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RESOLUTION APPROVING ISSUANCE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (WEXFORD/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK PROJECT), IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000,000, TO FINANCE PART OF THE COSTS OF THE INITIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING (THE �PROJECT�) IN THE �UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LIFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK�, FOR THE BENEFIT OF WEXFORD MIAMI, LLC (THE �BORROWER�); AUTHORIZING AN ALLOCATION OF NOT EXCEEDING $60,000,000 FROM THE COUNTY�S SUBALLOCATION OF THE NATIONAL VOLUME CAP FOR �RECOVERY ZONE FACILITY BONDS� TO THE BORROWER FOR THE PROJECT, PURSUANT TO THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT;

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WHEREAS, Wexford Miami, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the �Borrower�), has requested the Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority (the �Authority�) to issue not exceeding $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Wexford/University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park Project) (the �Bonds�), in one or more series, for the purpose of financing part of the cost of the construction, installation and equipping of the initial research and development building in the University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park (the �Park�), consisting of an approximately 252,000 square-foot, six-story facility, approximately 246,000 square feet of which will be used for laboratory and research and related offices and approximately 6,000 square feet of which will be used for retail, to be located at 1951 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, Florida (the �Project�); the Park includes approximately eight acres of land within the Miami Health District adjacent to the University of Miami�s Miller School of Medicine and is expected to contain between 1.4 and 2 million square feet of laboratory, office and retail space in approximately five research and development buildings; the Project will be the first building to be constructed in the Park and will be owned and operated by the Borrower; and

WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County has been designated to receive a suballocation of the national volume cap for Recovery Zone Facility Bonds (�RZ Facility Bond Suballocation�) pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that Miami-Dade County allocate $60,000,000 principal amount of the Bonds (or such lesser amount of Bonds as shall actually be issued by the Authority) from the City�s RZ Facility Bond Suballocation to the Borrower for the Project;

WHEREAS, the Authority intends to issue the Bonds as Recovery Zone Facility Bonds subject to (i) designation by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade County, Florida (the �Board�) of the Bonds as Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, (ii) the allocation by the Board from its RZ Facility Bond Suballocation to the Borrower for the Project and (iii) final approval by the Authority of the financing documents for the Project, which is more particularly described in the report prepared by the Executive Director of the Authority (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A); and

WHEREAS, on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, the Authority held a public hearing, notice of which was published on Monday, March 8, 2010 in The Miami Herald (a copy of which notice is attached hereto as Exhibit B), for the purpose of giving all interested persons an opportunity to express their views in connection with the issuance of the Bonds and the nature and location of the Project, as required by Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the �Code�); and

WHEREAS, after reviewing a copy of the transcript of the Authority�s public hearing held on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, in respect of the Bonds (a copy of which transcript is attached hereto as Exhibit C), and finding that the Project will inure to the benefit of the citizens of Miami-Dade County, this Board desires to approve the issuance of the Bonds for the purposes of complying with Section 147(f) of the Code, designating the Bonds as Recovery Zone Facility Bonds and allocating up to $60,000,000 from the RZ Facility Bond Suballocation to the Borrower for the Project,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA:

Section 1. The issuance of the Bonds of the Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $60,000,000 for the purpose of financing part of the costs of the Project, as previously described, is approved. The Board hereby designates the Bonds as Recovery Zone Facility Bonds and hereby allocates $60,000,000 (or such lesser amount of Bonds as shall be issued by the Authority) from the RZ Facility Bond Suballocation to the Borrower for the Project.

Section 2. The Bonds and the interest on the Bonds shall not constitute a debt, liability or general obligation of the Authority, the County or of the State of Florida or of any political subdivision thereof, but shall be payable solely from the revenues or other moneys specifically provided by the Borrower for the payment of the Bonds and neither the faith and credit nor any taxing power of the Authority, the County or of the State of Florida or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal or interest on the Bonds.

Date:

To: Honorable Chairman Dennis C. Moss
and Members, Board of County Commissioners

From: George M. Burgess
County Manager

Subject:Resolution Approving Issuance of Industrial Development Revenue Bonds for Wexford Equities, LLC
..Recommendation
The attached Resolution is being placed on the agenda for the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) consideration on behalf of the Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority (IDA). The item approves the issuance of industrial development revenue bonds by the IDA for Wexford Equities, LLC after a public hearing was held by the Industrial Development Authority on March 23, 2010. Details of the project are included in the accompanying memorandum and exhibits by the Chairman of the IDA to the BCC. These bonds would use the $60 million issuance allocation allotted to Miami-Dade County for Recovery Zone Facility Bond financed projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The $60 million allocation is available for private sector companies only, and is separate from a $40 million allocation allotted to Miami-Dade County for public facilities.

Scope
The project will be located at 1951 NW 7th Avenue, in the City of Miami, which is within Commission District 3. However, the impact of the project is countywide.

Fiscal Impact/Funding Source
Neither the IDA nor Miami-Dade County has any liability with respect to the repayment of the bonds.

Track Record/Monitor
Issuance of the bonds will be conducted and monitored by the Executive Director of the IDA.

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Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (�TEFRA�) requires that the Board of County Commissioners approve the issuance of industrial development revenue bonds after a public hearing has been held either by the Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority or the Board itself. For efficiency, the Board has allowed the Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority to conduct the public hearing subject to review and ratification by the Board.

Through Resolution 1416-09, the Board authorized the IDA to issue private facility bonds. The IDA was to accept, review, and present approved projects, along with a list of rejected projects to the County. County staff is to present the Board with a recommendation on how to allocate the $60 million in private facility bonds.




This is the only project recommended by the IDA, although one other project applied for private facility bonds. County staff concurs with the recommendation to allocate the $60 million in private facility bonds to Wexford Equities, Inc.



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