121 RESOLUTION NO. _____ _
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3 A Resolution of the City of South Miami, Florida, requesting an
4 Intergovernmental Agency Agreement granting the City of South Miami
5 autonomy regarding street safety and traffic calming on all roads in the City
6 of South Miami that are not designated county, state or federal roads.
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8 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-96.1 of the Miami-Dade County Code of Ordinances,
9 all traffic and traffic engineering services in Miami-Dade County ("County") are under the
10 exclusive jurisdiction of the County; and
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12 WHEREAS, Section 2-96.1 provides that the County Manager or designee, in his/her
13 sole discretion, may authorize municipalities, which desire and are equipped and able to perform
14 certain traffic engineering functions, to assume, together with all liability and without additional
15 cost to the County, through an individual Intergovernmental Agency Agreement, and for local
16 municipal streets only, the installation and maintenance of regulatory and street name signs,
17 warning signs, construction warning signs, markings and barricades, pavement markings, traffic
18 maintenance and traffic calming devices, all as may be specifically provided in the Agreement
19 and subject to performing appropriate traffic engineering studies if required by such Agreement.
20 The Department shall, however, retain exclusive jurisdiction over the permanent closure of
21 access to any road or street; and
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23 WHEREAS, the City of South Miami ("City) desires to assume the installation and
24 maintenance responsibilities of certain traffic engineering functions pertaining to its local
25 municipal streets only; and
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27 WHEREAS, presently all issues relating to traffic calming and street safety must first be
28 directed through the County with studies and monitoring at a cost to the county in time and
29 money; and
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31 WHEREAS, the County has previously determined that the City is both equipped and
32 able to perform the traffic engineering functions as herein specified on its local streets; and
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34 WHEREAS, it would be advantageous to both the County and the City to allow the City
35 to assume responsibility of their roads and streets.
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37 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
38 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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40 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby instructed to seek an Intergovernmental Agency
41 Agreement with Miami-Dade County authorizing the City to assume responsibility for
42 installation and maintenance of regulatory and street name signs, warning signs, construction
43 warning signs, markings and barricades, pavement markings, traffic maintenance and traffic
44 calming devices, all as may be specifically provided in the Agreement and subject to performing
45 appropriate traffic engineering studies if required by such Agreement, on all roads in the City of
46 South Miami that are not designated county, state or federal roads.
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1 Section 2. Severability. If any section clause, sentence, or phrase of this resolution is for
2 any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall
3 not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
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5 Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon
6 adoption by vote of the City Commission.
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8 PASSED AND ADOPTED this __ day of ,2013.
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10 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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14 CITY CLERK MAYOR
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16 READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM, COMMISSION VOTE:
17 LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND Mayor Stoddard:
18 EXECUTION THEREOF Vice Mayor Liebman:
19 Commissioner Newman:
20 Commissioner Harris:
21 CITY ATTORNEY Commissioner Welsh:
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