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June 18, 1996
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ITEM SUBJECT
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1. APPROVAL OF CRA LEASE AGREEMENT M 96-3
WITH CITADEL ARENA CORPORATION FOR 6/18/96
OFFICIAL SPACE AT 49 N.W. 5 STREET.
2. ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION OF M 96-4
SELECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH 6/16/96
EVALUATED QUALIFICATIONS SUBMITTED
IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR
QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ's) FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TWO BLOCKS (BLOCKS
25 AND 36) LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN / PARK WEST -- DESIGNATE
NEW HARDSCRABLE CORPORATION/NHP
PARTNERS, INC. AND ST. JOHNS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION/THE RELATED GROUP OF
FLORIDA, AS DEVELOPMENT TEAMS.
3. BOARD MEMBER PLUMMER ANNOUNCED DISCUSSION
THAT THE CENTENNIAL GALA WILL DONATE 6/18/96
$27,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE LYRIC
THEATER.
4. APPROVE AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA M 96-5
EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY (FEC) 6/18/96
FOR DEVELOPMENT / MANAGEMENT OF
MALL AT RAILROAD CROSSING AT
INTERSECTION OF N.W. 9 STREET AND 1
AVENUE.
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(A) DISCUSSION CONCERNING HAZARDOUS
M 96-6
WASTE, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING
6/18/96
INCLUDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR REMOVAL
AND CLEANUP IN CONNECTION WITH
PROPOSED NEW ARENA PROPERTY.
(B) INSTRUCT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(CRA) TO SURVEY, ASSESS A FAIR MARKET
VALUE AND ISSUE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS (RFP's) FOR SALE OF CRA
OWNED VACANT LAND LOCATED IN THE
MIDDLE OF BLOCK 20, SURROUNDED BY
N.E. 10TH AND N.E. 11TH STREETS,
BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, AND N.E. 2ND
AVENUE. (See label 7).
6.
DISCUSS AND DEFER SALE OF MARGARET
DISCUSSION
BROWN APARTMENTS PROPERTY TO BAME
6/18/96
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF SOUTH
FLORIDA -- DISCUSS NEED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN AREA -- INSTRUCT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) TO
NOTIFY NEW OWNERS OF PROPERTY THAT
CITY PROPERTY REMOVED FROM TAX
ROLLS, SOLD TO TAX EXEMPT
INSTITUTIONS, SHALL PAY TO CITY AN
AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO AD VALOREM
TAXES ASSESSED TO SAID PROPERTY.
7.
MR, ABRAHAM ATZMON EXPRESSES
DISCUSSION
INTEREST IN PURCHASING CRA OWNED
6/18/96
PROPERTY LOCATED IN BLOCK NO. 20
(SURROUNDED BY N.E. 10 AND 11 STREET,
BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AND N.E. 2
AVENUE) AND HE IS WILLING TO
PURCHASE AS IS AND TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY NEEDED CLEANUP OF
CONTAMINATION. (SEE LABEL 5)
8.
DICUSSION CONCERNING FORECLOSURE
DISCUSSION
OF ARENA TOWERS.
6/18/96
9.
NEXT CRA MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
DISCUSSION
OMNI AREA ON JUNE 24, 1996.
6/18/96
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
On the 18th day of June, 1996, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency met at the City of Miami City Hall Chamber, 3500 Pan American Drive,
Miami, Florida in regular session.
The meeting was called to order at 7:09 p.m. by Chairman Miller J. Dawkins with the
following members of the Board found to be present:
ALSO PRESENT:
Chairman Miller J. Dawkins
Board Member J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Board Member Wifredo Gort
Board Member Joe Carollo
Walter J. Foeman, City Clerk
Maria J. Argudin, Assistant City Clerk
Herb Bailey, Executive Director
Robert J. Friedman, Esq., Counsel
An invocation was delivered by Chairman Dawkins who then led those present in a
pledge of allegiance to the flag.
NOTE FOR THE RECORD: Board member Stephen P. Clark
passed away on June 4, 1996. For the CRA meeting of June 18,
1996, said seat was vacant.
NOTE FOR THE RECORD: On motion duly made by Board
Member Gort and seconded by Board Member Carollo, the
minutes of April 29, 1996 of the Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency were approved by the Board.
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1. APPROVAL OF CRA LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CITADEL ARENA
CORPORATION FOR OFFICIAL SPACE AT 49 N.W. 5 STREET.
