HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-10-0058 Cover Memo 07-22-2010SEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
July 22, 2010
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Richard P. Dunn II Date: July 12, 2010 File: 10-00872
and Members of the CRA Board
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Frorr7: James H. Villacorta
Executive Director
Subject: Advance of Additional Funds to City of Miami
for Demolition and Removal of Buildings at
163 N.W. 11th St., 1020 N.W. 2nd Ave.. and
1024 N.W. 2nd Ave.
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the advance of
additional funds, in an amount not to exceed $13,161.78, for a total amount not to exceed $59,663.78, to the
City of Miami, to offset additional costs incurred in the demolition and removal of the buildings located at 163
N.W. 11th Street, 1020 N.W. 2nd Avenue, and 1024 N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida, pending the City's
receipt of demolition lien proceeds.
These three properties were deemed unsafe structures and demolished as a result. The City of Miami's
Building Department provided an original estimate from an approved vendor for a total project cost of $46,502.
The Department sought CRA assistance due to the it's then existing financial constraints.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-10-0003, passed and adopted on February 11, 2010,
authorized the advance of funds, in an amount not to exceed $46,502. for the demolition and removal of said
properties, pending the City's receipt of demolition lien proceeds.
The Building Department states it incurred expenses in excess of the ā¯‘riginal estimate, and now seeks CRA
support to cover these additional expenses.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 2, Goal 6, at page 11, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan, lists
"[Improving the quality of life for residents of the Redevelopment Area," as a stated redevelopment goal.
This Resolution carries out this goal.
FUNDING: S13,161.78 from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Contractual Services," Account Code No.
100 50.920101.534 000.0000.00000 .