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File Number: 08-00226 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE DE -OBLIGATION OF FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$225,315, FROM THE ACCOUNTS LISTED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED; ALLOCATING SAID FUNDS, TO RAFAEL HERNANDEZ
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC., FOR THE
EXTERIOR REHABILITATION OF FOR -PROFIT BUSINESSES SPECIFIED IN
EXHIBIT "B," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE
ATTACHED FORM, WITH SAID AGENCY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, Rafael Hernandez Housing and Economic Development Corporation, Inc. ("RHHED"),
is a non-profit Florida corporation located at 2400 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, that focuses on
community development and empowerment, building affordable homes in economically depressed
areas, improving the appearance of economically depressed commercial areas and assisting local
community entrepreneurial minded individuals; and
WHEREAS, the accounts specified in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated, are to be closed out
because the projects did not commence or did not utilize all of the funding received; and
WHEREAS, the Administration recommends de -obligating the unused funds in said accounts and
the reallocation of said funds to RHHED, as specified in Exhibit "A," for the exterior rehabilitation of
for -profit businesses specified in Exhibit "B," attached and incorporated, a project otherwise
referenced as the Little Haiti Commercial Rehabilitation Project; and
WHEREAS, funds, in the amount of $185,815, will be used to pay for construction costs and funds
in the amount of $12,000, for soft cost contingencies to rehabilitate the properties, and the remaining
funds in the amount of $27,500, will be paid to RHHED for its technical support fee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORI DA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The de -obligation of funds, in the amount of $225,315, from the accounts listed in
Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated and the allocation of said funds to RHHED, to be used for the
exterior rehabilitation of for -profit businesses specified in Exhibit "B," attached and incorporated, is
authorized.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute an Agreement, in substantially the
attached form, with said agency, for said purpose.
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Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter
and Code provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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