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Meeting Minutes
Thursday, October 14, 2010
3:00 PM
or thereafter
Miami City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency
Francis Suarez, Chairman
Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Vice Chairman
Marc David Sarnoff, Commissioner
Frank Carollo, Commissioner
Richard P. Dunn II, Commissioner
CRA OFFICE ADDRESS:
49 NW 5th ST, SUITE 100, Miami, FL 33128
Phone: (305) 679-6800, Fax: (305) 679-6835
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency
Meeting Minutes October 14, 2010
RESOLUTIONS
1.
10-01202
Present: Vice Chair Gort, Commissioner Dunn II, Commissioner Sarnoff and Chair Suarez
Absent: Commissioner Carollo
On the 14th day of October 2010, the Board of Commissioners of the Midtown Community
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in regular session at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan
Amerian Drive, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chair Suarez at 10:04 p.m.
and was adjourned at 10: 06 p.m.
ALSO PRESENT:
Clarence Woods, Assistant Executive Director, CRA
Julie O. Brit, General Counsel, CRA
Veronica Xiques, Assistant General Counsel, CRA
Priscilla A. Thompson, Clerk of the Board
MCRA RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE MIDTOWN
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") APPROVING THE
APPLICATION OF DDR MIAMI AVE, LLC, WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI, FOR AN
AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION ON TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY
PURSUANT TO SECTION 56-112 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA; FURTHER FINDING NO FISCAL IMPACT ON THE CRA
REDEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND.
File 10-01202 Cover Memo 10-14-2010.pdf
File 10-01202 Legislation 10-14-2010.pdf
File 10-01202 Backup 10-14-2010.pdf
Motion by Member Sarnoff, seconded by Commissioner Dunn II, that this matter be
ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote.
Votes: Aye: Vice Chair Gort, Commissioner Sarnoff, Commissioner Dunn II and Chair Suarez
Absent: Commissioner Carollo
MCRA-R-1 0-0004
Chair Suarez: This is the Midtown CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency), one item. It's a
resolution. Mr. Woods, could you please present the resolution?
Clarence Woods: Yes. Commissioners, Clarence Woods, the assistant director for Midtown CRA.
This is a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Midtown Community Redevelopment
Agency approving the application of DDR Miami Avenue, LLC (Limited Liability Company),
with the City of Miami for an ad valorem tax exemption on tangible personal property pursuant
to Section 56-112 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida; further finding no fiscal impact on
the CRA development trust fund. This particular item, Commissioners, is before you for approval
for DDR Miami, which is the developer of -- one of the developers of the commercial properties
over at the Shops of [sic] Midtown. Their -- they are seeking this approval for the impact -- well,
for a waiver of the ad valorem tax exemption -- not ad valorem, but the --
Chair Suarez: Personal property.
Mr. Woods: -- no, that's not ad valorem. It's personal property taxes. And they need this in
order to get their exemption over at Miami -Dade County. Actually, it will go from us to the City
of Miami; City of Miami will approve it, and then it goes to Miami -Dade County so where they
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can go and get the rebate on the waiver of impact fees.
Commissioner Sarnoff So moved.
Commissioner Gort: Second.
Chair Suarez: There's a motion by Commissioner Sarnoff, second by -- Any discussion? All
those in favor, sign by saying Ewe."
The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye.
Chair Suarez: Meeting adjourned.
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