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File ID: #17577
Resolution
Sponsored by: Commissioner Joe Carollo
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ALLOCATING
ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
SEVEN MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($7,000,000.00) FROM LEGALLY AVAILABLE
FUNDING SOURCES AS FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN, FORATOTALALLOCATION NOT
TO EXCEED TWELVE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($12,000,000.00) TO 8TH STREET
PROPERTIES, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ("DEVELOPER"), FOR THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENTS OF AN 8-STORY, HIGH RISE MIXED USE
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX PROJECT TO BE LOCATED AT 829
SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET, 845 SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET, AND 847 SOUTHWEST 8TH
STREET TO BE KNOWN AS "ESSENCE MIAMI" ("PROJECT"), SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GUIDELINES, THE RECEIPT BY THE CITY MANAGER OF THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF
THE ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION BY THE CITY'S HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL LOAN
COMMITTEE ("HCLC") AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS
CONTAINED IN THE HCLC APPROVAL (COLLECTIVELY, "HCLC APPROVAL"), AND ALL
FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR
SAID PURPOSE; SUCH ALLOCATION TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
FEDERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, LOCAL, AND CITY LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITY'S
SEVEN (7) AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS PROJECTS STRATEGIES, AND THE MIAMI
FOREVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIMITED AD VALOREM BONDS (COLLECTIVELY,
"LAWS"); SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE CITY MANAGER OF THE HCLC APPROVALS;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND
ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND
MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO
COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LAWS AND SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPER FULFILLING ALL OF
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO BE SET FORTH IN THE HCLC APPROVALS, IN ORDER
TO ALLOCATE THE CITY'S FUNDING TO THE PROJECT; 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 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; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-25-0174
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 17577 Final Action Date:5/8/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ALLOCATING
ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
SEVEN MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($7,000,000.00) FROM LEGALLY AVAILABLE
FUNDING SOURCES AS FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN, FOR A TOTAL ALLOCATION NOT
TO EXCEED TWELVE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($12,000,000.00) TO 8TH STREET
PROPERTIES, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ("DEVELOPER"), FOR THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENTS OF AN 8-STORY, HIGH RISE MIXED USE
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX PROJECT TO BE LOCATED AT 829
SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET, 845 SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET, AND 847 SOUTHWEST 8TH
STREET TO BE KNOWN AS "ESSENCE MIAMI" ("PROJECT"), SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GUIDELINES, THE RECEIPT BY THE CITY MANAGER OF THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF
THE ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION BY THE CITY'S HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL LOAN
COMMITTEE ("HCLC") AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS
CONTAINED IN THE HCLC APPROVAL (COLLECTIVELY, "HCLC APPROVAL"), AND ALL
FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR
SAID PURPOSE; SUCH ALLOCATION TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
FEDERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, LOCAL, AND CITY LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITY'S
SEVEN (7) AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS PROJECTS STRATEGIES, AND THE MIAMI
FOREVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIMITED AD VALOREM BONDS (COLLECTIVELY,
"LAWS"); SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE CITY MANAGER OF THE HCLC APPROVALS;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND
ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND
MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO
COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LAWS AND SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPER FULFILLING ALL OF
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO BE SET FORTH IN THE HCLC APPROVALS, IN ORDER
TO ALLOCATE THE CITY'S FUNDING TO THE PROJECT; 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 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; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, 8th Street Properties, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company
("Developer), is developing the proposed mixed -use development known as Essence
Miami which will be located at 829 Southwest 8th Street, 845 Southwest 8th Street, and
847 Southwest 8th Street and will provide no fewer than eighty-eight (88) affordable and/or
workforce rental units in District 3 ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2021, pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0222, the City
Commission allocated an amount not to exceed Five Million and 00/100 Dollars in Miami
Forever Affordable Housing Limited Ad Valorem Bonds ($5,000,000.00) to the
development of the affordable housing components of the Project, subject to any and all
terms, requirements, and conditions to be set forth by the City of Miami ("City") Housing
and Commercial Loan Committee ("HCLC") in its memoranda; and
WHEREAS, on July 30, 2021, HCLC approved the Project and established the
Project's terms, requirements, conditions, and affordability requirements; and
