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File Number: 3960 Final Action Date: 5/24/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CONVEY, WITH PARCEL
REVERTER PROVISIONS, THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") OWNED PARCELS
OF LAND LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH MIAMI, KNOWN AS THE LIFE
QUEST FACILITY PROPERTIES, TO EMPOWER "U," INC., A FLORIDA NOT
FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("EMPOWER U"), FOR THE REHABILITATION
AND UTILIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UNITS IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS ("HOPWA") PROGRAM;
ALLOCATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000.00 FROM PRIOR
YEARS' HOPWA PROGRAM FUNDS TO ASSIST WITH THE REHABILITATION
OF THE LIFE QUEST FACILITY PROPERTIES; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE
TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING
AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, AS MAY
BE NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE(S), SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS.
WHEREAS, Empower U, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation ("Empower U"), is a
community -based organization dedicated to the support of Miami -Dade County ("MDC")
residents with AIDS and to the provision of health services to residents of the community; and
WHEREAS, Empower U was founded in 1999 in order to establish a comprehensive
program for housing and community development; and
WHEREAS, Empower U is currently managing an affordable housing development
within the City of Miami ("City") that was completed with Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS ("HOPWA") funds and is currently in good standing with the City; and
WHEREAS, the properties to be conveyed were purchased with HOPWA funds in
December 1993 and were transferred to Movers, Inc., in December 2003, but the properties
reverted back to the City when Movers, Inc. was unable to rehab the properties; and
WHEREAS, the addresses of the properties to be conveyed cannot be disclosed for
confidentiality purposes, pursuant to 24 CFR 574.440;
WHEREAS, the City retained an architect, who has prepared a rehabilitation plan that
has been approved by the MDC Building Department, for the reconstruction of the properties;
and
WHEREAS, the Administration recommends the conveyance, with parcel reverter
provisions, of the City -owned parcels of land to Empower U, for the rehabilitation and utilization
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of residential housing units for the purpose of providing supportive housing as part of the
HOPWA program; and
WHEREAS, the Administration also recommends that the conveyance of the properties
be subject to the following restrictions: (i) the properties remain available for HOPWA residents
for a minimum of ten (10) years; (ii) any mortgages on the properties obtained by the Developer
must be subject to the approval of the City's Department of Community and Economic
Development;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The conveyance, with parcel reverter provisions, of the City -owned parcels of
land located in the City of North Miami, known as the Life Quest Facility Properties, to Empower
U, for the rehabilitation and utilization of residential housing units in order to provide supportive
housing programs as part of the HOPWA program, is authorized.1
Section 3. The allocation of $700,000.00 from prior years' HOPWA funds to assist with
the rehabilitation of the Life Quest Facility Properties, is authorized.1
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, any and all documents, including amendments, renewals,
extensions, and modifications, as may be necessary for said purpose(s), subject to all federal,
state, and local laws that regulate the use of such funds.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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 City Code
provisions.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) 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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