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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit BCITY 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