WHEREAS, on September 23, 2021, pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0391, the
City Commission approved the terms, conditions, and affordability requirements for the
Project as set forth by HCLC; and
WHEREAS, on April 27, 2022, the Developer executed loan documents with the
City for the Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00) of Miami Forever Affordable
Housing Limited Ad Valorem Bonds; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2024, the Developer submitted a letter to the City's
Department of Housing and Community Development requesting an extension of all of the
Project's benchmarks and for an update to the Project budget ("Extension Request"); and
WHEREAS, on November 15, 2024, HCLC approved the Developer's Extension
Request; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the approved Project terms, conditions, and affordability
requirements, the Project's total eighty-eight (88) affordable and/or workforce rental units
will consist of fifty-seven (57) one -bedroom, one -bath units, and thirty-one (31) two -
bedroom, one -bathroom units; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the approved Project terms, conditions, and affordability
requirements, eighteen (18) of the Project's total eighty-eight (88) rental units will be
restricted for households with incomes at or below sixty percent (60%) of median income
as determined by Florida Housing Finance Corporation ("FHFC"), with adjustments and
certain exceptions as provided by FHFC ("AMI"), and seventy (70) of the Project's total
eighty-eight (88) rental units will be restricted for households with incomes at or below one
hundred percent (100%) AMI; and
WHEREAS, due to inflation and significant increases in construction materials, the
Developer has requested Seven Million and 00/100 Dollars ($7,000,000.00) in additional
funding to be able to complete the Project ("Additional Funding"), attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A;" and
WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends and the City Commission finds that it is
in the City's best interest to allocate additional funding to the Developer for the Project in
an amount not to exceed Seven Million and 00/100 Dollars ($7,000,000.00) in additional
funding for a total allocation to the Developer for the Project in an amount not to exceed
Twelve Million and 00/100 Dollars ($12,000,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the City has identified that the Additional Funding for the affordable housing
component of the Project will consist of the following funding sources: Five Million, Three
Hundred Ninety Thousand and 00/100 Dollars $5,390,000 from the District 3 Share of Miami
Forever Affordable Housing Limited Ad Valorem Bonds, and One Million, Six Hundred Ten
Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($1,610,000.00) from the District 3 Share of Public Benefit Trust
Funding; and
WHEREAS, at the time of the Meeting, the Additional Funding request for the Project
had not yet been considered by HCLC, the City Commission's approval is subject to the
approval of the Additional Funding request by HCLC and the Developer fulfilling, in a timely
manner, any and all terms, requirements, and conditions to be set forth by HCLC in its
memoranda and fulfilling all requirements in order to be in compliance with the Bond Strategies
("HCLC Approvals"); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission expects to issue taxable and tax-exempt limited
ad valorem bonds payable from ad valorem taxes provided that the capital projects debt
millage does not exceed the rate of 0.5935 mills in accordance with the November 7,
2017, bond referendum approved by the voters, in order to, among other things, reimburse
the City of Miami ("City") for funds advanced by the City for certain expenses incurred with
respect to capital projects to be undertaken by the City to improve affordable housing
within the City's limits, all as indicated in a separate Resolution, the related City Manager's
Memorandum, and the seven (7) Affordable Housing Bonds Projects Strategies ("Bonds
Strategies"), inclusive of the affordable housing components of the Project; and
WHEREAS, such allocations shall be in compliance with all applicable Federal,
State of Florida, local, and City laws, rules, regulations, and procedures, including, but not
limited to, the Bonds Strategies, the Miami Forever Bond Validation Order, the Charter of
the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Charter"), and the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended ("City Code") (collectively, "Laws");
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY 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. Subject to the receipt by the City Manager of the HCLC Approvals,
which shall be consistent with the City Commission approval, the City Commission hereby
authorizes' and directs the City Manager to allocate additional funding, on a
reimbursement basis, in an amount not to exceed Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00)
from the legally available funding sources identified in this Resolution for the affordable
housing components of the Project being developed by the Developer provided that the
Developer fulfills any and all terms and conditions to be set forth in the HCLC Approvals,
which shall be consistent with the City Commission approval, and subject to compliance
with all Laws, for a total allocation of Twelve Million and 00/100 Dollars ($12,000,000.00)
to the Developer for the affordable housing components of the Project.
Section 3. Subject to the receipt by the City Manager of the HCLC Approvals, the
City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all necessary documents,
including amendments, extensions, and modifications, all in forms acceptable to the City
Attorney, subject to compliance with all Laws and subject to the Developer fulfilling all of
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.
the terms and conditions to be set forth in the HCLC Approvals, in order to allocate the
City's Miami Forever Bond funding to the Project.
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. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
g Wy j ng III, C y ttor -y 4/29/2025
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.