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File Number: 05-00286 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,400, TO DADE HERITAGE
TRUST, INC. FOR USE BY ITS MIAMI CITY CEMETERY COMMITTEE TO
INSTALL SIGNAGE, PROVIDE A PLAQUE ACKNOWLEDGING THE
CEMETERY'S HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS, CLEAN AND REPAIR HEADSTONES,
AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, ALL SUBJECT TO THE WORK
RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FROM THE CITY OF
MIAMI'S HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO
DISBURSE THE GRANT FUNDS DIRECTLY TO SUPPLIERS AND VENDORS
UPON RECEIPT OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE
ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR SAID PURPOSE; ALLOCATING FUNDS
FROM OMNI TIF FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
686001.590320.6.940.
WHEREAS, the Miami City Cemetery ("Cemetery"), located within the Omni Redevelopment
District Community Redevelopment Agency's ("CRA") redevelopment area, is the City of Miami's ("
City") oldest cemetery, received designation as a historic site by the City Commission in 1983, and
was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and
WHEREAS, the Dade Heritage Trust, Inc. (the "Trust") through its Miami City Cemetery
Committee works with the City's Department of Parks and Recreation, to repair, refurbish and
improve the Cemetery; and
WHEREAS, the Trust has requested a grant from the CRA, in the amount of $12,400, to
install signage, provide a plaque acknowledging the Cemetery's historic designations, clean and
repair headstones, and provide additional landscaping; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the City's Department of Parks and Recreation is in agreement
with the scope of work proposed by the Trust; and
WHEREAS the Board of Directors wishes to authorize the grant subject to the work receiving
a Certificate of Appropriateness from the City of Miami's Historic and Environmental Preservation
Board;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
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Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. A grant, in the amount of $12,400, to the Dade Heritage Trust for use by its Miami City
Cemetery Committee to install signage, provide a plaque acknowledging the Cemetery's historic
designations, clean and repair headstones, and provide additional landscaping, all subject to the work
receiving a Certificate of Appropriateness from the City of Miami's Historic and Environmental
Preservation Board, is authorized.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all necessary documents for said
purpose.
Section 4. Funds are to be allocated from Omni TIF Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account
Code No. 686001.590320.6.940.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JIRG L. F
GEN€RAL C9UNSEL
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