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A RESOLUTION OF THE VIRGINIA KEY ADVISORY BOARD (`BOARD"), WITH
ATTACHMENTS, REQUESTING THAT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION
DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO AMEND THE FIND GRANT
APPLICATION TO ELIMINATE THE SEAWALL FROM THE PLANS AND
REPLACE IT WITH A LIVING SHORELINE, FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION TO AMEND THE FIND GRANT APPLICATION TO
ELIMINATE ANY FIXED OR FLOATING DOCK FROM ITS PLANS, AND
FURTHER DIRECTING THAT THE CITY WITHDRAW ITS FIND GRANT
APPLICATION IF THE FIND GRANT APPLICATION CANNOT BE AMENDED, BE
PLACED ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AGENDA
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-33(CX1) OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CODE OF
ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED; DIRECTING THE BOARD LIAISON TO
FORWARD A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS STATED
HEREIN.
WHEREAS, at the March 23, 2017 Miami City Commission ("City
Commission") meeting, the City Commission unanimously adopted RE-17-0139 titled
"A Resolution of the Miami City Commission, With Attachment(s), Authorizing the City
Manager to Submit an Application, in a Form Acceptable to the City Attorney, for
Reimbursement Grant Funding to the Florida Inland Navigation District ("FIND")
Waterways Assistance Program, in an Amount not to Exceed $1,230,869.00, for the
Construction of the Seawall, Dock, and Kayak Launch at the Virginia Key Nature Center
("Project"); Further Authorizing the City Manager to Execute any and all Necessary
Documents, in a Form Acceptable to the City Attorney, for the Submission of said Grant
Application, the Execution of Grant or Deed Agreements and Amendments,
Modifications, and Extensions Thereto, and the Acceptance of Grant Funds in the Event
of an Award of the Grant for Fiscal Year 2017-2018" (`FIND Grant"); and
WHEREAS, during the discussion of RE-17-0139 the City Commission directed
the City Manager to work closely with and solicit a resolution from the Virginia Key
Advisory Board ("Board") on the details of the Project; and
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2017, the City Administration presented the Project to
the Board at its regular meeting; and
WHEREAS, the Board discussed and solicited public comment on the Project at
its April 25, 2017 regular meeting; and
WHEREAS, the Board passed a resolution at its April 25, 2017 regular meeting
disapproving of the plans attached to the United States Army Corps of Engineers and
Florida Department of Environmental Protection permits for the reasons stated therein,
recommending that the City Administration not advance the construction or further
design of the project until the City Administration addresses the issues raised by the
Board and presents detailed plans for the Board to review at its May or June meeting, and
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urging the City Administration to send staff to the Project site to conduct a risk
assessment of the current condition of the project site; and
WHEREAS, the Board passed a second resolution at its April 25, 2017 regular
meeting recommending that the City Commission direct the City Manager to
immediately initiate the permitting process to prohibit the use of motorized vessels in
Lamar Lake, colloquially known as Jimbo's Lagoon; and
WHEREAS, the Board passed a resolution on June 27, 2017 recommending that
the FIND Grant application be amended to eliminate the seawall from the plans and
replace it with a living shoreline; to further amend the FIND Grant application to
eliminate any fixed or floating dock from its plans; and further recommending that the
City withdraw its FIND Grant application if the FIND Grant application cannot be
amended; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-33(c)(1) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Miami,
as amended ("City Code"), states that matters may be placed on the City Commission
agenda by the mayor, any member of the city commission, the city manager, the city
attorney, the city clerk, and a city board;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VIRGINIA KEY
ADVISORY BOARD 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 Board requests that the attached resolution directing the City
Administration to amend the FIND Grant application to eliminate the seawall from the
plans and replace it with a living shoreline, further directing the City Administration to
amend the FIND Grant application to eliminate any fixed or floating dock from its plans,
and further directing that the City withdraw its FIND Grant application if the FIND Grant
application cannot be amended be placed on the next available City Commission agenda
pursuant to Section 2-33(c)(1) of the City Code.
Section 3. The Board Liaison is directed to forward a copy of this Resolution
to the members of the City Commission, Mayor Tomas Regalado, City Manager Daniel J.
Alfonso, the City Clerk, and the Agenda Coordinator.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 25th DAY OF JULY, 2017.
, Vice -Chairman