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File ID: #5643
Date: 05/07/2019
Commission Meeting Date: 06/27/2019
Requesting Department: Department of
Housing and Community Development
Sponsored By:
District Impacted: All
Type: Resolution
Subject: Award Contract - Affordable Housing and Economic Development Projects
Purpose of Item:
APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE EVALUATION COMMITTEES' RECOMMENDATIONS PURSUANT TO
THE FEBRUARY 25, 2019 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS BY THE CITY OF MIAMI
("CITY") DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
("DEPARTMENT') FOR SELECTING THE APPLICANTS FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY
NOT -FOR -PROFIT CORPORATIONS, BY FOR PROFITS CORPORATIONS, AND BY
INDIVIDUALS, AS DESCRIBED IN COMBINED EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED ("FIRST TRANCHE SELECTED APPLICANTS"), SUBJECT TO
COMPLETE PROJECT UNDERWRITING AND THE CITY RECEIVING THE
REQUISITE APPROVAL(S) AND AUTHORIZATION(S) THROUGH THE BOND
VALIDATION PROCESS AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUANCE OF THE CITY'S BONDS AS
DESCRIBED BELOW, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD TO,
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BOND COUNSEL, WITH THE FIRST
TRANCHE SELECTED APPLICANTS FOR THE FIRST TRANCHE PROJECTS (ALSO
AS DEFINED BELOW IN COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A) IN THE RESPECTIVE NOT TO
EXCEED AMOUNTS FOR A TOTAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS ($8,000,000.00) OF FIRST TRANCHE SERIES
2019B AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
BONDS (AS DEFINED BELOW) INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND
MODIFICATIONS, FOR THE COMPLETION OF SAID FIRST TRANCHE PROJECTS
BY THE FIRST TRANCHE SELECTED APPLICANTS, FOR SAID PURPOSE(S).
Background of Item:
On November 7, 2017, the registered voters of the City of Miami ("City") approved, by
referendum ballot, for the City to issue limited ad valorem bonds in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000.00), which
included an amount not to exceed One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) to
improve affordable housing and economic development within the City ("Bond
Referendum").
On December 13, 2018, the City adopted Resolution No. R-18-0546 wherein the City
declared its official intent to issue both taxable and tax-exempt limited ad valorem bonds
in the expected not to exceed total maximum principal amount of Fifty -Eight Million, Six
Hundred Fifty -Three Thousand, Three Hundred Thirty -Nine Dollars ($58,653,339.00)
("Limited Ad Valorem Bonds") and, to the extent permissible under the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("IRS Code") regarding the tax-exempt Limited Ad
Valorem Bonds, use a portion of the tax-exempt Limited Ad Valorem Bonds to
reimburse the City for funds advanced by it, for Original Expenditures (as defined by the
IRS Code) incurred and to be incurred with respect to the first tranche Infrastructure
Projects and Affordable Housing and Economic Development Projects (collectively,
"First Tranche Series Bonds").
On March 14, 2019, pursuant to Resolutions Nos. R-19-0062 and R-19-0111, the Miami
City Commission authorized the City to initiate validation proceedings for the Bond
Referendum and the taxable and tax-exempt bonds in the aggregate principal amount
not exceeding Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000.00) in one or more separate
series of City Tax -Exempt and Taxable Limited Ad Valorem Tax Bonds, including the
First Tranche Series Bonds.
The First Tranche Series Bonds includes the City of Miami Forever Limited Ad Valorem
Tax Bonds (Affordable Housing and Economic Development Programs) Taxable Series
2019B in the aggregate principal amount not exceeding Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000.00) ("Series 2019B Affordable Housing and Economic Development
Programs Bonds").
Later this year, the City will seek a judicial decree validating, among other things, the
One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) of Limited Ad Valorem Bonds dedicated
to Affordable Housing and Economic Development programs.
On February 25, 2019, the City's Department of Housing and Community Development
("Department") issued a Request for Proposals ("RFP") inviting qualified developers to
propose developments for the construction, rehabilitation, and permanent financing
needs for affordable housing rental developments and homeownership developments
with five (5) or more units, located within the City.
