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10/22/87
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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GRANT OF
$2.000 CREDIT FOR USER FEES REQUIRED TO
BE PAID BY TROPICAL CLEAR BLUE LAUNDRY
SERVICES, INC., FOR THE USE OF LAUNDROMAT
SPACE IN THE OVERTOWN SHOPPING CENTER;
FURTHER DESIGNATING COMMISSIONER
FILLER J. DAWINS AS THE CITY'S LIAISON
TO MONITOR IMPROVEMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS
NEEDED IN SAID SHOPPING CENTER.
WHEREAS, by Resolution 87-248 passed on March 13, 1987. the
City of Miami Commission reaffirmed its commitment to the
development of the Overtown Shopping Center; and
WHEREAS. Resolution 87-439 authorized the issuance of a
revocable permit to Tropical Clear Blue Laundry Services, Inc.
(PERMITTEE) to operate a facility in the Overtown Shopping
Center; and
WHEREAS, said resolution also authorized that PERMITTEE pay
the City a minimum annual fee of $5,000, payable in monthly
installments, plus an additional five percent (5%) of gross
revenues in excess of $4,000 per month in exchange for the use of
said property; and
WHEREAS, PERMITTER is requesting adjustments in connection
with the user fees for space occupied by said newly opened
facility;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section I. The grant of credit in the amount of $2.000 for
user fees required to be paid by Tropical Clear Blue Laundry
Services, Inc.. for the use of Laundromat space in the Overtown
Shopping Center is hereby approved.
CITY COMMISSION
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Seotion 2. Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins is hereby
designated as the City's liaison to monitor improvements and
modifioations needed in said Shopping Center.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of
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CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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ROBERT F. CLERK
CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
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LUCIA A. UGHE
CITY ATTO EY
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XAVIER L . WREZ
MAYOR
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CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO Cesar H. Odio DATE: October 5, 1987 FILE:
City Manager
SUBJECT Agenda Item
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Xavier L. /
Mayor
ENCLOSURES:
Please include in the October 22, 1987 Commission Meeting, a
discussion item regarding the rent that Tropical Clear Blue
Laundry, Inc. pays to the Property and Lease Division.
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September 18, 1987
Mayor Xavier Suarez &
City Commission
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
Dear Mayor and Commissioners:
We are writing to you to request your help in trying to keep a
small business which we recently opened in the Overtown Shopping
Center alive.
Several months ago you rejected the terms of a revocable permit
which we had negotiated with Mr. Albert Armarda of the Property
and Lease Division. You instructed Mr. Armarda to increase the
amount which we would be required to pay if our revenues were to
reach $48#000 a year. Without sounding disrespectful, we would
like to invite each of you to visit the shopping center and to
tell us that the environment in which we have our business is one
that is demanding of the rent structure which you have proposed.
We have no security other than a gate which we had installed and
a promise from the police department to drive through the parking
lot periodically during the evenings. Two women manage our
facility and the majority of our customers are women and children
who are afraid to come to the Center because we are the only
business there and we are in the back of the center. For this
reason we have been reluctant to open on the weekends when the
Dade County Family and Youth Services, our only neighbor, is
closed. We are sure that you realize that a large part of the
service which we provide is needed on weekends and evenings.
As minority business owners who have taken a risk at considerable
personal financial cost, we are requesting that the City of Miami
show some consideration in return. We are asking for
reimbursement of the cost of the security gate which we had
installed and we are requesting that we receive some financial
assistance in the form of the City's payment of our utilities
until such time as additional businesses are in place in the
Center and begin to generate customers for our business,.enabling
us to begin to operate at a profit.
We have requested an appearance before you on October 8, 1987 in
order to personally present our requests to you. We hope you
will receive us favorably.
Sincerely,
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Rotiert L. Williams, Trea.
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