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2016-29355 Reso RESOLUTION NO.; 2016-29355 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND CITYWIDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE TO PURSUE NEW GARAGE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE INCORPORATION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING WHEREAS, Walker Parking Consultants conducted a Citywide parking demand analysis, including the identification of certain municipal parking lots that would serve well for the development of garages; and WHEREAS, there are several initiatives, at varying levels of progress, to expand the City's parking garage inventory which include: (1) Request for Proposals No. 2016-009-ME, seeking proposals from parties interested in partnering with the City to develop public parking garages within the City of Miami Beach. (2) development of standalone City projects to: a. promote behavior modification to encourage use of off-street parking versus on-street parking to reduce traffic congestion; and b. provide an option for a dedicated path for streetcar/light rail in certain corridors. (3) interest expressed by private parties in developing sites as public-private developments along northern West Avenue; and WHEREAS, subsequent to these initiatives, the Mayor and City Commission has given direction to pursue workforce housing options in parking expansion projects; and WHEREAS, on March 18, 2016, the Administration provided parking status updates to the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee and approved the following recommendations: 1. pursue workforce housing in new parking garage projects concentrating on: a. Municipal Parking Lot P55, located at 2660 Collins Avenue (including a concept design that reduces the impact on neighbors); b. Municipal Parking Lot P23 and P24, located at 1623 and 1671 West Avenue, (respectively, as a City stand-alone project or with a developer); c. Municipal Parking Lot P13, located at 1000 Washington Avenue; 2. garages should have a liner with retail or possibly art studios on the first level, 3. provide consideration for increased height up to 75 feet, contingent upon the neighborhood; 4. design new garages with flexibility to be converted to workforce housing in the long term, if parking demand declines. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby accept the recommendation of the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee to pursue new garage development initiatives including the incorporation of workforce housing. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13 day of April 2016. ATTEST: j /a i%0 Ra"aaF. Gran do, Ci`'4.r 116 b 144��� Philip evi (Mayor • • JLM/KGB/SF : iNniwP. n T:\AGENDA\2016\April\Par ,g\Rec a • arag=� FH04132016.res.doc C ' c• �f/ r-- APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE- &FOR EXECUTION jor; (-- 3-13 - a City Attorney Date • COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY Condensed Title: A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, accepting the Recommendation of the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee to pursue new garage development initiatives; include workforce housing that may require certain conditions, height variances; and design with the ability to be converted to workforce housing in the future, if parking demand declines. Key Intended Outcome Supported: Ensure Comprehensive Mobility Addressing All Modes Throughout The City. Supporting Data (Surveys, Environmental Scan, etc.): Miami Beach Customer Survey indicates 74%of residents and 72%of businesses rate the availability of parking across the City as too little or much too little. Availability of parking was one of the changes residents identified to make Miami Beach a better to live, work or play. Item Summary/Recommendation: Walker Parking Consultants conducted a citywide parking demand analysis, including the identification of certain municipal parking lots that would serve well for the development of garages. Subsequently,there are several initiatives, at varying levels of progress,to expand the City's parking garage inventory, these include: Issuance of an RFP for the Development of Parking Garages within the City; Development of standalone City projects to promote behavior modification to encourage use of off-street parking versus on-street parking to reduce traffic congestion and provide an option for a dedicated path for streetcar/light rail in certain corridors. Also, private entities have expressed interest in developing sites either as joint development or P3 projects along northern West Avenue. Subsequent to these initiatives, the Mayor and Commission has given direction to pursue workforce housing options. The aforementioned RFP for Development of Parking Garages and development of city surface parking lots to garages predated this direction to