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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-82-10756 6 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S ACCEPTANCE =_ OF AN $800,000.00 GRANT At^iAPD FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPAPTr!ENT OF COr1rILRCE: ECONOMIC i EXELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR `. HU RFDF,-VEL0PHE"7T AND RENOVATION OF THE PANTRY PRIDE BUILDING AND PROPERTY LOCATED AT NORTHWEST 62ND STREET AND GTH AVENUE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE E t?LAFONTE TACOLCY CENTER, TNC. ; AND AUTHORIZING THI CITY MANTAGER TO ENTER I14TO AN AGREEMENT tiITII 13ELAFONTE TACOLCY CENTER, INC. , II4 -_ SUBSTANTIALLY THE F'ORH ATTACHED HERETO. WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 82-636 on July 22, 1982, approving the City iaanager's sub- mission of a grant application to the United :Mates Depart- ment of Commcr.ce: Fcononic Development Adriinist ration (LDA) requesting $ 300, 000.00 for the redevelo;,nent Ind renovation of. the Pantry Pri(ir_ buildin(3 and prof:erty located at t:or.th- west 62nd Street jil;j 6t1h :'venue in conjunction with the Pelafonte Taculc_y Center, Inc. and expressing the intent of the City Commission tr) 17eet the cash --catch r(.,,3uirements of the Uni.tc�d States Department of Commerce for this project when it is ap r.ove(I by the FDA; and WHEREAS, t}ie City Nanager and Belafonte Tacolcy Center, Inc, accepted FDA's offer of grant award in the amount of $800,000.00 on 5f:!ptenber 29, 1982; and WIiEREAS, the purpose of this grant is to renovate a currently vacant 46,000 ± square foot Pantry Pride super- market structure into a 23,000 square foot supermarket and 8-10 retail establishments; and WHEREAS, the total cost of the project is estimated to be $1,700,000; aril WHEREAS, the City of Miami has identified $400,000 in revenue from 1983 Florida Power. and Light franchise fees to provide some of the match requirement of the grant; and WHEREAS, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF N O V 1 U 1982 MllI110N ' 11 subsidiary of the Ford Foundation, Metropolitan Dade County, and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce: Business Assis- tance Center will provide matching funds in the amounts of $250,000, $125,000, and $125,000, respectively; NOW, THEREFORE, Pr IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF f-IIAMI , FLORIDA: Section 1. The action taken by the City Manager in accepting an $800,000 grant award from the United States Department of Commerce: Economic Development Administration for the redevelopment- and renovation of the Pantry Pride building and property located at Northwest 62nd Street and Gth Avenue, in conjunction with Belafonte Tacolcy Center, Inc., is hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed. Section 2. The City ?ianager is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Belafonte Tacolcy Center, Inc., in substantially the form attached hereto. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10 day of NOVEMBER , 1982. MAURICE A. FERRE MAURICE A. FERRE, Mayor ATTEST: r l RA PIi G. ONGIE City Clerk 4 Honorable Mayor and November 9, 1982 Members of the City Commission _,_. Belafonte-Tacolcy Center, Inc. Contract r' (Planning & Zoning City Commission Agenda of 11/10/82) Howard V. Cary City Manager L' Attached is back-up information for item 23 on the Planning and Zoning agenda of tlovember 10, 1982 authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with the Belafonte-Tacolcy Center., Inc. to carry out the project. The enactment of this resolution is essential to enable Belafonte-Tacolcy to acquire the Pantry Pride site and subsequently utilize $800,000 in Federal funds for the rehabilitation of this important facility in the Edison Center area. You may recall that the Mayor and City Commission attended a mock contract signing at Belafonte- Tacolcy on Wednesday, October 13, 1982. 4 i T11E CITY OF IMIAMI *iEmORANDG,? OF AGREEMENT This t•ienorandum of Agreement is made and entered into this day of , 1982, between the City of Miami, a municipal corporation of the State of Florida, hereinafter called the CITY, and Bel,afonte, Tacolcy Center, Inc., a Florida corporation not for profit, hereinafter called BTC. iJITNESSETH WHEREAS, the CITY and BTC have heretofore applied for a U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administra- tion Public Works and Development Facilities grant and have received and accepted an Offer of Grant date,! September 25, 1982 in an amount not to exceed $600,000.00 to construct or equip a shopping center ccmplex in the City of Miami, here- after referred to as THE VEjNTU ,',; and the Cit-J, of i iami has allocated $400,000.00 in additional funds as a long-term, low interest loan for THE VENTUP.E; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami Commission authorized a loan agreement and contract between the CITY and BTC by Resolu- tion No. , PASSED AND ADOPTED on the loth day of November, 1982, and said Resolution is incorporated by reference; and WHEPEAS, the Liberty City area in which BTC shall develop and operate THE VENTURE, is a designated blighted area under. Section 163.340(8) of the Florida Statutes and the purpose of this project is a public purpose to improve and rehabilitate the Liberty City area and to stir.iulate its economic development by the development of a Shopping Center, t:O J, THEREFOPE, in considicr.ation of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, ,� !r�r-MC h l7 / r 11%J r ►� the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and upon pro- mises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein con- tainer.9, the parties hereto agree as follows: I. AUT11O_1%I �TIO14: The CITY hereby authorizes a loan in the amount of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) to be made by the CITY to BTC toward the latter's purchase and initial development of TIIE VENTURE. This authorization is contin- gent upon a purchase price for THE VENNTURE not to exceed Three III:ndred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00), excluding closing costs. Payment for all closing costs and assumption fees, if any, associated with the acquisition of THE VENTURE by BTC may be made from this loan. Located at 645 Northwest 62 Street in the City of Miami, the legal description of THE VENTURE is as follows: Building: Lots 1-6 and the East 20 feet of Lot 7 plus Lots 12-18 of Block 5, First Addi- tion of Forest Park, Plat Book 6, page 6 of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida, as recorded in Vol. B of Hopkins Plat Book of Miami, Florida on Pg. 14, 3.52 Acres. Vacant Property: Lots 3-6 and the East 25 Feet of Lot 7, Lots 13-16 Block 6 First Addition of Forest Park, Plat Book 6, Page 6, of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida, as recorded in the Hopkins Plat Book of Miami, Florida. II. TERM: The term of this Agreement shall be for a period of time commensurate to the po-riod of time BTC holds title to THE VENTURE or until the CITY's Mortgage on said property is fully satisfied, whichever is earliest, and is subject to the considerations outlined in this contract. The term of this Ayreemont shall be that period beginning on the date of execution hereof by the City Manager. It is expressly agreed that the consideration outlined in this contract can 6 be tenegotiated as a condition for mutual consent, tit, CONSIDERATION: Its consideration for the $400,000 loan made by the CITY to BTC toward the latter's purchase of THE VENTURE, and concurrent with "closing," BTC agrees to execute and deliver to the CITY a Promissory Mote in the amount of $400,000.00 to be evidenced by a Mortgage to be promptly recorded in the public records of Dade County, Florida on the PROJECT. Such closing shall occur concomitantly with the transfer of the $•100,000.00 loan by the CITY to 13TC. All intangible taxes, docuriontary stamps and recording fees are to he paid by BTC. Such loan shall be repaid over a Forty (40) year period at _ an annual interest rate of 3`t,. Repayment by BTC during each of the first twenty (20) years shall be in the annual amount of $12,000, representing interest only. Repayment by BTC during each of the t•:;enty-`irst (2lst) throuyil fortieth (40th) years, respectively, shall be in the amount of $26,886.29, representing interest and principal due. Annual payments shall be prorated and due on a quarterly basis. The first payment is due ninety (90) days subsequent to BTC's purchase closing date on THE VENTURE. Should THE VENTURE be sold by BTC, said seller agrees to pay the CITY 100" of the outstanding mortgage balance due on the subject loan. BTC shall obtain prior written consent from the CITY should any transfer, conveyance, incumberance, mortgage or sale of `P:il, V1.1,.1UI�E or kart thereof be contemplated. The CITY reserves the right to deny the sale of THE VENTURE by BTC if the selling price is less than $400,000.00 IV. ANNUAL REPORT: 13TC agrees to provide, or have the management firm contracted by it, provide the CITY with a yearly work pro- gram and budget which proposes how THE VENTURE's cash flow 3 0 'from oper.:`.tnns will be util ted to stimulate economic development activities in the Liberty City Area, BTC shall submit the first of its yearly Work Programs within sixty (60) days of the fl.ste on THE VENTURE. Subsequent 19ork Proyra;n reports shall he filed with the CITY in March of each year. Said reports shall be made to the CITY until final payment is made under this Agreement. The CITY reserves the right to review, and approve said work program. BTC shall also demonstrate to the satisfaction of the CIT`i that any cash flow accruing to FTC from THE VENTURE will be utilized to stimulate economic development activi- ties within the Liberty City Area. V . MANAGEME 7: Within sixty (60) days of closing on the property, BTC shall contract with a professional management firm, or firms, approved by the City t•lanager for the operation, leasing and maintenance of THE VE^:TURE. VI. BOOKS Or ACCOUNTS: BTC agrees to keep appropriate, full and true boors of accounts reflecting all transactions made with respect to the acquisition, operation, leasing and mainte- nance of THE VENTURE as may b` reasonably required by good accounting practices. THE CITY shall have the right at reasonable times, to audit the books and records of BTC and its management firm at any time during the performance of this Agreement and for a poriod of one year after final payrient is. made under this Agreement. The said records shall be made available to the CITY's Internal Audit Department, or its authorized repre- sentatives, and the reprosentatives of the Federal Govern- ment, to audit and examine all contracts, invoices, mate- rials, payrolls, records of personnel, conditions of employ- ment an: other data relating to all matters contained in n�, F1 • r♦ 4 this Agreement, The documents and records shall be further- more maintain,-: by BTC for not less than three years follow- ing the termination of this Agreement. No later than 60 days following the end of each calendar year (.Jan -Dec. 31) during the existence of the CITY's mortgage, BTC shall deliver an income/expense state- ment for that year in certificate form signed by a Certified Public accountant. Payment to any directors, officers or principals of BTC for any direct or indirect participation in the acquisitions, operation, and maintenance and sale of the VENTURE shall be excluded from