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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-15-0339City of Miami Legislation Resolution: R-15-0339 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 15-00858 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 A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, 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 that it 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. City of Miami Page 1 of 2 File Id: 15-00858 (Version: 2) Printed On: 3/19/2018 File Number: 15-00858 Enactment Number: R-15-0339 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized {1} to execute an Interlocal Agency Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Manager and to the City Attorney, between the City, the CRA and 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 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} 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. City of Miami Page 2 of 2 File Id: 15-00858 (Version: 2) Printed On: 3/19/2018