Ordinance 97-3080ORDINANCE NO. 97-3080
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, RATIFYING THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON APRIL 2, 1997 AND THE MIAMI
BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON
APRIL 2, 1997, REGARDING ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY
HAVING A STREET ADDRESS OF 1535 COLLINS AVENUE, LEGALLY
DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND
INCORPORATED HEREIN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE
SHORECREST HOTEL; SAID ACQUISITION DEEMED AND DECLARED
TO BE NECESSARY IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES AND A CITY
CENTER/HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE REDEVELOPMENT AND
REVITALIZATION AREA HOTEL PROJECT; AND SPECIFICALLY
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF THE
PROPERTY BY THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THROUGH THE FILING OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS,
INCLUDING A DECLARATION OF TAKING, AS NECESSARY.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (the "City") and the Miami Beach Redevelopment
Agency ("RDA") are proceeding with their goal of economic stimulation and development by
assisting in the development of convention quality hotels; and
WHEREAS, requests for proposals have been issued addressing the development of these
hotels; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of realizing these hotel developments, the RDA must acquire
the property (the "Property") having a street address of 1535 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida,
legally described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein, commonly known as the
Shorecrest Hotel; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission, by Resolution No. 92-20646, and the Dade
County Commission, by Resolution No. R-14-93, declared the area known as the City
Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area, which includes the
Property, to be a Redevelopment Area in which conditions of slum and blight have been
demonstrated to exist; and
WHEREAS, on April 2, 1997, the Mayor and City Commission approved a Resolution
(attached hereto as Exhibit "B"), ratifying a Resolution of the RDA (attached hereto as Exhibit "C"),
finding, determining, and declaring the acquisition of the Property to be a public necessity and in
the best interest of the City, and further authorizing the RDA to institute eminent domain
proceedings on the Property to acquire fee simple title to same for use in connection with a City
Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area hotel project; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.375, Florida Statutes, provides, in relevant part, that a municipality
or a community redevelopment agency, with the specific approval of the municipality, has the right
to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property which it deems necessary for, or in
connection with, community redevelopment and related activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Mayor and City Commission hereby ratify the City of
Miami Beach Resolution adopted on April 2, 1997 and the Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency Resolution adopted on April 2, 1997, regarding acquisition
of the property having a street address of 1535 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach,
Florida, whose legal description is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated
herein, commonly known as the Shorecrest Hotel.
Section 2. The acquisition of the fee simple title interest, including but
not limited to the ground lessor's interest, to the Property is deemed and declared to
be necessary for, and in connection with, community redevelopment and related
activities under Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes and a City Center/Historic
Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area hotel project.
Section 3. The Mayor and City Commission hereby specifically approve
and authorize the acquisition of the fee simple title interest, including but not limited
to the ground lessor's interest, to the Property by the RDA through the filing of
eminent domain proceedings, pursuant to Section 163.375, Florida Statutes,
including a declaration of taking, as necessary.
Section 4. All ordinances, resolutions or parts in conflict herewith be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Section 5. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, then
said holding shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after its adoption,
on April 26 , 1997.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 16th day of April , �l97.
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT "A"
The South 40.00 feet (measured along the lot line) of Lots 5 and 16 and the North
one-half of Lots 4 and 17, all in Block 56, FISHER'S FIRST SUBDIVISION OF
ALTON BEACH, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 77,
Public Records of Dade County, Florida, together with that certain parcel of land
lying East and adjacent to the above described parcel; said parcel bounded on the
South by the South line of the above described parcel extended Easterly; bounded on
the North by the North line of the above described parcel extended Easterly; bounded
on the East by the Erosion Control Line of the Atlantic Ocean and bounded on the
West by the East line of the above mentioned Block 56.
The land described above located, lying and being in Section 34, Township 53 South,
Range 42 East, City of Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida.
