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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Or THE CITY OF MIAMI
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION, WITH ATTACHMENT, OF THE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN INTBRLOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI PERTAINING
TO THE CITY'S COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT REVENUE
BOND;, SERIES 1990; AUTHORIZING A PLEDGE OF
TAX INCREMENT REVENUES TO THE REPAYMENT OF
THE BONDS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE
AGREEMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency of The City of
Miami, Florida (the "Agency"), has the responsibility to aid,
encourage and provide for the redevelopment of certain slum and
blighted areas located within The City of Miami, Florida, (the
"City"), including the Southeast Overtown/Park West redevelopment
area ("Overtown"); and
WHEREAS, the City has expended certain funds, including
funds received through a loan from the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development ("HUD"), and expects to expend other funds,
for redevelopment projects in Overtown; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to pay back the loan from HUD,
reimburse itself for previously incurred redevelopment expenses,
and provide funds for continuing the redevelopment projects in
Overtown through the issuance of its tax increment revenue bonds
(the "Bonds"); and
WHEREAS the Agency desires to aid and encourage the
redevelopment effort in Overtown by making tax increment revenues
deposited in the Redevelopment Trust Fund available to the City
for payment of the Bonds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
c�iT- yC )tkj,jISS10N
MEJETING OF
MAnC�8( 1990
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION, WITH ATtTACHMENNT, OF THE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI PERTAINING
TO THE CITY'S COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT REVENUE
BONDS, SERIES 1990; AUTHORIZING A PLEDGE OF
TAX INCREMENT REVENUES TO THE REPAYMENT OF
THE BONDS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE
AGREEMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency of The City of
Miami, Florida (the "Agency"), has the responsibility to aid,
encourage and provide for the redevelopment of certain slum and
blighted areas located within The City of Miami, Florida, (the
"City"), including the Southeast Overtown/Park West redevelopment
area ("Overtown"); and
WHEREAS, the City has expended certain funds, including
funds received through a loan from the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development ("HUD"), and expects to expend other funds,
for redevelopment projects in Overtown; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to pay back the loan from HUD,
reimburse itself for previously incurred redevelopment expenses,
and provide funds for continuing the redevelopment projects in
Overtown through the issuance of its tax increment revenue bonds
(the "Bonds"), and
WHEREAS the Agency desires to aid and encourage the
redevelopment effort in Overtown by making tax increment revenues
deposited in the Redevelopment Trust Fund available to the City
for payment of the Bonds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
CITY C014415SI.ON
MEETING OF
MAR g 1990
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Section 1 . The reeltals and f ind5.n9R conta-Ined. in the
Preamble of this Resokut on. are. hereby adopted by reference,
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in thin
Section.
Section 2. Awthoxljty. This resolution is adopted under the
authority of Section 163.01, Florida, Statutes, and Fart III,
Chapter 163, Florida Statutes.
Section 3. F.jThe Agency does hereby find that the
redevelopment plan for Overtown will be furthered and the
purposes of the Agency will be advanced if tax increment revenues
deposited in the Redevelopment Trust Fund for Overtown are made
available to pay the principal of and interest on the City's
Bonds. The Agency further finds it is in the public interest and
within the authority of the Agency to enter into an interlocal
agreement with the City establishing an obligation by the Agency
to pay all or a portion of such tax increment revenues to the
City each fiscal year for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Bonds.
Section 4. Chairman. Secretary. and Attorney of the
AgBnoy• The Agency does hereby designate the Mayor of the City
to act as the Chairman of the Agency, the City Clerk of the City
to act as Seoretary of the Agenoy and the City Attorney of the
City to act as Attorney of the Agency, and each such officer may
appoint his or her designee to act in his or her place.
Section 5. Interlooal Agreement AppZgved. The Agency does
hereby approve the Interlocal Agreement between the Agency and
the City (the "Interlooal Agreement"), substantially in the fora
attached hereto as Exhibit "A", subject to suob changes,
omissions and filling of blanks therein as the officer of the
Agency executing same shall approve, such execution to constitute
conclusive evidence of such approval.
Section 6. Execution Author_ =d. The Chairman (or designee
thereof) and the Secretary (or designee thereof) are hereby
authorized and directed to execute the Interlooal. Agreement, and
provide for the filing of the Interlooal Agreement with the Clerk
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Section 7. feotjy_j)e . This resolution shall take
effect immediately upon its approval by the Agency.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this __Djb_ day of , ?�,l•h . 1990
ATTEST:
MATTE HIRAI, City Clerk
in her capacity as Secre-
tary of the Community
Redevelopment Agency of
the City of Miami
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
LINDA K. KEAR 09
Assistant City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND �
CORRECTNESS:
JORGE L. FWANDEZ
City Attorne
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CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION in its
capacity as the Community
Redevelopment Agency of City
of Miami
/`XAVIER L. SUARE UMayor
/ in his capacity as Chairman
of the Community Redevelop-
ment Agency of the City of
Miami
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execution by the City or the f-1ge_ncy of this Ag ee_mer'.`_ '.'r any
act pertaining thereto.
