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File ID: #18417
Date: 10/24/2025
Commission Meeting Date: 10/23/2025
Requesting Department: Office of the City
Clerk
Sponsored By: Francis Suarez
District Impacted:
Type: Resolution
Subject: Miami -Dade County Transportation Planning Organization
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-25-0447
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 18417 Final Action Date:10/23/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING COMMISSIONER
DAMIAN PARDO AS A MEMBER OF THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED
HEREIN.
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Transportation Planning Organization (the "TPO"),
formerly the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Miami Urbanized Area, is the federally
designated metropolitan planning organization for Miami -Dade County, created and established
by Interlocal Agreement pursuant to the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act, section 163.01,
Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, Section 339.176, Florida Statutes, provides that any metropolitan planning
organization whose geographical boundaries include a county, must include an additional voting
member appointed by each city with a population of 50,000 or more residents, thereby entitling
the City of Miami to appoint a voting member to the TPO Governing Board; and
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2021, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-21-
0509 appointing Mayor Francis Suarez to serve as the City's representative to the TPO for a
four-year term ending December 9, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Francis Suarez plans to voluntarily resign from the TPO Governing
Board, creating a vacancy for the City -appointed seat; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to appoint Commissioner Damian Pardo to
serve as the City's representative for the remainder of the current term ending December 9,
2025, and to serve the following four-year term ending December 9, 2029;
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. Commissioner Damian Pardo is hereby appointed as a member of the Miami -
Dade County Transportation Planning Organization to fill the current vacancy and complete the
remaining term of Mayor Francis Suarez, ending December 9, 2025, and is further appointed to
serve the subsequent four-year term ending December 9, 2029.
APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY:
Commissioner Damian Pardo Commission -At -Large
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: