Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 170580 |
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File Number: 170580 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-383-17 | Control: County Commission | ||||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 4/4/2017 | ||||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Acting Body | Date | Agenda Item | Action | Sent To | Due Date | Returned | Pass/Fail |
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Board of County Commissioners | 4/4/2017 | 11A4 | Adopted | P | |||
REPORT: | Commissioner Levine Cava requested to be added as a co-sponsor. | ||||||
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Transportation and Public Works Committee | 3/16/2017 | 2A | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation | P | |||
REPORT: | Assistant County Attorney Annery Alfonso read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Hearing no questions or comments, the TPW Committee voted to forward the foregoing proposed resolution to the Board of County Commission, as presented. | ||||||
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County Attorney | 3/3/2017 | Assigned | Bruce Libhaber | 3/6/2017 | |||
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County Attorney | 3/3/2017 | Referred | Transportation and Public Works Committee | 3/16/2017 | |||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO PREPARE A FEASIBILITY REPORT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REDUCE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES BY INCORPORATING COMPONENTS OF LOS ANGELES� VISION ZERO CAMPAIGN AND PRESENT SAID REPORT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 14-65 BODY WHEREAS, traffic and pedestrian safety is of paramount importance to the residents and visitors of Miami-Dade County; and WHEREAS, establishing pedestrian-friendly policies promote healthy living and enhanced quality of life; and WHEREAS, at the June 7, 2016 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the Board approved Resolution No. R-529-16 adopting the Miami-Dade Local Action Plan for Safer People, Safer Streets (�Action Plan�); and WHEREAS, the goals of the Action Plan include adopting a �Vision Zero� policy with the goal of zero pedestrian and bicycle deaths; and WHEREAS, Los Angeles, through its initiative entitled Vision Zero, installed, for example, a scramble crosswalk at one of its most dangerous intersections; and WHEREAS, a scramble crosswalk is an intersection which allows pedestrians to cross in all directions, straight and diagonally, while all drivers wait; and WHEREAS, prior to the installation of the scramble crosswalk the intersection in question averaged one accident per month, but in the six months after installation there were none; and WHEREAS, components of Los Angeles� Vision Zero program may be useful in reducing and ultimately eliminating pedestrian deaths in Miami-Dade County, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board: Section 1. Directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to prepare a feasibility report relating to the establishment of a comprehensive plan to reduce pedestrian fatalities by incorporating components of Los Angeles� Vision Zero campaign. Section 2. Directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to provide the requested feasibility report to the Board within 90 days of the effective date of this resolution, which shall be placed on an agenda of the Board pursuant to Ordinance No. 14-65. |
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