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Resolution R-17-0013
File Number: 1345
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 1/12/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AFTER A PUBLIC
HEARING, MAKING FINDINGS AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 89-211,
ADOPTED FEBRUARY 23, 1989, THAT PROVIDED FOR THE PERMANENT
PROHIBITION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS TO SOUTHWEST 33RD AVENUE
SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH SOUTHWEST 21ST STREET, IN THE
CORAL GATE NEIGHBORHOOD, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CONDITIONED UPON
ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT ALL TIMES THROUGH THE
PERMANENT BARRICADE, AND SUBSTITUTING THIS NEW RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR THE PERMANENT PROHIBITION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS
TO SOUTHWEST 33RD AVENUE SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH
SOUTHWEST 21ST STREET, IN THE CORAL GATE NEIGHBORHOOD, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, WITHOUT CONDITIONS AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREIN,
SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TRAFFIC
DIRECTOR; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PLACE AND ERECT A
WALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AT THE
BARRICADE LOCATION; FURTHER DIRECTING THAT ACCESS FOR
PEDESTRIANS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL TIMES THROUGH THE WALL;
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION
TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TRAFFIC DIRECTOR.
WHEREAS, on February 23, 1989, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 89-211
directing the permanent prohibition of vehicular access to Southwest 33rd Avenue south of its
intersection with Southwest 21 st Street, in the Coral Gate neighborhood, Miami, Florida, subject
to certain conditions; and
WHEREAS, Section 54-16 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
empowers the City Commission to prohibit vehicular access in accordance with its provisions;
and
WHEREAS, a condition of approval of the prohibition of vehicular access was that
access for emergency vehicles be provided at all times through the barricade; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") Fire -Rescue Department has subsequently
opened the Shenandoah Fire -Rescue facility temporarily located at 2511 Southwest 19th Street,
Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the new fire -rescue facility provides improved emergency service to the
Coral Gate neighborhood, thereby changing the conditions under which the barricade was
originally approved; and
WHEREAS, the City's Public Works, Police, Fire -Rescue and Solid Waste Departments
have re-evaluated the effects of the permanent vehicular access restriction upon their
respective operations based on the changed conditions and have expressed no objection to the
elimination of the condition that access for emergency vehicles be provided at all times through
the barricade located across Southwest 33rd Avenue south of its intersection with Southwest
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21 st Street, Miami, Florida, and the Department of Public Works concurs and has initiated this
request; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to due public notice, a public hearing is scheduled before the City
Commission regarding any objections to the rescinding of Resolution No. 89-211 thereby
eliminating the condition that access for emergency vehicles be provided at all times through the
barricade located across Southwest 33rd Avenue south of its intersection with Southwest 21 st
Street, Miami, Florida, and passing this Resolution prohibiting vehicular access as provided
herein;
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 Commission, after a public hearing making findings hereby rescinds
Resolution No. 89-211, adopted February 23, 1989, that provided for the permanent prohibition
of vehicular access to Southwest 33rd Avenue south of its intersection with Southwest 21 st
Street, in the Coral Gate neighborhood, Miami, Florida, conditioned upon access for emergency
vehicles at all times through the permanent barricade, and substituting this new Resolution
providing for the permanent prohibition of vehicular access to Southwest 33rd Avenue south of
its intersection with Southwest 21st Street, in the Coral Gate neighborhood, Miami, Florida,
without the emergency vehicle access condition, and pursuant to the terms herein, subject to
the approval of the Miami -Dade County Traffic Director.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to place and erect a wall across the entire
width of the right-of-way at the permanent barricade location across Southwest 33rd Avenue
south of its intersection with Southwest 21 st Street, in the Coral Gate neighborhood in the City
of Miami, Florida.
Section 4. The Miami City Commission further directs that pedestrian access be
provided at all times through the wall across Southwest 33rd Avenue south of its intersection
with Southwest 21 st Street, Miami, Florida.
Section 5. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Miami -
Dade County Traffic Director.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
' 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.
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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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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i ria i ' ndez, City Attor ey 12/28/2016
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