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Resolution R-17-0275
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 2389 Final Action Date: 6/8/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY
MANAGER'S DETERMINATIONS, FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS,
ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS ATTACHMENT "A," PURSUANT TO
SECTION 29-B(C) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CHARTER") AND SECTION 18-182 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE") WAIVING THE
REQUIREMENTS (A) FOR SAID PROCEDURES, AND (B) FOR A RETURN TO
THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") OF FAIR MARKET VALUE; AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF VETERAN AFFAIRS ("VA"), TO TRANSFER TO AND SELL TO THE VA,
WITH RESTRICTIONS AND REVERTERS, THE PROPERTIES FORMERLY
KNOWN AS THE CIVIC CENTER AND AS WAGNER SQUARE, LOCATED AT
APPROXIMATELY 1455 NORTHWEST 17 STREET WITH THE FOLIOS 01-
3135-087-0010 AND 01-3135-087-0012, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CONTAINING AN
APPROXIMATE TOTAL LOT AREA OF 42,309 SQUARE FEET, AS LEGALLY
DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED
(COLLECTIVELY, "PROPERTY") , FOR A TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF
THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,600,000.00)
("PURCHASE PRICE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS,
EXTENSIONS, MODIFICATIONS, RENEWALS, AND AMENDMENTS, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO ACCOMPLISH AND TO
EVIDENCE THE FOREGOING AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS RESOLUTION AND AT NO COSTS TO THE
CITY.
SPONSOR(S): Tomas Regalado, Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2005, the City of Miami ("City") conveyed to Wagner Square,
LLC ("Wagner Square"), the three (3) separate parcels of real property formerly known as the
Civic Center Site and later known as Wagner Square, located at approximately 1431 Northwest
17 Street, 1405-07 Northwest 17 Street, and 1700 Northwest 14 Avenue, Miami, Florida
(collectively, "Original Properties"), pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated May 30,
2003, as amended ("Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2012, the United States of America, Department of
Veterans Affairs ("VA") acquired one (1) parcel of the Original Properties located at 1455
Northwest 17 Street (F/K/A 1700 Northwest 14 Avenue), from the City through a Special
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Warranty Deed recorded in Official Records Book 28289, Page 2750 of the Public Records of
Miami -Dade County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the VA has requested to purchase from the City the remaining adjacent two
(2) parcels of the Original Property located at approximately 1455 Northwest 17 Street with the
folios 01-3135-087-0010 and 01-3135-087-0012, Miami, Florida, containing an approximate
total combined lot area of 42,309 square feet, as legally described in Exhibit "A," attached and
incorporated (collectively, "Property"), for a total purchase price of three million six hundred
thousand dollars ($3,600,000.00) ("Purchase Price"), for use by the VA as additional parking to
their neighboring facility; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to assist the VA with the proposed purchase of the Property
through the government to government sale provisions of Section 29-B(c) of the Charter of the
City of Miami, as amended ("Charter") and the City Manager has determined, found and
recommended in his memorandum attached and incorporated as Attachment "A," that in
accordance with the Charter and with Section 18-182 of the Code of the City of Miami, as
amended ("City Code"), the proposed sale of the Property to the VA is in the best interests of
the City and the greater Miami -Dade communities to assist veterans and their families; and
WHEREAS, the Charter and the City Code require a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote
of the City Commission in order to waive (a) the procurement procedures, and the (b)
requirements for the financial return to the City for the sale of the Property to the VA to be
accomplished at the Purchase Price which is less
`t fair market value; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission hereby determines this in the best interests of the
City to transfer and to sell the Properties to the VA for the Purchase Price, with reverters and
restrictions, in accordance with the Charter and the City Code, and authorizes the City Manager
to negotiate and execute a purchase and sale agreemenTiin a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, and to further authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute all other necessary
documents, extensions, modifications, renewals, and amendments, in a form acceptable to the
City Attorney, to accomplish and to evidence the foregoing as may be required for
implementation of th. luti d at no osts to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Property has iously been the subject of environmental remediation
partially funded through a Brownfields Environmental Development Initiative ("BEDI") grant and
a portion of the Purchase Price may be required to be returned to the City and/or the United
States partment of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") as program income under HUD
and B rulesr d regulations;
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Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute a purchase and
sale agreement ("Agreement"), in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, between the City and
the VA, to transfer to and sell to the VA, with restrictions and reverters, the Property, for a total
purchase price of three million six hundred thousand dollars ($3,600,000.00).
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute all ot
necessary documents, extensions, modifications, renewals, and amendments, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, to accomplish and to evidence the foregoing as may be
required for implementation of this resolution and at no costs to the City.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Attor
ey 5/30/2017
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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