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File Number: 12-00387 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A REVISED AND AMENDED
INTERLOCALAGREEMENT, BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY")
AND MIAMI SPORTS AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY, AN INDEPENDENT AND
AUTONOMOUS AGENCY AND INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CITY, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DEVELOPING, OPERATING, AND MANAGING THE AVIATION FACILITY,
LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 980 MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY AT WATSON
ISLAND, MIAMI, FLORIDA, A CITY -OWNED PROPERTY, FOR AN INITIAL TERM
OF THIRTY (30) YEARS WITH UP TO TWO (2) OPTIONS FOR SUCCESSIVE
RENEWAL TERMS OF TEN (10) YEARS EACH.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the findings reported by Thompson Consultants International in the Master
Plan prepared in March of 1995, there is a demand for air transportation services in the Greater Miami
downtown area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is owner, in fee simple of all that certain land located in the
Greater Miami downtown area, in Miami -Dade County, Florida, known as "Watson Island" ("Property"),
a portion of the area granted to the City pursuant to Deed No. 19447, dated February 24, 1949 from
the State of Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund to the City, filed for record
April 11, 1949 in Deed Book 3130, Page 257 of the Public Records of Miami -Dade County, Florida
("State Deed"); and
WHEREAS, the State Deed has a particular restriction, among other restrictions, requiring use of
the Property for public purposes, including municipal purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City completed a Master Plan Study on June 9, 2004, prepared by Kimley-Horn
and Associates for the development of an Air Transportation Facility on Watson Island; and
WHEREAS, the City requested assistance from the State of Florida, in the form of a grant, for the
costs of the development and construction of the Air Transportation Facility, and the State of Florida
has appropriated certain funds for such assistance; and
WHEREAS, under the authority of §211.057, Florida Statutes, [now repealed; See §212.0305,
Florida Statutes] the Miami City Commission, pursuant to Ordinance No. 9662, established the Miami
Sports and Exhibition Authority ("Authority") as an independent and autonomous agency and
instrumentality of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Authority is empowered to acquire in its own name, real property, and to lease,
sell, and license real property, all in accordance with its stated purpose; and
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WHEREAS, on April 25, 1996, the Miami City Commission adopted Resolution No. 96-281,
authorizing and directing the City Manager to negotiate an agreement between the City and the
Authority, and designated the Authority as the entity to coordinate the development of the Air
Transportation Facility; and
WHEREAS, the Authority, with funding assistance subject to availability from other parties, which
will include the Florida Department of Transportation, agreed to develop, and construct the Air
Transportation at Watson Island; and
WHEREAS, on March 29, 2012 the Members of the Board of the Authority, passed a motion
authorizing and directing the Executive Director to nebotiate and execute an agreement between the
Authority and the City to effectuate and implement the purposes stated above;
NOW, THEREFORE, BENT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION 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 as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute a Revised and Amended Interlocal
Agreement, by and between the City and the Authority, an independent and autonomous agency and
instrumentality of the City of Miami, in substantially the attached form, for the purpose of developing,
operating, and managing the Aviation Facility, located at approximately 980 MacArthur Causeway at
Watson Island, Miami, Florida, a City -owned property, for an initial term of thirty (30) years with up to
two (2) options for successive renewal terms of ten (10) years each.
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 Charter
and Code provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10)
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.
City of Miami
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