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File ID: #17614
Date: 05/07/2025
Commission Meeting Date: 06/17/2025
Requesting Department: Department of
Resilience and Public Works
Sponsored By: Christine King
District Impacted: District 5
Type: Resolution
Subject: Direct CM - Install Traffic Calming Devices - D5
Purpose of Item:
A resolution of the Miami City Commission, with attachment(s), after a duly noticed
public hearing, authorizing and directing the City Manager to take any and all action(s)
necessary to expeditiously request the Miami -Dade County Department of
Transportation and Public Works ("DTPW') consider the proposed traffic flow
modifications and waive the required resident concurrence and exempt the balloting
process in order to expeditiously proceed with the design and construction of traffic
calming devices at ten (10) locations in the residential District 5 neighborhoods, as more
particularly described in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated; directing the City Clerk
to send a certified copy of this resolution to the DTPW Director.
Background of Item:
Several locations in the City of Miami's ("City") District 5 residential neighborhoods are
experiencing significant cut -through traffic and speeding during rush hour periods. Such
cut -through traffic and speeding on local residential streets that are not designed for
such volume diminishes residents' quality of life. In order to alleviate these issues, the
City proposes to install ten (10) traffic calming devices at these locations in the
residential District 5 neighborhoods, as described in Exhibit "A," attached and
incorporated, that experience significant cut -through traffic and speeding during morning
and afternoon rush hour periods. Section 1.6a of the Miami -Dade County Traffic Flow
Modification(s)/Street Closure(s) Procedure, as revised by the Miami -Dade County
Public Works Department ("PWD") Traffic Engineering Division in January 2009,
attached and incorporated as Exhibit "B" ("County Procedure"), requires concurrence
from the affected residents and/ or property owners. Section 1.7c of the County
Procedure further states: "Municipal Jurisdictions: In lieu of concurrence from the
affected residents and/or property owners, a municipality may pass a resolution after a
public hearing requesting PWD to consider the proposed traffic flow
modification(s)/street closure(s)". In order to expeditiously address the above, the City
desires to hold a public hearing in lieu of resident/property owner concurrence through
balloting. Although the City is adopting this Resolution after a public hearing in lieu of
concurrence, it is the intent of the City, to the best of its ability, to seek concurrence
from the residential properties whose frontage directly abuts the proposed traffic
calming devices, as are more particularly described in Exhibit "A". In lieu of concurrence
from the affected residents and/or property owners, the City Commission finds it in the
best interest of the City and its residents to pass a resolution after a public hearing
requesting PWD/DTPW to consider the proposed traffic flow modification(s)/street
closure(s).
Budget Impact Analysis
Item is NOT Related to Revenue
Item has NOT an Expenditure
Total Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Department of Resilience and Public
Review Completed
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Management and Budget
City Manager's Office
City Manager's Office
Legislative Division
City Manager's Office
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
City Commission
City Commission
City Commission
Office of the City Clerk
Reviewed B
Works
05/07/2025 1:05 PM
Luis Hernandez -Torres
Marie Gouin
Asael Marrero
Natasha Colebrook -Williams
Valentin J Alvarez
Arthur Noriega V
Patricia Arias
George K. Wysong III
Todd B. Hannon
Nicole Ewan
Maricarmen Lopez
City Clerk's Office
Juvenal Santana
Budget Analyst Review
Budget Review
Assistant City Manager Review
Deputy City Manager Review
Legislative Division Review
City Manager Review
ACA Review
Approved Form and Correctness
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-25-0203
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 17614 Final Action Date:6/17/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AFTER A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTION(S) NECESSARY TO
EXPEDITIOUSLY REQUEST THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS ("DTPW') CONSIDER THE PROPOSED
TRAFFIC FLOW MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVE THE REQUIRED RESIDENT
CONCURRENCE AND EXEMPT THE BALLOTING PROCESS IN ORDER TO
EXPEDITIOUSLY PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF
TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AT TEN (10) LOCATIONS IN THE RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS OF DISTRICT 5, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
SEND A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE DTPW DIRECTOR.
