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The Honorable Mayor , i d
Mem. of The C. Commissio
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DEC 2 2003
Joe A
City ger
DATE:
SUBJECT :
PH.3
FILE :
Allocate HOPWA funds for Life
Quest facilities
REFERENCES : City Commission Agenda
December 11, 2003
ENCLOSURES:
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution, with
Attachment(s), transferring a total of $250,000 of Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Housing Opportunities
for Persons with AIDS (IIOPWA) Program funds from the City of Miami Department of
Community Development / Emergency Program to MOVERS, Inc., in the amount of $100,000
for the operation and maintenance of the facilities located at 1301 N.E. 111 Street, 11115 N.E.
13th Avenue, 1075 N.E. 149th Street, 1095-97 N.E. 149th Street and 14950-52 N.E. 11th Avenue
(Life Quest Facilities), for the period beginning January 1, 2004 and ending September 30, 2004,
to be occupied by Low -Income persons with AIDS referred by the City, and in the amount of
$150,000 for construction rehabilitation of the Life Quest Facilities contingent upon City of
Miami Housing and Commercial Loan Committee approval; and further authorizing the City
Manager to enter into agreement(s) with said agency, for said purposes, substantially in the
attached form(s), subject to applicable City Code provisions.
BACKGROUND:
The HOPWA Program was created with the passage of the AIDS Housing Act by the US.
Congress and revised under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. Since
1994, the City of Miami has been responsible for the implementation and administration of
HOPWA funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S. HUD) for
programs designed to provide housing and housing related services to individuals living with
AIDS throughout Miami -Dade County.
In December 1993, the City Commission awarded HOPWA program funds to Lock Towns
Community Mental Health Center, Inc. (Lock Towns) to acquire, rehabilitate and operate
eighteen (18) units of rental housing for low income persons with AIDS known as the Life Quest
facilities, In February 2003, the Public Health Trust assumed responsibility for the management
of the Life Quest facilities through December 31, 2003.
Lock Towns has recently indicated that it is no longer willing to fulfill its contractual
responsibilities for the operation of the Life Quest facilities and no longer desires to own the
facilities. On October 10, 2003, the Administration issued a Request for Proposals (RFP)
seeking a new project sponsor to design and operate a supportive housing program targeting low
income persons living with AIDS.
At the Special City Commission Meeting of June 24, 2003, the City Commission adopted
Resolution No. 03-709 allocating Fiscal Year 2003-2004 HOPWA Program funds to specified
agencies, including $1,500,000 to the City of Miami Department of Community Development
for the Emergency Program.
Agency/Department
From
To
City of Miami Department of Community Development /
Emergency Program (IDIS# 1445)
$ 250,000
MOVERS, Inc. / Life Quest Operations & Maintenance
$ 100,000
MOVERS, Inc. / Life Quest Construction Rehabilitation
$ 150,000
It is recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution, with Attachment(s),
transferring a total of $250,000 of Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Housing Opportunities for Persons
with AIDS (HOPWA) Program funds from the City of Miami Department of Community
Development / Emergency Program to MOVERS, Inc., in the amount of $100,000 for the
operation and maintenance of the facilities located at 1301 N.E. 111 Street, 11115 N.E. 13th
Avenue, 1075 N.E. 149th Street, 1095-97 N.E. 149th Street and 14950-52 N.E. 1 lth Avenue (Life
Quest Facilities), for the period beginning January 1, 2004 and ending September 30, 2004, to be
occupied by Low -Income persons with AIDS referred by the City, and in the amount of
$150,000 for construction rehabilitation of the Life Quest Facilities contingent upon City of
Miami Housing and Commercial Loan Committee approval; and further authorizing the City
Manager to enter into agreement(s) with said agency, for said purposes, substantially in the
attached form(s), subject to applicable City Code provisions.
The proposed Resolution reallocates HOPWA grant funds and does not have a budgetary
impact on the General Fund.
LMH GR