97-22472 RESO
RESOLUTION- NO. 97-22472
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, RETROACTIVELY APPROVING AN
APPLICATION SUBMITTED ON JUNE 27,1997 TO THE METROPOLITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATION (MPO), UNDER THE 1997-98 MUNICIPAL
GRANT PROGRAM, FOR $60,000 IN FUNDING TO PERFORM A TRAFFIC
IMPACT STUDY FOR THE DADE BOULEVARD I WEST AVENUE I NORTH
BAY ROAD AREA; AND, FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION
OF THE REQUIRED TWENTY-PERCENT CITY MATCH, AND THE
EIGHTY-PERCENT MPO FUNDS, IF AWARDED.
WHEREAS, the City is experiencing an upsurge in development and
redevelopment activity throughout its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, changing demographic patterns and urban densification is occurring,
particularly in the Dade Boulevard/West Avenue/North Bay Road Area; and
WHEREAS, main intersections/roads are being impacted by heavier traffic, and
adjacent neighborhoods are concerned about the ever increasing traffic intrusions into
their residential streets; and
WHEREAS, a comprehensive traffic impact study with roadway analysis needs
to be conducted to identify problems and suggest areawide solutions; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Planning Organization's 1997-98 Municipal Grant
Program is accepting applications from Dade County municipalities to help fund
transportation planning studies of this nature.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission
retroactively approve an application submitted on June 27, 1997 to the Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO), under the 1997-98 Municipal Grant Program, for
$60,000 in funding to perform a traffic impact study for the Dade Boulevard/West
Avenue/North Bay Road Area; and, further authorize the appropriation of the required
twenty-percent City match, and the eighty-percent MPO funds, if awarded.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 16th
APPROVED AS TO
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CITY OF
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CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
TELEPHONE: (305) 673-7010
FAX; (305) 673-7782
June 25, 1997
Mr. Jose-Luis Mesa, Director
Metropolitan Planning Organization
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 910
Miami, Florida 33128
SUBJECT:
City of Miami Beach Application for FY 1997-98 MPO Municipal Grant Program
Dear Jose:
The City of Miami Beach hereby submits a grant application to the Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) for the FY 1997-98 Municipal Grant Program. The City wishes to conduct a
Traffic Impact and Roadway Analysis for the Dade Boulevard/West Avenue/North Bay Road Area, at
a total cost of $60,000. We understand that the Municipal Grant Program requires a minimum
20% participation by the City, to which we agree.
Our application package includes the following items:
Exhibit A: Scope of Work for a Dade Boulevard/West Avenue/North Bay Road Area
Comprehensive Traffic Impact/Roadway Analysis and Plan Development.
Exhibit B: Project justification based on the MPO's five-item project evaluation criteria.
Exhibit C: Draft City Resolution supporting this grant application. A signed version of this
document will be forwarded to the MPO subsequent to a formal approval by the
City Commission, at the July 16, 1997 meeting.
If further information is needed, please contact Joseph Johnson, Project Manager, at 673-7000
Ext. 6185, or Amelia Johnson, Transportation Coordinator, at Ext. 6347.
Thank you in advance for seriously considering our grant application.
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Harry Mavrogenes
Assistant City Manager
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Attachments
cc: Joseph Johnson, Project Manager
Amelia Johnson, Transportation Coordinator
SCOPE OF WORK
DADE BOULEV ARD/WEST A VENUE/NORTH BAY ROAD AREA
TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS
Background: The City ofMiarni Beach has been experiencing a huge upsurge in development and
redevelopment activity throughout its urban boundaries, due largely in part to land-use and zoning
changes, development plan approvals, an robust economy, changing demographic patterns and
urban densification, particularly in the area of the City bounded by the MacAuthur Causeway, Alton
Road, Dade Boulevard, West Avenue, Chase Avenue and North Bay Road, commonly referred to
as the Alton/Dade/BaylWest section.
As a result of this frenzy of new development and redevelopment activity within the area, vehicular,
pedestrian and bicycle traffic has increased steadily over the last seven (7) years, often leading to
serious and sometime fatal consequences for all three (3) modes of transportation. This is due
primarily from the increase of vehicular traffic on the area's often congested, neglected and
deficient alleys, streets and roadways.
Thus, the City's Public Works Department is publishing this Scope of Service for professional
consultants to conduct an areawide comprehensive traffic impact study and roadway analysis for the
area bounded by Chase Avenue (North), Alton Road (East), MacAuthur Causeway (South) and the
Bay (West). It is expected that this report/study will be use as a blueprint or guide for development
of critically needed Public Works, Capital Improvements and/or Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) projects designated for the area's major traffic corridors.
