HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney ,j a
DATE: September 22, 2022
RE: Proposed Mitigation for City Commission Meeting — September 22, 2022
Case No.: CE2015003889 pending before the City of Miami Code
Enforcement Board/Special Master as well as City of Miami vs. Richard V.
Anderson, Case No.: 2022-005821-CA-01 (09) pending before the
Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida.
File No.: 12330
The attached proposed Resolution seeks authorization to mitigate City of Miami's
Code Enforcement Board/Special Magistrate Case No. CE2015003889 as requested by
the owner, Richard V. Anderson, of the property located at 1030 Northwest 45 Street,
Miami, Florida 33127. Said mitigation serves to conclude the ongoing litigation titled City
of Miami vs. Richard V. Anderson, Case No. 2022-005821-CA-01 (09) pending before
the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida.
The Office of the City Attorney has investigated and evaluated this mater and has
approved the recommendation of this request.
Attachment(s)
cc. Art Noriega, V, City Manager
Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator
Attachment(s)
12330 Back -Up Documents
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Resolution
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Enactment Number: R-22-0359
File Number: 12330
Final Action Date:9/22/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MITIGATING THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT LIEN RECORDED JULY 15, 2015 FOR CASE NUMBER
CE2015003889 FOR PROPERTY ADDRESS 1030 NORTHWEST 45 STREET, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AFTER A HEARING AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2-817 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT
APPROVED AS FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
LIENS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ANY
AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, Richard V. Anderson, ("Owner') owns the property located approximately at
1030 Northwest 45 Street, Miami, Florida 33127 ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, on June 30, 2015, the Code Enforcement Board ("CEB"), at a duly noticed
hearing, heard the violations as it related to Case No. CE2015003889 and found the Property
guilty of the violations as stated on the record at the CEB meeting; and
WHEREAS, the Property Owner at the time failed to appear for the hearing and the CEB
provided twenty-four (24) hours for compliance or a $500.00 per diem fine would issue; and
WHEREAS, the lien was recorded on July 15, 2015, with the Miami -Dade Clerk of Court
at Book 29698 and Page 2042; and
WHEREAS, the Property remained non -compliant after the expiration of the allowable
cure period and was non -compliant until August 31, 2020.
WHEREAS, there is a resulting lien on the property in the amount of $944,000.00;
WHEREAS, the matter is currently in litigation in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, of Miami
Dade County, Case Number 2022-005821-CA-01;
WHEREAS, the Property Owner has requested the matter be set for mitigation before
the City Commission as required by Section 2-817 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"); and
WHEREAS, the Office of the City Attorney has investigated and evaluated this matter
and recommends that said matter be heard based upon the foregoing;
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, after hearing the argument of the Property Owner and
the advice and argument from the Code Compliance Department and any other relevant City
Department, the City Commission orders a mitigation in the amount of $10,000.00 as full and
final settlement of the Code Compliance violation issued under Case No. CE2015003889 from
the lien recorded on July 15, 2015, with the Miami -Dade Clerk of Court at Book 29698 and Page
2042.
Section 3. Any ruling of the City Commission on mitigation may be appealed pursuant to
the requirements set forth in Chapter 2, Article X of the City Code.
Section 4. The City Manager or designee is further authorized' to execute any and all
documents necessary, in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the purposes stated herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
Z 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.