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RESOLUTION N0. 8 �2
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH
MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF DEVELOPING THE LIBERTY CITY EDUCATIONAL
CENTER; WITH SAID ALLOCATION OF FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) APPROPRIATED BY
ORDINANCE N0. 9991 OF THE ELEVENTH (11TH)
YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
PROGRAM FUND; FURTHER ELIMINATING THE CASH
CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) FROM METROPOLITAN
DADE COUNTY AND DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
WHEREAS, the City Commission is committed to economic
development and the expansion of trade and commerce; and
WHEREAS, the promotion of economic and business development
within the City of Miami is an important part of the City's
economic development strategy; and
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade Community College was donated a parcel
of land and a physical structure located in the heart of the
Model Cities/Edison Center Commercial district; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Liberty City Educational Center will
be designed to provide management training and technical
assistance to existing and potential Black Business
entrepreneurs; and
WHEREAS, the proposed area's of study at the Liberty City
Educational Center will include, but not be limited to,
entrepreneurial training, business formation and incubation, and
employment training and job assistance; and
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CITY C4MMSION
MEETING OF
J U N 11 1987
REWI.00N No. 87 27
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WHEREAS, the State of Florida has appropriated $2.3 million
dollars to Miami -Dade Community College, in its 1986-87 fiscal
budget, for the purpose of rehabilitating and developing the
proposed Liberty City Educational Center; and
WHEREAS, the City has appropriated five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000) of Eleventh (11th) Year Community Development
Block Grant funds for said purpose; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the State of Florida's funding
allocation, the City is desirous of negotiating and executing an
agreement with Miami -Dade Community College, in an expeditious
manner to begin the development of the Liberty City Educational
Center; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to waive the matching cash
contribution requirement from Metropolitan Dade County and Dade
County Pablic School Board, respectively;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to
negotiate and enter into a contract, in a form acceptable to the
City Attorney, with Miami -Dade Community College which provides
five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the development of
the Liberty City Educational Center.
Section 2. The cash contribution requirement from
Metropolitan Dade County and Dade County School Board is hereby
eliminated. Funds for said Project are hereby allocated from
Eleventh (11th) Year Community Development Block Grant Funds.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th- day of
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HATT41 HIRAI, CITY CLERK
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PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
4ROBERT F. CL
CHIEF DEPUT ITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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LUCIA A. DOUGHERTY
CITY ATTORNEY
BUDGETARY REVIEW AND APPROVAL:
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MANOHAR S. SURANA, DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
DEPARTMENT APPROVAL:
fWA-NK" ASTAN A, DIRECTOR
DEP TMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE REVIEW AND APPROVAL:
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CAR GARCIA, DIRECTOR
DEPARTME T OF FINANCE
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CITY Oir MIAMI. FLO/lIDA
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Honorable Mayor and Members DATE: JUN 1987 FILE
of the City Commission
SUBJECT: Resolution authorizing the
execution of an Agreement with
Cesar H. Odio Miami -Dade Junior College
FROM: City Manager REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the
attached Resolution authorizing the execution of a contract, in a
form acceptable to the City Attorney, between the City of Miami
and Miami -Dade Junior College for the purpose of developing the
Entrepreneurial Institute in the Model Cities/Edison Center
target area.
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Community Development has analyzed the need to
enterintoan agreement with Miami -Dade Junior College and provide
technical and financial support in the development and
establishment of the Entrepreneurial Institute.
On December 13, 1984, the City Commission passed Motion No. 84-
1366 approving the concept of creating the Liberty City
Educational Center. The proposed center would be designed as an
outreach center for the technical and/or management training of
existing and potential Black entrepreneurs. In addition, the
aforementioned Motion stipulated that City funds in the amount of
five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) be appropriated in the
preceding Community Development Block Grant fund program year.
Also, that the City's funding would be contingent upon a
matching cash contribution from Metropolitan Dade County and Dade
County School Board, respectively. However, no final financial
commitment has been received from either entityto date. The City
Commission passed Ordinance No. 9991 appropriating said five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in the Eleventh (11th) Year
Community Development Block Grant fund program.
The State of Florida, as part of its programmatic fiscal budget
for 1986-87, has appropriated $2.3 million dollars to Miami -Dade
Junior College for the purpose of developing the Liberty City
Educational Center.
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Honorable Mayor and Members
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As a principal institution, Miami -Dade Junior College proposed to
serve as the catalyst in developing and implementing the
objectives of the Liberty City Educational Center. The program
design will be to assist existing and potential minority
entrepreneurs that are in need of practical management skills and
knowledge related to operating a small business.
The Educational Center will also be a resource for new
entrepreneurs in providing management assistance in product
evaluation, preparation of a business plan, financing, marketing,
purchasing and inventory, etc. Community education will also be
a part of the center's program, which will have non -degree
related courses and/or programs.
The site of the proposed center is located two blocks from the
North -South Expressway (I-95) on the west side of 7th Avenue
between N.W. 63rd & N.W. 64th Streets. The site contains
approximately 22,684 square feet of space. Development of the
site will entail demolition of the existing structure, and when
completed, will house classrooms, secretarial career
laboratories, microcomputer laboratory, entrepreneurial areas,
offices and various support spaces.
It is recommended that authorization be granted to the City
administration to negotiate the terms and objectives of the
City's funding allocation and to execute a contract agreement for
said amount with Miami -Dade Junior College for the development of
the Liberty City Educational Center.
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