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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
{LATER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
27
The Honorable Mayor and Members
: of the City Commission
DATE :
SUBJECT :
REFERENCES :
ENCLOSURES:
NOV 2 9 2000 FILE
Resolution Approving Conveyance
Of City -Owned Parcels
New Hope / Overtown
Housing Project
City Commission Meeting
of December 14, 2000
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached resolution,
authorizing and directing the City Manager to convey certain vacant, city -owned parcels located
at Northwest 66 and 8s` Streets between Northwest 56 and 6a' Avenues to BAME Development
Corporation of South Florida, Inc., for the construction of forty (40) new single family homes in
the Overtown neighborhood. The attached resolution also authorizes the City Manager to
convey the subject parcels to the organization at no cost, in conformance with City Commission
policy established in the City's Five (5) Year Consolidated Plan.
'BACKGROUND:
At its meeting of August 23, 1996, the City Commission adopted Resolutions No.s o. 96-320,
BAME
allocating $800,000 in Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program
Development Corporation of South Florida, Inc. for the construction of forty (40) new single
family homes in the Overtown neighborhood.
In July 1998, through the adoption of Resolution No. 98-779, the City Commissioncertain
directed
the
Department of Public Works to construct or cause to be constructed t not to exceed
site
improvements for the project and allocated CDBG Program funds
$100,000 for this purpose.
At the November 16, 2000 City Commission adopted Resolutiondeveloper No.
to 00-953,
move forwaccepted ard and with the
the
new plat for the subject city -owned parcels allowing thep�
construction of the proposed project.
Presently, on -site improvement activities are underway utilizing $500,000 of HOME Program
funds awarded by Miami -Dade County to the organization. However, recently Miami -Dade
County suspended its funding, pending transfer of the subject parcels by the City to BAME
Development Corporation of South Florida, Inc.