Commissioner Dawkins: We've got to wait for Commissioner Carollo to get his package. OK.
Item 3.
Mr. Herb Bailey (Executive Director): Item three is for... We have given you in the packet the
lease for the new office space where we intend to locate our facilities. We're just asking for
your approval.
Board Member Plummer: Mr. Bailey, if I may...
Chairman Dawkins: Put your Mike on J.L.
Board Member Plummer: Oh, I'm sorry. I asked before, I think, whether or not this was bid;
that the improvements to the hundred and ninety two thousand dollars ($192,000) was at bid?
Mr. Bailey: We have three bids.
Board Member Plummer: OK. I asked at the last meeting, I think, to see the other two. I have
not seen the other bids, and they are not a part of the package.
Mr. Bailey: They're in the package.
Board Member Plummer: They're in the package?
Mr. Bailey: Yeah.
Board Member Plummer: Well, I guess I didn't read far enough, then.
Mr. Bailey: The first one is one thirty-three seven ninety-five.
Board Member Plummer: That, I saw.
Mr. Bailey: The second one is one hundred and fifty-five thousand one hundred and forty-one...
Board Member Plummer: Allright. Hold on. Did you see it?
Mr. Bailey: ... and the third one is two hundred nine thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Board Member Plummer: OK. And did we give any extra effort for one of the groups being in
the City?
Mr. Bailey: All of them are in the City.
Board Member Plummer: No, the one I saw... hold on.
Mr. Bailey: I think the... one is North Miami Beach.
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Board Member Plummer: Yeah, OK. But I'm saying, were any of the three within the
boundaries of the City of Miami?
Mr. Bailey: Harrison, yes, and the one that's doing the FP&L (Florida Power and Light)
Building.
Board Member Plummer: OK.
Mr. Bailey: They bidded. They were the highest bid.
Board Member Plummer: I don't know whether the CRA gives a benefit for ten percent for
being in the City or not, but that's... I don't think is really even that close. Thank you sir. I have
no further questions, Mr. Chairman.
Chairman Dawkins: I'll accept a motion.
Board Member Gort: Mr. Chairman, I'd like the building, and I think the people that remodeled
that building did a beautiful job. And I think by us moving in that area, we can make an
improvement and at least show that we have faith in the area. I make a motion to approve.
Board Member Plummer: Second.
Chairman Dawkins: Call the roll, Mr. Clerk.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gort, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO.96-3
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CITADEL ARENA CORPORATION FOR NEW
OFFICE SPACE LOCATED AT 49 N.W. 5 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted by
the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor Wifredo Gort
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
COMMENTS MADE DURING ROLL CALL:
Board Member Plummer: Do we really have to go through this every time, board member,
board member, board member? How about just Plummer, yes.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. I'm... Allright. No problem. I've got a thing for you on the next one.
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2. ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION OF SELECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE,
WHICH EVALUATED QUALIFICATIONS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ's) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TWO BLOCKS (BLOCKS 25 AND 36) LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN / PARK WEST -- DESIGNATE NEW HARDSCRABLE
CORPORATION/NHP PARTNERS, INC. AND ST. JOHNS COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION/THE RELATED GROUP OF FLORIDA,
AS DEVELOPMENT TEAMS.
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Chairman Dawkins: Four.
Mr. Herb Bailey (Executive Director): We met as a selection committee for the proposals, the
RFQs (Request for Qualifications) that were submitted for development of the two blocks - one
immediately east of the Lyric Theater, and one immediately to the northeast of the Lyric Theater.
We call this the two blocks that... one is on each side of the new mall that has been put in
Overtown. We had three responses. We had several meetings with the selection committee,
which were composed of members selected by you. We have two finalists, which we are
recommending that be permitted to submit to us final proposals to develop those two blocks in
Overtown.
Board Member Gort: Mr. Chairman.
Chairman Dawkins: Yes sir, Mr. Gort.
Board Member Gort: I went through the minutes of the meeting they've had, and I've always
stated that I'll always be in favor of a Miami firm. At the same time, I understand one of the
firms - that was St. John - has been very active in that area, and they're within the ten percent
that we talked about in the past. I wouldn't have any problem recommending that.
Board Member Carollo: Mr. Chairman, what do you recommend, sir?
Chairman Dawkins: OK. I recommend that we move forward with this, and that we are
supposed to be building residential homes over there, and this is one way to get started, Board
Member Carollo, so I would recommend it.
