miami River, within
the vicinity of Northwest 7th Avenue and 5th Street;
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 submit an application for reimbursement
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grant funding to the FIND Waterways Assistance Program, in an amount not to exceed
$700,000.00 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, and extensions, and the
acceptance of grant funds in the event of the award of the grant for Fiscal Year 2015-2016, 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 been 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 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 (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 $700,000.00 from CITP Project B-50643, is authorized.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor{2}.
APB' t VED ST.0 FO M AN CgRR -NESS:
VIC -•RIA ENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
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{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 Comrnission.
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