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r NY is Cit of Sunn Isles Beach City droll, aior<Fs Y 3' George Bud' Scholl,Mayor=° d) f- m 18070 Collins Avenue, Suite 250 Jeanette Gatto,Vice Mayor v Isaac Aelion, Commissioner r I Sunny Isles Beach Florida 33160 u :r tip-- _ I 5' Jennifer Levin,Commissioner * — * (305)947-0606 City Hall Dana Goldman,Commissioner (305)949-31 13 Fax r**„9 ,r. Christopher J.Russo City Manager yF' 9)* F L o \O 4' (305)947-2150 Building Department Hans Ottinot,City Attorney ciTy N of su P'a (305)947-5107 Fax Jane A.Hines,MMC,City Clerk MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable City Commission FROM: George "Bud” Scholl, Mayor DATE: April 16, 2015 RE: Resolution Approving the Purchase and Sale of 18080 Collins Avenue and the Donation of property located at 15800 Collins Avenue RECOMMENDATION: This Resolution is presented for your consideration. REASONS: As previously stated in a progress report memorandum to the City Commission, we have negotiated the purchase of the property commonly known as the Alamo site, located at 18080 Collins Avenue, from the current owner, Dezer Universal, LLC (the "Dezers"). The rationale for • purchasing the Alamo site is as follows. We are able to avoid a costly eminent domain process to find the ideal property for a school expansion and provide additional facilities for governmental and commercial uses. Additionally, we agreed to accept the donation of the property located at 15800 Collins Avenue in exchange for Transfer of Development Rights ("TDRs"). . Background As you may know, City Manager Christopher Russo, City Attorney Hans Ottinot and I met with School Board Member Dr. Martin Karp and a group of high-ranking school system officials who . - enthusiastically indicated that the City's plan for a K-2 expansion would work and that they were committed to contributing roughly $10 Million Dollars to the school expansion project. The proposed plan is to build a multi-purpose building with the school oriented to the rear of the building encapsulated within this space. The City would then have community and commercial space within the front and upper floors of the building that would be completely separate from the school portion. The Dezers have indicated that they would be willing to purchase at the. City's cost up to 30,000 square feet of office space to move their executive offices from across the street. Additionally, the City could house the Civic/Senior Center in this space and some additional needs of the City. It is proposed that the building be constructed-as a commercial condominium whereby the School Board would purchase and own their-space and any commercial tenants (like the Dezers) would purchase and own their own space. This is a very