See attached Town Manager's Memorandum on First Reading of Ordinance

CHANGES FROM FIRST READING

Asset Management Software – General Fund Portion ($36,740) – As part of the Town of Miami Lakes IT Master Plan, the Town aspired to procure a web-based asset management software that is tightly integrated with ESRI ArcGIS in order to access, search, and manage infrastructure assets such as stormwater drains, street lights and signs, sidewalks, streets, trees, etc. As per Request for Proposal 2018-20, the total cost of the software is $76,340 which is split between the Stormwater Utility Fund and the General Fund. The FY 2018-19 Adopted Stormwater Utility Budget includes $39,600 for the purchase of the software, and staff is now requesting to allocate the General Fund's portion of $36,740 from the following line items:

1. Reduce sod restoration at pocket parks from $100,000 to $70,000 – ($30,000).

2. Use salary savings from the vacant Deputy Town Manager position which was budgeted to be filled in January 2019 – ($6,740).

Safe Routes to School – The Town has recently requested and received approval for an additional $200,000 in grant funding from Florida Department of Transportation with an increase in local match of $126,461 to complete construction of the Safe Routes to School Project. This project includes a meandering trail for bicyclists and pedestrians, with high emphasis crosswalks and bollards as well as landscaping along the east side of Miami Lakeway North/South, between NW 67th Avenue to NW 64th Avenue. This Ordinance on second reading amends the FY 2018-19 Amended Budget to recognize the grant and allocate funds for the local match to complete the project. The increase in local match funds will be transferred from the following line items within the Capital Projects Fund – Transportation Improvements:

1. Reserve for Transportation Improvements line item - $57,000

2. Savings from Windmill Gate Road Improvement - $65,000

3. NW 59^th Avenue Extension, Public Works Storage/Boat Yard - $4,461