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MEETING DATE: July 11, 2000 (CDBG issues) Page No. 1
ITEM 2
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Direction to the City Manager: by Commissioner Teele
to proceed to clear the title on three city -owned vacant
parcels located in Model City to be developed by
Palmetto Homes of Miami, Inc. for five new single-
family homes affordable to families and individuals of
very low, low and moderate -income; further directing
the Manager to come back to the Commission within 90
days with a status report on said title clearance.
ITEM 4
Instruction to the City Manager: by Commissioner
Teele to direct the Director of Internal Audit Department
to meet with Mrs. Georgia Ayers in an effort to resolve
current problems with Alternative Programs, Inc.:
1. requirements for , policy against nepotism in
personnel hiring practices, and
2. corrective action to be taken pursuant to USHUD
policy that any organization seeking for funds
over $300,000 must have an audit performed on
said agency;
further directing the Manager to come back to the City
Commission with a recommendation.
ITEM 4
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
M-00-580
ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MOVED: TEELE
26TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
SECONDED: SANCHEZ
GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS; FURTHER DENYING
UNANIMOUS
APPEAL OF ANY AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
WHICH PROPOSALS WERE DETERMINED TO BE
INELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING BASED ON
ESTABLISHED CRITERIA DURING THE
AFOREMENTIONED BUDGET CYCLE.
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MEETING DATE: July 11, 2000 (CDBG issues) Page No. 2
ITEM 1
A MOTION APPROVING THE
M-00-581
ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION TO
MOVED: TEELE
WITHDRAW ITS PRIOR REQUEST FOR A
SECONDED: SANCHEZ
TRANSFER OF $3,000,000 PREVIOUSLY
ABSENT: REGALADO
APPROVED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
[Note: Although absent during
BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS FROM THE
roll call, Commissioner Regalado
HISTORIC 3RD AVENUE BUSINESS CORRIDOR TO
requested of the Clerk to be
COMPLETE THE FIRST YEAR ANNUAL
shown in agreement with the
COMMITMENT OF FIVE YEAR FUNDING TO THE
Motion.]
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(CRA).
Note for the Record: Commissioner Teele indicated that
he will schedule a town hall meeting within the next 30-
60 days in connection with the aforementioned issue.
ITEM 4
Direction to the City Manager: by Commissioner
Regalado to review possibility of using Law
Enforcement Trust Fund for the funding of designated
public service agencies which comply with all
appropriate U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (USHUD) guidelines for use of funds by
the City to implement its CDBG program.
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MEETING DATE: July 11, 2000 (CDBG issues) Page No. 3
ITEM 4
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
M-00-582
ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MOVED: TEELE
26TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
SECONDED: WINTON
GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS FOR THE PUBLIC
UNANIMOUS
SERVICE CATEGORY; FURTHER DIRECTING
THAT A RESERVE OF $30,000 GENERATED BY A
REDUCTION OF FIVE PERCENT (5%) OF THE
FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE
CATEGORY IN DISTRICT NO. 5 BE SET ASIDE
FOR HAITIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION, INC.,
TO CARRY OUT PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES
BROADLY IN THE LITTLE HAITI AREA;
FURTHER STIPULATING THAT SAID FUNDS
MAY NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL A
SATISFACTORY DISPOSITION OR AGREEMENT
HAS BEEN WORKED OUT WITH THE INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE (IRS); FURTHER DIRECTING
THE MANAGER TO TRY TO IDENTIFY
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
AGENCIES WITHIN DISTRICT NO. 4.
ITEM 4
Direction to the City Manager: by Commissioner Teele
to determine the availability of Law Enforcement Trust
Funds (LETF) for Alternative Programs, Inc. and report
back to the City Commission within 60 days with a
recommendation.
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MEETING DATE: July 11, 2000 (CDBG issues) Page No. 4
ITEM 4
A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
M-00-583
REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION
MOVED: TEELE
WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER HAVING MET WITH
SECONDED: WINTON
DESIGNATED PERSONNEL IN THE
UNANIMOUS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AND REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF THE
ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS, INC. TO DETERMINE
AVAILABILITY OF ANY LETF FUNDS TO ASSIST
AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SAID AGENCY,
SUBJECT TO INCLUSION OF AN ANTI -NEPOTISM
CLAUSE AS IT RELATES TO DISBURSEMENT OF
ANY CITY FUNDS.
ITEM 4
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
M-00-584
ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MOVED: TEELE
26"HYEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
SECONDED: WINTON
GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC
UNANIMOUS
DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY, WITH THE
FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS:
1. INCREASE SMALL BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY CENTER BY ADDITIONAL
$10,000, IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE,
AFTER CDBG FUNDS ARE CLOSED;
2. EARMARKING $25,000 TO THE CITY'S
PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO BE TAKEN
FROM THE LITTLE HAITI JOB CREATION
PROJECT, TO PLAN ACTIVITIES IN LITTLE
HAITI TO BE COORDINATED WITH DADE
UNITED AND OTHER AFFECTED
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT AREA.
CITY OF MIAMI
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
MEETING DATE: July 11, 2000 (CDBG issues) Page No. 5
ITEM 4
A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER
M-00-585
TO INCREASE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF
MOVED: REGALADO
$50,000 TO THE MODEL HOUSING COOPERATIVE
SECONDED: TEELE
FOR ITS LITTLE HAVANA PROJECT FROM 26TH
ABSENT: WINTON
YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT FUNDS CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED
FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT; FURTHER
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE
ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK TO THE
COMMISSION AT THE MEETING OF JULY 27,
2000 WITH A CLEAR WRITTEN AGREEMENT
INCLUDING TIMELINES AND TIMETABLES AS
TO WHEN SAID PROJECT WILL BE DEVELOPED
AND COMPLETED.
ITEM 4
Note for the Record: Commissioner Teele urged Greater
Miami Neighborhoods to work with the Commissioner
of District No. 2 in support of housing in West Grove.
ITEM 4
Instruction to the City Manager: by Commissioner
Sanchez to direct the Community Development staff to
negotiate with Ms. Anita Rodriguez of East Little
Havana Community Development Corporation in an
attempt to find any possible funding for her agency.
ITEM 4
Direction to the City Manager: by Commissioner Teele
to look for possible funding which may become
available throughout the course of the year for the Little
Haiti Housing Association.
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CITY OF MIAMI
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
MEETING DATE: July 11, 2000
(CDBG issues)
Page No. 6
ITEM 4
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
M-00-586
ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MOVED: WINTON
2
26TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
SECONDED: SANCHEZ
GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS FOR HOUSING
ABSTAINED: GORT
CATEGORY.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING
M-00-587
IN CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY
MOVED: TEELE
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS.
SECONDED: SANCHEZ
UNANIMOUS
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.
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