M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Mayor and Town Council
From: Rafael G. Casals, Town Manager
Date: July 20, 2016
Re: Ordinance creating a Five (5) Year Pavement Cutting and Excavation Prohibition:
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, CREATING SECTION 30-1 ENTITLED "PAVEMENT CUTTING AND EXCAVATION PROHIBITION" OF THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
On February 20, 2008, the Town Council approved a Roadway Transfer Agreement with Miami-Dade County (the "County"), which was adopted via Town Resolution No. 08-11. As a result of this Agreement, the County's ownership and maintenance responsibilities of approximately ninety (90) miles of local roadways within the Town limits was transferred over to the Town. On February 2009, a Town wide Pavement and Sidewalk Assessment Study and Report was completed by the Town's Consulting Engineers. One of the major components of the Assessment Report was the rating of local roadways with the following categories: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, and Poor. Town staff initiated a Town wide Roadway Resurfacing project, budgeting funds annually commencing in Fiscal Year 2011-2012 to systematically resurface all roads with a high level of distress, as identified in the report. Funding for the Town-wide Roadway Resurfacing Project(s) is provided through the Town's portion of People's Transportation Plan (PTP). The Board of County Commissioners approved the Town's Inter-Local Agreement which, allows the Town to receive Municipal Surtax Funds on a monthly basis, which are to be utilized for both transportation and transit projects. Additionally, the Town is scheduled to receive retro-active PTP funds, which were negotiated in the Int...
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