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Resolution: R-19-0137
File Number: 5557
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 4/11/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY"), THE
CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), AND THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ("MIAMI BEACH")
(COLLECTIVELY, "PARTIES"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM
("AGREEMENT"), ESTABLISHING A MULTI -AGENCY PARTNERSHIP TO
ADVANCE EFFORTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE COUNTY'S STRATEGIC
MIAMI AREA RAPID TRANSIT ("SMART") PLAN IDENTIFYING THE BEACH
CORRIDOR DIRECT CONNECTION PROJECT ("PROJECT") AS ONE (1) OF
SIX (6) RAPID TRANSIT PRIORITY CORRIDORS; PROVIDING FOR
IMPROVED REGIONAL MOBILITY BETWEEN THE CITY'S URBAN CORE
AND MIAMI BEACH VIA THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY; DEFINING THE
GEOGRAPHIC LIMITS FROM 5 STREET AND ALTON ROAD IN MIAMI BEACH
TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER IN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN, PART OF
THE CITY'S STREETCAR ALIGNMENT FROM THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN TO
ITS MIDTOWN, AND FROM 5 STREET IN MIAMI BEACH TO THE MIAMI
BEACH CONVENTION CENTER; AND PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL, PLANNING, AND ENGINEERING STUDIES, HAVING A
TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS
($10,000,000.00), WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
("FDOT") CONTRIBUTING FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00), OR
FIFTY PERCENT (50%), THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTING THREE MILLION
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,750,000.00), OR THIRTY
SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT (37.5%), IN CHARTER COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION SURTAX FUNDS, WITH THE REMAINING BALANCE OF
ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,250,000.00),
OR TWELVE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT (12.5%), FUNDED BY EACH OF THE
PARTIES IN THREE (3) EQUAL AMOUNTS OF FOUR HUNDRED
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($417,000.00), OR FOUR AND SEVEN -
TENTHS PERCENT (4.7%) EACH, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2016, Miami -Dade County ("County"), the City of Miami ("City"),
and the City of Miami Beach ("Miami Beach") (collectively, "Parties") and the Florida Department
of Transportation (TDOT") executed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") for continuing
efforts to improve regional mobility between the City's urban core and Miami Beach via the
MacArthur Causeway; and
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WHEREAS, the Parties recognize the importance of entering into a multi -agency
partnership pursuant to an Interlocal Agreement ("Agreement"), in substantially the attached
form, to advance efforts in connection with the County's Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit
("SMART") Plan adopted by the Board of County Commissioners which identifies the Beach
Corridor Direct Connection Project ("Project"), as defined in the Agreement, as one (1) of six (6)
rapid transit priority corridors for the completion of environmental, planning, and engineering
studies, as further described in the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to continue the efforts already underway to improve
regional mobility within the geographic limits of the Project, which include the City and Miami
Beach, and are defined by the Federal New Starts Study Project being funded through the MOU
from 5 Street at Alton Road in Miami Beach to the Government Center in the City's Downtown,
part of the City's streetcar alignment from the City's Downtown to its Midtown, and from 5 Street
in Miami Beach to the Miami Beach Convention Center; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Parties agree to fund the Environmental,
Planning, and Engineering Studies, having a total estimated cost for the TIER 2 Study of Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00), with FDOT providing Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), or
Fifty Percent (50%) of the Project funding, the County providing Three Million Seven Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($3,750,000.00), or Thirty Seven and One -Half Percent (37.5%), in
Charter County Transportation Surtax Funds for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Parties agree to fund the remaining One Million Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000.00), or Twelve and One -Half Percent (12.5%), of the Project
funding in three (3) equal amounts of Four Hundred Seventeen Thousand Dollars
($417,000.00), or Four and Seven -Tenths Percent (4.7%) each, subject to budgetary approval;
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 execute the Agreement with the Parties,
in substantially the attached form, establishing a multi -agency partnership to advance efforts in
connection with the County's SMART Plan identifying the Project as one (1) or six (6) rapid
transit priority corridors; providing for improved regional mobility between the City's urban core
and Miami Beach via the MacArthur Causeway; defining the geographic limits as 5 Street at
Alton Road in Miami Beach to the Government Center in the City's Downtown, part of the City's
streetcar alignment from the City's Downtown to its Midtown, and from 5 Street in Miami Beach
to the Miami Beach Convention Center; and providing funding for the Environmental, Planning,
and Engineering Studies, having a total estimated Project cost of Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000.00), with FDOT contributing Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), or Fifty Percent
(50%), the County contributing Three Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($3,750,000.00), or Thirty Seven and One -Half Percent (37.5%), in Charter County
Transportation Surtax Funds, with the remaining balance of One Million Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000.00), or Twelve and One -Half Percent (12.5%), funded by each of
' 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.
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the Parties in three (3) equal amounts of Four Hundred Seventeen Thousand Dollars
($417,000.00), or Four and Seven -Tenths Percent (4.7%) each, subject to budgetary approval.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized to execute any and all other
necessary documents, all in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for the purposes stated
herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten 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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