include workforce housing in parking expansion projects. Henceforth, the Administration will review each project and provide recommendations for workforce housing where it would be most suitable. The Finance Committee motioned and approved the following recommendation: Pursue Workforce Housing in new parking garages, concentrating on Municipal Parking Lot P55, located at 2660 Collins Avenue, including a concept design that reduces the impact on neighbors; Municipal Parking Lot P23 and P24, located at 1623 and 1671 West Avenue, respectively, as a City standalone project or with a developer; and Municipal Parking Lot P13, located at 1000 Washington Avenue. The recommendation further states, garages should have a liner with neighborhood retail or art studios on the first level; provide consideration for increased height up to 75 feet, contingent upon the neighborhood; and design new garages with flexibility to be converted to workforce housing in the long term, if parking demand declines Additionally, the Administration recommends workforce housing be a turnkey operation and awarded to private sector expertise through a competitive procurement process. Administration Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution. Financial Information: Source of Amount Account Funds: 1 • 2 3 OBPI Total Financial Impact Summary: City Clerk's Office Legislative Tracking: [Saul Frances Sign-Offs: Department Director Assistant City Manager City Ma t`a•er SF •,_ KGB rr:► JLM T:\AGENDA\2016\Apn T:\AGENDA\2016\ApriI132016\Recomme •ationFCWPCGarageWFH.sum.doc AGENDA ITEM G? Q MIAAAIBEACHAGENDA -1 - DATE �( 3 !co MIAMIBEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 331 39,www.miamibeachfl.gov COMMIS ON MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members if the City ! ommission FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager tr, ! DATE: April 13, 2016 III, SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYO AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACC PTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND CITYWIDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE TO PURSUE NEW GARAGE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES; INCLUDE WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT MAY REQUIRE CERTAIN CONDITIONS, HEIGHT VARIANCES; AND DESIGN WITH THE ABILITY TO BE CONVERTED TO WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE FUTURE, IF PARKING DEMAND DECLINES. BACKGROUND As you may recall, Walker Parking Consultants conducted a citywide parking demand analysis, including the identification of certain municipal parking lots that would serve well for the development of garages. Subsequently,there are several initiatives, at varying levels of progress, to expand the City's parking garage inventory, these include: (1) Issuance of an RFP for the Development of Parking Garages within the City. (2) Development of standalone City projects to: a. Promote behavior modification to encourage use of off-street parking versus on-street parking to reduce traffic congestion and b. Provide an option for a dedicated path for streetcar/light rail in certain corridors. (3) Private entities have expressed interest in developing sites either as joint development or P3 projects along northern West Avenue. Subsequent to these initiatives, the Mayor and Commission has given direction to pursue workforce housing options. The aforementioned RFP for Development of Parking Garages and development of city surface parking lots to garages predated this direction to include workforce housing in parking expansion projects. Henceforth,the Administration will review each project and provide recommendations for workforce housing where it would be most suitable. FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS The Finance Committee motioned and approved the following recommendation: 1. Pursue Workforce Housing in new parking garages, concentrating on: a. Municipal Parking Lot P55, located at 2660 Collins Avenue, including a concept design that reduces the impact on neighbors. b. Municipal Parking Lot P23 and P24, located at 1623 and 1671 West Avenue, respectively, as a City standalone project or with a developer. c. Municipal Parking Lot P13, located at 1000 Washington Avenue. 2. Garages should have a liner with neighborhood retail or art studios on the first level. April 13, 2016 City Commission Memo Accept Recommendation FCWPC New Garages& Workforce Housing Page 2 of 5 3. Provide consideration for increased height up to 75 feet, contingent upon the neighborhood. 