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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Alina T. Hudak, City Manager 
DATE:July  28, 2021
 



SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MIAMI-DADE CLERK OF COURTS FOR THE UPGRADE OF THE COMPUTERIZED PARKING TICKET ISSUING SYSTEM, FOR A TERM OF TWO (2) YEARS, COMMENCING ON THE EXECUTION DATE OF THE AGREEMENT.

RECOMMENDATION

Adopt the Resolution.

ANALYSIS

 

Miami-Dade County’s Parking Violations Bureau (PVB) is a County agency operated through the Clerk of the Courts Office (Clerk) responsible for the collection, processing, and adjudication of parking fines for all municipalities in Miami-Dade County.  Their functions include accounting and processing of all parking citations; adjudication through the Clerk of the Courts; and collection and disbursement of revenues derived from parking fines. 

 

In coordination with all Miami-Dade County municipalities, the County spearheaded an effort to acquire a computerized parking ticket issuing system.  The City’s Parking Department has utilized this system since its inception, and it has been a very useful tool in our parking enforcement operations.

 

PVB has informed the City that the current system is still operating on a 3G technology platform that will no longer be operational as of November 30, 2021. As such, the handhelds currently being used need to be replaced.

 

The Clerk has entered into an agreement with Duncan Technologies, Inc. to procure new handheld devices that operate on a 5G technology platform.

 

The Interlocal Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, is required to continue to be a part of PVB’s Uniform Digital Parking Citation Issuing System. This agreement authorizes the Clerk to charge the City a fee of $1.25 per citation issued during the two (2) year term of the agreement, as a cost recovery effort and to provide the financial support needed to operate the system. In 2019 the County increased parking fines, resulting in higher citation revenues to the City. The proposed charge is off-set by the increased parking citation revenue and would be deducted from the revenue transmitted to the City on a monthly basis.

 

SUPPORTING SURVEY DATA

 

Results from the 2019 Resident Survey show that 61.5% of residents rated the availability of on-street Parking in Miami Beach as too little.

CONCLUSION

 

The execution of this Inter-local Agreement between the Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts and the City will continue the current service levels and provide citizens with the best possible parking enforcement services supported by state-of-the-art technology.  The Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission approve the Inter-local Agreement and authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the Agreement.

Applicable Area

Citywide
Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-14? Does this item utilize G.O. Bond Funds?
Yes No 

Strategic Connection

Non-Applicable
Legislative Tracking
Parking

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution
Interlocal Agreement