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File ID: #9368
Date: 07/13/2021
Commission Meeting Date: 07/22/2021
Requesting Department: Department of Real
Estate and Asset Management; Department of
Parks; Office of Capital Improvements
Sponsored By:
District Impacted: District 3
Type: Resolution
Subject: Jose Marti Park Adaptive Redesign Project
Purpose of Item:
A Resolution of the Miami City Commission, with attachment(s) authorizing the City
Manager to accept, pursuant to Disclaimer No. 42113(6815-13), attached and
incorporated hereto as Exhibit "A" ("Disclaimer"), from The Board of Trustees of The
Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida CBOT") through the State Of
Florida ("State") Department of Environmental Protection ("FDEP") to the City of Miami
("City"), the conveyance of three (3) parcels containing a total combined size of
approximately twenty one thousand nine hundred and three (21,903) Square Feet, as
legally described in the Disclaimer, pursuant to the Butler Act (Chapter 8537, Acts of
1921) and Section 253.129, Florida Statutes (Collectively, "Butler Act Parcels"), Located
Adjacent to the City -owned property known as Jose Marti Park, in furtherance of the
City's Jose Marti Park Adaptive Redesign Project ("Project"); further authorizing the City
Manager, pursuant to City Charter Section 29-B(C), to negotiate and execute a Land
Exchange Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney ("Land Exchange
Agreement"), between the City and BOT, for the City to convey back to BOT one of the
Butler Act Parcels, identified in the Disclaimer as Parcel Part III, containing
approximately eight hundred and sixty-nine (869) Square Feet, in exchange for the
conveyance from BOT to the City of three (3) additional parcels, containing a total
combined size of approximately three hundred and forty three (343) square feet, all as
legally described in Exhibit "B" attached and incorporated, with the valuation determined
by the State -required appraisals provided in Exhibit "C", attached and incorporated, with
terms and conditions to be more particularly described in the Land Exchange
Agreement; further authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, a Sovereignty Submerged Lands Fee Waived Lease
("Submerged Lands Lease") between the City and FDEP on behalf of the BOT for a
public waterfront access facility located upon the State-owned submerged lands
adjacent to the City's Jose Marti Park, as legally described in Exhibit "D", attached and
incorporated,; further authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute any other
necessary documents, including amendments, modifications, extensions, and renewals
to said Land Exchange Agreement and Submerged Lands Lease, all in forms
acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to effectuate said Land Exchange Agreement
and Submerged Lands Lease; further authorizing the City Manager and all necessary
City departments to undertake and obtain all federal, state, regional, local, Miami -Dade
County ("County"), and other governmental permitting and approvals necessary for the
Project; ratifying, approving, and confirming all undertakings of the City Manager, other
City officials and departments, and the City's consultants, for all necessary actions with
federal, state, regional, County, local, and other governmental entities for the Project.
Background of Item:
The City of Miami ("City") owns the riverfront property known as Jose Marti Park
("Park"). The Park is currently highly susceptible to both tidal riverine and precipitation
flooding, which poses a public health and safety hazard and has a negative impact on
the community's use and enjoyment of the park and flooding risk to the adjacent
neighborhood. The Park shoreline is currently stabilized by existing concrete seawalls
on the southern and middle segments of shoreline and decorative sloping cement block
on the northern extent. The City's District 3 Office, Department of Parks and Recreation
("Parks"), Office of Capital Improvement ("OCI"), Department of Resilience and Public
Works, and the Department of Real Estate and Asset Management, together with the
City's consultant, Curtis & Rogers Design Studio, Inc. ("Curtis & Rogers"), conducted
significant community outreach, including community meetings on February 19, 2020
and September 30, 2020 to provide for public participation and input concerning
necessary improvements to the Park. In follow up to the community outreach, OCI is
currently undergoing a proposed project with the goal of adapting the riverfront of the
park to be more resilient to flooding and future sea level rise while also improving
access and public safety to the park riverfront known as the Jose Marti Park Adaptive
Redesign Project ("Project"). Curtis & Rogers, working with the City's coastal and
marine engineering consultants, Cummins Cederberg, Inc. ("Cummins") and the city
administration, presented the overall working designs to the Miami Forever Bond
Committee on October 13, 2020. On July 6, 2020, and July 12, 2021, Curtis & Rogers,
Cummins, and the city administration, presented the Project to the Climate Resilience
Committee. The Project has been added to the City's Multi -Year Capital Plan as
projects 40-B-193500 and 40-B-193803, with funding from Florida Inland Navigation
District ("FIND") Grants, City Miami Forever Bonds funding, and Parks Impact Fees.