Of the Series 2019B Affordable Housing and Economic Development Programs Bonds,
a total aggregate principal amount of not to exceed Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000.00)
is intended to fund Affordable Housing and Economic Development projects from the
selected applicants in the First Tranche.
The Department has recommended that of those applicants submitting responses to the
RFP, the following applicants and projects should be selected as the "First Tranche
Selected Applicants and First Tranche Projects" and Series 2019B Affordable Housing
and Economic Development Program Bond funding to be allocated as follows: (a)
Eleven (11) units of mixed income affordable housing to be located at 5185 West
Flagler Street, Miami, Florida to be developed by Opal Gardens LLC, a Florida Limited
Liability Company with funding in an amount not to exceed $850,000.00; (b) Eighty one
(81) units of mixed income affordable housing and 25,000 square feet of office and
20,000 of retail space to be located at 3750 South Dixie Highway, Miami, Florida to be
developed by Platform 3750 LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company with funding in an
amount not to exceed $3,500,000.00; (c) One hundred fifty (150) units of mixed income
affordable housing and 5,000 square feet of retail space to be located at NW 13th Court
and NW 7th Street, Miami, Florida, to be developed by The Gallery at River Parc LLC, a
Florida Limited Liability Company with funding in an amount not to exceed $800,000.00,
(d) Eight (8) units of mixed income affordable housing to be located at 337 NW 11th
Avenue, Miami, Florida to be developed by MJ LH 337 NW 11 Ave LLC, a Florida
Limited Liability Company with funding in an amount not to exceed $229,000.00; (e)
One hundred ninety two (192) units of mixed income affordable housing to be located at
1201 NW 65th Street, Miami, Florida, to be developed by Liberty Square Phase Three,
LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company with funding in an amount not to exceed
$750,000.00; and (f) Seventy five (75) units of mixed income, affordable housing 2,500
square feet of retail space to be located at 3372 NW 17 Avenue, Miami, Florida, to be
developed by Vineyard Villas, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company with funding in
an amount not to exceed $1,871,000.00,(collectively, "First Tranche Selected
Applicants" and "First Tranche Projects", as described more particularly in further detail
in Composite Exhibit A attached and incorporated).
The City Administration recommends the selection of and award to the First Tranche
Selected Applicants, and negotiating, and executing Agreements, in a form acceptable
to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel, with the respective First Tranche Selected
Applicants for their respective First Tranche Projects, with funding subject to complete
project underwriting and the City receiving the requisite approval(s) and authorization(s)
through the bond validation process and subsequent issuance of the Series 2019B
Affordable Housing and Economic Development Programs Bonds.
Budget Impact Analysis
Item has NOT an Expenditure
Item is NOT Related to Revenue
Item is NOT funded by Bonds
Total Fiscal Impact:
$8,000,000.00
Special Revenue Account No: TO BE DETERMINED
Reviewed B
Department of Community and Economic Development
Review Completed 05/20/2019 3:26 PM
Office of Management and Budget Luis Hernandez -Torres
Office of Management and Budget Christopher M Rose
City Manager's Office
City Manager's Office
Legislative Division
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
City Commission
Office of the Mayor
Office of the City Clerk
Legislative Division
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Sandra Bridgeman
Nikolas Pascual
Valentin J Alvarez
Richard Appleton
Barnaby L. Min
Victoria Mendez
Maricarmen Lopez
Mayor's Office
City Clerk's Office
Valentin J Alvarez
Richard Appleton
Barnaby L. Min
Victoria Mendez
George Mensah
Budget Analyst Review
Budget Review
Assistant City Manager Review
City Manager Review
Legislative Division Review
ACA Review
Deputy City Attorney Review
Approved Form and Correctness
Department Head
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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Completed
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Meeting Completed
Signed by the Mayor Completed
Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed
Legislative Division Review Completed
ACA Review Completed
Deputy Attorney Review Completed
Approved Form and Correctness with Modification(s)
05/21/2019 11:46 AM
05/23/2019 12:20 PM
05/23/2019 11:01 PM
06/05/2019 4:16 PM
06/06/2019 8:55 AM
06/14/2019 2:00 PM
06/14/2019 2:48 PM
06/17/2019 7:14 PM
06/27/2019 9:00 AM
07/08/2019 3:52 PM
07/08/2019 4:20 PM
07/25/2019 12:38 PM
08/15/2019 2:54 PM
08/15/2019 3:47 PM
Completed
Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Rendered Completed 08/21/2019 1:25 PM
City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-19-0248
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 5643 Final Action Date:6/27/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS,
APPROVING ALL OF THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS, EXCEPT FOR
THE MODIFICATION MADE ON THE FLOOR FOR DISTRICT 4 PROJECT FUNDS AS
SET FORTH HEREIN, PURSUANT TO THE FEBRUARY 25, 2019 REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS ("RFP") BY THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ("DEPARTMENT"), FOR
APPLICANTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS, MORE PARTICULARLY AS DESCRIBED AND LISTED IN COMPOSITE
EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AND AS MODIFIED FOR DISTRICT
4 ("FIRST TRANCHE SELECTED APPLICANTS"), SUBJECT TO COMPLETE
PROJECT UNDERWRITING AND THE CITY RECEIVING THE REQUISITE
APPROVALS AND AUTHORIZATIONS, THROUGH THE BOND VALIDATION
PROCESS AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUANCE OF THE CITY'S BONDS AS DESCRIBED
BELOW; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD THE RFP TO THE FIRST
TRANCHE SELECTED APPLICANTS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BOND
COUNSEL, WITH THE FIRST TRANCHE SELECTED APPLICANTS FOR THE FIRST
TRANCHE PROJECTS, IN THE RESPECTIVE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNTS, FOR A
TOTAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT MILLION
DOLLARS ($8,000,000.00) OF FIRST TRANCHE SERIES 2019B AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS BONDS, INCLUDING
ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS FOR THE
COMPLETION OF SAID FIRST TRANCHE PROJECTS, BY THE FIRST TRANCHE
SELECTED APPLICANTS.
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2017, the registered voters of the City of Miami ("City")
approved by referendum ballot for the City to issue limited ad valorem bonds in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000.00), which included
an amount not to exceed One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) to improve affordable
housing and economic development within the City ("Bond Referendum"); and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2018, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-18-
0546, wherein the City declared its official intent to issue both taxable and tax-exempt limited ad
valorem bonds, in the expected not to exceed total maximum principal amount of Fifty -Eight
Million, Six Hundred Fifty -Three Thousand, Three Hundred Thirty -Nine Dollars ($58,653,339.00)
("Limited Ad Valorem Bonds") and, to the extent permissible under the United States Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("IRS Code"), regarding the tax-exempt Limited Ad
Valorem Bonds, to use a portion of the tax-exempt Limited Ad Valorem Bonds to reimburse the
City for funds advanced by it for Original Expenditures (as defined by the IRS Code) incurred,
and to be incurred, with respect to the first tranche Infrastructure Projects and Affordable
Housing and Economic Development Projects (collectively, "First Tranche Series Bonds"); and
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2019, pursuant to Resolution Nos. R-19-0062 and R-19-0111,
the City Commission authorized the initiation of validation proceedings for the Bond
Referendum and issuance of the taxable and tax-exempt bonds, in the aggregate principal
amount not exceeding Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000.00), in one (1) or more
separate series of City Tax -Exempt and Taxable Limited Ad Valorem Tax Bonds (Miami Forever
Capital Program) including the First Tranche Series Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the First Tranche Series Bonds includes the City's proposed Miami Forever
Limited Ad Valorem Tax Bonds (Affordable Housing and Economic Development Programs)
Taxable Series 2019B, in the aggregate principal amount not exceeding Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000.00) ("Series 2019B Affordable Housing and Economic Development Programs
Bonds"); and
WHEREAS, later this year, the City will seek a judicial decree validating, among other
things, all of the One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) of Limited Ad Valorem Bonds
dedicated to Affordable Housing and Economic Development Programs; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2019, the City's Department of Housing and Community
Development ("Department") issued a Request for Proposals ("RFP") inviting qualified
developers to propose developments for the construction, rehabilitation, and permanent
financing needs for affordable housing rental developments and homeownership developments
with five (5) or more units located within the City; and
WHEREAS, of the Series 2019B Affordable Housing and Economic Development
