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File Number; 15.00858 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCALAGENCY
AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM,
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK
WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AND THE SOUTH
FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SFRTA"), ALLOWING THE
CRA TO CONTRIBUTE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTEEN MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS
($17,528,000,00) TO SFRTA FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE SFRTA
RAIL SERVICE TO DOWNTOWN MIAMI, 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 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 by
Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, which permits local governmental units 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 the best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors
influencing the needs and development of local communities; and
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA")
has determined thatit would be in the best interest of Overtown residents, through, an increase in
foreign tourism dollars brought to the City as well as the facilitation of easier travel northward for
Overtown residents and to relieve some of the congestion present on South Florida's busiest
roadways, to have SFRTA extend its service capability to Downtown Miami from its current end in
Hialeah, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the CRA has, by proper resolution attached hereto and by reference made a part
hereof, authorized its officer(s) to enter into this agreement and it is an express condition precedent to
disbursement or payment of any funding this agreement that the funding committed by the State of
Florida, Miami -Dade County, and the CRA been allocated, bound and committed;
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, the GRA and SFRTA, allowing the
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CRA to contribute an amount not to exceed seventeen million five hundred twenty eight thousand
dollars and no cents ($17,528,000.00) to SFRTA for the proposed extension of the SFRTA Service to
Downtown Miami, 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}
A PROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
CTORIA 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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