SECTION 15. Recording. The City Clerk of the
City of Miami is hereby authorized and directed after ap-
proval of this Agreement by the respective governing bodies
of the City and the Agency and the execution thereof by the
duly qualified and authorized officers of each of the par-
ties hereto, to file this Agreement with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of. Dade County, Florida, for recording in the
public records of Dade County, Florida.
SECTION 16. Exoiration Date. Unless extended by
mutual agreement of the City and the Agency, this Agreement
oi►aii expire at such time as the bonds shall be fully paid
or provision shall be made for the payment of all of the
Bonds as provided in the Resolution or subsequent supplemen-
tal resolutions thereto affecting the sale of the Bonds and
the Agency shall have otherwise paid in full its indebted-
ness to pay the Agency's Obligations to the City.
SECTION 17. Effective Date. This Agreement
shall become effective immediately upon the execution by the
appropriate officers of the City and the Agency, and upon
filing of this Agreement with the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Dade County, Florida, as required by Section 163.01(11),
Florida Statutes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by and
through the undersigned, have entered into this Interlocal
Agreement on the date and year first above written.
(SEAL)
Attest:
Matty Hirai
City Clerk
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
By:
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Cesar R. Odio
City Manager
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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Chairman and Members of the Hoard DATE :
S.E. Overtown/Park West Community �EBZ 7 1990 FILE
Redevelopment Agency nterlocal Agreement
sueJecT : with the City of Miami
FROM : C �Od REFERENCES
Chief Administrative Officer For CRA Meeting of
S.E. Overtown/Park West Community ENCLOSURES: March 8, 1990
Redevelopment Agency
Recommendation:
It is respectfully recommended that the Community Redevelopment
Agency Board adopt the attached Resolution approving an
Interlocal Agreement with the City of Miami pertaining to the
City's Community Redevelopment Revenue Bonds, Series 1990;
authorizing a pledge of tax increment revenues to the repayment
of the bonds; authorizing execution of the Agreement; providing
an effective date.
Bact . round :
The Community Redevelopment Agency recommends the approval of the
attached Resolution executing an interlocal agreement with the
City with respect to the issuance of Tarr Increment Revenue Bonds
for the S.E. Overtown/Park West Project for the purpose of
acquiring new properties and refinancing the existent debt.
Attachment:
Proposed Resolution
Interlocal Agreement
90-0195
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
Attest:
Matty Hirai
Secretary
Prepared and Approved by:
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LINDA K.
tARSOI
ASSISTANT
CITY ATTORNEY
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By: -
Xavier L. Suarez
Chairman
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Approved as to form
and correctness
Jorge L. Fernandez
City Attorney
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iNTERLOCAL AGREENIENT
(Overtown FroJect:)
This Inter: local Agreement ( the "Agreement") , is
made, as of this day of _ , 1990, by and
between the Community Redevelopment Agency of The City Of
Miami, Florida, a public body corporate and politic of the
State of Florida (the "Agency"), and The City of Miami,
Florida, a Florida municipal corporation (the "City").
