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He: Portion of Lot 26 and I,ot 27, Block 3,
Seco'd Ocean Front Su'bd,iv:Lsion.
Dear Sir:
jnclosed herevlith is De,~d or Dedieation on
:;bove rroperty for "ecordlng on Hl,lch nle'1s" r1aca
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C. -;. Tomlinson
City Clerk
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June 25, 1951
Mr. lf01"ll&!1 Rauch
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Miami Beach 39, Florida
Dear Mr. Rauch:
There is enclosed herew1 th a deed .trom the '!'rust...
of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida
conve:r1ng to you and :rour wUe the parcel or submersed
land in Indian Creek adjacent to your Lots 26 and 27,
Block 3, of Second Ocean Front SubdiVision, which land,
as you ImOW, has been filled and bulkheaded by the city.
'!'his deed is being f'orwarded to you pursuant to the
terms of the agreement dated January 3, 1950 between you
and Mrs. Rauch and the Ci tyof Miami Beach in connection
with the bulkheading and filling rererred to.
I am filing for record in the office or the Clerk
of the Circuit Court the deed of dedication executed by
you and Mrs. Rauch which was deposited with me together
with the agreement.
You haTe heretofore been not1f'ied as to the lien
which has accrued to the CIty by reason of the bulkhead
constructed by the city.
Yours very truly,
c. W. 'loalW011
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S AGREEMENT, Mad e
and LILLIAN RAUCH, his wife,
Partiesof the first part, hereinafter referred to as
the "Owner", and the CITY OF HIAHI BEACH, a Florida
Municipal Corporation, Party of the Second part, herein-
after referred to as the "City",
WIT N E SSE T H
l'!HEREAS, the II O\rnerll is the o',mer of the fee simple
title in and to the rollowing described land, situate, lying
and being in the City of Miami Beach, County of Dade, State
of Florida, to-~it:
Lots Twenty-six (26) and Twenty-seven (27)
of Block Three (3) of SECOND OCEAN FRONT
SUBDIVISION, according to the Amended Plat
thereof, recorded in Plat Book 28, at page
28, of the Public Records of Dade County,
Florida,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach deems it to be to the best interest of the "Cityll
to acquire, for the use of the public, an easement across
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the easterly portion of said land, for the purpose of
widening Indian Creek Drive, n public street in said
City, for st~eet and sidewalk purposes, said easterly
portion of Said land being hereinafter more fully
described, and
iJHEREAS, the "Owner" has indicated his willingness
to dedicate to the public for street and sidewalk uses,
said strip of land, in consideration of the filling,
by the "City", at the "City's" expense, of a tract of
submerged land now lying weste~ly of and adjacent to the
lands hereinbefore described, equal in depth and area at
least to the depth and area of the strip of land to be
required by the "City" for the street and side..l1:!lk pur-
poses hereinbefore referred to, said fill to consist of
material to be dredged from Indian Creek and to be filled
to an elevation of at least 2.5 feet above mean high water,
and
WHEREAS, the construction of a seawall or bulkhead
is deemed by the parties hereto to be necessary for the
purpose of retaining and protecting the fill to be made
by the "City" as aforesaid and to be of special benefit
to the land so filled and to the land adjacent thereto and
hereinbefore described, and
WHEREAS, it is desired by the parties hereto that
the full cost of the construction or the seawall or bulk-
head, hereinbefore referred to, shall be met in the first
instance by the "City" and that a portion of such cost
shall be assessed against the land filled as aforesaid and
the land hereinbefore described, the construction of said
seawall or bulkhead and the assessment for the cost thereof
to be done and performed substantially as provided for
in Sections 29 and 30 of the Charter of the"City",
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual cove-
nants hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:
1. The "Owner" has deposited a Deed of Dedication
describing the strip of land off of the easterly side of
lIOwner's" land which it is contemplated will be used for
street and sidewalk purposes, with the City Clerk of the
"City", which Deed perpetually dedicates said strip to the
use or The Public.
2. The said Deed of Dedication shall be retained
by the said City Clerk until such time as the City Engineer
of the "City" shall have certified to him, in ';lrHing, that
the filling and bulkheading to the west of "Owner's" land
has been substantially completed as herein contemplated,
and there has been procured by the City at the City's ex-
pense, and delivered to said "Owner", a deed from the
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of
Florida, conveying to the l'Ownerlt that certain tract of
submerged land bounded as follows:
Bounded on the westerly side by a portion of the line
described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly extension of the
northerly line of Lot Twenty-three (23)1 Block Three (3),
Amended Plat of the Second Ocean Front oubdivision ac-
cording to plat thereof recorded in Plat Book Twenty-eight
(28), Page Twenty-eight (28) of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida, said point being thirty-one (31) feet Wes-
terly of the westerly line of said Block Three (3); thence
in a northerly direction to a point on the westerly exten-
sion of the northerly line or Lot Twenty-six (26) of said
Block Three (3), said point being thirty-five (35) feet wes-
terly of the westerly line of said Block Three (3); thence
run in a northerly direction to a point on the westerly ex-
tension of the northerly line of Lot Twenty-eight (28) of
said Block Three (3), said point being forty (40) feet wes-
terly of the westerly line or said Block Three (3); bounded
on the southerly side by the westerly extension of the sou-
therly line of Lot Twenty-six (26) of said Block Three (3),
to its intersection with the above described westerly boun-
dary, said point of intersection being thirty-seven (37)
feet, more or less, westerly of the westerly line of said
Block Three (3); bounded on the northerly side by the wes-
terly extension of the northerly line of Lot Twenty-seven
(27) of said Block Three (3), to its intersection with the
above described westerly boundary, said point of intersec-
tion being rorty-one (~l) feet, more or lesst westerly of the
westerly line of said Block Three (3); bounded on the easterly
side by the westerly line of said Block Three (3);
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whereupon said City Clerk shall make such disposal of
said Deed of Dedication as shall be directed by the City
Manager of said City.
3. The "0wnerlf hereby waives any and all irregu-
larity and defects in the various proceedings incidental
to the assessing of the "Owner's" property (including
additions made by bulkheading and filling but excluding
the part thereof to be used for street purposes as herein
contemplated) and the "O"mer" 'Vlaives any and all objections
to the legality of the assessment herein provided for, and
the power and authority of the "City" to malce such assess-
ment, and the "Owner" further waives any and all notices
required for the purpose of making a final, binding and
valid assessment against said lands for bulkheading the
same and the "Owner" agrees tl1at the pro-rata cost of such
bulkheading, determined substantially in the manner pro-
vided by the Charter of the City, shall be and constitute
a valid and enforceable lien in favor of the City against
the "Owner's" property (including additions made pursuant
to the plan above set forth and excluding the portion
thereof to be used for street and sidewalk purposes), end
said assessment lien of the "City" shall be as effective
as though each and all requirements of law relative there-
to had been followed and observed without any deviation,
error or irregularity whatsoever, and this agreement, with-
out any other thing or act vThatsoever, shall be sufficient
to create such lien as of but not prior to the completion
of the work to be done by or under the direction of the
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"City", either by its own personnel or by independent
contractor, at the option of the lICity".
4. The pro-rata cost of bulkheading which shall
be assessed against the "O..mer' s" land shall be payable
in ten equal, annual installments, beginning one year
after the completion of said bulkheading, with interest
from said date of completion nt the rate of 4% per annum,
payable annually upon sums remaining from time to time
unpaid, provided the "O"mer" shall have the option to pay
the entire assessment together with accrued interest, at
any time? provided, however, that the principal anount
of such assessment shall not exceed the sum of $35.00
per lineal foot of bulkhead.
5. The amount to bs assessed against 1I0wner's"
property for said bulkheading shall be fixed and de-
termined substantially in the manner set forth in the
Charter of the "City" to the end that each property
owner shall bear no more than a just share of the cost
of impro~ement made in the area of his property.
6. The widening and paving of Indian Creek
Drive shall be undertaken, commenced and completed in
the shortest practicable time after the required right
of way shall have been obtained to the end that the
purposes and objects hereof may be consummated and
realized as soon as possible and the IlCity" agrees
that the full cost of paving, sidewalks and street
lighting will be borne by the "City".
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7. If any part of the land described in the
Deed of Dedication deposited as above recited shall be
entered upon by the IICitylJ and \'lork shall be commenced
for the purpose of widening Indian Creek Drive, then the
City shall be obligated to complete the same and to carry
forvTard to completion the uorlr of bulkheading and filling
to the \'lest of IIcnmer' Sll land as contemplated hereby.
8. The right of the City to assess the cost of
bu1.kheading as herein contemplated against the lIO':mer I slJ
land shall not be dependent upon the beginning or comple-
tion of the 1'Tork of v!idening Indian Creek Drive, but if
the IICityll commences the ,vork of bulkheading and/or filling
on the ground as herein contemplated, then it shall be
bound and obligated to complete the same, whereupon it
shall be entitled to assess the cost of the same ~gainst
lIOwner'slJ property as herein contemplated.
9. The filling and bulkheading herein contemplated
shall be substantially completed not later than June 1, 1950.
10. If the filling and bullUleading herein contem-
plated shall not have been substantially completed by the
date mentioned in Paragraph 9 above, then the lI01:mer" shall
have the right to 1:Tithdrav the Deed or Dedication deposited
as above recited "Ti th the City Clerk of the City, upon
demand and without prior notice.
11. If at any time prior to actual commencement of
the work upon the ground, the lICityll shall determine not to
undertake the work of bulkheading and filling herein con-
templated, it shall return the Deed of Dedication deposited
as above set rorth to the 1I0,merll "Thereupon this agreement
shall be at an end and there shall be no liability on the
part of the IICi ty" to the "O'mer".
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12. After June 1, 1950, this agreement shall in
any event be at an end and the "City's" right, title and
interest in the lands above described shall rest and depend
sOlely upon the Deed of Dedication hereunder, provided
the "City" shall have become entitled to take PosseSsion
of said Deed of Dedication by doing the work herein con-
templated, and after the date last mentioned no person
shall be charged 1'Tith notice hereof or of any claim or in-
terest in said lands by virtue hereof on the part of said
"Cityll and thereafter all 1
persons dea ing \"ith the "O\ffler"
relative to the "O'mer' s" property shall be entitled to
treat this document as a nullity and as an option which
has expired, provided the expiration of this document by
limitation of time shall not in any wise arrect the "City's"
lien acquired by actually doing the bulkheading at or ad-
jacent to the "Owner's" property as herein contemplated,
by the doing of which the "City" shall become entitled to
the Deed of Dedication deposited hereunder as above recited
and to a lien therefor as herein provided; and the "Cityll
agrees that it will e~ecute and deliver any further docu-
ment deemed necessary by the "O\'lner" ror the purpose of
relinqUishing any rights acquired hereby, in the event the
work herein contemplated is not undertaken by the "City",
provided that one blanket document shall be deemed suffi-
cient for all "OvTners" in the event such should become
proper by reason of the "City's" failure to do the work
contemplated.
13. "Owner's" property which is to be used for
street and sidewalk purposes is described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is the intersection of the southerly
line of Lot Twenty-six (26), Block Three (3) of the Second Ocean
Front SubdiviSion? according to the Amended Plat thereof recorded
in Plat Book Twenty-eight (28), Page Twenty-eight (28) of the
Public Records of Dade County, Florida! and the westerly line of
Harding Drive, as shown on said Plat, {now Indian Creek Drive)j
thence westerly along said southerly line of Lot Twenty-six (2b)
a distance of thirty-three (33) feet to a point; thence northerly
along a line for a distance of one hundred fifty-three and seven-
tenths (153.7) feet, more or less, to a point on the northerly line
of Lot Twenty-seven (27); said point being thirty-seven (37) feet
westerly of the said westerly line of Harding Drive (now Indian
Creek Drive); thence easterly along said northerly line of Lot
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Twenty-seven (27) for a distance of thirty-seven (37) feet
to the said westerly line of Harding Drive (now Indian Creek
Drive); thence southerly along said westerly line of Harding
Drive (now Indian Creek Drive) a distance of one hundred
fifty-four (15'4.0) feet, more or less, to the point of be-
ginning.
1,. Each and all of the terms and conditions
hereof shall be valid and binding and shall enure to the
benefit of the respective heirs, successors, legal repre-
sentatives and assigns of the several parties and the
record hereof shall be effective to that end, except as
limited by Paragraph 12 hereof.
IN vIITNESS 1;lHEREOF, the several parties have here-
unto set
eir respective hands and seals as of the ;;$
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STATE OF FLORIDA
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DADE
I fillREBY CERTIFY, That on this day personally
appeared before me, an officer duly authorized to
administer oaths and take acknowledgments,
NORMAN RAUCH and LILLIAN RAUCH, his wife,
to me well known to be the person s described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged
before me that they executed the same freely and volun-
tarily for the purposes therein expressed.
\HTNESS my hand and offlcial seal at Miami Beach
County of
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