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Exhibit "Cj" CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER-OFFICEVIEMORANDUM
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City Manager
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FROM: Andrew Frey, Director[
Department of Real Estate
& Asset Management ("DREAM")
February 19, 2025
Easement Agreement for FPL Striker
Substation at Miami Freedom Park
REFERENCES: N/A
ENCLOSURES:
Mr. Manager,
This is regarding agenda item File ID 17244 for a Resolution of the Miami City Commission, granting easement rights to
Florida Power and Light Company ("FPL") for the proposed FPL Striker Substation, on a certain portion of Miami Freedom
Park identified by Folio Numbers 01-3132-000-0090 and 01-3132-000-0105, Miami, Florida ("Property").
The City of Miami ("City") and Miami Freedom Park, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Tenant") entered into
that certain Ground Lease for Soccer Stadium, effectively dated February 9, 2023 (the "Ground Lease"). Pursuant to the
Ground Lease, City leased to Tenant that certain parcel of real property for a soccer stadium (the "Stadium Parcel"). To
operate the Stadium Parcel efficiently, the City seeks to establish an electric substation. Also, the City is currently in the
process of constructing a new administrative headquarters, which shall be located within a portion of the Property ("New
City Administration Building").
FPL has requested the easements ("Easement Agreement") on that certain portion of the Property, containing a combined
total size of approximately ninety-three thousand four hundred fifty-nine thousand (93,459) square feet, for the
equipment and improvements constructed or placed on the substation premises, including but not limited to an electric
substation and equipment associated therewith, attachments and appurtenant facilities, equipment for the transmission
and distribution of electricity and for utility communication purposes and other uses consistent with the operation of an
electric utility substation, including, but not limited to, above ground and underground wires, poles, breakers, bus, relay
vault, towers, cables, conduits, fiber, anchors, guys, conveyance pipes related to the exfiltration system and equipment
associated therewith, attachments and appurtenant equipment, transformers, buildings, fences, roads, driveway, trails,
landscape and irrigation, attachments and equipment for electrical purposes, and other uses consistent with the operation
of an electric utility substation (collectively, "Substation Facilities"). FPL has agreed to compensate the City in the amount
of Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,810,000) for the Easement Agreement for the Substation Facilities.
There is currently in effect a franchise agreement between the City and FPL, the terms of which are set forth in City of
Miami Ordinance No. 9472. The City recognizes FPL as a public utility which has the demonstrated ability to supply such
electrical services. Therefore, the Substation Facilities will be necessary in order to bring electrical service to the New City
Administration Building and Stadium Parcel.
Section 18-179 of the City Code provides that competitive bidding requirements may be waived upon the City Manager's
finding "that such methods would be futile for the reason that only one possible bidder can be chosen" so long as the
procedural requirements of Section 18-182 are satisfied. Section 18-182(c) of the City Code provides in relevant part that
"the city commission may declare an exemption from the restrictions contained in subsection (a) above and declare them
inapplicable by resolution provided that the city manager has made a written finding that it is in the best interest of the
city, which findings must be ratified by an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the commission after properly advertised public
hearing."
In light of the above, this memorandum serves to confirm your findings and recommendation to the City Commission that
it is in the best interest to consummate this Easement Agreement to FPL.
Please sign below to acknowledge your approval.
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Art Noriega V
City Manager
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