Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutSummary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM FILE ID: /2— 0l/ 17/1/ Date: 10/10/12 Commission Meeting Date: 10/25/12 Requesting Department: District Impacted: 2 City. Manager's Office Type: ® Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item ❑ Other Subject: A 'Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a grant from the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency in connection with the Port Tunnel Project. Law Department Matter ID No. Purpose of Item: A Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a grant from the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency, in an amount equal to the principal and interest due annually on bonds/debt obligations to be issued by the City to fund its Port Tunnel debt obligation. Background Information: See attached supplement. Budget Impact Analysis YES Is this item related to revenue? NO Is this item an expenditure? If so, please identify funding source below. General Account No: Special Revenue Account No: CIP Project No: NO Is this item funded by Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bonds? Start Up Capital Cost: Maintenance Cost: Total Fiscal Impact: $ Final Approvals (( (SIGN AND DATEI CIP N (�` Budget �►� I£asnR �r""er, ce ,,ivi"R,ceprtal funds Grants • R Risk Management Purchasin: Dept. Director _ Chief �. City Manager tJ Background Information: The OMNI CRA and the City entered into the Interlocal Agreement Between The City of Miami, Miami -Dade County, Southeast Overtown Park West CRA, and Omni CRA to Provide Funding for Major Projects for the Benefit of All Parties dated December 31, 2007 ("Global Agreement"). The Global Agreement describes the Port Tunnel Project as consisting of widening the MacArthur Causeway Bridge, construction of a tunnel between Watson Island and Dodge Island and roadway improvements on Watson Island and the Port of Miami. The Global Agreement states that the purpose of the Port Tunnel Project is to ensure the economic vitality and growth of the Port of Miami and reduce congestion and improve the quality of life of the OMNI CRA, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency and downtown Miami, by removing over 5,000 port -bound trucks per day from the local streets. Pursuant to the terms of the Global Agreement, Miami -Dade County ("County"), the City and the OMNI CRA agreed to amend the OMNI CRA Redevelopment Plan to include a financial contribution for the Port Tunnel Project from the OMNI CRA to the City, and further to expand its boundaries to include Watson Island. The Interlocal Cooperation Agreement by and among the County, the City, and the OMNI CRA, dated June 24, 1996 ("Original Interlocal"), as restated in the Global Agreement, obligated the OMNI CRA to pay the first $1.43 million of Tax Increment Financing Revenues collected each year to the County for the payment of County Debt Service Payment on the Performing Arts Center Bonds, which obligation would cease when the Performing Arts Center Bonds are no longer outstanding. The OMNI CRA is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its Redevelopment Area in accordance with its approved Redevelopment Plan. In connection with the Port Tunnel Project, pursuant to Resolution Nos. R-10-0565 and R-10-0566 adopted by the Miami City Commission ("Commission") on December 16, 2010, and Resolution No. CRA-R-10-0074 adopted on September 20, 2010 by the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami ("OMNI CRA Board"), the Commission and the OMNI CRA Board authorized certain payments, through grants and otherwise, to be made to the Florida Department of Transportation and the Commission authorized the City to enter into a Loan Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and for the City to issue its Revenue Note Series 2010 (Port of Miami Tunnel and Access Improvement Project) in the principal amount of $50,000,000 dated January 5, 2011 ("Tunnel Note"). Pursuant to Resolution No. R-622-12, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami - Dade County ("Board") on July 3, 2012, and Resolution No. R-12-0284, adopted by the Commission on July 26, 2012, the Board and the Commission, authorized the issuance and receipt of an annual grant from the OMNI CRA to the City from all legally available OMNI CRA revenues in an amount equal to the principal and interest, premiums, if any,and redemption fees, if any, due annually on bonds/debt obligations to be issued by the City to refinance the Tunnel Note ("Annual Grant"). The City is in the processes of refinancing the Tunnel Note and the OMNI CRA will continue to provide financial support to the City under the terms of this Grant Agreement. At its meeting on October 25, 2012, the OMNI CRA Board is expected to authorize the issuance of an Annual Grant to the City, .in an amount equal to the principal and interest due annually on bonds/debt issued by the City to fund its Tunnel Debt.