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Resolution: R-15-0527
File Number: 15-01563
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 12/10/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
MARCH 15, 2016, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED
ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
DISAPPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING REFERENDUM BALLOT QUESTION:
"SHALL THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO LEASE APPROXIMATELY 0.73 ACRES OF
WATERFRONT LAND ON THE MIAMI RIVER TO RIVERSIDE WHARF LLC,
PROVIDING FOR 1) $195,500.00 OF MINIMUM GUARANTEED ANNUAL RENT,
AND 2) AN INVESTMENT OF APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION IN PRIVATELY
FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF
RESTAURANTS AND THE CONTINUITY OF THE PUBLIC MIAMI RIVERWALK, FOR
ATHIRTY (30) YEAR TERM WITH TWO (2) TEN (10) YEAR RENEWAL
OPTIONS?"; DESIGNATING AND APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS THE
OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO
THE USE OF VOTER REGISTRATION BOOKS AND RECORDS; DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO BE
DELIVERED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, NOT LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF
SUCH REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") owns the property located at 236 and 298 Southwest North
River Drive, Miami, Florida, 33130 ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, on June 15, 2015, the City's Department of Real Estate and Asset Management
("DREAM") advertised Request for Proposals ("RFP") No. 14-15-024 to solicit proposals for the
development of the Property including planning, design, construction, leasing and management
services; and
WHEREAS, on September 14, 2015, the solicitation period closed with receipt of one (1) proposal
from Riverside Wharf LLC ("Proposer") deemed responsive and responsible in accordance with the
RFP's terms and conditions; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the RFP, the City Manager appointed an Evaluation Selection Committee
("Committee") to evaluate said responsive and responsible proposal; and
WHEREAS, the Committee met on December 8, 2015 to evaluate the criteria and scoring values
assigned and to render a written Memorandum for Recommendation for Award ("Recommendation")
to the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager approved the Committee's Recommendation and submitted the
same to the City Commission for their ultimate consideration and approval; and
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WHEREAS, the above actions and procedures have been performed in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Charter and Code of the City of Miami, Florida, and provisions contained
within the RFP;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. In accordance with the provisions of Section 29-B of the Charter of the City of Miami,
Florida and Section 2-12 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, a referendum Special
Election is hereby called and directed to be held in the City, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M., on
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City for their
approval or disapproval of the proposed lease of the Property as set forth in the Ballot Question.
Section 3. The referendum Special Election shall be held at the voting places in the precincts
designated, all as shown on the list attached hereto and made a part hereof and referred to as Exhibit
No. 1, or as may be designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, in
conformity with the provisions of the general laws of the State of Florida ("State"). The Precinct
Election Clerks and Inspectors to serve at said polling places on said election date shall be those
designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, for such purpose in
accordance with the general laws of the State. A description of the registration books and records
which pertain to election precincts wholly or partly within the City, and which the City is hereby
adopting and desires to use for holding such referendum Special Election is as follows: all registration
cards, books, records and certificates pertaining to electors of the City and established and
maintained as official by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, in conformity with
the provisions of the general laws of the State, are hereby adopted and declared to be, and shall
hereafter be recognized and accepted as, official registration cards, books, records and certificates of
the City.
Section 4. In compliance with Section 100.342, Florida Statutes (2015), the City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to publish notice of the adoption of the herein resolution and of the provisions
hereof, at least twice, once in the fifth week and once in the third week prior to the week in which the
aforesaid referendum Special Election is to be held, in newspaper(s) of general circulation in the City
of Miami, Florida, which notice shall be substantially in the following form:
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016
IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 15-0527
A referendum Special Election will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 from 7:00
A.M. until 7:00 P.M. in the City of Miami, Florida, at the polling places in the several
election precincts designated by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami -Dade
County, Florida, as set forth herein, unless otherwise provided by law, for the purpose
of submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Miami, Florida, the following
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question:
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"Shall the City be authorized to lease approximately 0.73 acres of waterfront land on the Miami River
to Riverside Wharf LLC, providing for 1) $195,500.00 of minimum guaranteed annual rent, and 2) an
investment of approximately $7 million in privately funded improvements including the construction of
restaurants and the continuity of the public Miami Riverwalk, for a thirty (30) year term with two (2) ten
(10) year renewal options?"
By order of the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida.
City Clerk
A list of City of Miami polling places follows:
(Insert list of City of Miami polling places.)
YES
(For the Measure)
NO
(Against the Measure)
Section 5. The official ballot to be used at said referendum Special Election shall be in full
compliance with the laws of the State of Florida with respect to absentee ballots and to the use of the
mechanical voting machines or the Computer Election System, and shall be in substantially the
following form, to wit:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016
FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF
THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
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Proposed lease of city -owned waterfront
lands on the Miami River
"Shall the City be authorized to lease
approximately 0.73 acres of waterfront land on the
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Miami River to Riverside Wharf LLC, providing for
1) $195,500.00 of minimum guaranteed annual
rent, and 2) an investment of approximately $7
million in privately funded improvements including
the construction of restaurants and the continuity
of the public Miami Riverwalk, for a thirty (30) year
term with two (2) ten (10) year renewal options?"
YES
(For the Measure)
NO
(Against the Measure)
Section 6. The form of the ballot shall be in accordance with the requirements of general
election laws. Electors desiring to vote to approve the Question described above, shall be instructed
to mark in the appropriate place next to the word "YES" within the ballot containing the statement
relating to the Question. Electors desiring to vote to disapprove the Question described above, shall
be instructed to mark in the appropriate place next to the word "NO" within the ballot containing the
statement relating to the Question.
Section 7. The City Clerk shall cause to be prepared absentee ballots containing the Question
set forth in Section 5 above for the use of absentee electors entitled to cast such ballots in said
referendum Special Election.
Section 8. All qualified electors of said City shall be permitted to vote in said referendum Special
Election and the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, is hereby requested,
authorized, and directed to furnish, at the cost and expense of the City, a list of all qualified electors
residing in the City as shown by the registration books and records of the Office of said Supervisor of
Elections and duly certify the same for delivery to and for use by the election officials designated to
serve at the respective polling places in said election precincts.
Section 9. For the purpose of enabling persons to register who are qualified to vote in said
referendum Special Election to be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, and who have not registered
under the provisions of the general laws of Florida and Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, or who have transferred their legal residence from one voting precinct to another in the City,
they may register Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Miami -Dade County
Elections Department located at 2700 Northwest 87th Avenue, Doral, Florida, within such period of
time as may be designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida. In addition
to the above place and times, qualified persons may register at such branch offices and may also
use any mobile registration van for the purpose of registration in order to vote in the herein described
referendum special election during such times and on such dates as may be designated by the
Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida.
Section 10. Todd B. Hannon, the City Clerk of the City of Miami, Florida, or his duly appointed
successor, is hereby designated and appointed as the official representative of the Commission of
the City of Miami, Florida, in all transactions with the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County,
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Florida, in relation to matters pertaining to the use of the registration books and the holding of said
referendum special election.
Section 11. The City Clerk shall deliver a certified copy of this Resolution to the Supervisor of
Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the
herein referendum Special Election.
Section 12. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{1 }
Footnotes:
{1} 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.
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