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_Add-On c)Add-on item c) Sponsored by the City Manager 3/3/15 City Commission Meeting RESOLUTION NO. ____________________ A Resolution of the Mayor and Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida, relating to the 2015 legislative budget requests, approving the city’s list of legislative requests, authorizing the city manager to present the approved package to the Miami- Dade County Legislative Delegation for inclusion in the 2015 Legislative Session. WHEREAS, each year the Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation provides an opportunity for municipalities to present their legislative funding requests to the Delegation for the upcoming State of Florida Legislative Session; and WHEREAS, on November 4, 2014, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved Florida Constitutional Amendment 1, the Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative, which authorizes no less than 33 percent of net revenues collected from the existing excise tax on real estate documents to be used to acquire, restore, and manage conservation and recreation lands throughout Florida for a period of 20 years; and WHEREAS, the revenues collected pursuant to this amendment may be used to finance the acquisition and improvement of land and outdoor recreation areas, including recreational trails, parks, and urban open space; and WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County has developed a Countywide Parks and Open Space System Master Plan which contains a 50-year guide to future park and trail development, including an emphasis on offering transportation alternatives, reducing traffic congestion, and creating new recreation opportunities; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative amendment is to fund projects such as the Ludlam Trail corridor that stretches from SW 80th Street to the southern entrance of Robert King High Park on Flagler Street; and WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa sponsored a resolution passed by the Miami-Dade County Commission urging the Florida Legislature to provide funding for the acquisition and improvement of the proposed Ludlam Trail pursuant to the Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative, Florida Constitutional Amendment 1; and WHEREAS, the development of the Ludlam Trail corridor, as open park land and as an extensive trail upon which the residents of the City of South Miami and of adjacent municipalities and unincorporated Miami-Dade County can enjoy by walking and cycling, will be of great benefit to everyone; and WHEREAS, the City of South Miami wishes to submit the City’s projects identified in Exhibit “A”, for funding by the 2015 Legislative Session, to the Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Page 2 of 2 Section 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. Authorization. The City Manager is hereby authorized to transmit the City of South Miami’s funding requests identified in the attached Exhibit “A” to the Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation for inclusion in the Delegation’s package for the 2015 Legislative Session. The City Manager shall take all steps necessary to provide the City’s list of Legislative Issues to the Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation. Additionally, the City Manager is hereby authorized to request the assistance of the City’s legislative consultant and to lobby the State Legislature and the Governor on these issues. Section 3. 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 4. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption by vote of the City Commission. PASSED AND ADOPTED this ____ day of _____________, 2015. ATTEST: APPROVED: _____________________ ______________________ CITY CLERK MAYOR READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM, COMMISSION VOTE: LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND Mayor Stoddard: EXECUTION THEREOF Vice Mayor Harris: Commissioner Edmond: _____________________________ Commissioner Liebman: CITY ATTORNEY Commissioner Welsh: Exhibit A 2015 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE Funding Legislation (Appropriations requests) Ludlam Trail Corridor Acquisition $5,000,000 Currently the Florida East Coast Railway owns a partially abandoned right- of-way that is approximately 6.2 miles long. This land has for many years remained fallow with grass and trees growing within it. There has been a demand of the citizens of Miami-Dade County as well as the City of South Miami to purchase the property, now known as the Ludlam Trail Corridor, that stretches from SW 80th Street to the southern entrance of Robert King High Park on Flagler Street. One of the purposes of the Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative amendment is to fund projects such as the Ludlam Trail corridor, including the area from SW 80th Street to Flagler Street. The development of the Ludlam Trail corridor, in part as open parkland and as an extensive trail, upon which the residents of the City of South Miami and of adjacent municipalities and unincorporated Miami- Dade County can enjoy by walking and cycling, will be of great benefit to everyone. Therefore, the City of South Miami is hereby requesting $5,000,000 from the fund to be dedicated to the City of South Miami's acquisition of the Ludlam Trail corridor, from SW 80th Street to Flagler Street.. South Miami Bioswales and Drainage Improvements $120,000 The Palmer Park area has historically experienced flooding and is in need of drainage enhancements. The City of South Miami Stormwater Master Plan, completed in 2012, declared this basin area as a priority. This project will provide a bioswale system and stormwater drainage improvements throughout the area. The scope will include bioswales to collect up to 6 inches of stormwater and an exfiltration trench system to collect additional storm runoff. This project will enhance water quality and increase water retention. The proposed locations for the project are: SW 62 Terrace, between SW 68 & 67 Court, SW 63 Street, between SW 68 & 67 Court, SW 67 Court, between SW 62 Terrace and SW 63 Street. This area will be improved with the implementation of bioswales and a proposed French drain/exfiltration trench system. The proposed closed system will approximately retain .58 acre-ft of water. The design portion of the project will commence in January 2016 and construction is anticipated in to commence in July 2016. South Miami Twin Lakes Sanitary Sewer Expansion Program $200,000 Exhibit A The majority of the City of South Miami is in need of additional sanitary sewer infrastructure to eliminate the predominant use of septic tanks in the City. This project focus’s on the most pressing concern which is a section of the Twin Lakes area, a residential area located between SW 64th Court to 62nd Avenue and between SW 56th Street to SW 70th Street. Currently, this area is served by septic tank systems and residents are required by state law to abandon the septic tank systems and connect to the public sanitary sewer system pursuant to §381.00655, Fla. Stat., but only when reasonably available. Currently the public sanitary sewer system is not available. However the requested fund would allow the city to make it available to this area and cause these homes to be connected to it.. without the funding for this project the homes in this area will continue to be connected to septic tanks and they will also exacerbate the pollution problem caused by the cronic flooding of this area. This project entails design and construction of approximately 6,000 linear feet of gravity sanitary sewer system. South Miami Twin Lakes Stormwater Drainage Phase III $360,000 The City of South Miami Stormwater Master Plan (2012) identifies the Twin Lakes area as a priority area, as it has historically experienced flooding and is in need of drainage enhancements. Furthermore, the City has received numerous and consistent complaints from residents in regards to fl ooding along these streets. The project includes an exfiltration trench system to collect storm runoff and provide water quality and quantity. The closest body of water is known as the Twin Lakes Canal, which ultimately discharges into the Snapper Creek C-2 Canal and on to Biscayne Bay, which is designated an Aquatic Preserve. The proposed locations are SW 49 Terrace, between SW 65 & 67 Avenue SW 50 Terrace, between SW 66 & 67 Avenue SW 66 Avenue, between SW 50 & 51 Terrace SW 51 Terrace, between SW 67 & 65 Avenue SW 65 Avenue, between SW 49 Terrace & 52 Street. This project will reduce the volume of runoff (pollutants) into the neighboring lakes and canal generated by a storm event. The proposed closed system will approximately retain 1.25 acre-ft volume of water that will not runoff off into the nearby canal and lake. Substantive Legislation Disposable Plastic Bags The City of South Miami endorses a bill (HB 661), filed by Rep. David Richardson, D-Miami Beach that would allow cities with fewer than 100,000 people to create pilot programs to regulate or ban disposable plastic bags. The bill would allow cities to have pilot programs from Jan. 1, Exhibit A 2016, to June 30, 2018, and would require them to collect data and submit reports about the effects of the regulations or bans. It also raises the possibility that cities could continue with such regulations or bans after June 30, 2018.