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File Number: 15-01395
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, TO THE JOINT PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE MIAMI DOWNTOWN .
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ("DDA"), FOR THE DOWNTOWN MIAMI SIGNAGE
AND WAYFINDING SYSTEM, ACCEPTING AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION OF
FUNDS FROM THE DDA IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO 'EXCEED $350,000.00.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") and the Miami Downtown Development Authority ("DDA")
wish to enhance the signage and wayfinding system for motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists and transit
users within the Downtown Miami area; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Miami Signage and Wayfinding System ("Project") scope includes, but
is not limited to, new vehicular, pedestrian and parking wayfinding signage, and improvements to the
public right-of-way, such as the removal of repetitive and aging signs, and the installation of district
gateway and destination signs; and
WHEREAS, the City and the DDA applied for and were awarded a federal grant in the amount of
$1,000,000.00 from the Florida Department of Transportation for the construction of the Project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 13-0039, adopted on January 24, 2013, the DDA and the
City entered into a Joint Participation Agreement ("JPA") wherein the DDA contributed funds in the
amount of $150,000.00 for the Project; and
WHEREAS, Amendment No. 1 to the JPA provides for an additional contribution of funds by the
DDA to the Project in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00, for an aggregate total contribution of
funds in the amount of $500,000.00; and
WHEREAS, funds are to be appropriated by separate resolution;
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. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute Amendment No. 1, in substantially the
attached form, to the JPA between the City and the DDA, for the Project, accepting the additional
contribution of funds from the DDA in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00.
Section 3, This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
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File Number: 15-01395
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VI C bRIA M NDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY 4
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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