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8/28/73
RESOLUTION NO. 7.3 "c i,
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO PURCHASE BY NEGOTIATION
IN LIEU OF CONDEMNATION PARCEL NO.
1537.1 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI EATON
PARK EXPANSION PROJECT, AS DES-
CRIBED HEREIN, FOR THE SUM OF
$35,937.50 WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI
ASSUMING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE 1973 AD VALOREM TAXES DUE;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
REIMBURSE THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR
THE COST OF HAVING THE TWO BUILD-
INGS ON THE PARCEL DEMOLISHED; AND
ALLOCATING $40,000 FROM THE 1972
PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
BOND FUND TO COVER THE COST AND
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES PERTI-
NENT TO THE ACQUISITION OF FEE
SIMPLE TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY.
WHEREAS, Parcel No. 1537.1 is a portion of the
property proposed to be acquired for the expansion of
Eaton Park; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Miami
approved the issuance of bonds to provide the funds to
defray the cost of such property acquisition to provide
for parks under the Parks for People Bond Program; and
WHEREAS, the necessary monies for said acquisition
are available in the 1972 Parks and Recreational Facilities
Bond Fund; and
WHEREAS, the owners of Parcel No. 1537.1 have
by agreement dated August 21, 1973, offered to convey Fee
Simple Title to this property to the City of Miami for
$35,937.50 with the City of Miami assuming the responsi-
bility for the 1973 ad valorem taxes due; and
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WHEREAS, a part of the negotiated settlement, the
owners of Parcel No. 1537.1 have requested repayment of the
out-of-pocket expenses totaling $750 they incurred for demo-
lition and removal of debris of the two buildings formerly
located on this parcel; and
WHEREAS, such expenses for the demolition of the
buildings would have had to have been assumed by the City
of Miami if the structures had not been demolished by the
property owners; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interest of
the City of Miami, Florida, to acquire this property at
this time through negotiated purchase.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'. FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the City Manager is
authorized and directed to purchase Parcel No. 153r.1 of
the Eaton Park expansion project for the sum of $35,937.50
with the City of Miami assuming the responsibility for the
1973 ad valorem taxes due, said parcel being described as
follows:
Lots 34 and 35 of White's Lemon City, as recorded
in Plat Book B at Page 32 of the Public Records
of Dade County, Florida, less the north four feet
for street, plus the east ten feet, of a 20-foot
wide alley abutting the west line of said Lot 35
and a strip of land lying south of and adjacent
to and abutting said Lots 35 and 34 lying between
the southerly extensions of the east line of
Lot 34, and the west line of the east 1/2 of a
20-foot alley.
Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized
and directed to reimburse the property owners for the cost
of having the two buildings on the parcel demolished.
SECTION 3. That $40,000 is allocated from the
1972 Parks and Recreational Facilities Bond Fund to cover
the cost of acquiring Fee Simple Title to the herein described
parcel of land.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 43 day ofc=s5
4PAr'Agoi, 1973.
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
Assistant City Attorney
REVIEWED BY: r._.
John S. Lloyd
Assistant Director of Law
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Alan-h. Rothstein
City Attorney