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Resolution R-17-0322
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 2297
Final Action Date: 7/13/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ("CHARTER")
FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2017, PROPOSING, UPON APPROVAL OF
THE ELECTORATE, TO AMEND SECTION 29-B OF THE CHARTER, ENTITLED
"CITY -OWNED PROPERTY SALE OF LEASE -GENERALLY," TO AUTHORIZE
THE CITY COMMISSION BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/STHS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE TO
WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND TO EXECUTE A FIFTH AMENDMENT
("FIFTH AMENDMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, TO THE
LEASE AGREEMENT ("LEASE") BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND
ALIGNED BAYSHORE MARINA LLC ("BAYSHORE MARINA") FOR CITY -
OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2550 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, MIAMI,
FLORIDA ("PROPERTY") TO MODIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE
AS STATED HEREIN INCLUDING THE EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT LEASE
TERM BY AN ADDITIONAL TERM OF APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-TWO (32)
YEARS WITH TWO (2) ADDITIONAL TEN (10) YEAR OPTIONS TO RENEW, AN
ADDITIONAL MINIMUM RENT PAYMENT OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($200,000.00) PER LEASE YEAR (A MINIMUM OF TEN MILLION
DOLLARS [$10,000,000.00] OVER THE BASE TERM OF THE AMENDED LEASE
EXCLUDING RENEWAL OPTIONS), OR ONE AND THREE QUARTERS
PERCENT (1.75%) OF GROSS RENT RECEIPTS DERIVED FROM THE
PROPERTY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, AS ADDITIONAL RENT DUE TO THE
CITY, INCLUSIVE OF SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
PROPERTY OF A MINIMUM OF SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($7,500,000.00) TO BE SPENT WITHIN THREE (3) YEARS OF
APPROVAL OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT BY THE ELECTORATE, THE
CREATION OF A CAPITAL ACCOUNT REQUIRING A MINIMUM ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENT TO THE PROPERTY OF FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
($4,000,000.00) OVER THE FULL AMENDED LEASE TERM INCLUDING
RENEWAL OPTIONS, IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRANSFER FEE IF THE
PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED, A REFINANCING FEE SHOULD
THE PROPERTY BE REFINANCED AFTER THE INITIAL REFINANCING;
SUBJECT TO TWO (2) INDEPENDENT APPRAISALS OBTAINED BY THE CITY
AFFIRMING FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY; FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR CONSENT TO THE RELATED SUBMERGED LANDS LEASE
AND WAIVER OF DEED RESTRICTIONS REQUIRED FROM THE STATE OF
FLORIDA; SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT BY REFERENDUM,
CONSENT TO THE RELATED SUBMERGED LAND LEASE, AND WAIVER OF
DEED RESTRICTIONS BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA; WITH ADDITIONAL
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN THE
FIFTH AMENDMENT.
WHEREAS, a Lease Agreement ("Lease") was originally entered between the City of
Miami ("City") and Bayshore Properties, Inc. ("BPI") on September 20, 1985 and authorized by
City Commission Resolution No. 85-717, adopted July 18, 1985, with related ballot language
approved by referendum on August 13, 1985; and
WHEREAS, that certain Lease was assigned to Grove Marina Market, Ltd. ("GMM") by
virtue of that certain Assignment of Lease dated March 16, 1986, that certain Acceptance of
Assignment of Lease dated March 14, 1986, and that certain Consent by and between Landlord
and BPI dated March 13, 1986; and
WHEREAS, that certain Lease was amended by that certain Memorandum of
Understanding dated August 30, 1991, that certain Memorandum of Understanding dated
September 10, 1993, as modified by Correction of Scrivener's Error recorded on February 24,
1994 in Official Records Book 16258, Page No. 494 of the Public Records of Miami -Dade
County, Florida, and that certain Amendment to Lease dated November 14, 2001; and
WHEREAS, that certain Lease was further assigned by GMM to Bayshore Landing, LLC
("Landing") by that certain Assignment and Assumption of Master Lease dated August 20, 2004
and that certain Consent to Assignment dated August 23, 2004; and
WHEREAS, that certain Lease was further amended by that certain Second Amendment
to Lease between the Landlord and Landing dated August 20, 2004, that certain Memorandum
of Lease dated August 20, 2004 recorded in Official Records Book 22606, Page No. 2426 of the
Public Records of Miami -Dade County, Florida, that certain Third Amendment to Lease between
Landlord and Landing dated December 27, 2004, and that certain Fourth Amendment to Lease
between Landlord and Landing dated as of February 26, 2015; and
WHEREAS, that certain Lease was further assigned by Landing to Aligned Bayshore
Marina LLC ("Bayshore Marina") by that certain Assignment and Assumption of Master Lease
