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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Cover PageG��Y °F, New AGENDA ITEM COVER PAGE File ID: #3362 Resolution Sponsored by: Mayor Francis Suarez, Commissioner Manolo Reyes A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM FOR HOLIDAY LANDSCAPE LIGHTING TO ENHANCE SIGNATURE CORRIDORS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON BY INSTALLING DECORATIVE LIGHTING ALONG CERTAIN ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND ANALYZING THE COSTS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM TO REVIEW FURTHER LOCATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM; ALLOCATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000.00 FROM ACCOUNT NO. 00001.980000.548000. File Number: 3362 City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-17-0591 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Final Action Date:12/14/2017 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM FOR HOLIDAY LANDSCAPE LIGHTING TO ENHANCE SIGNATURE CORRIDORS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON BY INSTALLING DECORATIVE LIGHTING ALONG CERTAIN ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND ANALYZING THE COSTS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM TO REVIEW FURTHER LOCATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM; ALLOCATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000.00 FROM ACCOUNT NO. 00001.980000.548000. WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has received numerous requests to enhance certain roadways with holiday landscape lighting including but not limited to Brickell Avenue, Coral Way, United States Route 1 ("US -1"), Martin Luther King Boulevard, and Northwest 17th Avenue, Miami, Florida; and WHEREAS, the City Administration seeks authorization to install holiday landscape lighting on the US -1 corridor, or portions thereof, and the Coral Way corridor, between Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest 37th Avenue, to gauge public response and analyze costs for the possible expansion to additional roadways in the future ("Pilot Program"); and WHEREAS, the Pilot Program will be executed through the City's existing Citywide Street Lighting Design, Installations, Repairs and Maintenance Contract with funding for the Pilot Program in the amount of $55,000.00 to be allocated from Account No. 00001.980000.548000; and WHEREAS, should the Pilot Program be extended to additional roadways, the City will seek future funding from outside agencies, such as the Florida Department of Transportation (TDOT"), to reduce financial impacts to the City; 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 authorized' to establish a Pilot Program for holiday landscape lighting to enhance signature corridors during the holiday season by installing decorative lighting along certain roadways within the City through the City's existing Citywide Street Lighting Design, Installations, Repairs, and Maintenance Contract and analyzing the costs of the Pilot Program to review further locations for inclusion in the program. Section 3. Funding in the amount of $55,000.00 is to be allocated from Account No. 00001.980000.548000. ' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code provisions. Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.2 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: 1 ria ndez, ity ttor ey 121512017 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.