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, RATIFYING THE MIAMI BEACH
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON APRIL 2,
1997, REGARDING ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY HAVING A
STREET ADDRESS OF 1535 COLLINS AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED
ON EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SHORECREST HOTEL; SAID
ACQUISITION DEEMED AND DECLARED TO BE NECESSARY IN
CONJUNCTION WITH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND
RELATED ACTIVITIES AND A CITY CENTER/HISTORIC CONVENTION
VILLAGE REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION AREA HOTEL
PROJECT; AND SPECIFICALLY APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY BY THE MIAMI BEACH
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THROUGH THE FILING OF EMINENT
DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING A DECLARATION OF TAKING,
AS NECESSARY.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (the "City") and the Miami Beach Redevelopment
Agency ("RDA") are proceeding with their goal of economic stimulation and development by
assisting in the development of convention quality hotels; and
WHEREAS, requests for proposals have been issued addressing the development of these
hotels; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of realizing these hotel developments, the RDA must acquire
the property (the "Property") having a street address of 1535 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida,
legally described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein, commonly known as the
Shorecrest Hotel; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission, by Resolution No. 92-20646, and the Dade
County Commission, by Resolution No. R-14-93, declared the area known as the City
Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area, which includes the
Property, to be a Redevelopment Area in which conditions of slum and blight have been
demonstrated to exist; and
WHEREAS, on April 2, 1997, the Chairman and Members of the RDA approved a
Resolution (attached hereto as Exhibit "B"), finding, determining, and declaring the acquisition of
the Property to be a public necessity and in the best interest of the City, and further authorizing the
RDA to institute eminent domain proceedings on the Property to acquire fee simple title to same for
use in connection with the City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and
Revitalization Area hotel project; and
Exhibit "B"
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI
BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, DEEMING AND DECLARING
ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY HAVING A STREET ADDRESS OF
1535 COLLINS AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT "A"
ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS THE SHORECREST HOTEL, TO BE A PUBLIC NECESSITY
FOR A CITY CENTER/HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE HOTEL
PROJECT, AND DEEMING AND DECLARING THE ACQUISITION AS
NECESSARY FOR, AND IN CONNECTION WITH, COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES; AND AUTHORIZING
THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY BY PURCHASE, DONATION,
OR THE FILING OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS AND A
DECLARATION OF TAKING, AS NECESSARY, AS A POTENTIAL SITE
FOR A CONVENTION HOTEL.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (the "City") and the Miami Beach Redevelopment
Agency ("RDA") are proceeding with their goal of economic stimulation and development by
assisting in the development of convention quality hotels; and
WHEREAS, requests for proposals have been issued addressing the development of these
hotels; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of realizing these hotel developments, the RDA must acquire
the property (the "Property") having a street address of 1535 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida,
whose legal description is on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein, commonly known
as the Shorecrest Hotel; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Commission by Resolution No. 92-20646 and the Dade
County Commission by Resolution No. R-14-93 declared the area known as the City Center/Historic
Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area, which includes the Property, to be a
Redevelopment Area in which conditions of slum and blight have been demonstrated; and
WHEREAS, the RDA has adopted a redevelopment plan for the City Center/Historic
Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area; and
WHEREAS, acquisition is a remedy to eliminate slum and blight and preserve historic
properties by undertaking the necessary efforts to redevelop them according to approved plans; and
Exhibit "Cu
WHEREAS, the Property has been designated by the City in the City's Historic Properties
Data Base as a contributing building in the locally designated Flamingo Park Historic District and
has been designated in the National Register Historic District; and
WHEREAS, the Summary of Findings Pertaining to Proposed Convention Headquarter
Hotels in Miami Beach, Florida, dated March, 1990, prepared by Laventhol & Horwath and the
Miami Beach Convention Village, Phase One: Convention Hotel Compatibility Study dated
September, 1992, prepared by Wallace, Roberts & Todd, Zyscovich, Inc., Kenneth Leventhal & Co.,
Hardy, Holzman Pfeiffer Associates and other studies determined that in order for the Miami Beach
Convention Center to survive, convention hotels supporting the Convention Center were necessary
in the immediate area; and
WHEREAS, the RDA finds, determines and declares that the acquisition of the Property is
a public necessity and is necessary, practical and in the best interest of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director of the RDA recommends that the RDA authorize the
RDA's General Counsel to institute eminent domain proceedings on the Property; and
WHEREAS, the RDA deems, finds, determines and declares that it is necessary to acquire
fee simple title to the Property, including but not limited to the ground lessor's interest, in connection
with community redevelopment and related activities and a City Center/Historic Convention Village
hotel project; and
WHEREAS, the RDA finds, determines and declares that the acquisition of the Property by
purchase, donation, or eminent domain proceedings, including a declaration of taking, is for the
public use and benefit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY that:
1. The RDA finds, deteriines, and declares that those matters set out in the foregoing
recitals are true and correct, and they are hereby incorporated as a portion of this Resolution.
2. The recommendation of the Executive Director of the RDA that the RDA's General
Counsel institute condemnation proceedings in order to acquire the fee simple title interest, including
but not limited to the ground lessor's interest, to the Property in connection with a City
Center/Historic Convention Village hotel project is hereby accepted and approved.
3. The acquisition of the fee simple title interest to the Property, including but not
limited to the ground lessor's interest, is deemed and declared to be necessary for, and in connection
with, community redevelopment and related activities under Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes
and a City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area hotel project.
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WHEREAS, Section 163.375, Florida Statutes, provides, in relevant part, that a municipality
or a community redevelopment agency, with the specific approval of the municipality, has the right
to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property which it deems necessary for, or in
connection with, community redevelopment and related activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Mayor and City Commission hereby ratify the Miami
Beach Redevelopment Agency Resolution adopted on April 2, 1997, regarding
acquisition of the property having a street address of 1535 Collins Avenue, Miami
Beach, Florida, whose legal description is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and
incorporated herein, commonly known as the Shorecrest Hotel.
Section 2. The acquisition of the fee simple title interest, including but
not limited to the ground lessor's interest, to the Property is deemed and declared to
be necessary for, and in connection with, community redevelopment and related
activities under Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes and a City Center/Historic
Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area hotel project.
Section 3. The Mayor and City Commission hereby specifically approve
and authorize the acquisition of the fee simple title interest, including but not limited
to the ground lessor's interest, to the Property by the RDA through the filing of
eminent domain proceedings, pursuant to Section 163.375, Florida Statutes,
including a declaration of taking, as necessary.
PASSED and ADOPTED this day of , 1997.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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4. The RDA finds, determines, and declares that acquisition of the fee simple title
interest, including but not limited to the ground lessor's interest, to the Property by purchase,
donation, or eminent domain proceedings, including a declaration of taking, is for the public use and
benefit.
5. The RDA finds, determines and declares that the acquisition of the fee simple title
interest, including but not limited to the ground lessor's interest, to the Property is a public necessity
and is necessary, practical and in the best interests of the City.
6. The RDA authorizes the Executive Director of the RDA and the RDA's General
Counsel, through special counsel that may be engaged for such purposes, to acquire the fee simple
title interest, including but not limited to the ground lessor's interest, to the Property through
purchase, donation, or eminent domain proceedings, including a declaration of taking.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1997.
ATTEST:
SECRETARY
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. LQ -91
TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jose Garcia -Pedrosa
City Manager
SUBJECT:
DATE: April 16, 1997
AN ORDINANCE F THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BE CH, FLORIDA, RATIFYING THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON APRIL 2, 1997 AND THE MIAMI
BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON APRIL 2,
1997, REGARDING ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY HAVING A
STREET ADDRESS OF 1535 COLLINS AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED
ON EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SHORECREST HOTEL; SAID ACQUISITION
DEEMED AND DECLARED TO BE NECESSARY IN CONJUNCTION WITH
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES AND A CITY
CENTER/HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE REDEVELOPMENT AND
REVITALIZATION AREA HOTEL PROJECT; AND SPECIFICALLY
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AND AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION
OF THE PROPERTY BY THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THROUGH THE FILING OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS,
INCLUDING A DECLARATION OF TAKING, AS NECESSARY.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt the Ordinance on second reading.
BACKGROUND:
The Ordinance was approved on first reading on April 2, 1997.
The City of Miami Beach/Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is
proceeding with its goal of economic stimulation and development in
the City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and
Revitalization Area ("City Center") and is currently in the
negotiation phase for the development of a convention -quality
hotel. In order to accomplish this goal the Agency has determined
that the acquisition of the above referenced property is necessary.
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Further, the City/Agency finds, determines and declares that the
acquisition of the Shorecrest Hotel is a public necessity and is in
the best interest of the City of Miami Beach.
CONCLUSION:
It is recommended that the Ordinance be adopted on second reading
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