Resolution 11919 r
RESOLUTION NO. 11919
WHEREAS, Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended,
provides for the making of grants by the Housing and Home Finance
Administrator to States and local public bodies to assist them in
the acquisition and development of permanent interest in land for
open-space uses where such assistance is needed for carrying out
a unified or officially coordinated program for the provisions and
development of open-space land as part of the comprehensively planned
development of the urban area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach desires to acquire and develop
fee simple title to certain land known as 35th Street Ocean Front
Park, Phase I (all of Block 23 (Lots 1 through 8) and all of Block
24 (lots 10 through 20) of the amended map of the ocean front prop-
erty of the Miami Beach Improvement Company, recorded in Plat Book
5, Pages 7 and 8 of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida) ,
which land is to be held and used for permanent open-space land for
regional park, public bathing beach and related uses; and
WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the
regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (Department of
Housing and Urban Development) effectuating that Title, provide
that no persons shall be discriminated against because of race,
color, or national origin in the use of the land acquired and/or
developed; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the contract for Federal grant
will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the
Applicant and will require among other things (1) assurances that
families and individuals will be relocated into decent, safe, and
sanitary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards, and
(3) compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal employ-
ment opportunity; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of acquiring said
interest shall be $1, 250,000 ; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of necessary demolition
and removal of improvements on said land will be $ 40,000.00 ; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the total amount of relocation
payments to be made to eligible site occupants displaced from prop-
erty to be acquired will be $ 1,400.00 ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH:
1. That an application be made to the Housing and Urban
Development Department (formerly the Housing and Home Finance Agency)
for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act
of 1961, as amended, which amount is presently estimated to be
$ 659,000.00 , and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost
from other funds available to it.
2. That adequate open-space land for the locality cannot
effectively be provided through the use of existing undeveloped or
predominantly undeveloped land.
3. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
execute and to file such application with the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, to provide additional information and to
furnish such documents as may be required by said Department, and
to act as the authorized correspondent of the Applicant.
4. That the proposed acquisition and development is in accord-
ance with plans for the allocation of land for open-space uses, and
that, should grant be made, the Applicant will acquire, develop,
and retain said land for the use designated in said application and
approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
5. That the United States of America and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Administrator be, and they hereby are,
assured of full compliance by the Applicant with regulations of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI
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of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
6. That there exists in the locality an adequate amount of
decent, safe, and sanitary housing which is available to persons
displaced as a result of the open-space land project, at prices
which are within their financial means, and which are not gener-
ally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and
commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individ-
uals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such
displacees, if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable
regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 17th DAY OF August, A.D. 1966.
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ATTEST:
R. Wm. L. Johnson, City Clerk
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By: NXIttldbei I 64401E.
Deputy
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