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File Number: 7588
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 6/25/2020
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER, ALL APPLICABLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS SHUTTS &
BOWEN LLP, O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, AND FOWLER WHITE BURNETT
P.A. (COLLECTIVELY, "OUTSIDE COUNSEL"), SHOULD SUCH BE
INVOLVED, TO CEASE ALL CURRENT APPLICATIONS AND/OR
PROCESSES, WHETHER CURRENTLY UNDERWAY OR NOT, REGARDING
AND IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING OF THE CITY -OWNED
PROPERTY LOCATED GENERALLY AT 1400 NORTHWEST 37TH AVENUE,
MIAMI, FLORIDA ("PROPERTY"), COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE
INTERNATIONAL LINKS MIAMI MELREESE COUNTRY CLUB, UNTIL AT
LEAST ALL LEASE AGREEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY BY MIAMI FREEDOM PARK LLC HAVE
BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, Miami Freedom Park, LLC ("MFP") desires to negotiate and enter into a
Ground Lease, Master Development Agreement, Stadium Lease, and other ancillary lease
agreements ("Lease"), with the City of Miami ("City"), for the development of approximately
seventy-three (73) acres of City -owned property located generally at 1400 Northwest 37th
Avenue, Miami, Florida 33125, commonly known as the International Links Miami Melreese
Country Club and identified as folio numbers 01-3132-000-0080 and 01-3132-000-0090
("Property") for an initial term of thirty-nine (39) years with two (2) additional thirty (30) year
options to renew; and
WHEREAS, at the November 6, 2018 Special Election, City voters approved an
amendment to the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Charter"), to amend
Section 29-B of the City Charter and authorizing the City Commission to negotiate and execute
a ninety nine (99) year lease with MFP for approximately seventy three (73) acres of City -owned
land; waiving competitive bidding and at no cost to the City, for a twenty-five thousand (25,000)
seat soccer stadium; a minimum of 1,000,000 square feet of office, retail, and commercial uses;
a minimum of 750 hotel rooms; guaranteeing a minimum rent of three million five hundred
seventy seven thousand three hundred sixty-five dollars ($3,577,365.00); a living wage for all
on-site employees; and developing a fifty-eight (58) acre public park or other green space, along
with contributing twenty million dollars ($20,000,000.00) for the maintenance thereof
(collectively "Development"); and
WHEREAS, MFP would be responsible for any and all environmental remediation
required on the Property, as well as the cost associated with replacing all park land lost as a
result of the Development, as required by law ("No Net Loss Policy"); and
WHEREAS, the Development is expected to include ancillary development, including,
but not limited to, four hundred thousand (400,000) square feet of office space; six hundred
thousand (600,000) square feet of food, beverage, art, music, entertainment -related, and retail
uses; at least seven hundred fifty (750) hotel rooms; twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of
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conference space; and a parking facility with platform covered by a green roof including multiple
privately managed but publicly available soccer pitches; and
WHEREAS, the proposed development requires certain rezoning of the Property,
inclusive of a proposed Special Area Plan ("SAP") for the Property; and
WHEREAS, not in recent history, if ever, has the City undertaken the rezoning of a City
property prior to the formal approval by City Commission of the proposed private development
associated thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that the any existing application for a
Special Area Plan is premature and desires to direct the City Manager and all applicable
departments to cease such application process until all associated lease agreements have been
approved by the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2-33(f) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,
as amended, the City Commission, by a majority vote, hereby deems this Resolution to be of an
emergency nature;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby directs the City Manager, all applicable City
departments, as well as Outside Counsel, should such be involved, to cease all current
applications and/or processes, whether currently underway or not, regarding and in relation to
the proposed rezoning of the Property, including any SAP application(s), until at least all Lease
agreements associated with the proposed Development of the Property by MFP have been
approved by the City Commission.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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