95-21625 Reso RESOLUTION NO. 95-21625
A RESOLUTION OF TILE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA,APPROVING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000) TO
MATCH THE 1995 STATE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION GRANTS - IN-AID AWARD FOR
THE SAME AMOUNT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
UPDATING THE CITY'S HISTORIC PROPERTIES
DATA BASE IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER
HISTORIC DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE SURVEY
AND DOCUMENTATION OF HISTORIC INTERIOR
PUBLIC SPACES.
WHEREAS, in December 1994 the City applied to the State Bureau of Historic
Preservation for a twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) matching Grant-In-Aid to survey the
significant interior public spaces in Contributing buildings located within the National Register
Historic District (District); and
WHEREAS, the State Historic Preservation Advisory Council reviewed the application at
a public meeting in Tallahassee in February 1995, and awarded the City the full amount requested;
and
WHEREAS, this grant award to the City was the second highest amount approved by the
Council in the category of Survey and Planning throughout the State and, as a condition of its
approval, the Council requested that the City review and update the Florida Master Site File Historic
Site Data Sheets for Contributing buildings within the National Register Historic District, as these
data base sheets are over sixteen (16) years old and many do not accurately reflect the status of
contributing structures in the District today; and
WHEREAS, in order to achieve this purpose, the Administration would request that the
Mayor and City Commission approve a twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) City match for the State
Historic Preservation Grant-In-Aid, as the formal Grant award agreement should be ready for City
review and approval in July 1995.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIANII.BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission approve matching funds in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to match
the 1995 State Historic Preservation Grants-In Aid award for the same amount, to update the City's
Historic Properties Data Base in the National Register Historic District, including the survey and
documentation of historic interior public spaces.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 12th day of July , 1995.
ATTEST:
MAYOR
FORM APPROVED
CITY CLERK LEGA DEPT.
By
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. 5C)(C S
TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Members of the City Commission DATE: July 12, 1995
FROM: Jose Garcia-Pedrosa
City Manager
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING MATCHING FUNDS
IN THE AMOUNT OF$20,000 FOR A STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
GRANT-IN-AID IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO SURVEY HISTORIC
PUBLIC INTERIORS AND UPDATE THE CITY'S HISTORIC
PROPERTIES DATABASE WITHIN THE NATIONAL REGISTER
HISTORIC DISTRICT.
RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that the Commission approve by Resolution twenty thousand
dollars($20,000) in funds to match the 1995 State Historic Preservation Grants-In-Aid award in the
same amount to update the City's Historic Properties Database in the National Register Historic
District including the survey and documentation of historic interior public spaces. The twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000) will be in the form of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) worth of
Planning,Design and Historic Preservation Division personnel services and a five thousand dollars
($5,000) cash appropriation from FY 94/95 Planning, Design and Historic Preservation Division
salary savings.
BACKGROUND
In December of 1994 the City applied to the State Bureau of Historic Preservation for a twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000)matching Grant-In-Aid to survey the significant interior public spaces
in Contributing buildings located within the National Register Historic District. The State Historic
Preservation Advisory Council reviewed the application in a public meeting in Tallahassee in
February 1995 and awarded the City of Miami Beach the full amount requested. The grant award
was the second highest amount approved by the Council in the category of Survey and Planning
throughout the state. As a condition of the approval the Council requested that the City review and
update the Florida Master Site File Historic Site Data Sheets for Contributing buildings within the
National Register Historic District. These database sheets are over sixteen years old and many do
not accurately reflect the status of Contributing structures in the district today.
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The State Division of Historical Resources has advised that the formal grant award agreement will
be ready for the City's review and approval by early July 1995.
ANALYSIS
The State Historic Preservation Grant-In-Aid awarded to the City of Miami Beach offers an excellent
opportunity to update the City's Historic Properties Database within the National Register Historic
District and to expand it to include historic public interiors. In recent years intensifying development
pressure has brought about increasing proposals for significant change to the public interiors of
buildings throughout the District. As many of these public areas contain special architectural
features or characteristics, such as patterned terrazzo floors, hand painted murals, architectural
staircases, vitrolite wainscotting, and keystone detailing, the push for major change has been met
with concern by both the preservation community and the City government. Consequently, the
City's Historic Preservation Board requested the Planning,Design and Historic Preservation Division
to apply to the State for a Historic Preservation Grant-In-Aid to survey and document interior public
spaces of historic and contributing buildings within the District.
The survey and documentation which lead to the designation of the National Register Historic
District in 1979 played a significant role in reversing the economic decline of South Beach in the
1980s. It helped to stimulate a resurgence of interest and investment in the City's architectural
legacy. Likewise,the proposed updating of the City's Historic Properties Database in the District,
to include historic public interiors, will foster a heightened interest and investment in the
preservation of those elements that are known to attract an enlightened community of residents,
tourists and businessmen. This should provide a direct further economic boost to the local economy
as the general population becomes aware that the architectural significance of the nation's most
unique 20th century historic district extends beyond the facades of buildings to important interior
architecture.
Specifically, the approval of a twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) City match for a State Historic
Preservation Grant-In-Aid will accomplish the following objectives:
1. Provide a qualitative and quantitative record of what remains of the Historic District's
significant interior public spaces.
2. Update the City's Historic Properties Database for Contributing buildings within the National
Register Historic District.
3. Provide crucial database information necessary for use by the City to insure the preservation
of the Historic District's unique interior architectural features.
4. Stimulate a heightened interest and investment in the reuse of the City's unique and valuable
interior architectural assets.
5. Underscore the City's commitment to the preservation of its extraordinary 20th century
architectural legacy.
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing, the Administration recommends that the City Commission approve by
Resolution twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in funds to match the State Historic Preservation
Grant-In-Aid to update the City's Historic Properties Database in the National Register Historic
District including the survey and documentation of historic interior public spaces.
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