HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-08-0009 Cover MemoSEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioners Meeting
February 25, 2008
Southeast OVERTOWN/PARK WEST Item # 6
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: February 15, 2008 File: 08-00196
and Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacorta t`2LJ
Executive Direct
Subject: Authorizing a Grant to the Miami Woman's
Club for Repairs and 40-Year Recertification
of the Building at 1737 North Bayshore Drive
References:
Enclosures: Legislation
BACKGROUND:
The attached Resolution of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA")
authorizes a grant to the Miami Women's Club in an amount not to exceed $1,680,053, for repairs and 40-year
recertification of the building at 1737 North Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida. The Resolution also reallocates
unused balances of grants to the Miami Woman's Club authorized by Resolutions Nos. CRA-R-05-0035 and
CRA-R-06-0046, in a total amount of $119,947, for the same purpose.
The building occupied by the Miami Woman's Club at 1737 North Bayshore Drive is located within the Omni
Redevelopment Area, has received historic designations from the Miami City Commission and the State of
Florida,, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Miami Woman's Club is indentified as a structure of "historic and/or architectural significance" in the Omni
Redevelopment Plan, at page 21 at section IV.E. "Historic Preservation." This grant provides funds for repairs
and 40-year recertification to preserve the building.
FUNDING SOURCE; $1,680,053 from Omni Tax Increment Fund "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
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