Resolution 2018-30487 RESOLUTION NO. 2018-30487
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE
OFFICES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO
WORK WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF OCEAN DRIVE
AND COLLINS AVENUE PROPERTY OWNERS, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 170, FLORIDA
STATUTES, TO STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THE OCEAN DRIVE
AND COLLINS AVENUE RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT
(INCLUDING PROPERTIES ALONG OCEAN DRIVE BETWEEN
5TH STREET AND 15TH STREET; COLLINS AVENUE BETWEEN
5TH STREET AND 21ST STREET; AND INTERSECTING SIDE
STREETS), WHICH DISTRICT IS LOCATED WITHIN A
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HISTORIC DISTRICT, THROUGH
PROMOTION, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND OTHER
SIMILAR SERVICES.
WHEREAS, Chapter 170, Florida Statutes, authorizes any municipality, subject to the
approval of a majority of the affected property owners, to levy and collect special assessments
against property benefited for the purpose of stabilizing and improving retail business districts,
wholesale business districts, or nationally recognized historic districts, or any combination of
such districts, through promotion, management, marketing, and other similar services, in such
districts of the municipality; and
WHEREAS, the Steering Committee of Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue property
owners ("Steering Committee") represents a group of owners of real estate in the vicinity of,
abutting, or located on Ocean Drive and/or Collins Avenue; and
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2014, the Mayor and City Commission adopted
Resolution No. 2014-28881 which, in pertinent part, authorized the Offices of the City Manager
and City Attorney to work with the Ocean Drive Improvement Association, Inc., for the purpose
of establishing a special assessment district to stabilize and improve the Ocean Drive retail
business district, which is located within a nationally recognized historic district, through
promotion, management, marketing, and other similar services, pursuant to Chapter 170,
Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of Resolution No. 2014-28881, the Steering Committee
has requested that the City Commission expand the proposed special assessment district, to
include the Collins Avenue corridor, bounded on the south by 5th Street, and extending
northward up to and including 21st Street; and
WHEREAS, the Steering Committee seeks to work with the City of Miami Beach to
establish a special assessment district under Chapter 170, Florida Statutes, in order to stabilize
and improve the Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue retail business district, which is located within
a nationally recognized historic district, through promotion, management, marketing, and other
similar services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby
authorize the Offices of the City Manager and City Attorney to work with the Steering Committee
of Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue property owners, for the purpose of establishing a special
assessment district, pursuant to Chapter 170, Florida Statutes, to stabilize and improve the
Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue retail business district (including properties along Ocean Drive
between 5th Street and 15th Street; Collins Avenue between 5th Street and 21st Street; and
intersecting side streets), which Is located within a nationally recognized historic district, through
promotion, management, marketing, and other similar services.
PASSED and ADOPTED this A day of Ser est ter , 2018.
ATTEST:
/ J / 4/22 I)r Dan Gelber
Rafael E. Granado Mayor
City Clerk
(Sponsored by Commissioner Ricky Arriola)
F:WTTO\KALN\RESOLUTIONS\Authorization to Work With Ocean Drive and Collins Ave to create BID Reso.docx
B C APPROVED AS TO
FORM & LANGUAGE
&FOR EXECUTION
OPP ORPZCD 6 1 Ib
A* ND Vp Dote
O) p"r Fll;�,n..y
9gCH26
Resolutions- C7 AP
MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Raul J.Aguila, City Attorney
DATE: September 12, 2018
SUBJECT A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE OFFICES OF THE CITY
MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO WORK WITH THE STEERING
COMMITTEE OF OCEAN DRIVE AND COLLINS AVENUE PROPERTY OWNERS,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT,
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 170, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO STABILIZE AND
IMPROVE THE OCEAN DRIVE AND COLLINS AVENUE RETAIL BUSINESS
DISTRICT (INCLUDING PROPERTIES ALONG OCEAN DRIVE BETWEEN 5TH
STREET AND 15TH STREET; COLLINS AVENUE BETWEEN 5TH STREET AND
21ST STREET; AND INTERSECTING SIDE STREETS), WHICH DISTRICT IS
LOCATED WITHIN A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HISTORIC DISTRICT,
THROUGH PROMOTION, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND OTHER SIMILAR
SERVICES.
ANALYSIS
Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the attached Resolution is hereby submitted
for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission.
Legislative Tracking
Office of the City Attorney
Sponsor
Commissioner Ricky Arriola
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
o Reso Re Ch 170 Stering Committee Ocean Drive
Page 904 of 1802