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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 2002-07-08 City Clerk's ReportMEETING DATE: July 8, 2002 CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT Page No. 1 ITEM 2 Direction to the Cid Manager and NET Director: by Commissioner Gonzalez to meet with him on Wednesday, July 10, 2002, to discuss his concerns regarding NET administration, employee salaries, NET office accommodations, etc., and how his concerns can be addressed. ITEM 5 Direction to the City Attorney: by Commissioner Teele to draft a procedure for the City Manager to have discretion to accept CDBG funding proposals that may be up to 30 minutes late due to unforeseen circumstances. ITEM 5 Note for the Record: Commissioner Regalado suggested that the Administration work with the Police Department in order to develop creative ways to use possible future Law Enforcement Trust Funds (LETF) for some of these agencies that will not be funded for the upcoming year. ITEM 5 Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Sanchez to complete a study that would find a way to make the process of allocating CDBG funds to Social Service projects more equally divided in the future. ITEM 5 Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Teele to provide him with a report on all "F" rated schools Citywide and where they are located in each Commission District and also where they are located Countywide. ITEM 7 Direction to the Cily Attorney: by Commissioner Teele MEETING DATE: July 8, 2002 CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT Page No. 2 to draft legislation for the July 9, 2002 Commission meeting that would allow for the waiver of liens on abandoned lands acquired by Habitat for Humanity to take place with the Certificate of Occupancy (CO) or some other event. Note for the Record: Commissioner Teele stated that he would hope that Habitat for Humanity would be given absolute first priority for lists of abandoned lands within the City of Miami. ITEM 7 Direction to the City Clerk: by Commissioner Teele to provide the transcripts from the March 2002 meetings on the discussion of the Housing Summit and Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) for the July 9, 2002 Commission meeting. [Note for the Record.- Said transcripts were provided to the Commission on July 9, 20021 ITEM 7 Direction to the Administration: from Vice Chairman Winton to develop a meeting schedule for the Housing Summit so that the City Commission may be kept informed of what is going on. ITEM 8 Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Teele requesting that Greater Miami Neighborhoods work closely with the City of Miami Police Retired Benevolent Association as part of their technical assistance agreement. MEETING DATE: July 8, 2002 CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT Page No. 3 ITEM 11 Note for the Record: Commissioner Teele expressed the need for the City to work, in conjunction with the Homeownership Zone, to build first class AIDS facilities in the poorer areas of the City; he further suggested that a masterplan for HIV facilities be completed in all five Commission districts. ITEM 14 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY RESOLUTION 02-782 COMMISSION ACCEPTING THE MOVED: GONZP.LEZ RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER TO SECONDED: SANCHEZ JOINTLY SUBMIT BROWNSFIELD ECONOMIC UNANIMOUS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (BEDI) GRANT APPLICATION WITH WAGNER SQUARE, LLC, A JOINT VENTURE CONSISTING OF ATWATER CAPITAL GROUP, INC., THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP, AND REDEVCO, THE FIRMS THAT SUBMITTED THE TWO HIGHEST RANKING PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A MIXED INCOME, HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT ON APPROXIMATELY 2.7 ACRES LOCATED BETWEEN NORTHWEST 17TH AND 18TH STREETS AND NORTHWEST 14' AND 15TH AVENUES, MIAMI, FLORIDA; APPROVING, IN PRINCIPLE, THE FUTURE CDBG ALLOCATION OF A $4,000,000 SECTION 108 LOAN FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (US HUD) FOR PURPOSES OF SAID APPLICATION; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK TO THE CITY CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT MEETING DATE: July 8, 2002 Page No. 4 COMMISSION WITH A RECOMMENDATION AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JULY 25, 2002; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENGAGE COUNSEL TO ASSIST WITH FINALIZING DEVELOPMENT OF A RECOMMENDATION, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000, ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT CODE NO. 001000.920205.6.250. e APPROVED: fm - PR03CILLA A. THOMPSON, CITY CLERK NOTE: AS DULY NOTED ON THE HEREIN AGENDA AND CITY CLERK'S REPORT, WHICH CONSTITUTE A JOURNAL OF CITY COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS, THE "UNANIMOUS" NOTATION NEXT TO THE VOTE ON EACH AGENDA ITEM MEANS THAT ALL FIVE CITY COMMISSIONERS WERE PRESENT AND VOTED "AYE" ON SAID ROLL CALL VOTE. NEGATIVE VOTES, PHYSICAL ABSENCE OF A COMMISSIONER OR ABSTENTION FROM VOTING BY A COMMISSIONER, IF ANY, IS ALSO DULY REFLECTED IN SAID VOTE.