OCI, Curtis & Rogers, and Cummins have been undertaking the numerous Federal,
State of Florida ("State"), regional, Miami -Dade County ("County"), local, and other
governmental reviews, notices, and permitting processes for the Project. In connection
with the Project, the City requested from the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, Division of State Lands ("FDEP"), a disclaimer of three (3) parcels of
formerly sovereignty submerged lands pursuant to the Butler Act (Chapter 8537, Acts of
1921) and Section 253.129, Florida statutes. On February 1, 2021, the Board of
Trustees of The Internal Improvement Trust Fund of The State of Florida CBOT")
approved the request and executed Disclaimer No. 42113(6815-13) attached and
incorporated hereto as Exhibit "A" ("Disclaimer") conveying to the City the three (3)
parcels of formerly sovereignty submerged lands, containing a total of approximately
twenty one thousand nine hundred and three (21,903) square feet (identified in such
Disclaimer as "Part I," "Part II," and "Part III," or collectively, "Butler Act Parcels"). The
City also requested that BOT enter into a Land Exchange Agreement with the City
whereby BOT will convey to the City three (3) additional parcels, containing a total
combined size of approximately three hundred and forty-three (343) square feet, as
identified in Exhibit "B", attached and incorporated, in exchange for the conveyance
from the City to BOT of parcel Part III of the Butler Act Parcels, containing
approximately eight hundred and sixty-nine (869) square feet ("Land Exchange
Agreement"). The valuations for the respective State and City parcels being exchanged
pursuant to the Land Exchange Agreement have been determined by the State -required
appraisals, as provided in Exhibit "C", attached, and incorporated in accordance with
Section 253.025 Florida Statutes and Section 253.42, Florida Statutes. City Charter
Section 29-B(c) allows for the City to convey property to implement projects of any
governmental agency or instrumentality. The various parcels of upland and submerged
land to be acquired pursuant to the Disclaimer and the Land Exchange Agreement, are
greater in size than the parcels to be conveyed to the State, and such acquired land
shall be used in support of the park.
Budget Impact Analysis
Item is NOT Related to Revenue
Item is an Expenditure
Item is NOT funded by Bonds
Total Fiscal Impact:
Over $28M
Start Up Capital Cost: Probable estimate $17M Phase I, Phase II $11M.
Maintenance Cost: TBD
CIP Project No: 40-B-193500 , 40-B-193803
Reviewed B
Department of Real Estate and Asset Management
Review Completed 07/13/2021 12:30 PM
City Manager's Office Barbara Hernandez
Office of Capital Improvements Hector L Badia
Office of Management and Budget Lai -wan McGinnis
Office of Management and Budget Leon P Michel
City Manager's Office Nzeribe Ihekwaba
City Manager's Office Arthur Noriega V
Legislative Division Valentin J Alvarez
Office of the City Attorney Jacqueline Lorenzo
Office of the City Attorney Barnaby L. Min
Office of the City Attorney Victoria Mendez
City Commission Nicole Ewan
Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office
Suzanne Hollander
Department Head Review
Department Head Review
Budget Analyst Review
Budget Review
Assistant City Manager Review
City Manager Review
Legislative Division Review
ACA Review
Deputy Attorney Review
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-21-0322
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 9368 Final Action Date:7/22/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ACCEPTING, PURSUANT TO DISCLAIMER NO. 42113(6815-13), ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A" ("DISCLAIMER"), FROM THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA ("BOT") THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S ("STATE") DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ("FDEP") TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), THE
CONVEYANCE OF THREE (3) PARCELS CONTAINING A TOTAL COMBINED SIZE
OF APPROXIMATELY TWENTY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THREE (21,903)
SQUARE FEET LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN THE DISCLAIMER PURSUANT TO THE
BUTLER ACT (CHAPTER 8537, ACTS OF 1921) AND SECTION 253.129, FLORIDA
STATUTES (COLLECTIVELY, "BUTLER ACT PARCELS") LOCATED ADJACENT TO
THE CITY -OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS JOSE MARTI PARK IN FURTHERANCE
OF THE CITY'S JOSE MARTI PARK ADAPTIVE REDESIGN PROJECT ("PROJECT");
FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND BRING BEFORE
THE CITY COMMISSION A LAND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 29-B(C) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ("LAND
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT"), BETWEEN THE CITY AND BOT FOR THE CITY TO
CONVEY BACK TO BOT ONE (1) OF THE BUTLER ACT PARCELS IDENTIFIED IN
THE DISCLAIMER AS PARCEL PART III CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY EIGHT
HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE (869) SQUARE FEET IN EXCHANGE FOR THE