Programs Bonds, a total aggregate principal amount not to exceed Eight Million Dollars
($8,000,000.00) is intended to fund Affordable Housing and Economic Development projects
from the selected applicants from proceeds of the First Tranche Series Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Department has recommended that of those applicants submitting
responses to the RFP, and the City Commission on the date hereof has made the District 4
modification set forth below, the following applicants and projects be selected as the "First
Tranche Selected Applicants and First Tranche Projects" and that Series 2019B Affordable
Housing and Economic Development Program Bond funding be allocated as follows: (a) an
amount not to exceed $850,000.00 is allocated for land acquisition that will create and/or
preserve affordable housing in District 4; (b) eighty-one (81) units of mixed income affordable
housing and twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of retail space to be located at 3750 South
Dixie Highway, Miami, Florida to be developed by Platform 3750, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company, with funding in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000.00; (c) thirty (30) units of mixed
income affordable housing to be located at Northwest 13th Court and Northwest 7th Street,
Miami, Florida to be developed by The Gallery at River Parc, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company, with funding in an amount not to exceed $800,000.00; (d) eight (8) units of mixed
income affordable housing to be located at 337 Northwest 11 th Avenue, Miami, Florida to be
developed by MJ LH 337 NW 11 Ave LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, with funding in
an amount not to exceed $229,000.00; (e) one hundred twenty-one (121) units of mixed income
affordable housing to be located at 1201 Northwest 65th Street, Miami, Florida to be developed
by Liberty Square Phase Three, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, with funding in an
amount not to exceed $750,000.00; and (f) seventy-five (75) units of mixed income affordable
housing to be located at 3372 Northwest 17th Avenue, Miami, Florida to be developed by
Vineyard Villas, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, with funding in an amount not to
exceed $1,871,000.00 (collectively, "First Tranche Selected Applicants" and "First Tranche
Projects", as more particularly described in Composite Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated);
and
WHEREAS, the City's Administration recommends the selection of and award to the
First Tranche Selected Applicants; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager seeks authority to negotiate and execute Agreements, all
in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel, with the respective First Tranche
Selected Applicants for their respective First Tranche Projects, with funding subject to complete
project underwriting and the City receiving the requisite approvals and authorizations, through
the bond validation process and subsequent issuance of the Series 2019B Affordable Housing
and Economic Development Programs Bonds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISISON 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 Manager's recommendations, except for the modification made on
the floor for District 4 project funds as set forth herein, pursuant to the February 25, 2019 RFP
by the Department, for the selection of the First Tranche Selected Applicants for the First
Tranche Projects as described in Composite Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated and as
modified for District 4, is approved.
Section 3. Subject to complete project underwriting and the City receiving the
requisite approvals and authorizations through the bond validation process and
subsequent issuance of the City's Series 2019B Affordable Housing and Economic
Development Programs Bonds, the City Manager is authorized to award the RFP to the
First Tranche Selected Applicants.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any
and all necessary documents, all in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond
Counsel, with the First Tranche Selected Applicants for the First Tranche Projects in the
respective not to exceed amounts, as described in Composite Exhibit "A," attached and
incorporated, for a total aggregate principal amount, not to exceed Eight Million Dollars
($8,000,000.00) of First Tranche Series 2019B Affordable Housing and Economic
Development Programs Bonds, including any and all amendments, extensions, and
modifications for the completion of said First Tranche Projects by the First Tranche
Selected Applicants.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
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 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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: