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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-03-0993J-03-701 9/4/03 03— 993 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 00-867, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NO. 02-14, BY CHANGING THE COMPOSITION OF THE ELEVEN (11) MEMBER HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL LOAN COMMITTEE ("LOAN COMMITTEE") TO THE FOLLOWING: A CHAIRPERSON APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, THREE (3) MEMBERS WITH BACKGROUNDS RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR LENDING, TWO (2) MEMBERS WITH PRIVATE REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE, ONE (1) MEMBER WITH PRIVATE REAL ESTATE LENDING EXPERIENCE, TWO (2) MEMBERS WITH PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, ONE (1) MEMBER WITH PRIVATE COMMERCIAL LENDING EXPERIENCE, AND ONE (1) MEMBER FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER; AUTHORIZING THE EXPANSION OF THE LOAN COMMITTEE'S FUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE THE APPROVAL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION GRANTS AND/OR LOANS TO BE PROVIDED. BY THE CITY THROUGH THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS ("HOPWA") PROGRAM. "A# tomp- J WHEREAS, Resolution No. 00-867, adopted September 28, 2000, as amended by Resolution No. 02-14, adopted January 10, 2002, authorized the establishment of an eleven (11) member Housing and Commercial Loan Committee ("Loan Committee") to approve/disapprove certain housing and commercial loans and/or Rescinded by: 0-13030 CITY COMM MEETING W, i S F 1 1 2003 Resolution No. bJ3— 993 grants to be provided by the City of Miami ("City") through the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships and State Housing Initiatives Partnership Programs; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 00-867, as amended by Resolution No. 02-14, established the composition of the eleven (11) member Loan Committee and directed each approved loan to be presented to the State of Florida Financial Emergency Oversight Board for review and final approval; and WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to expand the Loan Committee's functions to include the approval of affordable housing construction grants and/or loans to be provided by the City through the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS ("HOPWA") Program; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. Resolution No. 00-867, as amended by Resolution No. 02-14, adopted January 10, 2002, is further Page 2 of 4 6 93- 993 amended in the following particulars:11 "RESOLUTION NO. 00-867 Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to establish an eleven (11) member Housing and Commercial Loan Committee to approve/disapprove (1) certain housing and commercial loans and/or grants to be provided by the City through the CDBG, HOME and SHIP Programs, and (2) affordable housing construction loans and/or grants to be provided by the City funded by the HOPWA Program, which shall be comprised as follows: (a) ire a Chairperson appointed by the Mayor; (b) three (3) members with backgrounds related to affordable housing development or lending; (c) th=ee (3T two (2) members with private real estate experience; (d) wee—xflefabers one (1) member with private real estate lending experience; (e) two (2) members with private commercial business experience; (ef) hree—nenbers one (1) member with private commercial lending experience; and (-fa) three one (1) members from the City Administration, appointed by the City Manager. 1� Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material. Page 3 of 4 ;J3- 993 final apreval . Section (-149). * Section (410). * Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.V PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of September , 2003. ATTEST: PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON CITY CLERK 00 APPROVED TO ORM-Jgl�OeCORRECTNESS itEEJ RO—VILARELLO CIT ATTORNEY W7438:tr:BSS 2/ Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material. Page 4 of 4 #j3— 993 TO FROM The Honorable ;mbers of � ola nager CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM RECOMMENDATION: 12 SEP — 3 2003 DATE: FILE: Changing Membership Structure SUBJECT: & adding HOPWA housing to the Loan Committee REFERENCES: City Commission Agenda September 11, 2003 ENCLOSURES: It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the change in the composition of the eleven -member Housing and Commercial Loan Committee (Loan Committee) to: one (1) Chairperson appointed by the Mayor, three (3) members with backgrounds related to affordable housing development, two (2) members with private real estate experience, one (1) member with private real estate lending experience, two (2) members with private commercial experience, one (1) member with private commercial lending experience, and one (1) member from the City Administration appointed by the City Manager; and authorizing the extension of the Loan Committee's function to include the approval / disapproval of affordable housing construction grants and loans to be provided by the City through the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program; and further releasing the City Manager from the obligation to present each loan approved by the Loan Committee for review and final approval to the State of Florida Financial Emergency Oversight Board, which was dissolved on December 18, 2001. BACKGROUND: Resolution No. 00-867, adopted September 28, 2000, authorized and directed the City Manager to establish an eleven -member Loan Committee to approve/ disapprove certain affordable housing and commercial loans and/or grants to be provided by the City of Miami. This Resolution established the composition of the Loan Committee as: • One (1) Chairperson, appointed by the Mayor • One (1) member who is an active affordable housing provider • Three (3) members with private real estate lending experience • Three (3) members with private commercial lending experience, and • Three (3) members from the City Administration, appointed by the City Manager. It has been recommended by Loan Committee members that its representation be changed to allow participation of both not-for-profit and for-profit developers. The following structure is recommended: • One (1) Chairperson, appointed by the Mayor, • Three (3) members with backgrounds related to affordable housing development, • Two (2) members with private real estate experience, • One (1) member with private real estate lending experience, MJ3- 993 • Two (2) members with private commercial experience, • One (1) member with private commercial lending experience, and • One (1) member from the City Administration, appointed by the City Manager. Resolution No. 00-867 also directed the City Manager to present each approved loan to the State of Florida Financial Emergency Oversight Board for review and final approval. On December 18, 2001, the Financial Oversight Board was dissolved. The Loan Committee was established to approve/disapprove certain housing and commercial loans and/or grants to be provided by the City of Miami through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) and State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) programs. The Administration has been presented proposals for affordable housing construction through the HOPWA program. It is recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the change in the composition of the eleven -member Housing and Commercial Loan Committee (Loan Committee) to: one (1) Chairperson appointed by the Mayor, three (3) members with backgrounds related to affordable housing development, two (2) members with private real estate experience, one (1) member with private real estate lending experience, two (2) members with private commercial experience, one (1) member with private commercial lending experience, and one (1) member from the City Administration appointed by the City Manager; and authorizing the extension of the Loan Committee's function to include the approval / disapproval of affordable housing construction grants and loans to be provided by the City through the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program; and further releasing the City Manager from the obligation to present each loan approved by the Loan Committee for review and final approval to the State of Florida Financial Emergency Oversight Board, which was dissolved on December 18, 2001. The proposed Resolution does not have a budgetary impact on the General Fund. LMH/BGR 93- 993 MLE`RK`S OFFICE J-00-798 9/28/00 TEL:305-858-1610 Feb 13'01 RESOLUTION NO. w 00— 867 17:44 No.019 P.02 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NOS. 9B-580 AND 00-418 IN THEIR ENTIRETY, THEREBY ABOLISHING THE HOUSING LOAN COMMITTEE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH AN ELEVEN (11) MEMBER HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL LOAN COMMITTEE TO APPROVE/DISAPPROVE CERTAIN HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL LOANS AND/OR GRANTS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ("CDBG"), HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ("HOME") AND STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP ("SHIP") PROGRAMS; GRANTING AUTHORITY TO THE HOUSING AND COMMER LOAX— COMMITTEE TO APPROVE/DISAPPROVE LOAN APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND COMMERCIAL (BUSINESS) PROJECTS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SUBORDINATION AGREEMENTS, LOAN RESTRUCTURING PLANS AND/OR LOAN REPAYMENT PLANS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND COMMERCIAL LOANS IN THE CITY'S LOAN PORTFOLIO; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPROVE/DISAPPROVE SPECIFIC HOUSING LOANS PROVIDED BY THE CITY THROUGH THE CITY'S CDBG FUNDED SINGLE FAMILY REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND SHIP FUNDED SINGLE FAMILY REHABILITATION AND HOMEBUYERS FINANCING PROGRAM; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PRESENT EACH APPROVED LOAN TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA FINANCIAL EMERGENCY OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR REVIEW AND FINAL APPROVAL; AND APPROVING THE CITY OF MIAMI LENDING POLIO IDE"MS, ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMERCIAL LOAN PRORAM. crff-COI�RiBSiml[ E?1ZiG QF. ATTACHMENT (S) SEP 28 2000 - CONTAINED.3- 99 ' 9. 