WHEREAS, several locations in the City of Miami's ("City") District 5 residential
neighborhoods are experiencing significant cut -through traffic and speeding during rush hour
periods; and
WHEREAS, such cut -through traffic and speeding on local residential streets that are not
designed for such volume diminishes residents' quality of life; and
WHEREAS, in addition to quality -of -life problems such as noise and general congestion,
such cut -through traffic and speeding creates significant life -safety risks as residential streets
are narrower than nearby arterial roadways, increasing the risk of vehicular accidents, including
those involving pedestrians; and
WHEREAS, those driver who cut -through residential neighborhoods during rush hour
traffic tend to disobey posted speed limits and signage to gain an advantage over using arterial
roadways meant for such traffic; and
WHEREAS, in order to alleviate these issues, the City proposes to install ten (10) traffic
calming devices at these locations in the residential neighborhoods, as described in Exhibit "A,"
attached and incorporated, that experience significant cut -through traffic and speeding during
morning and afternoon rush hour periods; and
WHEREAS, Section 1.6 of the Miami -Dade County Traffic Flow Modification(s)/Street
Closure(s) Procedure, as revised by the Miami -Dade County Public Works Department ("PWD")
Traffic Engineering Division in January 2009, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "B" ("County
Procedure"), requires concurrence from the affected residents and/ or property owners; and
WHEREAS, Section 1.6 of the County Procedure further states: "Municipal Jurisdictions:
In lieu of concurrence from the affected residents and/or property owners, a municipality may
pass a resolution after a public hearing requesting PWD [now known as the Miami -Dade County
Department of Transportation and Public Works ('DTPW)] to consider the proposed traffic flow
modification(s)/street closure(s);" and
WHEREAS, in order to expeditiously address the aforementioned quality of life and life -
safety issues, the City desires to install the ten (10) traffic calming devices, as more particularly
described in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated, in designated residential neighborhoods of
District 5 without delay by holding a public hearing in lieu of resident/property owner
concurrence through balloting; and
WHEREAS, although the City is adopting this Resolution after a public hearing in lieu of
concurrence, it is the intent of the City, to the best of its ability, to seek concurrence from the
residential properties whose frontage directly abuts the proposed traffic calming devices, as are
more particularly described in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated; and
WHEREAS, in lieu of concurrence from the affected residents and/or property owners,
the City Commission finds it in the best interest of the City and its residents to pass a resolution
after a public hearing requesting PWD/DTPW to consider the proposed traffic flow
modification(s)/street closure(s) as described in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission, after a duly noticed public hearing, authorizes' and
directs the City Manager to take all actions necessary to expeditiously request that DTPW
consider the proposed traffic flow modifications at the following ten (10) locations within District
5, as more particularly described in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated, in order to
expeditiously proceed with design and construction of the traffic calming devices:
1. Northwest Sixth Avenue between Northwest Forty -Fourth Street and Northwest
Forty -Fifth Street.
2. Northwest Sixth Avenue between Northwest Forty -Second Street and Northwest
Forty -Third Street.
3. Northwest Fortieth Street between Fifth Avenue and Northwest Sixth Avenue.
4. Northeast First Place and Northeast Eighty -Second Terrace.
5. Northeast Eighty -Second Street and Northeast First Place.
6. Northwest Second Avenue and Northwest Sixty -Ninth Street.
7. Northwest Second Court and Northwest Sixty -Ninth Street.
8. Northwest Sixty -Ninth Street between Northwest Second Court and Northwest
Third Avenue.
9. Northwest Fourth Avenue and Northwest Sixty -Ninth Street.
10. Northwest Fiftieth Street between Northwest Twelfth Avenue and Northwest
Fifteenth Avenue.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to send a certified copy of this Resolution to the
Director of Miami -Dade County's Department of Transportation and Public Works.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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