House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1275

Downtown Miami Flagler Street Corridor Improvement Project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Patricia Allen

Organization:

Miami Downtown Development Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Downtown Miami Flagler Street Corridor Improvement Project

Date Submitted:

01/27/2000 10:50:44 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

J. Villalobos

Service Area:

City/Town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Dade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Downtown Development Authority

Contact:

Patricia Allen

 

200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1818

Contact Phone:

(305) 579-6675

 

 

Miami 33131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joint project of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Florida Department of Transportation, Miami-Dade County, City of Miami, and Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA) to revitalize the downtown commercial  core and attract more people to live, shop, and work in downtown Miami.  The improvement is to provide crime prevention through environmental design and includes pedestrian street lighting and streetscape enhancements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Create additional employment opportunities for low to moderate income persons; help to turn around the trend of disinvestment and deterioration; help to combat the crime problem by creating entry-level jobs that could be filled by youths, thereby removing them from the streets; increase area tax revenues; provide needed retail stores and services to the residents in the area; improve the overall image and safety of the area; and encourage further residential development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

200 new jobs, 5-10% increasse in the tax base and sales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,875,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$8,800,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$4,460,000

In-Kind Amount:

$300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

YesNon-recurring Construction

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

US Housing and Urban Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

City of Miami Commission, Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners

 

Meeting Date:

09/12/1996