Board Member Carollo: OK. Mr. Gort, you've made a motion on that?
Board Member Gort: I just spoke my preference in hoping the rest of the Commissioners felt the
same, or that the rest of the Board Members felt the same way. I've always felt for the
hometown individuals and for the people that are here, they're based here.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. We agree with you. That's it.
Board Member Gort: OK. I'll make the motion then.
Mr. Bailey: May I make a comment, please?
Chairman Dawkins: Well make the motion.
Board Member Carollo: So there's a motion by Commissioner Gort and I second it.
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Mr. Bailey: Bailey: I think there might be a slight misunderstanding. We put out an RFQ, and what we
requested were for firms to submit to us they're capability.
Board Member Gort: Right.
Mr. Bailey: We had three firms to submit. We had two people who are local. Related is also
i local. The St. John's, which is one of those that was selected...
Board Member Gort: Right.
Mr. Bailey: And we are recommending also the Hardscrable.
Board Member Gort: Right.
Mr. Bailey: So if you go with our recommendation, then St. John's is a part of it.
Chairman Dawkins: But are they both local?
Mr. Bailey: One is local and one is not.
Chairman Dawkins: Well the Commissioner is saying that we're going with both locals. That's
what he's saying.
Mr. Bailey: Well that's...
Board Member Plummer: We're just going with one, aren't we?
Mr. Bailey: One.
Chairman Dawkins: No, both.
Board Member Gort: One.
Board Member Plummer: One.
Board Member Gort: My understanding is you negotiate with one, and my motion is to
negotiate with St. John and their partnership. And if that doesn't work, then we'll go to the other
ones.
Mr. Bailey: Well, it's not a negotiation, Commissioner.
Board Member Plummer: No, it says RFQ.
Board Member Gort: RFQ
Mr. Bailey: It's an RFP (Request for Proposals) that has to be submitted now. The RFQ merely
indicated who was qualified and who had the financial capacity to carry out the project. And it
was determined by the committee for which you and your members are on it, that the St. John's
and the Related group and the New Hardscrable were the two most qualified that could produce
the product. And they're the two that we're recommending.
Chairman Dawkins: You're recommending that they come back with an RFP.
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Mr. Bailey: That's right.
Board Member Gort: OK.
Chairman Dawkins: And then we have a right to...
Mr. Bailey: And then you can decide, yes.
Board Member Gort: OK. That's my motion.
Board Member Plummer: OK. I just... is New Hardscrable... is that how you pronounce it?
Mr. Bailey: It's New Hardscrable International Housing Partnership.
Board Member Plummer: Are they local?
Mr. Bailey: No they're not.
Board Member Plummer: Are they even in Dade County?
Mr. Bailey: No, they're not.
Board Member Gort: No. They're out of state.
Board Member Plummer: OK. And what is the projected amount of money that will be
involved in this product?
Mr. Bailey: We wont know until they come back with the RFP.
Board Member Plummer: Roughly.
Mr. Bailey: Oh, we're asking to build home ownership, so I can imagine it would be anywhere
between ten to fifteen million dollars ($10,000,000 to $15,000,000)-- ten million dollars
($10,000,000) per block.
Board Member Plummer: And that would be a lot of local jobs, wouldn't it?
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Mr. Bailey: It will be a lot of local jobs, and each one has committed to hire local. In fact,
Hardscrable gave us the best commitment in terms of hiring local capability. They intend to hire
j all local people.
Board Member Plummer: And St. John's?
Mr. Bailey: St. John didn't make that commitment, but they are local. So, I'm pretty sure
they're going to...
Board Member Plummer: So, in the RFP, you can tell them we want that.
Board Member Gort: So is Related.
Chairman Dawkins: Well, before you put out the RFQ, it must state that local preference must
be given.
Board Member Plummer: Absolutely.
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Mr. Bailey: Yeah. Well they're both committed to that.
Board Member Plummer: Well, they're local people so there should be no problem.
Mr. Bailey: They're local people.
Chairman Dawkins: But you just said one wasn't.
Mr. Bailey: No, no. I said, Hardscrable made the strongest commitment to hire all local people.
Chairman Dawkins: You know, we're going to get into something here we don't need. OK.
Now either we're going to go with this... with the...
Board Member Plummer: That's with the motion.
Chairman Dawkins: ... go with the Board Members' recommendation, or are we're going to scrap
it and come back next time. Now what are we going to do?