any operating cost or expenses. However, salaried employees may be compensated for duties related to the day-to-day operations of THE VE.7TURE subscquent to its acquisition. Such compensation shall be a permitted operating cost or expense. VIi. GE;IEPAL CONDITICINS: BTC shall pay, prior to delinquency, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that may be laid or levied upon TIE VE::TUPE. BTC shall at all times in the operation and maintenance of THE VENTURE contemplated under this A�Jre,-,ment, abide by the la-.s enacted or pror:iulgated by federal, state, city of other governmental bodies or depart - vents or officers thereof including the City Charter, the Municipal Code of the City and directives of the City tanager. The CITY shall not disperse loan proceeds until the date of closing on THE VENTURE and transfer of title on the premises described herein from its current owner to BTC. , Execution of this Agreement is subject to THE VEWTURE' meeting Ipl)lic<iblel local, state, .Ind Federal guide- lines. L;TC .:;hall reii:�Lurse the CITY $400000 if. THE VENTURE is ev(_�r. doternined to be in contravention of said guide - lines, 5 is ev(_�r. doternined to be in contravention of said guide - lines, 5 VIII� TERGIIiATI+7ti: IF BTC at any time during the term of the Agree- ment should he in default of any term, provision or covenant of. the Agree,�ont, and shall fail to remedy such default within a time period to be determined by the City Manager, then, if such default is net curerl the CITY may, at its option, foreclose on THE VENTURE. BTC shall also be in default if there is: a) improper use of City loan funds; b) submittal of matorically inccrrect or incomplete reports; and c) any paymont of principal or interest unpaid thirty (30) days after its clue date, or a failure by BTC, or its manage- ment firm, to l.ay taxes, water charges or assessments thirty (30) days after notice and demand. IX. I::SLjPAi:CE LTC ar;rces to provide a comprehensive policy of Rk liability, th�34 t a,t(. property damaiao insurance the limits of such insurancc to i)e determined by the City's Insurance Manager. The CITY shall be listed on the policy evidencing such ccveraga as a limn holder on the insured premises. A certificate evidencing such insurance coverage shall be filed with the City'- Insur<ance :.tanager prior to the com- mencen(�nt of periori,iance under this Agreement. At least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of such a policy a certificate showing that such insurance coverage has been r.ene.:e shall be filncl v:ith the Citv's Insurance Manager. Such ce17tificates shall provide that .such insurance coverage will not bc! cancelled without thirty (30) days prior written notice to BTC. BTC shall notify the CITY immediately upon reccipt of an insurance cancellation notice. X. AME'lv1),IENTS ANID ASSIGNABILITY: The CITY an(! 5TC may, at thoir discretion, amend this tletnorandum of at any time to conform with any facts which may require such amendment. Amendments, if so i required, shall be attached hereto in ..iriting signed by all dul•.- authorized representatives of each party, subject to the approvA of the City Commission. This Agre,-:7—it is not assignable by either party without the written approval of the other party in the fora of an amendment hereto. Xi. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS: This :'Agreement shall he binding upon the parties herein, their heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors, and assigns. XII. Jqo��-DTSCRIMINNATION: In the operation, leasing and maintenance of THE VENTURE,, BTC shall not discriminate against any tenant, prospective to"ant, employee or ay plicant for employment because of sex, age, race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin. XIII. INDEPENDENT CO:;TRACTOR: That BTC and its employees and agents shall be deemed to be independent contractors, and not agents or employees of the CITY. XIV . I!41)I:1 I� I FICATIOI 13TC shall indemnify and save the CITY harmless from and against any and all adjudicated claims, liabili- ties, losses, and causes of action which may arise out of LTC's activities under this Agreement, including all other acts or c)rlissioizs to act on the part of BTC or any of its agents or priployees, acting for or on its behalf. BTC further agrees that under no circumstances will fliE CITY, its officers and ei,,iployees be held liable for any claims for payment of money, claims for (debt associated 9V CONFLIcT OF INTEREST BTC covenants that no person under its employ who presently exercises any functions or responsibilites in con= nect:ion with this Agreement has any personal financial interests, ?irect or indirect, in this Agreement. BTC further covenants that, in the performance of this Agreement, no person having such conflicting interest shall he employed or retained .as an agent. Any such interests can the part of B':C, Its c"gcnts or their cmployCe:3, must be discloscd lit writing to the CITY. I3TC and its agonts, in the performance oI this Agreement, shall be subject to the more restrictive law anti/or guidelines regarding conflict of interest promul- gated by federal, state or local government. XVI. ENTIRE AGR};E;1E,.T : This Agrc--enent is the entire agreoment between the Marti+_s with respect to the matter hereof and super - cedes all prior aarecments betv,een the parties with respect hereto. io alteration, modification, or interpretation hereof small be binding unless in writing and signed by both parties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused these presents to be duly executed with all the formalities required by law on the respective dates set forth opposite their_ signatures. CITY OF MIA II, FLORIDA� a municipal corporation