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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-89-0904J-89-950 10/4/89 RESOLUTION NO. 89-904 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INITIATE APPROPRIATE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND CIVIL ACTION AGAINST MR. PRENTICE F. RASHEED, D/B/A RASHEED'S CLOTHING AND JEWELRY TO RECOVER LOAN FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO SAID INDIVIDUAL VIA THE MODEL CITY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PILOT LOAN PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission is committed to the economic development and the expansion of trade and commerce in the City of Miami; and WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 87-923 authorizing the establishment of the Small Business Development Pilot Program in Model City; and WHEREAS, the aforementioned loan recipient has received $20,000 from the Small Business Development Pilot Program; and WHEREAS, Prentice F. Rasheed, owner of Rasheed's Clothing and Jewelry, has defaulted on his Promissory Agreement with the City of Miami and payment is more than 120 days past due; 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 Attorney is hereby authorized to initiate appropriate legal proceedings and civil action against Prentice F. Rasheed, d/b/a Rasheed's Clothing and Jewelry to recover loan funds in the amount of $20,000 to said individual via the Model City Small Business Development Pilot Loan Program. CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF OCT 12 1989 ESOWPON No. Section 3. This Resolution immediately upon its adoption. shall become effective PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of October , 1989. AMM"OM . CITY CLERK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND APPROVAL: FRANX cASTkNEDA, DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: JORFE U. FER CITY ATTORNE /gjd of XAVIER V*O SUAR MAR I. A* CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM CA=32 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission aaTE: 0CT 1983 Authorization to Tnirtate SUBJECT: Default Proceeding- FROM: Cesar H. Odlo REFERENCESPrentice F. Rasheed d/b/a City Manager Rasheed's Jewelry & Clothin„ ENCLOSURES: RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Commission authorize the ity Manager to advise the City Attorney to proceed in initi-iting default proceedings as it relates to the Model City Small Business Development Pilot Program against Prentice F. Ra•;.ieed d/b/a Rasheed Jewelry and Clothing to recover the City's loan funds. BACKGROUND On March 4, 1988, Mr. Prentice F. Rasheed, owner of Rash,?ed's Jewelry and Clothing and loan recipient of $20,000 via the 'Iodel City Small Business Development Pilot Program entered i-ito a Promissory Agreement with the City of Miami. As of Janu:ary h, 1989 the aforementioned loan recipient has defaulted oli the agreement per the following terms: ITEM NO. DEFAULT PROVISION 1 Should there be a default in the punctual .and full payment of interest or an installmelt of principal due hereunder; or 12 Should the borrower fail to accept Tech;iical Assistance provided by the City or fail to make financial records available to City staff for review upon notification; or A total of $20,000 dollars has been disbursed to the loan recipients from an approved amount of $20,000. The recipient's first lean payment was due on October 1, 1988. To -date, we have received approximately $941.99 in loan payments from Rasheed's Jewelry :and Clothing. The loan recipient has only made four (4) payments to -date. f _ Based on the above information, we are therefore requesting t1t'aC the City Commission authorize the City Manager to proceed with legal action against Rasheed's Jewelry and Clothing to rcovr the City's funds allocated to the aforementioned business.k {._.- f �"`"".'—�.�...d _..,_,..�•.... ..,.�.ra��.�.._ :_. :'„r .: �. ,.:. ..:=. _ F. ;;: r ._._., _.ate ,..fo-a v.a ... > _,,, t_._ad'am�R�..a.�� 2.�ir""ffi,