4. Design new garages with flexibility to be converted to workforce housing in the long term, if parking demand declines Additionally,the Administration recommends workforce housing be a turnkey operation and awarded to private sector expertise through a competitive procurement process. ANALYSIS On March 18, 2016,the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee(FCWPC)discussed Item Nos. 208, 238, 263, and 277). The following are updates for each item, some of which were derived from the Walker Parking Analysis; aforementioned RFP process, and interest expressed by private entities. Item No. 208 - Parking Demand Analysis/Walker Parking On September 22, 2015, LTC 383-2015 was issued and the referenced parking demand analysis, in its entirety, including a Supplemental Report is available online. The Supplemental Report contains the following updated information: • Removal of private parking utilization contained in the initial report. • Parking rate analysis and recommended strategies. • Conceptual parking structure layouts for various city owned metered parking lots. The following locations were Identified in the Walker Parking analysis for potential Parking Garage Expansion. Staff has evaluated these locations and worked with the Planning Department to evaluate co-locating workforce housing on those sites: Location Spaces/Levels Workforce Housing Status City Parking Lot No. 270 spaces Medium See City Standalone P13,1000 Wash Ave 3 levels below City Parking Lot No. 150 spaces Low See City Standalone P16,1262 Collins Ave 3 levels below City Parking Lot No. 400 spaces High See City Standalone P55, 2660 Collins Ave 4 levels below City Parking Lot P63, 525 spaces Medium See City Standalone 42nd St/R. Palm Ave 3 levels below 930 Washington Ave 247 total spaces Low See RFP to Develop Prop LLC/RF 930 145 City spaces Garages below Washington Ave LLC Net +121 spaces Terranova 830 W.42nd 123 spaces on 2 Low See RFP to Develop Street levels or 188 Garages below spaces on 3 levels City Parking Lot P23 238 spaces High Potential JV/P3 1623 West Ave 3 levels City Parking Lot P24 N/A High Potential JV/P3 1671 West Ave RFP for the Development of Parking Garages within the City: April 13, 2016 City Commission Memo Accept Recommendation FCWPC New Garages & Workforce Housing Page 3 of 5 The following two proposals were received through the RFP process and were approved by the City Commission to proceed to Phase II (term sheet/financial proposal). Washington Properties, LLC and RF 930 Washington, LLC 1. Washington Properties, LLC and RF 930 Washington, LLC, the "Developer" proposed a joint development of Municipal Parking Lot No. P12, containing 24 parking spaces, located at 900 Washington Avenue and the adjacent property, located at 930 Washington Avenue, currently a bank with a drive-thru teller facility and small parking lot. The Developer proposes a 145 room hotel that would serve as liner building to a 247 space parking garage. Of the 247 spaces, 145 are proposed to be"City"owned public parking spaces, increasing parking availability by 121 spaces. The balance, 102 spaces, are required parking for retail and hotel accessory use. 2. Terranova Corporation Terranova Corporation, the"Developer" proposed a joint development of Municipal Parking Lot No. P62, located at the southeast corner of West 42nd Street and Jefferson Avenue, containing 30 parking spaces and the adjacent property, located at 830 West 42nd Street, currently a private parking lot owned and serving the Terranova office building. The Developer proposes a parking garage with either 123 spaces on two levels or 188 spaces on three levels, compared to 30 parking spaces in the existing City lot, results in an increase of 93 to 158 total spaces. In either alternative, Terranova requires 40 spaces in the immediate term and not to exceed 60 spaces in the longer term. The balance of the parking spaces would be City owned public parking spaces, increasing parking availability between 53 and 118 parking spaces, contingent upon the alternative selected and potential future demand by Terranova. City Standalone Projects: The following projects were approved as part of the FY 2015/16 Capital Budget and FY 2015/16— FY 2020/21 Adopted CIP. • Conversion of Municipal Parking Lot No. P13, located at 1000 Washington Avenue to a garage. • Conversion of Municipal Parking Lot No. P16, located at 1262 Collins Avenue to a garage. • Expansion of an existing garage at 12th Street and Drexel Avenue (Police Station). The CIP (Capital Improvement Projects) Department is actively moving these projects forward by developing design and feasibility. Please note private entities have expressed interest in developing two sites either as joint development or P3 projects along northern West Avenue that may serve as "intercept" garages from the Venetian Causeway. Please note further that the sale, exchange, conveyance or lease of ten years or longer of properties between 16th Street and 17th Street shall require approval by a majority vote of the voters in a City-wide referendum, pursuant to the City of Miami Beach Charter. April 13, 2016 City Commission Memo Accept Recommendation FCWPC New Garages & Workforce