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Sweetwater approves resolution to accept easement for bus bench near Sweetwater Towers
Summary
The commission approved a resolution to accept and approve grants of easement for a bus shelter/bench near Sweetwater Towers; the mayor will finalize the legal description once engineering provides a site plan and the mayor will sign only after the exact legal description is inserted.
The Sweetwater City Commission on Aug. 4 approved a resolution authorizing the city to accept and approve grants of easement for installation of a bus shelter or bench near Sweetwater Towers. The mayor said the resolution is intended to expedite a promised shaded bench for elderly residents of Sweetwater Towers while staff completes a precise legal description and site specifications.
Mayor Diaz told commissioners he had met with the property owner and Miami-Dade County transit and that the county had inspected the site. The mayor said he will not sign the final grant documents until the precise legal description of the parcel is inserted; the resolution gives the mayor authority to complete the blanks for the legal description and proceed. Commissioners voted to approve the resolution.
Discussion: The mayor described ADA-compliance constraints on the sidewalk and the need to work with a property owner to secure a small piece of private property for placement of the bench. Commissioners asked whether the bench would be limited to Fifth Street; the mayor said this resolution applies only to the specific area near Sweetwater Towers but that he would report back if any broader bus-bench program was needed.
Decision: Commission approved the resolution and authorized the mayor to finalize the site-specific legal description and proceed with the easement acceptance.
