HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit ARESOLUTION NO. 022/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIAMI DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
ALLOCATING UP TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) OVER A FOUR-
YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 TO THE FLAGLER
STREET BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR
ADDITIONAL COSTS RELATED TO A PROPOSED REDESIGN, SUBJECT TO
COMMITTED FUNDING FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
MIAMI AS WELL AS REVIEW BY THE FLAGLER STREET TASK FORCE.
WHEREAS, one of the 2025 Downtown Miami Master Plan's goals is to "create great streets and
community spaces" including recommendations to "support public realm improvements between
downtown and adjacent neighborhoods and to `orient streets towards pedestrians' needs and
preferences'"; and
WHEREAS, one of the 2025 Downtown Miami Master Plan's goals is to "redevelop Flagler Street
into Miami's pedestrian oriented main street"; and
WHEREAS, the Flagler Street Task Force ("FTSF") has been meeting since June 2011 and initiated
the Flagler Street Beautification and Reconstruction Project ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, as an economic development agency, the Miami Downtown Development Authority
of the City of Miami, Florida ("Miami DDA") views the reconstruction of Flagler Street as both a
transportation project and a critical economic development project that will create jobs and act as a catalyst
for further redevelopment and revitalization of Downtown Miami, the City of Miami ("City"), and Miami -
Dade County ("County"); and
WHEREAS, the City is ultimately responsible for the construction related to the Project; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Miami DDA passed a resolution
approving "the Flagler Streetscape Design Plan by the Curtis + Rogers design firm;" and
WHEREAS, after the City terminated the first contractor for the Project, the Miami DDA, on July
21, 2017, endorsed the FSTF's recommendation of Lanzo Construction as the new contractor to take over
"the remaining nine (9) phases of the Beautification and Reconstruction Project in the most efficient and
least disruptive manner to complete the project;" and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the first 90 day pause, the FSTF passed a motion requesting that
the City delay the execution of the contract with Lanzo Construction for an additional ninety (90) days
while Mana MIAMI, the City, and the Miami DDA determined in detail how the capital and maintenance
cost differential would be funded and the impacts of such changes on the timeline, which was approved
by the Board of Directors of the Miami DDA via Resolution 006/2018 adopted on February 16, 2018 and
Resolution 018/2018 adopted on May 18, 2018; and
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WHEREAS, the new design and subsequent modifications to the Project will add approximately
$10.3 million to the Project's costs; and
WHEREAS, as detailed in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated, the City has committed
additional funds to facilitate the new design and subsequent modifications to the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor Carlos Gimenez has committed additional funds from the County to
facilitate the new design and subsequent modifications to the Project subject to approval by the Board of
County Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Miami DDA Board hereby agrees to contribute up to
$1 million over a four-year period for the new design and subsequent modifications to the Project subject
to full funding from the City and the County as well as review by the FSTF;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
MIAMI DDA:
Section 1. The recitals are true and correct and are adopted by reference and incorporated as
if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Board of Directors of the Miami DDA approves an allocation of up to one
million dollars ($1,000,000.00) over a four-year period beginning in Fiscal Year 2018-2019 to the Project
for additional costs related to the proposed redesign subject to committed funding from the County and
the City as well as review by the FSTF.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective inunediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 15th day of June, 2018.
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Secretary to the Board of Directors
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Alyce . Ro ertson, Executive Director
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