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File Number: 16-00008 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION URGING GOVERNOR RICK
SCOTT AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, VIA SECRETARY OF STATE
KEN DETZNER, TO HONOR THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ENTERED ON
FEBRUARY 7, 2008, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE MIAMI CIRCLE PROJECT TO
THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, THEREBY
ENSURING THE MIAMI CIRCLE IS CLEAN AND FREE OF DEBRIS AND GARBAGE
AND INVITING TO THE PUBLIC; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMITA
COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE INDIVIDUALS AS STATED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, it is pivotal for the City of Miami to secure that public waterfront space remain clean
and free from debris and garbage; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Inland Navigation District ("FIND") serves as a body for continued
management and maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway project in Florida, which is a state
and federal project; and
WHEREAS, FIND and the Florida Department of State ("Department") entered into an Interlocal
Agreement ("Agreement") dated February 7, 2008, in which FIND provided the Department with grant
funding, to be used for the Miami Circle Shoreline Stabilization project ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Miami Circle is an archaeological site in Downtown Miami adjacent to the Miami
River, as well as a National Historic Landmark found within the Miami Circle Park; and
WHEREAS, Miami Circle Park serves as a waterfront park for residents and visitors of Miami; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Agreement, the Department is responsible to maintain the
Project in agreement with reasonable standards of maintenance at a level comparable to other local
facilities in order to ensure applicable health standards, reasonable safety, reasonable repair,
prevention of undue deterioration and to encourage public use; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary of State at the time of the Agreement, in support of the Department's
application for grant funding of the Project, executed a Resolution on October 31, 2007 in which the
Department certified approval of the terms and conditions of the Project and Agreement; and
WHEREAS, furthermore the Resolution executed on October 31, 2007 stated the Department
would operate and maintain the Project at the expense of the Department for public use; and
WHEREAS, it has been stated that numerous attempts to resolve the poor conditions and lack of
maintenance at the Miami Circle have been made by FIND's Miami -Dade Commissioner and by the
Managing Director of the Miami River Commission to no avail;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
City of
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File Id: 16-00008 (Version: 1) Printed On: 1/5/2016
File Number: 16-0000
8eCbOD 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to the Resolution are adopted and
incorporated @Sfully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission urges Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Department of State,
via Secretary of State Ken Ootzner, to honor the Agreement entered OO February 7. 2008' in order to
maintain the Project tOthestand8rdSSSt@NiShedintheAgr8em8Dt.thmnebyensuringtheMianniCirC|8
i3clean and free Ofdebris and garbage and inviting t0the public.
SeCti003. The City Clerk iSdirected tOtransmit 8copy ofthis Resolution t0the individuals stated
herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
th8MayDr.{1l
APPROVED AGTOFORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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CITYATTORNEY
{11 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, itshall become effective 8tthe end often calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this RBSO|uU0O' it shall become
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