Dade Boulevard Sewer Replacement Project
This project has had five breaks since March 2021, resulting in sewer system overflows and significant costs in emergency repairs. The Dade Boulevard Sewer Replacement Project needs the emergency replacement of 3,600 LF of pipe and there is an estimated $4 million in unforeseen additional costs. This is a design-build project, and the estimated completion date is 2023.
Sunset Islands Sewer Replacement Project
This project has had three breaks since July 2021 resulting in the emergency temporary replacement of subaqueous pipe. Design is currently underway for this project, and there is an estimated $1.2 million in unforeseen additional costs. The estimated completion date for this project is in 2023.
Sabrina Cohen Adaptive Center
The City of Miami Beach, in collaboration with the Sabrina Cohen Foundation is spearheading the creation of an Adaptive Fitness and Recreation Center along with its all-inclusive park and playground, located at 5301 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach. The City is supporting this project by providing a multi-million-dollar plot of oceanfront land to build the facility. In additional to the land, the City has pledged funding, along with the County and State of Florida for this project. The Sabrina Cohen Foundation is undertaking the fundraising for its development.
The project will be a state-of-the-art health and wellness facility designed exclusively for individuals with disabilities. It will encourage participation, advocacy, and research to help the members of our community to thrive. The Center will combine physical fitness that advances human ability, including the latest in robotics and technology, along with activities that promote mental wellness. The Center will also accommodate visitors with a wide range of needs and of all ages, from children to seniors. It aims to be a prototype for the nation—and the world—sharing best practices with businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities for creating meaningful opportunities for wellness for people living with disabilities in their communities.
The project will be completed in phases, and the Administration intends to request funding in the approximate amount of $1 million to be used for the park, which includes components such as the playground, lighting, equipment and pavement.
Mount Sinai Resiliency Master Plan
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the frequency and severity of hurricanes and other major weather events in the southeastern United States which cause substantial loss of life and hundreds of billions of dollars in damage and loss in impacted areas.
Mount Sinai Medical Center (MSMC) is not eligible to apply directly for appropriations requests, and in previous years has requested that the City apply on their behalf. Last year the City applied on behalf of MSMC and Congress passed, and President Biden signed H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022” which provides full-year funding through September 30, 2022, for projects and activities of the Federal Government. Included in H.R. 2471 is an earmark award in the amount of $7.65 million for the City of Miami Beach for Mount Sinai Medical Center.
This year, Mount Sinai Medical Center has again requested that the City apply for an additional phase of funding on their behalf, in the amount of $7.65 million to fund projects in their MSMC Resiliency Master Plan. If approved, the appropriation funding will be used for emergency power systems, road improvements and flood mitigation, HVAC and other systems and building hardening. Funds will be used during FY 2023 as part of a comprehensive plan to harden facilities at the hospital which serves as an Emergency Command Center during emergencies. The City is under an Agreement with MSMC by which MSMC agrees that it will make any required cost share.
In addition to the above projects, there are other infrastructure projects that the City will be pursuing through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, as the opportunities become available. For example, the City will be applying for funding to replace its current fleet of diesel powered trolley vehicles with zero-emission electric trolleys under a grant program funded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.