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Resolution R-19-0222
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 5879 Final Action Date: 6/13/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ACCEPT A CONTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00) FROM THE MIAMI
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA ("DDA") FOR THE INTERSTATE 395 ("1-395") HERITAGE TRAIL
PROJECT AND APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS ("OCI") PROJECT NO. 40-B193621 ("PROJECT"); FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, WITH THE DDA, AS WELL AS ANY AND ALL OTHER
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") in coordination with the Florida Department of
Transportation ("FDOT") and other stakeholders is working on the Interstate 395 ("1-395")
Heritage Trail Project, Office of Capital Improvements ("OCI") Project No. 40-B193621, between
Northwest 3rd Avenue and Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida ("Project"), which will provide an active
and welcoming open space and shared -use trail that reconnects historical neighborhoods in a
pedestrian friendly environment and also solves longstanding mobility challenges; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Downtown Development Authority of the City of Miami, Florida
("DDA") is a stakeholder of the Project and a member of the Design Advisory Group that has
provided advice and support consistent with the DDA's goals; and
WHEREAS, the City and the DDA have determined that the Project is in the best interest
of visitors and residents of the City and the DDA desires to contribute funds towards the Project
in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ("$50,000.00") ("Contributed Funds"),
pursuant to DDA Resolution No. 036/2018 adopted on December 14, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the City and the DDA wish to execute an Interlocal Agreement
("Agreement"), in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, to accept the Contributed Funds for
completion of the Project;
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.
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Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to accept the Contributed Funds from the
DDA for the Project and to appropriate said funds to OCI Project No. 40-B193621.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized to negotiate and execute an
Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with the DDA, as well as any and all other
necessary documents, all in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purpose.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
_ndez, ity Attor
ey 6/4/2019
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
provis ions.
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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