9.0 l,i 9.!)0- CLE'RK'S OFFICE TEL:305-858-1610 Feb 13'01 17:44 No.019 P.03 WHEREAS, Resolution No. 98-580, adopted June 9, 1998, authorized and directed the City Manager to appoint a seven (7) member Housing Loan Committee for the purpose of recommending approval/disapproval of loans and/or grants provided by the City of Miami (the "City") through its Community Development Block .G ("(LBG") funded Single Family and Multifamily Reh4ilitation Programs, Home Investment Partnership Program ("ROMEO), and the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Programs ("SHIP"), in response to findings and concerns identified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's District Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") in its Audit Report dated March 261 1998, regarding the City's loan underwriting procedures; and WHEREAS, the compositif fife Committee, approved pursuant to Resolution No. '98-580, was comprised of a Chairperson appointed by the Mayor, four (4) representatives from the private sector with real estate lending and/or affordable housing development experience and three (3) representatives from the City Administration; and WHEREAS, at its meeting of September 28, 1999, with the adoption of Resolution No. 99-705, the city Commission approve Pages 8 a- CLERK'S OFFICE TEL:305-858-1610 Feb 13'01 17:45 No.019 P.04 a modification to the City of Miami Local Housing Assistance Plan for the SHIP Program, resulted in the expansion of the number of housing assistance programs available to very low, low and moderate income families residing in the City of Miami; and WHEREAS, since October 1999, with the establishment of the Homebuyers Financing and single Family Rehabilitation Programs, which provide a maximum of up to $40,000 in financial assistance to eligible households for the purchase of a home or the rehabilitation of an existing home, respectively, the City has .. .doftb. 40 - experienced a substantial increase and demand from potential 'w homebuyers and current homeowners for financial assistance; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Motion -99-976, adopted December 14, 1999, the City Commission authorized and directing the City Manager and the City Attorney to proceed with the termination or winding down of the agreement with Miami Capital Development, Inc. and obtain the loan portfolio from said entity; and WHEREAS, subsequently, Reao ,on 1g,. 98-580 was amended by the adoption of Resolution No. 09-418 on May 11, 2000, to change the designation of individuals to be appointed as members of the City Housing Loan Committee by (1) eliminating the appointment ;J3-- 993 ;,> Page 3 of 8 CLERK' -S OFFICE TEL:305-858-1614 Feb 13'01 17.45 No -019 P.05 of an individual representing Miami Capital Development, Inc., (2) providing for the appointment of a third member with private real estate lending experience, and (3) providing for the City Manager's appointment of individuals from the Departments of Planning and Zoning and Real Estate and Economic Development as eligible members of said Committee; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 00-413, adopted May 11, 2000, the City Commission designated the Little Haiti Credit Union and Latin Chamber of Commerce (CAMACOL) as the administrative entities to assist the City in its efforts to reestablish a Commercial Loan Program that creates a public/private partnership to stimulate business development and growth in the City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 00-755, adopted September 14, 2000, the City-ssion designated the Tacolcy Economic Development Corporation, Inc. as an administrative entity to assist the City in its efforts to reestablish a Commercial Loan Program that creates a public/private partnership to stimulate business development and growth in the City; and "j3- 993 Page 4 of 8 CLERK'S OFFICE TEL:305-858-1610 Feb 13'01 17:45 No.019 P.06 WHEREAS, presently the Department of Community Development is responsible for servicing the loan portfolio previously originated.and managed by Miamia 'tat Development, Inc.; and WHEREAS, the City Commission directed the Administration to develop guidelines for the Commercial Loan Program; and WHEREAS, in an effort to be more responsive to the residents of the City, it is recommended that the City Commission grant authority to the City Manager or his designee to approve/disapprove specific housing loans provided by the City through the CDBG and SHIP funded Single Family Rehabilitation and Homebuyers..' Financing. Programs and to establish a Housing and Commercial Loan Committee consisting of eleven (11) members and further directed the Administration to develop guidelines for the Commercial Loan Program; and WHEREAS, to accomplish the foregoing, it is in order for the City Commission to rescind Resolution Nos. 98-580 and 00-418, in their entirety, to abolish the existing Housing Loan Committee, and replace same with a newly established Housing and Commercial Loan Committee; and a Page 5 of 8 93- 993 CLERK'S OFFICE TEL:305-858-16 a Feb 13'01 17:46 No.019 P.07 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. Resolution 1Vqffl!.'98-5,A_0, adopted June 9, 1998., and Resolution No. 00-418, addgP't�ed May 11, 2000, are hereby rescinded in their entirety, thereby abolishing the Housing Loan Committee created pursuant to said Resolutions. Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to establish an eleven (11) member Housing and Commercial Loan Committee to approve/ disapprove certain housing and commercial loans and/or grants to be provided by the City through the CDBG, HOME and SHIP Programa which shall be comprised as follows: •- a. (a) the Chairperson appointed by the Mayor; (b) one (1) member who is an active affordable housing provider; (c) three (3) members with private real estate lending experience; (d) three (3) members with private commercial lending experience; and ;:l3- 993 Page 6 of 8 CLERK'S OFFICE I (e) TEL:305-858-1610 Feb 13'01 17:46 No.019 P.08 three (3) members appointed by the City Manager from the City Administration. Section 4. Except as provided in Section 5 herein, the City of Miami Housing and C.g=Aft ial 4Toan Committee is hereby granted the authority to approve or disapprove all loan applications for funding of affordable housing projects and commercial (business) projects and related transactions including, but not limited to, subordination agreements, loan restructuring plans and/or loan repayment plans in the City's loan portfolio. Section 5. The City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized to approve or disapprove specific housing loans provided by the City throu§ the City's CDBG funded Single Family Rehabilitation Program (one to four units) in an amount not to exceed $80,000 per transaction, and SHIP funded Single Family Rehabilitation and Homebuyers Financing Programs in an amount not to exceed $40,000 per transaction. Section 6. The City Manager is hereby directed to present each approved loan transaction to the State of Florida Financial Emergency Oversight Board for review and final approval. - 'w Page 7 of 8 iJ3- 993 CLERK'S OFFICE TEL:305-858-1610 Feb 13'01 17:47 No.019 P.09 Section 7. The City of Miami Lending Policy Guidelines, attached hereto and made a part hereof, to implement the Commercial Loan Program are hereby approved. Section B. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.' -'l PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of September , 2000. JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR r did not W"% gPPM"' of In accordance wfth Miami Code Sec, 2.36, since ' sad 19oww' nO;" We leg k*wn tv signIn9 it in the des n fromP eGfyCn of c we with the elapse of ten ( ) ATTEST: WALTER J. FOEMAN, CITY CLERK APPROVE FORD CORRECTNESS t- 682:DF:IT:BSS 1� If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective in nediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. ^J3- 993 Page 8 of 8 JEB BUSH GOVERUNOR December 14, 2001 OVE SIGIff BOARD 150 West Flagler Street. Suite 1815 Maria Camila Leiv. Miami, Florida 33130 Chairman Phone (305) 347-5633 Fax (305) 371-3160 SharonBro`vn Gabriel Bustamantf Reginald Clyne Sheldon Schneider The Honorable Jeb Bush, Governor State of Florida The Capitol, PL 05 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001 Dear Governor Bush: Attached is the Final Report of the Financial Oversight Board (FOB) for the City of Miami, we plan to adopt this report as our final action at our final meeting on December 18. This report outlines the work of the FOB over the past five years, successfully concluding the period for the FOB pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement (ICA) with the City of Miami. The City's external auditors have provided affirmation that the City has ended each of the past five fiscal years with balanced operations. Pursuant to its' terms, the ICA terminates once the City has ended each of the past five fiscal years with balanced operations. No other financial emergency conditions have arisen concluding the terms of the ICA. Therefore, the FOB is dissolved with the end of the ICA. We do however recommend that you should not declare the financial emergency over pursuant to s. 218.504 F.S. until the external auditor has issued the FY 2000-01 audit, expected for release in March 2002. We would like to thank former Mayor Carollo and the City Commission as well as the City's staff for their dedicated effort to complying with the ICA. This process would not have been successful without their complete commitment to its terms and conditions. We appreciate the hard work of all past FOB members and the staff to the FOB, all of whom made significant contributions to the success of this process. Lastly, the FOB would like to thank you, Governor Bush for your continued support of this process over the past three years. Sincerely, mae"(?. n, �G Maria Camila Levia, Chair Sharon Brown, Vice Chair .It, . jk- )�,�.... Sheldon Schneider M. B stamante �J3- 993 r JEB BUSH STATE OF FLO"A off lee of the Oob error THE 0011TOL TALLAHASSIItr. FLORIDA 33344.0001 WwwAPT.00m 850.4$4148 NO -487-4801 fm March 19, 2002 The Honorable Manuel A. Diaa Mayor. City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive P. O. Box 330708 Miami, FL 33233-0708 D=ar 14ayor Diaz: My offtine has reviewed the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the City of Miami for the fiscal year ending September 30. 