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FILE ID: o6-VUc0US
PH.5
Date: 05/15/2008 Requesting Department: Community Development
Commission Meeting Date: 06/12/2008 District Impacted:
Type: ® Resolution ❑ Ordinance El Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item
❑ Other
Subject: WAIVING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST: HATTIE WILLIS
Purpose of Item:
BY A FOUR- FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2-614 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY
CODE"), WAIVING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 2-612
OF THE CITY CODE THAT MAY BE APPLICABLE TO THE CONVEYANCE, BY THE CITY OF
MIAMI, OF TWO PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED AT 5435 N.W. 1ST AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA
AND 5515 N.W. 1ST COURT, MIAMI, FLORIDA (THE "PROPERTIES"), TO COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT GROUP MIA CORP., FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
FOR SAID PURPOSE.
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Background Information:
On December 19, 2006, the City of Miami issued an invitation for qualified real estate
developers for the redevelopment of single home ownership units on eighteen (18) City -
owned scattered site Tots in the Liberty City area with a due date of February 9, 2007.
One of the developers selected to receive two parcels located at 5435 N.W. 1st Avenue and
5515 N.W. 1st Court, Miami, Florida (the "Properties"), was Community Development Group
MIA Corp.
The registered agent of Community Development Group MIA Corp. is Ms. Hattie Willis.
Ms. Willis is a member of the Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bond
Program Oversight Board, a board of the City of Miami organized under Section 2-1200 of
the Miami City Code.
Article V, Sec. 2-611 and Sec. 2-612 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended,
states in part, that no member of any City board shall enter into any contract or transact any
business with the City.
Article V, Sec. 2-614 establishes a waiver provision of Sec. 2-611 and Sec. 2-612 by
permitting waiver of a transaction(s) by an affirmative vote of four -fifths of the members of
the City Commission after a public hearing and only after findings by four -fifths of the
members of the City Commission that, among others, the property or services to be involved
in the proposed transaction are unique and the City cannot avail itself of such property or
services without entering into a transaction which would violate this section but for waiver of
its requirements and the proposed transaction will be to the best interest of the City.
There is a great need for the construction of affordable housing in the City of Miami and
Community Development Group MIA Corp. is qualified and has both an understanding of
local needs and the capacity to construct affordable housing.
The Administration recommends waiving the conflict of interest provisions contained in
section 2-612 of the City code that may be applicable to the conveyance, by the City of
Miami, of the properties, to Community Development Group MIA Corp., for the development
of affordable housing units.