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12/9/97
RESOLUTION NO. 9nn,
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
AMEND THE CITY'S HOMEOWNERSHIP ZONE GRANT
("GRANT")APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ("HUD")
DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 1997, THEREBY (1)
INCREASING THE GRANT REQUEST FROM $2.3
MILLION TO $4 MILLION, (2) EMPHASIZING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERSHIP IN
THE OVERTOWN COMMUNITY; FURTHER DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT SAID AMENDMENT TO HUD
ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 22, 1997, AND (3)
INCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AS CO -
APPLICANT AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CRA AS A
SIGNATORY, PROVIDED THE HUD REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THE HOMEOWNERSHIP ZONE GRANTS ALLOW
THE CRA TO BE A CO -APPLICANT.
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development ("HUD") has allocated funding and intends to award
grants on a competitive basis for Homeownership Zones; and
WHEREAS, Homeownership Zone means a contiguous,
geographically defined area, primarily residential in character,
in which new homeownership opportunities and the expanded housing
choice provided drive comprehensive revitalization and, together
with other physical, social, and economic development activities,
make a substantial, visible improvement within that community;
and
WHEREAS, Homeownership Zone activities revitalize distressed
areas by converting vacant, abandoned, or blighted land and
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buildings into dynamic neighborhoods by developing single family
homes (one to four units) and providing these homes for a mix of
incomes, including low and moderate income families; and
WHEREAS, homeownership serves as a foundation for additional
investment in residential, commercial, and economic development
of the Homeownership Zone; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami, Florida ("City") as a recipient
of Community Development Block Grant funds is eligible to apply
for Homeownership Zone grants in conjunction with Community Based
Development Organizations ("CBDO"); and
WHEREAS, the City submitted a Homeownership Zone Grant
Application to HUD, dated September 29, 1997, requesting a grant
in the amount of $2.3 million for homeownership development in
the Overtown community; and
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency is empowered and authorized to coordinate
development activities in the Overtown community;
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 City Manager is hereby authorized to
amend the City's Homeownership Zone Grant Application to the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), dated
September 29, 1997, thereby (1)
increasing the grant request
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from $2.3 million to $4 million and (2) emphasizing the
development of single family homeownership in the Overtown
community, said amendment to be submitted to HUD by December 22,
1997, and (3) including the Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") as co -applicant and the
chairman of the CRA as a signatory, provided the HUD regulations
governing Homeownership Zone grants allow the CRA to be a co -
applicant.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this q day of December 1997.
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APPROVEDCITY CLERK
PREPARED AND
LINDA KELLY KEAR
ASSISTANT CITY A
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VIER L. SU R Z, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
CORRECTNESS:
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