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Board of Directors
Honorary Chairman
Peter R. Bernal =
Co -Chairman
Pedro-P. De Leon March 23, 1990
President
Carlos Rodriguez-
Quesada HAND -DELIVERED
Vice -President
—� Elsa Valladares
Placido Debesa Mr. Cesar Odl0
Administrator of City of Miami _
Secretary
Angel Gonzalez Dear Mr. Odio:
Vice -Secretary
Lisette Rodriguez Re: Florida Housing Cooperative, Inc.
Treasurer We are respectfully requesting a spot on the agenda
Agustin Reyes for the Commission Meeting of April 12, 1990. At this
Vice --Treasurer meeting the allocations of funds to help individuals
Sergio Comoglio obtain housing will be discussed and we would appreciate
the opportunity to express our view regarding the
Legal -Advisor allocations of such funds.
Thomas Boreal
Accounting -Advisor Thomas L. Borell, attorney for Florida Housing
Cooperative, Inc., made a request to the Community
Jose A.Callejo Development Advisory Board on March 6, 1990 and it is
imperative that we have a chance to follow thru our
request at the Commission Meeting mentioned above.
Sincerely,
BY:
—_ An elip G nzalez Elsa Balladares
o Florida Vice President of
Housing Cooperative, Florida Housing
Inc. Cooperative, Inc.
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Board of Directors
Honorary Chairman
Peter R. Bernal
Co -Chairman
Pedro P.de Le6n
President
Carlos Rodriguez
Quesada
Vice-P="ent
Elsa VaUadares
Pl3cido Debesa
Secretary
Angel Gonziilez
Vice -Secretary
Lisette Rodriguez
Treasurer
Agustin Reyes
Vice -Treasurer
Sergio Comoglio
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900 &W. 22 AMe. s llli=M Fiorraa 33I35 w Teaepncxm 649-9750
March 23, 1990
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The Honorable Mayor and Commissioners
of the Citv of Miami:
Re: Florida Housing Cooperative, Inc.
The Board of Directors of Florida Housing
Cooperative, Inc., wish to bring to the attention of the
Commission the petition made by Thomas L. Borell on behalf
of our group on March 6, 1990 to the Community Development
Advisory Board of the City of Miami.
Legal Advisor Our group has more than 1,500 members which have
Thomas Borell been discriminated against by the lack of action regarding
Accounting Advisor funding by city housing funds. Our members have waited
lose A. Calleja patiently, but "established mechanisms" keep ignoring our
The Architectural Office requests for funding. Our members need to be heard and
George 1. Lopez& our elected officials have the moral and historical
Associates responsibility to people whose goal is home ownership thru
cooperative housing. Why is the City only concerned with
rental units? Why is the City not helping a form of home
ownership which will reduce the City's long term financial
burden?
In the past two years our requests for funding have
been ignored by the board. We request that the
commissioners take a serious look at our proposal for
Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars which has not
been recommended for funding by the Community Development
Board.
BY:
Elsa Valladares
Vice -President
BY:
.Angel Gonzalez
Secretary
Sincerely,
BY i G _ _ f✓
Agustin Reyes �—
Treasury
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DIAZ-P'ADRON AND BORELL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
CARLOS DIAZ-PADRON
THOMAS L. SORELL
March 6, 1990
HAND -DELIVERED
Community Development Advisory Board
SUfTE 315
301 ALMERIA AVENUE
CORAL GABLES. FLORIDA 331 34
TELEPHONE t3Q51 442-6365
FAX t305i 442-7750
Re: Requested funds for Florida Housing Cooperative, Inc.
Dear Board Members:
On behalf of Florida Housing Cooperative, Inc., please
consider this letter as its Petition/Request for funding from the
over Four and a half Million ($4,500,000.00) Dollars in monies set
aside to help individuals obtain housing this year.
As this Board knows, Florida Housing Cooperative, Inc. , is the
only organization in this area that has been successful in
converting "workers of a lower economic level" into "Homeowners"
while at the same time offering "Home ownership" at a price which
no group in this town has yet to match (in the sense of lowest
price) .
Indeed, Florida Housing Cooperative, Inc.'s successful
conversions of units in the Miami area at 626 S.W. 4th Avenue, 1740
S.W. 6th Street and most recently at 620 S.W. 15th Avenue, have
received praise from the highest offices in the state. By way of
this Petition, Florida Housing Cooperative, Inc., is requesting the
sum of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars to cover_
acquisition costs and certain administrative costs for a "new
project" designed to provide "maximum housing" at the "lowest
price" to continue on its course.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
the organization.
