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REPORT BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Status report on the renovation projects for.
Jackson Soul Food Restaurant, Two Guys Restaurant, and Just Right Barber Shop
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Board of Directors Meeting
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SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. Date.- File:
And Members of CRA Board
Subject: Status Report , on
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From: Frank KReferences:
Executive Director
Enclosures: Documentation
Following is a status report on the following renovation projects within the SEOPW CRA:
1. JACKSON SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT: This project is moving forward per the
attached schedule. The replat process is almost complete; Mt. Zion has signed off on the last
paperwork required. Permitting is scheduled for early April with construction scheduled to begin
in early May. Attached, as Exhibit, A is a copy of the latest Project Schedule as of March 16,
2004.
11. TWO GUYS RESTAURANT: Mr. Harold Meadows, the Proprietor of Two Guys
Restaurant and tenant of Mr. Willie Williams has decided to withdraw from the grant process.
He has had numerous tenant/landlord disputes with Mr. Williams and finally decided on
February 9, 2004, to withdraw. Attached, as Exhibit B, is a copy of his withdrawal document.
III. JUST RIGHT BARBER SHOP: Mr. Willie Williams, the Owner of Just Right Barber Shop
and of the entire building, has just recently verbally indicated to me that he would like to go
forward with his portion of the grant program to renovate the barber shop, only. There are,
however, some common areas which are shared by Two Guys Restaurant and Just Right
Barber Shop which were contemplated to be renovated with funding allocated from both grants.
Now that Mr. Meadows has withdrawn his interest, I will have Special Counsel modify the
existing grant language for Just Right Barber Shop to incorporate these areas (roof, ADA
access issues, and some plumbing) strictly into the Just Right Barber Shop Grant Agreement
and recommend the reallocation of a portion of the funding from Two Guys be added to Just
Right. This recommendation will require approval of the Board of Directors. I would anticipate
having this before the CRA Board of Directors at the May 2004 Board meeting.
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ARTHUR,E..TEELEjR. ; "". �o FRANK K; ROLLASON:
Chairman Executive.birector
February 4, 2004
Harold Meadows, Proprietor
Two Guys Restaurant
1135 NW 31d Avenue
Miami, Florida 33351
Subject: Notice of Withdrawal from the Commercial Revitalization Supplemental Grant (CRSG)
Program
Dear Mr. Meadows:
This letter serves to memorialize your conversation with staff where you expressed your intent to withdraw
from the CRSG Program and to abstain from drawing down on the $206,100 grant that was awarded for the
benefit of your business. As I mentioned to you before, this grant was to be used to pay for improvements
to the building that you are presently leasing, and was a matching source of funds for your Metro Miami
Action Plan (MMAP) grant. Once you withdraw from the CRSG Program, you in effect will also be
rescinding any contracts you may have entered in with the CRA. The grant funds will revert to the CRA
and you can elect to submit an application for future funding. There is no guarantee that you will again be
awarded funding, and for the amount referenced in this letter.
If it is still your intent to proceed with the withdrawal from the CRSG Program, please sign' and date at the
bottom of this letter. If we do not hear from you within 30 days, we will assume that you are willing to
move forward with the CRSG Program. We will need access to your business to make the improvements
dictated in the scope of -work which is included in the unexecuted grant agreement. I thank you for your
patience and hope to hear from you promptly regarding this matter.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me in the office at 305-679=6800.
Sincerely,
c: James Villacorta, General Counsel
Neko Grant, Architect
COMiv UNITY REDEVELOPM* E*NT AGENCY
49 NW 5th Street, Suite ,1,0�../.Miami, FL 33128
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