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Resolution: R-19-0428
File Number: 6354 Final Action Date: 10/24/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A FIFTH AMENDMENT TO
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT (RETAIL PARCEL)
("LEASE") BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND BAYSIDE
MARKETPLACE, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,
SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAYSIDE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
("DEVELOPER"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR
THE CITY -OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 401 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD,
MIAMI, FLORIDA TO MODIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE TO
INCLUDE AMENDING THE HEIGHT LIMITATION FOR A TEMPORARY
FERRIS WHEEL ("FERRIS WHEEL") TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FEET (180')
ABOVE GRADE SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND
REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI WITH ADDITIONAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN THE FIFTH
AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE, WHICH INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
A) THE EXPRESS RESERVATION OF ALL AIR RIGHTS TO THE CITY; B) AN
INCREASE IN HEIGHT FOR THE FERRIS WHEEL ONLY; C) THE LOCATION
OF THE FERRIS WHEEL AS DEPICTED ON THE EXHIBIT TO THE FIFTH
AMENDMENT; D) THE PAYMENT BY THE DEVELOPER TO THE CITY OF
TEN PERCENT (10%) OF GROSS RECEIPTS OF TICKET SALES FROM THE
FERRIS WHEEL AND PAYMENT OF THE APPROPRIATE TICKET
SURCHARGE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 53-1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AND E) THAT ALL OTHER HEIGHT
LIMITATIONS REMAIN IN EFFECT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") and Bayside Marketplace, LLC, a Delaware
Limited Liability Company, successor by merger to Bayside Center Limited Partnership
("Developer'), are the current landlord and tenant, respectively, under that certain Amended and
Restated Lease Agreement dated October 15, 1985, as amended by that certain First
Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated August 19, 1986, as further
amended by that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement
dated November 24, 1987, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Amended
and Restated Lease Agreement dated April 15, 1993, as further amended by that certain
Release and Settlement Agreement dated December 30, 2008, and as further amended by that
certain Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated September 24,
2014 (collectively and together with all attachments, exhibits, or riders thereto, "Lease") for
certain premises located at Bayside Marketplace in Miami, Florida, as more particularly
described in the Lease ("Leased Property"); and
WHEREAS, a memorandum of the Lease was recorded in Book 12684, at Page 157 and
supplemented in Book 13492, at Page 3199 of the Public Records of Miami -Dade County,
Florida; and
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WHEREAS, the City and the Developer (collectively, "Parties") desire to modify certain
provisions of the Lease, as more specifically set forth in the Fifth Amendment to the Lease
("Fifth Amendment") and to specifically include an amendment to the height limitation for a
Temporary Ferris Wheel ("Ferris Wheel") to one hundred eighty feet (180') above grade; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to cause ten percent (10%) of all revenue generated form
Ferris Wheel ticket sales to go to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Fifth Amendment was presented to the Waterfront Advisory Board
("WAB") on July 9, 2019 but due to a lack of a quorum, no action was taken by WAB; and
WHEREAS, the Fifth Amendment is subject to all other applicable laws, rules, and
regulations of the City of Miami including Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("Miami 21 Code"); and
WHEREAS, the Parties hereby specifically acknowledge that the operation of the Ferris
Wheel and all uses related directly or indirectly to the Fifth Amendment shall be subject to
Section 53-1 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code") pertaining to
ticket surcharges on paid admissions to events within the City;
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. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute the Fifth
Amendment, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for the Leased Property to modify certain
provisions of the Lease including amending the height limitation for the Ferris Wheel to one
hundred eighty feet (180') above grade, subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations of
the City, with additional terms and conditions as more particularly set forth in the Fifth
Amendment, which include but are not limited to: a) the express reservation of all air rights to
the City; b) the increase in height for the Ferris Wheel only; c) the location of the Ferris Wheel
as depicted on the Exhibit to the Fifth Amendment; d) the payment by the Developer to the City
of ten percent (10%) of gross receipts of ticket sales from the Ferris Wheel and payment of the
appropriate ticket surcharge, pursuant to Section 53-1 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,
as amended; and e) that all other height limitations remain in effect.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 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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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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