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Home My Public Portal About2019-34 Authorizing the Village Manager to prepare and execute a letter of commitment to improve public parking spaces and beachRBSOLUTION NO. 2019.34 A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO PREPARE AND EXECUTE A LETTER OF COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC PARKING AND BEACH ACCESS RELATING TO THE VILLAGE'S INCLUSION WITHIN THB MIAMI.DADE COUNTY BEACH EROSION CONTROL AND HURRICANE PROTECTION PROJECT; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVB DATE WHEREAS' the Village of Key Biscayne ("Village") has requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the "Army Corps") include the Village within the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection project (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, in order to be included in the Project, the Army Corps has requested that the Village provide a letter of commitment to improve public parking and beach access in order to comply with the Army Corps policy and guidance for federal participation in shore protection prior to construction of the Project (the "Letter"); and \ryHEREAS, the Village Council authorizes the Village Manager to prepare the Letter and to transmit this Letter to Miami-Dade County, Army Corps, and the Village Congressional Delegation; and WHEREAS, the Village Council finds that this Resolution is in the best interest and welfare of the citizens of the Village. NO\ry, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: Section l. Recitals. That each of the above-stated recitals are hereby adopted, confirmed, and incorporated herein. Section 2.Authorization. That the Village Council authorizes the Village Manager to prepare and execute the Letter, in substantially the form attached hereto, as Exhibit "A." Section 3. Transmittal. That the Village Manager is authorized to transmit this Letter to Miami-Dade County, the Army Corps, and the Village Congressional Delegation. Section 4.Effective Date. That this Resolution shall be effective immediatel y upon adoption. PASSED and ADOPTED this 2I'r day of May,2019 W. DAVEY, MAYOR ATTEST: INA,MC GE CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY LAGE ATTORNEY , 2 WllageCouncil I\fi cluel \{. I}aray, M4rø Allison McCormicþ We Ma¡ar I¡is laurrdo Eduardl¡ndon BreüMoss Katiektlos þnacioJ. Segurola EXHIBIT ''A'' VTLL,AGE ()F ]KEY ]B]ISCAVNE May 14,2019 Via Electronic Mail and Federal Express Colonel Andrew Kelly, District Commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District 701 San Marco Boulevard Jacksonville, Florida 32207 -891 5 Re Village of Key Biscayne's Letter of Commitment to lmprove Public Beach Access to Facilitate lts lnclusion in the New 50-year Authorization of the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project (BEC&HP Project) Dear Colonel Kelly: Please accept this correspondence as the Village of Key Biscayne's (the "Village") Letter of Commitment to improve public parking and beach access in order to comply with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Policy and Guidance for Federal Participation in Shore Protection (Regulation No. 1165-2-130) prior to construction of a federal shore protection project in the Village. ln correspondence received on May 13, 2019, the Corps refer to above referenced regulation and determined that the Village does not comply with those regulations in two material respects. First, the Corps determined that the Village does not have a sufficient number of public beach access points. Second, the Corps determined that there is inadequate public parking or, alternatively, that available public transportation is not within 0.25 miles of the beach access points. The Village has since performed a high-level review of its public beach access and believes it can comply with the regulation referenced by the Corps. ln support, the Village offers the following details: l. Public Beach Access Points. ln addition to the existing public access points at Sonesta Drive and Heather Drive, there are several additional physical points of connection to the beach. Some of these physical points of connection are open to Village residents only, while others are open to hotel or club guests. The Village has reviewed the Corps' Engineer Regulation and believes it can open at least one public beach access point in the central Village area, and at least one in the south Village area prior to construction. ln order to open these physical points of connection to the general public, the Village will need to closely examine longstanding historical agreements between various property owners and work with property owners to effectuate public access 88 West Mclntyre Street . Key Biscayne, Flt¡ritla 33149 . (305) 365-551 I . www.keybiscayne.fl.gov VIILLAG]E C)JF ]¡(EY ]T}][SCAVNE agreements. The Village has already commenced this process and will keep the Corps updated on its progress in this respect. ll. Proximitv of Public Parkinq or Public Transit. The Village enjoys an extensive network of Miami-Dade County bus stops located along Crandon Boulevard that are within walking distance to each of the Village's beach access points. However, the Corps has indicated that those bus stops do not comply with the Engineer Regulations because they are located more than 0.25 miles from the beach access points. ln order to address this concern, the Village will enhance its free, on-demand ridesharing service called Freebee on the Key ("Freebee"). The existing service can be summoned via mobile-app or can be accessed on its continuous KB Loop service along Village streets at stops marked with signage. The existing on-demand service easily connects passengers from Miami-Dade Transit Metro-Bus stops with beach public access points. The Village would like to review this system with the Corps, and commits to adjust the free shuttle service's routes and frequency as needed, in order to improve public beach access. Additionally, the Village will continue to support and promote various means of nontraditional mobility, and modify those other services as needed in order to improve public beach access. ln the event that the Corps requests additional connectivity between the Miami- Dade Transit Metro-Bus stops and the beach public access points, the Village commits to request expansion of existing bus routes off Crandon Boulevard, toward the ocean, in order to improve public beach access at strategic locations. Additionally, the Village commits to request and use CITT funding from Miami-Dade County to subsidize a Village circulator system. Respectfully subm itted, THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE Andrea M. Agha Village Manager 88 West Mclntyre Street . Key Biscayne, Florida 33149 . (3O5) 365-551 I . www.keybiscayne.fl.gov VTLLAG]E ()JF IKEY ]ßTSC.,\YNE AMA:jco The Honorable Donna Shalala The Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz The Honorable Frederica Wilson The Honorable Debbie Mucarsel-Powell The Honorable Marco Rubio The Honorable Rick Scott Brian Choate, ACOE Terri Jordan Sellers, ACOE Jim Davenport T. Spencer Crowley, lll, Esq. Chad Friedman, Esq. Tim Blankenship, P.E. Jake Ozyman, P.E. Colleen Castille cc: 88 West Mclntyre Street . Key Biscayne, Florida 33149 . (305) 365'551 I . www.keybiscayne.fl.gov