2001, and submitted to me pursuant to the fing action of the Financial Oversight Board. Tho Report confirms the City has impicreeA#ed an effective accounting and reporting system and has now eliminated the financial emergency conditions which previously existed. No new financial emergency conditions wore identified by the independent auditor, KPMG. In accordance with F.S. 218.504, I hereby declare that the City of Miami is no lodger in a state of financial emergency. I offer my sincere congratulations to the people of Miami, its elected leaders and city employers for their hard work, dedicadon and commitment to resolving the financial emergency and re-establishing a system of sound financial inanagement. Sincerely, Jeb Bush JB:idh 5 Rxb=x trxu-'-I -07 Ci0V2fwes met** iftti" AE A M[MTOR. %* A 910 H96P + 1-d30-2`5.3796 3- 993 ' BB The Herald www.heraid.com SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2003 F r The Miami City Commission will hotel a Public Hearing City of Miami to dusnmss issues relating to the Community Department of Community Development Development block Grant and other HUD Programs. Tuesday, September 11, 2003,30 PA. City of uWad Commission Clamber 3500 Pan American Drive Miand, Rwida Federal regulations governing the City of Miami CDBG program requires that a participating jurisdiction provide citizens with reasonable notice of and an opportunity to comment on any amendments to the CDBG program. Additionally, the public is being advised of amendments to the CDBG funds program all of which amendments are indicated below: 1. Discussion and proposed resolution granting an extension from December 28, 2002 to January 9, 2003, to Palmetto Homes of Miami, Inc., to complete the construction of three (3) single family homes affordable to families and individuals of very low, low and moderate income on formerly city -owned parcels in the Model City neighborhood; stating the intention of the City Commission related to the date of conveyance of title to said parcels. 2. Discussion and proposed resolution deobligating 28" Year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds in the amount of $31,000 from Saint John Bosco Church in District 3 and reallocating the funds to the City of Miami Department of Capital improvement Projects to upgrade the air conditioning in the Manuel Artime Building, for improvement of energy efficiency, to be completed by September 30, 2004. 3. Discussion and proposed resolution transferring 28" Year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Funds in the Public Services Category in District 5 of $9,138.81 from James E. Scott Community Association, InclCommunity Awareness Program to Wad of Life Community Development Corporation for Public Services activities in District 5. 4. Discussion and proposed resolution authorizing the change in the composition of the eleven (11) member Housing and Commercial Loan Committee to: one (1) chairperson appointed by the Mayor, three (3) members with backgrounds related to affordable housing development, two (2) members with private real estate experience, one (1) member with private real estate lending experience, two (2) members with private commercial experience, are (1) member with private commercial lending experience, and one (1) member from the City Administration appointed by the City Manager and authorizing the extension of the Loan Committee's function to include the approval/disapproval of affordable housing construction grants and loans to be provided by the City through rine Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program; and further releasing the City Manager from the obligation to present each Loan approved by the Loan Committee for review and final approval to the State of Florida Financial Emergency Oversight Board, which was dissolved on December 18, 2001. 5. Discussion and proposed resolution authorizing a charV in the properties lo be purchased by MOVERS, Inc. with Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) hats from properties adjacent to the Sugar Hill facility to properties in the area around the Sugar Hill facility; and further authorizing the expansion of the project to be developed on the properties from seventeen (17) housing units to no more than fifty-two (52) king term horsing units plus no more than ten (10) units of emergency transitional housing. 6. Discussion and proposed resolution authorizing the deobligation of 28" Year Community Development Sbdk Grant (CDBG) funds an the amount of $484,580.43 from the Section 108 Loan Gnauauntee Program and further reallocating said funds to the Housing Loan Recovery Wird for the purpose of protecting rine City's Housmg Loan Portfolio. 7. Discussion and proposed resolution allocating Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the previously approved District 5 Little Haiti ,rob Creation Pilot Project Set -Aside in the amount of $90,000 to Neptune and Son Restaurant and Beauty Shop, Corp. for the restaurant and $60,000 to Neptune and Son Restaurant and Beauty Shop, Corp. for the Beauty Parlor in the form of five (5) year deferred, forgivable loans with the provision that the funds be used to create and maintain new employment oppa4mities for residents of the Little Haiti neighborhood for a period of five (5) years, subject to submission of evidence of available financing to complete each project. Interested individuals are encouraged to attend this Public Hearing. The meeting site is accessible to the handicapped. (Ad No. 11564) w3- 993