HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Manager's ApprovalCITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Emilio T. Gonzalez, Ph.D.
City Manager
FROM:, rector
ousmg and Community Development
BACKGROUND
DATE: November 2, 2018 FILE:
SUBJECT: Centennial (135)
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
On November 21, 2016, the City of Miami ("City") issued a Request for Proposals ("RFP"), inviting
qualified private real estate developers to propose developments of affordable/workforce rental housing on
certain City -owned parcels of land.
A total of six (6) responses were received of which, two (2) met the minimum threshold and fulfilled all the
proposal requirements as responsive and responsible bidders: Atlantic Pacific Communities, LLC and
Centennial Management, Corp. (collectively, "Developers").
On November 16, 2017, pursuant to Resolution No. 17-0512, the City Commission transferred, with
affordable/workforce rental housing restrictions and automatic reverter provisions, the City -owned
properties located between Northwest 13th and 15th Avenues and Northwest 61 st and 62nd Streets, Miami,
Florida, (collectively, "Original Sites") to the respective Developers for the construction of
affordable/workforce housing for eligible low to moderate income persons.
On August 10, 2018, Centennial Management Corp. ("Developer") submitted a Letter of Request, to the
City, for additional sites located at 1320 Northwest 61 Street, Miami, Florida and 1370 Northwest 61st
Street, Miami, Florida, as more particularly described in "Attachment "A," attached an incorporated
(collectively, "Parcels"), which are in close proximity to the Developer's portion of the Original Sites.
The Original Sites do not comply with the minimum requirement for the Federal Housing Finance Agency
("FHFC") loan funding because the Original Sites do not provide the sufficient numbers of units.
RECOMMENDATION
In light of the above stated, 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.
❑ PROVED: ❑ DISAPPROVAL:
Tnfilio T onz lez, Ph.D.
City M ager
HCD18088