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Resolution: R-15-0338
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3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 15-00859 Final Action Date: 7/23/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGENCY
AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM,
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SFRTA"), ALLOWING THE CITY TO
CONTRIBUTE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT MILLION NINETY-SEVEN
THOUSAND THIRTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($8,097,030.00) TO SFRTA TO
DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCT, THE ELIGIBLE COSTS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS
OF THE PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WITH TERMS
AND CONDITIONS AS MORE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN SAID AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS the City of Miami ("City") is a duly recognized municipal corporation of the State of
Florida; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 343.53, Florida Statutes, the South Florida Regional
Transport Authority ("SFRTA") is a political agency of the State of Florida; and
WHEREAS the attached agreement is entered into upon the authority granted to the parties
pursuant to Section 163.01, Florida Statutes (2014) which permits local governmental units the
abilities required to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with
other localities on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities in a
manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will work best with geographic,
economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities;
and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it would be in its best interest to facilitate travel
between the City and other urban centers across South Florida for the benefit of its City residents
and visitors by supporting SFRTA's extension of its commuter rail service to Downtown Miami
(hereinafter, the "Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link"); and
WHEREAS, in order to implement the Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link, the City and SFRTA wish
to facilitate the design, construction and financing of additional platform improvements to the All
Aboard Florida's ("AAF") proposed Miami Central Station in order to accommodate future SFRTA
commuter rail service (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the additional improvements within the City limits shall consist of: (i) a 62,000
square foot platform and associated trackage for SFRTA commuter trains; (ii) a mezzanine level
consisting of columns and related structures which support the Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link platform
and associated trackage; and (iii) related Miami Central Station elements including, but not limited to,
portions of elevators, escalators, support spaces, and storage areas, all as more particularly
described in Exhibit "A" (the "Improvements") of the Agreement; and
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WHEREAS, it is presently estimated that the required design, construction and financing costs
of the Project Improvements for the Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link will cost an estimated Fifty Million
Four Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($50,400,000.00) (the "Estimated Cost"); and
WHEREAS, it is an express condition precedent to disbursement or payment of any funding
by the City under this Agreement that the funding committed by the State of Florida through itself and
its various agencies and entities (collectively, the "State"), Miami -Dade County through itself and its
various agencies and entities (collectively, the "County"), Bayside Foundation, Downtown
Development Authority ("DOA") , Omni Community Redevelopment Agency ("Omni CRA"), and
Southeast Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA") has been
allocated, bound, committed and authorized by their respectively required legal authorization
processes; and
WHEREAS, the City and SFRTA intend (a) in order to comply with Article VII, Section 10 of the
Constitution of the State of Florida ("Constitution"), that the City's funding for the City Funded Portions
of the Project shall be used solely for governmental capital improvements within the City limits to be
owned by SFRTA; and (b) that should the City determine to reimburse itself for such funding of
governmental capital improvements within the City limits, then the City Commission shall by separate
resolution declare such intent to reimburse through a future borrowing from tax-exempt bonds;
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 hereby
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized {1} to execute an Interlocal Agency
Agreement, in substantially the attached form, between the City and SFRTA, allowing the City to
contribute an amount not to exceed Eight Million Ninety -Seven Thousand Thirty and No/100 Dollars
($8,097,030.00to SFRTA to design, and construct, the improvements of the passenger rail service
within the City limits, with terms and conditions as more specifically set forth in said Agreement.
Section 3. 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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