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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF DADE COUNTY TO REVISE
SECTION 32A-7 OF THE DADE COUNTY CODE TO
PROVIDE FOR TIIE CONSENT OF CITY OFFICIALS
IN THE LOCATION OF WATER AND SEWER MAINS
THAT ARE PLACED UNDERGROUND WITHIN THE CITY
PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY; THE CITY AGREEING TO
COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE MIAMI-DADE WATER AND
SEWER AUTHORITY, ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
ENGINEERING STAFF IN DETERMINING THE PROPER
LOCATIONS FOR SAID UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES,
AND CONTINUING TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE UNDERGROUND
RECORDS WITHOUT COMPENSATION FROM THE MIAMI-DADE
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY.
REscLt1TtoN No.75441.02010 es f'/1
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WHEREAS, Section 7 of Chapter 32A of the Dade County
Code states that the Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Authority shall have
full power and authority to acquire, purchase, own, use, hire, lease,
operate and dispose of real property and personal property and of
any interest therein, rights of way and easements upon, in, along
or across any public street, road or highway of any municipal corpor-
ation, county, district or other political subdivision of the State
of Florida, without its consent, for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining or operating water mains, sewer lines, waterworks,
water and sewage treatment plants and railroad tracks that shall be
necessary in the judgment of the Authority (emphasis added); and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami presently has the authority
to determine the location of public utilities that are placed under-
ground within the City of Miami limits and may reserve for future
use underground locations within the public rights of way needed
for the future construction of gravity sanitary sewer lines; and
WHEREAS, underground utilities must be planned for in
advance and the efficient use of this vital underground area is
dependent upon judicious control by a single agency in the location
of these lines; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has always cooperated with
Miami Dade Water and Sewer Authority in the placement of these
lines and that the City Of Miami desires to continue with its
long standing cooperation in the future location of water and
sewer mains; and
WHEREAS, the City desires '»through cooperative planning
with the Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Authority to prevent the un-
necessary expense of relocating large water mains when they may
interfere with the progressive construction of gravity sanitary
sewers within the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Department of Public Works
is the custodian of all of the records of existing underground
utilities within the street rights of way in the City of Miami and
is capable of judiciously assigning the underground areas where
future water mains and/or interceptors and force mains could be
placed without jeopardizing the efficient construction of other
utilities in said underground; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has granted by vote of the
electorate franchises for private utilities who must share this
underground area with the Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Authority
underground utilities; and
WHEREAS, the Dade County Code, Chapter 32A1that
establishes the Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Authority nullifies the
following sections of the City of Miami Code:
Sec. 2-82.1. Duty of the Director of Public Works to
establish minimum standards for public works.
Sec. 54-13. Removal of utility facilities to permit
improvement of streets, etc.
Sec. 54-17. Permit fees for street excavation, underground,
utility service connection excavation.
Sec. 54-25. Grades for street utilities, trees, etc.
Sec. 54-26. Sewers, conduits, etc., to be laid before
city paved street.
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NOW, THEREPOREI BE IT RESOLVED VED BY THE COMMISSION OP
THE CITY OP MIAMI , FLORI DA :
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Dade
County is hereby requested to revise Section 32A-7 of the Dade
County Code to provide for the consent of City Officials in
the location of water and sewer mains that are placed underground
within the city public rights of way, with the understanding
that the city agrees to cooperate fully with the Miami -Dade
Water and Sewer Authority, its Executive Director and Engineering
Staff in determining the proper location for said underground
utility lines.
Section 2. The City of Miami will continue to make
available to the public, information pertaining to the under-
ground records without compensation from the Miami -Dade Water
and Sewer Authority.
Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby requested to send
a copy of this resolution to the Dade County Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED thi s Z / ay of
1974.
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
Mikele Carter
Assistant City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ohn S. Lloyd
ity Attorney
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ITEM NO-.3-3.
CITY COMMISSION
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