PH.4 - Install Traffic Calming District 4

WHEREAS, several locations in the City of Miami’s (“City”) District 4 residential neighborhoodsareexperiencingsignificantcut-throughtrafficandspeedingduringrushhour periods; and

WHEREAS,suchcut-throughtrafficandspeedingonlocalresidentialstreetsthatarenot designed for such volume diminishes residents’ quality of life; and

WHEREAS,inadditiontoquality-of-lifeproblemssuchasnoiseandgeneralcongestion, such cut-through traffic and speeding creates significant life-safety risks as residential streets are narrowerthannearby arterialroadways,increasingtherisk ofvehicular accidents,including those involving pedestrians; and

WHEREAS,thosewhocut-throughresidentialneighborhoodsduringrushhourtraffic tend to disobey posted speed limits and signage to gain an advantage over using arterial roadways meant for such traffic; and

WHEREAS, inordertoalleviatetheseissues,theCityproposestoinstall thirty-six (36) traffic calming devices at these locations in the residential neighborhoods, as described in Exhibit “A,” attached and incorporated herein, that experience significant cut-through traffic and speeding during morning and afternoon rush hour periods; and

WHEREAS, Section 1.6.a of the Miami-Dade County Traffic Flow Modification(s)/Street Closure(s) Procedure, attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit “B” (“County Procedure”), as revised by the Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works (“DTPW”) formerly known as the Miami-Dade County Public Works Department (“PWD”) Traffic Engineering Division in January 2009, requires concurrence from the affected residents and/or property owners; and

WHEREAS, Section 1.7.c of the County Procedure further states that a municipality “in lieu of concurrence from the affected residents/property owners may elect to have their elected body vote the proposed traffic flow modification(s)/street closure(s) after public hearing and may submit the resolution to DTPW/PWD requesting consideration of the proposed traffic flow modification(s)/street closure(s);" and

WHEREAS, inordertoexpeditiously addresstheaforementionedquality of lifeandlife-safety issues, the City desires to install thirty-six (36) traffic calming devices, as more particularly described in Exhibit "A,” attached and incorporated herein, in designated residential neighborhoodsofDistrict 4withoutdelaybyholdingapublichearinginlieuofresident/property owner concurrence through balloting; and

WHEREAS, althoughtheCity isadoptingthis Resolution after apublic hearing in lieu of concurrence, it is the intent of the City, to the best of its ability, to seek concurrence from the residentialpropertieswhosefrontagedirectlyabutstheproposedtrafficcalmingdevices,asare more particularly described in Exhibit "A,” attached and incorporated herein; and

WHEREAS, in lieu of concurrence from the affected residents and/or property owners, theCityCommissionfinds it inthebestinterestoftheCityanditsresidentstopassaresolution after a public hearing requesting DTPW/PWD to consider the proposed traffic flow modification(s)/street closure(s) as described in Exhibit "A,” attached and incorporated herein;

NOW,THEREFORE,BEITRESOLVEDBYTHECOMMISSIONOFTHECITYOF MIAMI, FLORIDA:

Section1.TherecitalsandfindingscontainedinthePreambletothisResolutionare adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.

Section 2. The City Commission, after a duly noticed public hearing, authorizes and directs the City Manager to take all actions necessary to expeditiously request that DTPW/PWD considertheproposedtrafficflowmodificationatthefollowing thirty-six (36)locationswithin District 4,asmoreparticularly described inExhibit“A,”attachedand incorporated herein, in orderto expeditiously proceed with design and construction of the traffic calming devices:

1\. Southwest Twelfth Street between Southwest Twenty-Second Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Third Avenue

2\. Southwest Twelfth Street between Southwest Twenty-Third Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Fourth Avenue

3\. Southwest Thirteenth Street between Southwest Twenty-Third Court and Southwest Twenty-Third Avenue

4\. Southwest Thirteenth Street between Southwest Twenty-Fifth Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Seventh Avenue

5\. Southwest Sixth Street between Southwest Twenty-Second Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Third Avenue

6\. Southwest Sixth Street between Southwest Twenty-Third Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Fourth Avenue

7\. Southwest Sixth Street between Southwest Twenty-Fourth Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Fifth Avenue

8\. Southwest Twenty-Sixth Lane between Southwest Twenty-Second Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Third Avenue

9\. Southwest Twenty-Fifth Terrace between Southwest Thirty-Sixth Avenue and Southwest Thirty-Seventh Avenue

10\. Southwest Twenty-Sixth Street between Southwest Thirty-Sixth Avenue and Southwest Thirty-Seventh Avenue

11\. Northwest Third Street between Northwest Forty-Second Avenue and Southwest Forty-Third Avenue

12\. Southwest Forty-Eighth Avenue between Southwest First Street and Southwest Second Street

13\. Northwest Fifty-Third Avenue between West Flagler Street and Northwest First Street

14\. Northwest Fifty-Third Avenue between Northwest First Street and Northwest Second Street

15\. Intersection of Southwest Fourth Street and Southwest Seventy-First Avenue

16\. Intersection of Southwest Seventy-Second Avenue and Southwest Flagami Boulevard

17\. Intersection of Southwest Seventy-Second Avenue and Tamiami Canal Road

18\. Intersection of Southwest Sixty-Ninth Avenue and Southwest Fourth Street

19\. Intersection of Southwest Sixty-Seventh Avenue and Southwest Fourth Street

20\. Intersection of Southwest Thirty-Fifth Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Eighth Street

21\. Intersection of Southwest Thirty-Fourth Avenue and Southwest Twenty-Seventh Street

22\. Southwest Thirty-Sixth Court between Southwest Twenty-Ninth Street and Southwest Twenty-Eighth Street

23\. Intersection of Southwest Thirty-First Avenue and Southwest Sixteenth Street

24\. Intersection of Southwest Thirty-First Avenue and Southwest Sixteenth Terrace

25\. Intersection of Southwest Seventh Street and Southwest Thirty-Second Avenue

26\. Intersection of Southwest Sixth Street and Southwest Thirty-Second Avenue

27\. Intersection of Southwest Second Street and Southwest Sixty-Second Avenue

28\. Intersection of Southwest Fourth Street and Southwest Sixty-Second Avenue

29\. Intersection of Southwest Sixtieth Avenue and Southwest Third Street

30\. Intersection of Southwest Fourth Street and Southwest Seventy-First Avenue

31\. Southwest Fourth Street between Southwest Sixty-Ninth Avenue and Southwest Seventy-First Avenue

32\. Southwest Fourth Street between Southwest Seventy-First Avenue and Southwest Seventy-Second Avenue

33\. Southwest Seventy-First Avenue between Southwest Fourth Street and Southwest Sixth Street

34\. Southwest Seventy-First Avenue between Southwest Fourth Street and West Flagler Street

35\. Tamiami Boulevard between Southwest Seventy-First Avenue and Southwest Seventy-Second Avenue

36\. Southwest Seventy-Second Avenue between Southwest Fourth Street and West Flagler Street

Section3.TheCityClerkisdirectedtosendacertifiedcopyofthisResolutiontothe Director of Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works.

Section4.ThisResolutionshallbecomeeffectiveimmediatelyuponitsadoption.