Board Member Plummer: We're going to call the roll.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. Allright. Now I'm going to do like the other guy do. All those in
favor, "aye."
Commission Collectively: Aye.
Chairman Dawkins: Opposed. Allright. Next item.
The following motion was introduced by Board Member Gort, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO.96-4
A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SELECTION
REVIEW COMMITTEE WHICH EVALUATED QUALIFICATIONS SUBMITTED
IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ's) FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST BLOCKS 25
AND 36 (SELECTED FIRMS WHERE (1) NEW HARDSCRABLE
CORPORATION/NHP PARTNERS, INC., AND (2) ST. JOHNS COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION/THE RELATED GROUP OF FLORIDA).
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion was passed and adopted by
the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor Wifredo Gort
NAYS:
None.
ABSENT: None.
Board Member Gort: The motion... I think the Executive Director has a question on the
motion.
Mr. Bailey: I think we're saying the same thing. You accept the Committee's recommendation.
Board Member Gort: Right.
Mr. Bailey: Give the local people... Yes, local and Hardscrable, yes, OK.
Chairman Dawkins: And when the RFQ comes back, we'll look at the RFQ.
Mr. Bailey: The RFP will be back sometime in maybe August.
Board Member Gort: That's it.
Board Member Plummer: No, not August. It might be back then, but we're not going to meet in
August.
Mr. Bailey; It won't be for you all, but we'll be meeting in August. The Committee has to meet
again and then submit to you the results of the RFP.
Board Member Plummer: That's fine.
Mr. Bailey: OK.
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3. BOARD MEMBER PLUMMER ANNOUNCED THAT THE CENTENNIAL
GALA WILL DONATE $27,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE LYRIC THEATER.
Chairman Dawkins: Five.
Board Member Plummer: Mr. Chairman, I might, as a side light, make an announcement to you.
Chairman Dawkins: Yes sir.
Board Member Plummer: That the Centennial Gala will be making approximately twenty-seven
thousand dollars ($27,000), is our commitment to the Lyric Theater from the Gala. Twenty-five
percent of the profits were dedicated to the Lyric Theater, and we will be making that
presentation of that check on the 28th.
Board Member Carollo: Is that twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000.00)?
Board Member Plummer: Approximately, Joe, twenty-seven.
Board Member Carollo: So, that's 25 percent of what was made.
Board Member Plummer: That's of the profit, yes.
Board Member Carollo: So that's over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) we've made.
Board Member Plummer: We've made just over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
Board Member Carollo: That's good. Where's the rest of the money going J.L., if I may ask?
Commissioner Plummer: The rest of the money will be going into the events that are scheduled
for the 28th and things of that nature. You all are going to have probably one of the best
birthday's you've ever attended.
Board Member Carollo: Well, that's great, that's great. I'm very happy to hear that.
Board Member Plummer: I just wanted to let you know.
Chairman Dawkins: OK, thank you, sir.
Board Member Carollo: I'm very happy to hear that we're making money in some things.
Good.
Board Member Plummer: So be it.
Board Member Carollo: Congratulations.
Board Member Plummer: So be it. Well explain...
Chairman Dawkins: What is on Five Mr. Bailey? Go right ahead Mr. Gort.
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4. APPROVE AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY
COMPANY (FEC) FOR DEVELOPMENT / MANAGEMENT OF MALL AT
RAILROAD CROSSING AT INTERSECTION OF N.W. 9 STREET AND 1
AVENUE.
Board Member Gort: Mr. Chairman, I went through the contract and I'd like the staff, if
possible, to explain to me in details...
Mr. Herb Bailey (Executive Director): The contract with Florida East Coast Railroad?
Board Member Gort: Yes, sir.
Mr. Bailey: As you know, the mall, Ninth Street Mall, stretches from Park West to the
Overtown side. We have built on two sides of the railroad track. We had to get permission from
Florida East Coast Railroad to go across the right-of-way on the railroad track to continue the
mall. The most salient point in here is that, we have to be responsible, the City and the County.
I think the City or the County took the responsibility for the crossing, which is the gate for the
security of the safety of people crossing the track. The County and the City together will
complete the mall - it has already been designed - that will stretch across the railroad track at
grade so that you will have one continuous mall all the way from... I think it's Miami Avenue to
Northwest Second Avenue. We will finish the rest of the mall in Overtown, hopefully sometime
in the very near future. It has already been designed and will go all the way to I-95 by Mt. Zion
Church. Mt. Zion Church has been very much involved in terms of what that design will be so it
will complement the interest of their church.
Board Member Gort: Mr. Chairman, my understanding was that it was an expenditure of about
one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) that needed to be done on the cross and that we
were...
Mr. Bailey: One hundred and seventy-four thousand ($174,000) for which is the City share.
Board Member Gort: OK.
Mr. Bailey: And the County will spend five hundred, I think, five -forty.
Board Member Plummer: Are you saying the City or the CRA Community Redevelopment
Agency?
Mr. Bailey: Well, the CRA.
Board Member Gort: We will be responsible for one hundred seventy-four thousand dollars
($174,000) in improvements...
Mr. Bailey: Yes.
Board Member Gort:... and the County will be responsible for how much?
Mr. Bailey: Five hundred and forty thousand (540,000).
Board Member Gort: Thank you.
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Chairman Dawkins: What's the pleasure of the Board?
Board Member Plummer: What's our choice?
Board Member Gort: Move it.
Board Member Plummer: I move it... Second.
Chairman Dawkins: All those in favor...
Commission Collectively: Aye.
Chairman Dawkins: So have it. OK.
The following motion was introduced by Board Member Gort, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 96-5
A MOTION APPROVING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AND FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY
COMPANY (FEC) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MALL
ACROSS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THE RAILROAD TRACK, LOCATED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF N.W. 9 STREET AND N.W. 1 AVENUE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted by
the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor Wifredo Gort
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
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5. (A) DISCUSSION CONCERNING HAZARDOUS WASTE,
ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING INCLUDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
REMOVAL AND CLEANUP IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED
NEW ARENA PROPERTY.
(B) INSTRUCT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) TO SURVEY, ASSESS A FAIR
MARKET VALUE AND ISSUE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP's)
FOR SALE OF CRA OWNED VACANT LAND LOCATED IN THE
MIDDLE OF BLOCK 20, SURROUNDED BY N.E. LOTH AND N.E.
11TH STREETS, BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, AND N.E. 2ND
AVENUE. (See label 7).
Chairman Dawkins: Six.
Mr. Herb Bailey (Executive Director): We have a request from private investors to sell to them
or put up for sale certain parts of the municipal railroad site that we own. It's the old municipal
railroad site that used to be on the north side of 10th Street, close to the service station that is
currently located there. We have a request from the owner of the service station. If possible, he
wants to expand his development and improve the site, and he needs the site that we have for
which we have no use for, and it's too small to develop anything else on, to expand his service
station. We are suggesting that we be permitted to put this out for public bid, after we do the
survey, and establish a fair market value and dispose of that piece of land, which, at the moment,
does not generate any tax revenue, and it causes a considerable amount of problems trying to
keep it clean. The property next door to it has been demolished, and that owner has expressed
some interest, also, in the bid. So because we have two requests, we're requesting that we be
permitted to put this property out for bid so the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) can
sell it to the highest bidder.
Board Member Plummer: You'll have an appraisal done?
Mr. Bailey: We will have an appraisal and a survey done.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. The only thing I'm going to say is that, whatever the appraisal says,
nobody will get the land for under that. See, I've sat up here, I've seen the City of Miami give
away too much land, and you tell me about we can't do anything with it, because it's too small.
So what? So we keep it.
Mr. Bailey: We'll sell it to the... at the appraised price.
Board Member Plummer: No less than.
Chairman Dawkins: To... No, no, no. We're going to sell it for what we can get for it. The
minimum will be the appraised price.
Mr. Bailey: That'll be your decision. We'll bring it back to you and we'll make that decision.
Board Member Plummer: Mr. Bailey, the only problem that I would interject is whether or not
hazardous waste... We've got to know whether or not there's hazardous waste, and if we're
going to be responsible for removing any of that. You know, this... I'm getting petrified with the
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new arena property, that that's going to be possibly a lot, a lot of money. They're talking two
million dollars ($2,000,000) to start.
Mr. Bailey: To clean it up. We'll do a level one testing.
Commissioner Plummer: I hope they're wrong.
Chairman Dawkins: Now who's going to pay the two million (2,000,000), J.L.?
Board Member Plummer: We're going to pay part of it. The County is going...
Chairman Dawkins: Why, why?
