RESOLUTION 85-18113 RESOLUTION NO. 85-18113
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH REQUESTING THE METRO-DADE
COUNTY COMMISSION TO FUND THE ESTABLISHED AND
OPERATIONAL SOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER, LOCATED
ON THE WEST END OF LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI BEACH,
WITH AN $180 ,000 GRANT TO BE USED TOWARD THE
PURCHASE OF A BUILDING ON LINCOLN ROAD AS A
CORE BUILDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ART SCHOOL
AND A MEETING, WORKSHOP, SEMINAR AND SHOWPLACE
FOR SOUTH FLORIDA ART ORGANIZATIONS INSTEAD OF
FUNDING THE BAKE HOUSE, A YET TO BE
ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION EXISTING ONLY AS A
CONCEPT AND A NOT YET OPERATIONAL ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS , a non-profit corporation known as the South
Florida Art Center whose Executive Director is Ellie Schneiderman,
has currently leased 35,000 square feet, and is making that space
available to artists for studio showroom use, classroom and
gallery as well as retail space.
WHEREAS , approximately sixty artists are currently
working on Lincoln Road, a co-op Art Gallery has been established ,
and several commercial Galleries have located in proximity to the
artists.
WHEREAS , the establishment of the South Florida Art
Center on Lincoln Road is part of the City' s overall development
strategy to attempt to revitalize this portion of Miami Beach.
WHEREAS , the South Florida Art Center has secured five-
year leases on a number of properties and have 6 , 200 square feet
under a ten-year lease with an option to buy.
WHEREAS , the district is within walking distance of the
Theater of the Performing Arts and the Convention Center , both of
which are proposed for future renovations and expansion.
WHEREAS , the South Florida Art Center has been
encouraged to locate on Lincoln Road with the expectation that the
artists would begin to occupy currently vacant residential
properties in close proximity as a strategy to assist in
revitalization of the Art Deco District in which the Center is
located.
WHEREAS, to date, the City of Miami Beach, without
County assistance, provided $62,500 to the South Florida Art
Center in order to provide first month, last month, and security
deposits on the properties that they have under lease and the
artists and other users are now self-supporting in these
properties. -1-
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY-1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE-MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139
WHEREAS, our Community Development Advisory Board has
recommended additional funding for the South Florida Art Center
during Fiscal Year 1985/86 in order to provide rehabilitation
funds for the property that is under a ten-year lease, and some
minimal amount of operating assistance for the Center ' s Director
and staff.
WHEREAS , our Community Development Block Grant is
extremely limited, but it is viewed that this allocation to the
South Florida Art Center is critical to the revitalization of
Lincoln Road.
WHEREAS, no matching funds have been previously sought
from Dade County, we now encourage the County to note the success
of the currently operational Art Center on Lincoln Road and
request that this organization be funded rather than the yet to be
operational Bake House organization.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, to request that the Metro-Dade County
Commission fund the established and operational South Florida Art
Center , located on the west end of Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, with
an $180 , 000 grant to be used toward the purchase of the building
on Lincoln Road as a core building for a Comprehensive Art School
and a meeting, workshop, seminar and showplace for South Florida
Art Organizations instead of funding the Bake House, a yet to be
established organization existing only as a concept and a not yet
operational organization
PASSED and ADOPTED this 26th day of June ,1985 .
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY-1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE-MIAMI BEACH,FLORIDA 33139
ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 85-18113
(Requesting the Metro-Dade County Comm-
ission to fund the established and operat-
ional South Florida Art Center, located
on the West End of Lincoln Road, Miami
Beach, with an $180,000 Grant to be used
toward the purchase of a building on
Lincoln Road as a core building for a
Comprehensive Art School and a meeting,
Workshop, Seminar and Showplace for So.
Florida Art Organizations instead of
funding the Bake House, a yet to be estab-
lished organization existing only as a
concept and a not yet operational organiz-
ation)