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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-07-0008 5- cover memoSEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioners Meeting February 26, 2006 Item #5 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST AND OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: February 16, 2007 File: 07-00178 and Members of the CRA Board From: James H. Villacorta Executive Director; Subject: Resolution Ratifying a Grant for Exterior Repairs and Painting of the St. John Apartments in Overtown References: Enclosures: Supporting Documentation, Legislation BACKGROUND: The attached Resolution ratifies a grant in the amount of $54,024.31 given to the St. John Community Development Corporation, Inc. for exterior repair and painting of the St. John Apartments complex at 220 and 250 NW 13 Street, and 1300 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida. At its December 18, 2006 Board meeting the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency's Board of Commissioners directed that the CRA quickly identify housing units in need of rehabilitation to bring vacant units back on line or preserve their habitability. The Board further authorized the executive director to make grants for this purpose and bring the grants back to the board for ratification. (See transcript, at pages 33-35). The St. John Apartments were constructed with HUD block grants funds and are restricted as to income and rent levels. Due to hurricane damage and deferred maintenance, approximately one-third of the rental units are vacant. The CRA authorized a grant for cleaning, caulking, stucco repair and paint as part of an on going rehabilitation process to bring the vacant units on line and stop the deterioration of the remaining units. JUSTIFICATION: The "rehabilitation of existing housing, ... provid[ing] opportunity for residents to continue to live in Overtown, [and] ... remov[ing] slum and blight conditions" are all stated objectives of the Redevelopment Plan. (See Section III, B., at page 13, of the 1982 Southeast OvertownlPark West Community Redevelopment Plan, as amended). This grant fulfills those objectives by helping to return vacant rent restricted units to habitability and preserving the livability of the currently occupied units. FUNDING SOURCE: $54,024.31 from SEOPW TIF Fund, entitled "Construction in Progress," Account Code No. 10050.920101. 670000.0000.00000. JHV/eh •