Board Member Carollo: They're not talking that it's going to be two million (2,000,000), J.L.
Nobody knows what it could be.
Board Member Plummer: Joe I heard that number on TV last night, that they were talking up to
two million dollars ($2,000,000.00)
Board Member Carollo: Well, when you start believing the stuff that the opposition is throwing
out, that this information...
Board Member Plummer: I'm not... Joe, I'm not saying that I believe them.
Board Member Carollo: Now, what you might have heard, maybe, is that if there is anything
there, we will have to pay up to two million...
Commissioner Plummer: OK, that could be.
Board Member Carollo: ... between the County and the City to clean up.
Board Member Plummer: The fear expressed that I heard was is that all was pumped in, that that
land was basically pumped in.
Board Member Carollo: It was.
Board Member Plummer: And that's where the problem could occur. They don't know what
they're doing. They're doing it in two facets. One is the surface and the other is the deep
drilling.
Board Member Carollo: But let me say this, so it should be established in the record, that
whether an arena will be built there, or whether we were just going to go ahead with the
Maritime Park Extension on any other Bayside type development there, it would have been the
same situation that we would have faced, regardless.
Board Member Plummer: Oh absolutely.
Board Member Carollo: Yes.
Board Member Gort: Mr. Chairman.
Chairman Dawkins: Yes sir.
Board Member Gort: Yeah, but if you look at the gas stations providing service in downtown
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Miami, they have all been eliminated. The closest one is on southwest Eight Street and Second
Avenue. I think this gas station is providing a great service to the people in that community, and
we need to help the expansion of business in that area, because not only will they expand the
business, but they will be able to employ a lot more people. I think we should go ahead and put
it out for bid, especially if we cannot use it as CRA, I don't see any problem with that, especially
if we get the value that it comes to. So if you're ready for a motion...
Chairman Dawkins: I am.
Board Member Gort: Move it.
Board Member Plummer: Proceed. Second.
Chairman Dawkins: All those in favor?
Commission Collectively: Aye.
Chairman Dawkins: No opposed. OK.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gort, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 96-6
A MOTION INSTRUCTION THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CRA TO
SURVEY, ASSESS A FAIR MARKET VALUE, AND ISSUE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS FOR THE SALE OF CRA OWNED VACANT LAND
(APPROXIMATELY 6,250 SQUARE FEET OF FORMER RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-
WAY), LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF BLOCK NO. 20, SURROUNDED BY N.E.
10 AND 11 STREETS, BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, AND N.E. 2 AVENUE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted by
the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor Wifredo Gort
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
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6. DISCUSS AND DEFER SALE OF MARGARET BROWN APARTMENTS
PROPERTY TO BAME DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF SOUTH
FLORIDA -- DISCUSS NEED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN
AREA -- INSTRUCT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) TO NOTIFY NEW OWNERS OF
PROPERTY THAT CITY PROPERTY REMOVED FROM TAX ROLLS,
SOLD TO TAX EXEMPT INSTITUTIONS, SHALL PAY TO CITY AN
AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO AD VALOREM TAXES ASSESSED TO SAID
PROPERTY.
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Chairman Dawkins: Seven.
Mr. Herb Bailey (Executive Director): The Margaret Brown Building... and I'll explain what
that building is. You'll recognize it right away. It is an eleven -unit apartment property that we
bought some time ago, which is immediately west of Greater Bethel church. It is... we still
manage it, and we rent the property out, we maintain it, because Ms. Brown is no longer here.
We have a request from Reverend White to be permitted to buy the property and include it in the
church property.
Board Member Carollo: At market value.
Mr. Bailey: I'm sorry?
Board Member Carollo: At market value, correct?
Mr. Bailey: At market value, oh yes, what we paid for it, yes. That's understood.
Board Member Carollo: I move it.
Board Member Plummer: Are you going to go through a process here, or are you just going to
just sell it to them...
Board Member Gort: For discussion purposes, I'll second the motion.
Chairman Dawkins: OK, for discussion.
Board Member Plummer: Are we going to sell it to them for what we paid for it ...
Chairman Dawkins: No, sir.
Board Member Plummer:... or are we going to have an appraisal done?
Chairman Dawkins: Appraisal.
Mr. Bailey: We'll have an ...
Board Member Plummer: I guess the question is...
Chairman Dawkins: Appraisal, appraisal.
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Board Member Plummer: ... can we do it without declaring it first surplus, and can we do it
without an appraisal? I would assume the answer is no.
