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File Number:11633Final Action Date:4/14/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
VACATING, DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE
SOUTHERN SIDE OF NORTHWEST 28TH STREET BETWEEN NORTHWEST
2 AVENUE AND NORTHWEST 3 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE
INCORPORATED, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 1,068 SQUARE FEET;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE A QUIT CLAIM DEED, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 255.22, FLORIDA STATUTES, IN
FAVOR OF 2775 MANDARINE, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY, THE SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST OF THE ORIGINAL
DEDICATOR.
e owner of the property located at
WHEREAS, on January 29, 1937, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 1682
designating a zoned right-of-
Miami Avenue to the westernCity limits; and
-in-interest executed a
warranty deed recorded in Deed Book 3252, Page 219 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade
the northernthirty-five
alongside Northwest 28 Street and/or sidewalk
purposesonly; and
WHEREAS, on April 28, 2016, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 13600
reducing the zoned right-of-way width of Northwest 28 Street between Northwest 2 Avenue and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2017, the Director of Public Works, pursuant to Section 54-
established a new centerline for Northwest 28 Street between Northwest 2 Avenue and
requiring only a fifteen foo-of-way dedication instead of the thirty-
dedicated by the Warranty Deed for properties located along thesouth side of Northwest 28
Street including the Property; and
WHEREAS, the City required the Owner to construct certain road improvements in the
public right-of-way, which have been completed and acceptedby the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 255.22(1), Florida Statutes, provides that for property conveyed to a
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municipality or county on or prior to October 1, 1984, a municipality or county may reconvey
such property to an abutting owner that makes a demand for the same if such property was
conveyed to the municipality for a specific use, without receipt of valuable consideration, and
the municipality or county failed to use such property for such a purpose for a period of sixty
(60) consecutive months; and
WHEREAS, the City has not used a portion of the Conveyed Property for street widening
purposes or maintained the Conveyed Property for a period in excess of sixty (60) consecutive
months; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the Conveyed Property is not necessary for street widening
purposes as Northwest 28 Street abutting the Property is already dedicated to its full fifty-foot
-187 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, the Owner desires to redevelop the Property and wishes to utilize the
Conveyed Property; and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the usual requirement that vacations and closures of rights-
of-way be accomplished by the platting process described in Chapters 54 and 55 of the City
Code, State law as described above allows for such a conveyance as the Conveyed Property
was conveyed to the City by deed and not dedicated by plat; and
WHEREAS, to the extent implicated by the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida, as
eight (1,068) square feet, abuts Northwest 28 Street, is non-waterfront property, is non-buildable
by itself, and is to be conveyed to an abutting owner, thereby meeting the exception found in
Section 29-B(f) of the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it in the best interest of the City to authorize the
reconveyance of a portion of the Conveyed Property to the Owner in order to facilitate
redevelopment and divest the City of unnecessary right-of-way and unusable property;
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.
Section 2. A portion of the Conveyed Property as more particularly described in Exhibit
,068 square feet, is hereby vacated,
discontinued, and abandoned as public right-of-way.
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Section 3. The City Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute a quit claim deed,
in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for a portion of the Conveyed Property, as more
Florida Statutes, to the Owner or its successor-in-interest or assign(s).
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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.
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Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
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signature of the Mayor.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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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