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AGREEMENT NUMBER
24689
NAME/TYPE OF AGREEMENT
STADIUM TOWER APARTMENTS
DESCRIPTION
DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT/2320 NW 8TH AVENUE MIAMI,
FLORIDA 33127/FILE ID: 12775/R-22-0420/MATTER ID: 22-
2776K
EFFECTIVE DATE
December 19, 2022
ATTESTED BY
NICOLE EWAN
ATTESTED DATE
12/19/2022
DATE RECEIVED FROM ISSUING
DEPT.
12/8/2023
NOTE
DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FOR
STADIUM TOWER APARTMENTS LLC
This Disbursement Agreement for American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA") funds
("Agreement") is made as of this 101*- day of 0 VA& (f , 2022 by and between STADIUM
TOWER APARTMENTS LLC, a Florida limited liability company (hereinafter the "Project
Sponsor"), and the C1TY OF MIAMI, a municipal corporation of the State of Florida (hereinafter
the "City").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Project Sponsor is developing a project known as Stadium Tower
Apartments (the "Project"), that will increase the supply of rental housing units for Very Low and
Low -Income Households in the community; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2022, and November 17, 2022, the City's Housing and
Commercial Loan Committee ("HCLC") and the Miami City Commission respectively approved
an allocation of ARPA funds in the amount of $1,800,000.00 (the "ARPA Funds") to Project
Sponsor for Project's hard and soft construction costs; and
WHEREAS, the funding commitment of the City to the Project Sponsor for the ARPA
Funds is more fully described in that certain ARPA Loan Agreement of even date herewith (the
"ARPA Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Project Sponsor and the City desire to establish the mechanism whereby
the Project Sponsor will apply to receive the ARPA Funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the Project Sponsor's construction and
development of the Project and the reciprocal agreements set forth herein, the Project Sponsor and
the City agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DISBURSEMENT PROCEDURE
1.1 The ARPA Agreement establishes the conditions to the City's obligation to loan
the ARPA Funds to the Project Sponsor. The Project Sponsor may not request disbursement of
funds pursuant to this Agreement until such funds are needed for the reimbursement of eligible
costs.
Provided the City is obligated to disburse the ARPA Funds pursuant to the terms of ARPA
Agreement and this Agreement, the City will disburse such funds in accordance with this Article
I.
1.2 The Project Sponsor shall submit draw requests for the ARPA Funds, which draw
requests will be submitted not more frequently than one (1) time per month. The Project Sponsor
will submit or cause to be submitted the following documentation to the City for the City's review
for sufficiency, prior to any disbursement of ARPA Funds by the City:
(a) Hard Costs:
(i) A written request for disbursement ("Request for Disbursement"), in a form
acceptable to the City, setting forth such details concerning construction of the Project as the City
shall require, including: the amount paid to date to the General Contractor constructing the Project
(the "Contractor") and pursuant to the contract for the construction of the Project between the
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Project Sponsor and the Contractor (the "Construction Contract"); the amounts, if any, paid
directly by the Project Sponsor to subcontractors of the Contractor and material men; the amount
then currently payable to the Contractor, broken down by trades; the amounts paid on account of
the Contractor's construction fee; and the balance of the construction costs which will remain
unpaid after the payment of the amount currently payable.
(ii) Any Request for Disbursement must be submitted to the City by no later
than the thirtieth (30th) day of each month. Each Request for Disbursement must be signed by the
Project Sponsor, the Architect for the Project and the Contractor.
(iii) Applications for receiving ARPA Funds for reimbursement of hard costs
will include a Memorandum of Advance and such architectural documents as the City may require.
The City Inspector, as described in Section 1.3 hereof, shall be required to certify with each draw
request: the amount of work on the Project that has been completed; the good and acceptable
workmanship of the Contractor and its subcontractors; compliance with approved final plans and
specifications of the Project; and such other matters as the City may require. Lien waivers/releases
shall be submitted to the City Inspector for review and approval before each disbursement. If the
City requires that its title insurance policy be updated, the Project Sponsor shall also submit to the
title insurance company all lien waivers/releases in connection with each proposed draw. All costs
associated with the title insurance company updating the title insurance policy shall be paid by the
Project Sponsor.
(b) Soft Costs:
(i) A Request for Disbursement, in a form acceptable to the City, together
with: (a) original invoices of those costs for which the Project Sponsor is requesting disbursement
(If 50% or less of a soft cost is being requested from the City, a copy of the invoice can accompany
the Request for Disbursement.), and (b) copies of the Project Sponsor's checks in payment of each
soft cost for which disbursement is being requested.
(ii) Within thirty (30) days of the date of each Request for Disbursement,
the Project Sponsor shall submit to the City copies of its cancelled checks confirming final
payment of each cost included in such Request for Disbursement.
(iii) Each Request for Disbursement of soft costs must be signed by the
Project Sponsor.
(c) Such other information and documents as the City may require including but not
limited to Phase 1 environmental report in a form acceptable to the City.
