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RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO COMMIT THREE PARCELS OF LAND AT THE POINCIANA INDUSTRIAL CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FACILITY; AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR THE COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO EXERCISE ANY AND ALL OTHER RIGHTS CONFERRED THEREIN

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WHEREAS, the State of Florida Department of Health (�Department�) provides services to protect the health of the public living in or visiting the state of Florida pursuant to Chapter 154, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the Department has requested land from the County in order to construct a new health facility to be funded by the Department which will replace two former, recently closed clinics in District 2, Miami-Dade County Health Department�s Juanita Mann Clinic recently located at 7900 NW 27th Ave and the Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Inc�s James E. Scott Center (�JTCHC�) located at 7200 NW 22nd Ave; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of construction of the health facility by the Department and as provided for in the Miami-Dade County core contract, County will assume the ownership of the facility pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 154, Florida Statutes; and
>>WHEREAS, the County wishes to enter into an agreement (�Agreement�) with the Department to provide the requested land; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement shall be contingent upon successful amendment of the County�s FY 2008-2012 Consolidated Plan with HUD to change the use of the property to that proposed by the Department, and the Agreement shall be revised prior to execution to include such a contingency; and<< 1
WHEREAS, the approval of this Agreement is in the best interest of the citizens of Miami-Dade County,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board ratifies and adopts those matters set forth in the foregoing recitals and approves the Agreement with the Florida Department of Health to commit three parcels of land at the Poinciana Industrial Center to be utilized by the Department for the construction of a health facility >>, which includes Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Inc.<<; and authorizes the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to exercise any and all other rights conferred therein.
1 The differences between the substitute and the original item are indicated as follows: words stricken through and/or [[double bracketed]] shall be deleted, words underscored and/or >>double arrowed<< constitute the amendment proposed.