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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-13568Vop City of Miami W F .. is,.,"�, *'Ir Legislation i 0 R �O Ordinance: 13568 File Number: 15-01126 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Final Action Date: 10/22/2015 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 35/ARTICLE VI, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC/ SILVER BLUFF COMMERCIAL PARKING IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND", MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTIONS 35-253 AND 35-254, TO CREATE ATRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, transit and mobility are challenges currently facing the residents and visitors of the City of Miami ("City"); and WHEREAS, currently, with the existing City -operated trolleys and planned new expanded routes, the City will exhaust its restricted funds to continue trolley operations at some point in 2018; and WHEREAS, the creation of a Transportation Trust Fund will create a dedicated source of revenue for transportation alternatives by requiring that the City budget a certain minimum amount of revenue for said purpose; and WHEREAS, expenditures from the Transportation Trust Fund will require authorization by a supermajority of the City Commission, ensuring the money collected will be spent in the best interest of all the residents of and visitors to the City; and WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to amend the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, ("City Code") to effectuate such a goal; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. Chapter 35/Article VII of the City Code, is amended in the following particulars:{1} "CHAPTER 35 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC ARTICLE VI. SILVER BLUFF COMMERCIAL PARKING IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND City of Miami Page 1 of 3 File Id. 15-01126 (Version: 3) Printed On: 3/29/2018 File Number: 15-01126 Enactment Number: 13568 ARTICLE VII. TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND Sec. 35-253. - Intent. It is intended that the "Transportation Trust Fund" be established in order to facilitate the creation, operation, and maintenance, including capital and operating costs, of mass transit and other transportation facilities within the City, including, but not limited to, fixed mass transit routes, the City's trolley system, waterborne mass transit, and public parking garages for transit enhancement purposes. It is further intended that the Transportation Trust Fund money may be expended as the City's share of the cost of an eligible project undertaken or developed by other governmental entities or through a public-private partnership. Sec. 35-254. - Trust fund payments. (a) Capital contribution. No less than twenty percent (20%) of any unrestricted one-time cash Payments to the City of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) or more, including, but not limited to, payments received through lease re -negotiations, money judgments from lawsuits, audit findings, or any other lump sum payments, shall be reserved in this Trust Fund for capital or acquisition costs associated with mass transit. The one-time payments for purposes of this Section shall not include reasonable costs and any capital replacement costs associated with the transaction that resulted in the receipt of the one-time cash payment. Additionally, twenty percent (20%) of all unrestricted cash contributions to the Public Benefits Trust Fund, as defined in Chapter 62, Article XIV of the City Code and Section 3.14 of the Miami 21 Code, the zoning ordinance of the City, as amended, shall be reserved for the same Trust Fund purpose, with the exception of the cash contributions to the Public Benefit Trust Fund for affordable/workforce housing as defined in Section 62-642(c) of the City Code and Section 3.14.4(a)(3) of the Miami 21 Code. If any unrestricted one-time cash payment to the City of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) or more is to be paid in installments, the capital contribution shall be no less than twenty percent (20%) of each installment as it is received by the City. These funds may be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year. Operation and maintenance contribution. Each fiscal year, no less than one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the City's general fund operating budget shall be reserved in this Trust Fund for operation and maintenance costs associated with mass transit. These funds shall, to the extent possible to meet the one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) minimum, primarily consist of transportation related restricted funds eligible for said purpose not already allocated for other expenditures. The Administration shall look to earmarked transportation funding, inclusive of Local Option Gas Tax ("LOGT") funding. These funds may be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year. (c) Garage contribution. All funds collected through parking ratio reductions pursuant to Article 4, Table 4 of the Miami 21 Code, as amended, shall be reserved in this Trust Fund for capital or acquisition costs associated with the creation of new public parking garages operated by the Department of Off -Street Parking. These funds may be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year. Expenditures. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as limiting the ability to reserve funds in excess of the abovementioned minimums. Expenditures from this Trust Fund shall require a 4/5ths vote of the entire membership of the City Commission upon a written recommendation from the City Manager. This Ordinance shall not be construed to take funds from any of the established parking trust funds in this Article. City of Miand Page 2 of 3 File Id. 15-01126 (Version: 3) Printed On: 3/29/2018 File Number: 15-01126 Enactment Number: 13568 Secs. 35-255-35-280. - Reserved. ARTICLE VIII. PRIVATE PARKING LOTS ARTICLE V441X. VALET PARKING ARTICLE IX. - PARKING FACILITIES SURCHARGE ARTICLE XI. - DANGEROUS INTERSECTION SAFETY ARTICLE XII. - COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS * * * *If Section 2. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of the Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected. Section 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor. {2} Footnotes: {1I Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material. {2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10) calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date stated herein, whichever is later. City of Miami Page 3 of 3 File Id. 15-01126 (Version: 3) Printed On: 3/29/2018