City of Coral Gables - File #: 16-5190

• File #: 16-5190
• Version: 1
• Name: Resolution for MacFarlane
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/7/2016
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 7/26/2016
• Final action: 7/26/2016
• Enactment date: 7/26/2016
• Enactment #: 2016-170
• Title: A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate with R.E.I. (Renuart Enterprises Inc.) to be the contractor for the rehabilitation of homes within the MacFarlane Homestead Subdivision Historic District as affordable housing for low and moderate income households, with funding from the Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond Program (BBC GOB). This is pursuant to Section 2-678 (14), “works of art for public places, and art design and conservation services”, of the Procurement Code entitled, “Exemptions”.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/26/2016	1	City Commission	adopted by Resolution Number	Pass

Title
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate with R.E.I. (Renuart Enterprises Inc.) to be the contractor for the rehabilitation of homes within the MacFarlane Homestead Subdivision Historic District as affordable housing for low and moderate income households, with funding from the Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond Program (BBC GOB). This is pursuant to Section 2-678 (14), “works of art for public places, and art design and conservation services”, of the Procurement Code entitled, “Exemptions”.

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The MacFarlane Homestead Subdivision Historic District was locally designated by the City of Coral Gables in 1989, and its boundaries were expanded and contributing and non-contributing properties updated in 1998. The Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) in 1994 for its significance in the areas of Architecture, Community Planning and Development, and Ethnic Heritage. It is the only historic district listed in the National Register within the City of Coral Gables. The properties within the MacFarlane Homestead Subdivision, most of which were built during the late 1920’s and 1930’s, are representative of a vernacular type of architecture not seen elsewhere in Coral Gables.

In 2003, the LBW Homeowners’ Foundation of Coral Gables Inc. identified structures within the MacFarlane Homestead Subdivision Historic District in need of restoration. Subsequently, two phases of rehabilitation projects were undertaken utilizing Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funding. Updated evaluations of residences within the historic district began in January of 2014, identifying those in need of and potentially eligible for additional restoration funding.

Miami-Dade County has allocated $592,308 in BBC GOB funding for Project No. 294 for the rehabilitation of homes within the MacFarlane Homestead Subdivision Historic District. In order to be eligible for the funding, the homes must ...