Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 101720
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File Number: 101720 File Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Version: 0 Reference: R-954-10 Control: Board of County Commissioners
File Name: GOB PROJECT 106 RE: WEST PERRINE PARK Introduced: 6/30/2010
Requester: NONE Cost: Final Action: 9/21/2010
Agenda Date: 9/21/2010 Agenda Item Number: 11A5
Notes: NO PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED Title: RESOLUTION DIRECTING COUNTY MAYOR OR MAYOR’S DESIGNEE TO LIST BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM PROJECT NO. 106 – “WEST PERRINE PARK” IN SERIES RESOLUTION AS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING IN NEXT SERIES OF BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND TO FUND $4.5 MILLION FROM SUCH BOND PROCEEDS IN ORDER TO TIMELY DEVELOP AND CONSTRUCT THE WEST PERRINE FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER; REQUIRING BOARD APPROVAL FOR ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO SUCH FUNDING, INCLUDING CASH FLOW REVISIONS; ADDING WEST PERRINE PARK TO LIST OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROJECTS PURSUANT TO COUNTY’S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN
Indexes: GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM
  WEST PERRINE
Sponsors: Dennis C. Moss, Prime Sponsor
  Audrey M. Edmonson, Co-Sponsor
  Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor
Sunset Provision: No Effective Date: Expiration Date:
Registered Lobbyist: None Listed


Legislative History

Acting Body Date Agenda Item Action Sent To Due Date Returned Pass/Fail

Board of County Commissioners 9/21/2010 11A5 Adopted P

Board of County Commissioners 9/10/2010 11A5 Carried over 9/21/2010

County Attorney 7/12/2010 Referred Recreation, Culture & Tourism Committee 9/13/2010

Recreation, Culture & Tourism Committee 7/12/2010 2C Forwarded to the BCC by BCC Chairperson due to lack of a quorum
REPORT: Chairman Moss submitted a memorandum dated July 15, 2010, waiving the Board of County Commissioners' (BCC) rules and procedures to allow this resolution to be forwarded to the September 9, 2010 BCC meeting.

County Attorney 6/30/2010 Referred Recreation, Culture & Tourism Committee 7/2/2010

County Attorney 6/30/2010 Assigned Monica Rizo 7/2/2010

Legislative Text


TITLE
RESOLUTION DIRECTING COUNTY MAYOR OR MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO LIST BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM PROJECT NO. 106 � �WEST PERRINE PARK� IN SERIES RESOLUTION AS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING IN NEXT SERIES OF BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND TO FUND $4.5 MILLION FROM SUCH BOND PROCEEDS IN ORDER TO TIMELY DEVELOP AND CONSTRUCT THE WEST PERRINE FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER; REQUIRING BOARD APPROVAL FOR ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO SUCH FUNDING, INCLUDING CASH FLOW REVISIONS; ADDING WEST PERRINE PARK TO LIST OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROJECTS PURSUANT TO COUNTY�S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN

BODY


WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-913-04 (the �Parks Facilities Resolution�), the voters approved the issuance of general obligation bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $680,258,000 to construct and improve neighborhood and regional parks and other recreational areas; and
WHEREAS, Appendix A to the Parks Facilities Resolution lists projects eligible for funding from the Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond (�BBC GOB�) Program by project number, municipal project location, BCC district, project name, project description, street address and allocation; and
WHEREAS, one of the projects listed in Appendix A to the Parks Facilities Resolution and approved by the voters for funding is Project No. 106 � �West Perrine Park,� with a project description of �park improvements, which include an aquatic center, athletic fields and courts; vehicle and pedestrian circulation; landscaping and irrigation� and with an allocation of $5 million; and
WHEREAS, $4.5 million of the total allocation for Project No. 106 is to be used for the development and construction of the West Perrine Park Family Aquatic Center; and
WHEREAS, the West Perrine Park previously had a pool but it has been demolished; and
WHEREAS, the West Perrine area is a densely populated, low-income area; and
WHEREAS, currently the nearest Miami-Dade Park and Recreation Department pool is outside the desirable service area for the local community served by West Perrine Park; and
WHEREAS, the local community served by West Perrine Park has expressed interest in the speedy development of the Family Aquatic Center through local leisure interest surveys; and
WHEREAS, Florida had the highest unintentional drowning death rate of toddlers ages 1-4 in the United States in the 5 years between 1999 and 2003 and the third highest overall unintentional drowning death rate in the United States in the 5 years between 1999 and 2003; and
WHEREAS, the design documents for the West Perrine Family Aquatic Center have been completed and the project is ready to be advertised for construction bids; and
WHEREAS, this Board, on July 17, 2008, approved Ordinance 08-92 which established Section 2-8.2.7 of the County Code delineating the procedure for expediting projects under the County�s Economic Stimulus Plan (�ESP�), including language specifying that the Board may, from time to time, by subsequent resolution, add or delete projects from the list of ESP projects; and
WHEREAS, this Board desires to add the West Perrine Family Aquatic Center located in District 9 to the list of ESP projects to be expedited under the ESP in order to implement such project as expeditiously as possible in order to stimulate the local construction industry; and
WHEREAS, this Board wishes to direct the County Mayor or Mayor�s designee to list Project No. 106 in the next series resolution as a project eligible for funding, to fund the development and construction of the West Perrine Family Aquatic Center in full in the amount of $4.5 million from bond proceeds generated from the next BBC GOB Program bonds (scheduled to be issued in the Fall of 2010) and not to make any adjustments to said funding for any reason, including cash flow revisions by the County Mayor or Mayor�s designee authorized by Implementing Order No. 3-47, without this Board�s prior approval,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are incorporated in this resolution and are approved.
Section 2. This Board hereby directs the County Mayor or Mayor�s designee (i) to list Project No. 106 in the next series resolution as a project eligible for funding, (ii) to fund the development and construction of the West Perrine Park Family Aquatic Center in full in the amount of $4.5 million from bond proceeds generated from the next BBC GOB Program bonds (scheduled to be issued in the Fall of 2010) and (iii) not to make any adjustments to said funding for any reason, including cash flow revisions authorized by Implementing Order No. 3-47, without this Board�s prior approval.
Section 3. This Board hereby adds the West Perrine Family Aquatic Center located in District 9 to the list of ESP projects covered under the ESP and authorizes the County Mayor or Mayor�s designee to exercise his authority under the ESP with respect to this project.



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