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File Number: 15-00243
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ACCEPTING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000,000.00 FROM THE STATE OF
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, FOR PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE AND RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG NORTHEAST
2ND AVENUE FROM NORTHEAST 38TH STREET TO NORTHEAST 42ND STREET
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT ("CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PROJECT NO. B-78513, NORTHEAST 2ND
AVENUE/DESIGN DISTRICT"); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FOR
SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2014, pursuant to City Resolution R-14-0063, the City of Miami ("City")
approved a $1,000,000.00 grant from the State of Florida Department of Economic Opportunity ("DEO") to
fund the cost of improvements to City -owned public rights -of -way along Northeast 38th Street and
Northeast 39th Street, between Northeast 2nd Avenue and North Miami Avenue, for Capital Improvements
and Transportation Program ("CITP") Project No. B-30985 "Design District Roadway and Stormwater
Improvements Project" ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program has been completed; and
WHEREAS, in response to the community's request for additional improvements to the public
infrastructure in the area, the City will be constructing public infrastructure and right-of-way improvements
to the Miami -Dade County ("County") owned public rights -of -way along Northeast 2nd Avenue between
Northeast 38th Street and Northeast 42nd Street within the City's Design District, CITP Project No.
B-78513, NE 2nd Avenue/Design District Project ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project's scope of work consists of roadway construction, drainage, underground
utilities, pavement markings, pavers and concrete, traffic signal and signage, street lights, landscaping, and
irrigation ("Infrastructure Improvements"); and
WHEREAS, the DEO has committed to provide funding in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00
("Grant Funds") to fund the cost of improvements for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Grant Funds are contingent upon a fifty percent (50%) match by the City, with the
additional funding to be provided by the DEO; and
WHEREAS, the DEO allows for the City's fifty percent (50%) match of one million dollars
($1,000,000.00) to be funded in either the form of a cash contribution, or a capital project that benefits the
area; and
WHEREAS, the City elects to provide its match in the form of a capital project that benefits the
area, in enhancements to portions of County -owned public rights -of -way along Northeast 2nd Avenue
between Northeast 38th Street and Northeast 42nd Street, CITP Project No. B-78513, "Design District
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Improvements Project," in the City Design District, in order to secure the Grant Fund proceeds in the
amount of $2,000,000.00 from the DOE; and
WHEREAS, the Grant Funds from the DEO shall be used solely for costs associated with the
Infrastructure Improvements associated with the Project; and
WHEREAS, said match funds are to be allocated from CITP Project No. B-78513;
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. Funds in the amount of $2,000,000.00, from the DEO for the Project, are accepted.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized {1} to execute an Agreement with the DEO, in
substantially the attached form, for said purpose.
Section 4. The City's required matching funds, valued at $1,000,000.00, are authorized to be
allocated in the form of a capital project that benefits the area, CITP Project No. B-78513.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VICORIA ENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
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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