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September 13, 2012
CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners Date: September 5, 2012 File: 12-00971
From: Clarence E. Woods, III A 1
Executive Director �f
Subject: Resolution approving a settlement agreement
with Miami -Dade County, the CRA and the
City of Miami
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
A dispute with Miami -Dade County, Florida (the "County"), the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency (the "CRA"), and the City of Miami (the "City") regarding ownership of Block 45 and
Block 56, NORTH CITY OF MIAMI, according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book "B", at Page 41 of the
Public Records of Miami -Dade County, Florida and portions of Block 36 of P.W. Whites Re -Sub, according to
the Plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book "B", at Page 34 of the Public Records of Miami -Dade County, Florida,
which the County claims reverted to the County; and has prevented the CRA from proceeding with
redevelopment activities with respect to the property affected by the following lawsuits (the "Pending Litigation"):
(i)
Action styled City of Miami, et al., vs. Miami -Dade County, Case No. 07-46851 CA 31, filed in
the 111h Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida.
(ii) Action styled Miami -Dade County, Plaintiff, vs. City of Miami and Southeast Overtown/Park
West Community Redevelopment Agency, Defendants, Case No. 01-13810, filed in the 11th
Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City of Miami Commission approve the settlement in substantially the form attached.