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Resolution: R-19-0413
File Number: 6391 Final Action Date: 10/24/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000.00) ("GRANT") FROM
THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ("OMNI CRA") FOR THE INTERSTATE 395 (1-395") OPEN SPACE
AND MOBILITY CONNECTIVITY PLAN AND APPROPRIATING SAID GRANT
TO THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ("OCI") PROJECT NO. 40-
13193621 ("PROJECT"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL GRANT AGREEMENT
("GRANT AGREEMENT"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, WITH THE OMNI CRA, AS WELL AS ANY AND ALL OTHER
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS,
AND MODIFICATIONS THERETO, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE AND FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE
GRANT AGREEMENT; ADDITIONALLY AUTHORIZING CERTAIN
NECESSARY ACTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY
OFFICIALS IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT CAPITAL PROJECTS,
FINANCIAL CONTROLS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER
SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GRANT IN PROGRESS AND
PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF THIS GRANT FOR THE PROJECT
INTO THE CITY'S MULTI-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, AS AMENDED; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") in coordination with the Florida Department of
Transportation (TDOT") and other stakeholders are working within the City of Miami ("City") on
the Interstate 395 Open Space and Connectivity Mobility Plan, Office of Capital Improvements
("OCI") Project No. 40-13193621, between Northwest 3rd Avenue and Biscayne Bay ("Project"),
which will provide an active and welcoming open space and shared -use trail that reconnects
historical neighborhoods in a pedestrian friendly environment and also solves longstanding
mobility challenges; and
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency
("Omni CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects
within its Redevelopment Area in accordance with its approved 2009 Omni Redevelopment Plan
("Omni CRA Plan"); and
WHEREAS, as part of its I-395/State Road 836/Interstate 95 Design Build
Reconstruction Project ("Project"), FDOT has planned for the creation of approximately thirty-
three (33) acres of open space to run underneath the Project in connection with the Omni CRA
Plan; and
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WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the open space is optimally designed to create an
iconic destination for the Redevelopment Area that generates enough revenue to assist in
operation and maintenance costs, several partner agencies have committed to contributing
funds to the City to assist with the design budget for the Project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Omni CRA Resolution No. CRA -R-19-0014 adopted on June
13, 2019, attached and incorporated, the Omni CRA Board of Commissioners authorized a
grant in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) ("Grant")
towards the Project and has authorized the Omni CRA's Executive Director to appoint a
representative for the Omni CRA to review and provide comments on all plans and proposals
related to the Project and to negotiate and execute all necessary documents, including but not
limited to an Interlocal Grant Agreement in accordance with the Florida Interlocal Cooperation
Act of 1969 pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 163.01 ("Grant Agreement"), in a form
acceptable to the Omni CRA's General Counsel, in order to set forth the terms and conditions
for the Omni CRA to participate in the Project and to provide the Grant to the City; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute the Grant Agreement, as well as any and all other necessary documents,
amendments, extensions, renewals, and modifications thereto, all in forms acceptable to the
City Attorney, for said purpose and for compliance with the Grant Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to incorporate the Grant from the Omni
CRA to the City for the Project as a subsequent amendment to the City's Multi -Year Capital
Plan and to authorize certain necessary actions of the City Manager and designated City
officials in order to update the relevant capital projects, financial controls, accounting entries,
and computer systems in connection with this Grant in progress;
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 herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to accept the Grant from the Omni CRA for
the Project and to appropriate said Grant to OCI Project No. 40 -Bl 93621.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute a Grant
Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with the Omni CRA, as well as any and all
other necessary documents, amendments, extensions, renewals, and modifications thereto, all
in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purpose and for compliance with the Grant
Agreement.
Section 4. Certain necessary actions of the City Manager and designated City officials in
order to update the relevant capital projects, financial controls, accounting entries, and
computer systems in connection with this Grant in progress are authorized' and the Grant for
the Project is incorporated into the Capital Plan.
' 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.
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Section 5. 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 (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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