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Resolution R-24-0464
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 16877 Final Action Date: 11/21/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MITIGATING THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT LIEN RECORDED AGAINST PROPERTY ADDRESS 1877
SOUTHWEST 7 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CASE NUMBER CE2018006612,
AFTER A HEARING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2-817 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT
APPROVED AS FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
LIEN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE
ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, VQ EVERGLADES HOMES, LLC ("Owner") is the owner of the property
located at 1877 Southwest 7 Street, Miami, Florida ("Property") and seeks mitigation of the
Code lien at issue here; and
WHEREAS, the Property was a multi -family residential property now vacant zoned T4-R
located in City Commission District 3; and
WHEREAS, on April 5, 2018, Code Compliance case CE2018006612 ("Code Case")
was opened on the Property; and
WHEREAS, the violations of the Code Case were for parking and storage of inoperable
vehicles and obstruction of the public right of way, street or sidewalk; and
WHEREAS, the Code Case was heard on April 4, 2019, before the Code Enforcement
Board ("CEB"), and the Owner failed to appear and compliance was ordered within 24 hours or
a $250.00 per diem would issue; and
WHEREAS, the affidavit of compliance shows that violations were complied on April 4,
2024, and the total amount of per diem lien accrued was $456,500.00, having run for 1,826
days; and
WHEREAS, the Property structure was demolished and the lot cleared as of the
finalization of the demolition permit on January 20, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the time of lien from April 5, 2019 to January 20, 2023 is 1,386 days which
would bring the lien amount total to $346,500.00; and
WHEREAS, the lien on this case was recorded as a Final Administrative Enforcement
Notice on April 16, 2019 with the Miami -Dade Clerk of Court at recording book 31405 and page
4607; and
WHEREAS, the Owner filed suit in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, of Miami Dade County,
under case number 2024-2194 CA 01 ("Court Case") to quiet title to the Property; and
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WHEREAS, the Owner requests the matter be set for mitigation before the City
Commission as required by Section 2-817 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"); and
WHEREAS, the City and Owner have filed an Agreed Motion to Stay the Court Case
pending the disposition of this mitigation hearing; and
WHEREAS, the Owner offers mitigation in the amount of $17,500.00 as full and final
settlement of the Code Case;
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. The City Commission, after hearing the argument of the Owner, the advice
and argument from the Code Compliance Department and any other relevant City Department,
the City Commission grants mitigation in the amount of $69,300.00 as full and final settlement of
the Code Compliance lien issued under Case No. CE2018006612.
Section 3. Any ruling of the City Commission on mitigation may be appealed pursuant to
the requirements set forth in Chapter 2, Article X of the City Code.
Section 4. The City Manager or designee is further authorized' to execute any and all
documents necessary, in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the purposes stated herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
rge Wyy•ng III, C y ttor -y 12/3/2024
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.
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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