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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-85-1237T. nrJ 1 2On 12/06/R5 RESOLUTION N0. M.. 3'if A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENTt IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHEDp WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL DEFINING THE APPROACH AND PROCEDURES FOR UNDERTAKING A DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 380.06(22) F.S. WHEREAS, Chapter 380.06(22) F.S. allows Downtown Development Authorities to submit Applications for Development Approval for Developments of Regional Impact covering all of the downtown area within their jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the City Manager executed a Predevelopment Agreement on June 28, 1985, with the Florida Department of Community Affairs, and the South Florida Regional Planning Council, wherein, the City agreed to undertake a Development of Regional Impact application for the downtown area; and WHEREAS, by Resolution 85-208, February 28, 1985, the City Commission authorized the preparation of a Downtown Development of Regional Impact Application, together with a Downtown Master Plan to be accomplished by the Planning Department, Downtown Development Authority and consultants; and WHEREAS, Chapter 380.06(7)(b) F.S. provides procedures for Regional Planning Councils to negotiate and execute pre -application agreements with affected parties to define procedures for the subsequent preparation of Applications for Development Approval; and WHEREAS, the Commission finds that such an agreement with the South Florida Planning Council pertaining to the subsequent preparation of an Application for Development Approval for a Development of Regional Impact for all of downtown would eliminate subsequent confusion, duplication and delay; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLOR IDA: Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to execute an agreement in substantially the form attached with the South Florida Regional Planning w Council defining the approach and procedures for undertaking a Development of } Regional Impact Application for Development Approval for the downtown area, pursuant to Chapter 380.06(22) F.S. p1 ` CITY Cor,91MISSION jyt MEE'TIIIG OF DEC19 1985 RESOLUTION N u ®1P f < PEMARKS. — �- F: �w r AGREEMENT This Agreement is made and entered into this day of , 1985, between the City of Miami, a municipal corporation (hereinafter "the CITY"), the City of Miami Downtown Development Authority, an authority created pursuant to Chapter 65-1090 of the general laws of the State of Florida and Section 14-25 of the City of Miami Code (hereinafter "the AUTHORITY") and the governing board of the South Florida Regional Planning Council of the State of Florida (hereinafter "the SFRPC"). WITNESSETH; WHEREAS, in anticipation of the economic stimulation of downtown Miami which should result from construction of the Bayside Specialty Center and the Bayfront Park Redevelopment Project, the AUTHORITY is prepared to submit an Application for Development Approval ("ADA") for a City of Miami Downtown DRI pursuant to Section 3 80.06(22), F.S.(1985); and WHEREAS, the CITY and AUTHORITY have entered into a predevelopment agreement with the Department of Community Affairs of the State of Florida (hereinafter "DCA") that predispose the CITY and AUTHORITY to actively pursue the option of submitting an ADA for a City of Miami Downtown DRI; and WHEREAS, recent changes in Section 380.06 F.S.(1985) necessitate that the CITY, the AUTHORITY and SFRPC agree relative to certain issues surrounding the goals, development, and preparation of an ADA for a Downtown DRI. NOW, THEREFORE, the SFRPC, the CITY and AUTHORITY find this Agreement is in the interest of the South Florida Region, is necessary and beneficial to the SFRPC, and reasonably applies and effectuates the provisions and intent of Chapter 380 F.S. In consideration of the promises and mutual obligations herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, the CITY, the AUTHORITY, and the SFRPC understand and agree as follows: -1- K -123'7 I TERM: The term of this Agreement shall run indefinitely from the date of its execution and acknowledgment by the last party to sign it, unless otherwise terminated by the parties. II GENERAL CONDITIONS: A. Title and paragraph headings are for convenient reference and are not a part of this Agreement. B. In the event of conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any terms or conditions contained in Exhibits A, C and D, the terms in this Agreement shall rule, unless otherwise stated. C. No waiver or breach of any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision hereof, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in writing. D. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of Florida. E. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties herein, their legal representatives, successors, and assigns. F. Amendment and revision of this Agreement must be in writing and executed by all parties to this Agreement, their successors, assigns, or legal representatives. G. All parties shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances and codes of Federal, State and Local Governments. III SCOPE OF AGREEMENT: A. The AUTHORITY intends to submit an ADA for a Downtown DRI covering the area shown on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (hereinafter "the Downtown Area"). Said ADA shall be submitted pursuant to the terms and -Z- 8`'-1237 I conditions contained in the "Predevelopment Agreement" between the CITY, the AUTHORITY, and DCA (attached as Exhibit B) and shall consider the improved Bayfront Park pursuant to the Bayfront Park Redevelopment Project, Bayside Specialty Center and the Parking Garage as committed development. B. This Agreement shall not be construed to commit the CITY and AUTHORITY to filing an ADA for a Downtown DRI, nor amend or modify the Predevelopment Agreement and shall only be construed as establishing an understanding between the parties for them to follow in the event that the CITY and AUTHORITY in fact prepare an ADA for a Downtown DRI. C. The ADA will be filed by the AUTHORITY under Section 380.06(22) F.S.(1985) DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES. The ADA 3 will respond to the questions attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C, which is incorporated herein by reference. { D. Project Boundaries. The project area will include the entire area within the Downtown Development Authority Boundaries with the exception of d the area that is also within the boundaries of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment area as shown in Exhibit A. Impacts from the Southeast Overtown/Park West Project will be incorporated into the ADA in the form of a committed development. E. Analysis Increments. The data will be provided for 5, 10, and 20 year increments. Emphasis will be placed on impacts and infrastructure needs for the first 5 year increment. The 10 and 20 year increments are viewed primarily as general long range planning tools that will require more detailed evaluation at a future date. F. Land Use Categories. The land use categories and units of measure will be as follows: Y` 1. gross sq. ft. retail floor space 2. gross sq. ft. office floor space - 3- 85 -123'7 3. gross sq. ft. service/institutional floor space 4. gross sq. ft. wholesale/industrial floor space 5. number of hotel rooms 6. number of residential units by type 7. number of seats and gross square footage in attractions and recreation facilities 8. Marina wet and dry slips 9. Convention/Exhibition gross square footage and seating G. Sub -Areas. The analysis will be conducted, where appropriate, for three sub -areas within the project boundaries: Brickell, Central Business District, and Omni as shown in Exhibit A. It will also include impacts from a fourth sub -area, the Southeast Overtown Park West project area, which will be analyzed in a separate DRI application and treated as a committed development project within the downtown -wide DRI. H. Life Span of D.O. The downtown -wide Development Order will be modeled after the Master Development Plan guidelines described in Section 380.06(20) F.S. (1985). The first increment of development will be based upon the capacity to support new development with infrastructure improvements planned for the first 5 years. In the event that buildout of the amount of development approved in the D.O. extends beyond five years, the D.O. will remain in effect until such development is constructed, but no longer than an additional five years beyond the initial increment pursuant to the substantial deviation provision of Section 380.06(19)(c)F.S.(1985). The Development Order will specify research needed to monitor generation and use rates as well as aspects of the ADA. that will have to be updated in order to extend the Development Order and proceed into the next phase of the Master Development Plan. -4- 8"'-123'7 f I. Interim Development. Individual DRI scale projects seeking development approval will be processed under existing procedures until the Downtown Development Order is issued. It is intended that all subsequent developments in excess of 10,000 gross square feet, which have not filed individual RDAs, will be governed by the Downtown Development Order. J. Existing Development Orders (D.O.'s). Individual projects having Development Orders existing prior to execution of the Downtown Development Order will have whatever vested rights are granted in their D.O.'s as long as those D.O.'s remain in effect. K. Infrastructure "Capacity Banks". The ADA will specify an approvable amount of development in terms of the land use categories listed in Article III Paragraph F (above), and will appear in a table similar to Table 3.1 of the Questionnaire attached as Exhibit C. This approvable quantity of development will be derived from a series of "infrastructure capacity banks" for such measures as trips, gallons of water, gallons of wastewater, and other necessary facilities/services. Two types of infrastructure capacity accounts will be established as follows: 1. Planning account -Debited when Major Use Special Permit or building permit is issued. +Credited when infrastructure improvement is "Committed," as defined in Article III Paragraph N (below). 2. Monitoring account -Debited when space is occupied by tenants or uses +Credited when infrastructure improvement is opened for service -5- S :-123'7 The land use mix specified in the ADA will be permitted to be modified by converting one land use to another, provided that such conversion does not exceed available credits in the infrastructure capacity accounts. L. Infrastructure Credits. All development or redevelopment that results in a net increase of more than 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area will be required to be assigned "Infrastructure Credits" from the infrastructure capacity bank. Such Infrastructure Credits will be reserved for an individual project at the time of approval of a Major Use Special Permit or (in the case of smaller projects) at the time of issuance of a building permit. If a project does not begin construction within a limited time period, its credit reservation will expire and those credits will be available for s other projects. Once reserved for an individual project, i i Infrastructure Credits will run with the land and the specific project that received approval. Thus, if the land is sold, the Infrastructure Credits can be exercised by the new owner, provided that the project plans remain substantially unchanged in terms of impact on infrastructure. These credits shall run with the land and cannot be transferred apart from the land. M. Annual Report. i The Authority will submit an annual report which includes 5 1 the status of each infrastructure capacity account, a list of projects and their debits and credits against the infrastructure capacity bank within the previous year, an update on funding and status of infrastructure improvement projects. The annual report will also include findings from specific studies specified in the .r; Downtown Development Order to test assumptions and projections in the initial ADA Examples of such studies would be selected traffic counts, auto occupancy, transit ridership, building x� occupancy, rate of construction, etc. During the first year, the N status of the infrastructure capacity bank will be reported semi- -6- 8` -1237 i r ,r annually and, thereafter at any lesser frequency as determined by the SFRPC. N. "Committed" Infrastructure Improvements. The 5-year Capital Improvement Programs will be used to project planned infrastructure capacity; however, infrastructure improvements will not be credited to the infrastructure capacity bank until officially "Committed". "Committed" means having construction funds allocated for the current year in a 5 year capital improvement program, in the case of infrastructure improvements to be made by a public agency. Infrastructure improvements to be funded or constructed by private developers will be considered to be "committed" if their bonding, funding, or construction is required in a Major Use Special Permit, building permit, or plat approval. In such cases, certificates of occupancy and any subsequent building permits within the specific project will not be issued until the developer(s) fulfill all such infrastructure improvement responsibilities. O. Public Agency Performance. The goal is to complete infrastructure improvements on or before the date of occupancy of new uses that generate the need for increased infrastructure capacity. However, it is recognized that public improvements occasionally experience unforeseen delays. To minimize the probability of such delays, the analysis will include only those infrastructure improvements that are considered to be assured of commitment during the first 5 years. However, if a public agency infrastructure improvement is properly "committed", credited to the infrastructure capacity bank, and Major Use Special Permits or building permits are issued based upon commitment of that infrastructure improvement, then the permitted development cannot be subject to suspension of construction or withholding of certificates of occupancy due to failure of a public agency to fulfill a commitment. -7- 8" -�123'7 I If a delay occurs in the initial "commitment" of a public agency infrastructure improvement, and there are no available Development Credits in the bank, the permitting of new development will be suspended in the sub -area that the public agency infrastructure improvement is to serve. Such suspension in permitting may be avoided by satisfying one of the following: ? 1) Find an alternative method of funding or otherwise �? "committing" the infrastructure improvement(s); 2) Prepare an analysis to show that the infrastructure improvement is not necessary to serve the needs of the new development project(s) seeking permits to be agreed ( to by the SFRPC and DCA; or 3) In the event that no alternative funding commitment(s) are available and an analysis cannot be prepared showing that infrastructure improvement(s) are S i i not necessary then conduct a Substantial Deviation i determination pursuant to Section 380.06(19) F.S.(1985). P. Level of Service (LOS) The goal for the street system is to maintain Level of Service LOS "D" or better, wherever possible within the limitations of physical, historic, or aesthetic constraints. Wherever a roadway link or intersection projected to drop below LOS "D" is found to be physically, historically, or aesthetically impossible to improve, then the subject roadway link or intersection may be allowed to drop to LOS "E", provided that all relevant and feasible management techniques have been applied. Examples of management techniques that can be used include, but are not limited to the following: street improvements at other locations aimed at diverting traffic, flexible work hours, transit subsidies, and parking restrictions. Q. Development Capacity. Wherever feasible, the CITY will attempt to generate an infrastructure capacity planning account that substantially -8- 8u -123'7 a 3 exceeds the capacity necessary to support the quantity of development projected by market analysis. This "excess" capacity is necessary to account for developments that may seek to reserve development credits without actually reaching completion and/or occupancy within the development order phase. During each increment of development, staff of the AUTHORITY, CITY, and SFRPC will review trends in the relationship between the "infrastructure planning account" and the "infrastructure monitoring account" to find a mutually agreeable formula to account for reserved, but unused development credits by incorporating the "infrastructure monitoring account" into the development permitting process. R. Application Questionnaire. In developing the Downtown DRI Application, the parties shall use substantially the same questionnaire attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit C. Any changes, alterations, or amendments to the questionnaire shall be agreed to in writing by the parties. S. Law and Policy Changes This Agreement may be modified to incorporate changes that result from interpretations and changes in policies, regulations and statutes that are less restrictive than those contained and reflected in this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by the respective officials thereunto duly authorized, this day and year first above written. CITY OF MIAMI, a municipal Corporation of the State of Florida ATTEST: By MATTY HIRAI SERGIO PEREIRA City Clerk City Manager -9 - 8r �--123'7 'T �4't*,��E3� DRVE��l�"t1�' At�'l'�1t3iEf't�t I q Sam PLORiDA AMORAL PLANNING COUNCIL PREPARED AND APPROVED llyl Mt BAR Y PETERSON Executive Director Ri�BTRT N: SECHEN - ARBiBtatft City Attorney lay FRANK CALLAHAN _v APPROVED AS VO FORM AND �h�irtlan CORRECTNERSt LUCZA A. DOUC;HERTY City Attorney RNS/la 12/05/85 1 s f CITY OF MIAMI, FLOIVIOA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO.Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission DATE: D W C • 2 1985 PYLC: SUBJECT: RESOLUTION - DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN/DRI AGREEMENT FROM: Cesar H. Odio REFERENCEs: CITY COMMISSION AGENDA OF City Manager ko ENCLOSURES: DECEMBER 19, 1985 - It is recommended that the Commission authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement in `su s an aTTy e form attacnea witn the South Florida Regional Planning Council defining the approach and procedures Tor uncertaKing a Development of Regional Impact Application for Develo5ment ADDrovalor the downtown area, pursuant to unapter s:iu.uelzz) r.5. Before commencing the preparation of an Application for Development Approval for the entire downtown area as a Development of Regional Impact (DRI), the Administration has considered it prudent to execute a formal agreement with the South Florida Regional Planning Council establishing the procedures to be followed and the questions that will be answered. A formal agreement is necessary to protect the City against future changes in the procedures or scope of the project that could result in additional delays or expense for the City and its consultants. Such changes can be anticipated for the following f two reasons: 1) This will be the first downtown DRI ever attempted in the South Florida Region, or anywhere in the State since adoption of the 1985 Growth Management Legislation; therefore, there are no pre-existing guides and standards. 2) Recent resignations of three key staff members of the South Florida Regional Planning Council will result in new ideas and leadership. f The Council has scheduled this agreement to be considered at its January 6, 1986 meeting. Background and Purpose The DRI application was initiated to fulfill a contractual obligation created by the City's Predevelopment Agreement with the Florida Department of Community Affairs concerning the Baysi de Specialty Center and Bayfront Park Amphitheater. The terms of that agreement require the City to file a DRI application for the entire downtown before June 28, 1986. In exchange, the Bayside project and the amphitheater were permitted to proceed with } construction without filing an individual DRI application. The principal benefits of a downtown DRI are: 1) to rigorously analyze and quantify the present and future needs for public facilities and services, and then to secure commitments for funding of such needs from the private sector or t appropriate levels of government; and 2) to remove the costly, time-consuming Regional Planning Council review process from individual projects, thereby 3 improving the ability of downtown to compete for new development with other areas such as West Dade and Broward County. 8v—,L,2a3 4 f Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission How the DRI will work A downtown DRI is intended to assure that public infrastructure is provided when it is needed to serve new development and that environmental quality is preserved and enhanced. Public inf rastructure includes roads, public transportation, water supply, sanitary sewers, storm drainage, parks, schools, police and fire protection, solid waste disposal, and hazardous waste disposal. Environmental and related considerations include air quality, water quality, soils, vegetation, energy, and historic/archeologic resources. 3 In the most simplistic terms, the downtown DRI process can be described as follows. First, the capacity of each individual infrastructure system will be measured in terms of its capacity to support development. Second, City, County, State, and private sector infrastructure improvements programmed during the next 5 years will be measured in terms of the additional development carrying capacity they will provide. The capacity of the existing and 5 year programmed infrastructure, compared with the infrastructure demands of existing and committed development, will determine how much new development can be approved before additional infrastructure must be provided. Based upon the results of this technical analysis, the City will negotiate with the South Florida Regional Council and Florida Department of Community Affairs to draft satisfactory conditions, for the Development Order, to be issued by the City. The Development Order (D.O.) for downtown will indicate how much new development can be approved during the next 5 years contingent upon commitment of construction funds for all necessary infrastructure improvements. The D.O. will also contain certain regulatory requirements to ensure protection of the environment and special resources. Once the downtown D.O. is adopted by the City Commission, individual projects will no longer be required to submit DRI applications to the South Florida Regional Planning Council. Instead, all projects will be evaluated by the City of Miami for compliance with the downtown D.O. Public Policy Considerations 1. The Governor and the State Legislature have made growth management an important State priority. The recent legislative session mandated growth management policies that require orderly growth be achieved through linking development approval to the ability of infrastructure systems and the environment to support it. To achieve this linkage, local governments will have to ensure that construction funds for needed infrastructure improvements are committed prior to issuing building permits. This may involve the use of impact fees and other forms of developer exactions. However, given the already high cost of developing in Downtown Miami, the City must aggressively pursue additional forms of funding (local, County, State, and Fec'eral ) to support infrastructure needs if it is to remain competitive wi;:h other commercial growth centers such as West Dade. Further, zoninti policies will have to be guided, if not governed, by infrastructure c-apaci ty considerations. - 2 - 4 8-123'7 t r` Honorable Mayor and Members Of the City Commission How the DRI will work A downtown DRI is intended to assure that public infrastructure is provided when it is needed to serve new development and that environmental quality is preserved and enhanced. Public infrastructure includes roads, public transportation, water supply, sanitary sewers, storm drainage, parks, schools, police and fire protection, solid waste disposal, and hazardous waste disposal. Environmental and related considerations include air quality, water quality, soils, vegetation, energy, and historic/archeologic resources. In the most simplistic terms, the downtown DRI process can be described as follows. First, the capacity of each individual infrastructure system will be measured in terms of its capacity to support development. Second, City, County, State, and private sector infrastructure improvements programmed during the next 5 years will be measured in terms of the additional development carrying capacity they will provide. The capacity of the existing and 5 year programmed infrastructure, compared with the infrastructure demands of existing and committed development, will determine how much new development can be approved before additional infrastructure must be provided. Based upon the results of this technical analysis, the City will negotiate with the South Florida Regional Council and Florida Department of Community Affairs to draft satisfactory conditions, for the Development Order, to be issued by the City. The Development Order (D.O.) for downtown will indicate how much new development can be approved during the next 5 years contingent upon commitment of construction funds for all necessary infrastructure improvements. The D.O. will also contain certain regulatory requirements to ensure protection of the environment and special resources. Once the downtown D.O. is adopted by the City Commission, individual projects will no longer be required to submit DRI applications to the South Florida Regional Planning Council. Instead, all projects will be evaluated by the City of Miami for compliance with the y downtown D.O. Public Policy Considerations 1. The Governor and the State Legislature have made growth management an important State priority. The recent legislative session mandated growth management policies that require orderly growth be achieved through linking development approval to the ability of infrastructure systems and the environment to support it. To achieve this linkage, local governments will have to ensure that construction funds for needed infrastructure improvements are committed prior to issuing building permits. This may involve the use of impact fees and other forms of developer exactions. However, given the already high cost of developing in Downtown Miami, the City must aggressively pursue additional forms of funding (local, County, State, and Federal) to support infrastructure needs if it is to remain competitive with other commercial growth centers such as West Dade. j Further, zoning policies will have to be guided, if not governed, by j 3 infrastructure capacity considerations. - 2 - i { { � t a[ ": Honorable Mayor and Members of the C i ty Commission 2. Because of the above State-wide growth management legislation, the potential exists to encounter mandatory moratoriums on new building s permits until funding for infrastructure improvements is secured. A R moratorium situation is not expected to occur in Downtown Miami during the next 5 years because most of the required infrastructure is already in place. However, long delays in important projects like the bifurcated ramps in DuPont Plaza could create future capacity problems. 