2001-24374 RESO
RESOLUTION NO.
2001-24374
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, RETROACTIVELY APPROVING
THE ADMINISTRATION'S SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION,
IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000, TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION (MPO), UNDER THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S YEAR 2002-
03 COUNTY INCENTIVES GRANT PROGRAM (CIGP); THE
APPLICATION BEING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF FOUR TRAFFIC
SIGNAL HEADS ON SR 907/ALTON ROAD IN SOUTH BEACH,
ESTIMATED TO COST APPROXIMATELY $250,000; THE PROJECT
BEING LISTED IN BOTH THE MIAMI BEACH MUNICIPAL MOBILITY
PLAN AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; STATING THAT THE REQUIRED
FIFTY PERCENT LOCAL MATCH WOULD BE PROVIDED BY
CONCURRENCY MITIGATION FUNDS; AND FURTHER
APPROPRIATING BOTH THE CITY AND STATE FUNDS, IFIWHEN THE
GRANT IS AWARDED.
WHEREAS, in order to function properly as the traffic spine of South Beach, SR 907/Alton
Road requires the installation of five-section signal heads that allow for protected left-turn
movements at the intersections of Alton Road with 8th, 11th, 15th and 16th Streets (the Project); and
WHEREAS, additional inflow of traffic is expected on Alton Road, as on-going
development and redevelopment projects are completed within the general area; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has endorsed the proposed
upgrades, as stated in a letter from its Traffic Operations Division, dated April 24, 2001, which is
attached hereto and made part of this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, FDOT would be able to install the needed upgrades only in 2005 or later, as
part of a programmed resurfacing project for this segment of Alton Road; and
WHEREAS, the County Incentives Grant Program (CIGP) allows FDOT to make grants to
counties and municipalities for those projects which improve transportation facilities and enhance
traffic flow in the State Highway System, and advances their implementation; and
WHEREAS, in order to meet a May I, 2001 grant deadline, the Administration submitted
an application to the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), under the FY 2002-03 CIGP,
which application requires retroactive approval by the Mayor and City Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Project is estimated to cost approximately $250,000, of which a required
fifty percent (50%) or $125,000 local match would be provided, utilizing revenues from the City's Concurrency Mitigation Program.
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 the Administration's submission of a grant application, in the
amount of $125,000, to the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), under the State of Florida's
Year 2002-03 County Incentives Grant Program (CIGP); the application being for the replacement
of four traffic signal heads on SR 907/ Alton Road in South Beach, estimated to cost approximately
$250,000; the Project being listed in both the Miami Beach Municipal Mobility Plan and
Comprehensive Plan; stating that the required fifty percent (50%) local match would be provided
by Concurrency Mitigation funds; and further appropriating both the City and State funds, if /when
the grant is awarded.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 16th day of
May
,2001.
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SECRETARY
District Traffic Operations Office
1000 NW 111 Avenue, Room 6202
Miami, Florida 33172-5800
Telephone (305) 470-5335
April 24, 2001
Mr. Joseph W. Johnson III, AICP
Transportation and Concurrency Manager
City of Miami Beach
City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
SUBJECT: MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON MIAMI BEACH (CTP 2001-02-0024)
Dear Mr. Johnson:
This is in response to the City of Miami Beach request for approval of protected / permitted
left turn phasing for Alton Road at the intersections at 8th, 11th, 15th, and 16th Streets and
at Dade Boulevard. According to a subsequent letter received from you, this phasing is
requested for the southbound movements at 11th, 15th, and 16th Streets and at Dade
x.. Boulevard. It is requested for the northbound movements at 8th and 11 th Streets. The
Department concurs with all requested movements except the northbound Alton Road left
turn at 11 th Street. This is a light movement and neither the Traffic Engineering Study
prepared for Miami Beach nor the earlier one prepared for the State recommended this
movement to be a protected phase. It is understood from this letter dated April 4, 2001
that the City of Miami Beach is prepared to implement these phase adjustments on
approval from FOOT,
Regarding the request to shorten the left turn lane on Collins Avenue at 71" Street, the
Department collected data the week Qf March 24-31 and reached the following
conclusions: If the left turn lane has more than its capacity to store vehicles, the left
turning traffic will block one of the through lanes, and the northbound through flow
capacity will be reduced by up to 50%. The present left turn lane is 140 feet long. This is
typically enough to store five to six vehicles. If another parking space is added, the storage
capacity will be reduced by one vehicle. The data collected indicated that there were thirty-
four time periods of 15 minutes each with average left turn volumes per cycle exceeding
five vehicles. The present capacity would have been exceeded three times. Therefore the
Department's position is that the provision of even one additional parking space at the
expense of the existing left turn lane will cause the intersection level of service to decrease
substantially during periods of peak traffic and the Department will not permit this action.
