84-17695 Reso
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RESOLUTION NUMBER 84-17695
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND THE
SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, FL, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE ASHER-AENBERG
COMMUNITY PARK, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE
DREXEL AVENUE MINI-PARK
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach, hereinafter referred to as the
"City", is authorized by Commission Memorandum Number 5467 dated
January 21, 1976 to prepare an Application for a Community Development
Block Grant, hereinafter referred to as "CDBG Funds" and to design and
implement such systems as are necessary to insure that the Community
Development Program is developed, conducted and administered in
accordance with Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974, as amended, and any Federal Regulations promulgated
thereunder, as well as applicable State and Local Authorities, and in such
capacity is authorized to enter into and execute agreements with other
Departments and Agencies within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has duly submitted the Year Nine Final
Statement of Objectives and Projected Use of Funds to the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development, hereinafter referred to
as "HUD", for a total of $2,723,830 in block grant resources; of which
$1,947,000 are Year Nine entitlement funds and $776,830 are
reprogrammed prior year funds; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission voted on December 19, 1979, for
the closing of Drexel Avenue between 14th Street and Espanola Way, to
enable the safe crossing of children from the Fienberg School to the Ida
M. Fisher Adult and Community Education Center; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission's action to permanently close that
portion of Drexel Avenue was found legally sufficient by the Miami Beach
City Attorney, as per a memorandum attached to the following agreement
as Appendix 8; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a contract with the School
Board of Dade County, hereinafter referred to as the "School Board", for
the purpose of constructing Fisher/Fienberg Drexel Avenue Community
Park as a landscaped pedestrian link for children, the handicapped and
elderly, to the community facilities which provide a hot meals program,
community education opportunities, day care for frail adults, and other
social services; and
WHEREAS, the Provider will receive a total amount of $145,200
from CDBG funds ($35,200 previously approved from Year Six B-80, in
addition to $110,000 of Year Nine CDBG funds), to be used for the above
stated purpose; and
WHEREAS, other funding for the improvements will be provided by
the School Board of Dade County and CDBG funding will permit an
application for matching funds from the State; and
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WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended to the City
Commission that said Agreement be entered into; and
WHEREAS, an appropriate Agreement has been prepared and has
been approved as to legal form and sufficiency by the City A ttomey,
which Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of said project; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission deems it to be in the best interests
of the City and its residents and citizens that said Agreement be entered
into;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the
Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute an
agreement with the School Board of Dade County on behalf of the City,
and the disbursing officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed
to disburse the funds required by the terms of said Agreement from CDBG
funds hereafter allocated for said purpose.
PASSED
April
AND ADOPTED
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