CITY OF MIAMI
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CONDUCTS
PUBLIC HEARINGS JULY 19th THROUGH AUGUST 9th
MIAMI, FL (July 11, 2011) –
The City of Miami Department of
Community Development will be conducting public hearings from July 19th
through August 9th 2011, to discuss community needs and
establish priorities for
federally funded activities within the City of Miami during Fiscal
Year 2012-2013,
which runs from April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013. The activities to
be discussed are funded via the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development (U.S. HUD) for grant programs such as Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), Home
Investment Partnerships (HOME), and the Housing Opportunities for
Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program, and are administered by the
Department of Community Development.
These public hearings, which will be held in each of the five City of
Miami districts and two additional locations in metropolitan Miami-Dade
County, will serve to inform the
public, identify the needs of residents, and discuss the distribution of
federal funding for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 to assist low- and
moderate-income persons. City of Miami residents are invited to
attend and comment, and all remarks are noted and recorded. The public
hearings will be held as noted below:
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District 1:
Commissioner Wifredo “Willy” Gort
Tuesday,
July 19, 2011, 5:30 p.m.
Allapattah
Community Action, Inc.
2257 NW North River Drive
Miami, FL 33125
District 2:
Commissioner Marc Sarnoff
Monday,
July 25, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Miami City Hall, Commission Chambers
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
District 3:
Commissioner Frank Carollo
Friday,
July 29, 2011, 5:30 p.m.
Jose
Marti Gym, Second Floor
434 SW 3 Ave.
Miami, FL 33130
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District 4:
Commissioner Francis Suarez
Monday,
August 1, 2011, 5:30 p.m.
Our Lady of Lebanon Church
2055
Coral Way
Miami, FL 33145
District 5:
Commissioner Richard P. Dunn
Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Charles
Hadley Park, Black Box Theater
1300 NW 50 Street
Miami, FL 33142
HOPWA:
Central Miami-Dade
Tuesday, August
9, 2011, 5 p.m.
The Joseph Caleb Center – Room 110
5400 NW 22nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33142
HOPWA:
South Miami-Dade
Wednesday, July
20, 2011, 5:30 p.m.
Fresh
Start Family Services, Inc.
632 Washington Ave.
Homestead, FL 33030
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Meeting sites are accessible to the handicapped. Requests for special
accommodations can be made via phone at 305-416-2080 no less than three
(3) days prior to the public hearing date. For more information, please
contact the Department of Community Development at 305-416-2080. Media
interested in attending should contact Christine Bermudez Sola, Public
Information Officer at 305-416-2096 or via e-mail at
cbermudez@miamigov.com.