HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up from Law DeptSec. 18-85. - Competitive sealed bidding.
(a) Conditions for use. Competitive sealed bidding shall be used for the award of all
contracts for goods, equipment and services over $25,000.00, except as otherwise
provided for in this article, where it is both practicable and advantageous for the city to
specify all detailed plans, specifications, standards, terms and conditions so that
adequate competition will result and award may be made to the lowest responsive and
responsible bidder principally on the basis of price; provided, however, when a
responsive, responsible non -local bidder submits the lowest bid price, and the bid
submitted by one or more responsive, responsible local bidders who maintain a local
office, as defined in section 18-73, is within 15 percent of the price submitted by the
non -local bidder, then that non -local bidder and each of the aforementioned
responsive, responsible local bidders shall have the opportunity to submit a best and
final bid equal to or lower than the amount of the low bid previously submitted by the
non -local bidder. Contract award shall be made to the lowest responsive, responsible
bidder submitting the lowest best and final bid. In the case of a tie in the best and final
bid between a local bidder and a non -local bidder, contract award shall be made to the
local bidder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the city manager may waive competitive
sealed bidding methods by making a written finding which shall contain reasons
supporting the conclusion that competitive sealed bidding is not practicable or is not
advantageous to the city, which finding must be ratified and the award approved by an
affirmative vote of four -fifths of the city commission or an unanimous vote of the
quorum that exists because of either abstentions or vacancies resulting from
resignation, death, suspension, or physical incapacitation after a properly advertised
public hearing. When competitive sealed bidding methods are waived, other
procurement methods shall be followed except for the cone of silence provisions, which
shall not be applicable. This section shall not apply to transfers to the United States or
any department or agency thereof, to the state or to any political subdivision or agency
thereof.
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED
Sec. 29-13. - City -owned property sale or lease —Generally.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Charter or the City Code, and
except as provided below, the city commission is prohibited from favorably considering any sale or
lease of property owned by the city unless there is a return to the city of fair market value under
such proposed sale or lease. The city commission is also prohibited from favorably considering
any sale or lease of city -owned property unless (a) there shall have been, prior to the date of the
city commission's consideration of such sale or lease, an advertisement soliciting proposals for
said sale or lease published in a daily newspaper of general paid circulation in the city, allowing
not less than ninety (90) days for the city's receipt of proposals from prospective purchasers or
lessees, said advertisement to be no less than one-fourth (1/4) page and the headline in the
advertisement to be in a type no smaller than 18-point and, (b) except as provided below, there
shall have been at least three (3) written proposals received from prospective purchasers or
lessees; however, if there are less than three (3) such proposals received and if the guaranteed
return under the proposal whose acceptance is being considered is equal to fair market value the
city commission determines that the contemplated sale or lease will be in the city's best interest
then, subject to the approval of a majority of the votes cast by the electorate at a referendum, the
sale or lease may be consummated. Any lease for the development of improvements of city -
owned property which has been approved by voter referendum shall require additional voter
referendum approval for a development on City -owned property where the developer has not
obtained the necessary building permits within four (4) years of the effective date of the lease.
Such section shall not be applicable when the delay in the performance of any obligation is as a
result of force majeure, or litigation that questions the validity of the vote, or the City Commission
action to place the question for referendum, then the performance of such obligation shall be
extended by the length of the delay. In the case of city -owned property which is not waterfront,
when the value of such property to be sold or leased (individual leaseholds within a single city -
owned property shall not be considered as a single parcel of property for such valuation purposes)
is five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or less, based on an appraisal performed by a state -
certified appraiser, the city commission, by a 4/5 the affirmative vote, may sell or lease said city -
owned property after compliance with the advertisement requirements set forth above but without
the necessity of a referendum.