CONVEYANCE FROM BOT TO THE CITY OF THREE (3) ADDITIONAL PARCELS
CONTAINING A TOTAL COMBINED SIZE OF APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED
FORTY THREE (343) SQUARE FEET, ALL AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "B",
ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, WITH THE VALUATION DETERMINED BY THE
STATE -REQUIRED APPRAISAL PROVIDED IN EXHIBIT "C", ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED, AS MAY BE UPDATED, WITH TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO BE
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE LAND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT;
FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND BRING BEFORE
THE CITY COMMISSION, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, A
SOVEREIGNTY SUBMERGED LANDS FEE WAIVED LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY
AND FDEP, ON BEHALF OF BOT, FOR A PUBLIC WATERFRONT ACCESS FACILITY
LOCATED UPON THE STATE-OWNED SUBMERGED LANDS ADJACENT TO THE
PROJECT AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "D", ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL
NECESSARY CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UNDERTAKE AND OBTAIN ALL FEDERAL,
STATE, REGIONAL, LOCAL, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY"), AND OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL PERMITTING AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE
PROJECT; RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING ALL UNDERTAKINGS OF
THE CITY MANAGER, OTHER CITY OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS, AND THE
CITY'S CONSULTANTS FOR ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS WITH FEDERAL, STATE,
REGIONAL, COUNTY, LOCAL, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR THE
PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") owns the riverfront property known as Jose Marti
Park ("Park");
WHEREAS, the Park is currently highly susceptible to both tidal riverine and precipitation
flooding, which poses a public health and safety hazard, has a negative impact on the
community's use and enjoyment of the Park, and is a flooding risk to the adjacent
neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Park shoreline is currently stabilized by existing concrete seawalls on
the southern and middle segments of shoreline and decorative sloping cement block on the
northern extent; and
WHEREAS, the City's District 3 Office, Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of
Capital Improvement ("OCI"), Department of Resilience and Public Works, Department of Real
Estate and Asset Management, and consultant Curtis & Rogers Design Studio, Inc. ("Curtis &
Rogers") conducted significant community outreach, including community meetings on February
19, 2020 and September 30, 2020, to obtain public participation and input concerning necessary
improvements to the Park; and
WHEREAS, in follow up to the community outreach, OCI is currently undergoing a
proposed project with the goal of adapting the riverfront of the Park to be more resilient to
flooding and future sea level rise while also improving access and public safety to the Park's
riverfront known as the "Jose Marti Park Adaptive Redesign Project" ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, Curtis & Rogers, the City's coastal and marine engineering consultants,
Cummins Cederberg, Inc. ("Cummins"), and the City's Administration presented the overall
working designs to the Miami Forever Bond Committee on October 13, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on July 6, 2020 and July 12, 2021, Curtis & Rogers, Cummins, and the
City's Administration presented the Project to the Climate Resilience Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Project has been added to the City's Multi -Year Capital Plan as Project
Nos. 40-B-193500 and 40-B-193803, with funding from Florida Inland Navigation District
Grants, Miami Forever Bonds, and Parks Impact Fees; and
WHEREAS, OCI, Curtis & Rogers, and Cummins have undertaken numerous Federal,
State of Florida ("State"), regional, Miami -Dade County ("County"), local, and other
governmental reviews, notices, and permitting processes for the Project; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Project, the City requested from the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands ("FDEP") a disclaimer of three
(3) parcels of formerly sovereignty submerged lands pursuant to the Butler Act (Chapter 8537,
Acts of 1921) and Section 253.129, Florida statutes; and
WHEREAS, on February 1, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
Trust Fund of the State ("BOT") approved the request and executed Disclaimer No. 42113
(6815-13), attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A" ("Disclaimer"), conveying to the City the
three (3) parcels of formerly sovereignty submerged lands containing approximately twenty one
thousand nine hundred three (21,903) square feet (identified in such Disclaimer as "Part I," "Part
II," and "Part III," or collectively, "Butler Act Parcels"); and
WHEREAS, the City also requested that BOT enter into a Land Exchange Agreement
