DEMOLITION OF ARTHUR MAYS VILLAS PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · resolution

File Number 260792 is a Resolution to authorize the County Mayor or designee to submit a demolition application to HUD for a portion of the Arthur Mays Villas public housing development site consisting of 147 units, bounded by SW 214th Street to the north, SW 113th Avenue to the east, SW 216th Street to the south, and SW 114th Court to the west. The resolution also authorizes, subject to HUD approval, the demolition of the site and the competitive selection and award of a demolition contract through the Miscellaneous Construction Contracts (MCC) 7360 Plan in an amount up to $2,000,000.00. The status is Deferred. The Board of County Commissioners deferred the item on 7/21/2026. The Housing Committee forwarded it to the BCC with a favorable recommendation on 6/9/2026. The sponsor is Kionne L. McGhee. The estimated rehabilitation cost is $35,689,450.00, which exceeds the HUD threshold of $27,884,336.00. Four of 26 buildings have received unsafe structure violation notices. 13 units are occupied. The applicant is not stated; the requester is Housing and Community Development. The document states the properties are located at 11351 SW 216 Street, Miami, Florida 33170 (Folio No. 30-6007-016-0010) and 13924 SW 260 Street, Unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida 33032 (Folio No. 30-6927-000-0500), but the demolition site is the townhome site bounded by the streets listed above. Public comment sentiment is not stated, but the document states the Department held multiple meetings with Arthur Mays residents: in-person on November 28, 2018, December 4, 2018, August 5, 2022, and July 25, 2023, and a virtual meeting via ZOOM on July 29, 2020. The Department will work with community stakeholders through the Goulds Forward Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI).