LTC 015-2005 Miami Beach Environmental Assessment
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
Office of the City Manager
Letter to Commission No. 015-2005
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From:
Mayor David Dermer and
Members of the City Commission
Jorge M. Gonzalez ~ cr/Q-----
City Manager (/
Date: January 20, 2005
Subject: MIAMI BEACH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The purpose of this LTC is to update the Mayor and City Commission on the status of the
City's pursuit of the 5th and Alton Transit Center Environmental Assessment to analyze
impacts of a new park and ride facility on the northeast corner of Alton Road and 5th Street
(MacArthur Causeway) in Miami Beach.
Federal Transit Authoritv (FT A)
On April 5, 2004 the Developer and its project team, City staff and I met with the Federal
Transit Administration (FT A) in Atlanta to review FT A funding requirements. The FT A
expressed favorable comments in its initial review of the project and indicated the City would
need to place emphasis on the transit elements of the project, focusing on their location, cost
and use, and transit user profiles to determine the project's eligibility for FT A funding.
Additionally, the parties will explore to what degree the Federal funding restrictions apply to the
privately funded, non-transit portion of the project.
Furthermore, the FT A funding has an extensive community and stakeholder participation
process, culminating in the mandatory submittal of an Environmental Assessment (EA) Report
identifying potential social, economic or environmental impacts that may arise as a result of the
project, and measures to mitigate these potential impacts.
Reauest for Proposals (RFQ)
On May 24, 2004 the City Mayor and Commission passed Resolution No. 2004-25574 to
establish an RFQ for the professional architectural and engineering services related to the
preparation of the Environmental Assessment report, as required by the Federal Transit
Administration. The initial RFQ received only one response, and the evaluation committee
recommended that the Administration re-issue the Request for Proposals.
RFQ 38-03/04 was re-issued on December 8, 2004 as RFQ 01-04/05. A Pre-RFQ
Submission Conference was held on December 17, 2004 in the City Manager's Small
Conference Room.
Three proposals were submitted to this RFQ. Please review the following potential
Candidate list for the evaluation committee to review these proposals.
Dr. Morris Sunshine, Resident
Ivette Borrello, Resident
Margarita Cepeda, Unidad
Mark Needle, Resident
Amelia Johnson, Transportation Coordinator, City of Miami Beach
If you have a recommendation of an individual to serve on the Evaluation Committee, or
any other questions and/or comments about this project please do not hesitate to contact
me.
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