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City of Miami
Resolution
Legislation
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City Hall
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Miami, FL 33133
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BY A FOUR -FIFTHS
(4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AND
GRANTING THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY AND DISCRETION TO
PROCEED WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO OPTIONS, ON OR
BEFORE FEBRUARY 3, 2025, EITHER: (1) AUTHORIZING THE DEPOSIT AND
PAYMENT OF TEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($10,780,000.00) FOR THE CONDEMNATION OF REAL
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 AND 27 SOUTHWEST SOUTH RIVER DRIVE,
IDENTIFIED BY FOLIO NUMBERS 01-0201-010-1070 AND 01-0201-010-1020
(COLLECTIVELY, "RIVERFRONT PROPERTY"), FROM SOUTH RIVER
WAREHOUSE, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
("RESPONDENT") IN CASE NUMBER 21-027229-CA-01, PENDING IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA ("CASE"); OR (2) AUTHORIZING AN
AGREEMENT WITH RESPONDENT IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY ("SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT") TO SETTLE THE CASE IN THE
MANNER SET FORTH IN SUCH SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT ("PURCHASE AGREEMENT") IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT
"A," SUBSTANTIALLY INCORPORATING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
STIPULATED IN THE LETTER OF INTENT ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT
"B" ("LOI"), BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND GARAFIA, LLC, A
FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ("SELLER"), FOR THE ACQUISITION
OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BY FOLIO NUMBERS 01-4102-006-6450,
01-4102-006-6460, 01-4102-006-6470, 01-4102-006-6480 AND 01-4102-006-
6490 LOCATED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA (COLLECTIVELY, "ALTERNATIVE
PROPERTY"), FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, FOR UP TO TEN
MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($10,893,000.00), WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF NINE
MILLION DOLLARS ($9,000,000.00), BENEFITS -BASED ATTORNEY'S FEES,
EXPERTS FEES AND LITIGATION COSTS, AND ALL CLOSING COSTS;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS AND
MODIFICATIONS TO SAID AGREEMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE EITHER
THE ACQUISITION OF THE RIVERFRONT PROPERTY OR THE
SETTLEMENT OF THE CASE AND ACQUISITION OF THE ALTERNATIVE
PROPERTY; RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN
NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY
DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE CAPITAL PLAN, RELEVANT
FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH, FOR PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, AND FOR GRANTS AND
OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN PROGRESS IN CONNECTION HEREWITH;
FURTHER APPROVING, AUTHORIZING, AND DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE THIS AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO ADD TO AND
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TO REVISE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0328 ("ADOPTED CAPITAL PLAN"),
AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, APPROPRIATING FUNDS AS SET FORTH
HEREIN, AS APPLICABLE; ALLOCATING, APPROPRIATING, AND
AWARDING FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 3 COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF
THE CITY'S MIAMI FOR EVERYONE PROGRAM, PROJECT NO. 004-D3MFE,
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND
ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS ($9,111,502.00)
("MFE PROGRAM FUNDS"), WITH OTHER DISTRICT 3 FUNDING SOURCES
AS SET FORTH HEREIN IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF TEN MILLION SEVEN
HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,780,000.00) FOR THE
DEPOSIT AND ACQUISITION OF THE RIVERFRONT PROPERTY, OR IN THE
ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATING, APPROPRIATING AND AWARDING SUCH
FUNDS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,893,000.00) FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF
THE CASE AND ACQUISITION OF THE ALTERNATIVE PROPERTY, TO
COVER THE COST OF SAID SETTLEMENT AND ACQUISITION, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COST OF ATTORNEY'S FEES, EXPERT FEES,
LITIGATION COSTS, SURVEYS, ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS, TITLE
INSURANCE, DEMOLITION, SECURING THE PROPERTY, PROJECT
SIGNAGE AND ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID
ACQUISITION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, WITH ALL
SUCH FUNDING SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE,
AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR SAID
PURPOSES; FURTHER WAIVING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S
MIAMI FOR EVERYONE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0177, adopted on
April 22, 2021, authorized the City Manager to acquire certain real properties, including certain
riverfront properties located at 5 Southwest South River Drive and 27 Southwest South River
Drive, Miami, Florida (collectively, the "Riverfront Property") by negotiated acquisition or by
virtue of an eminent domain action for the express public purpose of establishing public parks
within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City filed a Petition in eminent domain against South River Warehouse,
LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company ("Respondent") in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh
Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida, Case No. 21-027229-CA-01 for the
condemnation of the Riverfront Property ("Case"); and
WHEREAS, the Circuit Court has issued a final judgment in favor of the City determining
