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RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-1147-10 RELATED TO ALLOCATION TO THE MILITARY MUSEUM OF SOUTH FLORIDA AT NAS RICHMOND, INC. FROM BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM PROJECT NO. 293 - �HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND� TO FUND WORK TO RICHMOND NAVAL AIR STATION; WAIVING ADMINISTRATIVE RULES RELATING TO CONDITION OF DISBURSEMENT

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WHEREAS, Appendix A to Resolution No. 919-04 (the �Cultural Facility Resolution�), lists projects eligible for funding from the Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond Program (the �BBC Program�) by project number, municipal project location, BCC district, project name, project description, street address, and project funding allocation; and
WHEREAS, one of the projects listed in Appendix A to the Cultural Facilities Resolution and approved by the voters for funding is Project No. 283 - �Richmond Naval Air Station � Building 25� with an allocation of $2 million and a project description that states: �Relocate this historic structure to a location near Miami MetroZoo and complete its rehabilitation as a military museum and memorial. Building 25 is the last remaining wood frame building of the Richmond Naval Air Station, which served as control base for blimps that protected the South Florida coastline during World War II and as a CIA base during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Through the Office of Historic Preservation� (the �Military Museum� or �Project�); and
WHEREAS, also listed in Appendix A to the Cultural Facility Resolution and approved by the voters for funding is Project No. 293 � �Historic Preservation Fund� (�Project No. 293�), a Countywide fund with an allocation equal to $10,000,000, $1 million of which is for the restoration of the Military Museum�; and
WHEREAS, these funds complement the additional funding for the restoration of Military Museum provided by BBC GOB Project No. 283- �Richmond Naval Air Station � Building 25�; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-1147-10, this Board authorized the disbursement of the BBC Project No. 293 funds to the Friends of the Military Museum of South Florida at NAS Richmond, Inc. (the �Grantee�) only after the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, including the conditions that the Grantee covenant and warrant that it has the amount of funding necessary to fund the complete restoration of the Military Museum, that it identify all funding sources necessary to fund all design and construction costs for such complete restoration, and provide written commitments from third parties, if any; and
WHEREAS, although the Grantee is currently pursuing additional funding to fund the complete restoration of the Military Museum in the form of historic tax credits and State funding, it does not have at this time written commitments for such funding; and
WHEREAS, at this time it is necessary to complete construction necessary for the continued preservation of the structure, including the installation of windows; and
WHEREAS, this Board wishes to amend Resolution No. R-1147-10 and waive the BBC GOB Program�s administrative rules related to conditions of disbursement to permit the disbursement of Project No. 293 funds to the Grantee to fund construction necessary for the continued preservation of the structure,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are incorporated in this resolution and are approved.
Section 2. This Board hereby amends Section 4 of Resolution No. R-1147-10 to read as follows: �Notwithstanding the authority delegated to the County Manager pursuant to Resolution No. R-595-05, this Board hereby authorizes the County Mayor or the Mayor�s designee to execute an Grant Agreement(s) and to disburse BBC GOB Program funds to fund the restoration of the Military Museum only after the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent: (a) the Grantee shall submit a plan for the funding of all design and construction costs associated with the complete restoration of the Military Museum (the �Project�); (b) the Grantee shall submit a plan for the funding of future operating costs of the Project; and (c) Project No. 293 must be listed as a project eligible for funding in one or more BBC GOB Program bond series resolutions.�
Section 3. This Board waives the Administrative Rules governing the BBC GOB Program that provide that as a condition of disbursement of funds, recipients must demonstrate that supplemental funds have been committed to the project solely for the purpose of authorizing the disbursement for the purpose of funding the construction necessary for the continued preservation of the Military Museum�s structure.