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Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 162103

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File Number: 162103

File Type: Resolution

Status: Adopted

Version: 0

Reference: R-149-17

Control: Board of County Commissioners

File Name: STUDY ON WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS

Introduced: 9/15/2016

Requester: NONE

Cost:

Final Action: 2/7/2017

Agenda Date: 2/7/2017

Agenda Item Number: 11A6

Notes:

Title:

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR’S DESIGNEE TO UPDATE A PREVIOUS FEASIBILITY STUDY ON WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND PREPARE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE CREATION OF ON-DEMAND AND FIXED-ROUTE WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION

Indexes:

STUDY

Sponsors:	Sen. Javier D. Souto, Prime Sponsor
	Bruno A. Barreiro, Co-Sponsor
	Daniella Levine Cava, Co-Sponsor
	Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor
	Audrey M. Edmonson, Co-Sponsor
	Sally A. Heyman, Co-Sponsor
	Joe A. Martinez, Co-Sponsor
	Jean Monestime, Co-Sponsor
	Dennis C. Moss, Co-Sponsor
	Rebeca Sosa, 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	2/7/2017	11A6	Adopted				P
REPORT:	Commissioner Moss, Diaz, Sosa, Heyman, Levine Cava, Monestime and Vice Chairwoman asked to be listed as co-sponsor's on this item.

Transit and Mobility Services Committee	1/19/2017	2B	Forwarded to the BCC by BCC Chairperson due to lack of a quorum
REPORT:	The Clerk of the Board received the appropriate memorandum from Chairman Bovo, dated January 20, 2017, requesting that the Board's Rules of Procedure be waived to allow the foregoing proposed resolution to be heard at the February 7, 2017 Board of County Commission meeting.

County Attorney	9/15/2016		Assigned	Alex S. Bokor

County Attorney	9/15/2016		Referred	Transit and Mobility Services Committee		1/19/2017

Legislative Text

TITLE
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO UPDATE A PREVIOUS FEASIBILITY STUDY ON WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND PREPARE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE CREATION OF ON-DEMAND AND FIXED-ROUTE WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION

BODY
WHEREAS, in 2006 this Board, through Resolution R-179-06, directed the County administration to prepare a feasibility study to explore introducing various waterborne transit routes in Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County has experienced rapid population growth accompanied by massive coastal development in the decade since the previous feasibility study; and
WHEREAS, with this development and population growth comes the problem of traffic density and gridlock on our overburdened roadways; and
WHEREAS, the dense development along and near Miami-Dade County�s navigable waterways, combined with the clear desire of residents for innovative solutions to the traffic congestion create a unique opportunity to re-examine the use of our waterways to address this traffic problem; and
WHEREAS, this mode of transportation is being explored and implemented in jurisdictions around the state and the country with great success; and
WHEREAS, this Board desires the County Mayor or Mayor�s designee to prepare a comprehensive feasibility study and implementation plan to covert this opportunity into a reality; and
WHEREAS, this feasibility study should examine comprehensively the use and opportunities for on-demand and fixed-route waterborne transportation including, but not limited to, possible routes and locations,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee is directed to update a previous feasibility study on waterborne transportation solutions as part of a comprehensive transportation network throughout Miami-Dade County and prepare an implementation plan for the creation of on-demand and fixed-route waterborne transportation. The Board further directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to provide the requested feasibility study and implementation plan to the Board within 90 days of the effective date of this resolution, which shall be placed on an agenda of the Board pursuant to Ordinance No. 14-65.