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Resolution R-18-0353
Legislation
City Hall
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 4486 Final Action Date: 7/26/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT
THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") BAY OF PIGS PARK, ALSO KNOWN AS
FLAGLER TERRACE MINI PARK ("BAY OF PIGS PARK"), IN DISTRICT 4
LOCATED AT SOUTHWEST 3RD STREET AND 55TH AVENUE ROAD, MIAMI,
FLORIDA FROM CITYWIDE PARK AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES TO ADD
OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, PARK FURNISHINGS,
IRRIGATION, LANDSCAPING, SODDING, DRINKING FOUNTAIN,
OFFSTREET PARKING, WALKWAYS AND PATHS, PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTIVITY, AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE DUE TO INCREASED CAPACITY NEEDS
(COLLECTIVELY, "PROJECT"), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN
HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($708,000.00) FROM CITY-WIDE
PARKS LAND ACQUISITION PROJECT NO. 40-B40507; AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INCLUDE THE PROJECT IN THE
CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THE MULTI -YEAR
CAPITAL PLAN TO CREATE A NEW PROJECT NUMBER FOR THIS FUND
AND TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER (A) TO LOCATE AND REALLOCATE AND REAPPROPRIATE TO
THE PROJECT AVAILABLE FUNDING PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED TO
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT FUNDING, TREES AND
BEAUTIFICATION FUNDING, FUNDING FROM COMPLETED PROJECTS, OR
FUNDING FROM LOWER PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DEFUNDED
AND TRANSFERRED TO THIS HIGHER PRIORITY PROJECT AND (B) TO
INCLUDE THE PROJECT IN THE NEXT MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN
RESOLUTION FOR CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Manolo Reyes, Commissioner Joe Carollo
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") currently owns a park within District 4 located at
Southwest 3rd Street and 55th Avenue Road, known as the Bay of Pigs Park, which is also
known as Flagler Terrace Mini Park ("Bay of Pigs Park"); and
WHEREAS, the City would like to fund capital improvements at the Bay of Pigs Park for
outdoor recreational exercise equipment, park furnishings, irrigation, landscaping, sodding,
drinking fountain, offstreet parking, walkways and paths, pedestrian connectivity, and
improvements for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance due to increased capacity needs
(collectively, "Project") utilizing Citywide park and recreation impact fees in an amount not to
exceed Seven Hundred Eight Thousand Dollars ($708,000.00) from City -Wide Parks Land
Acquisition Project No. 40-B40507; and
WHEREAS, Section 13-5 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, defines
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a "parks and recreation system improvement" for which park and recreation impact fees may
be utilized as "land, capital improvements, capital facilities, and capital equipment that add
capacity to the city-wide park system, waterfront park system or public pools/gymnasiums,
including but not limited to improvements to city-wide parks that will enhance and/or expand
park use to all residents, site improvements that encourage self -directed use of passive parks,
and recreation based improvements that enhance community parks and allow expansion of
programming led by the parks department"; and
WHEREAS, enhancing the capacity of the Bay of Pigs Park through the Project will
provide numerous benefits to the City, the surrounding community, and the Citywide parks and
recreation system;
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' and directed to fund capital improvements at
the Bay of Pigs Park from Citywide park and recreation impact fees to undertake the Project due
to increased capacity needs in an amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Eight Thousand
Dollars ($708,000.00) from City -Wide Parks Land Acquisition Project No. 40-B40507.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' and directed to include the Project in the
City's Capital Improvement Program and the Multi -Year Capital Plan to create a new project
number for, fund, and undertake the Project.
Section 4. The City Manager is directed to locate and reallocate and re -appropriate to
the Project available funding previously budgeted to Americans with Disabilities Act funding,
trees and beautification funding, funding from completed projects, or funding from lower priority
projects that can be defunded and transferred to this higher priority project.
Section 5. The City Manager is directed to include the Project in the next Multi -Year
Capital Plan Resolution for City Commission approval.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
endez, City Attor7/31/2018
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.
Z 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.
City of Miami
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