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RESOLUTION NOD 8 - 2
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF NINETY-
TWO THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($92,400.00), FROM
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, PROJECT
799602 TO THE ALLAPATTAH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, INC., FOR THE REHABILITATION OF SIXTY-SIX (66)
BUSINESSES LOCATED IN THE ALLAPATTAH AREA UNDER THE
CITY-WIDE COMMERCIAL FACADE PROGRAM; SAID FUNDS TO
BE DISBURSED AS HEREIN SPECIFIED.
WHEREAS, the City-wide Commercial Facade Program (the "Program") was initially approved
in the Fourteenth (14t) Year Community Development Block Grant Application by Resolution No. 88-384;
and
WHEREAS, the Program is designed to promote economic revitalization in the neighborhoods of
the City of Miami, and accordingly, is an important part of the City's economic development strategy; and
WHEREAS, funds for the Program are allocated from Community Development Block Grant
Funds (Project #799602) up to the amount specified; and
WHEREAS the properties to be rehabilitated pursuant to the Program are located within the
Allapattah target area; and
WHEREAS eligibility for assistance under the Program is based on a 70% - 30% match, with
the City providing 70% and the business or property owner providing 30% of the cost of construction,
which shall not exceed the total amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per participating business; and
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WHEREAS, the properties to be rehabilitated have been reviewed by the City of Miami
Community Development Department and Allapattah Business Development Authority, Inc. and are found
to be eligible for the Program; and
WHEREAS, the Allapattah Business Development Authority, Inc. has the necessary expertise,
and is willing to provide the services necessary for the implementation of the Program and the disbursement
of funds allocated to the participating businesses.
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 thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The amount of ninety-two thousand, four hundred dollars ($92,400.00) of
Community Development Block Grant Funds, Project #799602, under the City-wide Commercial Facade
Program, is hereby allocated to Allapattah Business Development Authority, Inc. (ABDA) for the
rehabilitation of sixty-six (66) businesses located in the Allapattah area for the following properties:
No. of Businesses Address
'thirty-two From 2601 to 2659 N.W. 20th Street
Twenty-nine From 2602 to 2666A N.W. 20th Street
Five From 2600 to 2658 N.W. 21st Terrace
Section 3. Financial assistance to be provided by the City under this program shall be based
on a 70% - 30% match, with the City contributing up to one thousand, four hundred ($1,400.00) dollars
per participating business and the business or property owner contributing up to six hundred ($600.00)
dollars.
Section 4. Upon completion of the rehabilitation, ABDA. shall present to the City of Miami
Community Development Department, all documentation and invoices generated by, or pertaining to, the
Program.
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Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of January 1998.
ATTEST:
WALTER . F N,
CITY CLERK
COMMUNITY
REVIEW AND
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
CORRECTNESS:
A. Q J S, III
CITY ATTORNEY
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XAVIER L. S AREZ, MAYOR
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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TO : Honorable Mayor and DATE JAN — 5 1998 FILE-:
Members' of the City Commission
SUBJECT : Commercial Facade Rehabilitation
FROM: Frank K. Rollason REFERENCES:
Interim City Manager City Commission Agenda Item
ENCLOSURES: January 13, 1998
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission approve the attached resolution allocating
ninety-two thousand, four hundred ($92,400.00) dollars to the Allapattah Business Development
Authority, Inc., from the City of Miami Commercial Facade Treatment Program, for the
rehabilitation of sixty-six (66) businesses in the Allapattah area. This is an on -going project which
has been funded since 1988 with great success in terms of revitalizing small businesses serving low
and moderate income neighborhoods. The total Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
funding approved for this City-wide project for FY 1997 - '98 is three hundred fifty thousand
($350,000.00) dollars.
The recommended allocation of ninety-two thousand, four hundred ($92,400.00) dollars will be
applied against the unspent project balance of two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars. Please
note that the Commercial Facade Treatment Program project is implemented on a City-wide basis
through community based organizations serving each target area. Since the inception of the
Program, the City has assisted over one thousand, five hundred (1,500) small businesses by
renovating and painting their store fronts.
BACKGROUND:
In an effort to promote economic revitalization within blighted City of Miami neighborhoods, the
Commercial Facade Treatment Program was implemented per Resolution No. 88-384 during the
14' Year of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.
Since that time, many businesses exteriors have been improved with respect to paint, signs,
awnings, etc., resulting in upgraded living conditions in the affected areas, enhance neighborhood
services, and increased benefits to the community.
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