THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING FINANCE AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Board’s Value of offering sustainable, compatible, innovative housing options for all income-levels, including integrated supportive housing and rapid-rehousing: Goal 1: Facilitate a regional approach to growth and redevelopment through coordination and collaboration at the federal, state and local levels; Goal 2: Strengthen stakeholder partnerships to increase the availability of affordable housing of all types (e.g. rental, purchase, supportive, etc.), countywide, in every community; and Goal 3: Develop, through effective community collaboration, neighborhoods and communities incorporating intermodal connectivity, while integrating energy efficiency community resilience, and other livability standards and initiatives.
On November 12, 2013, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) approved the first round of 11 projects funded through the Broward Redevelopment Program (BRP). Among those 11 projects, two were for the City of Miramar, one of which is known as the Shirley Branca Park Band Shell Project. It is a public improvement project for the construction of a band shell to serve as a public gathering space in the redevelopment of historic downtown Miramar, for an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.
On June 10, 2014, the Board approved the Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for the project.
According to its letter requesting an ILA extension, dated September 19, 2017 (Exhibit 2), the City states; …” the project has been delayed by Hurricane Irma. On September 18, 2017, Florida Power and Light (FPL) notified City staff that the delivery of the two (2) electric transformer meters would be delayed indefinitely because all of FPL resources are currently dedicated to storm recovery efforts. Consequently, the project cannot be “powered up” to test all of the various electrical components. This situation affects the execution of necessary sign-off documents...”
As a result, the City is requesting the extension to allow the additional time necessary to gather and process all the documents for the final reimbursement request with the County.
In addition, Section 4 of the Amendment includes changes to the reporting requirements making it consistent with those of Round 2 of the BRP Program. Other housekeeping changes are included in Section 5 and Section 6.
The Project will continue to implement the Broward Redevelopment Program objectives of promoting economic development, job creation and reducing blighting conditions. Therefore, County staff recommends approval of the above MOTION.
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