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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION,
BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5TIS ) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE,
RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE CITY
MANAGER'S ACTION THAT IT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS
AND NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A POLICY RELATING
TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS IN
THE PROCESSING OF PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENTS FOR PROPERTIES PURCHASED THROUGH
THE LAND ASSEMBLY PHASE OF THE MODEL CITY
HOMEOWNERSHIP PILOT; FURTHER APPROVING A
POLICY, IN PRINCIPLE, THAT ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS WILL NOT BE CONDUCTED FOR EACH
INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY SLATED FOR ACQUISITION
IN THE MODEL CITY HOMEOWNERSHIP PILOT
PROJECT AREA AND THAT THE CITY COMMISSION
MAY ACQUIRE PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE
CONTAMINATED.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. By a four-fifths (4/5tns) affirmative vote, the
City Manager's action that it was advantageous and practicable
to establish a policy relating to environmental assessment
requirements in the processing of Purchase and Sale Agreements
MAY 2 3 2002
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for properties purchased through the land assembly phase of the
Model City Homeownership Pilot Project is ratified, approved and
confirmed.
Section 2. A policy is approved, in principle, that
(a) the City Commission affirms that environmental assessments
will not be conducted for each individual property slated for
acquisition in the Model City Homeownership Pilot Project Area;
and (2) the City Commission may acquire properties that may be
contaminated to ensure that redevelopment and revitalization
activities in the Model City Community Revitalization District
become a reality and the Preliminary Phase I Environmental Site
Assessment and Inventory Findings for potential Brownfields
sites in the Model City neighborhood meet the environmental
assessment requirement for the acquisition of such properties.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.'/
if 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 immediately
upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA A. THOMPS N
CITY CLERK _
APPROVEU^S 20 DORM
74DRO V I LARELLO
ATTORNEY
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day of May 2002.
/lANUEL A. DIAZ, MAYO
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Honorable Mayor Diaz and
Members of the City Commission
Arthur E. Teele, Jr.
Commissioner
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POCKET ITEM 2
May 30, 2002
Pocket Item: Policy relating to
Environmental Assessment
Requirements — Model City
Homeownership Pilot
By this memorandum, I am respectfully requesting to discuss the following resolution as a
pocket item;
A RESOLUTION, OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BY A 4/5 THS
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE CITY
MANAGER'S ACTION THAT IT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS AND NECESSARY TO
ESTABLISH A POLICY RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
REQUIREMENTS IN THE PROCESSING OF PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENTS FOR PROPERTIES PURCHASED THROUGH THE LAND
ASSEMBLY PHASE OF THE MODEL CITY HOMEOWNERSHIP PILOT.
Thank you.
Cc: Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney
Priscilla Thompson, City Clerk
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