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Dianne Johnson stated the City of Miami reviewed the completed schematic Greenway renderings with the Trust for Public Land (TPL) on February 6, 2003.  The revised budget removed several line item expenses, including lighting (to be replaced from the FPL decorative lighting list), individually designed bus shelters (to be replaced with shelters with advertisements), and a shorter route is proposed for the “Jose Marti Riverwalk” extension.  Johnson stated she did not have the “shorter route” boundary.  Johnson explained construction documents for the Jose Marti and Lummus Park Riverwalk expansions are due to the Florida Department of Transportation by August, 2003.  Furthermore, Johnson stated she had meet with four City Commissioners about the Greenway, and their requested Greenway Status report may be presented at the February 27, 2003 City Commission hearing.  With regards to the City of Miami / TPL “Assignment Agreement” for the City to use the construction documents created at TPL’s cost by TPL’s consultants, Johnson stated the City is continuing to work in good faith, and TPL will bring the final “Assignment Agreement” contract to the City for approval.   

Brett Bibeau stated the proposed repair of the existing paths in Sewell Park was discussed by the “Friends of Sewell Park”, and Johnson replied that further discussion should occur with the Parks Advisory Board and Parks Department.

Bibeau reminded the Greenways subcommittee that the Villager’s Inc. had awarded the MRC $25,000 a year and a half ago, to provide historical signage along the Greenway.  Bibeau provided the Greenways subcommittee with photos of the following three historical sights for the first Phase of providing signage:

• Sewell Park – Lawrence Home remains and Sewell Memorial
• Lummus Park – Wagner Homestead and Fort Dallas
• Miami River Rapids Park – Miami River Rapids remains

Johnson asked the MRC to provide this recommendation to Sarah Eaton, City of Miami Historical resource officer.  Bibeau stated several historical preservation groups will be providing draft text for the signs, which will be presented at the March 10, 2003 Greenways subcommittee meeting, along with the sign’s proposed design and logos to be created by TPL’s consultant team.  Upon the Greenway subcommittee approval of the signs design and text, the signs would be brought before the MRC and Villager’s Inc for approval, prior to installation.

Under new business, Bibeau forwarded David Miller’s comments, requested by Dianne Johnson, regarding a draft letter to the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) from the City of Miami.  The letter requests a waiver of an ACOE requirement, as it relates to the Lummus Landing Riverwalk.  The waiver would allow the City to encroach 3 feet into the ACOE’s required 5-foot setback from the Federal Navigable Channel.  The MRC and TPL want the Lummus Landing Greenway to be 20 feet-wide on the vacant upland, not cantilevered over the river.  Miller is requesting the letter be amended, so that it does not give the current impression that the MRC supports the requested variance.

The next regularly scheduled 2^nd Monday of the month Greenway subcommittee meeting was confirmed for March 10, 2003, Miami River Inn, at 10 am.  The meeting adjourned.

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