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INTERlOCAl AGREEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION, USE AND REPORTING OF CHARTER COUNTY TRANSIT SYSTEM SURTAX PROCEEDS LEVIED BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY This Interlocal Agreement ("Agreement") entered into this _ day of 2007, by and between Miami-Dade County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida ("County"), and , a municipal corporation located within the geographic boundaries of Miami-Dade County, Florida ("City"). WHEREAS, County adopted Ordinance No. 02-116 levying and imposing a one half of one percent Charter County Transit System Surtax ("Surtax") pursuant to the authority of Sec. 212,055(1) Fla.Stats. (2002); and WHEREAS, in 2003, County and City entered into an Interlocal Agreement delineating each party's obligations; and WHEREAS, the County and City wish to modify that agreement; and WHEREAS, this Agreement supersedes all previous agreements; and WHEREAS, twenty (20) percent of surtax proceeds shall be distributed annually to those Cities existing as of November 5, 2002, ("eligible cities") that meet certain conditions including: The City continues to provide the same level of general fund support for transportation that was in its FY 2001-2002 budget in subsequent fiscal years; Any surtax proceeds received shall be applied to supplement, not replace a City's general fund support for transportation; WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County Ordinance 02-116 requires that the City, on an annual basis, apply at least twenty (20) percent of any surtax proceeds received to transit uses in the nature of circulator buses, bus shelters, bus pullout bays or other transit-related infrastructure. Any City that cannot apply the twenty (20) percent portion of surtax proceeds it receives as provided in the preceding sentence, may contract with the County for the County to apply such proceeds on a County project that enhances traffic mobility within that City and immediately adjacent areas. WHEREAS, if the City cannot expend such proceeds in accordance with either of the preceding sentences, then such proceeds shall either carry over and be added to the overall portion of surtax proceeds to be distributed to the Cities in the ensuing year and shall be utilized solely for the transit uses; WHEREAS, surtax proceeds distributed on a pro rata basis amongst eligible cities based on the ratio such City's population bears to the total population in all such Cities (as adjusted annually in accordance with the Estimates of Population prepared by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research of the University of Florida) that continue to meet the foregoing conditions; and