HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit ACITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Arthur Noriega V., DATE: April 4, 2025
City Manager
Victor Turner,
Director
BACKGROUND
SUBJECT: Transfer of City owned property to
Miami -Dade County Homeless Trust ("Developer")
ENCLOSURES: Attachments
Pursuant to Resolution No.24-0296, adopted on July 25, 2024, the City Commission
authorized the allocation of funding from Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") for
a total amount of $600,000.00 to Camillus House, Inc., and the transfer of the city -owned
property located at 1371 NW 61 Street, Miami, Florida ("Property").
As a condition of the transfer of the Property, Camillus House, Inc. must complete the
rehabilitation of the building, contain no less than fifty one percent (51 %) city -assisted residential
rental units for eligible residents whose annual income is equal to or less than eighty percent
(80%).
On December 17, 2024, the City of Miami Department of Housing and Community Development
("Department") received a letter from Camillus House, Inc., notifying that the organization will not
be able to assume ownership and oversee the rehabilitation of this project as previously agreed.
On March 28, 2025, the Department received a letter from Miami -Dade County requesting to
transfer the Property to its Homeless Trust.
The Homeless Trust intends to work with the City of Miami to access available municipal
funding streams, and jointly pursue other funding streams as needed, to facilitate the
necessary improvements and rehabilitate the existing structure.
All six (6) units in the Property will be utilized for affordable housing to low-income families
whose annual income does not exceed more than 60% of area median income and who are
experiencing homelessness, and are referred through the Homeless Trust's Coordinated
Entry Process.
The Homeless Trust is a Florida political subdivision that serves as the lead agency for Miami -
Dade County's Homeless Continuum of Care ("CoC"), that supports more than 5,000 people daily
in supportive housing. Ninety-eight percent of households placed in supportive housing
successfully retain supportive housing.
As this developer is familiar with the needs of the community, it is in the best interest of the
City to waive competitive bidding and allocate funding from Community Development Block
Grant ("CDBG") in an amount of $563,500.00 and the amount of $36,500.00 for Contingency
for a total amount of $600,000.00, for rehabilitation purposes.
RECOM EN DATION
Considering the above stated, approval of a waiver of the formal requirements of competitive
sealed bidding methods as not being practicable or advantageous to the City as set forth in
the City Code of Ordinance, as amended, specifically Section 18-85 (A), and the affirmation
of these written findings and the forwarding of the same to the City Commission for
ratification by a four -fifths vote is respectfully requested.
DS
aN
1 APPROVED
—DocuSigned by:
avfLtAr Noviva.
'-850CF6C372DD42A...
0 DISAPPROVE
Arthur Noriega V., City Manager
April 14, 2025 1 12:20:55 EDT