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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The Honorable Mayor and January 27, 2000
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City Commission
SUBJECT 2000 Legislative Session
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ENCLOSURES:
The 2000 Legislative Session will begin in the first week of March. The City of Miami
has requested various projects to be funded through the State of Florida. To complete
the application, the Community Budget Request Form asks whether -the project request
was heard before a publicly noticed meeting. Therefore, I respectfully request to
discuss the attached legislative budget requests at today's meeting.
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A18 Damaso, Eileen
From: D03 Wiley, Marva L.
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 3:18 PM
To: A18 Damaso, Eileen
Subject: Community Budget Request Form
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The Community Budget Request Form with which we must make the legislative budget
request asks whether the project request was heard before a publicly -noticed meeting of
elected officials (municipal, county, or state). Can you ensure that Comm. Sanchez brings
the following items up as the City requests from the State. No formal resolution is needed.
They can adopt it in the form of a motion. If you need to talk to me in the next few days
(Mon -Wed), it's best to page me (305) 737-5028. Though I will be in a seminar, I will get
back to you as soon as I can.
A. Blue Lagoon Lake Cleanup: Blue Lagoon Lake currently exists under the concurrent
jurisdiction of the South Florida Water Management District, Florida Department of
Transportation, the Expressway Authority, Miami -Dade County and the City of Miami.
The initial clean up, estimated at $100,000, and the subsequent maintenance, estimated
at $30,000 per year. Inasmuch as the Lake affects canals adjacent to the State Road 836,
which runs adjacent to Miami International Airport, the clean up bears substantially on
the perception of domestic and international visitors on the State of Florida, additionally
this project bears great environmental merit.
B. Virrick Park Community Center: This project, too, affects one of the City of Miami's
CDBG Target Areas. After two years of weekly community meetings, a comprehensive
community center that would offer such recreational activities as half court basketball, in-
line skate hockey, volleyball, boxing and wrestling is the community interest. Also,
counseling in the classrooms will be available. The City has dedicated in excess of
$1 MM of the CDBG funds to ensure that this $2MM comes to fruition. Additionally, the
City has secured funding from the Safe Neighborhood Park Bond issue. Currently, a
$400,000 gap exists between current funding and the project as the community envisions
it.
C. Miami Love At Risk Youth Project: The City of Miami Parks & Recreation
administers this initiative, which the State Legislature funded for $313,900 in the 1998
Session. One example of the tremendous success that this program has realized is the
approximately 700 kids that joined the Nike Jr. Heat's 3 -on -3 League. The success has
been the result of several collaborative partnerships, including Weed and Seed, Belafonte
Tacolcy, the Miami Heat and Nike. The results are such that Nike has expressed its
intention to replicate the project nationwide. In addition to the immediate value of
deterring crime by occupying at risk youth in productivity outlets, there is also an
opportunity for the City of Miami, and thus the State, to continue to develop
programming that would be attractive nationwide. The City has dedicated an individual
on staff with monies from its General Fund to administer the program and seek additional
funding.
D. After School Enrichment Program: In several locations in the City of Miami, Dade
County Public Schools (DCPS) and City parks are adjacent to each other. The City of
Miami has taken this opportunity to partner with the DCPS to offer a homework
assistance program for children of communities where parents are often unavailable
(Comstock Park ). $86,120 (1 staff person at four different sites).
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Note on missing items: Comm. Sanchez had agreed that we would pursue E. Little Havana
Charette funds through the Empowerment Zone. Little Haiti After School
Diversionary Program I am pursuing through federal money. Also, there may be
some federal money to facilitate park land acquisition for Little Haiti Park.
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