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Resolution: R-05-0194
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3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.ci.miami.fl.us
File Number: 05-00211
Final Action Date: 3/24/2005
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), ADOPTING THE FINDINGS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("
COUNTY") THAT: A BLIGHTED OR SLUM AREA EXISTS IN THE MIDTOWN
REDEVELOPMENT AREA; THAT REBUILDING, REHABILITATION,
CONSERVATION, AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA IS NECESSARY IN
THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND WELFARE
OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND THE
COUNTY; THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA IS A SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREA
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 163.340, FLORIDA STATUTES; AND THAT THERE IS
A NEED FOR A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO CARRY OUT THE
REDEVELOPMENT PURPOSES PROVIDED FOR IN FLO.RIDA'S COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1969; ACCEPTING THE COUNTY'S DELEGATION
OF AUTHORITY TO CREATE A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY;
CREATING THE MIDTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("
MIDTOWN CRA"), WITH GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES AS SET FORTH IN "
EXHIBIT A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; AND DECLARING THE CITY
COMMISSION TO BE THE MIDTOWN CRA SEPARATE, DISTINCT, AND
INDEPENDENT FROM THE CITY COMMISSION WITH ALL THE RIGHTS,
POWERS, PRIVILEGES, DUTIES, AND IMMUNITIES OF A COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County ("County") Ordinance No. 03-271, adopted December 16,
2003, created the Midtown Miami Community Development District ("District") for the purpose
of delivering certain community development services and facilities within and outside the
boundaries of the District; and
WHEREAS, the development of the District is expected to benefit the citizens of the City of
Miami ("City") and the County by stimulating economic development and growth and
generating significant revenues for the City and the County; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 04-0288, adopted April 29, 2004, authorized an Inl:erlocal
Agreement between the City, the County, and the District requiring the creation of a
Community Redevelopment Agency in the District to offset a portion of the cost of providing
certain infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 04-0288 further authorized the City Manager to prepare a "
Finding of Necessity Study" in accordance with the requirements for the creation of a
Community Redevelopment Agency under Part III, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, the
Community Redevelopment Act of 1969 ("Act"); and
WHEREAS the Finding of Necessity Study was transmitted to the County for its
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Enactment .Number: R-05-019.1
consideration; and
WHEREAS, County Resolution No. 213-05, adopted March 1, 2005, concurred with the
Finding of Necessity Study and found that: the Midtown Redevelopment Area is a blighted or
slum area; that the rebuilding, rehabilitation, conservation, and redevelopment of the Midtown
Redevelopment Area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, and
welfare of the residents of the City and the County as a whole; that the redevelopment area is
a slum or blighted area as defined in Section 163.340, Florida Statutes; that there is a need
for a community redevelopment agency to carryout the redevelopment purposes of the Act;
and further delegated the power to create a Community Redevelopment Agency to the City
with the sole power, initially, to prepare and adopt a redevelopment plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to adopt the County's findings and to create a
Community Redevelopment Agency for the Midtown Redevelopment Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE C1TY 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. The City Commission adopts the findings of the County that: a blighted or
slum area exists in the Midtown Redevelopment Area; that the rebuilding, rehabilitation,
conservation, and redevelopment of the area is necessary in the interest of the public health,
safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City and the County; that the
redevelopment area is a slum or blighted area as defined in Section 163.340, Florida
Statutes; and that there is a need for a Community Redevelopment Agency to carry out the
redevelopment purposes provided for by Florida's Community Redevelopment Ac:,t of 1969.
Section 3. The City Commission accepts the County's delegation of authority to create a
Community Redevelopment Agency and creates the Midtown Community Redevelopment
Agency ("Midtown CRA"), with geographic boundaries as set forth in "Exhibit A," attached and
incorporated.
Section 4. The City Commission declares itself to be the Midtown CRA separate,
distinct, and independent from the City Commission with all the rights, powers, priivileges,
duties, and immunities of a Community Redevelopment Agency.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{1 }
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Footnotes:
(1 ) 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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"Exhibit A"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A PORTION OF "WESTERN BOULEVARD TRACT" AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1
PAGE 108 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; TOGETHER WITH
A PORTION OF "PLAT OF MONTGOMERY CO'S SUBDIVISION" AS RECORDED IN PLAT
BOOK 1 AT PAGE 144 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA;
TOGETHER WITH A PORTION OF "CENTRAL BUENA VISTA" AS RECORDED IN PLAT
BOOK 121 AT PAGE 71 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE CO ,
FLORIDA; THE OVERALL BOUNDARY BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
BEGIN AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 22 OF SAID "WESTERN BOULEVARD
TRACT'; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 18 MINUTES 28 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE
EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF NORTH MIAMI AVENUE, FOR 972.92 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 1 DEGREE 16 MINUTES 42 SECONDS WEST CONTINUING ALONG SAID EAST
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, FOR 1310,24 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE
N.E. 36TH STREET; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST
ALONG THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE NE 36TH STREET FOR 1349.22 FEET TO
THE PROPOSED WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST
RAILWAY, SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE LYING APPROXIMATELY 28.00 FEET WESTERLY
OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE EXISTING RAILROAD TRACKS; THENCE SOUTH 12
DEGREES 12 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID PROPOSED RIGHT-OF-WAY
LINE, LINE, FOR 313.32 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG
THE ARC OF A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTHEAST, SAID CURVE
HAVING A RADIUS OF 1500.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 03 DEGREES 07
MINUTES 24 SECONDS, FOR AN ARC DISTANCE OF 81.77 FEET TO A POINT OF
TANGENCY; THENCE SOUTH 9 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST
CONTINUING ALONG SAID PROPOSED RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, FOR 99.75 FEET TO A
POINT OF CURVE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCULAR
CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTHWEST, SAID CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 3500.00
AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 3 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 24 SECONDS, FOR AN ARC
DISTANCE OF 190.79 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY; THENCE SOUTH 12 DEGREES
12 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, CONTINUING ALONG SAID PROPOSED RIGHT-OF-
WAY LINE FOR 1666.22 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF NE 29TH
STREET EXTENDED; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST
ALONG THE SAID NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND ITS EXTENSION FOR 462.78 FEET
TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 16 OF SAID "WESTERN BOULEVARD' TRACT";
THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 18 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE
OF SAID LOT 16, FOR 138.20 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 16;
THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTH
LINE OF LOTS 16, 17, 18, 19, AND 20 OF SAID "WESTERN BOULEVARD TRACT", FOR
250,00 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 20; THENCE SOUTH 1
DEGREE 18 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF LOT 20, FOR
138.20 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 20; THENCE SOUTH 88
DEGREES 34 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 21
AND 22 OF SAID "WESTERN BOULEVARD TRACT", FOR 100.00 FEET TO THE POINT
OF BEGINNING, SUBJECT TO A PROPOSED COMMUNICATIONS EASEMENT OVER
THE EASTERLY 25.00 FEET THEREOF,
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