LTC 431-2013 City of South Miami Resolution MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
No. LTC # 431_201 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members of the City ommission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: December 5, 2013
SUBJECT: CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI RESOLD ION
Attached for your information is Resolution No. 243-13-14061, which was passed by
the City of South Miami on November 5, 2013.
A Resolution Of The City Of South Miami, Florida, Requesting An
Intergovernmental Agency Agreement Granting The City Of South
Miami Autonomy Regarding Street Safety And Traffic Calming On All
Roads In The City Of South Miami That Are Not Designated County,
State Or Federal Roads.
South Miami Commissioner Walter Harris is the sponsor of this resolution, and would
like the support of other municipalities. If you have any questions, please contact the
City Clerk's Office at 305.673.7411.
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RESOLUTION NO. 243-13-14061
A Resolution of the City of South Miami, Florida, requesting an
Intergovernmental Agency Agreement granting the City of South Miami
autonomy regarding street safety and traffic calming on all roads in the City
of South Miami that are not designated county,state or federal roads.
WHEREAS,pursuant to Section 2-96.1 of the Miami-Dade County Code of Ordinances,
all traffic and traffic engineering services in Miami-Dade County ("County") are under the
exclusive jurisdiction of the County; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-96.1 provides that the County Manager or designee, in his/her
sole discretion, may authorize municipalities, which desire and are equipped and able to perform
certain traffic engineering functions, to assume, together with all-liability and without additional
cost to the County, through an individual Intergovernmental Agency Agreement, and for local
municipal streets only, the installation and maintenance of regulatory and street name signs,
warning signs, construction warning signs, markings and barricades, pavement markings, traffic
maintenance and traffic calming devices, all as may be specif cally provided in the Agreement
and subject to performing appropriate traffic engineering studies if required by such Agreement.
The Department shall, however, retain exclusive jurisdiction over the permanent closure of
access to any road or street; and
WHEREAS, the City of South Miami ("City) desires to assume the installation and
maintenance responsibilities of certain traffic engineering functions pertaining to its local
municipal streets only;and
WHEREAS, presently all issues relating to traffic calming and street safety must first be
directed through the County with studies and monitoring at a cost to the county in time and
money; and
WHEREAS, the County has previously determined that the City is both equipped and
able to perform the traffic engineering functions as herein specified on its local streets; and
WHEREAS, it would be advantageous to both the County and the City to allow the City
to assume responsibility of their roads and streets.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby instructed to seek an Intergovernmental Agency
Agreement with Miami-Dade County authorizing the City to perform certain traffic engineering
functions and to assume, together with all liability and without additional cost to the County,
responsibility for installation and maintenance of regulatory and street name signs, warning
signs, construction warning signs, markings and barricades, pavement markings, traffic
maintenance and traffic calming devices, all as may be specifically provided in the Agreement
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and subject to performing appropriate traffic engineering studies if required by such Agreement,
on all roads in the City of South Miami that are not designated county, state or federal roads.
Section 2. Sevcrability.If any section clause, sentence, or phrase of this resolution is for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,the holding shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption by vote of the City Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of November, 2013.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
CITY CLERK MAYOR
READ A ROV T FORM, COMMISSION VOTE: 5-0
LAN A , LEG Y AN Mayor Stoddard: Yea
N OF Vice Mayor Liebman: Yea
Commissioner Newman: Yea
Commissioner Harris: Yea
TY TTOR Commissioner Welsh: Yea
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