174-94 RDA
RESO,LUTIO,N No'. 17 4-94
A RESO,LUTIO,N o'F THE CHAIRMAN AND THE MIAMI
BEACH REDEVELo'PMENT AGENCY, DECLARING
ACQUISITIo'N o'F THE PRo'PERTY KNO,WN AS THE
Ro'YAL PALM Ho'TEL Lo'CATED AT 1545 Co'LLINS
AVENUE AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS Lo'TS 6 AND 15,
THE No'RTH 10 FEET o'F Lo'TS 5 AND 16 AND THE SO,UTH
12.65 FEET o'F Lo'TS 14 AND 7 IN BLo'CK 56 o'F FISHER'S
FIRST SUBDMSIO,N o'F ALTo'N BEACH, ACCo'RDING TO,
THE PLAT THEREo'F, AS RECo'RDED IN PLAT Bo'o'K 2,
PAGE 77, o'F THE PUBLIC RECo'RDS o'F DADE CO,UNTY,
FLORIDA, TO BE AS PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE
PRO,JECT KNO,WN AS CITY CENTER/CONVENTIo'N
VILLAGE PRo'JECT, AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITIo'N
o'F THE Ro'YAL PALM BY PURCHASE, Do'NATIo'N, o'R
THE FILING o'F EMINENT Do'MAIN PRO,CEEDINGS AND
DECLARATIo'N OF TAKING, AS NECESSARY AS A
Po'TENTIAL SITE Fo'R A Ho'TEL DEVELo'PMENT;
AUTHO,RIZING THE CHAIRMAN o'F THE MIAMI BEACH
REDEVELo'PMENT AGENCY AND SECRETARY TO,
EXECUTE THE REQUIRED DO,CUMENTATIO,N TO,
INITIA TE EMINENT Do'MAIN PRo'CEEDINGS.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach is proceeding with its goal for economic stimulation
and development by constructing convention quality hotels and an appropriate Request for Proposals
addressing and further detailing same has been issued, with bids received, and negotiations underway;
and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of realizing the type of hotel developments contemplated by
Request for Proposals, the City must acquire the property known as the Royal Palm Hotel located
at 1545 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, (the "Royal Palm Site"); and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City of Miami Beach 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/Convention Village which includes the Royal Palm Hotel to be a Redevelopment Area
in which conditions of slum and blight have been demonstrated; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City of Miami Beach Commission acting as the Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency have adopted a redevelopment plan for the area known as the City
Center/Convention Village; 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 Royal Palm has been selected by the Miami Beach Historic Preservation
Board as a building of important historic resource and is designated in the City's Historic Properties
Data Base as a historic building; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the Royal Palm is currently designated as an unsafe structure and
the remainder of the building is operating as a hotel, though substantial repairs are needed; 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 Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency finds, determines and declares that
the acquisition of the Royal Palm is a public necessity and is necessary, practical and in the best
interest of the City of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director of the Agency recommends that the Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency authorizes the Agency attorney to institute eminent domain proceedings on
the aforementioned property; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency finds, determines and declares that
It IS necessary to acquire fee simple title to the Royal Palm property for use in the City
Center/Convention Village Redevelopment Project; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency finds, determines and declares that
the acquisition of the Royal Palm by purchase, donation, or eminent domain proceedings including
declaration of taking is for the public use and benefit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND THE
MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, that:
1. The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency 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 Agency that the Agency's
attorney institute condemnation proceedings in order to acquire the parcel described hereinbelow for
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the City Center/Convention Village Project is hereby accepted and approved.
3. The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency declares that it is necessary to acquire fee
simple title to:
Royal Palm Property
1545 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida
Legally described as:
LOTS 6 AND 15, THE NORTH 10 FEET OF LOTS 5 AND 16
AND THE SOUTH 12.65 FEET OF LOTS 14 AND 7 IN BLOCK
56 OF FISHER'S FIRST SUBDIVISION OF ALTON BEACH,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN
PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 77, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE
COUNTY, FLORIDA.
4. The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency finds, determines, and declares the Royal
Palm property by purchase, donation, or eminent domain proceedings, including declaration of taking,
is for the public use and benefit.
5. The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency finds, determines and declares that the
acquisition of the Royal Palm is a public necessity and is necessary, practical and in the best interests
of the City of Miami Beach.
6. The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency authorizes the Executive Director of the
Agency and the Agency's attorney through special counsel engaged for such purposes, to acquire the
Royal Palm through purchase, donation, or eminent domain proceedings including declaration of
taking.
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