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Resolution R-19-0042
Legislation
City Hall
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 4340 Final Action Date: 1/24/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A TEMPORARY
EASEMENT AGREEMENT ("EASEMENT AGREEMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY
THE ATTACHED FORM, TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF LINDEN AIRPORT
SERVICES CORPORATION D/B/A WATSON ISLAND HELIPORT
CORPORATION, A FLORIDA CORPORATION ("LINDEN"), FOR A
TEMPORARY, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-
FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN (55,807) SQUARE FEET OF CITY
OF MIAMI ("CITY") OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED ON A PORTION OF LAND
AT 980 MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, COMPRISED OF
PARCELS "A" AND "B," MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBITS "A"
AND "B" OF THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED, FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF (1) CONSTRUCTING,
INSTALLING, OPERATING, AND MAINTAINING A DRIVEWAY TO PROVIDE
INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE HELIPORT FOR FUELING, USE OF
EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND OTHER RELATED PURPOSES AND (2)
PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS OFFICES RELATED TO
THE PROJECT WITH THE RIGHT TO RECONSTRUCT, IMPROVE, ADD TO,
ENLARGE, CHANGE THE SIZE OF, AND REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF THE
FACILITIES WITHIN SAID EASEMENT FOR A TERM NOT TO EXCEED THE
EARLIER OF (1) RECEIPT OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OF THE
HELIPORT FACILITIES OR (2) AN EARLIER DATE MUTUALLY AGREED TO
BY THE CITY AND LINDEN.
WHEREAS, Linden Airport Services Corporation d/b/a Watson Island Heliport
Corporation, a Florida Profit Corporation ("Linden"), has requested a temporary, non-exclusive
easement of approximately fifty-five thousand eight hundred seven (55,807) square feet of City
of Miami ("City") owned property located on a portion of land at 980 MacArthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida ("Easement"); and
WHEREAS, the Temporary Easement Agreement ("Easement Agreement") provides
that the Easement will be used for the limited purpose of constructing, operating, and
maintaining a driveway to provide ingress and egress to the Heliport for fueling, use of
emergency vehicles, and other related purposes; and
WHEREAS, Parcel "A," more particularly described in Exhibit "A" of the Easement
Agreement, will be used for the limited purpose of providing construction and operations offices
related to the project and Parcel "B," more particularly described in Exhibit "B" of the Easement
Agreement, is necessary in order for the Heliport to provide access for fueling, operations, and
other purposes as described in the Easement Agreement subject hereof; and
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WHEREAS, authorization is being requested for the City to enter into the Easement
Agreement, in substantially the attached form, to and for the benefit of Linden for said purpose;
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
hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized' to execute an Easement Agreement,
in substantially the attached form, to and for the benefit of Linden, for the Easement, comprised
of Parcels "A" and "B," more particularly described in Exhibits "A" and "B" of the Easement
Agreement, attached and incorporated, for the limited purpose of (1) constructing, installing,
operating, and maintaining a driveway to provide ingress and egress to the Heliport for fueling,
use of emergency vehicles, and other related purposes and, (2) providing construction and
operations offices related to the project with the right to reconstruct, improve, add to, enlarge,
change the size of, and remove all or any of the facilities within said Easement for a term not to
exceed the earlier of (1) receipt of a certificate of occupancy of the Heliport facilities or (2) an
earlier date mutually agreed to by the City and Linden.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor ey 7/10/2018
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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