dated April 8, 2015 and that certain Consent to Assignment dated April 15, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the City and Bayshore Marina wish to enter into the Fifth Amendment, in
substantially the attached form, to the Lease which will extend the term of the Lease by
approximately thirty-two (32) years and two (2) additional ten (10) year options in exchange for
an additional minimum rent payment of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) per
Lease Year (a minimum of ten million dollars [$10,000,000.00] over the base term of the
amended Lease excluding renewal options), or one and three quarters percent (1.75%) of
Gross Rent Receipts derived from the Property, whichever is greater, as Additional Rent due to
the City, significant capital improvements of a minimum of seven million five hundred thousand
dollars ($7,500,000.00) to the property located at approximately 2550 South Bayshore Drive,
Miami, Florida ("Property") to be spent within three (3) years of approval by the electorate of the
Fifth Amendment, the creation of a capital account requiring a minimum additional investment to
the Property of four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) over the full amended Lease term including
renewal options, implementation of a transfer fee if the Property is transferred or assigned, a
refinancing fee should the Property be refinanced after the initial refinancing, and pursuant to
Section 29-b of the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("Charter"), entitled "City -
owned property sale or lease -Generally," and Subpart A, Section 3 (f)(III) of the Charter entitled
"Powers," two (2) independent appraisals obtained by the City affirming fair market value of the
Property, providing for consent to the related Submerged Lands Lease and Waivers of Deed
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restrictions that are required from the State of Florida, with additional terms and conditions as
more particularly set forth in the Fifth Amendment, subject to the approval of the Fifth
Amendment by referendum; and
WHEREAS, currently, pursuant to Section 29-B of the Charter, entitled "City -owned
property sale or lease -Generally," City is not permitted to execute the Fifth Amendment for the
long-term renewal period(s) requested by Bayshore Marina; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-112 of the Code of the City of Miami, as amended ("City Code")
requires the City Commission to adopt a resolution directing the City Attorney to prepare a
Charter amendment;
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 Attorney is directed to prepare an amendment to the
Charter for consideration at the Referendum Special Election to be held concurrently with
the General Municipal Election scheduled for November 7, 2017 proposing, upon approval
of the electorate to amend Section 29-B of the Charter, entitled "City -owned property sale
or lease -Generally," to authorize the City Commission by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative
vote to waive competitive bidding and to execute a Fifth Amendment, in substantially the
attached form, to the Lease between the City and Bayshore Marina for the Property, to
modify certain provisions of the Lease as stated herein including the extension of the
current Lease Term by an additional term of approximately thirty-two (32) years with two
(2) additional ten (10) year options to renew, an additional minimum rent payment of Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) per Lease Year (a minimum of ten million
dollars [$10,000,000.00] over the base term of the amended Lease excluding renewal
options), or one and three quarters percent (1.75%) of Gross Rent Receipts derived from
the Property, whichever is greater, as Additional Rent due to the City, significant capital
improvements of a minimum of seven million five hundred thousand dollars
($7,500,000.00) to the Property to be spent within three (3) years of approval by the
electorate of the Fifth Amendment, the creation of a capital account requiring a minimum
additional investment to the Property of four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) over the full
amended Lease term including renewal options, implementation of a transfer fee if the
Property is transferred or assigned, a refinancing fee should the Property be refinanced
after the initial refinancing, and subject to two (2) independent appraisals obtained by the
City affirming fair market value of the Property, providing for consent to the related
Submerged Lands Lease and Waivers of Deed restrictions that are required from the State
of Florida, with additional terms and conditions as more particularly set forth in the Fifth
Amendment, subject to the approval of the Fifth Amendment by referendum.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.'
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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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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