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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM .
TO:
FROM:
The Honorable Mayor and Members
of the C. Commission
on.. H. Warshaw
City Manager
DATE:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
MAR 2 8 2000
FILE :
Emergency Ordinance Amending
Section 2-612 Conflict of Interest
Provision
City Commission Meeting of
April 13, 2000
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Emergency
Ordinance which amends Section 2-612, Article V. of the City Code, to allow City of Miami
employees wishing to participate in the various affordable housing programs administered by the
City through the Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program and State Housing Initiatives
Partnership (SHIP) Program, to participate without the necessity to seek a waiver of the
requirements set forth in Section 2-612 of the City Code.
BACKGROUND:
Presently, the vast majority of city employees live outside of the City of Miami, thus
contributing to the tax base and local economy of other municipalities and county governments
in South Florida_ In an effort to address this matter, one of the key housing strategies identified
in the City's Five Year Consolidated (1999 — 2004) Plan adopted by the City Commission in July
of 1999 through Resolutidn No. 99-429, encourages the need to.provide financial incentives to
City employees to relocate in the City. The establishment of affordable homeownership
programs designed to provide financial incentives to City employees to reside in the City will
further contribute to increasing the tax base and aid the City in finding long term solutions to
restoring Miami's fiscal and financial health.
At its meeting of September 28, 1999, the City Commission, through the adoption of Resolution
No. 99-705, approved the City's modified Local Housing Assistance Plan in connection with the
implementation of the SHIP Program. The modified Plan has resulted in the expansion of a
number of affordable housing assistance programs available to very low, low and moderate
income families residing in the City.
Two (2) of the new programs include the First -Time Hornebuyers Financing Program and the
Single Family Rehabilitation Progam. The First Time Homebuyer's Financing Program
The Honorable Mayor, and
Members of the City Commission
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provides down payment, mortgage buy down or closing cost assistance to qualified very
low, low and moderate income households, to assist in the purchase of a newly
constructed or existing residential properties within the corporate limits of the City. The
Single Family Rehabilitation Program provides rehabilitation assistance to very low, low
and moderate households that currently occupy and maintain their homes as their
principal residence. A maximum of up to $40,000 in financial assistance is available to
eligible households through both programs.
In February of 1999, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 11755, which
amended Section 2-612, Article V. of the City Code, thereby affording City employees
wishing to participate in the City's CDBG assisted Single Family Rehabilitation Loan
Program administered by the Department of Community. Development to participate in
the above mentioned program without seeking a waiver by resolution as previously
required by the City Code. However, the adoption of Ordinance No. 11755 does not
afford City employees wishing to participate in any of the other affordable housing
programs administered by the Department of Community Development funded through`
the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program and Home Investment Partnership
Program.
Adoption of the attached Emergency Ordinance would allow city employees wishing to
participate in the aforementioned housing programs to receive financial assistance from
the City without the need to seek a waiver of the requirements set forth in Section 2-612
of the City Code. This agenda item is being presented as an Emergency Ordinance in
order to enable several city employees to consummate the pending purchase of a home in
the City within the next thirty (30) days.
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