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Joseph R. Grassie
City Manager
Jim Reid, Director
Planning Department
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CITY eIF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE.
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February 26, 1979
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City Commission Agenda Item
March 8, 1979
Personal Appearance:Robert Geddes
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Revised Downtown Government Center
eNcLo5uRc:Master Plan
It is requested that Mr. Robert Geddes,
principal in the architectural firm of
Geddes, Brecher, Qualls and Cunningham,
Princeton, New Jersey, appear before the
City Commission to explain the revised
Downtown Government Center Master Plan,
which his firm prepared under contract
to Metropolitan Dade County.
Since the Downtown Government Center Master Plan was prepared by
Connell, Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., in 1976, substantial progress
has been made in implementing the plan. Almost all of the 30-acre
site has been acquired. The Miami Police Headquarters and Parking
Garage and the State Regional Service Center (Phase I) has been
completed. Construction has commenced for the City of Miami Admin-
istration Building. The Commission will have the opportunity of
considering the Planning Advisory Board recommendation for re-
zoning the Cultural Center (Main Downtown Library, Art Museum and
Historical Museum) to GU zoning on April 26, 1979.
Recognizing that development in the Government Center was being
undertaken by different architectural firms employed by different
government agencies, Metropolitan Dade County employed the services
of Mr. Geddes to exert a coordinating role in future development.
Mr. Geddes appeared before the Board of County Commissioners on
October 17, 1978 to explain a revised conceptual plan prepared for
the County.
Mr. Geddes' presentation will address a) the differences in his
revised plan as compared with the Connell, Metcalf and Eddy plan;
b) principal plan features such as open space and pedestrian flow;
c) impacts of the plan on City of Miami property and facilities;
and d) his coordinating role. He will then be available to answer
questions from the Commission.
It is requested that 30 minutes be reserved in the morning Commission
agenda of March 8, 1979 (after 11:00 AM) for his presentation and
Commission questions.
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`':ITY OF MIAMI. 17LORID.A
INTER -OFFICE MEMO?ANCU .1
TO:
FROM:
Joseph R. Grassie
City Manager
John P. Bond, III
Assistant City Manager
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February 27, 1979
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Additional Federal Revenue Sharing
Allocation for Puerto Rican
Opportunity Center for the
March 8, 1979 City Commission
f1EFi-i7ENCE5
Meeting
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The attached ordinance amends section 1 and 6 of ordinance #8858 which establishes
revenues and apnronriations for the City of Miami for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1070.
This ordinance ref1 r.ts a :%7,086.00 increase in Federal Revenue Sharing Funds
allocated to the Puerto 7ican Opportunity Center in order that Mr. Jose Mendez
can receive the same benefits as a CETA VI Sustaining Participant.
This salary changeis required because Mr. Mendez was found ineligible by the
South Florida Employment and Training Consortium Staff due to the fact that he
was paid from Federal Revenue Sharing Funds three weeks prior to his enrollment
and during the intake process for enrollment.'
This payment was not due to deception or any illegality on the part of the City
of Miami or Mr. Mendez and it is justifiable his position be continued by the
funding change created by this ordinance.
The services Mr. Mendez provides for this Agency have been deemed critical to
the overall operation of this program's activities.
If you have further questions pertaining to this legislation, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
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