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Resolution R-18-0244
Legislation
City Hall
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 4208 Final Action Date: 6/14/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL STEPS NECESSARY, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, NEGOTIATING AND EXECUTING AN AMENDMENT TO
THE CURRENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY ("COUNTY") AND THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO MODIFY THE COCONUT
GROVE TROLLEY ROUTE ("ROUTE") TO EXPAND SERVICES TO THE
SOUTHWEST 37TH AVENUE CORRIDOR FROM DOUGLAS PARK AND
SOUTHWEST 28TH STREET TO THE DOUGLAS ROAD METRORAIL
STATION AND GRAND AVENUE, GRAND AVENUE FROM JEFFERSON
STREET AND ESTHER MAE ARMBRISTER PARK TO MARY STREET AND
BAYSHORE DRIVE, BAYSHORE DRIVE TO AVIATION AVENUE, AVIATION
AVENUE TO TIGERTAIL AVENUE AND OAK AVENUE, OAK AVENUE TO
MCDONALD STREET, MCDONALD STREET TO BIRD AVENUE, BIRD
AVENUE TO SOUTHWEST 27TH AVENUE, AND SOUTHWEST 27TH
AVENUE TO THE COCONUT GROVE METRORAIL STATION, MIAMI,
FLORIDA; INCREASING THE ROUTE FROM 10.75 MILES TO 11.85 MILES
WITH NO CHANGES TO THE OPERATING HOURS AND REDUCING
OPERATING COSTS BY APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY TWO DOLLARS ($237,392.00)
SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Francis Suarez
WHEREAS, there is an Interlocal Agreement ("Agreement") between Miami -Dade
County ("County") and the City of Miami ("City") which allows the City to operate trolleys in the
Allapattah, Biscayne, Brickell, Coconut Grove, Coral Way, Downtown, Health District, Little
Havana, Overtown, Wynwood, and Little Haiti areas; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend the Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, to modify the existing Coconut Grove Trolley Route ("Route") to accommodate
residents displaced by the County's cancellation of Transit Route 249; and
WHEREAS, the City specifically wishes to modify the Route by adding services to the
Southwest 37th Avenue corridor from Douglas Park and Southwest 28th Street to the Douglas
Road Metrorail Station and Grand Avenue, Grand Avenue from Jefferson Street and Esther
Mae Armbrister Park to Mary Street and Bayshore Drive, Bayshore Drive to Aviation Avenue,
Aviation Avenue to Tigertail Avenue and Oak Avenue, Oak Avenue to McDonald Street,
McDonald Street to Bird Avenue, Bird Avenue to Southwest 27th Avenue, Southwest 27th
Avenue to the Coconut Grove Metrorail Station, Miami, Florida ("Modification"); and
WHEREAS, the Modification will improve mobility in the Coconut Grove area for both
residents and tourists alike; and
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WHEREAS, the Modification will also increase the Route from 10.75 miles to 11.85 miles
without any changes to the operating hours, while creating an operating cost reduction of
approximately Two Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Two Dollars
($237,392.00);
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 any and all steps necessary,
including but not limited to, negotiating and executing an amendment to the Agreement between
the County and the City, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, to allow for the Modification
and increasing the Route from 10.75 miles to 11.85 miles without any changes to the operating
hours and a projected operating cost reduction of approximately Two Hundred Thirty Seven
Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($237,392.00), subject to the availability of
funding and budgetary approval.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor ey ) 6/4/2018
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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