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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW-CRA-2001-06-14-Discussion Item 3a CITY OF MIAMI CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: Chairman Teele and Members of the CRA Board FROM: Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorneys �- DATE June 14, 2001 RE: Miami -Dade County v. City of Miami and Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency, Case No. 01-13810 CA (08) CONFIDENTIAL: THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE AS A PUBLIC RECORD UNTIL SO NOTIFIED TO THE CONTRARY BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. This document was prepared by the Miami City Attorney to reflect mental impressions, conclusions, and litigation strategy in pending civil litigation cases and administrative proceedings involving Miami -Dade County v. City of Miami and Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency, Case No. 01-13810 CA (08). This document is exempt from Public Records disclosure as an attorney work -product until such time as all litigation and administrative proceedings involving said parties have been concluded. [Section 119.07(3)(1), Florida Statutes (2000)]. The purpose of this memorandum is to provide a preliminary analysis of the above referenced matter. The plaintiff, Miami -Dade County, filed an action on June 11, 2001, against the defendants City of Miami and Community Redevelopment Agency seeking to extinguish the interests of the defendants in three parcels of land located within the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Project. These parcels, Blocks 36, 45N, and 56N, were conveyed to the City on March 1, 1988, and, according to the complaint, set forth reversions to Miami - Dade County in the event that certain development did not occur within a time certain. The complaint further claims that development did not timely ensue and, therefore, the parcels revert to Miami -Dade County. • • Although the factual issues attendant this lawsuit are somewhat complex, the legal issues are very defensible. When the complaint is formally served in accordance with Florida statutory law, the City will respond accordingly. cc: Mayor and Members of the City Commission Carlos A. Gimenez, City Manager Dipak M. Parekh, Executive Director, CRA WOOICCM SlY'WIW 5� 0'