(d) Each Request for Disbursement shall constitute a representation and certification
by the Project Sponsor and the Contractor to the City that:
(i) The materials have been physically incorporated into the Project,
free of liens and security interests, and that the construction of the Project to date has been
performed substantially in accordance with the drawings and specifications and in a first-class
workmanlike manner;
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(ii) All governmental licenses and permits required by the Project as
then completed have been obtained and are available for inspection by the City;
(iii) The Project as then completed does not violate any law, ordinance,
rule, regulation, or order or decree of any court or governmental authority; and
(iv) No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and there is no
continuing default under the Construction Contract.
(v) The Project Sponsor, the Contractor and each subcontractor has
complied with all Federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to labor standards.
(vi) Such other information and documents as the City may reasonably
require.
1.3 The City Inspector will review the work that is incorporated into the Project and for
which each Request for Disbursement of the ARPA Funds is submitted. The City Inspector will
review and approve the final plans and specifications for the Project and will review and approve
the draw requests based on the percentage of work completed. The City Inspector's reviews,
approvals, and conclusions shall be for the sole benefit of the City.
All construction change orders must receive the prior written approval of the City
Inspector. Change orders that have not received the prior written approval of the City Inspector
shall not be approved for payment/ reimbursement by the City.
1.4 Within ten (10) working days of its receipt of a Request for Disbursement delivered
pursuant to Section 1.2 hereof and without attempting to verify the completeness of same, the City
will notify the City Inspector of the need to inspect the progress of construction work at the Project
(the "Notification") and shall forward to the City Inspector the Request for Disbursement that has
been delivered by the Project Sponsor.
1.5 The City Inspector shall complete its inspection and submit its report to the City
within five (5) working days of receipt of the Notification.
1.6 If the City finds the materials submitted by the Project Sponsor and the report of
inspection by the City Inspector to be satisfactory to the City and in accordance with the ARPA
Agreement, the City shall fund to the Project Sponsor the sum requested by the Project Sponsor or
such lower sum as the City deems appropriate.
1.7 The City shall fund disbursements of the ARPA Funds by no later than fourteen
(14) working days after it has received both the Request For Disbursement, in the form required
by Section 1.2 hereof, and the inspection report of the City Inspector, in the form required by
Sections 1.2 and 1.3 hereof.
1.8 The City shall retain five percent (5%) of the ARPA Funds allocated to the Project
Sponsor (the "Allocation Retainage") until it has received confirmation that the project has issued
a Certificate of Occupancy, and at the Project Sponsor's sole cost, a Final Cost Certification
prepared by an independent certified public accountant, both in form and substance acceptable to
the City.
1.9 The City reserves the right to refuse to fund any disbursement request(s) in the
event that the City determines that the Project and/or the Project Sponsor are not in compliance
with any local, state or federal law or requirement, including but not limited to the United States
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Department of the Treasury's final rule, 31 CFR Part 35, that implements the Coronavirus State
Fiscal and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021,
or an material provision of the Loan Documents.
1.10 Disbursements for other than hard costs, if permitted pursuant to the ARPA
Agreement, shall be made in accordance with the City of Miami Department of Housing and
Community Development Disbursement of Funds Checklist.
1.11 The City shall not fund any draw request in an amount that exceeds the City's initial
contribution percentage of the entire development cost of the project.
1.12 All ARPA Funds must be drawn down by December 31, 2026, in accordance with
ARPA regulations.
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS
2.1 This Agreement may only be amended in writing by all the parties hereto.
2.2 This Agreement, the ARPA Agreement and the other documents executed by the
parties in connection therewith constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto and no
other agreements or representations, unless incorporated in this Agreement, shall be binding upon
any of the parties hereto.
2.3 All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the
ARPA Agreement.
2.4 In the event litigation, arbitration, or mediation, between the parties hereto, arises
out of the terms of this Agreement, each party shall be responsible for its own attorney's fees, costs,
charges, and expenses through the conclusion of all appellate proceedings, and including any final
settlement or judgment.
2.5 Counterparts and Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Agreement.
The parties shall be entitled to sign and transmit an electronic signature of this Agreement
(whether by facsimile, PDF or other email transmission), which signature shall be binding
on the party whose name is contained therein. Any party providing an electronic signature
agrees to promptly execute and deliver to the other parties an original signed Agreement
upon request.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the Project Sponsor and
the City on the date first above written.
[Signature Page Follows]
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WITNESSES:
Print Name: I [MID 3
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Print Name:
PROJECT SPONSOR'S ADDRESS:
STADIUM TOWER APARTMENT
7735 NW 146th Street
Miami Lakes, FL 33016
Attention: Lewis Swezy
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE
PROJECT SPONSOR:
STADIUM TOWER APARTMENTS
LLC, a Florida limited liability
company
mewes S
Tit e: Manager
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me by means of 4hysical presence or O
online notarization, this kr5 day of ceee.. , 2022 by Lewis Swezy as Manager of Stadium
Tower Apartments, LLC. He is personally known to me or has produced as
identification.
(NOTARY PUBLIC SEAL)
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Serial Number, if any
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A 1'1'hST: CITY:
By. �
tC-T • : d Hannon
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Date: 1 •
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNESS:
By:
Victoria Nirndez
City Attorney
CITY OF MIAMI, a municipal corporation
of the State of Florida
By:
Arthur Non i ga V
City Manager
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