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Resolution
File Number: 16-01265
Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT ENTITLED: "WAGNER
CREEK/SEYBOLD CANAL DREDGING/RESTORATION PROJECT"; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE
APPROPRIATION REIMBURSEMENT GRANT AWARD AND TO APPROPRIATE
FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.00 ("GRANT"), FROM THE
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
("FDEP"), FOR THE WAGNER CREEK/SEYBOLD CANAL
DREDGING/RESTORATION PROJECT ("PROJECT"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FDEP AGREEMENT NO.
S0774, AMENDMENT NO. 2, ("SECOND AMENDED AWARD AGREEMENT"), IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND ANY AMENDMENTS,
MODIFICATIONS, EXTENSIONS, OR RENEWALS THEREOF, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, TO
COMPLY WITH THE SECOND AMENDED AWARD AGREEMENT, AND TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT.
WHEREAS, through an appropriation by the Florida Legislature in the 2016-2017 General
Appropriations Act under Line Item 1600A, the City of Miami ("City") has been awarded a legislative
appropriation reimbursement grant from the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection
("FDEP"), in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 ("Grant"), to implement the Wagner Creek/Seybold
Canal Dredging/Restoration Project ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, previously the City has received an earlier legislative appropriation reimbursement
grant through FDEP, the City and FDEP amended the earlier grant agreement to reflect updates in the
Project, and the City and FDEP now desire to amend further the earlier grant agreement by executing
FDEP Agreement No. S0774, Amendment No. 2 ("Second Amended Award Agreement") in order to
add the new Grant and to further update the timeline for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has previously endorsed the Project by funding and
permitting the design, and the Florida Inland Navigation District has previously awarded three (3)
grants to the City totaling $3.7 million toward the navigable portion of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City has a strong interest in the marine industrial businesses and residential
navigational access in the Project areas, and the dredging and restoration will allow twenty-four (24)
hour maritime access for the Seybold Canal which will increase economic benefits to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Project will improve the environment and promote health by reducing decades
of materials collecting in the Wagner Creek/Seybold Canal, some of which flow into the Miami River
and Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the City Manager to accept the Grant, to establish a new
special revenue project fund for the appropriation of the Grant, and to negotiate and execute, in a form
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acceptable to the City Attorney, the Second Amended Award Agreement with FDEP;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The following new Special Revenue Fund is established and resources are
appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: Wagner Creek/Seybold Canal Dredging/
Restoration Project
RESOURCES: State of Florida, Department of $250,000.00
Environmental Protection
APPROPRIATIONS: Complete the Wagner Creek/Seybold $250,000.00
Canal Dredging/Restoration Project
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to accept a legislative appropriation
reimbursement Grant award and to appropriate funds, in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00, from
the FDEP, for the Project.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized{1 } to negotiate and execute the Second
Amended Award Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, and any amendments,
modifications, extensions, or renewals thereof, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to
accept the Grant, to comply with the Second Amended Award Agreement, and to implement the
Project.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
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Footnotes:
{1} 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 Code provisions.
{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.
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