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TO. Howard V. Gary
City Manager
FROM Dena Spillman, Director
CiTY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE
Department of Community Development Flagami
SUBJECT. Urban Development Action Grant
REFERENCES April 26 Townhall Meeting Agenda:
ENCLOSURES
April 11, 1984
Update
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The Department of Community Development was given the responsibility of
soliciting and processing Urban Development Action Grant ('►PAG) applica-
tions approximately seven months sago. Since that time, the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development. (HUD) has changed its funding criteria due
to insufficient fund:;. They are now using criteria that have not been used
previously, which will negatively affect City of iiiami applications,
Staff is currently working with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) to resolve this issue since it results from the fact that
while the 1980 census was modified by population, it does not accurately
reflect Miami's poverty level, which is important for Urban Development
Action Grant (UDAG) funding consideration.
Despite this handicap, the City of Miami submitted three Urban Development
Action Grant (UDAG) applications for the January 31 round, and was able to
obtain funding for the Airport Seven application at a level of $1.4 million.
The status of the other two applications that were submitted for that round
are as follows:
1) Heritage Place: The City has requested that this application be
rolled over to the April 30 round. The developer was unable to
obtain the ground lease fr ar, the Archdiocese for this property.
This project entails rehabilitation of the Gesu School to a four -
story office building.
2) Miami Interdesign Centre: The developer did not provide the
necessary evidentiary information, and the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has therefore dropped this
project frcxn consideration. It is recommended that the City
no longer work wi th the developer.
City staff is presently working on eight (8) Urban Development Action Grant
(UDAG) requests for the June 30 round. Staff will keep you apprised of the
progress of these proposals:
1) E3ayside
2 2nd mortgage housing for 0vertown
3) Office building on Coral Way
4) Office building on LeJeune Road
5 Mixed -use development on the river
6) Photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Wynwood
7 Port office building
$ Mixed -use development in conjunction with the Affordable Rental
Housing program on the Hic;hlarmd Park site