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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-74-0455E ': gg 6/12/74 RESOLUTION No. 4.- A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH ADVERTISING FOR BIDS FOR THE GLENROYAL SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM: THE SOUTH PINEMOUNT SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM AND THE GARDEN SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH CONSTRUC- TIONS WILL PROCEED WITHOUT AWAITING FINAL ACTION ON THE CITY'S APPLICA- TION FOR A GRANT OF FEDERAL FUNDS UNDER P.L. 92-500. WHEREAS, the City of Miami has made application to the Environmental Protection Agency for federal grants for proposed sanitary sewer improvements for the Glenroyal Sanitary Sewer Improvement System, the South Pinemount Sanitary Sewer Improvement System and the Garden Sanitary Sewer Improvement System; and WHEREAS, Glenroyal, South Pinemount and Garden Sanitary Sewer Improvements were requested to be granted $6,975,000 had sufficient federal funds been made available; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida Department of Pollution Control has given the City of Miami applications for federal grants for the above -mentioned projects a very low priority, listing more than 140 projects to be funded first; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami has committed to be construct- ed in the 1974-75 Capital Improvements Program the three above - mentioned sanitary sewer improvements and that waiting for federal funds would have the effect of stopping the City of Miami's sanitary sewer Capital Imprpvement Program; and WHEREAS, the cost of construction is continuing to spiral upward and those costs have to be borne by the taxpayers and pro- perty owners of the City of Miami; and CITY COMMISSION J U N i a 1974 "DOCUMENT INDEX RESOLE, „�:; •* yet: ITEM N0. REMARKS WHEREAS, the federal regulations provide that when con- atruction has been initiated by the applicant, no reimburssft grants will be permitted ei.cept under eXtraordinary conditions; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to proceed with advertising for bids for construction of Glenroyal Sanitary Sewer Improvement,'South Pinemount Sanitary Sewer Improvement, and Garden Sanitary Sewer Improvement, which bids are to be submitted to the City Commission for opening and the awarding of contracts to the successful bidders to proceed with the 1974-75 Capital Improvement Program construction schedule for these projects, provided the costs of the proposal submitted are not more than the funds available for construction of subject projects. PASSED AND ADOPTED this /.3 day of 1974. PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: 3--)ct QIN* FRANK H. WESTON Assistant to Director Law Department APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: BM S. " LLOYD ity Attorney - 2 -