Resolution 79-16096 RESOLUTION NO. 79-16096
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANA-
GER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION TO THE NATIONAL EN-
DOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FOR FUNDS FOR THE SOUTH BEACH
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT.
WHEREAS, The City of Miami Beach Administration desires to sub-
mit a grant application on behalf of the Community Development Division
to the National Endowment for the Arts for funds for the South Beach
Photographic Project, and
WHEREAS, this Project will make a photographic survey of the
South Beach area from Dade Boulevard south to Commerce Street, and is for
52 weeks a year, being located at 1001 Ocean Drive, Ocean Front Audito-
rium, which is a City Recreation Department facility, and
WHEREAS , the funds commencing on October 1, 1980 and expiring
September 30 , 1981 and contingent upon the equal matching of federal
monies with Community Development Block Grant program monies, and will
provide materials, supplies, and personnel for said project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City Manager be and he is hereby autho-
rized, directed and empowered, as the designated official of the City of
Miami Beach, to make application to the National Endowment for the Arts ,
for funds for the South Beach Photographic Project, as hereinabove set
forth, for and on behalf of the City of Miami Beach Community Development
Division, in connection with all matters pertaining to this application
and any grant contract that may be executed and entered pursuant hereto.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of November, 1979
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NEA 3 (Rev.) OMB-128-R0001
Organization Grant Application
National Encbwment for the Arts tHE SOUTH LEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT
Applications myst be submitted in triplicate and mailed to the (second year proposal)
Grants Office (mail stop 500), National Endowment for the Arts,
Washington, D.C. 20506
I. Applicant organization 1I. Visual Arts Program Category under which support is requested
(name and address with zfp)
City of Miami Beach -y -----
Community Development Division III. Period of support requested t
1700 Convention Center Drive Starting ^ Ending
Miami Beach, Florida 33139 month day year month day year
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IV. Summary of project description
1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The South Beach Photographic Project originated because of an anthropological phen-
omenon; the pathos of an enduring generation of displaced and elderly Jewish people. As these folks age, and die, the customs
which are uniquely their own will vanish too. South Beach, the area of Miami Beach that is their home, is currently facing massive
redevelopment.
This Photographic Survey is the natural outgrowth of our Miami Beach Photographic Archives Project. As we recognized the
ways in which the American epic was realizing itself on this valuable segment of history and culture,we decided to focus our energy
exclusively on South Beach.
The South Beach Photographic Project secured a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts/Photographic Survey
Division for 1979-80. This was complemented by a two-for-one dollar match by Miami Beach Community Development Funds.
Due to the accomplishments of the project and its impact locally,as well as its national recognition,and recent developments
in Miami Beach with far-reaching implications—there is a strong need for your continued support.
2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: South Beach is the vernacular name for the oldest area of Miami Beach. It is socially and cul•
turally unique and it is about to become a memory, as the City of Miami Beach begins its plans for massive redevelopment and
campaigns to restore the morale and international resort image that it enjoyed decades ago. The objective of the South Beach
Photographic Project is to photographically depict the lifestyles and mores of the people living there.
Once "The Fun and Sun Capitol of the World", Miami Beach has more recently bean referred to as a "Gerontological
Ghetto". Miami Beach is now in a predicament in which its assets have now become its burdens! The famed South Beach has
deteriorated into a state of'blight'due to extreme neglect.
Miami Beach has many culturally distinguishable characteristics; it is noted as a Jewish community and for its aged pop-
ulation. It is in South Beach that the intensity of the two come together and yield a social climate unlike any other! The average
age in South Beach is 72 and the income of its people is meager.Other parts of Miami Beach are characterized by extreme wealth.
South Beach is the last refuge for East European Jews. The plight of these people goes back to the gate that was open to a
new world of promises of democracy and freedom through Ellis Island. This is a final chapter of a linear,historic migration whose
roots are through Hitler's Germany and into South Beach. The distinct and significant cultural values of these people and their
socialization reveal many of America's values and conte_pts.
V. Estimated number of persons expected to benefit from this project aoproximatey 50,000 annually
VI. Summary of estimated costs (recapitulation of budget items in Section IX)
Total costs of project
A. Direct costs (rounded to nearest ten dollars)
Salaries and wages $ 29`00.
Fringe benefits 11 00.
Supplies and materials 6,400.
Travel 1,000.
Special 4,OCC.
Other 1,000.
Total direct costs $ 54,700.
B. Indirect costs $
Total project costs 3 54,700.
VII. Total amount requested from the National Endowment for the Arts $ 15,000.
VIII. Organization total fiscal activity Ccmnunity De- Actual most recent fiscal period Estimated for next fiscal period
4I A. Expenses volpment Block grant 1. $ 2. $ SramP
B. Revenues, grants & contributions 1. $ 2,303,00. 2. $ Same
Do not write in this space
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Evaluation of prior year(s)'projects 1 2 3 4 Pys S Cps $ Audit report 1
A. Direct costs
1. Salaries and wages
Title and/or type Number of Annual or average % of time
of personnel personnel salary range devoted to this Amount
project $
Photographer 2 14,800. 100 29,600.
Total salaries and wages
Add fringe benefits $11,900.
Total salaries and wages including fringe benefits '0�?
2. Supplies and materials (list each major type separately)
Amount
Black and white film 700.
Color film
600.
Black and white paper 1,800
Color paper 500.
Dye-transfer materials (film and paper) 2,000
Chemistry (all processes) 800.
Total supplies and materials $ 6,400.
3. Travel
Transportation of personnel Amount
No. of travelers from to $
2 Local travel 1,000.
Total transportation of personnel $1,000.
Subsistence•
no. of travelers No.of days Daily rate
$
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Total subsistence S
Total travel S
IX, Budget breakdown of summary of estimated costs(continued)
4. Permanent equipment (list each item separately)
Amount
EXHIBITION EXPENSES $
Matte board and foam core 550.
Framing and glazing 750.
Archive - binding and filing 500.
Catalog for exhibition 3,000.
Total special $ 4,800.
5. Other (list each item separately)
This section must be completed on every application. Amount I
$
Color film development 500.
Darkroom - water and electricity 500.
Total other $ I,000.
B. Indirect costs
Rate established by attached rate negotiation agreement with National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities or
another Federal agency
Amount
Rate "; Base $
X. Contributions, grants,and revenues(for this project)
A. Contributions
1. Cash (do not include direct donations to the Arts Endowment) Amount
$
Corporate contributions . , •u:
2. In-kind contributions(list each major item)
Total contributions $ 4,°7`0'
B. Grants (do not list anticipated grant from the Arts Endowment) Amount
$
City of Miami Beach Community Development Grant 35,000.
Total grants $35,000.
C. Revenues
Amount
$
Total revenues $39,700.
Total contributions,grants,and revenues for this project $
History is happening in South Beach. There is an influx of Russian-Jewish immigrants, fleeing the Soviet Union because
of religious persecution. From Russia to Vienna;there they choose between Israel, the United States,•and other European coun-
tries. (Interestingly, the National Council of Jewish Women, in New York, sent a photo of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island,
and asked if we would make the contemporary counterpart of it—this time at the airport rather than the docks!)
It is the sustaining tempo that continues to characterize their culture. Whether it is the Senior Citizen's orchestra rehears-
ing at the South Shore Community Center or a group of elderly women gossiping on their apartment's tropical patios built with
an Art Deco motif, the social climate is unique and fascinating. A large section of South Beach was recently entered into the
National Register of Historic Places.
The grandest and most controversial plan in Miami Beach is attempts toward revitalization. The Miami Beach Redevelop-
ment South Shore Plan calls for the complete razing (except for 9 buildings) of 250 acres in the South Beach community, re-
cently declared 'blighted' in court. This is the oldest part of town and 5,500 residents must be relocated. The estimated cost of
the project is one-billion dollars.
3. PROJECT GOALS: Although the origin of the Project is in the arts,we have been in collaboration with channels in sociology,
anthropology, and civic institutions. We are currently working with the University of Miami's Professor Aristides Millas,who is the
foremost authority on the sociological aspects of South Beach, as well as the historical development of the area. We plan to take
advantage of his academic expertise and his knowledge of South Beach particularly in the way of the written overview of the
photographs. A combination of photographic images with sociologically and historically pertinent information provide for a well-
rounded document valuable not only to the arts,but to a research and academic community as well.
We feel that we are practicing a well honed collaboration of photography, pushing to the limits the inherent characteristics
of each of our mediums. One photographer works with a 35mm system using black and white film,while the other complements
the project with use of a medium format, color system. An edited version of approximately 250 black and white and color dye
transfer photographs as well as written narration for each phenomenon will constitute the final product of the survey. In addition,
there are plans for two major exhibitions of works selected from the archives.The maintenance of this archive is the prime concern
of this proposal. It will be housed in the Miami Beach Public Library.
4. PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: The South Beach Photographic Project has played a major role in the cultural enrichment
of Greater Miami and Florida. The scope of the project is without precedent. Locally, art, social, and historical institutions have
merged due to the nature of the Project;this consequently means the development for a fresh context and information channels
has given rise to new ideas and new advances. Florida's Secretary of State has asked that we develop an abstract with which the
State may initiate a photographic archive project based on the modes which the South Beach Photographic Project has established.
We have installed exhibitions and held lectures about South Leach utilizing the photographs, locally and nationally. The
mores found on South Beach are becoming increasingly important and responsibly visible as the lifestyle will change irreversibly.
South Beach may be viewed as a prototype of what is happening to the lyricism and folkways that develop in a neighborhood.
Our prime task is the development of an archive of photographs designed to depict and identify the valuable ways and in-
teresting phenomenon about South Beach (the accompaning prints are from the Archive).The pictures in the archive are cataloged
and bound. They are viewed as a valuable gift and tool for both the here-and-now as well as for posterity. There are more than
two thousand images showing the people and the way they live their last years in South Beach,insuring a lasting record.
5. SUMMARY: The objectives of the South Beach Photographic Project is the visual realization of the unique environment
characterizing life in South Beach . This demands an extensive inquiry of the target area until such an investigation reveals areas
of social and cultural import in their visual form. Our ideal is that their depiction be fair and accurate representations in propor-
tion to the frequency and relevance of the social phenomenon under scrutinization.
We, as well as all of the organizations affliated with the Project, are concerned with the thoroughness and astute responsi-
bility of the images that comprise the archive. It is the heightened sense of urgency,the dramatic display of lifestyle and customs
so close to becoming a memory that now demands we be able to 'complete the circle', and produce the human document that
we are so close to realizing. The years 1980 and 1981 will prove to be the climax of events that demonstrate the unique char-
acteristics of a people in the wake of social and political upheaval.
In conclusion, the story of Miami Beach is an American legend. As the inevitable forces of change create new realities, the
nature and force of Miami Beach will certainly be altered. Such changes for South Beach will result in a radically different en-
vironment. This is the opportunity to establish the chronicle which reflects the South Beach legacy;a macroview of the Ameri-
can Dream come true. ..and age.
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"" ,-"•_+.-. .....-4.RiiiCnt tu, tilt nrt5 urges you to inform your State Arts Agency of the fact that you are submitting this
application.
Have you done so? X Yes No
XII. Certification
We certify that the information contained in this application, including all attachments and supporting materials, is true
and correct to the best of our knowledge.
Authorizing official(s)
Signature t
Date signed_'z
November 29, 1979
Name (print or type) Harold T. Toal
Title (print or type) City Manager
Telephone (area code) (305) 673-7010
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Signature ''--*----.�.__TJ �' November 29 1979
J. Ed Bell ,/_A-2,-77--
- .Date signed
Name (print os.type) _
Title (pri or type) Assistant City Manager
Telepho a (area-code) (305) 673-7010
Project director
Signature f . -'&.- R-- �3
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Name (print or ty.•) f ad s A. Kane
Title (print or ty. ) Community Development Director
I Telephone (area code) (305) 673-7260
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* Payee(to whom grant payments will be sent if other than authorizing official)
Signature � - Date signed_. /7- 29- 7.9
Name (print or type Alicia San Pedrn
Title (print or type) . .. .. .. II- • •ti -I •,.
Telephone (area code) ('305) 673-7260
' If payment is to be made to anyone other than the grantee. it is understood that the grantee is financially.
administratively ala programmatically responsible for all aspects of the grant and all reports must be
submitted through the grantee.
Check List
` 1. Have you attached a copy of your organization's Federal Tax exemption letter or a document idr-ntieying the organiza-
tion as a part of State or local government?
i 2. Have you summarized the project description in the space provided? k�
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3. Have you completed the summary of estimated cost on page 1. also provided all detail required on pages 2 and 3.
ani attached all documentation required to substantiate proposed travel cost. purchase of equipment.and indaect
cost?
4. Have you provided required detail under Other Support section?
5. Hcs the application been signed and dated in appropriate places?
6. Have you filed al Assurance of Compliance form?
A negative response to any of the above questions will cause delay in the consideration of this application and will
increase the cost of processing.
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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 79-16096 , __
(Authorizing City Mgr. to submit a grant
application on behalf of the Community
Development Division to the National
Endowment for the Arts for funds for the
South Beach Photographic Project)