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Resolution: R-16-0346
File Number: 16-01060
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 7/20/2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF WHETHER
THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") MARINAS DIVISION SHOULD OPERATE,
DEVELOP, AND MANAGE A NEW CITY MARINA ON VIRGINIA KEY AS
DESCRIBED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") aims to provide its residents, visitors, and guests with all
expected municipal services as well as the opportunity to engage in recreational, sporting, and
hobbyist activities through the provision of facilities for said activities; and
WHEREAS, recreational boating, fishing, sailing, rowing, and canoeing have all been part of
the City's history dating back to Commodore Ralph Munroe, who was an avid boat builder, sailor, and
naturalist; and
WHEREAS, the City's marinas are provided for and recognized in Chapter 50, Article V of the
Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), entitled "City Marinas"; and
WHEREAS, Section 50-221 of the City Code provides, in part, that the "City marinas have
been designed and built by the City primarily in order to afford the local and cruising yachtsmen
appropriate facilities and accommodations, and secondarily to provide convenient and appropriate
commercial vessel facilities for the pleasure and service of both citizens of Miami and tourists," and
provides that "the berthing, docking, anchoring or mooring of vessels, and other activities and
operations at City marinas shall be in conformance with reasonable regulations of the City Manager";
and
WHEREAS, the City, by and through its Marinas Division, successfully operates Miami
Miamarina near Bayside, Dinner Key Marina, and Marine Stadium Marina, as well as mooring facilities
within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission directs the City Manager, with the full use of the City's
resources at the City Manager's disposal, to undertake a study and report back to the City
Commission whether the City, through its own staff and personnel, would find it economically and
operationally viable to operate, develop, and manage a new City Marina, inclusive of a modern state
of the art marina and restaurant destination inclusive of an ancillary ship's store facility for City
residents, tourists, patrons, guests, and visitors at combined City -owned properties consisting of
approximately 26.65 acres located at 3301, 3605, 3501, 3311, and 3511 Rickenbacker Causeway,
Virginia Key, Miami, Florida, inclusive as to whether it would be feasible for the City itself to undertake
this enterprise;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
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File Number: 16-01060
Enactment Number: R-16-0346
Section 1. The recitals and finding 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 directed to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of whether
the City's Marinas Division should operate, develop, and manage a new City marina on Virginia Key
as described herein.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor. {1}
Footnotes:
{1} 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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