RESOLUTION 89-19566 RESOLUTION NO. 89-19566
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH DESIGNATING A NEW STADIUM
TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOMESTEAD PURSU-
ANT TO DADE COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 87-72 AND
deo ESTABLISHING A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO
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EXCEED $12 , 000, 000 FOR THE STADIUM WHICH
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TOGETHER WITH ACCRUED INTEREST THEREON SHALL
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BE PAID FROM EXCESS CONVENTION DEVELOPMENT
I.\ TAXES AFTER CERTAIN OTHER PRIORITY PAYMENTS
ARE MADE AND SHALL BE UTILIZED BY THE CITY OF
HOMESTEAD TO FINANCE THE COSTS OF CONS-
TRUCTING SUCH STADIUM.
WHEREAS, Dade County Ordinance Nr! . 87-72 adopted by t hp
Board of County Commissioners on October 20, 1987 (the "Bond
Ordinance" ) , and the Second Amended and Restated Interlocal
Agreement by and between Dade County, Florida and the City of
Miami Beach (the "City" ) for financing the expansion , and
improvements to the Miami Beach Convention Center (now the Stephen
Muss Convention Center and referred to herein as the "Convention
Center" ) , dated October 12, 1987 , each provided by their terms
that:
A. Upon substitution of the City' s Second-
ary Pledge for the County' s Pledge (defined
as the Crossover DaV, in the Bond v ��Saanc
the City has a right to use the Excess City
Share (as defined in the Bond Ordinance) of
the Convention Development Tax revenues for
any purpose under Florida Statutes , Section
212 . 0305 ( the "Convention Development Tax
Law" ) ;
and
WHEREAS, the City replaced the County' s Secondary
Pledge with its own Secondary Pledge when it adopted City
Resolution No. 88-19429 on November 2 , 1988 (the "Crossover
Date" ) ; and
WHEREAS, Section 512 , entitled "General Fund" of the
Bond Ordinance provides that, subsequent to the Crossover Date,
the City may adopt a resolution ( i) designating a purpose which
is permitted by the Convention Development Tax Law and ( ii )
establishing the maximum dollar amount for such purpose for which
the Excess City Share on deposit in the Excess City Share Account
(as defined in the Ordinance) may be utilized; and
WHEREAS, Section 512 of the Bond Ordinance provides
further that upon the receipt by the Trustee of a Resolution
adopted by the City pursuant to Section 512 , the Excess City
Share shall be released monthly by the Trustee in an amount which
is equal to the amount designated by the City in the Resolution;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Homestead ( "Homestead" ) has
requested that any Excess City Share on deposit in the Excess
City Share Account be released to Homestead to be used to finance
and pay the cost of constructing a major league baseball spring
training facility consisting of a stadium and related playing
fields and facilities (the "Stadium Complex" ) which is a project
permitted by the Convention Development Tax Law and to be located
within the municipal boundaries of Homestead; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to designate the Stadium
Complex as a permissible purpose pursuant to the Ordinance and to
establish a maximum amount of not to exceed $12, 000,000 plus
accrued interest to be made available from the Excess City Share
to be utilized by Homestead to finance the cost of. the Stadium
Complex ( "Homestead Loan" ) provided that the Trustee makes
payments of the Excess City Share in the following priority and
manner: ( i) the payments required by the Bond Ordinance with
regard to the Series 1987A and 1987B Bonds ( "Bonds" ) , (ii) the
proposed $8 Million financing to complete the Project (as such
term is defined in the Bond Ordinance) , ( iii) payments for the
operating and maintenance deficit related to the Convention
Center in the amount of $2 . 3 Million for the fiscal year
1988-1989 and $2 . 5 Million for each fiscal year thereafter for as
long as the Homestead Loan remains outstanding, ( iv) payments on
the first day of each month to Homestead in an amount equal to
1/12th of $2 . 0 Million and such additional amounts which may be
necessary to avoid negative amortization on the Homestead Loan to
be used by Homestead to pay principal and interest on its Loan
until its Loan is no longer outstanding, (v) payments, if any, to
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the City for any cost that may exceed the estimated $8 Million
necessary to complete the Project and/or any costs for capital
improvements related to the Project and/or payments for any
operating and maintenance expense deficit in excess of the $2 . 3
Million for fiscal year 1988-89 and $2 . 5 Million for each fiscal
year thereafter provided the City furnishes the Trustee with a
Resolution designating the specific completion costs and/or the
additional capital improvements and/or any increase in the
operating and maintenance expense deficit pursuant to the Bond
Ordinance; and (vi ) payments to Homestead to reduce the
outstanding principal amount of its Loan for as long as any
portion of the Homestead Loan for the financing of the Stadium
Complex remains outstanding; and
WHEREAS, the City desires that this Resolution continue
in full force and effect for as long as any portion of the
Homestead Loan for the financing of the Stadium Complex remains
outstanding, but in the event that Homestead does not obtain its
Loan or commence construction within 12 months from the date of
this Resolution, then this Resolution shall be deemed null And
void and shall have no further effect .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
1 . The City hereby designates Homestead ' s proposed
Stadium Complex as a permissible purpose eligible for funding
from the Excess City Share Account pursuant to the Bond Ordinance
and establishes a maximum amount not to exceed $12 Million plus
accrued interest .
