HomeMy WebLinkAboutSummary FormDate: 4/12/2012
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM
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Requesting Department: Public Facilities/Asset Management
Commission Meeting Date: 05/10/2012 District Impacted: 2
Type: ® Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Emergency Ordinance n Discussion Item
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Law Department
Matter ID No.
10-9
Subject: Resolution for a Development Agreement between Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority
("Authority"), the City of Miami ("City"), and Linden Airport Services ("Tenant") for the Heliport
Facility at Watson Island.
Purpose of Item:
The administration recommends that the Miami City Commission adopt the attached Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute a Consent and Joinder to the Development Agreement, by
and between the City of Miami ("City"), Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority ("Authority"), and
Linden Airport Services Corporation ("Tenant"), in substantially the attached form, for the purpose
of developing and constructing the heliport facility and setting forth the Tenant's financial
contribution requirements towards the completion of the heliport facility located at approximately 980
MacArthur Causeway at Watson Island, a City -owned property, for a term of sixty (60) months from
the Effective Date of the Agreement.
Background Information:
See Supplemental Sheet
Budget Impact Analysis
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Subject: Resolution for a Development Agreement between Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority
("Authority"), the City of Miami ("City"), and Linden Airport Services ("Tenant") for the Heliport
Facility at Watson Island.
Background Information:
In March of 1995 Thompson Consultants International prepared a Master Plan in which the findings
demonstrated that there was a demand air transportation services in the Greater Miami downtown area.
The City and the Authority entered into an Interlocal Agreement dated as of August 14, 1997, ("Interlocal
Agreement") whereby the City leased to the Authority approximately 5.6 acres of land on a portion of Watson
Island in the City of Miami, Miami -Dade County, Florida, for the purpose of establishing a seaplane and
helicopter facility. The City and the Authority issued a Request for Proposal (the "RFP") for operators for the
Watson Island Aviation and Visitors Center, also known as the Watson Island Air Transportation Facility, on
August 19, 2002 and the City and the Authority received a Proposal for a Heliport Operator (the "Proposal")
for the Watson Island Aviation and Visitors Center on September 27, 2002 by Linden Airport Services
Corporation.
The City has obtained a commitment from the State of Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") to
fund, in part, the costs of construction of the Watson Island Air Transportation Facility in accordance with the
provisions of that certain Joint Participation Agreement between the City and FDOT under Contract Number
APY07, as in the total sum of $1,096,000 or 17% of the total Project Cost, whichever is less (the "JPA").
On March 30, 2010, the City obtained approval of the Airport Layout Plan ("ALP") and Narrative Report of the
Watson Island Air Transportation Facility from FDOT, in which they determined the reports to be in
compliance with Florida Administrative Code Chapter 14-60 and the FDOT Guidebook for Airport Master
Planning, subject to certain conditions which the tenant must comply with; and on July 30, 2010, the City
obtained approval of Form 7480-1, Notice of Landing Area Proposal, from the Federal Aviation Administration
("FAA"), in which they determined that the proposed public use landing area will not adversely affect the safe
and efficient use of the navigable airspace by aircraft, subject_ to certain conditions which the Tenant must
comply with; and
In accordance with the Interlocal Agreement, the Authority and the Tenant have entered into a Sublease
Agreement ("Sublease Agreement"), to provide for the management and use of approximately 2.41 Acres of
the Watson Island Air Transportation Facility (the "Subleased Premises"). The Tenant has committed to
contribute to the construction of the Heliport: (1) a sum equal to or greater than the total commitment
contribution from FDOT; and (2) Three -Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) as stated in the response
to the Proposal for Heliport Operator for the Watson Island Aviation and Visitor Center dated September 27,
2002. The Parties have determined that it is in the best interest of the Parties to transfer to the Tenant the
responsibility for the construction of the Heliport and to set forth the Parties' funding obligations.
On March 29, 2012, the Members of the Board of the Authority passed a motion authorizing and directing the
Authority's Executive Director to negotiate and execute an agreement between the Authority and the Tenant to
effectuate and implement the purposes stated above.
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