Sincerely,
DIAZ-PADRON AND BORELL
TLB/i c' "fiHOMAS L. BORELL
Attorneys for Florida Housing
Cooperative, Inc.
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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 22,1990 .
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Apartments bring joy to Liberty Katy
By ANDRES VIOLUCCi
Herald staff writer
A Liberty City nonprofit development group
formally delivered a spanking -new apartment
building to its community Wednesday, offering
at once relief for black Miami's housing crunch
and proof of how badly it wants more.
Edison Gardens, a garden -style building
with quality apartments and low rents in Lib-
erty City's central business district, was practi-
cally rented out before it opened.
By Thursday's dedication -- an affair
attended by a high school band and about 150
dienitaries from the community, local govern-
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meat and private industry — a!1 but one of its
50 two -bedroom units were already occupied.
And there is a waiting list of 500 people —
"a reminder of the fact that there must be
many more days like today in Liberty City in
the future," said the ceremony's keynote
speaker, James K. Batten, chairman and chic.'
executive officer of Knight-Ridder Inc.
Batten, also chairman of the nonprofit
Greater Miami Local Initiatives Support Corp.
(LISC), one of the $2.8 million project's main
financial backers, reminded the audience that
the Edison Gardens opening comes just three
months short of the 10th anniversary of the
1980 riots. He called the project "a miracle,"
proof that change can happen in Liberty City.
"As buildings burned and people died and
terror mounted in those awful days of a decade
ago, it would have seemed preposterous that
this particular part of Miami in a few years
would become a symbol of hope and promise,"
he said. "But as we all know, that is what has
happened."
Edison Gardens is the third project built by
the Tacolcy Economic Development Corp., the
nonprofit group that turned the shell of a
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nearby aupermarkct burned in the riots into a
successful mall anchored by a Pantry Pride store.
Tacolcy fiiopes its commercial and residential
projects will help bring young working families
back to Liberty City and spur further redevelop-
ment.
Two years ago, Tacolcy inaugurated its first
housing development,a I2]-apartment tower for
moderate -income families at Northwest Seventh
Avenue and 58th Street.
Edison Gardens, the new building, sits behind
the tower. it was designed to provide comfort-
able accommodations to people with even more
modest means: Families making a maximum of
=19,840 a year are paying rents between $390
and $440 a month.
The four-story building, built around an atri-
um -enclosed garden, has central air, laundry
areas on each'floor and a community room with a
patio. The apartments have balconies and full-
size stoves and refrigerators.
Next door, an identical building is already
under construction.
To keep rents low yet make the project eco-
nomically feasible, Tacolcy and LiSC had to cob-
ble together financing from a bewildering array
of sources. I.ISC's Rational Equity Fund raised
money from 34 corporate investors who own
shares in the project. Some of the companies are
Knight-Ridder, J.C. Penney, Aetna and Payless-
Cashways.
Dade County provided the land —the former
site of the Shell City store —free of charge,
along with low -interest loans.
Homes for South Florida, a banking consor-
tium that includes Southeast, Barnett, NCNB and
First Union national banks, provided $1.86 nl
Gon in loans.
At Wednesdays ceremony, Homes for South
Florida President Tony Proscio said the banks
participated because the project is good business.
"We are not he:e as an act of charity. We are
here because the people of Liberty City are a
good investment." roscio said.
Later, Proscio praised the project developer's
handling of what he said was a difficult and com-
plexdeal.
"Putting together this kind of package
requires some kind of genius, and certainly
tenacity," he said.
Tacolcy President Otis Pitts could rot attend
the dedication because of a family emergency.
The group 's project manager, Dewey Knight 111,
said Edison Gardens has already made a differ-
ence in the neighborhood.
"Yesterday was the first day f saw children
playing by the building," he said. "It really was
heartwarming. It's rewarding to see kids and
young mothers living in decent housing and hav-
tngamenities they are not afforded etcli-where."
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MIAMI, fLA., SABADO 24 BE FEBRERO BE 19M
ill a ti a Lira el gobernador Martinez edificio de
la :4)operatiVa de Vidiendas de la Florida
Proyeeto que
tiene el objetivo
de convertir en
propietarias
a personas de
bajos recursos
Por GUILLERMO CABRERA
Aw LEIVA
Con la aslstencia de un cente•
nar de personas se inaugur6, en
la manana del jueves. el tercer
edificio de vivienda patrocinado
por la Florida Housing Coopera•
tive, Inc. (Cooperativa de Vi-
viendas de la Florida), ubicado
on 620 S.W. 16 Avenida. en Mia•
mi.
