HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-04-0008 WARD RMG-COVR MEMOCRA Board of Directors Meeting
September 20, 2004
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr.
and Members of the CRA Board
Date: File ID: 04-00987
Subject: Ratification of Emergency
Action/A&E Services for
Ward Rooming House
From: Frank K. Rollason References:
Executive Director
Enclosures:
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Directors of the Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW/CRA") ratify the emergency action of the CRA
Executive Director to issue CRA Emergency Work Order No. 04-27 on August 12, 2004 to TY
Lin/HJ Ross & Associates in the amount of $80,541.50 for the purpose of providing Architectural
and Engineering services for the Ward Rooming House.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Ward Rooming House is in danger of imminent structural collapse. The CRA has taken
steps to shore and brace the existing walls to prevent further collapse. On April 26, 2004, the
SEOPW Board of Directors approved Resolution No. 04-33 (copy of Clerk's Report attached)
instructing the Executive Director to identify funds in the amount of $600,000 for the structural
restoration of the building by selecting Alternative No. 2 presented by HJ Ross in their report to
the Board on March 29, 2004 entitled "Restoration of the Ward Rooming House — March 10,
2004" (estimate excerpt attached). Funding of the full $600,000 has been budgeted in the
SEOPW FY '05 Capital Projects Budget Proposal scheduled to be presented to the Board at the
September 20, 2004 Board meeting. In that what is Ieft of the structure is in very poor shape
and is a danger to the community, the work order was issued as an Emergency on August 12,
2004, once HJ Ross provided all the necessary backup and scope of services to proceed.
FUNDING SOURCE: $80,541.50 from SEOPW TIF Account Code 689001.550108.6.860
entitled Construction in Progress.
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