Mr. Bailey: Well, we can. We discussed it with Reverend White, and we indicated to him that
he would have to... we would suggest that he pay for... pay to us what we paid for the property as
a minimum.
Chairman Dawkins: OK, well I will say, I'm going to say now, I say, here we go again. I mean,
I love the church and everything, but appraise the value, and if they want to pay what the
appraised value is, that's it, and I do not want to be caught in another bind like Father Barry.
OK? If he... Whatever... It's going to remain housing, that's it. If they ever push it down, I'll
give them what they paid us for it. The City will take it back.
Mr. Bailey: His intentions, Mr. Chairman, was to retain it for housing until all of the tenants are
moved and then he will use it for church purposes.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. What... now see, see, there again, Mr. Bailey, "church purposes"
means what?
Mr. Bailey: Well, he indicated to me, it wouldn't necessarily...
Chairman Dawkins: That's what Father Barry said, "church purposes."
Mr. Bailey: ... it wouldn't necessarily be housing.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. Then how am I going to tell the people in the community that I am
providing housing and then I'm giving up housing?
Mr. Bailey: Well, that particular property, the only reason we bought it Commissioner, was
because...
Chairman Dawkins: But it's housing Mr. Bailey.
Mr. Bailey: ... it is housing...
Chairman Dawkins: It's housing. I don't care what we did, we bought it as housing and it
should remain housing. Now just because the church wants to expand their church, that's no
reason why I should be... I mean why I should sit here and permit them to take housing stock out
of the community? Go ahead sir.
Board Member Gort: My understanding, Mr. Chairman, in reading the letter, is, they've
proposed to build 40 to 50 units.
Board Member Plummer: Yeah,
Board Member Gort: Am I correct?
Mr. Bailey: Well, including that site and some other sites that we have there.
Board Member Gort: Right.
Mr. Bailey: They're going to expand around the church.
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Board Member Gort: My understanding is they want to provide additional housing within that
area.
Board Member Plummer: Well, I think that the primary purpose of what we're trying to
accomplish is housing, and I would have problems if it was other than for housing. Yet, you
know, it's another parcel of property that's not going to be going back on the tax rolls and it's
another tax-exempt property...
Mr. Bailey: They pay taxes.
Board Member Plummer: The church pays taxes?
Mr. Bailey: Yes, they'll pay taxes if they use it for...
Chairman Dawkins: Not if he takes this piece of property for church property, he will not pay
taxes.
Mr. Bailey: If he uses it for housing, he'll be taxed.
Chairman Dawkins: But if he... no, no, you just said he said that he's going to use it for church
purposes.
Board Member Plummer: Let me remind all of us, that any City property that is sold and taken
off the tax rolls under the new Ordinance has to pay a gift to the City equivalent to what the ad
valorem taxes would be. Mr. Bailey, you need to inform the people who bought the property
that the City Commission passed a rule that said that any City property coming off the tax rolls
sold to a tax exempt have to pay to the City the equivalent of ad valorem taxes each and every
year.
Board Member Carollo: You know what? Unless you all are ready to deal with this today,
maybe I ought to withdraw my motion, and we ought to study this a little longer.
Board Member Plummer: Fine.
Chairman Dawkins: Fine. So OK.
Board Member Plummer: Fine.
Chairman Dawkins: Allright. Table it until the next meeting.
Board Member Gort: Mr. Chairman.
Chairman Dawkins: Yes, sir.
Board Member Gort: If you want to table it, it's fine, but I think what you could do is make a
condition that it has to be for housing and no other use.
Chairman Dawkins: But there again, as the Board member said, we've led the church to believe
that they can get it to do this with, so now we need to go back and tell them they can't, that it's
got to be something different.
Board Member Gort: OK. No problem, okey doke.
Chairman Dawkins: Eight.
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Board Member Plummer: That thing just won't go away, will it?
Chairman Dawkins: Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I beg your... go right ahead, Ms. Anderson.
Ms. Sheila Anderson: Sheila Anderson, 991 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Mr. Chairman, no matter what
you do to... with this church property, if it's going to be housing, you need to define what kind of
housing, is it rental income apartments. Is it something else? And you need to make it very
clear in any deed that you convey what exactly it needs to be, so that you don't end up loading
up the area with additional social service agency, which are not under the commonly understood
definition of housing.
