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Resolution R-18-0570
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 5195 Final Action Date: 12/13/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT
TO THE GROVE BAY PARKING FACILITIES AGREEMENT ("PARKING
AGREEMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE
CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), GROVE BAY INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC ("GROVE
BAY") AND THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF STREET PARKING D/B/A THE MIAMI
PARKING AUTHORITY ("MPA"), AMENDING THE PARKING AGREEMENT TO
REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE PARKING FACILITIES AND THE PARKING
FACILITIES RETAIL AREA, CHANGE CRITICAL DATES TO COINCIDE WITH
THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE OF THE PARKING FACILITIES,
ENABLING THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE PARKING TRUST FUND
CONTRIBUTION, AND A TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF RENT IN THE
AMOUNT OF FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE
DOLLARS AND THIRTY THREE CENTS ($58,333.33) PER MONTH FOR
TWENTY FOUR (24) MONTHS, WITH ADDITIONAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN THE FIRST
AMENDMENT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City"), Grove Bay Investment Group, LLC ("Grove Bay"),
and the Department of Off Street Parking d/b/a Miami Parking Authority ("MPA") entered into
that certain Grove Bay Parking Facilities Agreement, dated effective as of February 8, 2016
("Parking Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Parking Agreement amended that certain Lease between the City and
Grove Bay, dated October 24, 2013, related to that certain property owned by the City and
located at 3385 Pan American Drive and 51 Chart House Drive, Miami, Florida ("Lease"); and
WHEREAS, the amendments to the Lease incorporated into the Parking Agreement
were intended, to among other matters, set forth the understanding between the Parties related
to the Parking Property and the Parking Facilities to be constructed thereon, including, without
limitation: (i) the MPA's obligations in connection with the construction of the Parking Facilities,
(ii) the respective obligations of the Parties with respect to the operation of the Parking
Facilities, including, without limitation, the Parking Facilities Retail Area, and (iii) the rights and
corresponding duties of Grove Bay and its Permittees to use the Parking Facilities; and
WHEREAS, the MPA sought bids for the construction of the Parking Facilities soon after
the execution of the Parking Agreement; however, such bids exceeded the MPA's budget for
the construction of the Parking Facilities, which the MPA determined necessitated the value
engineering of the Parking Facilities; and
WHEREAS, the additional time needed to value engineer the Parking Facilities caused
critical dates within the Lease to be missed by the City and MPA which would call, under the
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terms of the Parking Agreement, for the return of the Initial Parking Trust Fund Contribution in
the amount of One Million Two Hundred Forty Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($1,242,500.00) to Grove Bay and release Grove Bay of their obligation to pay the entire
Parking Trust Fund Contribution totaling Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to make changes to the Parking Agreement to
incorporate the design changes resulting from the value engineering process and to, among
other matters, amend the deadlines for the commencement and completion of the construction
of the Parking Facilities and reinstate and reaffirm Grove Bay's contractual commitment to make
the Parking Trust Fund Contribution despite the delay in the construction of the Parking
Facilities; and
WHEREAS, the changes requested in this proposed Amendment are being presented
because certain conditions subsequent, such as the commencement date of construction of the
Parking Facilities by the date specified in the Parking Agreement, did not occur within the time
stipulated and required in the Parking Agreement; and
WHEREAS, under the "cardinal change doctrine," certain cases have recognized and
allowed modifications and amendments to a competitively procured Agreement which are within
the scope of the original competitive procurement; and
WHEREAS, the cardinal change doctrine that has been referenced in public
procurement asks or inquires whether a modification to the contract exceeds the scope of the
contract's change order clause in the contract, see AT & T Communications, Inc,. v. Wiltel, Inc.,
1 F. 3rd 1201 (1993); and
WHEREAS, under the cardinal change analysis, the reviewing court, in the event of an
appeal, examines whether the contract as modified materially departs from the scope of the
original procurement which has also been expressed as whether there is a material difference
between the contract, as modified, and the scope of the entire original procurement; and
WHEREAS, as indicated in the December memo to the Board of the MPA, the bids for
the garage for this project came in considerably over budget necessitating value engineering
and a reduction in scope of the parking garage; and
WHEREAS, this delay in the parking garage construction was not the fault of the
Developer, yet this First Amendment is required to maintain and reaffirm the Developers' written
commitments to pay the parking trust fund which are related to certain parking garage
construction milestones that were not attained; and
WHEREAS, various authorities have recognized the "cardinal change doctrine" that
allows changes to a competitively procured Parking Agreement which are not materially
different from the Agreement entered into as a result of such competitive procurement process;
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.
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Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to execute the First Amendment to the
Parking Agreement, in substantially the attached form, between the City, Grove Bay, and the
MPA, amending the Parking Agreement to reduce the size of the garage and retail areas,
change critical dates to coincide with the current construction schedule of the garage enabling
the reinstatement of the Parking Trust Fund Contribution, and a temporary reduction of rent
from $166,666.67 to $58,333.33 per month for Twenty Four (24) months, with additional terms
and conditions as more particularly set forth in the First Amendment.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Attor ey 12/4/2018
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 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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