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Resolution: R-14-0113
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 14-00271 Final Action Date: 3/13/2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION REQUESTING THAT THE
PARTIES MEDIATE THE PENDING APPEAL FILED BY MDM RETAIL, LTD. OF THE
DECISION OF THE HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD,
WHICH DENIED AN ACTION PLAN FOR PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ELEMENTS UNCOVERED WITHIN THE DUPONT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AREA AT THE MET SQUARE
DEVELOPMENT SITE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 300
SOUTHEAST 3RD STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WITHIN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL
CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Historic and Environmental Preservation Board ("HEPB") is charged with the
responsibility of preserving, conserving, and protecting properties of historical, architectural and
archeological significance located within the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the property located at approximately 300 Southeast 3rd Street, Miami, Florida
("Property"), is in an archaeological conservation area; and
WHEREAS, the HEPB, at its special meeting on February 14, 2014, following an advertised
public hearing, adopted Resolution No. HEPB-R-R-14-009 by a vote of 7 to 1, to deny the Action Plan
for preserving and interpreting archaeological site elements uncovered within the DuPont
Archaeological Conservation Area at the Met Square Development Site; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 23, §23-6.2 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended, an appeal to the City Commission has been taken by MDM Retail, Ltd. ("Appellants"),
owners of the Property, on the grounds stated in their Notice of Appeal, filed February 21, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission requests that the Appellants and other interested parties and
stakeholders such as the Dade Heritage Trust and the Miami Design Preservation League, mediate
the pending appeal;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT 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 if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission requests that the parties mediate the pending appeal filed by the
Appellants, of the February 14, 2014 decision of the HEPB denying an action plan for preserving and
interpreting archaeological site elements uncovered within the DuPont Archaeological Conservation
Area at the Met Square Development Site.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
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the Mayor. {1}
Footnotes:
{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten 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.
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