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HomeMy WebLinkAboutL-2 MPO~cnur~~ v '~ ~l a=~ i~ City of Miami Ga~dens ~. 1515 NW 167`~' Street, Bldg. 5, Suite 200 Mayor Shirley Gibson Miami Gardens, Florida 33169 Vice Mayor Oscar Braynon II Councilman Melvin L. Bratton Councilman Aaron Campbell Councilwoman Sharon Pritchett Councilwoman Barbara Watson Councilman Andr~ Williams n~VI0I2AlVDUM To: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Thru: Danny O. Crew, City Manager From: Jay Marder, Development Services Director Date: January 10, 2007 Re: Call for ldeas - Miami Dade County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Staff is preparing a"Call for ldeas" proposal for submission to the MPO for the 2007 timeframe. Last year's successful submission for a Miami Gardens Traffic Circulator Feasibility Study has just gotten underway and Council will be hearing more about that in coming months. The 2007 application proposes a follow-on work program to refine the planning concepts developed for the Palmetto Expressway through the Florida Public Officials Design Institute at Abacoa through FAU. City staff has prepared the overall summary of the concept which is attached. A scope of work portion of the application is being prepared by Corradino Group at the date of this writing and is anticipated to be available at the Council meeting. Recommend that the City Council approve the 2007 Call For ldeas Application to the Miami Dade MPO entitled, "Miami Gardens' Palmetto Expressway Corridor Livability Study." Attachment: Project Summary L-2) REPORTS CALL FOR IDEAS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (MPO) Miami Dade MPO 2007 Transportation Studies Call for ldeas Application Title of Idea: Miami Gardens' Palmetto Expressway Corridor Livability Project Objective / Purpose: The City of Miami Gardens is developing plans for each of its three major transportation corridors, State Road 7 through a Livable Community Study, NW 27th Avenue through transit-related plans in conjunction with and by Miami Dade Transit, and the Palmetto Expressway through a conceptual plan by the Florida Public Officials Design Institute at Abacoa through FAU (copy attached). The focus of this Call for ldeas is the five mile segment of the Palmetto Expressway within the City of Miami Gardens. The FAU plan needs to be further refined and developed in a manner that incorporates an intermodal approach. FDOT's Livable Communities approach offers a basic methodology to further analyze and develop more detailed cross-sections and functional plans for implementation. A limited access expressway corridor with a frontage road system and interchanges such as the Palmetto is quite different than a typical arterial roadway with direct access such as State Road 7. Therefore, while a modified approach must be taken, the study process steps are essentially similar. Comments: The City seeks to further explore intermodal design enhancement and functionality of the Palmetto in greater depth, especially as it relates to the frontage road system known as NW 167th Street. The aesthetics and functionality of the roadway, both the expressway itself, the frontage roads and its intersections are also of concern. This is a very desirable corridor due to its high traffic counts, visibility and central location within the Miami-Dade/Broward area of South Florida. There are a number of development and redevelopment opportunities which are taking place; the City would like to take a systematic and detailed look at this important corridor and implement enhanced planning for its future. Coordination with the Florida Department of Transportation, District IV Office, the Miami Dade County Expressway Authority, Miami Dade Transit, the Miami Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization and other related entities will be essential to a successful plan. The MPO's Municipal Grant Program would appear to be an appropriate opportunity to approach this issue. The City believes that this would be an effective study for the MPO to undertake, because the people of Miami Gardens, through extensive visioning undertaken in the development of our Comprehensive Development Master Plan, our Transportation Master Plan, and the FAU plan feel that there is more potential that needs to focus on this transportation facility. Mixed use areas have been planned along the Palmetto Expressway in planning for the future. It is now imperative that we take a proactive approach to this facility to explore its intermodal potential in a systematic and comprehensive manner with public involvement, meaningful alternatives and ultimate consensus. As the third largest city in Miami Dade County, with a diverse economy and land uses encompassing residential, business, commercial and industrial categories, this project reflects an innovative approach to planning an expressway corridor.