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File Number: 08-00332 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT
("LEASE"), BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("LESSEE") AND WEST FLAGLER
PARK BAPTIST CHURCH, A FLORIDA NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FOR THE USE OF A VACANT LOT
CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 13,650 SQUARE FEET LOCATED AT THE
REAR NORTHERN PORTION OF 5911 WEST FLAGLER STREET, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, WITH A TERM OF TWO (2) YEARS THAT SHALL COMMENCE WHEN
THE LESSEE PHYSICALLY OCCUPIES THE PREMISES, WITH THE OPTION TO
EXTEND FOR TWO (2) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS; PROVIDING FOR
RENT FOR THE FIRST YEAR AT A RATE OF $1,500, PER MONTH PLUS
UTILITIES, WITH RENT TO BE INCREASED BY THREE PERCENT (3%)
ANNUALLY, WITH OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MORE
PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN THE LEASE; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT B-60452B
32000-181000-670000-0000-00000.
WHEREAS, City of Miami ("City") Fire Station 11 generally occupies a City -owned building located
at 5920 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the City Fire Department will be constructing a new building in place of the existing
structure which shall require the temporary relocation of the firefighters and fire -rescue staff during
construction; and
WHEREAS, demolition of the old building and construction of the new building is expected to take
approximately two years; and
WHEREAS, the City has negotiated with the West Flagler Baptist Church, Inc. for the temporary
use during the construction of the current Fire Station 11 site of the church's vacant lot located in the
rear, northern portion of its property located at 5911 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the City has expressed its interest in leasing a vacant lot approximately 13,650
square feet on a property located at 5911 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida, to temporarily house
Fire Station 11; and
WHEREAS, the City has negotiated with the owners of said vacant lot, West Flagler Park Baptist
Church, Inc., a lease for a two-year term, with two additional one-year options, and with the City paying
an initial rent at a rate of $1,500, per month or $18,000, annually;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
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File Number. 08-00332
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 Manager is authorized{1} to execute a Lease Agreement ("Lease"), between
the City ("Lessee") and West Flagler Park Baptist Church of Miami, Inc, a Florida non-profit
corporation, in substantially the attached form, for the use of a vacant lot consisting of approximately
13,650 square feet located at the rear (northern) portion of 5911 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida,
with a term of two (2) years that shall commence when the Lessee physically occupies the premises,
with the option to extend for two (2) additional one-year terms, that provides for rent for the first year at
a rate of $1,500, per month plus utilities, with rent to be increased by three percent (3%) annually, with
other terms and conditions as more particularly set forth in the Lease, with funds allocated from
Capital Improvement Project B-60452B 32000-181000-670000-0000-00000.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
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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