2 . As a condition to the designation of the Stadium
Complex and commitment for payment from Excess City Share
Account, the City hereby directs the Trustee to make payments of
the Excess City Share in the following priority and manner: ( 1)
the payments required by the Bond Ordinance with regard to the
Series 1987A and 1987B Bonds ( "Bonds " ) , ( ii) the proposed $8
Million financing to complete the Project (as such term is
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defined in the Bond Ordinance) , ( iii) payments for the operating
and maintenance expenses deficit related to the Convention Center
in the amount of $2 . 3 Million for the fiscal year 1988-1989 and
$2 . 5 Million for each fiscal year thereafter for as long as the
Homestead Loan remains outstanding, ( iv) payments on the first
day of each month to Homestead in an amount equal to 1/12th of
$2 . 0 Million and such additional amounts which may be necessary
to avoid negative amortization on the Homestead Loan to be used
by Homestead to pay principal and interest on its Loan until its
Loan is no longer outstanding, (v) payments, if any, to the City
for any cost that may exceed the estimated $8 Million necessary
to complete the Project and/or any costs for capital improvements
related to the Project and/or payments for any operations and
maintenance expense deficit in excess of $2 . 3 Million for fiscal
year 1988-89 and $2 . 5 Million each fiscal year thereafter
provided the City furnishes the Trustee with a Resolution
designating the specific completion costs and/or the additional
capital improvements and/or any increase in the operations and
maintenance expense deficit pursuant to the Bond Ordinance, and
(vi) payments to Homestead to reduce the outstanding principal
amount of its Loan for as long as any portion of the Homestead
Loan for the financing of the Stadium Complex remains
outstanding.
3 . The City Manager is authorized to deliver to the
Trustee a copy of this Resolution upon its adoption and the
Trustee shall not be obligated to make any transfers hereunder
until it receives notice in writing from Homestead as to the date
on which its loan was closed.
4 . This Resolution shall continue in full force and
effect for so long as any portion of the Homestead Loan for the
financing of the Stadium Complex remains outstanding, but in the
event that Homestead does not obtain its Loan or commence
construction within 12 months from the date of this Resolution,
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then this Resolution shall be deemed null and void and shall have
no further effect .
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th da i•f i.rch , 1989 .
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
046697000625D FORM APPROVED
LEGAL DEPT.
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CRIGINAL
rEEOLUTION NO. 89-19566
%:ti: ;SOLI TION DESIGNATING A NEW STADI-vM TO
LOC!.TED IN HOMESTEAD PURSUANT TO
PIE COUNTY ORD. 87-72
ESTABLISHING PRINCIPAL ACTT OF TWELV]
MILLIOI . . . TO BE PAID FROM EXCESS
CONVENTION DEVELOPMENT TAXES
AFTER CERTAIN OTHER PRIORITY
PAYMENTS ARE MADE AND SHALL BE UTILIZED
BY CITY OF HOMESTEAD TO FINANCE COSTS
OF STADIUM)
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