with the City whereby BOT will convey to the City three (3) additional parcels containing a total
combined size of approximately three hundred forty-three (343) square feet, as identified in
Exhibit "B", attached and incorporated, in exchange for the conveyance from the City to BOT of
parcel Part III of the Butler Act Parcels containing approximately eight hundred sixty-nine (869)
square feet ("Land Exchange Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the valuations for the respective State and City parcels being exchanged
pursuant to the Land Exchange Agreement have been determined by the State -required
appraisals provided in Exhibit "C", attached and incorporated, in accordance with Section
253.025, Florida Statutes, and Section 253.42, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, Section 29-B(c) of the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended,
allows for the City to convey property to implement projects of any governmental agency or
("City Charter") instrumentality; and
WHEREAS, the various parcels of upland and submerged land to be acquired pursuant
to the Disclaimer and the Land Exchange Agreement are greater in size than the parcels to be
conveyed to the State and such acquired land shall be used in support of the Park; and
WHEREAS, the City's acceptance and acquisition of the Butler Act Parcels and the
additional parcels to be acquired pursuant to the Land Exchange Agreement are essential for
the Jose Marti Park Adaptive Redesign Project; and
WHEREAS, BOT owns approximately one thousand six hundred forty-five (1,645)
square feet of submerged lands adjacent to the Park and legally described in Exhibit "D",
attached and incorporated ("Submerged Lands"); and
WHEREAS, the City and FDEP, on behalf of BOT, are currently in the process of
reviewing and negotiating a Sovereignty Submerged Lands Fee Waived Lease ("Submerged
Lands Lease") between the City and BOT for a public waterfront access facility located upon the
Submerged Lands for an anticipated term of ten (10) years; and
WHEREAS, the City's Administration, Curtis & Rogers, and Cummins have been
coordinating with multiple governmental entities with jurisdiction and oversight of the various
components of the Project, including but not limited to, FDEP, South Florida Water Management
District, United States Army Corp of Engineers, Miami -Dade County, Florida Department of
Transportation, Florida Inland Navigation District, and other governmental entities; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to approve, ratify, and confirm the
undertakings of the City's Administration, Curtis & Rogers, and Cummins for all necessary
actions with Federal, State, regional, County, local, and other governmental entities for the
Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it in the best interest of the City to authorize the
acceptance of the Butler Act Parcels and to direct the City Manager to negotiate and bring back
for City Commission approval the Land Exchange Agreement, the Submerged Lands Lease,
and any other necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to
effectuate said Land Exchange Agreement and Submerged Lands Lease;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to accept the Disclaimer, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A", from BOT to the City for the Butler Act Parcels.
Section 3. The City Manager is directed to negotiate and bring before the City
Commission for approval a Land Exchange Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, pursuant to Section 29-B(c) of the City Charter between the City and BOT to convey
back to BOT parcel Part III of the Butler Act Parcels in exchange for three (3) additional parcels
to the City containing a total combined size of approximately three hundred forty three (343)
square feet as legally described in Exhibit B, attached and incorporated, with the valuation
determined by the State -required appraisal provided in Exhibit "C", attached and incorporated,
with terms and conditions to be more particularly described in the Land Exchange Agreement.
Section 4. The City Manager is directed to negotiate and bring before the City
Commission for approval a Submerged Lands Lease, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney,
between the City and FDEP, on behalf of BOT, for the use of the Submerged Lands legally
described in Exhibit "D", attached and incorporated, for a public waterfront access facility.
Section 5. The City Manager is authorized to undertake and obtain all Federal, State,
regional, local, County, and other governmental permitting and approvals necessary for the
Project.
Section 6. The City Commission ratifies, approves, and confirms the undertakings of
the City Manager, other City officials, City departments, and the City's consultants, Curtis &
Rogers and Cummins, for all necessary actions with Federal, State, regional, County, local, and
other governmental entities for the Project.
Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Httoriey ) 7/13/2021
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.