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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-82-0353RESOLUTION NO. 3 2— 3 5 3 A RESOLUTION APPROVING IN PRINCIPLE THE APPLICATION FOR THE RELOCATION AND EXPANSION OF CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH THE CITY'S APPLICATION FOR AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- MENT FOR THIS NOT -FOR -PROFIT, ACUTE CARE, COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. WHEREAS, Christian Hospital, Inc. intends to finance a project for the purpose of replacement and relocation of a 40 bed hospital with an addition of 110 beds on a 7.73 acre site bounded by Northwest 7th Avenue, I-95, Northwest 60th Street, and Northwest 58th Street; and WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabila- t ive Services issued Certificate of Need No. 1520 in April, 1981 for the aformentioned project; and WHEREAS, in March 1982, the Florida Planning and Devel- opment Clearinghouse, in compliance with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget Circular A-95, has found the aforemen- tioned project to be in compliance with State plans, pro- grams, and objectives; and WHEREAS, the proposed location of the project is in the Neighborhood Strategy Area of the Model City Community Devel- opment Target Area; and WHEREAS, the project is expected to generate approxi- mately 400 net new permanent jobs and 500 permanent jobs in total; and WHEREAS, the total cost of the project is $24,650,000 of which $3,000,000 is proposed to be funded from an Urban Development Action Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS, the $3,000,000 Urban Development Action Grant will be loaned by the City to Christian Hospital (the pro- ject) at 3% interest for a period of 20 years the yearly debt service from which will be used for.employment training CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF APR2 2 9uswffl 3 programs for health facility personnel in the service area of the hospital; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Christian Hospital unequivocably states that unless the proposed Urban Develop- ment Action Grant, or comparable funding, is received the Is new Christian Hospital cannot be completed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The Application for the relocation and expansion of Christian Hospital is hereby approved in prin- ciple and the City Manager is directed to proceed with the City's application for an Urban Development Action Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for this not -for -profit, acute care community hospital. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22 day of APRIL , 1982. MAURICE A. FERRE MAURICE A. FERRE, Mayor ATTEST: RALP G. ONGIE 'ty Clerk PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: rr V TERRY V. PERCY Deputy City Attorney APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: e2J ' _41 GEORGE F. KNOX, JR. City Attorney q 82-353 "10 Jim Reid Assistant City Manager tc se h W. McManus ting Director Planning Department CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE- April 7, 1982 FILE Christian Hospital UDAG City's Liability ncccgcRICES YCLOSURFS, The City of Miami Health Facilities Authority exists as an autonomous entity. The City of Miami proper, therefore, cannot be held liable in a court of law for tax exempt revenue bonds the Authority sees fit to authorize. The Authority, however, cannot be held liable for bonds it authorizes because it exists merely as a "shell" with no income producing assets against which recourse may be taken. Therefore, unless the "lessee" can obtain a committment to finance an unrated bond, secured only by the project and the underlying land, additional security commensurate with the desired rating must be provided by the lessee. In the case of the proposed Christian Hospital project, the investment banking firm of Henderson and Few has apparently committed to finance an unrated bond issue. Therefore, no secondary financing is being provided by nor required of the hospital. The unrated revenue bonds with a high risk attached, will sell in today's market at 16 1/2% per annum. Given this interest rate the, preliminary feasibility study performed by Laventhol and Horwath, CPA, indicates that the project is still feasi- ble (debt service ratio = 1.58x). JWM:ML:dr 8" : i c