ANALYSIS:
State Road A1A/5th Street is an arterial roadway under the jurisdiction of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Pursuant to the request from Commissioner Michael Gongora, staff has investigated the procedure for co-naming this road as “Miami Beach Boulevard." This item was referred to the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee (NCAC) at the February 14, 2018 City Commission Meeting.
Currently, the provisions in Article VI Sections 82-501 through 82-503 of the City Code regarding the co-naming of streets do not permit the co-naming of certain City and State streets, including 5th Street and other major corridors within the City of Miami Beach. As such, in order to co-name this corridor, an amendment to the Code must be approved. The attached Draft amendment provides limited exceptions to the co-naming of such streets (i.e., if such co-name or co-designation is for the name of the City of Miami Beach or geographic area in the City). The current City process for street co-naming would apply to the new, limited co-naming (for City streets) or co-designations (for State Roads). As set forth in the City Code, a proposed co-naming needs to be referred to NCAC for its recommendation. The City Commission would need to then approve the recommendation from the NCAC and set a Public Hearing for the City Commission to consider the co-naming. At the Public Hearing, the City Commission may approve the co-naming.
In this case, given that 5th Street is under the jurisdiction of FDOT, only the State can co-designate this street pursuant to "co-designation" procedures in the Florida Statues. As such, the City Commission would not be approving the co-designation, but rather approving the submittal of the proposed co-designation to the State for its approval. The requested co-designation must be approved by the Florida Legislature. If the Florida Legislature approves the co-designation, both the County and City then would need to pass resolutions “in support of” the State’s co-designation as per Section 334.071 of the Florida Statutes. If the local resolutions in support of the co-designation were not adopted, the State would not proceed with the installation of the signage and markers for the co-designation.
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