Housing Page 4 of 5 Intermodal/Intercept Garages The City's Transportation Department is evaluating potential location for an intermodal/ intercept garages that would ideally be located at one of the gateway points to the City in order to intercept vehicles and reduce traffic volume on City streets. The City is looking at sites at the I-195/Julia Tuttle Causeway interchange; vicinity of Alton Road and 5th Street; and vicinity of the Venetian Causeway. If a location at one of the gateway points of the City is not attainable, a potential site is the combined parcels of Municipal Parking Lot No. P63, located on 42nd Street and Royal Palm Avenue and the 42nd Street Garage immediately east of the aforementioned parking lot.This location has some issues to overcome as it is several blocks inland from I-195/Julia Tuttle Causeway and it is immediately adjacent to the Orchard Park neighborhood. Clearly, the latter would require resident input and some level of treatment to buffer the neighborhood. Other Potential Proposals Please note private entities have expressed interest in developing two sites either as joint development or P3 projects along northern West Avenue that may serve as "intercept" garages from the Venetian Causeway. Please further note the sale,exchange, conveyance or lease of ten years or longer of properties between 16th Street and 17th Street shall require approval by a majority vote of the voters in a City-wide referendum, pursuant to the City of Miami Beach Charter. Item No. 238 — Discussion regarding a public private partnership for a two-story parking structure to be erected over both city parking Lot P62 and a private parking lot, on 42nd street, between Jefferson Avenue and Meridian Avenue. Terranova Corporation has submitted this project as a proposal in response to the aforementioned RFP for the Development of Parking Garages. On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, the Mayor and Commission discussed Item No. R7H, entitled, "Accept Recommendation, Develop Public Parking Garages within the City". The Mayor and Commission approved the item which enables this proposal (and Washington Properties LLC/RF 930 Washington Avenue, LLC proposal)to proceed from Phase I (qualifications)to Phase II (term sheet/financial proposal). Item No. 263 -Discussion regarding the construction of a parking garage at the 27th Street and Collins Avenue parking lot. The Walker Parking Analysis identified this metered surface parking lot as one that could be developed in order to address parking demand in the Collins Avenue/Indian Creek corridor. The City controls its own destiny and may pursue development of this property on a standalone basis without seeking any joint venture partnership. Therefore, it was excluded from the aforementioned RFP process. This site would provide much needed parking relief in an area that has experienced unprecedented growth in the last several years. Item No. 277 - Discussion regarding a potential public-private partnership with 1234 Partners, Ltd. for a parking garage on the 1200 block of Washington Avenue. Initial discussions with the Developer were unsuccessful as the terms were not acceptable to either party. There was a potential opportunity to receive a development proposal through the aforementioned RFP for Development of Parking Garages; however, this was not the case. April 13, 2016 City Commission Memo Accept Recommendation FCWPC New Garages & Workforce Housing Page 5 of 5 Project Funding As you know, a component of last year's parking rate increase is to fund parking garage expansion, citywide. This increase, coupled with other funding sources,with the exception of RDA(Redevelopment Agency) funds, may be funding source for these projects; however, these sources are finite. The Administration will be seeking guidance in the prioritization of projects for these limited funding sources. CONCLUSION The FCWPC recommended having the Administration pursue workforce housing in new parking garages, concentrating on Municipal Parking Lot P55, located at 2660 Collins Avenue, including a concept design that reduces the impact on neighbors; Municipal Parking Lot P23 and P24, located at 1623 and 1671 West Avenue, respectively, with as a City standalone project or with a developer; and Municipal Parking Lot P13, located at 1000 Washington Avenue. Additionally, garages should have a liner with neighborhood retail or art studios on the first level; provide consideration for increased height up to 75 feet, contingent upon the neighborhood; and design new garages with flexibility to be converted to workforce housing in the long term, if parking demand declines. Furthermore,the Administration recommends workforce housing be a turnkey operation and awarded to private sector expertise through a competitive procurement process. gis. 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