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<br />Preview <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Minai Shah, Assistant City Manager-Finance <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />9/16/2010 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Assigning 151 Sunny Isles Boulevard as the eligible property for the Safe <br />Neighborhood Grant. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />Staff is requesting Commission to approve the attached Resolution for the substitution of <br />488 Sunny Isles Boulevard to 151 Sunny Isles Boulevard to be eligible for the Safe <br />Neighborhood Grant. <br /> <br />REASONS: <br /> <br />On July 16, 2009, via Resolution No. 2009-1449, the City Commission authorized the <br />City Manager to apply for, receive and accept a Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond Program <br />Grant with Miami-Dade County, for the Bella Vista Bay Park Expansion Project, in the <br />amount of $200,000.00. The qualifying property for this grant is 488 Sunny Isles <br />Boulevard. Since the property owners of the eligible property have filed bankruptcy, the <br />City may not have the opportunity to purchase this property by the December 31, 2010 <br />grant deadline. <br /> <br />As such, on May 20, 2010 Commission Meeting, staff respectfully requested the <br />Commission to authorize the current City-owned property at 151 Sunny Isles Boulevard <br />to be the qualifying property for the SNP grant to prevent the potential loss of this grant <br />award. At this meeting, Commission made and approved the motion to change the <br />qualifying land to 16100 Collins Avenue as this was deemed more suitable for the grant. <br />Unfortunately, the Safe Neighborhood Program Citizens' Oversight Committee <br />(SNPCOC) would not accept the change to 16100 Collins Avenue. Currently, the <br />Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners is in the process of dissolving the <br />SNPCOC and transferring the powers and duties of the SNPCOC to the Mayor or his <br />designee. If Board of County Commission approve this Ordinance, this change may be <br />effective in October. However, we are not certain if the Mayor or designee wilJ authorize <br />the change in the qualifying land. As such, we are respectfully requesting for 151 Sunny <br />Isles Boulevard to also be eligible for the Safe Neighborhood grant in the event that the <br />Staff is not successful with the 16100 Collins Avenue property. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />. Resolution <br /> <br />http://sibagenda.sibfl.net/agenda/Preview.aspx?I temID=3 3 2&MeetingID=0&MeetingDate=... 9/9/2010 <br />