The above provisions and any other city requirements for competitive bidding shall not apply
when:
(a) conveying property to implement housing programs or projects which are intended to
benefit persons or households with low and/or moderate income, the criteria of which to be
provided for by federal and/or state law or by the city commission;
(b) conveying property to implement projects authorized under the Florida Community
Redevelopment Act of 1969, as amended;
(c) conveying property to implement projects of any governmental agency or instrumentality;
(d) disposing of property acquired as a result of foreclosure;
(e) disposing of property acquired in connection with delinquent taxes which properties were
conveyed to the city by the Miami -Dade board of county commissioners under the provisions of
Section 197.592 Florida Statutes, as amended; and
(f) disposing of non -waterfront property to the owner of an adjacent property when the
subject property is 7,500 square feet or less or the subject non -waterfront property is non -
buildable.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the city commission, by a 4/5 the affirmative
vote, may:
(a) grant a lessee of city -owned property a one-time extension during the last five years of its
lease, without the necessity of a referendum, for the purpose of funding additional capital
improvements. The extended term shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the original term or ten
years, whichever is less. The granting of such an extension is subject to the lessee paying fair
market rent as determined by the city at the time of such extension and not being in default of its
lease with the city nor in arrearage of any monies due the city; and
(b) amend the Lease Agreement between the City of Miami and Biscayne Bay Restaurant
Corp., d/b/a Rusty Pelican, dated February 13, 1970, as amended, to (i) extend the lease for an
additional term of fifteen (15) years, with the option to renew for two (2) additional five (5) year
periods, (ii) increase the amount of the minimum guarantee to the City to at least $360,000 per
lease year effective upon execution of the lease amendment, and (iii) require Rusty Pelican to
complete capital improvements to the property, including a public baywalk, in the amount of not
less than $3 Million, within twenty-four (24) months of the effective date of the lease amendment;
and
(c) waive competitive bidding and execute a lease with Dade Heritage Trust, Inc. for the City -
owned building located at 190 Southeast 12th Terrace, for a term of thirty (30) years, with two (2)
thirty (30) year renewals, for minimum annual rent of $600.00 with Consumer Price Index
adjustments, with restrictions, reversions, and retention by the City of all other rights; and
(d) waive competitive bidding and execute a Fifth Amendment to the Lease Agreement with
Aligned Bayshore Marina, LLC, also known as Monty's, to extend the current lease term by an
additional term of approximately thirty-two (32) years (to expire May 31, 2067), with two (2) ten
(10) year options to renew for a total term of fifty-two (52) years (to expire May 31, 2087); which
will increase minimum rent payment by an additional two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00)
per lease year, for a minimum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) over the base term of the
amended Lease Agreement, or one and three quarters percent (1.75%) of gross rent receipts
from the Property, whichever is greater, as additional rent due to the City and, commencing
January 1, 2019, minimum annual total rent (inclusive of the additional minimum rent) shall be
one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00), plus an additional twenty five
thousand dollars ($25,000.00) to be paid on an annual basis for the full amended term to a
special fund to be established by the City for the benefit of low income housing renovation;
further providing capital improvements to the Property of a minimum of seven million five hundred
thousand dollars ($7,500,000.00) to be spent within three (3) years of the electorate's approval of
the Fifth Amendment to the Lease Agreement; further creating a capital account requiring a
minimum additional investment in the Property of four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) over the
amended Lease term, inclusive of the renewal options; requiring a Transfer Fee payment to the
City if the Property is transferred or assigned; and further requiring a Refinancing Fee payment to
the City should the Property be refinanced after the initial refinancing.
(e) waive competitive bidding and approve the Fifth Modification to the Lease with ESJ JI
Leasehold, LLC, which modifies the remaining term of approximately forty three (43) years and
extends the Term from the year 2060 to the year 2099 and includes a Fifteen (15) year option to
extend the Lease to the year 2114; providing an additional annual rent payment of Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) increasing, once the proposed hotel has stabilized, to the
greater of One Million Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($1,220,000.00) or Five Percent
(5%) of annual hotel gross revenues from a new privately funded hotel development with a
minimum cost of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) with a maximum of Three Hundred (300)
rooms and a maximum height of One Hundred Thirty (130) feet, at ESJ's expense and option,
and a design subject to City approval and successful land use and zoning changes, as
necessary, with said rent being in addition to the currently received greater of annual rent of Five
Hundred Two Thousand One Hundred Sixty Eight Dollars ($502,168.00) and percentage rent
from Jungle Island revenue; with parking spaces sufficient to meet zoning ordinance
requirements; ancillary improvements consisting of retail and/or restaurant space of up to ten
thousand (10,000) square feet and meeting room space of up to thirty thousand (30,000) square
feet; with an aggregate payment of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00) towards the
Ichimura-Miami Japanese Gardens for construction of a walkway to Jungle Island and necessary
repairs and maintenance of the Ichimura-Miami Japanese Gardens; payments totaling Seven
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) over a ten (10) year period to be used for
affordable housing; establishing a reserve account for capital repairs of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($200,000.00) per year; implementing a transfer fee of Three Percent (3%) of gross sales
proceeds if the Property is transferred or assigned; implementing a refinancing fee of One
Percent (1 %) of refinancing loan proceeds if the Property is refinanced after the initial
refinancing.
