Resolution 2019-30864 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-30864
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING
AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO
ALLOCATE A LINE ITEM, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$250,000.00, IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL OPERATING
BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019/2020, IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN
PROCESS OF THE WATERWAY RESTORATION
PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (the "City") is surrounded by more than sixty
(60) miles of waterways that provide access for public safety response from the water,
allow residents to access their private docks, and provide recreational boating
opportunities; and
WHEREAS, maintaining navigability of the City's waterways requires on-going
maintenance, which has not occurred historically; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the City began receiving frequent requests from residents,
as well as the City's waterway contractors and other water-dependent City services, to
address accumulated sediment, trim vegetation and conduct other activities to restore
navigation throughout the City's waterways; and
WHEREAS, the two waterways that are in greatest need of dredging are Biscayne
Pointe Waterway and Collins Canal, where sediment accumulation has caused some
areas to be entirely unnavigable; and
WHEREAS, one of the General Obligations Bond ("GOB") projects that was
approved in the amount of $6,000,000, is the "Waterway Restoration" project (the
"Project"), which will include conducting an updated waterway survey, updating the 2003
dredging analysis, obtaining the permits necessary to dredge, paying for any mitigation
for impacted resources (i.e., seagrass critical habitat), and restoring navigability to
Biscayne Pointe Waterway and Collins Canal; and
WHEREAS, the funding for the Project has been allocated in the second tranche
of the GOB program, which will be issued in Fiscal Year 2022/2023; and
WHEREAS, the Project is estimated to take approximately nine years to complete
and is divided into two main phases: 1) planning and design, and 2) construction; and
WHEREAS, as such, the first phase, which involves the planning, design and
permitting,will take at least two years to complete, and thus, it is of the utmost importance
that design and permitting phase be initiated prior to tranche two funding; and
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WHEREAS, at the March 13, 2019 City Commission meeting, the City Manager
confirmed that the Administration is committed to initiating the first phase of the Project in
2019, to ensure that the work on the Biscayne Pointe Waterway and Collins Canal begins
in tranche two; and
WHEREAS, accordingly, the City Commission hereby directs that the
Administration allocates a total of$250,000.00 in the City's Capital Operating Budget for
Fiscal Year 2019/2020, to fund the planning and design process of the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby approve and direct the City Administration to allocate a line item, in
the amount of $250,000.00, in the City's Capital Operating Budget for Fiscal Year
2019/2020, in order to provide funding for the planning and design process of the
Waterway Restoration Project.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of June, 2019.
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IAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Commissioner John Elizabeth Aleman
DATE: June 5, 2019
SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND DIRECTING THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION TO ALLOCATE A LINE ITEM, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$250,000.00, IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2019/2020, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PLANNING
AND DESIGN PROCESS OF THE WATERWAY RESTORATION PROJECT.
ANALYSIS
See attached resolution.
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Commissioner John Elizabeth Aleman
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