2015-0416 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting April 16,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida characterization because historically we have done this before. We have a lot of history about transferring west-side TDRs to east-side TDRs. Even if we did that, it is still a much better proposition than going through eminent domain. Gene Newman asked what the City is paying for that Sales Office,and Mayor Scholl said nothing,and between the two properties, the compensation for the Alamo property is cash and TDRs, and with the Sales Office, they are donating the property to the City in exchange for the density that property would have yielded, about 2,000 feet more. It will be used for the Armani project. All of those transactions kind of abstracting the TDRs Ordinance but it was designed to transfer density from a donor's site, when we wanted that site for a public purpose,to make a higher building within theconstraints that Claudia explained earlier. The reason we packaged it all together was because they are a motivated seller because they needed the TDRs for the Armani building. Mayor Edelcup could never get them to the table to finish that deal when he tried to do it because they were not a motivated seller at that point. In this case it is not really a sale but they are a motivated donor. We are going through the process right now with the submerged land. Commissioner Levin said she knows that Dezer has the option to lease 30,000 square feet, are they leasing it or are they buying it? Mayor Scholl said they will be buying it as a condominium, and so they have to commit to that before we approve'the final site plan. Commissioner Levin said then that we can actually keep it and use it, and Mayor Scholl said that is correct or if they don't want it, we can make the building smaller and not take on space that we don't have a buyer for. Ultimately, if they use it, they pan' for it, and if they don't want it, we don't have to pay for it. Commissioner Levin said then that right now there is no intention for anybody else to go in there. Mayor Scholl said actually we could but we are not a building design, until we design the building we will see. Commissioner Goldman commended the Mayor, City Manager and the City Attorney, staff and everybody that put this deal together. She said a good deal is a deal that works for both parties, it really worked well for the developer, it works well for the City, it is multi-purpose.it is public-purpose,it is an excellent creative solution to attractable problems that we have had with eminent domain, and she thinks it is excellent and really workable. Vice Mayor Gatto said it is very skilled negotiations but timing is everything as well. It is very complicated but it worked out perfectly in so many areas. City Attorney Ottinot noted for the record submerged land offer was based on statements he gave the Commission previously,and Mayor Scholl said yes,he just wanted to give an example of how eminent domain can actually get. Commissioner Levin asked what the changes were to the revised Agreement, was it anything substantive? City Attorney Ottinot said no,just minor name change and executed signature. Vice Mayor Gatto moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2405 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 100. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,Approving and Accepting a Warranty Deed for the Conveyance of Land for Public Purposes from TRG Sunny Isles VII West, LLC; Authorizing the Recording of the Deed in the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida;Authorizing the City Manager and City Attorney to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title,and Mayor Scholl reported that this is the sale of the 34