265-97 RDA
RESOLUTION NO.
265-97
A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI
BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($30,000.00) FROM THE CITY CENTER
BUDGET FOR THE LOEWS HOTEL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TOWARD THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MIAMI BEACH JOBS CONSORTIUM, A JOINT
EFFORT BETWEEN THE MIAMI BEACH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
(MBDC) AND THE MIAMI BEACH HISPANIC COMMUNITY CENTER
(MBHCC), TO PROVIDE JOB PLACEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION,
HOSPITALITY, AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES FOR MIAMI BEACH
RESIDENTS.
WHEREAS, one of the primary objectives of the City ,of Miami Beach
in supporting the development of new convention quality hotels is
to provide employment opportunities for residents of Miami Beach;
and
WHEREAS, one of the requirements in the City of Miami Beach
Request for Proposal for Convention Hotel Development Opportunity,
was for hotel proposers to identify job training and recruitment
plans for residents of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, Loews Hotels, the selected hotel operator, has committed
to providing employment opportunities for Miami Beach residents;
and
WHEREAS, MBDC has expressed a desire to assist Loews Hotels in
creating a job development opportunity program; and,
WHEREAS, MBDC and MBHCC are creating a Jobs Consortium Program,
to provide job opportunities for low and moderate income Miami
Beach residents in the construction, hospitality and entertainment
industries, said program being described in detail in the "Miami
Beach Jobs Consortium Concept Paper", included as "Exhibit A" to
this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, MBDC and MBHCC are seeking start-up funding from the
Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency in the amount of Thirty Thousand
Dollars ($30,000), to implement said Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY that the Chairman and Members of
the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency authorize funding in the
amount of $30,000.00 for the establishment of the Miami Beach Jobs
Consortium by the Miami Beach Development Corporation and the Miami
Beach Hispanic Community Center.
SECRETARY
PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th
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APPROVED AS TO
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Miami Beach
Redevelopment Agency
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Telephone: (305) 673-7193
Fax: (305) 673-7772
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMORANDUM NO. 97-7
March 5, 1997
Chairman and Members of the Board
of the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency
Jose GarCia-pedrosa~
Executive DirectorLl"
A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI
BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00) FROM THE CITY CENTER
BUDGET FOR THE LOEWS HOTEL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TOWARD THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MIAMI BEACH JOBS CONSORTIUM, A JOINT
EFFORT BETWEEN THE MIAMI BEACH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
(MBDC) AND THE MIAMI BEACH HISPANIC COMMUNITY CENTER
(MBHCC), TO PROVIDE JOB PLACEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION,
HOSPITALITY, AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES FOR MIAMI BEACH
RESIDENTS.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the Resolution.
BACKGROUND
One of the City's primary objectives of attracting new hotel
development to Miami Beach was the creation of job opportunities
for local area residents. The groundbreaking of the Loews Miami
Beach Hotel in September, 1996, and the imminent signing of a
Let ter-of - Intent between the Redevelopment Agency and RDP Royal
Palm Hotel, Ltd., for the development of the Royal Palm Crowne
Plaza Resort, are expected to generate approximately 900 permanent
new jobs. These facts, coupled with the already burgeoning
construction, service and production industries on Miami Beach,
hold the promise for numerous job opportunities which need to be
secured for Miami Beach residents. Both Loews and the Royal Palm
Crowne Plaza have committed to implementing recruitment and job
training programs specifically aimed at employing minorities and
low and moderate income residents. / '
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During the selection and negotiations processes for the Hotel
Projects, MBDC submitted a proposal to work cooperatively with the
selected hotel developers to establish job training and recruitment
programs. Loews Hotel has agreed to MBDC' s offer and has had
preliminary discussions for them to serve as a resource for a job
development program being developed by MBDC and MBHCC. The
program, which is being created to provide employment opportunities
in the construction, hospitality and entertainment industries, is
premised upon a community-based network approach, involving
casework and job counseling. A full description of the program is
included in the Miami Beach Jobs Consortium Concept Paper included
with this memorandum as "Exhibit A"
ANALYSIS
The anticipated annual budget for the operation of the Jobs
Consortium is approximately $100,000 as indicated in the Concept
Paper. Permanent funding for the program is being sought through
the South Florida Training and Employment Council (SFTEC). Since
funding through SFTEC is contingent upon having an existing track
record, MBHCC and MBDC are seeking $50,000 in start-up funding for
the first year of the program's operation.
MBDC and MBHCC have obtained a $30,000 commitment from the Miami
Beach Housing Authority and are seeking the remaining $20,000 from
available funds in the City Center Budget.
CONCLUSION
Since it is anticipated that this effort will maximize the benefit
of the new hotel facilities and provide employment opportunities,
particularly for low and moderate income residents in the City of
Miami Beach, funding is available to support this request.
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Attachments
The Miami Beach Jobs Consortium
A Concept Paper 1
by
Miami Beach Development Corporation
and
Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center
November 26, 1996
1 Please address comments, inauiries, to Ana Perez Camavd, MBHCC, 867-0051 (fax 867-0052).
The Miami Beach Jobs Consortium
A Concept Paper
INTRODUCTION
During the past decade, the principal Miami Beach districts of South Beach, Mid Beach and
North Beach have experienced dramatic change, and the City as a whole has benefited from
considerable economic growth. South Beach has gone from an economically depressed,
sun-bleached community of largely poor/working class and retired persons housed in modest
coops and single-room-occupancy units, to an international playground of upscale hotels,
restaurants, clubs, stores and high rise condos. The Mid Beach has benefited from strong
property values that have allowed significant improvement of its residential and family housing
stock, and from improved tourism and commercial areas. While North Beach has experienced
a lesser resurgence, it has nonetheless benefited from a stronger city tax base, public works
and greatly increased employment opportunities.
The revitalization of Miami Beach has been accompanied by a flourishing of the arts. New
museums, theaters and dance companies abound. The modeling and film industries have
arrived in strength, reputedly making Miami Beach the third most important fashion center in
the world (after Paris and New York). There seems to be no end in sight Many fortunes have
been made and continue to be made in a city that is undergoing a booming rebirth. And this
boom fuels the engine driving the creation of new jobs in several sectors of the local economy.
During the past decade, Miami Beach has also earned a reputation as a community of civic
minded citizens that can make things happen. Indeed, it was through the work of strong civic
organizations such as the Miami Design Preservation League and Miami Beach Development
Corporation (MBDC), and the tireless efforts of community leaders such as Barbara Capitman,
that the Historic Preservation and Art Deco Districts became realities, setting the stage for the
rebirth of Ocean Drive, SoBe, and Miami Beach as a whole. These devoted citizens were the
catalysts for the restoration work, and presently guide this process to insure that it respects
historical standards and the principles of good community planning.
The downside of this revitalization and rebirth is manifested by a pronounced increase in the
costs of housing and living in the southern half of Miami Beach, resulting in the displacement
of many low and moderate income residents, in overcrowding, and in a serious depletion of the
affordable housing stock. Much of this displacement has been intra-beach (from southern to
northern areas) and partly ameliorated by the work of MBDC and other groups sponsoring
creative affordable housing initiatives. Yet partial shifts in the concentration of vulnerable
populations does not change the fact that in 1990 half of Miami Beach census tracts had
average household incomes at or below $20,000 per year --barely a skip ahead of the poverty
line. Revitalization has the paradoxical effect of making things worse for a large segment of
-the City's population.
Need and opportunity coexist in Miami Beach. This is highly unusual, as need is often found in
areas lacking the economy to offer meaningful opportunities. In Miami Beach access to the
jobs generated by its booming local economy (construction, hotel and restaurant, services) are
the means to extend revitalization to all the communities and stabilizing them. Many of these
Jobs are of a character to make them accessible to persons of limited education and those of
limited English fluency --this is particularly critical when considered in light of current welfare
reform. And, as an extra bonus, there is an existing local network of activists and
organizations that may be harnessed as part of an action formula.
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Yet it is notable that Miami Beach's economic boom has not been harnessed to leverage jobs
and to stabilize these communities. Certainly some activity occurs through the chambers of
commerce as well as informally, but not enough to meet the need or take advantage of the
current job growth. As a result, many jobs are filled by nonresidents which, besides being a
lost opportunity, also increase traffic and stress the infrastructure of our tourist-dependent City.
The Department of Labor official unemployment rate for Miami Beach is 8.8%. However, jobs
are coming on line daily and no organization has set itself the task of connecting community
members with these jobs in a formal, purposeful manner. It is this task that MBDC and the
Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center (MBHCC) propose to address.
MBDC is well positioned to accomplish this task through its knowledge of the community and
through its core partner organizations: The Lincoln Road Task Force, the Miami Design
Preservation League, the Ocean Drive Association, the South Beach Business Guild, the
South Point Advisory Board, the Collins Avenue Group and the Ocean Front Hotel Association.
MBDC also manages the special Washington Avenue taxing district, which provide many city
services in that area.
MBHCC is also well positioned to accomplish this task in a cultural and linguistic framework
appropriate for newer residents. MBHCC provides information and referral, job readiness and
counseling, and various other community services. In addition, its board members include the
principal Hispanic leadership in the City, and representatives of the Latin Chamber of
Commerce, South Beach Chamber of Commerce, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, the
Latin Builders Association, and Legal Services of Miami.
MBHCC and MBDC already initiated this work with the Loews Corporation. Largely through
their advocacy, the City of Miami Beach now requires a commitment of community jobs as part
of the hotel permitting process. The Loew Corporation has designated MBDC as its agent for
Job recruitment. Their 800 bed hotel broke ground this fall. On a smaller scale, MBDC is
involved with job creation. For example, the Washington Avenue and Bass Museum Area
(special taxing) districts are expanding. As these private, nonprofit district organizations grow,
they will create new sanitation and landscaping jobs.
The Miami Beach Jobs Consortium. MBDC and the MBHCC propose to use their advocacy
skills and their community networks in service of unemployed and underemployed, low and
moderate income Miami Beach residents. To this effect, a Jobs Placement Consortium will be
organized. The types of jobs created by the construction, hospitality and entertainment
industries are often accessible to residents in spite of educational or English language
proficiency limitations. While many of these jobs may be humble or pay minimum wage,
others are well-paid and offer overtime (e.g., construction), and they all provide a solid grip on
the tadder of opportunity.
MBDC and MBHCC are proposing a job placement program within a casework method, that
seeks to take full advantage of their extensive network connections in the Miami Beach
community.
This initiative is also especially timely because of current welfare reform. Under the new
Wages Program, the clock has already started ticking on the two-year period by the end of
which (October 1, 1998) current welfare recipients need to be gainfully employed.
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PROPOSED WORK ACTIVITY
The Miami Beach Job Consortium is designed as a job placement program, supported by
casework and job counseling, and premised on a community-based network approach. The
activities and services proposed for this program include the following.
Job Connections. MBDC and MBHCC will identify job opportunities through their extensive
network of Miami Beach employers and organizations linked to such employers. Prospective
employers will be visited to advise them of the program, and establish a working relationship.
Regular direct-mail notices will be sent to prospective employers advising them of the
availability of sp~cific workers. An Internet page is under consideration for the MBHCC, and
may act as a job bank as well as list available workers and a summary of their experiences and
skills. Job opportunities will be evaluated for their match with an Employability Development
Plan created for each individual participant. Referrals will be made accordingly.
Preparation. Participants will be trained in the preparation of their own resume, completion of
job applications, and the job search and interview processes characteristic of what they may
experience in the local economy and, when relevant, a given industry; informal presentations
and discussions will be hosted, led by volunteers from selected occupations deemed in high
demand in the Miami Beach job market. Casework and counseling supports will be available.
While we anticipate placing many participants in jobs that do not require significant English
language proficiency, these participants will be informed of and referred to English classes
offered by the Dade County Public Schools. Participants will also be directed to skill training
opportunities that may be available.
Outreach and recruitment. Outreach and recruitment of participants and of prospective
employers will apply a community-based network approach, through both the MBDC and the
MBHCC proven networks of Miami Beach community organizations, businesses, activists, and
services providers. Likely approaches include:
a. Leveraging the extensive network of Miami Beach employers and of organizations
linked to such employers. For example, the employers and organizations that follow
have well established working relationships with MBDC and/or MBHCC:
. The Lincoln Road Task Force
. Miami Design Preservation League
. Ocean Drive Association
. South Beach Business Guild
. South Point Advisory Board
. Collins Avenue Group
. Ocean Front Hotel Association
. Latin Chamber of Commerce
. South Beach Chamber of Commerce
. Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
. The Latin Builders Association
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b. Prospective employers will be visited to advise them of the program and seek to
establish a working relationship that will lead to jobs for program participants.
c. Regular direct-mail notices will be sent to prospective employers advising them of the
availability of specific workers (an internet page is planned, to act as a job bank, list
available workers and a summary of their experiences and skills --the implementation of
such web-page depends on the extent of use internet by local employers).
Participants will be recruited through the following strategies:
I. Referrals through MBHCC's Information and Referral Program
II. Advertisements in the local media.
iii. Word-of-mouth, enhanced by presentations at local churches and social organizations
to inform people of the program and its services.
IV. Posters placed in local markets, restaurants, and at local laundromats.
v. Fliers handed out to pedestrians at strategic locations and activities.
VI. Fliers inserted in locally-delivered newspapers.
vii. Referrals from other service providers and organizations.
Job Placement. The job placement will be done within a casework method. An Employability
Development Plan will be created for each participant (see below). A Family Self-Sufficiency
Plan will also be created for each participating family group (see below). A good fit will be
sought between the participant and the job. Ongoing counseling and motivational support will
be provided to the participant both at the interview process, as well as at the entry job stages
and for the subsequent months of adjustment that follow. Progress will be tracked to monitor
participant's successful engagement or difficulties, and the service plan will be adjusted as
needed. All counseling and other assistance, job contacts, problems and successes will be
documented in written case notes dated and signed by the case manager, and will become
part of the participant's file. These casework notes will serve the dual function of documenting
the experience for program evaluation purposes, as well as serve to provide case-specific
accountability for the program.
Employability Development Plan. An Employability Development Plan (EDP) will be created
for each participant. It will outline a participant's job experience and employment goals, and
identify opportunities and barriers to achieving those goals. The EDP will consist of a strategy
for reaching the stated employment goals, including information about the participant's
vocational objectives, assets, limitations and need for supportive services. These supportive
services may include: health care and medical services, child care, legal services, financial
counseling, assistance in meeting housing needs or coordination with public assistance
agenc~es --or any other services needed to help the participant become and remain
employable and economically self sufficient. Referrals will be made through MBDC's and
MBHCC's established linkages to agencies providing these services.
Emplovabilitv Skills Trainina. Employability skills training will be provided to all participants.
Participants will be instructed in job search and interview processes. They will be trained in the
preparation of their own resume, and in completion of job applications. They will made familiar
with the job search and interview processes characteristic of what they may experience in the
local economy, and industry-specific, if relevant. Informal presentations and discussions will
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be hosted, led by volunteers from selected occupations deemed in high demand in the Miami
Beach job market, with the objective of providing participants with an opportunity to learn from
and ask questions of employers, supervisors, or experienced workers in the occupations of
their interest.
Applicants will also be informed of and referred to English classes offered by the Dade County
Public Schools, and the Miami Dade Community College. We expect that perhaps half of all
participants will enroll in ESOL for a full year. Participants will also be directed to skill training
opportunities that may become available.
We expect to serve 100 participants in this program.
Follow-up. There will be three kinds of follow-up provided:
j Follow-up with participants placed in employment, to monitor adjustment and progress,
and adjust their EDP as necessary, to help keep them in their jobs.
j Follow-up with employers to monitor progress, deal with problems, insure a good fit,
and strengthen the program's relationship with the employer.
j Follow-up with supportive service providers to insure that supportive services are
provided and to determine whether these effectively meet the participant's needs.
Follow-up will be conducted on an as needed basis, but no less than monthly and will be
continued for a period of ninety days after placement.
ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
Track Record providina services. Miami Beach Development Corporation is an established,
15-year-old community development agency serving the South Beach area of Miami Beach.
Its record of accomplishments is well known. A summary of its projects is enclosed below as
Appendix 1.
The Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center is a one-stop bilingual service center for the
entire Miami Beach community, and the only Hispanic human Services agency in the City. It is
a new agency, and has been serving the Miami Beach community for 21 months; The MBDC
is both a partner and fiscal conduit for MBHCC. The families and individuals that come to the
MBHCC are assessed to the determine their social service, educational, employment and
health care needs and referrals are made accordingly. During the period of March 1995 to April
1996 the MBHCC served 4,662 individuals.
In addition to its information and referral services, other MBHCC services include an at-risk
youth intervention program, legal service clinics ( covering immigration and naturalization
issues, employment rights and tenant-landlord disputes) and citizenship drives (over 2,000
citizenship applications have been completed).
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Ability to Identifv Jobs. MBDC and MBHCC are an integral part of the Miami Beach
community, in regular in!eraction with the business, civic, and political leadership of the City.
Much of the prospective 'program's ability to secure jobs depends on staff yet to be hired, and
their ability to visit prospective employers, advise them of the program, sell its participants, and
establish an effective working relationship with these employers. Focusing and leading the
efforts of that staff, however, depends on our managerial experience and capacity for
supervision; these abilities are presented by the resumes enclosed in Appendix 2. Another
critical factor in the ability to secure jobs are the contacts established in the area. These are
quite extensive. The MBHCC and MBDC will apply a community-based network approach,
through its proven networks of Miami Beach community organizations, businesses, activists,
and services providers, to leverage the extensive network of Miami Beach employers and of
organizations linked to such employers. For example, the employers and organizations that
follow have well.established working relationships with MBDC and/or MBHCC:
. The Lincoln Road Task Force
. Miami Design Preservation League
. Ocean Drive Association
. South Beach Business Guild
. South Point Advisory Board
. Collins Avenue Group
. Ocean Front Hotel Association
. Latin Chamber of Commerce
. South Beach Chamber of Commerce
. Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
. The Latin Builders Association
Years in Business. MBDC has been in business for 15 years, MBHCC has been in operation
for 21 months.
MBHCC enjoys the support and assistance of many organizations in Miami Beach. Notable
among these is Miami Beach Development Corporation, which donates its services as HCC's
fiscal conduit In its first 21 months, MBHCC has received funds from multiple sources: From
the City of Miami Beach community development block grants, Metro Dade County community
development block grants, and programming grants from the Miami Beach Police Department,
the Housing Authority of Miami Beach, the Private Industry Council and private donations.
MBHCC has also raised an additional funds for the development of a permanent site which will
soon be made possible by land donated by developer Kent Harrison Robbins, an historic coral
rock house donated by the City of Miami Beach, a planning grant from the State of Florida
Historic Preservation, design by STA Architectural Group, the foundation to be built pro bono
by the Latin Builders Association, and other donations from Horizon Contractors, Inc. and
Cartos Armely & Associates.
Manaoement Capabilities. The resumes of Ana Perez Camayd, Executive Director of the
MBHCC, Denis A. Russ, Esq., President of MBDC, and of the policy/administrative leadership
of both organization are included in Appendix 2. Lists of Board Members for MBDC and
MBHCC are in Appendix 3.
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ITEMIZED FIRST YEAR BUDGET
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (MBHCC)
$40,OOO/year allocated among projects (25% FTE).
$ 10,000
CASE WORKER (full time)
$ 25,000
$ 24,000
JOB DEVELOPER (full time)
FRINGE BENEFITS (20%)
$ 11,800
BOOKKEEPING, ACCOUNTING and ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (MBDC)
$ 10,000
RENT and UTILITIES ($300/month x 12 months)
$ 3,600
$ 2,050
TELEPHONE (includes internet, 2 pagers $170/month x 12 months = 2050)
LOCAL TRAVEL
.20/mile x 200 miles/month x 2.25 staff x 12 months = 1080.
$ 1 ,100
OFFICE SUPPLIES (Includes PRINTING and POSTAGE)
$300 per month x 12 months = $3,600.
