In 2009 MD-B Said New City Hall Was A Public Safety ARRA Project, Contamination Festered, What Is It Now? The Council Traded It For A/C Unit @ YMCA

Four Months Later Mayor Bateman and a Unanimous City Council Shelved the Project, Took the $500,000 for the LEEDS Silver Certification and Gave the YMCA an Air Conditioner


http://homesteadishome.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-city-hall-indefinitely-postponed-as.html

Public Safety

Construction of New City Hall: The existing City hall is not adequate to house all depts required to provide svcs to the growing population.  New bldg was designed to meet strict requirements of LEEDS silver certification as a green building.

Earmark Declaration	July 14, 2009
Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL
"Description of Request: I have secured $500,000 for the City Hall Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification. This funding will be used for the City of Homestead is in the process of replacing its aging and inadequate City Hall building with a new structurally hardened, energy efficient, low carbon emission, and environmentally friendly building. This new building, in addition to housing all City departments, will also encompass Homestead’s new Emergency Operations Center. The City has requested that the designers include features in the design that will result in a LEED Silver Certificate. The design is complete and procurement for construction will start by the end of February 2009. The total cost of the City Hall project, which will employ approximately 60 persons, is $30 million of which $1 million is estimated for the improvements needed to meet the requirements for LEED Silver Certification. Without this funding assistance, Homestead’s LEED certification efforts may not be fully realized. This project follows Congress’ and the Administration’s stated goals in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in areas such as: providing immediate job creation, utilization of green construction technologies, and providing energy efficiency cost savings. Designed to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver standards, the new City Hall will serve as a premier example of green construction and energy efficiency technology in the community."

Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL