LTC 377-2018 Byron Carlyle Update A.
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # LETTER TO COMMISSION
377-2018
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members if the City (ommission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manag- � ��!emo
DATE: July 6, 2018
SUBJECT: Byron Carlyle Update 1
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to provide you with an update on the status of the
Request for Information (RFI) 2018-220-KB seeking potential options for the redevelopment of
the Byron Carlyle Theater site.
At the January 17, 2018 City Commission meeting, the Commission approved a Resolution
authorizing City Administration to conduct a community charrette to obtain public input regarding
the future use or development of the Byron Carlyle along with authorizing the Administration to
issue an to obtain market feedback with respect to the potential redevelopment of the site.
City Staff conducted a community charrette on March 13, 2018 at the North Shore Youth Center
to engage residents around their ideas for how to redevelop the Byron Carlyle site. LTC# 150-
2018 was issued on March 20, 2018 summarizing the feedback obtained at this meeting. City
Staff used the feedback generated from the charrette to guide the drafting of the RFI, which was
transmitted to the City Commission on April 10, 2018 via LTC# 182-2018. The RFI was issued
on April 10, 2018, with responses due on or before May 17. 2018. The RFI was sent to 450
firms, with 59 firms downloading the document. However, no responses to the RFI were
received.
The purpose of the RFI, as articulated in the document, was to consider any ideas or options
that the development market could providing for what type of development could be developed
on the site. It is important to note that the RFI stipulated that the "RFI is not a request for
specific proposals and no offers to develop the site will be considered as a result of the RFI."
Further, the RFI stipulated that once the City has had an opportunity to consider the various
uses that the site may support. a formal competitive solicitation may be released. The
Administration believes that this stipulation may be the reason why no responses were received
as the development market may be apprehensive to share ideas at this time knowing that a
subsequent solicitation for the same site could be issued by the City.
At this time. Staff recommends taking this item back to the Finance and Citywide Projects
Committee to discuss revising the RFI language and stipulations to help increase submissions
from th rivate market.
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C: Kathie Brooks. Assistant City Manager
Eva Silverstein, Director, Tourism, Culture and Economic Development