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File Number: 09-0119 Final fiction Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $260,000, UNDER THE RENOVATION/TENANT IMPROVEMENTS
GRANT INITIATIVE AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NO. CRA-R-07-0034, TO
TWO GUYS RESTAURANT, INC. FOR TENANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
COMMERCIAL SPACE AT 236 N.W. 14TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA;
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL
COUNSEL; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND,
"OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA")
is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within the
Redevelopment Area in accordance with its approved Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 4/Principle 6, at pages 11 and 15, of the 2009 Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan lists "creating jobs within the community" which
"entails both the support and enhancement of existing businesses and local entrepreneurs and the
attraction of new businesses that provide needed services and economic opportunities;" and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-07-0034, passed and
adopted on July 30, 2007, authorized funding, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, for grants to
businesses in the vicinity of the CRA's 3rd Avenue Business Corridor for renovations and tenant
improvements, provided that any grant above $4,500 be presented to the Board for ratification; and
WHEREAS, the CRA owns the building at 1201 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida, and is
soliciting proposals to redevelop the site as a mixed -use housing and retail project; and
WHEREAS, Two Guys Restaurant, Inc. ("Two Guys") is a tenant in the building, a portion of
which has been declared an unsafe structure by the City of Miami and must be relocated before the
CRA can undertake redevelopment of the site; and
WHEREAS, Two Guys is seeking a grant to assist with tenant improvements for its new
location at 236 N.W. 14th Street, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize a grant, in an amount not to
exceed $260,000, to Two Guys Restaurant, Inc., under the Renovation/Tenant Improvements Grant
Initiative authorized by Resolution No. CRA-R-07-0034;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY
City of Miami
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OF MIAMI, FLORIDA.
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 an amount not to exceed $260.000, under the Renovation/Tenant
Improvements Grant Initiative authorized by Resolution No. CRA-R-07-0034, to Two Guys Restaurant.
Inc. for the design build renovation of the commercial space at 236 N.W. 14th Street, Miami, Florida,,
for use as a restaurant, is authorized.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all documents necessary for said
purpose, in a form acceptable to General Counsel.
Section 4. Funds to be allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids,"
Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be come effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
GENERAL COUNSEL
City of Miami
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