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Resolution: R-09-0180
File Number: 09-00345
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 4/2/2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING A LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $800,000 FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI
("CITY") TO PARROT JUNGLE AND GARDENS OF WATSON ISLAND, INC.
("PARROT JUNGLE"), TO (1) ALLOW PARROT JUNGLE TO RETAIN A MINIMUM
OF 400 EXISTING FULL-TIME JOBS, (2) SECURE THE CITY'S INTEREST AND
OBLIGATION UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT SECTION 108 LOAN MADE TO PARROT JUNGLE, AND (3)
PROTECT THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING;
SUCH LOAN TO BE ON THE TERMS STATED ON EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") entered into a Lease and Development Agreement with
Parrot Jungle and Gardens of Watson Island, Inc. ("Parrot Jungle") on September 2, 1997 for an
initial 45 year term with a 15 year option period ("Lease") for that certain real property located in the
City, on as much as 18.6134 acres commonly known as Watson Island ("Lease Property"); and
WHEREAS, on January 9, 2001, Miami -Dade County made a Department of Housing and
Urban Development Section 108 loan to Parrot Jungle in an amount of $25 million for the
construction and operation of the Parrot Jungle and Gardens of Watson Island Project ("HUD Loan");
and
WHEREAS, on July 10, 2007, by Resolution Number R-07-0405, the City Commission
approved an assumption by the City of an 80% interest and obligation in the HUD Loan; and
WHEREAS, Parrot Jungle has created more than 400 full-time jobs in the City, in part due to
the City's Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") funding, which will be lost without an
intervention by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to loan Parrot Jungle $800,000 ("City Loan"), allocated from the
City's General Fund Reserve Account, to (1) allow Parrot Jungle to retain a minimum of 400 existing
full-time jobs, (2) secure the City's interest and obligation under the HUD Loan made to Parrot Jungle
and (3) protect the City's CDBG funding; and
WHEREAS, Parrot Jungle shall repay the City Loan in monthly installments of $16,667 per
month for 48 consecutive months beginning 90 days after full execution of the loan documents
between the City and Parrot Jungle; and
WHEREAS, the City shall disburse the City Loan to Holland & Knight, LLC as escrow agent
pursuant to an escrow agreement that requires that the escrow agent disburse the funds: (i) only to
the Miami -Dade County Tax Collector, and (ii) together with other funds which, when aggregated wit
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the City Loan, are sufficient to pay the totality of real estate taxes outstanding on the Lease Property;
and
WHEREAS, the City Loan will be subject to: (i) a 48 -month deferral by the City Commission of
the Minimum Annual Rent and Percentage Rent Parrot Jungle pays to the City under the Lease; and
(ii) Parrot Jungle providing the City with access and such materials, as the City may request, to
conduct an analysis of the business model for the purpose of improving the survivability of the Parrot
Jungle and Gardens of Watson Island Project, thereby mitigating the City's exposure on the HUD
Loan;
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. A loan in the amount of $800,000 from the City of Miami ("City") to Parrot Jungle
and Gardens of Watson Island, Inc. is approved.
Section 3. Such loan shall be on the terms stated on Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized {1 } to execute the necessary documents for the
purpose set forth herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter
and Code provisions
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten 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.
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