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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up DocumentsOFFICE OF THE MAYOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA CARLOS A. GIMENEZ MAYOR April 12, 2019 Mr. Emilio Gonzalez, City Manager City of Miami 444 SW 2 Avenue Miami, FL 33130 Dear Mr zalez: As discussed in a Sunshine Meeting with City of Miami officials and various stakeholder representatives on April 11, 2019, assistance from the City is needed to maximize the project site for the new civil and probate courthouse through the approval of an aerial easement by the City Commission before May 23, 2019. The project site selected by the Board is a County -owned lot bounded by the Metrorail on the west, NW 1 Avenue on the east, NW 1 Street on the north, and Flagler Street on the south. Attached to this letter is an aerial depiction of the project site. County staff has determined that in order to accomplish the most efficient courtroom to floor ratio on the project site, aerial rights must be obtained above the public right-of-way alongside NW 1 Avenue to allow upper floors to overhang a few feet above the right-of-way. NW 1 Avenue and the corresponding right- of-way are controlled by the City of Miami. County staff met with the Department of Resilience & Public Works and was advised that these rights can only be obtained through approval of an aerial easement by the City Commission. The County respectfully requests that the City prepare and expedite the approval of an aerial easement in coordination with the County Attorney's Office so that the courthouse project can proceed as scheduled. A final RFP is scheduled to be issued on May 23, 2019 and approval of the easement must be accomplished beforehand so that it can be incorporated into each developer team's final design concepts. We appreciate your assistance for this important project. For additional information related to this request, please contact Dawn Soper by phone at 305-375-4402 or by e-mail at Dawn.SoperPmiamidade.gov. STEPHEN P. CLARK • 111 N.W. FIRST STREET • 29TH FLOOR • MIAMI, FLORIDA 33128-1930 • (305) 375-5071 Mr. Emilio Gonzalez, City Manager Page 2 Respectfully, Edward Marque Deputy Mayor Attachment c: Hon. Bertila Soto, ChiefJudge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Harvey Ruvin, Clerk of Courts Abigail Price -Williams, County Attorney Geri Bonzon-Keenan, First Assistant County Attorney Monica Rizo-Perez, Assistant County Attorney Tara Smith, Director, Internal Services Department Alice Bravo, Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works Juvenal Santana, Deputy Director, Department of Resilience and Public Works, City of Miami Attachment 1 Existing Miami -Dade County Courthouse and Project Site (liitg of 4iami, ff1ori is EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, PH.D. CITY MANAGER April 24, 2019 Mr. Edward Marquez, Deputy Mayor Stephen P. Clark Government Center 111 NW 1 Street, 29th Floor Miami, FL 33128 Re: New Civil and Probate Courthouse Right -of -Way Encroachment Dear Mr. Marquez: P O BOX 330709 MI AMI, FLORIDA33233-0708 (305) 250-5400 FAX (305) 250-5410 We are in receipt of your letter request to encroach into portions of NW 1s Avenue between West Flagler Street and NW 15t Street. The letter dated April 12th, 2019 states that the upper floors of the subject project will "overhang a few feet" into the street. Upon review, we were concerned that there is need for detailed information depicting the proposed aerial encroachment, prepared by a Florida licensed professional surveyor and mapper in accordance with Florida Standards of Practice in Chapter 5J-17, Florida Administrative Code, to move this forward. Further to this review, and in communication with staff, it is my understanding that the County Internal Services Department (ISD) through Dawn M. Soper has today emailed our staff a legal description of the requested encroachment portions of NW 151 Avenue, accompanied with sketches, showing details of the proposed aerial easement for our consideration and review. The said legal description shows that the encroachment will not "overhang a few feet" but will impact 9-feet of the public street. With the completion of our preliminary review, we will be coordinating further with ISD in preparing an agenda package that will be scheduled for consideration and action of the Miami City Commission. We anticipate this process to be accomplished at the earliest possible opportunity. Further, please be aware that pursuant to Miami City Code Section 55-14, "encroachments onto, into, below, and/or above rights of -way, public easements, private easements, or emergency access easements" are subject to certain restrictions. Given your stated project schedule deadline, please feel free to contact Mr. Alan Dodd, PE, Director of Resilience and Public Works to facilitate this request. Best Regards, Emilio T. Gonzalez, Ph.D. City Manager New Civil and Probate Courthouse Right -of -Way Encroachment April 18, 2019 Page 2 of 2 C: Joseph Napoli, Deputy City Manager Zerry Ihekwaba, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant City Manager Victoria Mendez, City Attorney Barnaby Min, Deputy City Attorney Alan M. Dodd, P.E., Director, Department of Resilience and Public Works Juvenal Santana, P.E., CFM, Deputy Director, Department of Resilience and Public Works Hon. Bertila Soto, Chiefludge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Harvey Ruvin, Clerk of Courts Abigial Price -Williams, County Attorney Geri Bonzon-Keenan, First Assistant County Attorney Tara Smith, Director, Internal Services Department Alice Bravo, P.E., Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works