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Home My WebLink AboutR-19-03180FCity of Miami G�TY 'LJ 1 Legislation * IA61RR uuu �F l ° R I° Resolution: R-19-0318 File Number: 6241 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Final Action Date: 7/25/2019 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS, FINDING, DETERMINING, AND DECLARING THAT THE TOTAL NEW TERRITORY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, IN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ("DDA") DISTRICT ("DDA DISTRICT") REFLECTS THE INCLUSTION OF THE TERRITORY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "B," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, WHICH ARE THE RIGHT- OF-WAY LANDS UNDERNEATH THE MIAMI METRORAIL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNDERLINE, FROM THE MIAMI RIVER TO SOUTHEAST 15TH ROAD (COLLECTIVELY, "UNDERLINE ADJACENT TO DDA DISTRICT AREA"), IN ORDER TO REVITALIZE AND PRESERVE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE DDA DISTRICT AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 166.0497, FLORIDA STATUTES (2018); DECLARING THE CITY OF MIAMI'S INTENT TO ALTER, AMEND, AND EXPAND THE DDA DISTRICT BOUNDARIES BY INCLUDING THE TERRITORY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "B", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; SETTING THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH THE CITY COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DDA DISTRICT TO THE NEW BOUNDARIES IN EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, TO INCLUDE THE UNDERLINE ADJACENT TO THE DDA DISTRICT AREA IN EXHIBIT "B", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, TO AMEND, ALTER, AND EXPAND THE EXISTING TERRITORY FOR THE DDA DISTRICT BOUNDARIES DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "C," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED. SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 65-1090, Laws of Florida, in 1967, the City of Miami ("City") created the Miami Downtown Development Authority of the City of Miami, Florida ("DDA") and established the original territory of the related downtown development district ("DDA District") as the boundaries within which the DDA may exercise its powers and added provisions to the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), for the DDA and the DDA District; and WHEREAS, the Friends of the Underline ("Friends") is a United States Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to establish new public park space beneath the MetroRail system called the "Underline" and the Friends have requested that the DDA and the City include the right-of-way lands owned by Miami -Dade County's Department of Transportation and Public Works ("County") underneath the MetroRail from the Miami River on the north to Southeast 15th Road on the south (collectively, "Underline Adjacent to DDA District Area") in an alteration, amendment, and expansion of the DDA District to create new boundaries as described in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated, to include the Underline Adjacent to the DDA District Area as described in Exhibit "B," attached and incorporated, by altering, amending, and expanding the existing boundaries for the DDA District previously established pursuant to City of Miami Page 1 of 3 File ID: 6241 (Revision: A) Printed On: 911812020 File ID: 6241 Enactment Number: R-19-0318 Ordinance No. 12307 adopted December 12, 2002, which amended the original territory of the DDA District to the existing area described in Exhibit "C", attached and incorporated; and WHEREAS, the DDA has reviewed the potential expansion of its boundaries to include the section of Underline Adjacent to DDA District Area to allow the DDA to partner with and participate in the delivery and ongoing programming of the new park space; and WHEREAS, Goal 4, Action Item 4.5 — "Connect and Promote Downtown Parks, Open Spaces and Greenways" of the 2025 Downtown Miami Master Plan, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "D," seeks to identify park typologies and potential locations for new open space within the DDA District; and WHEREAS, Section 166.0497, Florida Statute (2018), details the procedures for the "alteration, amendment, or expansion of [the] established downtown development district"; and WHEREAS, the DDA procured the services of Lambert Advisory, an independent third - party consultant, to study the economic impact of the inclusion of the additional park land created by the section of the Underline Adjacent to DDA District Area project that runs from the Miami River on the north to Southeast 15 Road on the south, coincident with the MetroRail right- of-way on property that is owned by the County, to affirm that it would revitalize and preserve property values in the Downtown District pursuant to Section 166.0497, Florida Statutes (2017); and WHEREAS, the study, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "E," concluded that expanding the boundaries of the DDA to include the Underline Adjacent to DDA District Area will revitalize and preserve property values within the existing district; and WHEREAS, the study further concluded that the expansion will result in net positive increases in existing and future property values within the existing district due to enhanced property assessment values and potential new development; and WHEREAS, based on the study, the Board of Directors of the DDA concluded that expanding the boundaries of the DDA District to include the Underline Adjacent to DDA District Area as stated in DDA Resolution No. 045/2017 adopted November 17, 2017, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "F," will revitalize and preserve property values and prevent deterioration of the DDA District; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the DDA and the City to expand the boundaries of the DDA to include the Underline; 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 finds, determines, and declares that altering, amending, and expanding the DDA District territory to create the new territorial boundaries in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated, by including the territory described in Exhibit "B", attached and incorporated, as the Underline Adjacent to the DDA District Area to the existing DDA District boundaries described in Exhibit "C", attached and incorporated, will revitalize and City of Miami Page 2 of 3 File ID: 6241 (Revision: A) Printed on: 911812020 File ID: 6241 Enactment Number: R-19-0318 preserve the property values in the DDA District and its surrounding areas pursuant to Section 166.0497, Florida Statutes (2018). Section 3. The City Commission hereby declares the City's intent to alter, amend, and expand the DDA District boundaries by creating the new territorial boundaries in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated, by including the territory described in Exhibit "B", attached and incorporated, in the current DDA District boundaries described in Exhibit "C", attached and incorporated. Section 4. A public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance expanding the boundaries of the DDA District to create the new territorial boundaries described in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated, to include the Underline Adjacent to the DDA District Area in Exhibit "B", attached and incorporated, by altering, amending, and expanding the existing DDA District boundaries described in Exhibit "C", attached and incorporated, shall be held on September 26, 2019 in the Commission Chambers at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. Section 5. The City Clerk is directed to publish a notice of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation one (1) time not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the hearing, which notice shall include a description of the new proposed boundaries of the DDA District. Section 6. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption and signature by the Mayor.' APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: i ria ndez, City Attor iey 9/8/2020 ' If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. City of Miami Page 3 of 3 File ID: 6241 (Revision: A) Printed on: 911812020