Resolution 79-15940 RESOLUTION NO. 79-15940
A. RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NEED FOR URBAN PARKS AND RECREATION
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECREATION
AND OPEN SPACE PLAN OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT APPLICATION FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEACHFRONT LINEAR PARK APPLICATION AND PROCESS
SAME WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR'S HERITAGE
CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE, EMPOWERING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE AND SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, SUPPLEMENTS, AMENDMENTS
• AND SUPPORTING DATA TO SAID APPLICATION: CERTIFYING THAT THE CITY
WILL COMPLY WITH ALL ASSURANCES REQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach had adopted a Recreation and Open Space Plan which
specifically identifies the Beachfront Linear Park as an integral element of a park
system and that such a linear park would allow increased public access to a full
range of public and private beach recreation facilities and open space.
WHEREAS, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is constructing a hurricane dune and
• that the Beachfront Linear Park would provide vegetative cover which is necessary
to maintain and protect the integrity of the dune and the new beach system;
WHEREAS, the beach is a natural recreational feature and..is entirely within the,
public domain from the erosion control line, hereinafter referred: to as (ECL) ,
easterly and that the Beachfront Linear Park would be located between the ECL and
not further eastward than the hurricane dune;
WHEREAS, the Beachfront Linear Park would encourage private improvements that
are consistent with a publicly adopted plan;
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WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Interior's Heritage Conservation and Recreation
Service has instituted and conducts a continuing grant program known and referred
to as the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program, hereinafter rerexred to as
(UPRRP) , whereby funds are made available to local governments for purposes of
rehabilitation of critically needed'recreation areas, the physical rehabilitation
• and revitalization of parks and recreation system, and development of improved
recreation programs;
WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Interior's Heritage Conservation and Recreation
Service has designated Miami Beach, Florida, as one of the cities eligible for
the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program and thus eligible to receive UPRRP
funds; ' •
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WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the application for, receipt of and- use
of said UPRRP funds will assist in, expedite and strengthen the City's efforts
in rehabilitating the beach, and provide additional open space and public access
to the beach, help stabilize the hurricane dune, all in the best interests of
the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City of
Miami Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH:
Section 1. All of the facts set forth in the preamble are hereby found and determined
to be true, and incorporated herein.
Section 2. It is hereby found that the public health, safety, morals and welfare
of the residents of the City of Miami Beach will be best served by the development
of the Beachfront Linear Park which is an integral element of the Recreation and
Open Space Plan.
Section 3. It is hereby found and determined that in order to develop the
Beachfront Linear Park that the use of Federal UPRRP funds are appropriate and in
the best interests of the general public.
Section 4. All of the UPRRP funds which are being applied for in this applica-
tion will be used directly for the provision of public improvements. The City of
Miami Beach will be the direct recipient of the UPRRP funds and the improvements
which the UPRRP grant will pay for.
Section 5 (a) . In order to implement, facilitate and effect the processing and
obtaining of said funds, it is found and determined that certain official action
must be taken by this Commission by way of authorization and direction to the
City Manager, and certification by the Commission that it will comply with requisite
assurances and declaration of mechanics for use and administration of said funds.
(b) Accordingly, this Commission resolves that the City Manager is hereby
authorized and directed to prepare and execute that Federal Assistance Grant
Application and to oversee and supervise the filing, submission and processing of
said Application. The City Manager is further empowered to approve, execute and
supervise the processing of all supplements, amendments and supporting data to
said Application which he may determine shall be required from time to time
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from the date of filing thereof until the time of completion of said Application,
and in performing such responsibilities, said City Manager shall be empowered to
consult with the City Attorney, and any and all other governmental agencies,
federal, state, county and municipal, and private counsel and consultants, as
he deems proper and necessary, all in order to carry forward the Commission's
finding and expression of intent that the application be processed as rapidly,
, effectively, and expeditiously as is possible in order that the funds applied
for may be obtained and utilized for the proposed purposes hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 6th, DAY OF -June, 1979.
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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 79-15940
(Determining need for Urban Parks and
Recreation Recovery Act funds for use in
conjunction with Recreation and Open Space
Plan of CMB, authorizing City Manager to
execute grant application)