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Resolution: R-22-0046
File Number: 11190
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 2/10/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $600,000.00 FOR THE PROVISION OF POLICE ENHANCED
SERVICES WITHIN THE CRA'S BOUNDARIES; ESTABLISHING A NEW
SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK
WEST CRA"; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FOR SAID
PURPOSE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE
THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR OTHER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is responsible for public safety throughout the City,
which includes the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency's
("CRA") Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.370(2)(o), Florida Statutes, the CRA has the power
to develop and implement community policing innovations with the objective of remedying slum
and blight, and the causes thereof, within its Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the City's Police Department ("MPD") has an interest in continuing the CRA
Detail, an innovative service -oriented police unit, in a problem solving team capacity, to
establish and support working partnerships with the CRA, Neighborhood Enhancement Teams,
residents, business owners, and homeless outreach programs; and
WHEREAS, in June 2021, the Board of Commissioners of the CRA adopted Resolution
No. 21-0018 authorizing an award of a grant in an amount not to exceed $600,000.00 to MPD to
fund the costs associated with the CRA Detail's enhanced police services, the purchase of new
cameras, and public safety measures including additional lighting for targeted areas that pose a
risk to the homeless population in the Redevelopment Area (collectively, "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program will support enhanced police services by adding two (2)
additional BEAT officers to the Overtown Support Team to focus primarily on crime prevention,
quality of life improvement, and removal of slum and blight conditions within the CRA's
Redevelopment Area as well as provide additional detectives to MPD's Real Time Crime Center
to monitor surveillance cameras within the CRA's Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the CRA authorized the grant funds to be disbursed throughout the term of
the proposed agreement on a reimbursement basis to the City upon presentation of invoices
and satisfactory documentation; and
WHEREAS, no matching funds are required from the City; and
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File ID: 11190
Enactment Number: R-22-0046
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to accept the grant from the CRA;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
hereby adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to accept a grant from the CRA in an amount
not to exceed $600,000.00 for the Program within the CRA's Redevelopment Area.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to execute the grant agreement, in
substantially the attached form.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to designate the Chief of Police or
other designee to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary documents, all in forms
acceptable to the City Attorney, for acceptance of the grant.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City of Miami Commission.
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