3. The concept of a downtown DRI requires that all new development .over 10,000 sq. ft. in floor area be measured against the capacity of the infrastructure systems, rather than limiting such consideration to just the large scale projects. This would be the first time that smaller scale projects are subject to this type of evaluation. 4. As a condition in the downtown D.O. the City will be expected to adopt certain ordinances providing additional regulations dealing with such things as measures to reduce pollutants in surface water runoff and standards for collection of hazardous waste. The City must be mindful of administrative costs of enforcing such regulations and the potential for discouraging development in downtown through burdensome regulations that do not apply in locations outside of the downtown. Status of Agreement with South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC) The attached agreement has been negotiated during the past several months with staff of the South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC). All but the following major issues have been agreed upon between the City an GounciT sTa7t. on January G, 1986, the SFRFE. will IDe presented with their staff's recommendations on these issues, while City staff will be present to argue for ' the City's position as adopted by the Commission and represented in the attached agreement. 1. Life Span of the D.O. e D.O. will aut ize a certain amount of development that can be approved during a 5 year period. The SFRPC staff wants the D.O. to be effective for only 5 or 6 years, regardless of the actual pace of new development. The City wants the flexibility to keep the D.O. effective for up to 10 years or until completion of all development permitted in the D.O., whichever comes first (see page 4, item H). 2. Public Agency Performance e City staft considers the following paragraph to be essential, but the SFRPC staff wants it to be stricken from the agreement (see page 7, second paragraph in item Q). "However, if a public agency infrastructure improvement is properly "committed", credited to the infrastructure capacity bank, and Major Use Special Permits or building permits are issued based upon commitment of that infrastructure improvement, then the permitted development cannot be subject to suspension of construction or withholding of certificates of occupancy due to failure of a public agency to fulfill a commitment." CHO/SR - 3 - SE -123'7 NNW CITY Of MIAMI. FLORIOA MITER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM j TO Sergio Pereira ` DATE November 26, 1985 FILE City Manager - SUBJECT Downtown DRI - Agenda Items for December 19, 1985 soft FROM REFERENCES' S 00i ri guez, Director P anning Department ENCLOSURES Please place two attached items on the City Commission agenda for December 19, 1985: 1) a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with the South Florida Regional Planning Council defining the approach and procedures for the downtown DRI, and 2) a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with David Plummer and Associates for consulting services in preparation of the Downtown DRI. Due to postponement of the DRI Preapplication Conference during the hurricane warning of November 19th, the final documents are not negotiated at this time. That meeting has been rescheduled for December 3rd; and we anticipate having the agreement and consultant contract ready in time for distribution to the City Commission. SR/JAM/rj w CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIOA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM ro Honorable Mayor and Members ATE FILE. of the City Commission BJECT Item City Commission Meetinof December 19, 1985 rRO-A Sergio Pereira City Manager EFERENCES Downtown Development of Regional Impact 10-.L05UPFE It is recommended that the Commission authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement in substantially the form attached with the south Florida Regional Planning Council defining --Tie approach and procedures for undertaking a Development of Regional Impact Application for Development Approval or tfie downtown area, - pursuant o ChapterF.S. Before commencing the preparation of an application for Development Approval for the entire downtown area as a Development of Regional Impact, the Administration has considered it prudent to establish the procedures to he followed with the South Florida Regional Planning Council. The appropriate vehicle is a formal agreement. The Planning Department staff will be negotiating the agreement during this time but expects to have the agreement available by the time of distribution