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Resolution R-26-0158
Legislation
City Hall
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 19019 Final Action Date: 4/9/2026
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PURSUANT TO SECTION 29-B(C) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT OF EASEMENT ("EASEMENT"), IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO FLORIDA POWER &
LIGHT COMPANY, A FLORIDA PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR A PERPETUAL,
TWENTY-FIVE FOOT (25') WIDE NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT CONTAINING
A TOTAL SIZE OF APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR (37,694) SQUARE FEET, AS LEGALLY
DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED (THE
"EASEMENT AREA"), WITHIN A PORTION OF CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY")
OWNED SUBMERGED LANDS IN BISCAYNE BAY, LOCATED BETWEEN THE
KASEYA CENTER AND PORTMIAMI, MIAMI, FLORIDA ("SUBMERGED
LANDS"), FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF
UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC UTILITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING CABLES,
CONDUITS, APPURTENANT EQUIPMENT, AND APPURTENANT ABOVE
GROUND EQUIPMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE EASEMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO
RECONSTRUCT, IMPROVE, ADD TO, ENLARGE, CHANGE THE VOLTAGE
AS WELL AS THE SIZE OF, AND REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF THE FACILITIES
WITHIN SAID EASEMENT AREA.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Damian Pardo
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is owner of the Submerged lands located between
the Kaseya Center and Portmiami, Miami, Florida ("Submerged Lands"); and
WHEREAS, Florida Power & Light Company, a Florida profit corporation ("FPL"), has
requested the grant of a perpetual, twenty-five foot (25') wide non-exclusive easement
("Easement") containing a total size of approximately thirty-seven thousand six hundred ninety-
four (37,694) square feet, within the Submerged Lands, as more particularly described in Exhibit
"A," attached and incorporated ("Easement Area"); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Easement is for the construction, operation, and
maintenance of underground electric distribution facilities to support the PortMiami Shore Power
Program, that allows cruise ships to use electric power from FPL while docked instead of
running diesel generators, which significantly reduces diesel emissions and improves air quality
in Downtown Miami and surrounding communities; and
WHEREAS, the Easement will allow for the construction, installation, operation,
maintenance, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, modification (including changes in
voltage and size), and removal of underground electric distribution facilities, including cables,
conduits, and associated appurtenant underground and above -ground equipment, within the
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Easement Area located on the Submerged Lands ("Intended Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, there will be no cost to the City for installing the proposed underground
electric utility facilities within the Easement Area; and
WHEREAS, the Easement shall be granted to implement a project of a governmental
agency or instrumentality in accordance with Section 29-B(c) of the Charter of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended;
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 Manager is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute the
Easement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in favor of FPL for the Intended Purpose
within the Easement Area located at the Submerged Lands, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Easement.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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'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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