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Resolution: R-15-0153
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File Number: 15-00345 Final Action Date: 3/26/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 14-0086, ADOPTED MARCH 13, 2014, IN
ITS ENTIRETY, AND RESTATING SUPPORT TO THE MIAMI-DADE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ("BOARD") FOR THE CREATION OF THE MIAMI
WORLDCENTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ("CDD") BY FORBES
MIAMI NE 1ST AVENUE LLC, AND MIAMI WORLDCENTER HOLDINGS, LLC, AND
THEIR AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES ("DEVELOPER"), FOR THE
TWENTY-FIVE (25) +/- ACRE SITE GENERALLY BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY
NORTHEAST 11TH STREET, ON THE SOUTH BY NORTHEAST 6TH STREET, ON
THE EAST BY NORTHEAST 2ND AVENUE, AND ON THE WEST BY NORTH MIAMI
AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PARCELS LISTED
ON EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AND URGING THE BOARD
TO APPROVE THE PETITION SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPER FOR THE
CREATION OF THE CDD; FURTHER DIRECTING THE MIAMI CITY CLERK TO
TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 08-0658, adopted November 13, 2008, the Miami
WorldCenter Group, LLC, and their affiliates and subsidiaries ("Developer"), and the City of Miami
("City") entered into a Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 13039 adopted November 13, 2008, the City Commission
approved the Rezoning of the Site from SD-16.1 to SD-16.3 ("Rezoning"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 13114 adopted on October 22, 2009, Miami 21 was
adopted as the new Zoning Ordinance for the City, and the regulations for SD-16.3 were carried over
into Appendix D of said Zoning Ordinance ("Miami 21"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 14-0086, adopted March 13, 2014, ("CDD Resolution"),
the City Commission supported the creation of the Miami Worldcenter Community Development
District ("CDD") with certain parcels excluded; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 13483 adopted on September 29, 2014, the City
Commission approved the modification of Appendix D of Miami 21 to modify certain development
standards for the Miami Worldcenter Area; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 13498, adopted February 26, 2015, Miami Worldcenter
Holdings, LLC, and Forbes Miami NE 1st Avenue LLC, and their affiliates and subsidiaries, and the
City entered into an amended and restated Development Agreement ("Amended Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, certain properties were added to the exclusion list of the CDD Resolution
inadvertently ("Excluded Parcels"), and there is a wish to make the corrections for proper inclusion of
identified parcels; and
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WHEREAS, the CDD Resolution is hereby rescinded in its entirety by this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the Amended Agreement, the Rezoning, and Miami 21, the City is
committed to facilitating the redevelopment of the twenty-five (25) +/- acre site ("Site") with a
large-scale urban infill development which shall include substantial public open spaces, enhanced
pedestrian areas, and enhanced access to mass transit facilities, known as the Miami Worldcenter
Project ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, consistent with the Amended Agreement and previous actions, the City supports the
creation of the CDD to assist in funding and constructing various onsite and offsite infrastructure and
related public improvements for the Project;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission supports the creation of the CDD by the Developer, for the Site
bounded on the North by Northeast 11th Street, on the South by Northeast 6th Street, on the East by
Northeast 2nd Avenue, and on the West by North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, with the exception of
the Excluded Parcels, listed on Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated.
Section 3. The City Commission encourages the Miami -Dade Board of County Commissioners to
approve a petition submitted by the Developer to create the CDD consistent with the Amended
Agreement.
Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the
Miami -Dade Board of County Commissioners.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
Footnotes:
{1} 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.
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