96-22157 RESO
RESOLUTION NO.
96-22157
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA REQUESTING AFTER- THE-FACT
APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR A STATE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT -IN-AID IN THE
AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO CONTINUE THE SURVEY
OF PUBLIC INTERIORS AND UPDATE THE CITY1S
HISTORIC PROPERTIES DATABASE IN THE
OCEAN BEACH HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE ALTOS
DEL MAR HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND THE
HARDING TOWNSITE/SOUTH ALTOS DEL MAR
HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WHEREAS in September 1996, the City's Planning, Design and Historic Preservation
Division applied to the State Bureau of Historic Preservation for an additional twenty thousand
dollars in ($20,000) matching Grant-In-Aid requiring an equal match in the amount of twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000) to continue the Miami Beach Historic Interiors Survey and Florida
Master Site File update to include contributing buildings and significant public interior spaces
located within the City's local historic districts including the Ocean Beach Historic District, the Altos
Del Mar Historic District, and the Harding Townsite/South Altos Del Mar Historic District; and
WHEREAS the State Historic Preservation Council is scheduled to review the application at
a public meeting in November 1996; and
WHEREAS, in order to successfully and expediently meet the terms of a grant application
from the State Bureau of Historic Preservation, the Administration requests that the Mayor and City
Commission grant after-the-fact approval of the application for the 1996 State Historic Preservation
matching Grant-In-Aid.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission approve granting after-the-fact approval of application and match in the form of fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000) of Planning, Design and Historic Preservation Division in-kind personnel
services and a five thousand dollars ($5,000) cash appropriation from the FY 96/97 Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency Budget for a 1996 State Historic Preservation Grants-In-Aid award for the
same amount, to continue the Miami Beach Historic Interiors Survey and Florida Master Site File
update to include contributing buildings and significant public interior spaces located within the
City's local historic districts including the Ocean Beach Historic District, the Altos Del Mar Historic
District, and the proposed Harding Townsite/South Altos Del Mar Historic District.
PASSED and ADOPTED this ~ day of Dc t. , 1996.
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. ~
TO:
Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Memben of the City Commission
DATE: October 9, 1996
FROM:
Jose Garcia-Pedrosa
City Manager
SUBJECT:
A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY 0 MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA REQUESTING
AFTER-THE-FACT APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR
A STATE mSTORIC PRESERVATION MATCHING GRANT-
IN-AID IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO CONTINUE WITH
PHASES III AND IV OF A PROJECT TO UPDATE THE
CITY'S mSTORIC PROPERTIES DATABASE AND SURVEY
OF HISTORIC PUBLIC INTERIORS IN THE NEWLY
DESIGNATED OCEAN BEACH HISTORIC DISTRICT AND
THE HARDING TOWNSITE/SOUTH ALTOS DEL MAR
HISTORIC DISTRICT.
RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that the Commission adopt a Resolution granting after-the-fact
approval to apply for a 1996 State Historic Preservation matching Grant-In-Aid in the amount of
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to proceed with Phases III and IV of updating and expanding the
City's Historic Properties Database in the Ocean Beach Historic District and the Harding
Townsite/South Altos Del Mar Historic District, including the survey and documentation of historic
interior public spaces. The State grant requires an equal match from the City in the amount of
$20,000. The Administration proposes to provide this match in the form of fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000) of Planning, Design and Historic Preservation Division in-kind personnel services and a
five thousand dollars ($5,000) cash appropriation from the FY 96/97 Miami Beach Redevelopment
Agency Budget as the majority of the survey work will be in the Ocean Beach Historic District,
which lies within the South Pointe Redevelopment Area.
BACKGROUND
In December of 1994, the City applied to the State Bureau of Historic Preservation for a twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000) matching Grant-In-Aid for Phases I and II of a survey to update and
expand the City's Historic Properties Database in the National Register Historic District, including
a survey of historic interior public spaces in Contributing buildings, as well as to update the Florida
Master Site File Forms which were over fifteen years old. The State Historic Preservation Advisory
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Council awarded the City the full amount requested. Phase I was completed in August 1996 and
Phase II of the survey project is nearing completion.
In September 1996, the City's Planning, Design and Historic Preservation Division applied to the
State Bureau of Historic Preservation for an additional twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) matching
Grant-In-Aid to proceed with Phases III and IV of the project to include Contributing buildings and
significant public interior spaces located within the City's newly designated local historic districts
including the Ocean Beach Historic District and the Harding Townsite/South Altos Del Mar Historic
District. The State Historic Preservation Advisory Council is scheduled to review the grant request
at a public meeting tentatively scheduled for November 1996.
This after-the-fact Commission approval is necessitated as a result of the Commission's August
Recess which made it impossible to secure Commission approval prior to the September 4, 1996
State Grant-In-Aid application submission deadline.
ANALYSIS
The 1996 State Historic Preservation Grant-In-Aid offers an excellent opportunity to continue to
update and expand the City's Historic Properties Database, including historic public interiors inside
the City's newly designated local historic districts located outside of the National Register Historic
District. In recent years, intensifying development pressure has brought about increasing proposals
for significant change to the public interiors of Miami Beaches contributing historic buildings. As
many of these public areas contain special architectural staircases, vitro lite wainscotting, patterned
terrazzo floors, hand painted murals, and keystone detailing, the push for major change has been met
with great concern by the preservation community and City government.
The survey and documentation which led to the designation of the National Register Historic District
played a significant role in reversing the economic decline of South Beach in the 1980's. Likewise,
the proposed updating of the City's Historic Properties Database throughout the City's Historic
Districts, including contributing historic public interiors, will foster a heightened interest and
investment in the preservation of those elements that are known to attract an enlightened community
of residents, tourists and business people. This should provide a direct further economic boost to
the local economy as the general population continues to become aware that the architectural
significance of the nation's most unique 20th century historic district extends beyond the facades of
buildings to important interior architecture. It will also greatly assist the Design Review process by
providing substantial new information about these buildings.
Specifically, the State Grant-In-Aid requested to proceed with phases III and IV of the survey project
will accomplish the following:
1. Provide a qualitative and quantitative record of what remains of the City of Miami Beach's
significant interior public spaces in Contributing buildings in the newly designated Ocean
Beach and Harding Townsite/South Altos Del Mar Historic Districts.
2. Upgrade the City's Historic Properties Database for Contributing buildings throughout
Miami Beach's Historic Districts.
3. Expand the Florida Master Site File Forms to include the newly designated historic districts
as required by the State.
4. Provide crucial database information necessary for use by the City to insure the preservation
of Miami Beach Historic Districts' unique interior architectural features.
5. Stimulate a heightened interest and investment in the reuse of the City's unique and valuable
interior architectural assets.
6. Underscore the City's commitment to the preservation of its extraordinary 20th century
architectural legacy .
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing, the Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt by
Resolution after-the-fact approval of an application for a State Historic Preservation matching
Grant-In-Aid in the amount of $20,000 to proceed with Phases III and IV of the survey of historic
public interiors and updating the City's Historic Properties Database in the Ocean Beach Historic
District, the Altos Del Mar Historic District, and the Harding Townsite/South Altos Del Mar Historic
District .
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