224-95 RDA
RESOLUTION NO.
224-95
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
1575 WASHINGTON A VENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT" A"
ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, TO BE A PUBLIC
NECESSITY FOR THE 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 PARKING GARAGE PROJECT.
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, a request for proposals has been issued addressing the development of these
hotels, in response to which bids have been received and negotiations are underway; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of realizing the type of hotel developments contemplated by the
request for proposals, the RDA must develop a public parking garage project; and
WHEREAS, to build such parking garage project, the RDA must acquire the property (the
"Property") having a street address of 1575 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, whose legal
description is on Exhibit" A" attached hereto and incorporated herein; 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
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 in connection with community redevelopment and related activities
and the 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, determines, 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 to the
Property in connection with the City Center/Historic Convention Village hotel project is hereby
accepted and approved.
3. The acquisition of the fee simple title 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 the City Center/Historic Convention Village
Redevelopment and Revitalization Area hotel project.
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4. The RDA finds, determines, and declares that acquisition of the fee simple title 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 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 engaged for such purposes, to acquire the fee simple title interest
to the Property through purchase, donation, or eminent domain proceedings, including a declaration
of taking.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of
November
,1995.
ATTEST:
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FORM APPROVED
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
GENERAL CO NSE
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Lot 11, in Block 57, of FISHER'S FIRST SUBDIVISION OF ALTON BEACH,
according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 2, at Page 77,
of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida;
EXHIBIT "A"
Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Telephone: (305) 673-7193
Fax: (305) 673-7772
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMORANDUM NO 95-69
November 8, 1995
TO:
Chairman and Members of the Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency
Jose GarCia-pedrosa... ~ .
Executive Director ~Ar
FROM:
A RESOLUTION DEEMING AND DECLARING ACQUISITION OF THE
PROPERTY HAVING A STREET ADDRESS OF 1575 WASHINGTON
AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO
AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, TO BE A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE
PROJECT KNOWN AS THE CITY CENTER/CONVENTION VILLAGE HOTEL
PROJECT, AND DEEMING AND DECLARING THE ACQUISITION AS
NECESSARY FOR, AND IN CONNECTION WITH, COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AND REIATED 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 PARKING
GARAGE PROJECT.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Resolution.
BACKGROUND
The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is proceeding with
its goal of economic stimulation and development in the City
Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment Area ("City
Center") and is currently in the negotiation phase for the
development of two convention-quality hotels. In order to
accomplish this goal the Agency has determined that the acquisition
of the above referenced property is necessary in order to develop
a public parking garage. Further, the Agency finds, determines and
declares that the acquisition of 1575 Washington Avenue, Miami
Beach, is for a public purpose and is in the best interest of the
City of Miami Beach.
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November 8, 1995
ANALYSIS
Two appraisals of the property were prepared for the Redevelopment
Agency in February, 1995, and updated in October, 1995.
The development of the Loews Hotel Project and the African-American
Hotel immediately to the south, as well as a shortage of parking in
the area in general, require that a public parking garage be
developed in the area of 16th Street between Washington and Collins
Avenues.
CONCLUSION
It is recommended that the Agency Board approve the attached
Resolution authorizing the acquisition of the property having a
street address of 1575 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, by purchase,
donation, or the filing of eminent domain proceedings and
declaration of taking, as necessary, as a potential site for a
public parking garage to support the adjacent hotel developments
and authorizing the Chairman and Secretary of the Redevelopment
Agency to execute the required documentation to initiate eminent
domain proceedings for the acquisition of the property.
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