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Resolution R-18-0214
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 3943 Final Action Date: 5/24/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT OF
UNDERGROUND EASEMENT ON CITY -OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED ON
WATSON ISLAND, MIAMI, FLORIDA, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED
FORM, TO THE MIAMI- DADE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT
OF AN APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN (15) FOOT WIDE BY TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY (250) FOOT LONG UTILITY EASEMENT ("EASEMENT"), AS MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A" OF THE EASEMENT,
ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FOR A PERPETUAL NON-EXCLUSIVE
UNDERGROUND EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY, FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF UNDERGROUND
UTILITY FACILITIES, WITH THE RIGHT TO RECONSTRUCT, IMPROVE,
CHANGE, AND REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF THE FACILITIES WITHIN THE
EASEMENT WITH THE FULL RIGHT OF INGRESS THERETO AND EGRESS
THEREFROM; CONTAINING A REVERTER PROVISION PROVIDING THAT IF
THE EASEMENT SHALL BE ABANDONED OR DISCONTINUED, THE
EASEMENT SHALL CEASE AND REVERT BACK TO THE CITY.
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Water and Sewer Department ("WASD") has
requested the grant of a perpetual, non-exclusive underground easement ("Easement") of an
approximately fifteen (15) foot wide by two hundred fifty (250) foot long strip of City of Miami
("City") owned land located at Watson Island, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Easement will be used for the construction, operation, and maintenance
of WASD facilities with the right to reconstruct, improve, change, and remove all or any of the
facilities within the Easement and with the full right of ingress thereto and egress therefrom; and
WHEREAS, the Easement shall further contain a reverter provision providing that if the
Easement is abandoned or discontinued, the Easement shall cease and revert back to the City;
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 hereby authorized' to execute an Easement on City -
owned property located on Watson Island, Miami, Florida, in substantially the attached form, to
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
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File ID: 3943 Enactment Number: R-18-0214
WASD, of an approximately fifteen (15) foot wide by two hundred fifty (250) foot long utility
easement, as more particularly described in Exhibit "A" of the Easement, attached and
incorporated, for a perpetual non-exclusive underground easement on the property, for the
construction, operation, and maintenance of underground utility facilities, with the right to
reconstruct, improve, change, and remove all or any of the facilities within the Easement with
the full right of ingress thereto and egress therefrom, and further containing a reverter provision
providing that if the Easement is abandoned or discontinued, the Easement shall cease and
revert back to the City.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity ttor ey 5/1/2018
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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