HomeMy WebLinkAboutM-03-0333SECOND READING
ORDINANCE
,o The Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
FROM Car ez
City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
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SUBJECT Little Havana Homeownership
Trust
REFERENCES City Commission Meeting
July 26, 2001
ENCLOSURES
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance on first
reading creating and establishing the Little Havana Homeownership Trust, which will be
responsible for providing oversight and facilitating the City's revitalization efforts and
redevelopment activities to be undertaken in the Little Havana Homeownership Zone. subject to
applicable City Code provisions.
BACKGROUND:
At its Special Meeting of July 10, 2001, the City Commission adopted instructed the
Administration to prepare legislation that created and established the Little Havana
Homeownership Trust to ensure that the City's short-term, intermediate and long-term
revitalization goals for the Little Havana neighborhood can be implemented expeditiously and
effectively.
The proposed ordinance effectuates the instruction of the City Commission through the creation
and establishment of a Trust that mirrors the recently approved Model City Homeownership
Trust. Following approval of the Little Havana Homeownership Trust Ordinance on first
reading, it is recommended that the District 3 City Commissioner conduct a Public Hearing to
provide an opportunity for citizen input in the creation of the Trust and plans for the Little
Havana Homeownership Project.
In an effort to move forward with the planning process to initiate the redevelopment of the Little
Havana neighborhood, it is recommended that the City Commission approve the proposed
ordinance on first reading that establishes the Little Havana Homeownership Trust.
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Enclosure
SUBMITTED INTO THE
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING THE CHAPTER
ENTITLED "COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION" TO
CREATE AND ESTABLISH THE LITTLE HAVANA
HOMEOWNERSHIP TRUST (THE "TRUST") BY
DESIGNATING THE TRUST'S JURISDICTIONAL
AUTHORITY AS AN AGENCY AND INSTRUMENTALITY
OF' THE CITY OF MIAMI; SETTING FORTH THE
TRUST'S PURPOSE, POWERS AND DUTIES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: TO SUE AND BE
SUED, PLEAD AND IMPLEAD, CONTRACT AND BE
CONTRACTED WITH, AND TO OWN AND DISPOSE OF
REAL PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR COMPOSITION AND
APPOINTMENTS AND PROCEDURES, NOMINATION AND
ELECTION PROCEDURES, TERMS OF OFFICE,
VACANCIES, MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS,
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS, OFFICERS; OATH,
QUORUM AND VOTING, MEETINGS,
INDEMNIFICATION, ABOLISHMENT, AN EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND STAFF, COUNSEL, BUDGET APPROVAL
AND ANNUAL REPORT AND PROVIDING FOR "SUNSET"
REVIEW; MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING
SECTION 2-892 AND ADDING NEW DIVISION 3 TO
THE CHAPTER, ENTITLED "COMMUNITY
REVITALIZATION," OF THE CODE; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY CODE.
WHEREAS, at the City Commission meeting of July 10, 2001,
the City Commission allocated $140,000 of 27th Year Community
Development Block Grant Funds to conduct a planning study to
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initiate the planning process for the Little Havana
Homeownership Zone Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission instructed the Administration
to prepare legislation creating and establishing a Trust in the
Little Havana Community Revitalization District similar to the
Trust created in the Model City Community Revitalization
District; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 99-429, adopted
June 29, 1999, the City Commission approved the City's Five Year
Consolidated Plan (1999-2004), which outlined the City's various
housing and community revitalization strategies for the proposed
use of funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development; and
WHEREAS, with the adoption of the City's Five Year
Consolidated Plan in August 1999, the City Commission approved
the establishment of seven (7) Community Revitalization
Districts in the City of Miami, with the City's initial
homeownership development efforts to begin in the Model City
neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission identified the Little Havana
Community Revitalization District as the next area to undergo
comprehensive redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Little Havana Homeownership Trust ("Trust")
will provide oversight and facilitate the City's revitalization
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efforts and activities to be undertaken in the Little Havana
Community Revitalization District; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to create and establish
the Little Havana Homeownership Trust, which shall receive its
initial sunset review in the Year 2007, and then every foul
years thereafter, and to initiate the Little Havana
Homeownership Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by reference and
incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2, Article XI, of the Code of the
City of Miami, Florida, as amended, is amended in the following
particulars:"
"Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
Article XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
'-` Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining
provi.ions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate
omitted and unchanged material.
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