(f) waive competitive bidding to negotiate and execute a Ground Lease and Master
Development Agreement with Miami Freedom Park, LLC, for a total lease term of ninety-nine (99)
years, for approximately seventy-three (73) acres of City -owned property located generally at
1400 Northwest 37th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33125, also known as Melreese County Club, with a
minimum annual base rent payable to the City equal to the greater of (a) fair market value as
determined by state certified appraisers or (b) five percent (5.0%) of rent from the retail, office,
and hotel development within the Demised Property, but annual base rent of no less than three
million five hundred seventy-seven thousand three hundred sixty-five dollars ($3,577,365.00), in
addition to a contribution to the City of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000.00) payable over thirty
(30) years in annual installments, and any rent increases and/or additional rents negotiated by
the parties; authorizing the use of the Demised Property for a soccer stadium; with at least one
(1) million square feet of art and entertainment center including food and beverage venues,
offices, retail, and a hotel with at least 750 units and conference center with ancillary commercial
uses, guaranteeing a living wage for all on -site employees, further requiring MFP to undertake
the remediation and Site development for a public park of approximately fifty-eight (58) acres to
be developed on property adjacent to the Demised Property as MFP's sole cost, with any
restrictions, reversions, and retention by the City of all other rights including at least a one (1 %)
transfer fee payable to the City, with such Lease and Master Development Agreement requiring
City Commission approval by a four -fifths (4/sths) vote.
Note— See editor's note at the end of this section.
Notwithstanding anything in this Charter to the contrary, the City may enter into leases or
management agreements, for any City -owned submerged lands, with entities having a possessory
or ownership interest in the abutting riparian uplands for building marinas, docks or like facilities,
using methods adopted by ordinance on the condition that such leases or management
agreements result in a return to the City of at least fair market value.
(Res. No. 87-678, § 2(a), 7-9-87/11-3-87; Res. No. 01-841, § 2, 8-9-01; Res. No. 01-843, § 2, 8-9-
01; Res. No. 03-855, § 2, 7-24-03; Res. No. 14-0184, § 1, 5-8-14; Res. No. 14-0225, § 1, 6-12-14;
Res. No. 16-0348, § 3, 7-29-16; Res. No. 17-0351, § 3, 7-27-17; Res. No. 18-0232, § 3, 6-8-18;
Res. No. 18-0309, § 3, 7-18-18)
Editor's note— Res. No. 18-0309, § 3, adopted July 18, 2018, enacted provisions intended for
use as subsection (e). Inasmuch as there are already provisions so designated, and at the
discretion of the editor, said provisions have been redesignated as subsection (f).
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED
• Sec. 18-188. - Discrimination by lessees of city -owned property —
Prohibited.
The lessee of any property of which the city is the owner shall not discriminate against or
refuse or deny to any person or persons, guests or permittees the use of the facilities leased from
the city because of race, creed, religion, color or national origin.
(Code 1967, § 38-9.1; Code 1980, § 37-13)
• Sec. 18-189. - Same —Requirements for organizations using city
facilities.
In order to facilitate the implementation of the policy of the city as set forth in section 18-188,
in instances wherein leases are entered into between the city and organizations or clubs for the
use of city property or city facilities by the members thereof, such organizations or clubs shall
comply with the following requirements:
(1) Membership.
a. Membership in the club or organization shall be available to all persons without
discrimination as defined in section 18-188.
b. There shall be no requirement that applicants for enrollment be sponsored by
anyone as a condition to such applicant being processed or accepted for membership.
C. The club or organization shall make a minimum of five percent of existing
enrollment of the various types of membership in such club or organization available for
new enrollment for a minimum period of 30 days of each year. The enrollment period
shall commence July 1 of each year. In the event there is more than one type of
membership available, this shall mean five percent of each type of membership shall be
open to the general public.
d. Acceptance into membership shall be determined by simple majority vote of the
general membership at a meeting designated for such purpose, and there shall be no
secret ballot for admission to membership.
e. In the event there are a greater number of applicants than there are openings
available for membership under the annual five percent of enrollments as set forth above,
then, and in that event, new members in this enrollment period shall be selected by lot.
f. Within the 30-day period prior to the date of the commencement of the enrollment
period described above in subparagraph (1)c, the club or organization shall advertise
twice in two daily newspapers of general circulation published in the city a notice of the
acceptance of new members as hereinabove provided, and notice of the purposes of the
club or organization and of the programs offered by the club or organization to the public.
The notice shall be printed on June 1 and June 14 of each year.
(2) Dues. All members in each of the various categories of membership shall pay equal dues,
if any, within such categories.
(3) Minutes of meetings. All minutes of meetings, whether regular meetings or special
meetings, or however designated, of such club or organization shall be posted upon the bulletin
board upon the club premises within 30 days after the date of such meetings, and a copy thereof
shall be forwarded to the city manager, or his/her designee.
(4) Privileges. All members in each category shall have equal rights and privileges.
(Code 1967, § 38-9.2; Code 1980, § 37-14; Ord. No. 13676, § 2, 4-27-17)
• Sec. 18-190. - Same —Provisions of sections 18-188 and 18-189 to be part
of lease.
The foregoing matters as set forth in sections 18-188 and 18-189 being an implementation of
the provisions of the Constitution of the United States of America and the constitution of the state,
such provisions are to be considered a part of every such lease as described above entered into
between the city and any person, firm, corporation, club or organization, regardless of the specific
written terms of any lease now existing or to be entered into in the future.
(Code 1967, § 38-9.3; Code 1980, § 37-15)