W I T M E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, it is the purpose and intent of this
Agreement, the parties hereto, and Section 163.01, Florida
Statutes, known and referred to as the Florida Interlocal
Cooperation Act of 1969 (the "Cooperation Act") to permit
and authorize the Agency and the City to make the most effi-
cient use of their respective powers, resources, authority
and capabilities by enabling them to cooperate on the basis
of mutual advantage and thereby achieve the results provided
hereby; and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the Cooperation Act
to provide a means by which the Agency and the City may
exercise their respective powers, privileges and authority
which they may have separately, but which pursuant to this
Agreement and the Cooperation Act they may exercise collec-
tively; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and the City desire to have
constructed multi -family residential facilities, commercial
developments, public improvements and various other improve-
ments constituting a redevelopment project in the Southeast
Overtown`Park West community redevelopment area of the City
(the "Project"), which will promote the rehabilitation and
redevelopment of the community redevelopment area, benefit
the local economy, and be of substantial benefit to the en-
tire City and the area of operation of the Agency; and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to issue revenue bonds
(tile "Bonds") to finance the cost of the acquisition, con-
struction, and equipping of the Project, including the
payment of certain loans and advances from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (the "HUD
Loan"); and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to pledge the rental
revenue derived by the City under the Lard Lease Agreement
dated October 10, 1986 between the City, the Miami Sports
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and the City
and the agency propose to
pledge the
' -increment
revenues and
certain other funds
deposited
in the
Redevelopment
Trust Fund, in each case
to secure
ttp City'
obligations with respect to the Bonds and in the case of the
Agency to pay the Agency'f obligations to the City created
by this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, but for the mutual undertakings hereunder
of the parties, it would be necessary for either the City or
the Agency, acting individually, to provide all financing,
pledge all security and take all actions required or permit-
ted for construction of the Project; however, under the
Cooperation Act each has elected to pursue jointly and col-
lectively these separate actions, all in accordance with the
intent and purpose of the Cooperation Act permitting local
governments, among other things, to provide from their reve-
il�►�� 1:i11a11c1di a11U or_11er support for the purposes set
forth in interlocal agreements; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and the City wish by this
Agreement to more fully establish the joint and several
obligations, duties and responsibilities of the City and the
Agency created hereby, to provide a means and method for a
cooperative venture by the parties, and to more fully secure
the payment of the obligations contemplated hereby, includ-
ing the Bonds proposed to be issued by the City, and, the
obligations of the Agency hereunder, in the manner provided
herein and in the proceedings providing for the issuance of
the Bonds by the City in order to further the purposes
stated herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements of the parties, the Agency and the
City agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Authority. This Agreement is en-
tered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 163.01 and
Part III, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes; Chapter 166,
Florida Statutes; the Charter of the City; and other appli-
cable provisions of law.
SECTION 2. Definitions. For the purposes of
this Agreement, the term— "Resolution" means Resolution
No. adopted by the City Commission of the City on
March 8, 1990,1As it may be amended or supplemented from
time to time. Unless otherwise indicated, all other capi-
1/ Said Resolution having been adopted by the
Miami City Commission in its capacity as the
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Miami, Florida. 2
p tal.ized terms used herein shall ha-�,e the
attributed to them in the Resolution.
same meanie as as
Words importing singular numbers shall include the
plural number in each case and vice versa, and words import-
ing persons shall include firms, corporations and other en-
tities, including governments or governmental bodies.
SECTION 3. Findinic s.
A. The Agency hereby adopts, ratifies, and af-
firms the findings of the City contained in the Resolution.
B. The parties hereby recognize and find that it
is in the best interests of each and the public to establish
a cooperative relationship between the parties hereto in or-
ciei i.v o' e6u carry out the purposes oz the Act and to further
the goals and objectives of the Community Redevelopment Plan
(the "Plan") for the Southeast Overtown/Park West
Redevelopment Area (the "Area") as approved by the City on
July 29, 1982 by adoption of its Resolution 82-755, specifi-
cally including the inducement to the City to provide for
the financing of the acquisition, construction, and equip-
ping of the Project, the pledge of the security therefor,
and the incurrence by the Agency of the Agency's Obligations
(as hereinafter defined).
C. The parties hereto hereby find that each has
the requisite power and authority to enter into and be bound
by this Agreement and to effectuate and carry out its provi-
sions to the fullest extent contemplated hereby.
D. The parties hereto hereby find that to the
fullest extent contemplated hereby, either party may perform
its respective actions required hereby to finance and ac-
quire, construct, equip, and install the Project.
SECTION 4. Goals; Objectives. The goal and ob-
jective of each of the parties to this Agreement is to
provide the means for each individually and both collec-
tively to participate to the fullest extent of its and their
authority and resources to bring about the Project. It is
further the goal and objective of the parties hereto that
the successful completion of the Project be done in the most
expeditious manner reasonably available to the parties
resulting in the least cost and greatest overall benefit to
the public.
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SECTION 5. Co op
er.at:ion;_ Exercise of Powers.
The parties hereto agree �o cooperate and assist each other
in achieving the goals and objectives set forth in Section 4
hereof. Furthermore, each of the parties hereto does hereby
grant to the other and -does -acknowledge that the other party
may in furtherance of the goals and objectives, exercise any
and all powers legally available to the other, including the
taking of any action under Part III, Chapter 163, Florida
Statutes, the issuance of bonds, the pledge of security
therefor, the acquisition of title to any property by emi-
nent domain or otherwise, the disposition of any property by
lease, sale or otherwise, the pledge or use of monies in the
Redevelopment Trust Fund, which but for this Agreement, that
party may not be able to exercise and which by virtue of
this Agreement may be shared with the other party and be
exercised separately or collectively. With regard to the
disposition of property oy the agency, in accordance with
Section 163.380(2), Florida Statutes, such property may be
sold, leased or otherwise transferred at not less than its
fair value in accordance with such reasonable bidding proce-
dures as the Agency may prescribe, which may be different
from the bidding procedures prescribed by the City. The
Resolution, as amended from time to time, may implement the
purposes and intent of this Agreement by allocating the
respective duties, responsibilities, and obligations of the
parties in furtherance of this Agreement and the Project.
