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04-06-04 Item 9CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI Inter - office Memorandum TO: Honorable Mayor, Vice Mayor & City Commission FROM: Maria V. Davis City Manager 0 RESOLUTION: DATE: April 6, 2004 '1 r AGENDA ITEM No. RE: Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and execute an agreement with Miami -Dade County to bill residents for the garbage containers A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE THE COST OF SERVICE AND TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR THE BILLING OF STORM WATER CHARGES BETWEEN MIAMI -DADE COUNTY AND CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI FOR THE BILLING OF GARBAGE CONTAINER FEES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS: Following the purchase of the garbage containers, Public Works Department crews have delivered the containers to residents in preparation for the new automated garbage collection system. While preparing to initiate the new system on April 5, 2004, we have been coordinating with Miami -Dade County Water & Sewer Department (MDWASD) for their billing services. Under an agreement executed with MDWASD in September 2001, MDWASD currently provides storm water billing services to the City. Our intent is to amend the current agreement to add a one -time $50.00 fee to all affected residents. MDWASD management has agreed to the amendment and they are working on the cost to provide the billing service. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Commission approve the resolution. ATTACHMENTS: ❑ Proposed Resolution ❑ Draft Agreement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 RESOLUTION NO A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE THE COST OF SERVICE AND TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR THE BILLING OF STORM WATER CHARGES BETWEEN MIAMI -DADE COUNTY AND CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, TO INCLUDE THE BILLING OF GARBAGE CONTAINER FEES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, on September 24th, 2001, the County and the City entered into a contract providing for the County to provide billing of storm water charges by the County for the City, and WHEREAS, the County and the City desire to make certain modifications to said contract, and 18 WHEREAS, the City has requested that the County provide a one -time billing service for 19 the City to collect a one -time charge to its residents for the purchase of uniform garbage 20 containers, and 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 WHEREAS, the County has agreed to perform the one -time billing service that the City has requested, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA THAT: Section 1: A one -time charge of $50.00 (Fifty Dollars) will be added to all water and /or sewer accounts that the County bills storm water charges on behalf of the City on the first billing cycle after this amendment is fully executed by the County and the City. Section 2: The Mayor and City Commission authorize the City Manager to negotiate the fee for the billing service with Miami -Dade County and execute the amendment. Section 3: This resolution shall be effective immediately. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2004. ATTEST: APPROVED: CITY CLERK READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY MAYOR Commission Vote: Mayor Russell: Vice Mayor Palmer: Commissioner Wiscombe: Commissioner Sherar: Commissioner Birts- Cooper: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO CONTRACT BETWEEN MIAMI -DADE COUNTY AND CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA AGREEMENT OF BILLING STORMWATER CHARGES THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into this — day of , 2004, by and between Miami -Dade County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, hereinafter referred to as the "COUNTY" and the CITY of South Miami, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida, hereinafter referred to as the "CITY "; W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, on September 24th, 2001, the COUNTY and the CITY entered into a contract providing for the COUNTY to provide billing of stormwater charges by the COUNTY for the CITY, and WHEREAS, the COUNTY and the CITY desire to make certain modifications to said contract, and WHEREAS, the CITY has requested that the COUNTY provide a one- time billing service for the CITY to collect a one -time charge to its residents for the purchase of uniform garbage containers, and WHEREAS, the COUNTY has agreed to perform the one -time billing service that the CITY has requested, NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and obligations set forth herein, the COUNTY and the CITY hereby agree as follows: 1.A one -time charge of $50.00 (Fifty Dollars) will be added to all water and /or sewer accounts that the COUNTY bills stormwater charges on behalf of the CITY on the first billing cycle after this amendment is fully executed by the COUNTY and the CITY. 2. The CITY agrees to pay to the COUNTY and the COUNTY shall receive from the CITY, by means of deduction from the payments due the CITY after the one -time billing service, a charge in the amount of ($x.00) dollars per bill for all accounts charged the one- time charge. 3. The CITY understands and accepts that the COUNTY shall Amendment One 1 Stormwater Billing Agreement - South Miami 2/12/04 consider the person or persons whose names appear on the COUNTY's water and /or sewer service account as the persons responsible for the one -time charge at the location involved. 4. The CITY shall be responsible to notify the affected parties that they will be receiving the one -time bill and the CITY shall be responsible to address all telephone and written inquiries. 5. Paragraph 18 of the agreement is hereby modified to read as follows: Whenever written notice to the CITY is required, it shall be sent by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to The CITY of SOUTH MIAMI, CITY Hall, 6130 Sunset Drive, SOUTH MIAMI, Florida 33143 (Attention: CITY MANAGER). Whenever written notice to the COUNTY is required, it shall be sent by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to MIAMI - DADE COUNTY, Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Department, 3071 S.W. 38th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33146, (Attention: Director). 6. All terms and conditions of the Contract not specifically modified by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect. (The rest of this page is intentionally left blank.) Amendment One 2 Stormwater Billing Agreement - South Miami 2/12/04 In WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed these presents on the day and date first written above. ATTEST: BY: Deputy Clerk ATTEST: BY: City Clerk Approved as to form and legal sufficiency: Assistant County Attorney Amendment One Stormwater Billing Agreement - South Miami 2/12/04 MIAMI -DADE COUNTY MW County Manager (SEAL) THE CITY OF SOUTH MAAMI, FLORIDA City Manager (SEAL) Approved as to form and legal sufficiency: City Attorney for the City of South Miami, Florida 3