$ 3,600
EQUIPMENT (Computer, printer, software)
$ 3,000
$ 1,200
$ 2,000
ADVERTISING
CONSULTANT (preparation of Internet page)
INSURANCE
Fidelity Bonding, general liability, etc.
$ 2,400
I TOTAL
APPENDICES
1. MBDC Projects
2. Resume of Administrators
3. Board Members, MBDC and MBHCC
MBDC & MBHCC, page 7
MIAMI BEACH
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
City of Miami Beach -- Request for Proposal
Convention Hotel Development Opportunity
Joint Participation Initiative
Job Development Opportunities for
Residents of Miami Beach
Miami Beach Development Corporation
Miami Beach Development Corporation encourages Convention Hotel Development
Proposals that are sensitive to the human, built and natural environment of our
extraordinary community.
MBDC seeks to participate with hotel developers in providing increased employment
opportunities for residents of Miami Beach through the development and implementation
of adequate job recruitment and training programs. This is a cooperative initiative formed
by MBDC that includes job recruitment and training resource agencies and local academic
institutions.
The purpose of this effort is to maximize the benefit of new Convention Hotel facilities to
residents of the City and maximize employment opportunities particularly for low and
moderate income residents of the South Beach neighborhood that 'hosts" the Convention
Center and its new hotels.
Prospective developers are hereby authorized to include within their
responsive proposal an expression of interest in entering into an
agreement for such services with MBDC.
1205 DREXEL AVENUE. MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139 . (305) 538-0090
Miami Beach Development Corporation
MBDC has advocated that any subsidized Convention Center Hotel located in South
Beach ought to provide Job Training, Recruitment and Hiring Preference to South Beach
and Miami Beach residents. In response, the City Administration proposed and the
Commission endorsed the following:
"Provision of job accessibility for Miami Beach residents in the new convention
headquarters hotel: The Request for Proposal will include language that clearly
identifies the goals of the City to increase job accessibility for Miami Beach
residents. "
City Manager Memorandum October 1992
City of Miami Beach Request for Proposal
Convention Hotel Development Opportunity
Job Development Abstract
As a general guideline, the City will more favorably consider convention quality hotel
development proposals which conform to or exceed the City objectives in tem1S oj....
Commitment to provide ongoing employment opportunities for residents of Miami
Beach.
Proposals should specifically identify any job training or recruitment plans for residents
of Miami Beach. One of the goals of the City in supporting the development of new
convention quality hotels is to increase accessibility to employment for residents of
Miami Beach. Proposers are encouraged to identify their commitment to employment of
Miami Beach residents and ongoing employment training. Proposals should reflect an
understanding of and a commitment to utilize the resources of the Dade county Public
Schools _ Academy for Tourism, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor Bureau's
Internship program, and the Florida International University's School of Hospitality
Management.
Each development proposal shall include, at a minimum, the following:
[E]mployment program for Miami Beach residents [during development)...
The Management Plan shall include....Ongoing employment program for
residents of Miami Beach.
For proposals which meet the threshold criteria, a more detailed evaluation of technical
and financial merits will be conducted This second tier of review is to be conducted on
the following factors:....
9. Employment plan for Miami Beach residents and proposed relationship with
local academic institutions.
Joint Participation Initiative
Job Development Opportunities for
Residents of Miami Beach
Framework for Cooperation Agreement
1. This Hotel Developer in responding to the City of Miami Beach Request for
Proposal exp.resses a commitment to provide ongoing employment opportunities for
residents of Miami Beach.
2. The Responding Hotel Developer recognizes that one of the goals of the City of
Miami Beach in supporting the development of new convention quality hotels is to
increase accessibility to employment for residents of Miami Beach.
3. This Responding Hotel Developer having secured information about the
demographics of the Miami Beach residential community is able to commit to the
employment of Miami Beach residents and ongoing employment training.
4. This Responding Hotel Developer understands the desirability of working closely
with local academic institutions and commits itself to utilize the resources of such
institutions as the Dade County Public Schools -- Academy for Tourism, the Greater
Miami Convention and Visitor Bureau's Internship program, and the Florida International
University's School of Hospitality Management.
5. This Responding Hotel Developer shall take affirmative steps to assure
employment opportunities for Miami Beach residents throughout development,
construction and operation of the Convention Hotel. facility.
6. The Responding. Hotel Developer agrees to work cooperatively -- in a non
exclusive manner -- with the Miami Beach Development Corporation in the effort to
maximize the benefit of new hotel facilities to residents of the City and maximize
employment opportunities particularly for low and moderate income resident of the South
Beach neighborhood that "hosts" the Convention Center and its new hotels.
7. MBDC encourages the Responding Hotel Developer in effort to assure that the
hotel development and operation are sensitive to the human, built, and natural
environment of this extraordinary community.
8. MBDC will develop and implement job training and recruitment programs on
behalf of the Responding Developer in a cooperative initiative with job recruitment and
training resource agencies and local academic institutions.
9. MBDC will invite all appropriate area agencies and institutions to participate in
this joint initiative and will make selection decisions based upon relevant criteria and
available resources.
10. MBDC and the Responding Hotel Developer recognize that resources to develop
and implement such job recruitment, placement and training services can be made available
through a partnership of public and private resources. MBDC with the cooperation of the
City of Miami Beach will take leadership in seeking public resources and the Responding
Hotel Developer will make available the necessary private resources to fulfill its
employment programming responsibilities.
11. MBDC as a community-based economic development corporation with both
roots in the community and a substantial record of achievement is well constituted to
develop and operate employment service programs in partnership with appropriate local
academic institutions and job service organizations.
Miami Beach Development Corporation
Statement of Mission
Miami Beach Development Corporation is the neighborhood community
development agency committed to revitalization, preservation, and promotion of the Art
Deco District, Lincoln Road, South Pointe, and all of south Miami Beach. MBDC serves
as the management, marketing, economic development and advocacy planning agency for
South Beach and its Art Deco District.
Founded in 1981 by the Miami Design Preservation League, MBDC embraces the
values of revitalization, preservation, community empowerment and ombudsmanship.
MBDC's mandate is to work on sometimes competing demands of revitalization,
preservation, and community development. MBDC seeks to act in a spirit of facilitation
and collaboration, with a view towards promoting the common good of the full Miami
Beach community.
MBDC works as the neighborhood's catalyst with private developers, businesses,
residents, local groups, and government agencies to attract investment, encourage
tourism, support business development, and create new jobs. MBDC also works to
mediate growth and advocate preservation of the historical and architectural endowment
of South Beach, promote residential quality of life, increase homeownership, develop
affordable housing, enable community. input, and to strengthen and preserve a rooted
heterogeneous neighborhood.
November 26, 1996
MIAMI BEACH
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
Mr. Alan Momeyer,
Vice President Human Resources
Loews Hotels
627 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021-8087
Dear Mr. Momeyer:
Enclosed find information about the Miami Beach Development Corporation you
recently requested. For fifteen years, the organization has been actively engaged in
preservation of the Art Deco District, economic revitalization of South Beach, affordable
housing and community development.
As you are aware, MBDC advocated that a commitment to job opportunity for area
residents be among the City's criteria for selecting among the convention center hotel
development proposals. This organization indicated its desire to develop programming
to serve as a job training and recruitment agent on behalf of the successful hotel.
During presentations before the City Commission and subsequently, Loews Hotels
expressed a commitment to work collaboratively with MBDC and to assure that job
development opportunities would be available to the residents of Miami Beach.
'./Va propose that MBDC and Loews now proceed to develop and implement the job
training and recruitment program that will fulfill this commitment. At the outset we seek
to establish a mechanism for job referrals and your participation in the planning and
implementation of job training and referral programs.
We have worked with the City and UNlOAD -- another important community based
organization -- to develop a relationship with the local job training agency. We would
like an early opportunity for representatives of our organizations to meet with you.
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Denis A. Russ, President
MIAMI BEACH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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September 17, 1996
NIL Jonathan M. Tisch
Loews Hotels
667 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021-8087
Dear Mr. Tisch:
Congratulations and best good wishes as Loews Hotels prepares for groundbreaking of
the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. The people who live in Miami Beach -- particula.rly
your neighbors in the South Beach Art Deco District -- are enthusiastic about the
positive impact of the hotel in the life of our community.
We would like to meet with appropriate representatives of your organization to discuss
the organization and implementation of our joint effort aimed at providing job
opportunities, job recruitment and job training for resident of Miami Beach at Loe\vs
Miami Beach Hotel. Certainly we want to explore initiating this program in the
construction phase as well as preparing for the operational phase.
We appreciate your commitment to working with NIBDC on this local job development
opportunity program. Please let me know who in your organization to contact.
Sincerely,
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Denis A. Russ, President
Miami Beach Development Corporation
cc: Kenneth Abrams
.Charlotte St. Martin
Helaine Aronson Winer
1205 DREXEL AVENUE. MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139 . (305) 538-0090
JONATHAN M. TISCH
PRESIDOIT & CEO
April 19, 1995
Mr. Den is A. Russ
President
Miami Beach' Development Corporation
1205 Drexel Avenue
:\1iami Beach, FL 33139
Dear Mr. Russ:
Thank you for your letter of April 12th and for the continued support from the Miami Beach
Development Corporation. As you know, Loews Hotels is committed to vvorking with your
group in order to provide job opportunities, job recruitment and job training for the
residents of Miami Beach at the soon to be built LoewsMiami Beach Hotel.
Just to keep you up to date, we are in the final stages of our discussions on the structure of
our relationship with the City of Miami Beach on the hotel. There will be a public
workshop on April 28th to answer questions on the' deal and on May 3rd the City
Commissions will consider signing a Letter of Intent on the project. Subsequent to signing
the Letter of Intent, Loews will begin the design/development stage of the project. We
anticipate breaking ground in early 1996 with completion in late 1997.
Given this schedule, we will most likely begin the recruitment process in late 1996/early
1997 and at that time, Loews would begin its work in conjunction with the Miami Beach
Development Corporation to create a local job development opportunity program.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Looking forward to working with you and the Miami Beach Development Corporation.
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Kenneth Abrams
Charlotte St. Martin
Helaine Aronson Winer
667 MADISON AVENUE. NEW YORK. NY 10021.8087
TELEF'HONE 212-545.2000 . FAX 212.935.6796
JO~JATHAN M TISCH
PRESIDE,~T & CEO
September 27, 1996
IYfr. Denis A. Russ
President
Miami Beach Development Corporation
1205 Drqel Avenue
tvliami Be'ach, FL 33139
Dear Dennis:
Many thanks for your note and best wishes regarding the ground breaking for Loews l\fiami Beach
Hotel. Having just returned from yesterday's momentous ceremony, we, at Loews Hotels, are even
more excited with our partnership with the City of Miami Beach.
By copy of this letter, I have reminded Alan Momeyer, Vice President, Human Resources, \vho has
replaced Ken Abrams, of our desire to work with the Miami Beach Development Corporation.
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Accordingly, please contact Alan directly at (212) 545-2500.
If I can be Gf any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
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cc: Mr. Alan Momeyer, Vice President, Human Resources, Loews Corporation
Ms. Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Vice President, Loews Hotels
667 MADISON AVENUE. NEW YORK, NY 10021-8087
TELEPHONE 212.545.2801. FAX 212.751.7708
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1205 Dre..yel Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Telephone (305) 538-0090 -- FAX (305) 538-2863
April 12, 1995
Helaine Aronson Winer,
Director of Development
Loews Hotels
667 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021-8087
FAX No. (212) 935-6796
Dear Ms. Winer:
Than.\ you for sending us a copy of the recent article in Sllccessjllllvfeetings magazine
featuring Jonathan Tisch.
Of course our community is looking forward to the successful conclusion of your
negotiation with the City of Miami Beach.
Miami Beach Development Corporation is interested in discussing with you the
opportunity for our organization to playa role in job opportunities, job recruitment and
job training for residents of Miami Beach in the Loews Miami Beach Hotel initiative.
Loews Hotels had earlier indicated its willingness to pursue a local job development
opportunity program through MBDC. It appears timely to open these discussions.
Sincerely,
Denis A. Russ, President
Miami Beach Development Corporation
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