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Resolution R-25-0309
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 17861 Final Action Date: 7/24/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ACCEPT, BUDGET, ALLOCATE, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS
FROM SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($3,500,000.00), PURSUANT TO THE SEOPW CRA'S REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN, REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE LOCAL FUNDING MATCH TO BE
UTILIZED FOR THE PROJECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT, COORDINATION, AND COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT OF
OPEN SPACE RUNNING THROUGH THE SEOPW CRA REDEVELOPMENT
AREA OF THE CITY, UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE 395 ("1-395") BRIDGE,
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE REVEREND EDWARD T. GRAHAM
HERITAGE TRAIL PROJECT, LOCATED BETWEEN NORTHWEST 3RD
AVENUE AND BISCAYNE BAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHICH IS VITAL AND
URGENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL
IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO EFFECTUATE THE
ACCEPTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF SAID FUNDS PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Christine King
WHEREAS, the Interstate 395 ("1-395") Underdeck Project, also known as the Signature
Bridge Project ("Project"), is a transformative public infrastructure and open space initiative that
spans approximately 33 acres and is designed to reconnect the Historic Overtown
neighborhood to Downtown Miami and Biscayne Bay through the construction of the Reverand
Edward T. Graham Heritage Trail, a mile -long, multimodal urban greenway ("Graham Heritage
Trail"); and
WHEREAS, the Project includes key community enhancements such as an
amphitheater, event lawn, children's play area, community plaza, dog play area, multi -use court,
and water features, and is being implemented through a critical partnership between the Florida
Department of Transportation ("FDOT") and the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2024, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-24-
0512, which authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Locally Funded Agreement
("LFA") with FDOT to facilitate the transfer of the City's required contribution for construction of
the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
("SEOPW CRA"), pursuant to terms in its Redevelopment Plan, which provide for the necessity
to create and maintain high -quality open and public spaces, has committed to contribute funds
in an amount not to exceed Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) for
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costs associated with the development, coordination, and community enhancement of open
space running through the redevelopment area of the SEOPW CRA, specifically for construction
costs associated with the Graham Heritage Trail ("Project"), which directly benefits the
community; and
WHEREAS, on July 24, 2025, the Board of Commissioners of the SEOPW CRA adopted
Resolution No. CRA-R-25-0038, which authorized an allocation of an amount not to exceed
Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) ("Funds") to the City for the
Project; and
WHEREAS, execution of the LFA and transfer of funds to FDOT is a condition precedent
to the release of the federal Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant Program
(RCN") award from the U.S Department of Transportation and the advancement of the Project,
and all local match commitments must be fully secured prior to execution of the federal grant
agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City to accept the SEOPW CRA contribution
and allocate the funds for use as a local match for the Project, in order to fulfill federal grant
requirements and advance the development of this vital public infrastructure initiative;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are
adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to accept, budget, allocate, and
appropriate funding from the SEOPW CRA in an amount not to exceed Three Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00), to be utilized solely for the Project, as part of the
required local match for the 1-395 Underdeck and Graham Heritage Trail Project.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
necessary documents, applications, amendments, agreements, or modifications, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, to effectuate the acceptance and administration of said funds
and to fulfill the City's obligations under Resolution No. R-24-01512 and the Locally Funded
Agreement.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
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.
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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