FINAL OFFICIAL
Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners Minutes
SPECIAL MEETING FPL EASEMENT
Thursday, December 12, 2024
9:30:00 AM
Commission Chambers
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Members Present: Oliver G. Gilbert, III; Keon Hardemon; Micky Steinberg; Eileen Higgins; Kevin Marino Cabrera; Raquel A. Regalado; Danielle Cohen Higgins; Kionne L. McGhee; Roberto J. Gonzalez; Juan Carlos Bermudez; Anthony Rodriguez
Members Absent: None
Members Late: None
Members Excused: Marleine Bastien; Sen. Rene Garcia
Members Absent County Business: None

         
1 MINUTES PREPARED BY:  
  REPORT: Zorana Milton, Commission Reporter
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1A INVOCATION AS PROVIDED IN RULE 5.05(H)1B  
1B ROLL CALL  
  REPORT: The following staff members were present:

~County Attorney Geri Bonzon-Keenan;

~First Assistant County Attorney Gerald Sanchez;

~Executive Assistant County Attorney Jess McCarty;

~Carladenise Edwards, Chief Administrative Officer, Office of the Mayor;

~Basia Pruna, Director, Clerk of the Board;

~Kerry Khunjar Breakenridge, Deputy Clerk, Clerk of the Board; and

~Zorana Milton, Deputy Clerk, Clerk of the Board

The honorable Miami-Dade County Mayor Levine Cava was also in attendance.

Chairman Rodriguez called the meeting to order at 10:40 a.m.

County Attorney Bonzon-Keenan explained that the second Special meeting addressed the County's acceptance of an easement from Malt Parcels A & C/SR-1 Trust, LLC, for nominal consideration related to constructing portions of a pedestrian bridge serving the West Aventura Station for Brightline in the Northeast corridor near Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 196th Street. She confirmed the Board's authority to act on the single agenda item under applicable rules and noted no additional changes to the agenda.
 
1C PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
1D REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD AS PROVIDED IN RULE 6.06  
  REPORT: Chairman Rodriguez opened the reasonable opportunity to be heard, and the following persons appeared before the Board:

Mr. Jose Gonzalez, a representative of Florida East Coast Industries, explained that the easement represented the final component required to complete the Brightline Aventura East Bridge landing. He indicated that future Board requests would address additional bridge landing costs and noted that $4 million previously allocated by Aventura Mall for aesthetic enhancements had been redirected to another project.

Seeing no one else come forward to speak, Chairman Rodriguez closed the reasonable opportunity to be heard.

Assistant County Attorney Annery Pulgar Alfonso noted foregoing resolution contained a scrivener's error, which was corrected as follows:
On Page MDC006, Section 2 of the enactment clause, the reference to "NW" 196th Street was revised to read "NE" 196th Street.

Hearing no further questions or comments, the committee proceeded to vote on the foregoing resolution as presented.
 
SPECIAL ITEM(S)  
Special Item No. 1  
  242246 Resolution   Click here if you don't have Adobe PDF Reader Clerk's Official Copy    Eileen Higgins        
  RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONVEYANCE OF A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT, INCLUDING A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND PERMANENT MAINTENANCE EASEMENT, AND A PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT FROM MALL PARCELS A & C / SR-1 TRUST, LLC AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES TO THE COUNTY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, USE, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE OF A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT OR NEAR BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AND NE 196TH STREET FOR NOMINAL CONSIDERATION; DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND FINALIZE THE PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE EASEMENT AGREEMENTS, TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE SAME, AND EXERCISE ALL RIGHTS CONFERRED THEREIN, AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE AND RECORD LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, MAINTENANCE EASEMENT, AND PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT AS DEPICTED AND REFERENCED IN THE EASEMENT Adopted
Resolution R-1107-24
Mover: Eileen Higgins
Seconder: Juan Carlos Bermudez
Vote: 11 - 0
Excused: Bastien , Garc�a
  REPORT: The foregoing resolution contained a scrivener's error, which was corrected as follows:

On Page MDC006, Section 2 of the enactment clause, the reference to "NW" 196th Street was revised to read "NE" 196th Street.
 
2A ADJOURNMENT  
  REPORT: Seeing no further business come before the Board of County Commissioners, the meeting was adjourned at 10:44 a.m.  
3A CONSENT AGENDA  
 
 


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