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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-09-0018
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File Number: 09-00052 Final Action Date: 3/30/2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"),
WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING A PARTIAL SETTLEMENT IN THE CASE
OF CITY OF MIAMI AND SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY V. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, CASE NO. 07-46851 CA
31, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, CONVEYING CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR THE
EXPANSION OF THE LYRIC THEATER, AND AUTHORING EXECUTION OF AN
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH THE BLACK
ARCHIVES, HISTORY AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA,
INC., REGARDING THE CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY
FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE LYRIC THEATER AND CONVEYING CERTAIN
PROPERTY TO THE CRA FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE LYRIC PLAZA.
WHEREAS, on December 31, 2007, the City of Miami ("City") and the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") instituted an action against the
County, styled City of Miami and Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
v. Miami -Dade County, Case No. 07-46851 CA 31, in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit
in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief on the basis that the
County had wrongfully reverted title to Blocks 36, 45, and 56 in Overtown ("reverter litigation"); and
WHEREAS, The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc.
("Black Archives") had previously appeared before the Board of Commissioners of the CRA
requesting conveyance of certain portion of Block 36 to facilitate the expansion of the Lyric Theater at
819-29 N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, in order to allow the Lyric expansion to proceed, the County, the City, and the
CRA, and the Black Archives have proposed a settlement involving release of a portion of the
property in the reverter litigation, transfer of certain additional property to the Black Archives, and
conveyance by the Black Archives to the CRA of certain parcels needed to preserve the Lyric Plaza;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize partial settlement in accordance
with the terms of the documents attached hereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 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 herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
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Section 2. The Board of Commissioners authorizes partial settlement in the case of City
of Miami and Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency v. Miami -Dade
County, Case No. 07-46851 CA 31, in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for
Miami -Dade County, Florida, and authorizes execution of an agreement, in substantially the attached
form, with The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc., regarding the
conveyance of certain additional property for the expansion of the Lyric Theater and conveying
certain property to the CRA for the preservation of the Lyric Plaza.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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