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7. MR. ABRAHAM ATZMON EXPRESSES INTEREST IN PURCHASING CRA
OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED IN BLOCK NO. 20 (SURROUNDED BY
N.E. 10 AND 11 STREET, BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AND N.E. 2 AVENUE)
AND HE IS WILLING TO PURCHASE AS IS AND TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY NEEDED CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATION. (SEE LABEL 5).
Chairman Dawkins: OK. Thank you very much. Come to the mike, sir, please. You sent me a
note, come to the mike and, OK, I'm sorry, and tell us who you are and what... pull the mike up
sir.
Mr. Abraham Atzmon: My name is Abe Atzmon. I own the gas station on Biscayne, 1000
Biscayne. The property is 25 feet north of the station. I said to... I sent a note that I am willing
to take it as is. If there is any contamination there, I'll take care of it. I'll do the cleanup, there
won't be any problem, because there used to be the trains around there; and there could be some
contamination, so I'm holding completely responsibility for the clean-up.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. Allright. But I hear you, and we are appreciative of what you are
saying, but there is money called super fund, cleanup funds. So if there are funds, we should
apply for these funds and then assist you. I don't think you should bite off the bullet that...
Mr. Atzmon: I just want to... The super -fund theoretically, now, is almost bankruptcy.
Board Member Plummer: It is bankrupt.
Mr. Atzmon: OK. Due to the fact that I'm in the business for 35 years, so I know what goes
on...
Chairman Dawkins: So you... OK, OK.
Mr. Atzmon: ... in the industry.
Chairman Dawkins: OK, what are you... Allright. What's the pleasure of this Board to...
Board Member Plummer: I think what we've already done is that we declare it surplus, and
we're putting it out to what we have to do, do a bid procedure....
Mr. Atzmon: OK. I say what I'm just trying to mention, yeah, that regardless of the...
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Chairman Dawkins: OK, well, when you come... your response will probably be the only one
that says "I will assume as is."
Mr. Atzmon: Exactly.
Chairman Dawkins: OK.
Board Member Plummer: Probably the only one that would bid anyway.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. Thank you, sir.
Mr. Atzmon: You're very welcome. I appreciate your help.
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8. DICUSSION CONCERNING FORECLOSURE OF ARENA TOWERS.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. Eight Mr. Bailey.
Mr. Herb Bailey (Executive Director): The Arena Towers has been taken over by the
mortgagee. They will, in a few weeks, have all of the title work cleaned up. It is still, I'm
assuming, out to sell, and I'm sure that eventually we will have a new owner of the property.
There has been a lot of concern... See, we take the position that, regardless of who owns it, we
will still get our taxes. And the property is maintained quite well, and it is ninety percent rented,
and there will be bidders for the property. Usually in those cases, it's the second and third buyer
that makes the profit anyway. Half of the buildings in Miami have gone foreclosed, so we've
been keeping up with the progress of it. But I'm pretty sure that there will be a new owner very
shortly.
Chairman Dawkins: Any... What will the City... the City will not lose any money?
Mr. Bailey: No. We'll get taxes regardless of who owns it.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. Good.
Mr. Bailey: That's our main concern, to make sure we get our tax.
(INAUDIBLE COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBER PLUMMER NOT ENTERED INTO THE
PUBLIC RECORD.)
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9. NEXT CRA MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OMNI AREA ON JUNE 24, 1996.
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Chairman Dawkins: OK. Anything else? OK. We have to meet with the Omni group Monday
night. But we will be in and out of there, I guarantee you, in thirty minutes, so.
Board Member Gort: Thank you, sir.
Board Member Plummer: Is that here or there?
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Chairman Dawkins: Beg your pardon? Over there.
Board Member Gort: Over there. They've got better refreshments over there than here.
Board Member Plummer: The food's better.
Board Member Gort: Yeah.
Chairman Dawkins: Well, we had a Board member who said, had he known earlier, he would
have provided food tonight.
Board Member Plummer: Right.
Board Member Gort: Oh, yeah?
Chairman Dawkins: Yeah.
Board Member Gort: Who was that? OK.
Chairman Dawkins: OK. Any other business?
Board Member Gort: Nope.
Board Member Plummer: Move we adjourn. Always in order.
Chairman Dawkins: OK, we're adjourned.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE CRA,
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 7:37 P.M.
Miller Dawkins
CHAIRMAN
ATTEST:
Walter J. Foeman
CITY CLERK
Maria J. Argudin
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
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