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�•,.y�-Y,,.:: -'` _ 'Rg El serior Carlos Rodrigues
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_� ,__, --- --1 F i (luesada, dlnamico presidente
�t,,;• . ntn, n , I enhernador Bid) Nariinezrealizaba el Corte de cinta rodeado de personnildades do la Cooperativa, declar6 a
•. i � , .lc la romunidad.. Prato L'ORT) (Vasa a la Pag. 2B Col.1)
Iltaurura el ,,obernador Martinez edificio
de la Cooperativa de Viviendas de la Florida
(Viene de. la Pag.1-33) legisladores citados, que daban unidades,
entrada al edificio, que recorri6
D1.aRI0 LAS AMERICAS que el
r)royecto tiene por objeto ayudar
a los trabajadores a convertirse
propietarios de sus aparta-
mentos, por un costo menor o Si.
rr lar al quo hoy pagan por un at•
'En esto han culaborad0 efi-
.,nmente—a4re:o Rodriguez
tluesada— los legisladores Luis
r tforse, representante estatal
Itl,beto Casas. senadur estatal.
ur,smo han cooperado inten•
,mente en el logro de este ob)e-
1� :os represuntantes de la Co.
>i:)n ubrera del Partido liepu-
ano v de la Asamblea lfispa•
Repubiirana del Estadode la
-u;da, con su presidente el Dr
.,trn flevia
,ot,ernador del eslado, ho•
a'ai,le Bob `dartmcz• hizo su
,od,t ., las 9:00 a.rn. De inme-
,,,•.,u ,, curt.,r la cinta sim-
cnnjuntamcnte con los
y celebro per su comodidad y
amplitud.
Seguidamente subi6 a is tribu-
na y dirigi6 la palabra —breve-
mente— a los congregados, ex-
presando su satisfacci6n por la
obra realizada. Felicito a la Coo•
perativa y a sus dirigentes y dijo
que esto era un notable ejemplo
que debian seguir otras comuni.
dades de la Florida.
Este programa fue iniciado en
1982 con un tondo de $30,000
aprobado por el alcalde Ferre y
la gestion del comisionado De-
metno Perez. Se construyeron
cuatro unidades entonces, y en
1937. bajo la administracion de
Xavier Suarez y la cooperation
del comisionado Joe Carollo, se
adclantoel proyecto con un fondo
adicional de $50.000 y se edifica-
ron 6 unidades mas. Existe el
proposito de obtener un fondo de
diet nillones, par., construir =50
"El Partido Republicano —di-
jo Rodriguez Quesada— ha con-
tado con el valioso respaldo del
senador blank y el senor Casano-
va, presidente de la Comisi6n
Nacional del Partido Republica.
no y ha demostrado ser un parti-
do capaz de responder a las ne-
cesidades del trabaiador".
Estaban presentee en la cere-
monia inaugural Peter Bernal,
presidente de honor de la Coope-
rativa, Elsa Valladares y Placi-
do Debesa,vicepresiderites, An-
gel Gonzalez, secretario, Lisett:
Rodriguez, vicesecretaria,
Agustin Reyes, tesorcro y el jo-
ven abogado Thomas Boreli,
asesor legal, quien aspira a re-
presentante estatal por el distri•
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Flagami Community Center, Inc.
7025 W. Pagisr St
Miami, Fl. 33126
Miami, Marzo 26 de 1990.
Sr. Cesar Odio.
Administrador de la
Ciudad de Miami.
Estimado Administrador:
Mi referencia es Flagami Community Center, Inc.
Muy respetuosamente, en nombre de nuestro Comite
Ejecutivo, le estoy solicitando incluya a nuestra
organizacion para participar en la Agenda del 12 de
Abril de 1990, en cuyo meeting se van a discutir
las distribuiciones economical de desarrollo comu-
nitario para las areas que asi io necesitan y para
aquellas zonas que, sin estar dentro de las areas,
corresponden a toda la ciudad.
Respetuosamente,
FLAGAMI COMMUNITY CENTER, INC.
Sergio Comoglio. '
Director Ejecutivo.
Ph.: 266.3307
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