City of Coral Gables

File #: 15-4245    Version: 1 Name: Coral Gables Trolley extension Douglas Station-MacFarlane Homestead District
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 8/27/2015 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 9/8/2015 Final action: 9/8/2015
Enactment date: 9/8/2015 Enactment #: 2015-208
Title: A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) between the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the City of Coral Gables, to provide financial assistance in the amount of $75,625, for service development in the expansion of the Coral Gables Trolley route on Ponce de Leon Boulevard, from Douglas Station to the MacFarlane Homestead District.
Attachments: 1. Signed Resolution 2015-208, 2. Signed Cover Memo.pdf, 3. Resolution - Trolley route extension Douglas - MacFarlane - with budget language, 4. DRAFT JPA Contract G0321, 5. MacFarlane HOmestead Study Report

Title

A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) between the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the City of Coral Gables, to provide financial assistance in the amount of $75,625, for service development in the expansion of the Coral Gables Trolley route on Ponce de Leon Boulevard, from Douglas Station to the MacFarlane Homestead District.

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A trolley route extension study was completed in July 2014 examining possible expansions of the Coral Gables Trolley to the MacFarlane Homestead District south of US1 along Grand Avenue between Douglas Road and Le Jeune Road. After review of the study, the Trolley Division of the Parking Department procured a new Trolley, amended the City’s Inter-local Agreement with Miami-Dade County, and held public meetings with the MacFarlane Homestead neighborhood. Service to MacFarlane Homestead District commenced July 27, 2015. FDOT prepared a Joint Participation Agreement to provide service development funds for financial assistance in the amount of $75,625 on a 50/50 match basis in support of the proposed extension. JPA 43666518401 allows for 50% state participation through December 31, 2016.