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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM-90-0299- L Flon"da Housin 9 COOP!Irafive,nc.77 e VO/Cla 07r tte �' rJi� ®�a dam/ C111dadano 900 S.W. 22 Ave. • Miami, Fbnna 33135 a Telephone: 649-9750 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. 90- 0299 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 orsHousingInce 71ie t- MEr of jte RM,0r0a • �a i�a� ,c��0 Ciudadano "' 900 &W. 22 AMe. s llli=M Fiorraa 33I35 w Teaepncxm 649-9750 March 23, 1990 Q-DELITZM 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 Z 90-0299 C 0 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. _3 np1 II t l' . !i l dild�''i lilt [ 1111 ii II l A 1.rk�,JI 0 SECTION r THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1990 . F. 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- A- Art -menu 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 PLFasFSFF EMsaN. 2S bring hope, joy to Liberty City EDi8t3N. FAt)!!d 18 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." Q 0 1 i �'' I'i II i i, � , ill, - I l'IP'r! f IP11 ;, uq IllI � I � liill Fp1 lilqlg9 I II�Ill,N ql" 1 Ill!' i l i�' q11'+�''11�I I'I�u�ipnr ri 1'U'19ir9 ll°II if"�'kql igllilq'IPPi 11I11lll `Ir'h" 11 �il'I" P„ 11q111qu11lq�1 � Ill qi "•I rAw -4 a OIAw LASAMERICAS 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. »� �•,.y�-Y,,.:: -'` _ 'Rg El serior Carlos Rodrigues %( _� ,__, --- --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• C U rij 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 11 9[} 3U8 -