that the taking of the Riverfront Property is reasonably necessary to serve the public purpose for
which it is being acquired ("Final Judgment"); and
WHEREAS, the Final Judgment further requires the City to deposit ten million seven
hundred and eighty thousand dollars and no cents ($10,780,000.00) as full compensation for
the taking of the Riverfront Property; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 73.091 and 73.092, Florida Statutes, the City is further
subject to the payment of attorneys' fees, experts' fees, and litigation costs claimed as taxable
under the amount of the verdict rendered by the jury; and
WHEREAS, should the City proceed with the deposit and acquisition of the Riverfront
Property, the attorneys' fees, experts' fees, and litigation costs specified above will be
separately adjudicated and in addition to the deposit amount; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified an assemblage of properties located within City
Commission District 3 and identified by Folio numbers 01-4102-006-6470, 01-4102-006-6460,
01-4102-006-6450, 01-4102-006-6480 and 01-4102-006-6480, in Miami, Florida (collectively,
the "Alternative Property"), the acquisition of which would be in the public's best interest; and
WHEREAS, if acquired, the City plans to construct an affordable housing project on the
Alternative Property given the City's emergency need of affordable housing that is in the best
interest of the City and the community; and
WHEREAS, the Alternative Property is owned by Garafia, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company ("Seller"), which is affiliated with Respondent by common ownership; and
WHEREAS, the City and Respondent have commenced negotiations to enter into a
settlement agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney ("Settlement Agreement") which
shall incorporate the purchase and sale agreement ("Purchase Agreement") attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A" resolving certain claims of the parties in connection with the Case,
incorporating terms and conditions stipulated in the Letter of Intent attached hereto as Exhibit
"B" ("LOI"), providing for the payment of benefits -based attorney's fees, expert fees, and
litigation costs, and providing for the City's acquisition of the Alternative Property for nine million
dollars ($9,000,000.00), with such other terms and conditions stipulated in such Purchase
Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 166.045(b), Florida Statutes, titled "Proposed Purchase
of Real Property by Municipality; Confidentiality of Records; Procedure," for each purchase in an
amount in excess of $500,000.00, the governing body shall obtain at least two (2) appraisals by
appraisers approved pursuant to Section 253.025, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City obtained two (2) appraisal reports from licensed State of Florida
certified appraisers; and
WHEREAS, Section 166.045(b), Florida Statutes, further states that if the agreed
purchase price exceeds the average price of the two (2) appraisals, the governing body is
required to approve the purchase by an extraordinary vote (i.e. a four -fifths (4/5ths) vote of the
City Commission); and
WHEREAS, the City's total cost for the Settlement Agreement and Purchase Agreement,
including attorney's fees, expert fees, litigation costs, purchase price, and all closing costs shall
not exceed ten million eight hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($10,893,000.00); and
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2023, pursuant to Resolution No. R-23-0178, the City of Miami
("City") created the Miami For Everyone ("MFE") Program to assist communities facing the long-
term complications resulting from declared emergencies and to address the specific needs of
the most vulnerable residents and businesses, through a strategy of focusing the provision of
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support towards priority areas of need that will further stabilize economic conditions within City
Districts; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the District 3 Commissioner will submit a grant application for
MFE program in an amount not to exceed nine million, one hundred eleven thousand, five
hundred two dollars ($9,111,502.00) ("MFE Program Funds") to fund, as applicable, either the
acquisition of the Riverfront Property, or the settlement and acquisition of the Alternative
Property;
WHEREAS, the MFE Program contains various program guidelines and requirements,
including that such funds cannot be used to pay expenditures such as defense and prosecution
of criminal and civil proceedings; and
WHEREAS, the underlying purpose of either acquisition is within the scope of the
Program and accomplishes the goals set forth therein notwithstanding the manner of acquisition
pursuant to condemnation proceedings; and
WHEREAS, as applicable, funding for the deposit and acquisition of the Riverfront
Property will be allocated, appropriated, and awarded from the MFE Program Funds, District 3
Real Estate Acquisition and Accessible Housing GF capital project number 40-B183416, District
3 Parks, Streets, Affordable Housing, and Lighting Improvements Reserve GF capital project
40-B40713A, and District 3 Park Impact Fees, in a combined total amount not to exceed ten
million seven hundred and eighty thousand dollars and no cents ($10,780,000); and
WHEREAS, as applicable, funding for the settlement and acquisition of the Alternative
Property will be allocated, appropriated, and awarded from the MFE Program Funds, District 3
Real Estate Acquisition and Accessible Housing GF capital project number 40-B183416, District
3 Parks, Streets, Affordable Housing, and Lighting Improvements Reserve GF capital project
40-B40713A, and District 3 Affordable Housing Trust Fund allocation, in a combined total
amount not to exceed ten million, eight hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($10,893,000.00);
and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to provide the City Manager with the requisite
