HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO:
The Honorable May and
Membea'slpf the Ci Cmission
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FROM: Joe Arrio
Chief Admihistrator/City Manager
DATE,
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES,
ENCLOSURES:
APR - 7 2004
FILE:
Programmatic Agreement -
Historic Preservation/Federally-Funded
Programs
City Commission Agenda -
April 22, 2004
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution
authorizing and directing the City Manager to enter into a Programmatic Agreement with
the Florida State Historic Preservation Office, the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation and any other agency, as required, to expedite the City of Miami's fulfillment
of its historic preservation responsibilities as a recipient and administrator of Federal funds
under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
BACKGROUND
At the direction of the City Commission, the Planning and Zoning Department has
prepared a Programmatic Agreement that would expedite the historic preservation review
process required before Community Development Block Grant funds can be expended.
As the City Commission is aware, projects proposed for funding under the facade
program, for example, must now be reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office,
thus causing a delay.
Under the proposed agreement, the Planning and Zoning Department's Historic
Preservation Section would have the authority to review and approve such projects. Only
projects that would have an adverse affect on historic properties, such as inappropriate
alterations or demolition, would still require review by the State.
implementation of the Programmatic Agreement will require that the Historic Preservation
Section be staffed by at least two employees with professional qualifications in
architectural history, history and/or historic architecture.
FISCAL IMPACT
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