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Resolution R-24-0431
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 16796 Final Action Date: 10/24/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CERTAIN MIAMI FOREVER BOND LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED AS OF
AUGUST 12, 2021, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THAT CERTAIN
LOAN AGREEMENT (THE "LOAN AGREEMENT"), AND THAT CERTAIN RENT
REGULATORY AGREEMENT (THE "RENT REGULATORY AGREEMENT")
(COLLECTIVELY THE "LOAN DOCUMENTS"), IN CONNECTION WITH THE
MIAMI FOREVER BOND LOAN BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
("CITY") AND BLOCK 55 RESIDENTIAL, LP, A FLORIDA LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP ("DEVELOPER"), IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SEVEN
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($7,500,000.00)
MADE BY THE CITY TO DEVELOPER TO FUND A CERTAIN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT LOCATED AT 249 NORTHWEST 6TH STREET, KNOWN
AS "SAWYER'S WALK" OR "BLOCK 55" ("PROJECT"); THE AMENDMENT(S)
TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS IS SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE CITY
MANAGER OF ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT(S) TO THE
LOAN DOCUMENTS BY THE CITY'S HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL LOAN
COMMITTEE ("HCLC APPROVAL"), AND THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE
AMENDMENT TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS BY THE CITY'S BOND
COUNSEL, OR ITS SUCCESSOR ("BOND COUNSEL APPROVAL"), AND
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED
HEREIN, AND IN ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE HCLC APPROVAL, AND IN THE BOND COUNSEL
APPROVAL; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING
AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Christine King
WHEREAS, the City Commission has previously allocated an amount not to exceed
Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($7,500,000.00) to the development
of the residential complex to be known as "Sawyer's Landing/Block 55" ("Project") in District 5
pursuant to Resolution Nos. R-21-0047 and R-21-0209; and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2020, the City's Housing Commercial Loan Committee
("HCLC") approved a loan (the "Loan") to the Developer to finance the construction of two
hundred eighty nine (289) affordable housing units located within the Project (the "Bond
Assisted Units"), which Loan is evidenced by the Loan Agreement, Rent Regulatory Agreement,
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and by that certain Promissory Note for Block 55 Residential, LP in the principal amount of
$7,500,000.00 (the "Loan Documents"); and
WHEREAS, the Bond Assisted Units are subject to the Rent Regulatory Agreement
executed on August 12, 2021, and recorded on August 25, 2021; and
WHEREAS, due to the recent disaster at the 431 NW 3 Street, Miami, Florida ("Temple
Court Apartments"), all of the households residing at Temple Court Apartments were displaced
from their homes and forty-five (45) of such displaced households (the "Relocation Tenants")
are seeking residency in the Bond Assisted Units; and
WHEREAS, forty-four (44) of the Relocation Tenants are households whose annual
income does not exceed forty percent (40%) of the median income for the area (e.g., Miami -
Dade County, Florida), as determined by Florida Housing Finance Corporation and adjusted for
family size and one (1) of the Relocation Tenants is a household whose annual income does not
exceed seventy percent (70%) of median income for the area (e.g., Miami -Dade County,
Florida), as determined by Florida Housing Finance Corporation and adjusted for family size;
and
WHEREAS, the City and Developer desire to assist the forty-five (45) Relocation
Tenants and to amend the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to the Loan Agreement
and Rent Regulatory Agreement (the "Amendment") to permit the Relocation Tenants to seek
and obtain residency in forty-five(45) of the Bond Assisted Units; and
WHEREAS, all of the other terms of the Loan Agreement and Rent Regulatory
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and this Amendment shall not affect the
remaining two hundred forty-four (244) Bond Assisted Units at the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City's HCLC has not yet reviewed the completed proposal for the
Amendment to the Loan Documents for the Project nor has the written approval by the City's
Bond Counsel, or its successor ("Bond Counsel") been obtained, and therefore, the approval of
the Amendment to the Loan Documents for the Project is subject to the approval of the HCLC
(the "HCLC Approval") and the City's Bond Counsel ("Bond Counsel Approval"), and is subject
to the Developer fulfilling, in a timely manner, any and all terms, requirements, and conditions
set forth in the HCLC Approval and/or the Bond Counsel Approval; and
WHEREAS, such Amendment to the Loan Documents, including but not limited to the
Loan Agreement and Rent Regulatory Agreement shall be subject in compliance with all
applicable Federal, State of Florida, local, and City laws, rules, and regulations for affordable
housing projects;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY 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.
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Section 2. The City Commission hereby authorizes' and directs the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an Amendment of the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to the
Loan Agreement and Rent Regulatory Agreement to permit forty-five (45) of the Relocation
Tenants that were displaced by the disaster at the Temple Court Apartments to seek and obtain
residency in forty-five (45) of the Bond Assisted Units at the Project, and where the approval to
the Amendment is subject to the receipt by the City Manager of the HCLC Approval, the Bond
Counsel Approval, and the Developer's fulfillment of any and all terms and conditions set forth
herein, in the HCLC Approval, and in the Bond Counsel Approval.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute an Amendment,
together with any modifications acceptable to the City Attorney, and any and all other necessary
documents, including amendments, extensions, and modifications, all in forms acceptable to the
City Attorney and Bond Counsel, subject to all Laws, in order to amend the Loan Documents to
permit forty-five (45) of the Relocation Tenants displaced by the disaster at the Temple Court
Apartments to seek and obtain residency in forty-five (45) of the Bond Assisted Units at the
Project.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
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