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best interests of citizens of City, to enter into
a contract providing for construction or a I,u00-
room hotel, a 2500 space parking garage, and a
1 million sq. ft. merchandise mart; authorizing
City Atty. to retain special counsel to assist
him in negotiations and drawing of a proposed
agreement; City to use best efforts to complete
negotiations within thirty days; accepting offer
of Trump Organization to provide a $100,000
good faith performance bond.
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11/23/76
Councilman Meyerson referred to negotiations 11/24/76
to be held with Trump Organization and suggested
that City Atty, be authorized to retain a
special attorney/negotiator in the preparation
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adjourned meeting to further review the matter.
(NOTE: This was initially set for 12/16 at
4:00 p.m. However, was changed to 12/16/76 at
2:30 p.m. following 12/9/76 Council Meeting.)
Mr. Rosenberg was asked to furnish an outline
of questions to the Council for the special
meeting. 12/8/76
Appearance by Atty. Morris Rosenberg to dis-
cuss proposed Hotel/Merchandise Mart/Garage
Complex, (deferred from 12/8/76). Deferred
to Dec. 16, 1976.
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City Mgr. advised he had reviewed situation and
concluded that neither the Council, Administra-
tion, Blue Ribbon Committee nor the City Atty.
had been given full information, and that he
had serious questions concerning what was in-
volved, and as of 10:23 a.m. he terminated the
services of Mr. Richard Lankenau. V.M. Weinstein
requested Administration to use utmost diligence
in proceeding to interest responsible, reputable
firms in developing this type of project at this
site. Mr. Harry Plissner appeared and said he
believed he had additional information on the
subject, and requested to be placed on the 1/19/77
agenda. Mayor Rosen suggested to Mr. Plissner
thanhe meet with City Mgr. for discussion of
matter.
12/15/76
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1/5/77
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concerned agencies as may be required. Fol-
lowing appearance by Mr. Harry Plissner, who
claimed that public hearings must be held prior
to leasing of City property for the purposes
contemplated, in view of the additional traffic
that will be generated, and its effect on the
existing business establishments, Councilman Dr.
Haber requested City Mgr. to furnish Council
with complete report on what had happened in
connection with withdrawal of Trump Organiza-
tion's interest. City Mgr. reported that mat-
ter is presently under investigation by a Feder-
al agency and is i:herefore out of the City's
hands; however, by next meeting, he will furnish 1/19/77
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Report of Hotel Advisory Committee re: selec- 11/3/76
tion of developer for a hotel and merchandise
mart on Site #2. Deferred per City Manager's
request, inasmuch as Committee is not prepared
to render report at this time. City Mgr. re-
quested to notify all members of Council when
future meetings are to be held so those who can
may attend. Councilman Spaet also requested
that the Council be notified of any unusual
happenings in the City prior to the Council's
learning of such items through the media.
Res. #76-15184 adopted, accepting proposal of 11/23/76
Trump Organization to make an offer to City
insofar as it is legal, practicable and to
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of contract for this project. Council considered
and approved City Atty's recommendation that Mr.
Morris Rosenberg be retained as the special atty.;
and also authorized City Atty. should he and Mr.
Rosenberg determine that a negotiator will be re-
quired, to retain in that capacity either Mr. Dan
Paul, the firm of Leventhal & Horvath, or Mr. S.Z.
Bennett. City Atty. to advise Council as to fees
required for these services.
Mr. Rosenberg appeared and reviewed questions 12/8/76
which had arisen in his discussions with the
proposed operators of hotel/merchandise mart/
garage complex. Council agreed to establish
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11/24/76
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Mr. Morris Rosenberg, Attorney, presented an 12/176
outline of the various phases of his consider-
ations for necessary contracts and leases for
proposed Hotel/Merchandise Mart/Garage Complex.
At conclusion of discussion, Mr. Rosenberg ad-
vised that he would come back to Council with
a document which the Council could use as a
base for a final agreement. He indicated he
would avail himself of the use of the Tech-
nical Committee and the Administration. Coun-
cilman Haber requested a written report from
the Administration prior to the meeting with
Mr. Rosenberg as to costs to the City of
this development.
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(FROM ADDENDUM) Special Assistant for Economic 1/5/77
Development appeared and rendered oral report.
(See entry,Card #6 of this date).
Discussion on going forward with proposed hotel/ 1/19/77
merchandise mart project, requested by Council-
man Dr. Wikler. He urged that the City Mgr. be
authorized to proceed with plans for development
of a Merchandise Mart, but before proceeding with
replacing the Special Assistant for Economic De-
velopment, that City Mgr. be directed to deter-
mine status of current and proposed projects of
Miami with a view towards coordination and co-
operation to eliminate duplication of effort, in-
cluding scheduling of such meetings between the
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Council with an updated report, after he has
reviewed matter with Federal agency involved. 1/19/77
Memo #6279, Merchandise Mart/Hotel Conv. Center- 4/6/77
update and recommended procedure for future
action. Deferred to April 20, 1977 for a full
Council.
Memo #6279, Merchandise Mart/Hotel Conv. Cen- 4/20/77
ter - update and recommended procedure for
future action (deferred from 4/6/77). Not
reached. Deferred to 5/4/77.