Objectives
1. To conduct an areawide, comprehensive traffic impact study with roadway analysis for the
Alton/Dade/Bay/West section of Miami Beach, which shall include the following essential
components:
a) Traffic counts (24 hrs. - weekday & weekend)
b) Level of service (existing and projected for roadways and intersections)
c) Critical movement analysis (intersections)
d) Directional distribution (existing and proposed projects within or near study area)
e) Peak-hours wi "K", "D" and "T" factors
f) Seasonal adjustment factors for peak-hours (year)
f) Roadway capacity analysis (State, County and Local)
g) Conflicting vehicular and pedestrian/bicycle movements
h) Prevailing traffic conditions
i) Prevailing roadway conditions w/(deficiencies)
j) Trip assignments (new and approved projects within or near study area)
k) Trip generation (new and approved projects within or near study area)
1) Signal phase analysis
m) Parking analysis
n) Aesthetics considerations (landscaping w/ traffic calming techniques)
0) Accident analysis
p) Methodology
q) Opportunities and Barriers
r) Recommendations (projects that are needed to address problematic areas)
2. To produce a comprehensive traffic and roadway study which ensures that the Public Works
and Capital Improvements projects which are developed from the data and analysis will be
consistent with the City's goals and objectives for the area.
3 . To develop a prioritized implementation plan within recommendations section of the study
for Publi<; Works and Capital Improvement projects, deemed essential to correct existing
and projected deficiencies associated with the area's roadways.
4. To produce a study that whom analysis solidifies the linkage between various modes of
transportation, parking activities, land-use, zoning and safety.
5. To produce a study/report that facilitates effective strategic planning and policy-making
decisions.
Project Approach
The selected consulting team shall specify what approach(es) or methodology will be used to obtain
traffic data and information, projection of future traffic impacts and accurately assess the existing
deficiencies & needed remedial actions for the study area's roadway network. The applicable
approach( es) may include usage of computer models, and other programs such Geographical
Information System (GIS) and Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD). The final completed
study or report shall include maps, diagrams, pictures, graphics and tables to facilitate understanding
and decision making. The general tasks description will include, but not limited to:
o Data collection/production shall include Traffic Counts (24 Hrs.) for the study area's
roadway system (major/minor arterial, collectors, local streets), turning movement counts
at critical intersections and survey of available right of way for all recommended Public
Works or Capital Improvement Program projects.
D Identify and analyze the study area's existing and projected roadway network deficiencies,
including roadways and bridges, levels of service, available right-of-way, signalization,
parking/loading needs, transit, bicycle/pedestrian access and ADA compliance.
o Identification of area's future roadway network, transit lines, bicycle, pedestrian and parking
facilities, off-loading needs, and aesthetics design features (landscaping).
o Identification of strategies and policies which minimize intermodal conflicts and eliminate
the deficiencies of the area's roadway system.
End Products:
The desired results of this Public Works and Planning effort will be a Public Works and Capital
Improvements Programs document with a project implementation component, of whom the other
major components of the document are transformed into strategic planning and policy decision for
the area's transportation network, specifically developed to address the growth management issues
of needed facilities and services for the Alton/Dade/Bay/West area of the city.
Policy Recommendations shall be identified for possible inclusion in the Municipal Mobility Plan,
for City Commission consideration
The prospective Consulting Team shall be composed of transportation planners, traffic engineers
urban planner and landscape architects with extensive experience in traffic analysis, transportation
planning and implementation of capital improvement projects for urban areas and resort/tourism
environments.
The Consulting Team will be required to do the following:
* Prepare a comprehensive document which contain charts, diagrams, pictures and maps, and
includes among other important items, traffic data/information for the study area, a capital
improvements/public works component, an implementation component and tools to manage the
overall plan implementation.
* Provide City consultant for the Miami Beach Municipal Mobility Plan, copies of all traffic
data/information collected and implementation plan for designated study area.
* Coordinate the study with a designated Study Steering Committee and public
* Abide by a 3 to 4 month timetable for final study, recommendations and presentations
Funding: $60,000 as follows:
$48,000 from MPO's FY 1998 Municipal Grant ProgramlCMB Application
$12,000 from City of Miami Beach (20% matching funds)
$60,000 total
Project Manager for the City: Joseph Johnson, Planner - Planning Department, on behalf of the
Public Works Department
Participating Agencies and Departments:
City of Miami Beach
Public Works Department
Parking Department
Planning, Design & Historic Preservation Department
Miami Beach Transportation and Parking Committee
Miami Beach Transportation Management Association
Dade County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
Dade County Public Works Department
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
DADE BOULEV ARDIWEST A VENUE/NORTH BAY ROAD STUDY
TRAFFIC IMPACTIROADWA Y ANALYSIS
PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
Answers to the MPO Project Evaluation Criteria:
1. Level of service benefits of the proposed project:
o Analyze and assessment of the prevailing roadway and traffic conditions for this special
highly dense and rapidly growing area of Miami Beach.
o Development of needed transportation, public works and/or capital improvement projects,
which address roadway deficiencies, existing and future traffic congestion and
vehicular/pedestrian safety for the area.
o Ensure that access to alternative modes of transportation (non vehicular) within area are
developed and maintained.
2. Impact of mobility/traffic circulation gains:
o Development of the area as an "urban transit village", which facilitates the safe and efficient
movement of people and goods area and countywide.
o Increased solidification of the linkage between various modes of transportation, parking
activities, land-use, zoning and safety.
3. Intermodal nature of proposal:
o Identify of potential locations and/or sites within the study area for the development of
Intermodal facilities (electric shuttles, transit, light rail, water taxi service, bicycles, parking)
as a means of developing an " urban transit village".
4. Support of the approved countywide activities of the Unified Planning Work Program for
Transportation:
o coordinates the economic development and transportation/transit planning for area and
suggests way to encourage joint development projects in "urban transit village".
o Development oflocal and regional-level strategies to help alleviate traffic impediments for
development of "urban transit village" .
o Coordinate recommended improvements for the transportation network of the community
with the broader goals and objectives of the Metro-Dade Long Range Transportation Plan,
FDOT Five-Year Work Program and the Transportation Improvement Program.
5. Consistency with the applicant's local comprehensive plans:
o Identify and measure the interaction between local land-use and regional transportation
network, presents current research, and makes recommendations for necessary changes
within the Future Land-Use and Transportation Circulation Element of the Miami Beach
Comprehensive Plan.
o Development of policy recommendations for possible inclusion in the Municipal Mobility
Plan for City Commission consideration.
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. ~l
TO:
Mayor Seymour Gelber and DATE: July 16, 1997
Members of the City Commission
Jose Garcia-pedrosa.. Ii.
City Manager i I
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A RESOLUTIOrJhF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BVAcH, FLORIDA, RETROACTIVELY APPROVING AN
APPLICATION SUBMITTED ON JUNE 27, 1997 TO THE METROPOLITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATION (MPO), UNDER THE 1997-98 MUNICIPAL
GRANT PROGRAM, FOR $60,000 IN FUNDING TO PERFORM A TRAFFIC
IMPACT STUDY FOR THE DADE BOULEVARD I WEST AVENUE I NORTH
BAY ROAD AREA; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION
OF THE REQUIRED TWENTY-PERCENT CITY MATCH, AND THE
EIGHTY-PERCENT MPO FUNDS, IF AWARDED.
FROM:
SUBJECT:
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Resolution.
BACKGROUND
On June 17, 1997 the Administration was advised by the Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) that the application deadline for the 1997-98 Municipal Grant
Program was moved up to June 27, 1997, one month earlier than in previous years;
as such, the City's application had to be submitted on June 27th. The application was
made to the MPO in order not to lose the opportunity for funding. The application is
subject to a retroactive approval by the Mayor and City Commission
The MPO's Municipal Grant Program awards, on a competitive basis, a total of
$150,000 a year to applicant municipalities within Dade County as matching grant
funds toward the total cost of local transportation planning studies. The awarded
municipalities must match the balance. In the last four years, Miami Beach has
received a large share of these funds, as indicated below:
1993-94 - $32,000 toward the Transportation Coordinator's salary*
1994-95 - $50,000 for the Beach Broadwalk Study (completed)
1995-96 - $75,000 for the South Beach Electric Shuttle Study (completed) * *
1996-97 - $78,500 for the Municipal Mobility Plan (under development).
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Beginning in 1994-95, salaries were no longer covered by the grant.
* * This study was entirely funded by the MPO.
ANAL YSIS
For the FY 1997-98 Municipal Grant Program, the City has submitted an application
for a comprehensive traffic impact study/roadway analysis/plan development for the
Dade Boulevard/West Avenue/North Say Road Area, as detailed in the Scope of
Services, attached hereto. Due to an upsurge in residential and commercial
developments as well as changes in demographic patterns, the area bounded by the
MacArthur Causeway, Alton Road, Chase Avenue, and Biscayne Bay requires specific
analysis in order to develop appropriate solutions for present and future transportation,
traffic, mobility, street calming, and related streetscaping projects.
If a grant for this study is awarded by the MPO Governing Board (a decision is
expected in October-November, 1997), the maximum amount funded by the MPO may
be $48,000, while the City share may be at least $12,000. If the Miami Beach
application is awarded, the City share will be funded by the Professional Services
Account of the Development, Design and Historic Preservation Services Department
Budget-Economic Development (Transportation).
CONCLUSION
The MPO has been supportive of the City of Miami Beach in seeking solutions to
congestion, mobility, and parking problems, and the measures the City is implementing
to minimize the impact of development and redevelopment projects upon City services
and facilities. Among the City's on-going efforts are the Electric Wave Park-and-Ride
Demonstration Program, the Municipal Mobility Plan, the establishment of thresholds
for traffic studies being required by the City from applicant developers, the
Concurrency Management System, and area-specific traffic impact studies such as the
one proposed herein. The grant application already submitted by the City requires
retroactive approval by the City Commission.
Attachment
JGP/kAJ/aj
(mgpa98)