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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Arthur Noriega V., DATE: December 12, 2025
City Manager
FROM: Victor Turner,
Director
BACKGROUND
SUBJECT: Bid Waiver —Transfer City -Owned
Parcel of Land —1624 NW 1 Court
ENCLOSURE : Attachment
The City of Miami ("City") is the owner of the real property located at 1624 Northwest 1
Court, Miami, Florida, identified by Folio No. 01-3136-051-0060, ("Parcel").
L'Heure Productions, Inc., ("Developer") a Florida not -for -Profit Corporation has submitted
a proposal for the conveyance of the City -owned vacant lot located at 1624 NW 1 Court,
Miami, Florida, as more particularly described in Attachment "A, attached and
incorporated ("Parcel") pursuant to Section 29-B(a) of the Charter of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended ("Charter"), seeking the aforementioned Parcel for the purpose of
developing an affordable housing project.
Section 29-B(a) of the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Charter")
allows for the conveyance or disposition of City -owned property for the implementation of
projects which are intended to benefit persons or households with low and/or moderate
income.
The proposed development includes a duplex, two (2) two-story single-family residences,
each containing approximately 1,500 square feet of living area. Each residence will feature
three (3) bedrooms and two (2) bathrooms.
It shall be required that once the single-family residences are built the homes must be sold
through the City of Miami First -Time Homebuyer Program.
The City Administration recommends transferring with restrictions and automatic reverted
provisions the City -owned Parcel to the Developer, and allocating and appropriating One
Thousand Seventy -Five and 00/100 Dollars ($175,000.00) from the District 5
Commissioner's share of funds, subject to the receipt by the City Manager of the approval
of the project by the City of Miami's ("City") Housing and Commercial Loan Committee
("HCLC") ("HCLC approval") and subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions
contained herein and in the HCLC approval, provided that the developer fulfills all of the
terms and conditions to be set forth in the HCLC approval.
The Parcel shall be conveyed through an agreement ("Agreement") and any and all other
necessary documents, all in form(s) acceptable to the City Attorney.
RECOMENDATION
In light of the above stated, we request the approval of a waiver of the formal
requirements of competitive sealed bidding methods as not being practicable or
advantageous to the City as set forth in the City Code of Ordinance, as amended,
specifically Section 18-85 (A), and the affirmation of these written findings and the
forwarding of the same to the City Commission for ratification by a four -fifths vote is
respectfully requested.
APPROVED
Arthur Norie•a V., Ci y Manager
DISAPPROVE