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File Number: 1583 Final Action Date: 2/9/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, NEGOTIATING AND EXECUTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CITY OF MIAMI'S CURRENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO ALLOW
FOR THE MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING LITTLE HAVANA TROLLEY
ROUTE, TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO SOUTHWEST 16TH STREET, BETWEEN
SOUTHWEST 37TH AVENUE AND SOUTHWEST 27TH AVENUE, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, DEVIATING FROM SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET EASTBOUND,
FROM SOUTHWEST 37TH AVENUE TO SOUTHWEST 27TH AVENUE, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, THUS INCREASING THE CURRENT ROUTE ALIGNMENT FROM
9.74 MILES TO 10.96 MILES, WITH POSSIBLE FUTURE MODIFICATION TO
THE OPERATING HOURS AND/OR HEADWAYS.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") operates a municipal trolley system providing
residents, visitors, and commuters with a mode of public transportation that improves mobility
and enhances connectivity to existing local and regional transit facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City's trolley system currently services ten (10) interconnected routes
that include the Little Havana Trolley Route; and
WHEREAS, the City, through feedback received from a public meeting held pursuant to
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on April 20th, 2016, desires to modify the Little Havana
Trolley Route to service Southwest 16th Street, between Southwest 37th Avenue and
Southwest 27th Avenue, Miami, Florida, deviating from Southwest 8th Street eastbound, from
Southwest 37th Avenue to Southwest 27th Avenue, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the modification of the route will increase the current route alignment from
9.74 miles to 10.96 miles, allowing possible future modification to the operating hours and/or
headways; and
WHEREAS, the modification of the Little Havana Trolley Route will serve higher
concentrations of the population south of Southwest 8th Street, and to the west and east of
Southwest 37th Avenue, Miami, Florida, maintaining its connectivity with the City's Brickell and
Coral Way Trolleys, and providing connection with the Coral Gables Trolley and several Miami -
Dade Transit routes along the expanded route; and
WHEREAS, the modification of the Little Havana route will not increase operational
costs or capital costs, as travel frequencies and speeds will be adjusted to accommodate the
modification of the route by utilizing the trolleys currently in circulation;
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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 if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to take all steps necessary, including but not
limited to, negotiating and executing an amendment to the City's current Interlocal Agreement
with Miami -Dade County, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, to allow for the modification
of the existing Little Havana Trolley Route, to provide service to Southwest 16th Street between
Southwest 37th Avenue and Southwest 27th Avenue, Miami, Florida, deviating from Southwest
8th Street eastbound, from Southwest 37th Avenue to Southwest 27th Avenue, Miami, Florida,
thus increasing the current route alignment from 9.74 miles to 10.96 miles, with possible future
modification to the operating hours and/or headways.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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 City 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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