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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The Honorable Mayor & Members of the City Commission
Steven Alexander, City Manager
February 17, 2015 Agenda Item No.:
A Resolution supporting the importance of WHEELS, a five day
event in November 2015.
For five days in from November 11 to 15 of this year, a partnership of
public, private and nonprofit interests will produce an event called
WHEELS, with the goal of improving aspects of how we live in South
Florida to the advantage of safe, efficient and affordable and sustainable
walk/bike/transitltrail transportation. WHEELS will provide an interface for
up to 10,000 cyclists and walkers with transit and trails, including guided
and self-led bike rides along a 44-mile network of existing looped trails
that includes the Underline, South Dade Trail, Black Creek Trail, Old
Cutler Trail and Commodore Trail, plus bike rides along the Rickenbacker
Causeway. WHEELS will incorporate the annual membership summit of
the East Coast Greenway Alliance, a conference across two half-days
that will feature initiator of the Atlanta BeltLine Ryan Gravel as an
indicator of how South Florida can evolve through green mobility, and
many more activities involving city planning. WHEELS will additionally
appeal to residents and visitors alike by way of block parties between the
Miami River and in Homestead.
Partners in WHEELS already include Florida Department of
Transportation District 6, the Florida Greenways and Trails Foundation,
Miami-Dade Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, Bike
305, Bike SoMi, the Miami Underline, Emerge Miami, the East Coast
Greenway Alliance, Green Mobility Network, Dover, Kohl & Partners, J&B
Imports among others.
The Underline, which constitutes an integral portion of the East Coast
Greenway, runs directly through downtown South Miami, the only city
advantaged in this way, and therefore ideally suited to host WHEELS and
the cause of multi-modal mobility. Many meetings have already taken
place toward the prospect of South Miami in fact centering events of
WHEELS, with its promise of economic advantage for the City of South
Miami through the support of local businesses in South Miami as well as
exposure for the City as a most desirable place to live.
1 RESOLUTION NO. ___ _
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3 A Resolution supporting the importance of WHEELS, a five day event in
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7 WHEREAS, for five days, November 11-15 this year, a partnership of public, private
8 and nonprofit interests will produce an event called WHEELS, with the goal of improving
9 aspects of how we live in South Florida to the advantage of safe, efficient and affordable and
10 sustainable walklbike/transit/trail transportation and;
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12 WHEREAS, WHEELS will provide an interface for up to 10,000 cyclists and walkers
13 with transit and trails, including guided and self-led bike rides along a 44-mile network of
14 existing looped trails that includes the Underline, South Dade Trail, Black Creek Trail, Old
15 Cutler Trail and Commodore Trail, plus bike rides along the Rickenbacker Causeway and;
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17 WHEREAS, WHEELS will incorporate the annual membership summit of the East
18 Coast Greenway Alliance, a conference across two half-days that will feature initiator of the
19 Atlanta BeltLine Ryan Gravel as an indicator of how South Florida can evolve through green
20 mobility, and many more activities involving city planning and;
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22 WHEREAS, WHEELS will additionally appeal to residents and visitors alike by way of
23 block parties between the Miami River and in Homestead and;
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25 WHEREAS, partners in WHEELS already include Florida Department of Transportation
26 District 6, the Florida Greenways and Trails Foundation, Miami-Dade Department of Parks,
27 Recreation and Open Spaces, Bike 305, Bike SoMi, the Miami Underline, Emerge Miami, the
28 East Coast Greenway Alliance, Green Mobility Network, Dover, Kohl & Partners, J&B Imports
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31 WHEREAS, the Underline, which constitutes an integral portion of the East Coast
32 Greenway, runs directly through downtown South Miami, the only city advantaged in this way,
33 and therefore ideally suited to host WHEELS and the cause of multi-modal mobility and;
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35 WHEREAS, many meetings have already taken place toward the prospect of South
36 Miami in fact centering events of WHEELS, with its promise of economic advantage for the City
37 of South Miami through the support of local businesses in South Miami as well as exposure for
38 the City as a most desirable place to live;
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40 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
41 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA THAT:
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44 Section 1: The City of South Miami hereby supports a partnership of public, private and
45 nonprofit interests which will 'produce an event called WHEELS, a five day event from
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November 11-15 2015, with the goal of improving aspects of how we live in South Florida to the
advantage of safe, efficient and affordable and sustainable walklbike/transit/trail transportation.
Section 2. Severability. If any section clause, sentence, or phrase of this resolution is for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption by vote of the City Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this __ day of _____ , 2015.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND
EXECUTION THEREOF:
CITY ATTORNEY
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APPROVED:
MAYOR
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Harris:
Commissioner Edmond:
Commissioner Liebman:
Commissioner Welsh: