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MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING .
DECEMBER 23, 1987 - 9:00 A.M.
CITY HALL COMMISSION CIERS
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1. Roll Call - Meeting commenced at 3:27 p.m. ,
All present except Mr. Arkin. )
2. Acceptance of Minutes of December 2, 1987. 1 ,6,
3. Report of Executive Director 1 J,Ib
Executive Director submitted reports on: o
1) South Pointe Advisory Board - First meeting held
12/3/87 with eight members in attendance. Arthur !`.
Courshon and JoAnn Sawitz were elected Chairman and LA..1.1
Vice Chairman respectively. Committees were formed to .--. V
handle various important issues. Next meeting is �g use
scheduled for 1/13/88. ,�, .�
2) Old Police Station Development Proposal - Enabling _ u w ,. .=, ,
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resolutions adopted by Commission and Agency today. �'`�!� ,.� -) c-,;r:;
RFP scheduled for release second week in January. �� „,,,
3) South Pointe Property Owners Association - Meet i ng sl I ,*
continue regularly with discussions on keyissuesof .
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concern to the area, in particular, controlling crime,' )15?;.--
accelerating
demolition and/or rehabilitation of j", f
buildings, and curriculum content for South Beach�'� <r
Elementary School when reopened.
4) South Pointe Towers - Marketing & sales continu _fix ?al
strongly. Planning for second tower proceeding with )14" .`''-”-
construction currently scheduled to start in early ..��'`�
1989. A 500-room hotel and beach club are being ,--" a ?-
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concurrently planned. Contact with prospective , ii
international chains and major investment groups is '47- ,9141-
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being conducted in order to determine basic interest. , i, J)t --p-'41
5) South Beach Elementary School - City proceeding with 6',
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acquisition of parcels. City Attorney's office �, 1 ;
awaiting updated appraisal reports before initiating "}k-fr
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eminent domain procedures for 16parcels in Phase I. i,
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6) Cook Inlet Region, Inc. - Cityproceedingto draft I �.-,
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agreement to swap municipally-owned land with CIRI for i�r .
the purpose of completing the Washington Avenue f,.
entrance to South Pointe Park. -' �`
7) Light Rail Transit System - It is expected that a Lkitik
portion of the route of the proposed system will travel K
through South Pointe redevelopment area. ,c,AL- 1 c .
Transportation engineering and real estate/urban s M 1 .?
planning consultants previously short-listed by the 0
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Technical Advisory Group made presentations to a joint if / r
meeting of the City Commission and Program Management, /
Group on 12/9/87. Ranked first were: Parsons, .,--
Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas and ZHA, Inc. Contract , '''
negotiations are underway. Feasibility study is '��� -...
expected to commence in January 1988.
4. Old Business ,,''''-
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a. Bi-Weekly Finance Report (Copy of report filed
with records of meeting.) "-'� '"r
b. Direction concerning towing of automobiles near
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Old Police Station site. �� f'
5. New Business '� ; ', I'-''�”'I
a. Mmn o ‘!)7-1! �, 1-2 p„ ,�.
48-87 Resolution adopted authorizing Executive Director
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to seek appraisals for Blocks 78 and 80, Ocean fl ,v, `
Beach Addition No. 3, (old Police Station site) L) C.'
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and to negotiate options on privately-owned )117.0fril P Y \�
parcels within these two blocks, and authorizing! rr /3
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the Agency's attorneyto select and hire qualified3 \
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bond counsel for purposes of issuing tax increment ', ,.
revenue bonds when he deems it appropriate.6. Report of Agency Attorney - None. -A,,,,,,
7. Adjournment - 3:30 p.m. -d'' 2
Next meeting: CTed., January 6, 1988
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