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File Number: 13-01195 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ACCEPTING FUNDS, IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $900,000.00, CONSISTING OF A GRANT AWARD
FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, FOR THE ADAPTIVE RE -USE AND
REHABILITATION OF THE HISTORIC EBENEZER CHURCH LOCATED AT 300
NORTHWEST 11TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARD AGREEMENT, AND
ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE OF AND
COMPLIANCE WITH SAID GRANT AWARD.
WHEREAS, through grant support from the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA"), Miami Dade College operates the Hospitality Institute, which
provides training and employment opportunities to residents of the Southeast Overtown/Park West
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, Miami Dade College has expanded the Hospitality Institute to include culinary arts
training; however, Miami Dade College is in need of dedicated space to operate the expanded
programming; and
WHEREAS, to assist Miami Dade College with its expansion, the CRA has agreed to allow the
Hospitality Institute to operate at the historic Ebenezer Church, located at 300 Northwest 11th Street,
Miami, Florida ("Site"), but the Site is in need of being rehabilitated; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to assist the CRA with leveraging its funding support of the Hospitality
Institute, the CRA applied for a grant in the amount of $900,000.00 from the United States Department
of Commerce's Economic Development Administration ("EDA") for the adaptive re -use and
rehabilitation of the site; and
WHEREAS, the application also required participation by Miami Dade College, and the City of
Miami ("City"), given that the CRA is one of its agencies; and
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2013, the EDA awarded a grant, in an amount not to exceed
$900,000.00 for the for the adaptive re -use and rehabilitation of the Site, and said grant requires the
City and the CRA to accept the award within thirty (30) days; and
WHEREAS, although the City is a co -applicant for this award, the EDA has acknowledged that
all obligations relating to the management of the grant and disbursement of same shall be borne by
the CRA solely;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
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File Number' 13-01195
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Funds, in an amount not to exceed $900,000,00, consisting of a grant award
from the EDA, for the adaptive re -use and rehabilitation of the Site, are accepted.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized {1} to execute a Financial Award Agreement,
and all other necessary documents, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement
the acceptance of and compliance with said grant award.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VICTORIA MENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed
by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and Code
provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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