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12/1/94
RESOLUTION NO. 9 4— 891
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE ST. JOHN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC.
("SJCDC"), FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A
VARIANT COMMERCIAL FACADE PROGRAM, FOR
COMMERCIAL AND MIXED -USE BUILDINGS LOCATED
ALONG THE CORRIDOR OF NORTHWEST 2ND AND 3RD
AVENUES, BETWEEN NORTHWEST 8TH AND 21ST
STREETS, MIAMI, FLORIDA; WAIVING THE MATCHING
FUND REQUIREMENT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL
PARTICIPANTS OF SAID PROGRAM; ALLOCATING
FUNDS THEREFOR, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$40,000, FROM THE TWENTIETH (20TH) YEAR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
FUNDS, TO IMPLEMENT SAID PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami is committed to economic
development and the expansion of trade and commerce; and
WHEREAS, the promotion of economic revitalization in the
neighborhoods of the City of Miami is an important part of the
City's economic development strategy; and
WHEREAS, the Commercial Facade Treatment Program is a
component of the comprehensive Citywide Commercial Rehabilitation
Assistance Facade Treatment Program; and
WHEREAS, the commercial oorridor between Northwest 8th to
21st Streets, along Northwest 2nd and 3rd Avenues, has
deteriorated and has been plagued over the past decade with open
drug peddling; and
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WHEREAS, the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Ninth (9th)
Street Mall, which is an offioial event of the Summit of the
Americas, represents the beginning of major business and economic
development in the Overtown community; and
WHEREAS, upon completing said business corridor, the Program
will be extended to assist those businesses in the area defined
as the Overtown Community Development Target Area; and
WHEREAS, the property owners and/or merchants have expressed
concern and interest in revitalizing and improving the aesthetics
of the area; and
WHEREAS, funds for said Program are available from the
Twentieth (20th) Year Community Development Block Grant Program;
and
WHEREAS, the matching fund requirement from the individual
participants of the Program for those commercial and mixed -use
properties identified herein shall be waived; and
WHEREAS, the St. John Community Development Corporation,
Inc. will administer said variant Commercial Facade Program;
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.
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Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized`/ to
execute an agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney,
with the St. John Community Development Corporation, Inc.
("SJCDC"), for the implementation of a variant Commercial Facade
Program, for commercial and mixed -use buildings located along the
corridor of Northwest 2nd and 3rd Avenues, between Northwest 8th
and 21st Streets, Miami, Florida, with funds therefor, in an
amount not to exceed $40,000, hereby allocated from the Twentieth
(20th) Year Community Development Block Grant Program Funds, to
implement said Program.
Section 3. The matching fund requirement from the
individual participants of said Program is hereby waived.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of December 1994.
S EPHEN P. MARK, MAYOR
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MATT HIRAI
CITY CLERK
The herein authorization is further subject to compliance
with all requirements that may be imposed by the City
Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by
applicable City Charter and Code provisions.
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;COMMUNITY DEV PM T REVIEW AND APPROVAL:
FRANK C A, DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
REVIEW AS TO ACCOUNTING
AND TR RY REQUIREMENTS:
CARLbK GARCIA, DIRECTOR
FINANCE IRECTOR
BUDGETARY REVIEW:
MANOHAR S. SURANA
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
OLGA RAMIREZ-SE A
ASSISTANT CIT ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
A. QU NN ES, III
CITY ATT EY
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