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SEOPW & Omni Board of Commissioners Meeting
October 30, 2006
Item # 3
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: October 20, 2006 File: 06-01866
And Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacorta
Executive DirectorL5,
Subject: Grant for The Miami Women's Club
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
Legislation
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community
Redevelopment Agency approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the Executive Director to
provide a grant, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, to the Miami Women's Club, 1737 North Bayshore
Drive, for the renovation of the elevator system at this historic building.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Miami Women's Club building is a designated National Historic Site as well as being designated by the
State of Florida and the City of Miami. The facility is in serious need of rehabilitative work to make it
structurally sound and restore it to its original splendor. The purpose of this grant is for the renovation of
the elevator system. This grant complies with the stated redevelopment objectives of the Omni CRA's
Redevelopment Plan, Section III, paragraph C. 4, to "Encourage preservation and restoration of historic
buildings." In addition, the Redevelopment Plan specifically identifies The Miami Woman's Club in Section
IV. E, entitled "Historic Preservation Plan," as a structure of historic and/or architectural significance within
the Omni CRA Area. The grant would be disbursed directly to vendors or on a reimbursement basis for
completed and approved work.
FUNDING SOURCE: $250,000 from Omni TIF Account No. 10040,920101.883000.0000.00000 entitled
"Other Grants and Aids."
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