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Resolution R-25-0349
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 18057 Final Action Date: 9/11/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A COORDINATED TRAIL AND PUBLIC REALM
OVERSIGHT PROCESS TO ADVANCE THE MIAMI LOOP, SIGNATURE
GREENWAYS, AND CONNECTED CIVIC SPACES; DESIGNATING A
CENTRAL CITY COORDINATOR; REQUIRING MONTHLY STATUS
REPORTS; AND DIRECTING THE CREATION OF A QUARTERLY
ROUNDTABLE TO DEVELOP A SHARED APPROACH FOR CONNECTIVITY,
PRIORITIZATION, AND COLLABORATION.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Damian Pardo, Commissioner Ralph "Rafael" Rosado,
Commissioner Christine King
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is rapidly growing and facing greater mobility,
livability, and resilience challenges, requiring creative approaches that improve connectivity
across neighborhoods and strengthen public access to waterfronts, parks, and civic
destinations; and
WHEREAS, the Miami LOOP —a 223-mile regional trail system —along with key
greenway corridors and civic spaces, represents a transformational opportunity to advance
transportation alternatives, equity, and economic vitality in Miami; and
WHEREAS, priority trail projects intersecting the City include:
• Atlantic Greenway
• Biscayne —Everglades Greenway
• Black Creek Trail
• East Coast Greenway
• Flagler Trail
• M-Path (The Underline)
• Ludlam Trail
• Miami River Greenway
• Rickenbacker Trail (Plan Z)
• Snake Creek Trail
• South Dade Trail; and
WHEREAS, other signature civic spaces — including Bayfront Park, Maurice A. Ferre
Park, the Baywalk, and the future Underdeck — represent high -value public assets that should
be fully integrated into the trail and greenway system to ensure accessibility, connectivity, and a
world -class public realm for residents and visitors; and
WHEREAS, at present these projects are managed separately, by multiple agencies and
departments, which results in overlap, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities for coordination
and funding; and
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WHEREAS, the City has a responsibility to its residents to coordinate across projects so
they deliver maximum impact, equity, and value;
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.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby finds and affirms that the Miami LOOP, its
connected greenways, and its civic spaces are critical priorities for mobility, resilience, equity,
public health, and economic growth, and commits to coordinated leadership to realize these
projects as a unified network.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby directed and authorized to establish, provide
funding for, and appoint a Trail and Civic Space Coordinator ("Coordinator") to serve as the
central point of accountability for all trail, greenway, and related civic space projects intersecting
with the City of Miami.
Section 4. The City Manager is further directed to provide that all City departments
engaged in trail or Civic Space projects —including Parks and Recreation, Transportation and
Public Works, Capital Improvements, and Waterfront Development —shall submit monthly
updates on status, expenditures, timelines, and challenges to the Coordinator.
Section 5. The City Manager is further directed to include, among the duties of the
Coordinator, the convening of a Quarterly Miami Connectivity Roundtable, bringing together City
staff, Miami -Dade County representatives, partner agencies, and stakeholders. The Roundtable
will:
a. Share updates across trail and civic space projects;
b. Identify overlaps, interdependencies, and opportunities for synergy;
c. Develop a shared approach to connectivity across trail corridors and civic spaces,
including the Atlantic Greenway, Biscayne —Everglades Greenway, Black Creek Trail,
East Coast Greenway, Flagler Trail, M-Path (The Underline), Ludlam Trail, Miami
River Greenway, Rickenbacker Trail, Snake Creek Trail, South Dade Trail, Bayfront
Park, Maurice A. Ferre Park, the Baywalk, and the future Underdeck.
Section 6. The City Manager is further directed to ensure that quarterly public -facing
summaries of the Quarterly Miami Connectivity Roundatlbe's progress are published on the
City's website, and that underserved communities are meaningfully engaged in planning and
decision -making.
Section 7. The City Manager is further directed to present an Annual Miami Connectivity
Report to the City Commission, outlining progress, challenges, and opportunities for continued
collaboration and investment.
Section 8. This Resolution shall become effectively immediately upon its adoption.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wy j ng III, C y tor -y 10/20/2025
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