SECTION 6. Financing.
A. The City proposes to issue the Bonds authorized
by and in accordance with the Resolution for the purpose of
paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping and
installing the Project, payment of the HUD Loan and for
other lawful purposes authorized by the Resolution. The
debt service on the Bonds will be secured in the manner
provided herein and in the Resolution.
B. The
site of the Project
structed thereon
finance the cost of
ping of the Project
payment of all deb
t
C. Commencing with the delivery of the Bonds, the
Agency shall immediately deposit or cause to be deposited
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t.a5. increment revenues into the Redevelopment Trust Funl and
shall continue to make or cause to be made such deposits for
so long as the Bonds remain unpaid and thereafter until. the
Agency's Obligations (as hereinafter defined) incurred
hereunder shall have been paid in full by the Agency to the
City. -
D. On or before the first payment of principal or
interest or both on the Bonds is due and payable, the Agency
shall transfer funds on deposit in the Redevelopment Trust
Fund to a segregated account in said Fund in an amount equal,
to the lesser of the funds on deposit in the Redevelopment
Trust Fund or the amount of such debt service payYTient. Such
a transfer shall be made for each payment of debt service on
the Bonds as the same are due and payable. (The Agency's
obligation to make such transfers is hereby referred to as
the "Agency's Obligations").
E. In order to secure its indebtedness to the
City for the Agency's Obligations, the Agency hereby pledges
to the City and grants to the City a security interest in
and an irrevocable lien upon the Tax Increment Revenues
prior and superior to all other liens or encumbrances
thereon, except for the lien thereof in favor of the
Bondholders. The City and the Agency, to secure the obliga-
tions of the City under the Resolution in favor of the
Bondholders, hereby pledge to such holders and grant to such
holders, or any Trustee therefor designated pursuant to the
Resolution, an irrevocable lien upon and a security interest
in the Tax Increment Revenues for the payment of interest,
premium, if any, and principal on the Bonds, all reserves
therefor and all other obligations of the City to the extent
and in the manner provided in the Resolution.
F. The Agency is presently entitled to receive
Tax Increment Revenues to be deposited in the Redevelopment
Trust Fund, and has taken all action required by law to en-
title it to receive such revenues, and the Agency will dili-
gently enforce the obligation of any Taxing Authority (as
defined in Section 163.340(2), Florida Statutes) to appro-
priate its proportionate share of the Tax Increment Revenues
and will not take, or consent to or permit, any action which
will impair or adversely affect the obligation of each such
Taxing Authority to appropriate its proportionate share of
such revenues, impair or adversely affect in any manner the
deposit of such revenues in the Redevelopment Trust Fund, or
the pledge of such revenues hereby and by the Resolution.
The Agency and the City shall be unconditionally and irrevo-
cably obligated, so long as any of the Bonds are outstand-
ing, and until the payment in full by the Agency of its in-
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dei�tedness to the City for the Agency's Obligations:, to ' ike
all lawful action necessary or required in order to ensure
that each such Taxing Authority shall appropriate its
Proportionate share of the Tax Increment Revenues as now or
later required by law, and to make or cause to be made any
deposits of Tax Increment Revenues or other funds required
by this Agreement, the Resolution, and the Act.
G. The Agency will not issue any debt obligations
payable from or secured by the Tax Increment Revenues, ex-
cept as may be permitted by the Resolution and with the ex-
press written approval of the City.
H. The Agency does hereby authorize and consent
to the exercise of full and complete control and custody of
the Redevelopment Trust Fund, and any and all monies
therein, by the City or any trustee designated pursuant to
the Resolution, for the purposes provided in the Resolution
and this Agreement, including the payment by the City, or by
the trustee on behalf of the City, of debt service on the
Bonds and payment of the Agency's Obligations.
SECTION 7. Representations and Warranties.
A. The Agency does hereby represent and warrant
to the City that it has all requisite power, authority, and
authorization to enter into this Agreement, has taken all
necessary actions required to enter into this Agreement,
make any payment contemplated hereby, and to fulfill any and
all of its obligations, duties, and responsibilities
provided for or required of it by this Agreement, whether
exercised individually or collectively.
B. The City does hereby represent and warrant to
_ the Agency that it has all requisite power, authority, and
authorization to enter into this Agreement, has taken all
necessary actions required. to enter into this Agreement,
make any payment cc..ntemplated hereby, and to fulfill any and
all of its obligations, duties, and responsibilities
provided for or required of it by this Agreement, whether
exercised individually or collectively.
SECTION 8. Amendments. Neither the Resolution
nor any amendments or supplements thereto, shall be adopted
which would have the effect of enlarging the obligations of
the City or the Agency hereunder or adversely affecting the
rights or interests of the City or Agency, without the writ-
ten consent of the City thereto if the obligations of the
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t ity 1 i)e7,nQ -,he i"I.q tS illtet P_F S Of the
City are adversely affected, or with the written consent of
the Agency thereto if the obligations of the Agency are be-
ing enlarged or the rights or interests of the Agency are
adversely affected. This Agreement may be amended by the
mutual agreement of th6 City and the Agency at any time and
from time to time prior to the issuance of the Bonds.
Thereafter, no modification or amendment of this Agreement
or any agreement amendatory hereof or supplementary hereto,
adverse to the rights or interests of the Bondholders, shall
be effective without the consent in writing of the holders
of at least two-thirds (2/3rds) or more of the principal
amount of the Bonds then outstanding, but no modification
shall permit a change that will (a) affect the unconditional
promise of the Agency or the City to collect, hold, pay or
make available the Tax Increment Revenues deposited or
available for deposit in the Redevelopment Trust Fund, or
(i.1 ) reduce such per-canrage or the hoiaers of the Bonds
required above for such modifications or amendments, without
the consent of all the holders of all of the Bonds then
outstanding.
SECTION 9. This Agreement to Constitute
Contract. In consideration of the acceptance of the Bonds
authorized to be issued under the Resolution by those who
shall hold the same from time to time, this Agreement shall
be deemed to be and shall constitute a contract between -the
City, the Agency and the Bondholders. The covenants and
agreements herein set forth to be performed by the City and
the Agency shall be for the equal benefit, protection and
security of the Bondholders without preference, priority or
distinction among them.
SECTION 10. Remedies. The Agency, the City, and
any holder of any of the Bonds to be issued by the City, may
seek to protect and enforce any and all rights, duties, and
obligations of the City or Agency granted and contained in
this Agreement and in the Resolution, and to enforce and
compel the performance of all duties required by this
Agreement or by any applicable laws to be performed by the
Agency or the City or by any official thereof, and the col-
lection of all funds pledged by the Resolution or made
available by this Agreement; and may take all steps to en-
force and collect such funds to the full extent permitted or
authorized by the laws of the State of Florida or the United
States of America.
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f any one or mot.A
IL -he covenants, agreements or provisions of this Agreement
shall be held contrary to any express provision of .law or
contrary to any policy of express law, although not ex-
pressly prohibited, contrary to any express provision of the
Resolution, or against' public policy, or shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants,
agreements or provisions shall be null and void and shall be
deemed separate from the remaining covenants, agreements or
provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 12. Validation. The City Attorney is
hereby authorized by the parties hereto to initiate appro-
priate proceedings in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh
Judicial Circuit of. Florida, in and for Dade County,
Florida, for the validation of this Agreement and the riar,ts
and obligations of Lne i�gency ana the City under tills
Agreement and the Resolution, and the proper officers of the
City and the Agency are hereby authorized to verify oil their
behalf any pleadings in such proceedings, and such counsel
may join in one complaint or one proceeding, or both, in
connection with the validation of this Agreement and �he
Bonds issued or to be issued pursuant to the Resolution.
SECTION 13. Controlling Law. All covenants,
stipulations, obligations and agreements of the City and the
Agency contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be
covenants, stipulations, obligations and agreements of each
of the City and the Agency, respectively, to the full extent
authorized by the Act and provided by the Constitution and
lags of the State of Florida_ Any and all provisions of
this Agreement and any proceeding seeking to enforce or
challenge any provision of this Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of Florida. Venue for any proceed-
ing pertaining to this Agreement shall be Dade County,
Florida.
SECTION 14. No Member_ Liability. No covenant,
stipulation, obligation or agreement contained herein shall
be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation or
agreement of any present or future member of the governing
body or agent or employee of the City or the Agency in its,
his or their individual capacity, and neither the members of
the governing body of the City or the Agency, nor any offi-
cial executing this Agreement shall be liable personally or
shall be subject to any accountability for reason of -he
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