authority to take either of the following actions on or before February 3, 2025: (1) submit the
deposit for the acquisition of the Riverfront Property; or (2) negotiate and execute the
Settlement Agreement and Purchase Agreement for the settlement of the Case and acquisition
of the Alternative Property; and
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 authorized' to either: (1) authorize the deposit and
payment of ten million seven hundred eighty thousand dollars ($10,780,000.00) for the
condemnation of the Riverfront Property as set forth in the Case; or (2) authorize the Settlement
Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney to settle the Case and negotiate and
execute the incorporated Purchase Agreement in substantially the form attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A," substantially incorporating terms and conditions stipulated in the
LOI between the City and Seller for the acquisition of the Alternative Property for affordable
housing for up to ten million eight hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($10,893,000.00),
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which is inclusive of the purchase price, benefits -based attorney's fees, experts fees and
litigation costs, and all closing costs.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute all
necessary documents, including amendments and modifications to said agreements, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, as may be necessary to effectuate either the acquisition of the
Riverfront Property or the proposed settlement and acquisition of the Alternative Property.
Section 4. The City Commission hereby ratifies, approves, and confirms certain
necessary actions by the City Manager and designated City departments in order to update the
capital plan, relevant financial controls and computer systems in connection therewith, for
project close-outs, and for grants and other funding sources in progress in connection herewith.
Section 5. The City Manager is further authorized' and directed to undertake a capital
plan amendment in order to add to and to revise capital projects in the City's Adopted Capital
Plan, as amended appropriating funds as set forth herein, as applicable.
Section 6. Funding is allocated, appropriated, and awarded from the District 3
Commissioner's share of the City's MFE Program Funds and other District 3 funding sources as
set forth herein in a total amount of ten million seven hundred eighty thousand dollars
($10,780,000.00) for the deposit and acquisition of the Riverfront Property, or in the alternative,
in a total amount of ten million eight hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($10,893,000.00) for
the settlement of the Case and acquisition of the Alternative Property to cover the cost of said
settlement and acquisition, including but not limited to the cost of attorney's fees, expert fees,
litigation costs, surveys, environmental reports, title insurance, demolition, securing the
property, project signage and all related closing costs associated with said acquisition, in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement and Purchase
Agreement, with all such funding subject to compliance with all Federal, State, and local laws
that regulate the use of such funds for said purposes.
Section 7. The requirements of the MFE Program restricting the use of such funds in
connection with civil proceedings are hereby waived.
Section 8. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
City Hall
3500 Pan American Dri
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.
File Number: 17133
Final Acti • Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHM (S),
APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT") WITH SOUTH RIVER WAREHOUSE, LLC, A FLORI
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ("RESPONDENT") IN CASE NUMB' ' 21
027229-CA-01, PENDING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EL ENTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLO
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE S
AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED PURCHASE AND SAL
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GENERAL RELEASE OF ITS CLAIMS
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N THE CITY OF MIAMI'S COMPLETION OF
N A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
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D CITY DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE
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GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN PROGRESS IN
TION HEREWITH; FURTHER APPROVING, AUTHORIZING, AND
TING THE CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE THIS AMENDMENT IN
0 4ER TO ADD TO AND TO REVISE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF
AMI'S ("CITY") FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN
DOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-24-
0328 ("ADOPTED CAPITAL PLAN"), AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 3 COMMISSIONER'S
SHARE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") MIAMI FOR EVERYONE
PROGRAM, PROJECT NO. 004-D3MFE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($10,893,000.00), SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE,
AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR SAID
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PURPOSE, TO COVER THE COST OF SAID SETTLEMENT AND
ACQUISITION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COST OF
ATTORNEY'S FEES, EXPERT FEES, SURVEYS, ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORTS, TITLE INSURANCE, DEMOLITION, SECURING THE PROPERTY,
PROJECT SIGNAGE AND ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH SAID ACQUISITION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND PURCHASE
AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0177 .dopted on
April 22, 2021, authorized the City Manager to acquire certain real properties, incl .ing certain