Regarding the installation of dual left turn lanes on eastbound 41" Street onto northbound
Indian Creek Drive, the Department has approved this improvement and was awaiting
inclusion of this plan in a permit job referred to as the "bridge job" to be presented to the
Department. This permit was recently submitted to the Department for review and it was
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noted that the intersection improvement was not included. It was returned requesting
revision to include the Indian Creek @ 41" Street intersection improvement. During a
telephone conversation last week you indicated that you expected delay of the bridge job
pending approval of a local historical society. In order to proceed more quickly with the
intersection improvement, you inquired of the possibility of submitting the intersection
improvement as a separate permit. I have spoken with our Permits Department regarding
this request. There will be no problem with this, but it must be understood that the bridge
job will not be approved before completion of the intersection improvement job. It must
also be understood that Miami-Dade County Public Works will be the permittee for the
signal work and that the city of Miami Beach may be the permittee for the signing and
pavement marking work. Your consultant for the bridge jOb must be notified to make
changes to plans submitted to be consistent with the proposed intersection improvement.
This addresses each of the issues originally presented regarding changes on Alton Road, at
the intersection of Collins Avenue @ 71" Street and at the intersection of Indian Creek
Drive @ 41" Street. If you have any questions or further comments, please call, write or e-
mail.
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Robert P. Register, P.E.
Traffic Operations Engineer
Cc: Matthew Schwartz, Assistant City Manager
Gus Pego, P.E., FDOT District Director of Operations
Rory Santana, P.E., FDOT District Traffic Operations Engineer
Wahid Nor, P.E., FDOT District Permits Engineer
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139
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TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO.
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Mayor Neisen O. Kasdin and
Members of the City Commission
DATE: May 16, 2001
Jorge M. Gonzalez ~~
City Manager ,.. - U
A RESOLUTIO OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, RETROACTIVELY APPROVING
THE ADMINISTRATION'S SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION,
IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000, TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION (MPO), UNDER THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S YEAR 2003
COUNTY INCENTIVES GRANT PROGRAM (CIGP); THE APPLICATION
BEING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF FOUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL HEADS
ON SR 907/ALTON ROAD IN SOUTH BEACH, ESTIMATED TO COST
APPROXIMA TEL Y $250,000; THE PROJECT BEING LISTED IN BOTH
THE MIAMI BEACH MUNICIPAL MOBILITY PLAN AND
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; STATING THAT THE REQUIRED FIFTY
PERCENT LOCAL MATCH WOULD BE PROVIDED BY DEVELOPER
MITIGATION FUNDS; AND FURTHER APPROPRIATING BOTH THE
CITY AND STATE FUNDS, IF THE GRANT IS A WARDED,
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution.
ANALYSIS
The County Incentives Grant Program (CIGP) allows the Florida Department of Transportation
(FDOT) to make grants to counties and municipalities for projects which improve transportation
facilities and enhance traffic flow on the State Highway System.
In order to meet a May I, 2001 grant deadline, the Administration submitted an application to the
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), under the FY 2002-03 CIGP, for the replacement of
traffic signal heads, from the existing three to five sections, to allow for protected left-turn
movements at the intersections of Alton Road with 8th, 11th, 15th and 16th Streets (the Project).
Both the City's Municipal Mobility Plan, and a Left-Turn Phase Study conducted by Post Buckley
Schuh & Jernigan (PBS&J) recommended the Project, which was reviewed and endorsed by the
Traffic Operations Division ofFDOT, as shown in a letter dated April 14, 2001, and attached hereto.
AGENDA ITEM
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DATE
May 16, 2001
Commission Memorandum
CIGP Grant Application
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The Project is estimated to cost approximately $250,000. The 50% or $125,000 local match
requirement would be provided by Concurrency Mitigation funds, if/when the grant is awarded. The
City's Transportation/Concurrency Division has collected over $1 million in mitigation funds to
date, of which only $85,000 have been expended and/or encumbered.
Several benefits will be derived from this proposed Project on Alton Road, which will do the
following for both the City and the State Highway System:
<) Enhances traffic flow in a corridor which fails to meet concurrency during peak traffic hours.
<) Provides for safer pedestrianlbicyclist crossings to and from the Flamingo and West A venue
neighborhoods, to Lincoln Road pedestrian mall, Convention CenterlHotel District, Art Deco
District and beaches.
<) Provides better venue for regional and local transit.
<) Helps on-going condominium development projects meet concurrency requirements.
<) Complements the high level of public and private investment in the area.
<) Improves a current hurricane evacuation route.
In addition, if the grant is awarded, Miami Beach would be able to implement the much needed
upgrades in early 2003, almost three years sooner than FDOT would, as part of a resurfacing project
for this segment of Alton Road, which is scheduled for 2005.
The Alton Road corridor is the traffic spine of South Beach, and an arterial outlet to three
causeways. Due to these facts, and recognizing that additional vehicular traffic will utilize the road
in the near future, as on-going development and redevelopment projects are completed in the area,
the Administration recommends approval of the Resolution.
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