186-94 RDA
RESOLUTION NO.
186-94
A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND THE MIAMI BEACH
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, DECLARING ACQUISITION OF THE
PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE SHORECREST HOTEL LOCATED AT 1535
COLLINS A VENUE AND LEGALLY DESCRffiED AS THE NORTH 1/2 OF
LOT 4 AND THE SOUTH 40 FEET OF LOT 5; AND SOUTH 40 FEET OF
LOT 16 AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 17, BLOCK 56, FISHER'S FIRST
SUBDIVISION OF ALTON BEACH, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK
2, PAGE 77, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA;
THAT PARCEL OF LAND ADJACENT TO AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF
THE ABOVE-MENTIONED AND FOREGOING DESCRIPTION OF
PROPERTY, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF THE
CENTER LINE OF LOT 4, BLOCK 56, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT
RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 77, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 4,
BLOCK 56, RUN NORTHERLY ALONG THE EAST LINE OF BLOCK 56
A DISTANCE OF 65.91 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN EASTERLY
ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE SOUTH 40 FEET OF LOT 5 OF
BLOCK 56, PRODUCED EASTERLY A DISTANCE OF 60 FEET MORE OR
LESS, TO THE MEAN HIGH WATER LINE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN;
THENCE SOUTHERLY, MEANDERING THE SAID MEAN HIGH WATER
LINE A DISTANCE OF 66 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO A POINT; THENCE
WESTERLY ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF SAID LOT 4, BLOCK 56,
PRODUCED EASTERLY A DISTANCE OF 60 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING, 0.10 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS TO BE AS
PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE PROJECT KNOWN AS CITY
CENTER/CONVENTION VILLAGE PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE
ACQUISITION OF THE SHORECREST BY PURCHASE, DONATION, OR
THE FILING OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS AND
DECLARATION OF TAKING, AS NECESSARY AS A POTENTIAL SITE
FOR A HOTEL DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND SECRETARY TO
EXECUTE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION TO INITIATE EMINENT
DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS.
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
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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 Shorecrest Hotel located at
1535 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, (the "Shorecrest 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 Shorecrest 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 Shorecrest has been designated by the City of Miami Beach in the City's
Historic Properties Data Base as a contributing building in the Ocean Drive/Collins Avenue Local
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 Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency finds, determines and declares that
the acquisition of the Shorecrest 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 authorize 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 Shorecrest property for use in the City
Center/Convention Village Redevelopment Project; and
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WHEREAS, the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency finds, determines and declares that
the acquisition of the Shorecrest 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
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:
Shorecrest Property
1535 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida
Legally described as:
THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 4 AND THE SOUTH 40 FEET OF LOT 5; AND
SOUTH 40 FEET OF LOT 16 AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 17, BLOCK 56,
FISHER'S FIRST SUBDIVISION OF AL TON BEACH, MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT
BOOK 2, PAGE 77, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA; THAT PARCEL OF LAND ADJACENT TO AND IMMEDIATELY
EAST OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED AND FOREGOING DESCRIPTION OF
PROPERTY, AND MORE PAR TICULARL Y DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTER
LINE OF LOT 4, BLOCK 56, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT
BOOK 2, PAGE 77, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA AND THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 4, BLOCK 56, RUN
NORTHERL Y ALONG THE EAST LINE OF BLOCK 56 A DISTANCE OF 65.91
FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY
LINE OF THE SOUTH 40 FEET OF LOT 5 OF BLOCK 56, PRODUCED
EASTERL Y A DISTANCE OF 60 FEET MORE OR LESS, TO THE MEAN HIGH
WATER LINE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; THENCE SOUTHERLY,
MEANDERING THE SAID MEAN HIGH WATER LINE A DISTANCE OF 66
FEET, MORE OR LESS TO A POINT; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE
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CENTER LINE OF SAID LOT 4, BLOCK 56, PRODUCED EASTERLY A
DrST ANCE OF 60 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING,
0,10 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS.
4. The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency finds, determines, and declares acquisition
of the Shorecrest 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 Shorecrest 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
Shorecrest through purchase, donation, or eminent domain proceedings including declaration of
taking.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of
Date
ATTEST:
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SECRETARY
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Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Telephone: (305) 673-7193
Fax: (305) 673-7772
MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMORANDUM NO 94-59
December 21, 1994
FROM:
Chairman and Members of the Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency
Roger M. Carlton nJJ~ I
Executive Direct~
TO:
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF THE
SHORECREST HOTEL BY PURCHASE, DONATION, OR THE FILING OF
EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS AND DECLARATION OF TAKING AS
NECESSARY AS A POTENTIAL SITE FOR A HOTEL DEVELOPMENT 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
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the General Counsel of the Redevelopment
Agency institute condemnation proceedings in order to acquire the
property known as the Shorecrest Hotel, located at 1535 Collins
Avenue, Miami Beach, for the City Center/Convention village Hotel
Development Project. This item is the implementing resolution of
an action which was approved by the Agency Bord on December 7,
1994.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Miami/Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is proceeding
with its goal for 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. Further, the Agency
finds, determines and declares that the acquisition of the
Shorecrest Hotel is a public necessity and is in the best interest
of the City of Miami Beach.
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AGENDA ITEM 2-G
DECEMBER 21, 1994
CONCLUSION:
The Chairman and Agency Board are requested to authorize the
Chairman and Secretary to execute a Resolution authorizing the
acquisition of the Shorecrest Hotel by purchase. donation, or the
filing of eminent domain proceedings and declaration of taking as
necessary as a potential site for a hotel development 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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