riverfront properties located at 5 Southwest South River Drive and 27 Southwes • outh River
Drive, Miami, Florida (collectively, the "Riverfront Property") by negotiated ac• sition or by
virtue of an eminent domain action for the express public purpose of establi ing public parks
within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City filed a Petition in eminent domain against south River Warehouse,
LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company ("Respondent") in the Circ Court of the Eleventh
Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida, Case No. -027229-CA-01 for the
condemnation of the Riverfront Property; and
WHEREAS, the Circuit Court has issued a final judg ent in favor of the City
determining that the taking of the Riverfront Property is re onably necessary to serve the
public purpose for which it is being acquired; and
WHEREAS, the final judgement further req ' es the City to deposit ten million seven
hundred and eighty thousand dollars and no cent- $10,780,000.00) as full compensation for
the taking of the Riverfront Property; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 73 ' • 1 and 73.092, Florida Statutes, the City is further
subject to the payment of attorneys' fees xperts' fees, and costs claimed as taxable under the
amount of the verdict rendered by the j ; and
WHEREAS, the City has id: tified an assemblage of properties located within City
Commission District 3 and identif d by Folio numbers 01-4102-006-6470, 01-4102-006-6460,
01-4102-006-6450, 01-4102-01 .-6480 and 01-4102-006-6480, in Miami, Florida (collectively,
the "Alternative Property"), th • acquisition of which would be in the public's best interest; and
WHEREAS, the plans to construct an affordable housing project on the Alternative
Property given the City'. emergency need of affordable housing that is in the best interest of the
City and the commu (the "Project"); and
WHERE '., the Alternative Property is owned by Garafia, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company ("Se r"), which is affiliated with Respondent by common ownership; and
W ' EAS, the City and Respondent have agreed to enter into a settlement agreement
("Settle nt Agreement") inclusive of a purchase and sale agreement ("Purchase Agreement")
attach:• and incorporated as Exhibit "A" resolving all claims of the parties in connection with
Cas: o. 21-027229-CA-01, incorporating terms and conditions stipulated in the Letter of Intent
att hed hereto as Exhibit "B" ("LOI"), providing for the payment of attorney's fees and expert
f -s, and providing for the City's acquisition of the Alternative Property for nine million dollars
$9,000,000.00), with such other terms and conditions stipulated in such Purchase Agreement;
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WHEREAS, the City's total cost for the Settlement Agreement and Purchase Agreement,
including attorney's fees, expert fees, purchase price, and closing costs shall not exceed ten
million eight hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($10,893,000.00); and
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2023, pursuant to Resolution No. R-23-0178, the City of Mia
("City") created the Miami For Everyone ("MFE") Program to assist communities facing the
term complications resulting from declared emergencies and to address the specific nee• of
the most vulnerable residents and businesses, through a strategy of focusing the provi '.n of
support towards priority areas of need that will further stabilize economic conditions in City
Districts; and
g-
WHEREAS, the Office of the District 3 Commissioner submitted a grant pplication, to
the City for MFE Program, attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "C," t• and the Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
THE CITY OF
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Prea e to this Resolution are
hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as '"ully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Settlement Agreement with Respond : t in Case No. 21-027229-CA-01,
pending in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit • and for Miami -Dade County,
Florida, is approved.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized1 t. -xecute the Settlement Agreement with
Respondent and associated Purchase Agreement th Seller for the acquisition of the
Alternative Property for a purchase price of nine !Ilion dollars ($9,000,000.00).
Section 4. The City Manager is furth
a general release of its claims and deman
prejudice, upon the City's completion of
Attorney.
authorized' to accept Respondent's execution of
and a dismissal of its claims against the City with
rtain specific terms, in a form acceptable to the City
Section 5. The City Manag is further authorized' to negotiate and execute all
necessary documents, including , mendments and modifications to said Settlement Agreement
or Purchase and Sale Agreem t, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, as may be
necessary to effectuate said .ettlement and acquisition.
Section 6. The y Manager is further authorized1 to allocate the Funds from the
Commissioner's share •f the City's MFE Program funds.
Section 7. ' unding for the acquisition is to be allocated in an amount not to exceed Ten
Million Eight Hu •red Ninety -Three Thousand Dollars ($10,893,000.00) from the MFE Program,
subject to co . fiance with all federal, state, and local laws that regulate the use of such funds
for said pur• •se, for the cost of the settlement and acquisition, including but not limited to the
cost of att• ney's fees, expert fees, surveys, environmental reports, title insurance, demolition,
securine property, project signage and all related closing costs associated with said
acqui ' on, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement and
Pur ase Agreement.
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.
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Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: