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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW OMNI CRA 2002-05-30 MinutesCITY OF MIAMI Ell MEETING MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON MAY 30, 2002 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/CITY HALL Priscilla A. Thompson/City Clerk 3. DEFER CONSIDERATION: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO EXISTING CONTRACT WITH HJ ROSS; PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH ATC GROUP SERVICES, INC.; PROPOSED CONTRACTS WITH ZYSCOVICH AND WOLBERG ALVAREZ & ASSOCIATES; TO NEXT MEETING OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Board Member Regalado: We now have the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) board meeting. Mr. Chairman, Commissioner Arthur Teele, Jr., is chairing the CRA board meeting called for this time. And Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: Mr. Chairman, are there -- are there any items that any member would like to defer to -- Board Member Sanchez: Mr. -- Mr. Chairman -- Chairman Teele: --a later time or to a special meeting that may be called for the purpose of deferred items. Board Member Sanchez: Mr. Chairman, there are several items that I would like to ask that respectfully be deferred, Items 12, 14, 15, 16, and 20 to the next CRA meeting. Vice Chairman Winton: What numbers are those? Board Member Sanchez: 12, 14, 15, 16 and 20. And, Mr. Chairman, if I may, I have, in the past, expressed that I am very concerned that the agendas are not being presented to us within five days. Once again, this agenda was placed in my door Monday, giving me only three days to review all these documents. And, once again, I called to set up a meeting with the Executive Director, who did come over within about an hour, but, once again, there are several items here that are in this agenda that really lack background information. And, I was very disturbed by item 20, which is basically a resolution in just one page with a recommendation -- a paragraph with a recommendation, one paragraph with background, and then just a resolution with three paragraphs. And, at which time, she provided a document that was not in the agenda that had been received by the CRA May the 21 st Chairman Teele: All right. Board Member Sanchez: So, those items I just want to have ample opportunity -- Chairman Teele: And, I think you should have that. Would you make a motion, please, to defer Item 12, 14, and 15 to a later date? Would you make that motion? Board Member Sanchez: A later date or the next CRA Commission meeting? Chairman Teele: Well, let's just say to a later Commissioner meeting. I'd like to take them up, perhaps, sooner than the next meeting. But, certainly, at least two weeks from now. Board Member Sanchez: Yes, sir. I May 30, 2002 ri U Chairman Teele: Yes. Board Member Sanchez: As long as I'm provided with adequate information. I have an opportunity to sit down with the staff and get briefed on it. Yes, sir. Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Chairman Teele: Second by Commissioner Winton on 12, 14, and 15. All those in favor say « " aye. The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-92 OMNI/CRA 02-33 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHESAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST (SEOPW) COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AUTHORIZING THE CRA TO PIGGYBACK OFF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S FY '02-'04 CONTRACT WITH ATC GROUP SERVICES, INC., FOR THE FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $600,000 AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CRA GENERAL COUNSEL, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF SEOPW TIF AND GENERAL FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NUMBERS 689001.550108 AND 689004.550011. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez 2 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: On item 16 and item 20, we will entertain your motion to defer them once they've been brought up. But, we will not act on any item, as long as I'm Chairman, that a member has not had sufficient time to act on it. And, so, if you would allow us to at least bring it up, discuss it, and then defer it. Board Member Sanchez: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: All right. Vice Chairman Winton: And -- Chairman Teele: Any other item? Vice Chairman Winton: I don't have anything to defer. I just want to say, I mean, a bit of an echo on Board Member Sanchez. I haven't had a chance to -- to review this. I did get it, I think, at 10:30, Saturday night. But, I had family plans Saturday and Sunday, so I didn't get a chance to review it. And, the Executive Director and I had a meeting scheduled but we didn't get through the agenda either. So, the only thing I'm going to say is that I may be going a little slower on the resolutions. Chairman Teele: Yeah. Vice Chairman Winton: I might need a little more time and more explanation. That's all I wanted to say. 3 May 30, 2002 4. RECOMMEND TO THE CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION, AS GOVERNING BODY OF THE CRA, TO AMEND AND MODIFY THE CRA DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA; REQUEST THAT CITY COMMISSION SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN; REQUEST THAT CITY COMMISSION DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO PROSE ALL NOTICES REQUIRED BY LAW; AUTHORIZE ACTING DIRECTOR OF CRA TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF PLAN TO EXTEND BOUNDARIES OF REDEVELOPMENT AREA BEFORE JULY 1, 2002. Chairman Teele: The thing that I would like, with your permission, to do, so that we could get to the meat of the meeting that involves the vast majority of people, are to take up the items relating to the boundaries, which is Item Number -- Annette Lewis (Executive Director, CRA): 18. Chairman Teele: -- Item Number 18, and to take up item -- I'm sorry. Ms. Lewis: I'm sorry. That's 19. Chairman Teele: Item Number 19 and the boundaries. Before we do, I would like to acknowledge the presence of Mr. Cardwell. David Cardwell, would you join us, please. And I think all of us know Mr. Cardwell as the counsel to the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) associations around the State, and he led the charge in Tallahassee for the legislation that was relating to the CRA -- the CRA's statewide. I would also like to recognize the presence of special counsel in the form of the former Speaker of the House, Mr. Gustafson, as well as all the other people that ought to be recognized and I'm not going to do it. Mr. Attorney would you, for the benefit of the Board, along with Mr. Cardwell, establish why July 1 is so important, and what is driving the CRA currently in our thinking and in our approach. Let me just say this, particularly to Commissioner Sanchez and Commissioner Winton. This CRA Chairman has no desire to pick a fight with or have an adversarial relationship with the County. To the contrary. We have moved very quickly over the last six months to establish a very close working relationship with the County. And I think the County Manager has expressed, at least to me, his appreciation for that. Notwithstanding this, however, the legislation that recently passed in Tallahassee relating to all CRA's was adversarial legislation to all CRA's, perpetrated, if you will, by the League of Counties. July 1 is a change in the law, a dramatic change in the law relating to CRA's. And I should acknowledge that Mr. Judy, who serves as the principal advisor to Ms. Lewis, was very instrumental in working through Alex Vilarello and special counsel in bringing this issue up. Much of what we're doing today, and the delays in the agenda have been a major fight between Mr. Judy and Mr. Vilarello, Mr. Judy and myself, Mr. Judy and Mr. Cardwell. And I think it's fair to say that Mr. Judy has probably won all four fights. Alejandro Vilarello (City Attorney): We just all gave up. Chairman Teele: But -- we just all gave up? But the fact of the matter is, this agenda was held largely by the lawyers and myself, trying to figure out the best way to approach this. There are clear opportunities that the CRA has today that we will not have after July 1. We're just not certain where the law is and where the law isn't, because this is all new area. Alex, why don't you set the stage? And David, if there's 4 May 30, 2002 ram.. something you'd like to clarify, pitch in. And then we'll go to our lead consultants, Dover Kohl, that are responding to this legislative mandate. Mr. Vilarello: Trying to keep the issue as uncomplicated as possible, the State Statute was amended, and it will go into effect in July of this year. The language that is of concern to us is the amendments to a Community Redevelopment Agency created before July 1, 2002. That's this agency. Chairman Teele: Is the City Manager here? Mr. Manager, it really would be helpful to us, I think, if you and -- would just join us here at the table, please, because ultimately, you're going to be just as much affected, or your views on this, and I think the Board needs to hear from you, if you think something's appropriate. Go right ahead, Alex. Mr. Vilarello: A Community Redevelopment Agency created before July 1, 2002 will not have to comply with four particular sections of the Florida Statutes under the Community Redevelopment Act, unless the agency -- area -- the agency expands its area on or before July 1, 2002. The most significant of those statutory provisions, which would apply, is the requirement after July 1 St that the expanded area must have a finding of necessity by the County or municipality where the Community Redevelopment Agency is located. It simply said that you can expand the boundaries of the agency to include areas that may support, assist in the removal of slum and blight today. If you wait till after July lst, you're going to have to make a finding of slum and blight in the particular area that you're expanding to. Chairman Teele: That finding normally takes upwards of six months to a year? Mr. Cardwell, why don't you just expand on -- and cost. Just expand very briefly on that. David Cardwell: The finding as it relates to blight (inaudible) presented to the governing body of the City at the time they pass a resolution that would expand the boundaries. So it does take some time to collect that information. Some of that has been done as part of the Dover Kohl Study. It also does require that there be certain notices and other things given. The other situation you have is that because you are in a charter County and you have an interlocal agreement with the County, you're also going to be subject to that interlocal agreement. But if you expand your boundaries before July I", you would not be subject to the legislation, but you also would not be subject to the change in the definition of "blight," as well, which would go into effect July Ist. Let me just mention that today is the deadline for the Governor to act on the bill. I have not heard, but it was my understanding from the Governor's office he was going to sign it, but he had not signed it, based on my research yesterday. But today is the deadline for him to sign it or veto it, or let it become law without his signature. Vice Chairman Winton: And what does it typically cost to make this determination of slum and blight? Mr. Cardwell: Well, typically, the blight finding, the study that goes with it is done at the same time as a plan amendment is prepared, because once you expand the boundaries, you then have to amend your plan to take into account the new boundaries. So typically, that's going to run, depending on the size of the expansion, anywhere from ten to -- I've seen a hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for those studies, depending on the size of the expansion. Vice Chairman Winton: Thank you. 5 May 30, 2002 Mr. Vilarello: Mr. Chairman, if I could just address two issues to kind of frame the questions. You're going to be presented information from our consultants with regard to the options, I guess, under the boundary. The CRA would be requested today to simply ask the City Commission to set out the appropriate notices that must be sent to the taxing authorities, and the opportunity for public hearing before the City Commission ultimately makes a decision at that later date, which we contemplate to be towards the end of June. So the CRA would be asked to simply ask that the requisite notices be issued, the public hearing be set, and then later on, the City Commission would direct the Manager to do so. The final decision of the City Commission would come at a later date. Chairman Teele: If we waited till the 13th, could we do any of this? Mr. Vilarello: No. There's a necessary 15-day notice to the taxing authority, and, in fact, that notice, to be completely cautious, should go out this evening, that notice to the taxing authority. That's not an irreversible -- it's just notice that the City Commission and the CRA are contemplating. Vice Chairman Winton: It gets us in the time line -- Mr. Vilarello: Yes, sir. Vice Chairman Winton: -- that would allow us to do it if we so choose at some point down the road to do it. Absent our ability to pull that trigger today, then, we will have -- we will miss the window completely, and there won't be any opportunity to have any debate about it one way or the other, because we just missed the window. Mr. Vilarello: That's correct. Chairman Teele: Now, the other issue is this: After July 1st, does the County have to also approve the finding? Mr. Vilarello: At this point, we're not ready to opine whether, even if we go in this direction, the County won't have something to say about the amendment to the plan. Clearly, after July 1st, that's no longer a question. Chairman Teele: Clearly, after, they have to. Mr. Vilarello: Yes, sir. Mr. Cardwell: On the plan amendment. Mr. Vilarello: On the plan amendment. Chairman Teele: So there is also the opportunity that -- we have an opportunity now, maybe, to do something that otherwise is going to take a full year to get done. The final issue, Mr. Manager -- and I would hope, Mr. Nachlinger and the Mayor's advisor, Ms. Haskins -- this opportunity is the reverse opportunity from the Miami River. Virtually all of the land that is being talked about in the boundary change -- and I want to get everybody thinking one thing -- dollars. All of the land in the boundary 6 May 30, 2002 change largely is municipally or government -- let me say governmentally owned land. Some of it may very well in the future have an ad valorem tax impact. The Redevelopment Authority captures both the municipal and County taxes. And so therein would be -- if the land has no tax implications now, neither the City nor the County can complain about the boundary change. But if the land, five years from now, has an ad valorem tax implication, the question becomes, are those -- is that revenue captured for a municipal purpose, or is it open for a municipal purpose and a Countywide purpose? And that's one of the issues I want you to keep in mind, particularly as it relates to Bicentennial Park. So with that, Dover Kohl, I guess we would ask you to go through this very, very quickly. Guillermo Olmedillo: Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the Board. Guillermo Olmedillo, for the record. I was asked to look at the different options to expand the boundaries of the present CRA. And very quickly going through it, the first thing that jumps at you is that the area that is labeled "A," which is the area of the rights -of -way of I-395 and I-95. That was simply forgotten. Once the original boundaries were defined, people just simply forgot that there is continuity, visual continuity and a special continuity under the rights -of -way. And I'm not speaking essentially of the rights -of -way of the expressways, but what goes under the rights -of -way, because, as you know, these two expressways are elevated. And what you have is, under, you have the street that connects the City blocks, north and south, and east and west. So, obviously, that's the first thing that jumps at you, the area labeled "A-1" -- excuse me -- "A," is that area of the rights -of -way that should be incorporated as an expansion of the existing CRA. As you look in your diagram that's distributed by Sergio before, you're going to look at two areas that are shaded in darker gray, which are Areas A-1 and A-2. A-2 is an area, which is primarily municipal buildings, and a building that is in the back, which is quite dilapidated, which needs repairs, in disrepair. It's an area that is blighted. When you look at the Area A-1, which is just north of I-395, again, there is the need to have a continuity, and a continuity under the expressway. And this area is vacant, primarily vacant, and the buildings that exist there are quite dilapidated, and they haven't been maintained well. There is an area that overlaps with the existing Omni CRA. As you know, two districts may have overlapping jurisdiction, but not authority, the same authority can be shared. But that's an area that I think is worth looking into as a potential expansion area. Look at Area B-1. 13-1 is the access that goes north of I-395, along Northwest 31-a Avenue. That has been a traditional street or traditional thoroughfare in the Overtown community. That contains a number of dilapidated buildings, outdated buildings. Most of the buildings there on the east side of the street were built prior to 1950. As you know, there is a certification that buildings have to go through when -- because of the South Florida -- the Building Code, South Florida Building Code. You have to have a certification for any building that is older than 40 or 50 years. There are a number of potential violations of the Building Code there, mainly electrical and Fire Code violations. On the west side, what you have is mainly publicly owned property along that corridor. The area marked "B" is the area just east -- I mean west of I-95. What has happened through the years is that the road that the residential areas within the existing CRA boundaries has been displaced by other activities, and the area needs to expand, to find those neighborhoods that are around it, to support that residential activity, so that it's a viable neighborhood. I'm talking mainly north of Northwest 4th Street to I-95, the curve of I-95, and I'm talking between I-95 and 5th Avenue, Northwest 51h Avenue, on the west side. The boundary between 51h and 71h is marked "C." Again, it's an area, which is mainly vacant. There are a lot of vacant properties there. There is a mix of uses that create some limitations as to potential expansion. The property is fragmented. The ownership is fragmented, and it's difficult to rehab or to rebuild in that area. When you move into the Bicentennial Park area, we are all very familiar with Bicentennial Park. It's essentially vacant. There is no established use there, really. For many years, we've had something like the car races there. It's a park, but it's a park that is underutilized, and it's mainly no man's land. And the only 7 May 30, 2002 4 structure that exists there is the seawall, which is in very bad disrepair. The area marked A-4 is Watson Island. Watson Island, you can make the argument, it's essentially vacant. There are lots of areas that are vacant, although there are commitments made to some development there. But as it is today, it is vacant. Again, the purpose is to show -- Board Member Regalado: Excuse me, Guillermo. Mr. Olmedillo: Yes, sir. Board Member Regalado: It's not vacant. Parrot Jungle is already up with several structures on the east side. On the west side, we still have some structures. Mr. Olmedillo: No. What I mean is that, when you go there today, and you look at the percentages of vacant land versus the occupied land, it's -- the majority of the island is vacant. That's the point that I want to make. These areas are presented to you, and the background of the vacancy rate, and the state of the construction is attached to the report, so that you can look at it and have a choice of what expansions are needed and the purposes of the different areas to be expanded towards. If you have any questions, I'll be glad to answer. Chairman Teele: Guillermo, everything that says "A" is essentially government owned, government -- municipally owned, governmentally owned? Mr. Olmedillo: No. "A" is the -- well, it is, because it's the right-of-way. It is. Chairman Teele: Virtually, "A" -- "A," by itself, is the area underneath 95. Mr. Olmedillo: Correct. Chairman Teele: I just want to put this in a broad context. Mr. Olmedillo: Correct. Chairman Teele: "A" -- "A-l" is the area owned by the School Board; is that right? Mr. Olmedillo: Correct. Chairman Teele: In that area. Mr. Olmedillo: School Board. The Skill Center is in that area. Correct. Ms. Lewis: Fire station. Board Member Regalado: Why is it that we don't have a number for I-395? Chairman Teele: I-395 is -- 8 May 30, 2002 Mr. Olmedillo: It's a -- it's the same shade of gray as you have -- Board Member Regalado: OK, OK. Chairman Teele: And the crazy thing that happened somewhere along the line is that when the boundaries were drawn, they drew them up to things. So arguably -- at least the lawsuit against the City argued that the greatest slum and blight in Overtown was the area underneath 395, which was, of course, where the junk cars are kept by the Police Department, et cetera. There is no reason why the redevelopment resources cannot be used to build a wall underneath it, or to do some landscaping and those kind of things to buffer it, other than the fact that, technically, under the law, you cannot use TIF (Tax Increment Fund) dollars outside of the boundary. And so the reason to have governmental -- to annex governmental land is essentially to take private dollars and to use it for government resources. That's essentially the theory. And so I just wanted to make that point. And then the `B" area there is the area that is very much impacted by 95 and the area that has really been dislocated. It's a lot of vacant land in there. Mr. Olmedillo: Correct. Chairman Teele: And we view that as probably one of the areas most -- one of the better areas for some residential housing and residential housing development in Overtown. That would be west of 95. Mr. Olmedillo: Correct. Chairman Teele: And 95, unfortunately, became the new railroad track. Nothing happened -- you know, everybody deals with the railroad track. And government, unfortunately, let 95 become sort of the new railroad track, where all the resources that the government is using are on the other side of 95, and there's nothing on the west side of 95 that is in Overtown. And so this is an effort to try to undo what 95 did, which was disconnect one community, and to try to put some of the resources in there. "C" represents a greater effort in that direction. Mr. Olmedillo: Correct. And the opportunity is there, because the rights -of -way, east/west, remain there. And the visual contact and the continuity is still there. So it's appropriate to go out that way. Chairman Teele: The east/west rights -of -way from all of Overtown are totally destroyed -- I should say largely destroyed by the railroad track, first; and secondarily, by 95. And so this area in `B" and "C" represents unobstructed east/west areas where you can pull together communities in a broader sense. Mr. Olmedillo: Correct. And there is a basis there already for a neighborhood. Chairman Teele: Are there questions of the Board members? This is just the overview of what the boundaries are. This is a second briefing on this. I know you've seen these maps before. Madam Director, how do you want to proceed now? Or, Guillermo, what is your order here? Mr. Olmedillo: I believe the Board has to make some decisions whether you want to use some of these areas for the expansion of the CRA. My recommendation is, as an expert in these matters, is that these areas do qualify under the slum and blight definitions of the Act. And it's up to the Board now to make -- 9 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: Would this be a preliminary decision, pending a final decision, like on the 13th or some date after the 13th? Or would this be final decision, Mr. Cardwell? Mr. Cardwell: It's a recommendation from the CRA to the City Commission as a governing body. The City Commission may make changes when it considers it. They can -- they can't enlarge it, but you could reduce it. Vice Chairman Winton: But if we don't act on this in some fashion, if we don't -- I'm not sure what the action is, but I think I clearly understand what you said before. We have to take some sort of action today. That action, I'm not sure of. Chairman Teele: That action would be to make a recommendation to approve -- would you go back, put the chart back up the way it was? -- to approve "A," "B" and "C," or some designations of those, based upon a majority of this Board, and recommend that the City Commission take them up. Vice Chairman Winton: And I would so move that, because I would hate to miss the opportunity to have - - whether we do it or not, I don't know. But we at least ought to have the appropriate debate in a time frame that will allow us to make an informed decision before we get into a position where we can't make any decision at all, you know, if that made any sense. Chairman Teele: Motion by Commissioner Winton, moving the staff recommendations. Is there a second? Board Member Sanchez: Second, for the purpose of discussion. Chairman Teele: Is there discussion? Board Member Sanchez: Johnny, are you -- Mr. City Attorney? Mr. Vilarello: I just want to make sure that the attachment has been clearly delineated as the options that will be considered. Chairman Teele: Yes. Mr. Vilarello: Because that will be an attachment to the resolution, as forwarded to the City Commission. Chairman Teele: Commissioner Sanchez. Board Member Sanchez: Commissioner Winton, is it your intent that all of them be recommended? Vice Chairman Winton: Yes, because I think that -- I don't know if we do them all. I don't know if we do them all. I don't know if we do one of them. I don't know. I don't know. But I want to move them all forward, so that we can have that appropriate debate, then make that decision. 10 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: And I think that's where the Planning staff, the City Planning staff and our staff, and our consultants, and, hopefully, Ms. Lewis and the Manager will have met and worked it out, and come up with a consensus recommendation. Is there objection? All those in favor, say "aye." The Board (Collectively): Aye. The following resolution was introduced by Vice Chairman Winton, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-93 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT (S), RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, AS GOVERNING BODY OF THE CRA, AMEND AND MODIFY THE CRA REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA AS SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED MAP; REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN AT THE EARLIEST DATE PERMITTED BY LAW; REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALL NOTICES REQUIRED BY LAW; AND AUTHORIZING THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CRA TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA BEFORE JULY 1, 2002. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Board Member Sanchez, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Angel Gonzalez 11 May 30, 2002 5. UPDATE ON GRANDE PROMENADE. Chairman Teele: All right. What I'd like to do is ask Dover Kohl to start out because that's the largest area and it's consistent with what we're doing. This entire boundary study is just so that everyone is refreshed. Guillermo Olmedillo, who was previously a City employee, Director of Planning, was it? Unidentified speaker: Deputy Director. Chairman Teele: Deputy Director, who later -- who later went on to be County Planning Director, is a consultant to Dover Kohl or a sub -consultant to Dover Kohl in this overall study. So, this is a component of that overall study and we'd like to recognize Dover Kohl's representatives, please. Victor Dover: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have an update for you on a couple of items, Biscayne Boulevard and the Promenade -- the East-West Promenade. Chairman Teele: Sergio, give your name and address for the record. Mr. Dover: Yes, Victor Dover. Chairman Teele: Victor, I mean, Victor. Mr. Dover: Victor Dover, principal in charge, Dover Kohl and partners. I'm also here with Sergio Vasquez, our project director for this work. And, I'll ask Sergio to jump in wherever appropriate. Also, we've been working closely on these items with the gentleman you recognized before, former Speaker of the House, Tom Gustafson, Special Counsel. And, there are a couple of items here, which relate directly to his work and a report that he submitted for your review this day. When you get to the later item on the agenda regarding acquisition of property, I'm going to suggest that you recognize Mr. Gustafson at that time also. It's becoming apparent to us -- we started, as you remember, a year and a half ago, on work for the future of Bicentennial Park. It's now becoming apparent that Bicentennial Park is one domino in a series of dominoes lined up for positive economic redevelopment and change running east west -- west from the waterfront. If you stand on the bay walk or where the bay walk should be, and you imagine using the waterfront as the great public space it ought to be and as the great catalyst for economic improvement, what comes to mind is well that would be great except Bicentennial Park doesn't let that happen in it's current form. But, there's a good plan for improving Bicentennial Park. You've all seen it before. So, that variable is removed and the bay walk makes sense. If you stand in the center of what will one day be -- one day soon hopefully be the reconstituted Bicentennial Park, you'll say, "Well, that's great. That would be terrific except Biscayne Boulevard is the kind of street, in its present configuration, that doesn't encourage people to arrive at the park or to move back and forth." And that, also, has a potential to change. West of Biscayne Boulevard is Park West and the emerging entertainment district, which, today, is isolated from those other features. But, we would hope, as a result of your planning efforts, will be 12 May 30, 2002 integrated and connected to them. That's the essence of the presentation I'm going to show you. You'll recall that when we looked at Bicentennial Park one of the most important things was recognizing that you couldn't improve the park itself even if you but wonderful museums in the park, for example, and neglect Biscayne Boulevard or have it improved in a way that was pedestrian hostile. Nor could you neglect the future (inaudible) building and development sites in Park West as those were illustrated in the Bicentennial Park plan as being very important. Today, we have before you an update on the Biscayne Boulevard special area plan. This agency asked us to then expand upon what had been done for Bicentennial Park and examine the Boulevard itself current Department of Transportation plans for its reconstruction and to propose alternatives where appropriate. You've all read about that in the newspaper this week. We thought it would only be right to bring that up as the -- to set the stage for what we're going to show you in new information about areas west of there. The idea for Biscayne Boulevard is simply this: to transform it from just a highway that divides Park West from Bicentennial Park, in fact, it divides downtown Miami and greater Miami from its waterfront, into a great street that connects them. And the image that you see there is really about doing the reconstruction as planned but with improvements to its design so that the median is gracious, the sidewalks are wide, there's room for pedestrians to move back and forth, there's parking provisions for future transit and so on. So, this could go from being one of the most neglected segments of roadway -- Chairman Teele: Ladies and gentlemen let me -- if you have a meeting going on, please just take it outside. The acoustics are kind of bad and you're going to have to present a little louder, please. Mr. Dover: The idea is to go to one of the most neglected and forgotten sections of roadway that, today, separates Downtown Miami and the area near the American Airlines Arena from, say, the Performing Arts Center to the north, into the most important segment of the most important road in the region. These are images which are now part of a study that is being examined by the Department of Transportation, the traffic engineers, represents a collaboration of a lot of folks from your agency, the City staff, David Plummer & Associates, and others. And, was presented, just in this last month, to the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Department of Transportation. So, this is now in process. They are examining the traffic implications, testing our assumptions, going back over the analysis that was done by David Plummer, using the computer to confirm that the traffic will work as projected. But, what about west of where? You created a series of special districts, the Jazz District, for example, and the Entertainment District centered on 11 `" Street over the last several years. And, that area, represented here in the central green box, lies just west of this segment of Biscayne Boulevard and Bicentennial Park. We want to look now at the Promenade as it has been called. Just a short while ago, you change some rules and you built in some incentives to encourage entrepreneurs to invest in this area and start an after hours entertainment district with clubs, music and so on. And they have done that. And, they have created a very unusual market niche, one that thrives late at night and early in the morning. In fact here you see a seven am traffic and parking jam. This photograph -- 13 May 30, 2002 Unidentified speaker: No. Annette Lewis: That is true. Mr. Dover: No kidding there. This photograph was shot at seven am on Sunday morning. Unidentified speaker: Club Space. Mr. Dover: What has happened as a result of Club Space and the other success stories in the area, is that folks are leaving the beach when clubs close down and leaving other areas and arriving in this part of Park West and spending money. No, not all that much glamorous physical improvement has been done, although, a lot has been done. More will come. In fact, if we just put them on the map here for you to compare, you can see the 11 th Street and 10th Street running east west on that map and what we've labeled, until you come up with a permanent name, the 10.5 Street Promenade on the former railroad right of way, owned by your agency -- owned by the redevelopment agency. And, you can see Club Exile, Club Space, Living Room, a soon to be opened pizzeria, Gold Rush, a planned bowling alley and Spanish restaurant, that are all going into that area. Chairman Teele: Hold on. You need to make on thing clear. The Club Space there is not the Club Space that you saw the other morning. Mr. Dover: That's right. Chairman Teele: That's the planned location for Club Space as of January — January/February 1. Mr. Dover: Go point to the old one, Sergio. We moved their label because they're in the process right now of relocating. (INAUDIBLE COMMENTS) Mr. Dover: And, what this means, relocation of Club Space, means that these things are starting to coalesce into one concentrated area, which for them to perform well is a great thing. Because, as you know, folks will go from one place to another, they'll park once, and spend money in more than one location. So, from an economic development point of view, we're getting some critical mass and more is to come. This is probably just the tip of the iceberg for the potential along this I1th Street -- 10.5 Street Promenade. It is evolving. This is a site, for example, where entrepreneurs are right now preparing to break ground on a new bowling alley and sushi place. That was a great combination. Great combination. Things are happening in this neighborhood as a result of your investment, but they're coming in on faith that something's going to be done to improve 10.5 Street Promenade. Vice Chairman Winton: There's a bunch of them sitting in the audience. 14 May 30, 2002 Im Mr. Dover: Bowlers? Vice Chairman Winton: That are here for different -- same faith, different properties. Mr. Dover: They all ought to be applauded for their pioneering in this neighborhood. They are assuming that something will be done to improve the public spaces, to improve IIth Street, to improve the 10.5 Street Promenade. They are assuming that something will be figured out that is intelligent with regards to parking. They are assuming that something will be figured out that's intelligent with regard to garbage disposal and they are assuming that something will be figured out with regards to security. There are key issues for their patrons that their cars, for example, will not be broken into. There are key issues for their operations that when they generate a great deal of waste, you know, garbage and so forth that needs to be dealt with right away, that they won't have to deal with all of the logistics of that inside their own small buildings. And then, of course, the parking crunch. We went out there -- and been spending a great deal of time with those property owners and the neighbors, other interested parties who came to the meetings your agency convened over the last month and a half, been walking up and down, taking measurements, taking photographs, asking them what was important to them. It's essentially that short list of issues I've just raised -- parking, garbage, security and the improvements of the public spaces. And taking advantage of this big opportunity -- the opportunity for critical mass. Now -- now we go into the what -if part of the presentation. Sergio, on one of the maps, would you point to where we're standing in this (inaudible). Chairman Teele: Commissioner could you come watch this because this is the business part of this. Mr. Dover: This is the coolest part. You're looking now -- you're looking west -- you're standing west of -- next to the you see the green, one of the clubs just recently improved, and we're looking west down what we call 10.5 Street Promenade, it's the former railroad right of way, which used to bring railway cars back and forth to (inaudible) when it was located where Bicentennial Park is located today. Chairman Teele: Bicentennial Park. Mr. Dover: That's right. That's no longer used as a freight line or an industrial rail line. Most of the property along that 10.5 Street Promenade has been gradually acquired by your agency, on the right of way itself. It's in the location of an alley; so it doesn't -- what we do here — it doesn't interfere with traffic flow on 1 Ith Street, on IOth Street. It's a very special opportunity we're not going to find in a lot of places in the City. Now, it's also not that great. If you go out there right now, a lot of blank walls and unimproved space, no -- to use the police officers and crime prevention experts favorite phrase. There's not a lot of natural surveillance because there are a lot of people watching what's going on in that space. On the other hand, it is there to be used for a place for folks inside the clubs to come out into the outer doors when the time is right. That's our existing conditions. What if -- first of a series of images I'll show you, here you see, 15 May 30, 2002 basically, what's happening is the 10.5 Street Promenade recaptured as a great pedestrian space. Encourage them to encroach on that space with outdoor dining, improve upon it with pavement, extend awnings, lights over the space to make it encouraging for people to go out there use it. At sunrise, for example, to come out of Club Space and see the sunrise. Now, what if --here's another what -if, you've discussed with Mr. Gustafson on the idea of a narrow gauge, trolley, or some form of kinder, gentler, smaller transit vehicle that could move folks east -west from, say, the area of Bicentennial Park into this Entertainment District, not in a big, noisy, expensive way like Metrorail. But, rather, in a real low key, low speed, low cost, horizontal elevator. And, there, just for conceptual purposes, we've illustrated this horizontal elevator, or transit greenway as its called in the State Funding Law, running down the 10.5 Street Promenade. And, then, also, what if -- there's the building across to the south side being improved as more of these kinds of opportunities, taking advantage of the new rights on the Entertainment District, opening up to the Promenade, encouraging people to come out on the balcony and look and be in places to eat and drink and be seen. One of the other concepts for the Promenade includes the idea of including segments of sheer canopy that can create some shade. This will also give us colorful elements that can be seen from the expressway or from north south on the avenues so you can know there's something over there at 10.5 Street that's worth checking out. So, it's kind of an advertising feature. This is an area where you ought to encourage the signs to be active and bright and dynamic, not a place to be conservative at all. It's a place that I'd be a little edgy not real sedate. Here's that same scene without the transit greenway, just to make it clear that's one of the options and one that should be explored for funding, but not the only thing going on in the picture. So, there's the possibility for the future or there's the other possibility, which is not doing anything, which we would suggest would be a big missed opportunity, before and after. Now, here's that map you saw before. We think it would be a good idea to get started soon. And, so, in consultation with the folks from those pioneering businesses who have said they need something done sooner rather than later, they've been waiting, there's a concept for our first phase of improvement in the Promenade to be done this calendar year in as rapid fire a way as possible. Basically, improving the pavement, working with the property owners as they open their 10.5 Street fagades and the City and the CRA improve the public space itself with the kind of activities you saw. What might that generate? Are you ready? OK. There you go. Let it be a vibrant, alive place. Let the signs flash on and off. Liberalize the rules a little bit to create a dynamic, hot center. You know, it doesn't have to be formal. It should be informal. It should be encouraged to change over time. It should be pop culture. That's the thought, the Promenade. We asked our illustrator to incorporate the plasma signs and other things that the folks around these clubs know all about doing. Now, there's some concepts being worked on by another consultant regarding special lighting designs and so on. So, this gives you a preview. When she's prepared her work, we'll incorporate that or we could leave it like this. The truth is if you go out there right now, it's a vacant, desolate, dusty nowhere and it ought to be somewhere. Now, one key issue is parking. What's happening right now is, folks are going out there at three o'clock in the morning, five o'clock in the morning, seven o'clock in the morning, they're paying an extraordinarily high fee to someone to allow them to park their car in a certain location. I understand, if you pay a little bit less, they'll just watch to make sure your car doesn't get broken into. That kind of edgy, 16 May 30, 2002 entrepreneurial situation going on with regard to parking. You've got a shared parking opportunity that's worth looking at here. I -- I -- as far as I know, it's unique in the City. Shared parking first. What do we mean when we talk about it? It's the main idea that different land uses inside buildings use and generate parking demand at different times of the day or different days of the week. So, if you have office, for example, it peaks up around the middle of the day, goes down a little bit at lunch time, and then, at the end of the work day as the sun sets, the office demand drops off. By contrast, residential does the opposite. You've all seen this idea before. The important concept is that when we look for parking, we not expect people to provide when they mix uses the sum total of all those things because it will add up to the wrong amount of parking being required, more spaces than are needed. That translates into garages when they are constructed that sit empty for two months at a time to effectively generate the income that can be used to retire the debt that you incur when building them. That's why parking garages are almost always publicly subsidized because people don't take advantage of this kind of opportunity to generate more income. Now, office and residential aren't great uses with regard to -- to parking structures in some ways, because both of those tenants, if you will, are real sensitive to price. They have a threshold above which they simply won't be willing to pay. Office users, you know, there's a competitive price residential users are limited, but you put them together, you can reduce the number that you have to build. That doesn't reduce the fact that these users generate demand and still don't generate enough pay from the fees for parking to retire the cost of garages. Other scenarios, we combine restaurants and, say, movies or offices, you put them all together. Again, if you add them all up, it would add up to an absurdly high amount of parking required. If you combine them, intelligently, with shared parking strategy, as your zoning permits in this district, then we get an improvement. How does that fit with the 10.5 Street Promenade? OK. Like this. You have cultural institutions in Bicentennial Park or you will have assuming the museum park Miami scenario -- Chairman Teele: Ladies and Gentlemen. We need for those of you that are here for this to focus on it, those that are not, please feel free to use the hallway for your private discussions. Mr. Dover: And this part is really cool. Chairman Teele: Because -- because this goes back to what Commissioner Winton has led through a very involved process that has come to the shared vision of what Bicentennial Park will look like. And I want to interrupt you by saying one thing. I am embrace, endorse, and support 100% of the process and the result of the Commissioner Winton Bicentennial study process. The only thing that I do not support that is coming out of that, Johnny is the notion of making Bicentennial Park a giant parking lot. Vice Chairman Winton: No -- no -- no. No one supports -- Chairman Teele: Well, but see, this is what's happening. If you talk to the museum people one on one and if you talk to the art museum people one on one, and you add up their parking demand requirements, Bicentennial becomes a giant parking lot. 17 May 30, 2002 Vice Chairman Winton: Ask them how many times I've told them forget it. Chairman Teele: Well, and I -- and I hear you, but, you know, they'll get the Gucci boys and girls and they'll be down here trying to convince us with their lobbyists that we should do that. What we have, I believe, and this is where we're going, is a way to -- to defeat the efforts to create a massive parking structure on Bicentennial by strategically looking at doing this in a different way on the west side of the boulevard. Mr. Dover: Let's imagine -- imagine that the museums manage to squeeze enough parking into Bicentennial Park to meet all of their imagined demands. They would eat up a lot more of the space than is appropriate. And, that's why Commissioner Winton's correct. They've been consistently told they're going to have to find a way to have some parking but not all the parking that they could imagine on Bicentennial Park. It also creates a situation, Commissioner, where the museum patrons would go there in their cars, park under the buildings or in that parking lot and then leave again and not participate in economic progress of the City. It's much better if we improve Biscayne Boulevard, make it crossable for pedestrians, and improve the parking opportunities in Park West and encourage people to park there and walk to the museums in Bicentennial Park. And, that's the whole idea. You have, with the museum park Miami scenario, two museums that are going to generate parking need at a certain time of the day. And that's gonna -- whether the curve is exactly this or some other scientifically derived -- to get the basic idea, they are going to be daylight operation and a weekend daytime operation. Some evening activities, of course, will go on there. But, the bulk of the parking need for the cultural institutions will occur during the daylight hours and similarly, the bulk of the parking need for the average Bicentennial Park visitor, will occur during daylight hours and the early evening. On the other hand, the after hours Entertainment District that's emerging as a result of your efforts around those clubs need their parking at the opposite time. See how it looks like the office and residential diagram. There peaks and valleys line up. So, there is an opportunity to create parking in this area that will serve both uses. And use the fact that after hours entertainment customers want security, while they also have a threshold above which I'm sure they will not be willing to pay. But they have a willingness to pay for parking probably greater than the museumgoers or Bicentennial Park visitors on a dollar per space or per hour basis. You have, an opportunity to marry those two functions and you can do it nicely because the after hours entertainment folks don't need to park in at exactly the same time. Now, we'd encourage those folks in the entertainment district to think of as many creative ways to have daylight business going on in there as well. But, the basic idea would be to explore combining these two -- the futures of these two things, high culture and pop culture with around the shared issue parking. Here's a segment, just a peek, between Miami Avenue and 1S` Avenue of the 10.5 Street Promenade and the properties on either side. For conceptual purposes we've identified the parcels on your agenda later for possible acquisition, and illustrated the concept that you create a building, which includes parking, that is not to say a parking structure alone but rather an in -fill project that is friendly to the streets and includes a parking supply. And in that facility, which you could, at the same time, free up an area for a plaza, for example, in front of the sunrise terrace of the new Club Space, you could - is May 30, 2002 - you could incorporate the idea of a shared garbage handling facility. You could do all of these things at one time. Create a secure for patrons of the after hours entertainment district and Bicentennial Park and museums to park their cars. You could create one consolidated location for the garbage to be handled, a shared compacter facility, that would be air-conditioned and so on so it wouldn't smell. All that can be done if they share the resource. It's difficult for one club owner alone to do for themselves. And, you could also use strategic acquisition of property to promote a model in field development project, so we are illustrating here how that could be done. The concept drawings also illustrate the idea of capturing the space on the top of the roof for additional uses. Those could be artist housing, visiting musician lofts, they could be residential, something that would create additional eyes on the street would be an opportunity to perch on the top of that. This, we thing, makes a unique opportunity. Just for illustration purposes, you see at the top and the middle of the drawing the new future Club Space, the sunrise terrace extending south of it, east west that gray stripe is the 10.5 Street Promenade, and in the lower left hand corner of that drawing, you just -- you see a kind of sketch cartoon, if you will, of that in field project that accomplishes all of those same things. So, now, we've already realized, we're involved in big picture planning for the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA. This is one of a string of pearls or one more domino in a row of dominoes. It starts with the bay walk, Bicentennial Park, Biscayne Boulevard and then 10.5 Street and it extends west of here, the area near the new bowling alley and other ideas. We present that for you to think about as you take up the other items and look forward to answering any questions you might have. Chairman Teele: Why don't we go straight to item number -- is it 20? The following item and that is the -- the opportunity that has been defined and that is the piece of land which we -- if Commissioner Sanchez is not comfortable with we will continue to defer it. I think that's Item Number 16 and Item Number 20, they're the same. Go right ahead Victor -- Sergio. 19 May 30, 2002 6. DEFER CONSIDERATION OF: PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTIES RELATING TO PLANNING OF GRANDE PROMENADE; PROPOSED PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY TO CITY COMMISSION MEETING CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 13, 2002; CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MEET WITH COMMISSION MEMBERS REGARDING THESE ISSUES PRIOR TO JUNE 13, 2002. Mr. Dover: We may have a map (inaudible). Chairman Teele: Sergio, be sure you give your name. Just for the record. Sergio Vasquez: This is Sergio Vasquez, Project Director for Dover Kohl. Thank you Commissioner. I just wanted to apologize to the entertainment district property owners and businesses. We've been working really hard and we want to meet with you all soon, hopefully, next week. And keep working on the Promenade concept. Chairman Teele: OK. Take the mike and just give us your name. If you want to talk about something that just came forward. Just give us -- come to the table. You have to give us your name and address just for the record. Gil Terem: My name is Gil Terem, 757 Northeast 771h Terrace in Miami. I'm a property owner in the neighborhood and a member of the committee board of the Omni and Park West. Last time we spoke about what's going on in the Omni right now, in the Park West and I would like to illustrate a few points that maybe the people will overcome. First of all, we see the Park West 24 hour our entertainment and the Omni physically is one entity, although the 395 is passing in between. The idea is not only a Club Space or I Ith Street or 24 hours. And, I think that in the last meeting is spoke about it and I said that not only Biscayne Boulevard should be developed, but also the neighborhoods west of it. Overtown only and Park West because we are the tenants of the area. Now, we would like to see some of the money that the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) has or the City go back into the neighborhood. And we're facing -- everyday problem is we don't have enough police activity. The area's not developed and we -- Board Member Sanchez: (Inaudible). Vice Chairman Winton: Gil -- Gil. Your subject, now, has little to do with this subject. Mr. Terem: Let me narrow it. I just want to narrow it. Vice Chairman Winton: Thank you. Mr. Terem: I'm sorry about that. What we'll like to see is that the whole area, the Omni and the Park West, is the one being developed together -- Chairman Teele: OK. Let me just stop you. You need to take that to the City Commission. That can't happen here. The Omni area is a legal entity created under the State law. The property taxes that are collected in that district must stay in the Omni. They cannot go to 20 May 30, 2002 Overtown. They cannot go to Park West. The dollars that are collected in Overtown and Park West must stay in Park West. Mr. Terem: But we don't see any of this money. Chairman Teele: OK. Hold on just one minute. The City collects tax dollars Citywide. Mr. Terem: Right. Chairman Teele: And Commissioner Winton is your Commissioner and the City has its dollars to do what you're talking about doing, which is to join activities and that is the way the City process works. This is the CRA. The presentation that we just had was a presentation relating to the Southeast Overtown Park West district and that, unfortunately, is the only way we can spend our dollars because these are tax dollars paid by those people on that side. I didn't draw the boundary lines. 395 is like the Mississippi River, what's happening on one side, from the tax dollar point of view, has nothing to do with the other. However, from a City point of view, we agree with you. We have to plan together. We have to look at it together. And we have to get resources. Having said what I just said, the largest amount of money that is being spent by the CRA (unintelligible) none, is in the Omni area and in the Overtown area just so that we're correct with you on that. One million -- one point four million dollars ($1.4 million) a year, the entire infrastructure of the Performing Arts Center, goes to the construction of the Performing Arts Center. Those are Omni tax dollars. That's what the Omni Advisory Board voted as the number 1, the number 2, and number 3 priorities and we're following their mandate. Vice Chairman Winton: Ten years ago. Chairman Teele: Ten years ago. And we're following their mandate faithfully. Those dollars will bond it and we will be spending a million and a half dollars ($1,500,000) for the next 30 years for the Performing Arts Center. That's more money than we will spend in Overtown or Park West, just so that you know. The next issue is -- on this agenda; we are spending over a million and a half dollars ($1,500,000) for Margaret Pace Park of Omni dollars. OK. So, I don't think -- I want to make sure the record is clear, is that we are responding to the Omni needs as the planning consultants and the City staff and the Omni Advisory Board have agreed upon. Mr. Terem: I understand but we, as a property owner, (inaudible) feeling that some of it should come, also, to the neighborhood itself without all those big projects, some (inaudible) to combine everything together. And this us, the citizens that live there everyday, facing the problem everyday. It needs somebody from the City to help us create a neighborhood there. Together with all those beautiful (inaudible) that we have here, we can (inaudible) right now. It doesn't cost that much. Like parking on 395, we don't need to put building big parking buildings (inaudible) 395 to park underneath. And, this is something that been promised personally three years ago when I purchased my first building in the area and we still don't have it. That's why I'm -- that's why I'm mentioning that together with all this subject that we're discussing here today. 21 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: OK. And, we will be more than happy to work through your District Commissioner and facilitate a planning process that is designed to the neighborhood of your concern. And, Commissioner Winton, only, is the person who we are going to rely upon to go through on that. Mr. Terem: We are working with Commissioner Winton on that a lot. The last time I couldn't talk about it because there was a problem with the assembly wasn't the right one to talk about the subject we mentioned. Chairman Teele: Well, you're almost in the wrong place now. And, I think you've more than taken you time, in that, you're not on the agenda. And if you would like to be on the agenda, you can just call the CRA and get on the agenda. And, I think you'd be fair to all the other that have gotten on the agenda. Mr. Terem: Thank you very much. Vice Chairman Winton: And, let me comment on this, Commissioner Teele. I have met with a - - there must have been 10 property owners in a -- actually, I met with three or four of them and I said, "Look. What you guys need to do is go get organized and get the property owners organized." Chairman Teele: (Inaudible). Vice Chairman Winton: Very -- very -- and I said, "Go figure out an agenda. Come back and I will -- I will convene the meeting. I will host the meeting. I will make sure that Annette Lewis is there from the CRA and I'll get the DDA (Downtown Development Agency) there. And, we'll get other people there to begin to talk about the issues. So, we did have the very first meeting. There were probably 10 property owners there. The meeting date that we chose conflicted with something that Ms. Lewis already had on her schedule, so she couldn't come. But, they are going to and I told them I will continue to meet with them so that an agenda can be developed. And, then I'm going to help guide them in terms of whether or not we take specific agenda items to the City Commission or back to the CRA board. Chairman Teele: And, Commissioner Winton, at the appropriate time, would you please make the motion to instruct the Executive Director to make WRT (Wallace, Roberts, & Todd) available to facilitate you and your staff in that process. WRT -- Vice Chairman Winton: Thank you. That's a great idea. Chairman Teele: -- should have been in the meeting, per se... Vice Chairman Winton: Because they've got some good ideas and they're not -- I would have to admit that this is -- I got to be careful how I say it. I'll just say it. You know, in this -- in the chair in which we sit -- Chairman Teele: Today. 22 May 30, 2002 Vice Chairman Winton: -- we get plenty of people out there who have ideas that are a little different than everybody else's ideas. Chairman Teele: Because it's about themselves at the end of the day. Vice Chairman Winton: And we have to deal with it over and over and over again. This group really, I will have to admit, is a pretty darn good group. And, they are quite capable of listening. They are also quite capable of being very flexible. And, they want -- they want some guidance and some support and will understand how priorities work themselves into -- into some order. And, I think, with that group we're going to be able to figure out specific steps that we're going to want to take either from the City or the CRA as we move forward. So -- and I encourage them to come to these meetings from now on and other meetings just so they can stay informed. Victor Dover: Mr. Chair, we realize you want to, now, go back to Item Number 16, which revolves around the acquisition of property. I just want to make you aware, also, that our colleagues from Wallace, Roberts & Todd are here and are prepared to discuss the other two items on the agenda regarding the reconstruction of llth Street, which will across be interesting to those same members of the community that are here and parking underneath 1-95. So, that is - - they're here as a resource available to answer questions and give you an update on those items as well when you get there. Chairman Teele: Very good. All right. Could we take up Item 16? I mean, it's all related. So, it doesn't make sense to break it up. Mr. Dover: You heard what we had to say and why we think the acquisition of the property referred to in item 16 is a good idea. I won't belabor the point. However, I would suggest that you invite Mr. Gustafson, who has written a report to your CRA to summarize -- Chairman Teele: Why don't we do this, why don't we hear from Ms. Lewis to give us your recommendation. And, I want to underscore what Commissioner Sanchez said at the beginning. I think your report failed to properly inform the board as to the total amount of dollars. The report -- all the information was there but it you had to labor in getting it. None of us have the time to go through these reports in detail. And, I would ask you and Mr. Bloom, counsel, to give us a recommendation and a little bit of history and background of the back and forth, starting with the fact that the property was listed for a hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125) a foot and where we have been and what your recommendation is. Then we'll hear from Mr. Gustafson and then we'll hear from Dover Kohl. Annette Lewis (Executive Director, CRA): As to the property identified in Item 20, which is a series of three properties -- Chairman Teele: Item 16 and Item 20. Ms. Lewis: Correct. 23 May 30, 2002 R Chairman Teele: Your item is item 16. The attorney's item is item 20. Ms. Lewis: For Item 16, we're just requesting the authorization to negotiate. We have not yet made any contact with the property owners and that includes the portion of the 10.5 or the Grande Promenade, to which we referred to it in our project. That item was sold back in 1997 and we'd like to reacquire it to complete the Grande Promenade, which is the area from 2nd Avenue to Biscayne Boulevard. Chairman Teele: All right. Could Dover Kohl put up one of the pictures of the -- Vice Chairman Winton: Oh, that's -- it's a -- that's not the right picture. Chairman Teele: No, that's not the right picture. The -- the item in item 16 is the fact that the Grande Promenade was once a railroad right of way that led right into Bicentennial Park for Belcher Oil. Now, if the railroads figured out it was a good use, then we could sort of copy behind them. The problem is, is that the CRA in 1996-'97, sold the most important, the most critical strip of this, which is the railroad right of way between Northeast 2nd Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard. That's the critical component. As my recollection is the selling price was seventy dollars ($70) -- seventy-five dollars ($75). What was the selling price? Board Member Sanchez: Sevety-five per square foot. Ms. Lewis: Correct. Chairman Teele: It was sold at seventy-five dollars ($75) a square foot. It was properly noticed. It appeared to be a harmless transaction and there were two purchasers. One was the owner of the pawnshop and the other was the owner of the gas station. Ms. Lewis: Correct. Chairman Teele: And -- and so that strip -- the critical strip of the Grande Promenade from 2nd Avenue to Biscayne Boulevard is no longer in the hands of the CRA. That's just most unfortunate. I mean, I can't underscore it. In addition to the fact that that land is somewhere today in a value of a hundred and fifteen to two hundred dollars ($200) a square foot based upon market. So, that's sort of the problem. And, I think under Item 16, you're requesting the authority to negotiate with the owners -- Ms. Lewis: Correct, sir. Chairman Teele: -- to reacquire that, recognizing that the dollar amount is going to somewhere between a hundred and fifty and two hundred dollars ($200) a square foot. Ms. Lewis: That is correct, sir. 24 May 30, 2002 11 ."I Chairman Teele: And, the intent is, as I understand it, is if necessary to go in an imminent domain that strip because that strip of land is the critical component to tying Bicentennial Park with the entire Grande Promenade that has just been discussed. Ms. Lewis: That is correct, sir. Chairman Teele: This -- the -- the land to the due south of it would be on Biscayne Boulevard, and we should have digital pictures of all of this, is a gas station -- an Amoco gas station. And, on 2nd Avenue, it's a pawn shop. The land due north of it is a parking lot. Now, Mr. Gustafson, when he comes on his memo is also recommending that we look at buying the parking lot abutting Biscayne Boulevard. And, at first (inaudible) that may seem a little bit overreaching, but the best way, Commissioner Winton, for the City and CRA to be able to control the design of what happens along Biscayne Boulevard between 395 and 91h Street, is to maintain control of a critical component of the land. And, so, the idea of acquiring the land fronting on Biscayne Boulevard, which is now a parking lot, may not be as overreaching as -- it's probably the cheapest way to control the design, that is the -- what was that? The special use -- was that the study called the Special Use Study? Johnny, was that called the Special Use Study? You know, the study we -- you directed that be done across Biscayne Boulevard, that is, along Biscayne Boulevard where you wanted to have designs standards -- Vice Chairman Winton: Oh, right. Chairman Teele: -- from 395 down to 7ch Street. Vice Chairman Winton: Right. Chairman Teele: Special area. Vice Chairman Winton: Yeah, I forget what we were calling it. Chairman Teele: It's the special area study. One of the strategies could very well be to get in there and do like the private sector does, which would be to buy a critical component of it and that way you have a greater amount of control over what goes in and what doesn't, particularly, since this literally is the front door of Bicentennial Park. That would be the land directly abutting Biscayne Boulevard and abutting 11 th Street. And, it would be sharing the Biscayne frontage in that block with the Amoco gas station. Ms. Lewis: That looks like -- Chairman Teele: Don't put up Camillus House stuff now. You all are just getting everybody confused. Vice Chairman Winton: That's the other one. Chairman Teele: Yeah. So, the motion would be on 16, which has been deferred, at the appropriate time, to authorize the Executive Director to negotiate with the previous -- with the 25 May 30, 2002 land owners who acquired the component of the Grande Promenade that has been sold by the CRA five or six years ago and to seek to get it back under a -- under a purchase or a imminent domain or whatever it takes, as necessary. At the request of Commissioner Sanchez, that item will not be taken up, but that's what that is. Item 20 is the -- is the item that is been briefed on today, and that is the component of land that is along Miami Avenue and the Grande Promenade or 10.5 Street, it's been called today. And, that was the so-called environmental component as well as the mixed use as well as the office plaza as well as the parking facility. Vice Chairman Winton: Is that the one in the back or the one in...? Chairman Teele: That's the one in the back. Vice Chairman Winton: OK. And you need to put the graphic up that shows the clubs -- Chairman Teele: Yeah. Put the one up that shows the club because it was very (inaudible). Vice Chairman Winton: -- in relationship to all the -- there you go. Mr. Dover: This is the one that I showed the pictures of earlier. Board Member Sanchez: Item 20? Chairman Teele: That's Item 20 on the agenda. Mr. Dover: Miami Avenue. This is the one that -- Vice Chairman Winton: We just discussed. Mr. Dover: (Inaudible). Vice Chairman Winton: Come back to bring all the clubs into focus on this thing. Board Member Sanchez: Why wasn't this on the (inaudible) back up material? All this information we got here. Vice Chairman Winton: When -- the only agenda item that Ms. Lewis and I got to have a discussion over was the potential purchase of that piece of land for as she described a parking structure. And, my first reaction is, why do we want to do that because we could get parking under 395. But, a picture is worth a thousand words. And, as I think back about the redevelopment of Miami Beach, and as I think about I spend a lot of time over at Joe Sanchez's district trying to find something, as a personal investor, to buy stuff in Little Havana. And, the problem that you have, as an investor, every time you turn around and you look at this building and it looks like a neat building. There's absolutely no parking and you try to figure out where you're going to put parking when you move people in that are going to have real cars and there isn't any place to put parking. This -- this picture here, which is -- not this one, the one that shows the 10.5 Street Promenade with that parking. I now see this issue very differently than I 26 May 30, 2002 did two days ago. There's nothing to stop us from moving forward as fast as we can to get parking under 395. Nothing. But, the opportunity to set the neighborhood up long term for parking and to create a structure that can become part of the signature that can help jumpstart additional development. You don't get many opportunities to do that. And, if we miss the opportunity to build parking into the fabric of the neighborhood, then, long term, we will miss a huge number of opportunities for real success because each individual parcel will be bought up -- bought off by itself. We won't end up with enough parking or there'll be all kinds of conflicts about the parking. And parking is -- here already, people are coming. We don't have enough parking. We don't have enough parking. We don't have enough parking. We don't have enough parking. And, so, doing -- I think this is very forward looking. And, I wasn't convinced until I talked to Sergio, I guess, this afternoon or early noonish when I had kind of a mental view of this. But, once he showed me the pictures and it is so crystal clear, that if you do something like this, you really jump way ahead of the curve. Now, you can't spend more than makes sense no matter what. But -- but, it sure makes an awful lot of sense to move forward to create this kind of opportunity and the same with the 10.5 Promenade. You have to have that Biscayne Boulevard piece. That linkage is absolutely crucial. The whole -- this whole concept of moving people across the street from Bicentennial Park to the west side -- the west side of Bicentennial Park, all of these pieces are beginning to fit into place. If you redevelop Biscayne Boulevard the way FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) wanted to do it and the way some of the port people want us to do it, then there is no reason to do any of this because you'll never move people back and forth across the street. But, if we do Biscayne Boulevard the way Dover Kohl has come up with, this new plan, and you create the 10.5 Avenue Promenade, you create a real parking opportunity that can meet needs long term and do that first step back into the neighborhood. I mean, you could -- you really set the stage for some very, very significant continued investment. So, I have to admit, I'm pretty excited by this idea. I got to take my hat off to you, Commissioner Teele, and consultants. I mean, I think the idea is just dynamite. Chairman Teele: But, I want to be very clear. This facility -- this is not primarily for a parking lot. Vice Chairman Winton: I understand. Chairman Teele: Parking is a component. The clubs require this for the environmental condominium or the environmental -- in other words, if we declare Marshall law and just enforce the code, every one of those clubs would have to shut down tomorrow just about. Board Member Sanchez: Just about. Chairman Teele: Because they don't have any space behind them for their garbage container as an opener. Now, some of them, I wouldn't want to point a finger to anybody in particular, have built steps in the back and stairwells in the back. Some have even built patios that are wooded in the back. And, you know, all of that goes. They're all noticed. All of that stuff goes. There will be no cars back there. This will be a pedestrian corridor. There will be no garbage containers back there. There will be no parking back there. It'll be strictly for pedestrians. And, that's why this is so component -- important. Mr. Bloom, would you just like to tell Commissioner Winton and the board where we are in the so-called negotiations on Item Number 20? 27 May 30, 2002 0 William Bloom (Legal Counsel, CRA): Yes. We've prepared a draft of a purchase agreement, which is subject to board approval. That purchase agreement has a purchase price of two million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($2,950,000) per square foot. Ms. Lewis: No. Vice Chairman Winton: Two million per -- that's pretty expensive. That's going to set a new all-time record worldwide. Chairman Teele: You mean seventy-five dollars ($75) a square foot. Board Member Sanchez: Seventy-five dollars ($75) a square foot. Chairman Teele: No, no. Seventy-five dollars ($75) equaling... Mr. Bloom: Equaling two nine fifty. It's based upon the actual square footage as determined by the survey. The contract contemplates a deposit of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). It calls for a 15 day due diligence period, so our environmental consultant can do some additional work. It calls for closing 30 days after signing; normal title provisions normal survey provisions, normal adjustments and pro -rations. It has a provision because we're uncertain as to underground oil tanks on the property. Our environmental consultant has given us an estimate of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to clean up that portion of the site. We recommended a hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) hold back in escrow from the purchase price to deal with the environmental issues. The feedback we've been having from discussions with the seller, he's looking for an unconditional transaction with no contingencies -- Chairman Teele: The price has been -- the important thing is the price has been reduced from one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125) a foot to seventy-five dollars ($75) a foot. Primarily, in the anticipation that we would do something other than build another club on the location, which I can assure the public and the seller that we would not build a club. Mr. Bloom: The (inaudible) discussions with the seller is he's still looking for an unconditional transaction. No investigation period. Chairman Teele: Well, he can't get that. So... Mr. Bloom: And, he's looking for a purchase price of three million one but my -- my sense is if the board approves a proposal, he'll be willing to proceed. Vice Chairman Winton: So, what do we -- what do we have to do to move forward then? We need some sort of -- what do we need? Do we need -- Chairman Teele: You need a motion. Board Member Sanchez: Mr. Chairman. 28 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: Commissioner Sanchez. Board Member Sanchez: Mr. Chairman. Listen. The presentation, it's great. The CRA's doing a fabulous job in connecting, what I see, the future of Downtown, being able to attract something like the 10.5 Promenade connecting it with Bicentennial Park and, of course, Bayside and Bayfront Park. You know, I am very supportive of the concept. What I cannot accept is that, as an elected official, who has judiciary responsibility on an item of such great importance, that we were provided very minimal information. And, in a couple of days, I have to come here and make a -- Chairman Teele: Why don't you move to defer the item? Board Member Sanchez: Well, that's -- I thought since the beginning, I respectfully -- Chairman Teele: No, no, no. We moved to defer all of the items except this one. Item 20 was not in the motion that we accepted. Board Member Sanchez: Sir, I stated, and we can have the City Clerk, Item 12, 14, 15, 16, and 20 to be deferred. You said two items for discussion and there was no action that was going to be taken today. That's the only concern that I have. I get here now, and the City Attorney writes something on a paper giving me information. I mean, I just don't feel comfortable with it. If I -- Chairman Teele: A motion to defer Item 20 is in order. Board Member Sanchez: OK. Chairman Teele: And, you're right. Board Member Regalado: Second. Chairman Teele: You're absolutely right. The item is moved and seconded for deferral. Is there objection? Would you agree to a 14-day and allow us to bring the item back on the 13th of June? Board Member Sanchez: Yes, sir, allowing that the Executive Director meets with me and I am fully briefed on this and I am provided as much back up information as I can pertaining to all five items that I stated. Chairman Teele: Would you allow the Executive Director and the consultant and the attorney to brief you? Board Member Sanchez: The more, the merrier. Vice Chairman Winton: Yeah. 29 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: The more, the merrier. And, the same would go for Commissioner Gonzalez and all the other Commissioners on these items. The motion is in order and accepted. All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. The following motion was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-94 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST ("SEOPW") COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CRA SPECIAL COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE THE ACQUISITION OF THE REAL PROPERTIES AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A", AS IT RELATES TO THE PLANNING OF THE GRANDE PROMENADE, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILIBILTY OF SEOPW TIF FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT 689001.550108. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Board Member Regalado, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Chairman Teele: Oppose? Just so the record is clear, I'd ask you, as a courtesy, not to defer Item 20. And, as I read it, the item deferred was Item 12, 14, 15 and 16. And, Item 20 was held out for discussion. Board Member Sanchez: Well, then, I respectfully request that Item 20 be deferred. Chairman Teele: It was just done. Vice Chairman Winton: Yeah. We just voted. 30 May 30, 2002 M Chairman Teele: All right. Further discussions. I would like to take just a moment of personal privileges, I guess, to acknowledge the presence of my mother, who has been here for most of the meeting and she wants to go to dinner. That's the only reason she came by and she wanted to make sure I didn't weasel out of dinner like I did last time. Board Member Sanchez: And, I hope you take her to the finest restaurant in the City of Miami. Chairman Teele: Well, I may take her to the Seminole Indian Reservation. I mean, the Miccosukee Reservation, how's that? Board Member Sanchez: It's got cheap dinners over there. Chairman Teele: Cheap dinners? Board Member Regalado: They have a magician show there. 31 May 30, 2002 7. ACKNOWLEDGE DETERMINATION BY CHARITY UNLIMITED OF FLORIDA, INC. THAT PRIMARY SITE AND ALTERNATIVE SITE RECOMMENDED BY CRA FOR RELOCATION OF CAMILLUS HOUSE FACILITIES ARE UNSATISFACTORY AND SELECTION OF ALTERNATE SITE BY CHARITY UNLIMITED, AND DIRECT THAT PUBLIC HEARING BE SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS ALTERNATE SITE. Chairman Teele: Could we bring up the Camillus House item, as well? Commissioner Regalado: Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: Yes. Commissioner Regalado: Mr. Chairman, just a reminder, there is -- there are two meetings that I have to attend in the Shenandoah area. Chairman Teele: Yeah. Commissioner Regalado: And, I think that Commissioner Sanchez is also attending one of those because it's about a fire station for the Shenandoah/Coral Way/Roads area. So, you're going to lose a quorum in about 30 minutes. Chairman Teele: OK. Well, if we'll take 20 minutes, then we can get through this. I think we will defer a number of items. But what we'd like to do is take up the Camillus House, recess, take up the consent items. Recess this meeting. Go to the City Commission meeting and allow the City Commission to instruct the Manager to do the mailing of the notice pursuant to the boundaries that we just heard, and then we'll be in a position to defer the balance of the items. What is the Camillus House item please, Ms. Lewis? Annette Lewis (Executive Director, CRA): Number 18, sir. Board Member Regalado: Did we vote on the boundaries? Chairman Teele: We voted on the boundaries to send it forward. But, we've got to, now, receive it at the City and vote to instruct the Manager to mail out the notice and schedule a public hearing on it 20 days or 15 days -- Board Member Regalado: OK. Chairman Teele: -- from now. All right. Item 18, please. Dale Simpson? Is Mr. Simpson here? Please, Mr. Simpson, welcome. Dale Simpson: Thank you. Dale Simpson, Executive Director of Camillus House, 336 Northwest 5th Street. Thank you. Is that better? OK. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 32 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: Go right ahead, Mr. Simpson. Mr. Simpson: Thank you. At Commission meeting -- I'm sorry, CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) meeting last month, you -- Chairman Teele: By the way, are you busy for dinner tonight? Mr. Simpson: Yes, I'm available. The CRA was gracious and generous enough to offer two possible sites for relocation of Camillus House. And, in that offer, you suggested that if within 75 days Camillus House couldn't come up with another site that was more appropriate or better suited, that we would advance that cause. That's why I stand before you tonight. I have addressed the acting Executive Director and the Manager with a suggestion that we move that process up to next month since there has been another site identified as noted in that letter adjacent to Northwest 7th Avenue. Board Member Regalado: Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: Commissioner Regalado. Board Member Regalado: I would -- I would like to move a resolution regarding the Camillus House relocation and stating that the Camillus House has found two of the sites recommended by the CRA as for them not possible to accept and that they will accept the FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) lot that was given to the City of Miami. And, I would also like to direct that a public hearing should be scheduled during the next special board meeting to be held in the month of June, to discuss the alternate sites and so moved. Board Member Sanchez: Second. Chairman Teele: Moved and seconded. We need a date, time and place. What is the third Monday or the fourth Monday in June? What's the 23ra, 24thq Unidentified speaker: It's the 241h Chairman Teele: What about 4 p.m. on June 24th -- Monday, June 24th� Vice Chairman Winton: I have no idea. Chairman Teele: That would be a CRA regular meeting. That would be our June meeting and we would have a special meeting on this item and then take up the regular board items. Is there objection to 4 p.m. at City Hall on -- Vice Chairman Winton: CRA board meeting? Chairman Teele: -- for the CRA board meeting on Monday, June 23ra' 4 p.m. Is that acceptable to you? 33 May 30, 2002 Mr. Simpson: Yes, Mr. Chair. Chairman Teele: I would imagine the item would go at least two hours. I apologize. It's June 24th -- Monday, June 241h. I would imagine that the public hearing component of this would allow -- we need to have ample time to hear. Is 3 o'clock too early or 3:30 too early? Board Member Sanchez: Three is fine. I think you're going to need more than two hours, though. Chairman Teele: Well, it's going to go to six, so it doesn't -- any nobody getting in here at six, you know. Board Member Regalado: Mr. Chairman -- Chairman Teele: Yes. Board Member Regalado: -- the, I mean, three o'clock is fine with me. I don't know about Commissioner Winton -- Commissioner Gonzalez. Just wanted to remind a that I think on Mondays there are Zoning Board hearings and those starts at seven or -- does it start at seven or what time? Chairman Teele: Can't those board hearings be held in the C.O.W. room? Priscilla A. Thompson (City Clerk): Commission takes precedence. If you need to use that chambers, they'll have to move their meeting over to another location. Vice Chairman Winton: What's the committee that's meeting? Ms. Thompson: We have the Code Enforcement Board. Board Member Regalado: All right. If we do it at three -- if we do it at three by six -- Chairman Teele: Special meeting to be held Monday, June 24th 3 p.m. at City Chambers of the CRA board. That's motion and it's been moved and seconded. Is there objection? (Inaudible) Mr. Simpson, is this satisfactory to you? Mr. Simpson: Yes, it is. Chairman Teele: Mr. Attorney, who provides the notices as required? Do we provide it or does the Camillus -- well, I guess, we have to provide -- William Bloom (Legal Counsel, CRA): The CRA will provide the notices. 34 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: All right. Well, he's saying him. CRA will provide notices. All right. I should also indicate, just so that the record is correct, the CRA does -- Dale. Mr. Simpson: Yes, sir. Chairman Teele: You all can talk in a minute. The CRA does not own any land. The City owns the land. Our request or our action would be in the form of an advisory request to the City. We would not have the ability to do anything conclusively other than to make a request of the City. But, I think, you know, all the forces, you know, will be there and everybody will be heard. And, certainly, I just wanted to make the Manager -- put the Manager on notice that if this action were to pass, you know, we would ask the City Commission to, perhaps, consider this at the next meeting, which would be the 27th of June. All right. But, there's no assurances on anything on this, OK? Mr. Simpson: I understand. Vice Chairman Winton: Whose district is this -- is this site in? Commissioner Teele? Chairman Teele: Why'd you have to ask? Board Member Regalado: Commissioner Teele. Chairman Teele: It's in my district. Now you want to come and take Overtown too, huh? All right. On the question, all those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Teele: All opposed say "no." 35 May 30, 2002 The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Regalado, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-95 A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (THE "CRA") I) ACKNOWLEDGING A) THE DETERMINATION BY CHARITY UNLIMITED OF FLORIDA, INC. ("CHARITY UNLIMITED") THAT THE PRIMARY SITE AND THE ALTERNATIVE SITE (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROPOSED SITES") RECOMMENDED BY THE CRA FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE CAMILLUS HOUSE FACILITIES ARE UNSATISFACTORY AND B) THE SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATE SITE ("ALTERNATE SITE") BY CHARITY UNLIMITED, WHICH ALTERNATE SITE IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT "A" SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("FDOT") AND II) DIRECTING THAT A PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE SCHEDULED DURING THE NEXT SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OF THE CRA TO BE HELD ON JUNE 24, 2002, 3 P.M. TO DISCUSS THE ALTERNATE SITE, WITH NOTICE OF SUCH SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AND ALTERNATE SITE TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW, THE MIAMI HERALD, THE MIAMI TIMES, MIAMI TODAY, EL NUEVO HERALD AND DIARIOS (THE "NEWSPAPERS"). (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Board Member Sanchez, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez 36 May 30, 2002 8. AUTHORIZE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE POLICY AND PROGRAM AGREEMENTS TO ASSIST IN MARKETING OF OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA BY PROVIDING MATCHING UNDERWRITING FUNDS FOR COST OF VENUES IN OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA; $90,000; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORT TO BOARD OF ALL SUCH EXPENDITURES. Chairman Teele: We'll take up the consent items and then we'll go into the Commission meeting if it's all right. Mr. Simpson: Thank you Mr. Chairman and Commission. Chairman Teele: Yes, sir? Go right ahead, sir. Del Bryan: Del Bryan, Poinciana Village. Chairman Teele: What item number are you? Mr. Bryan: We're not on the agenda. We're just asking for a couple of minutes, Mr. Teele. Chairman Teele: All right. We'll take that up at the -- near the end of the meeting, not ahead of everything. Motion on the consent items, moved by Commissioner Regalado. Is there a second? The consent items are the items authorizing the Executive Director to enter into cooperative policy to assist in the marketing of the Omni redevelopment area by providing -- Vice Chairman Winton: I got it. So moved. Board Member Sanchez: Second, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: All right. That's items I through 6. All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. 37 May 30, 2002 The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Regalado, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. OMNI/CRA 02-34 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE POLICY AND PROGRAM AGREEMENTS TO ASSIST IN THE MARKETING OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA BY PROVIDING MATCHING UNDERWRITING FUNDS FOR THE COST OF VENUES IN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA, SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, CHARITABLE, CULTURAL, AND ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000 SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FROM THE OMNI TIF, ACCOUNT NUMBER 686001.590320; FURTHER INSTRUCTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE A QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE BOARD OF ALL SUCH EXPENDITURES. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Board Member Sanchez, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Chairman Teele: All opposed. I would also request, respectfully, of the DDA (Downtown Development Agency) and the Bay front Trust DDA, if there's any help that could be given through the DDA for the Goombay Festival activity that is going to be held in Downtown, Miami. That's the annual banquet. They're moving that from the Grove to Downtown, Johnny. And, that's going to be held at the Hyatt next Friday night. And, you know, we'd like to try to -- Board Member Sanchez: When did that come about? Chairman Teele: Why? 38 May 30, 2002 Board Member Sanchez: No, no. When? Chairman Teele: Well, they just didn't have the right venue and a big enough place in the Grove. They used to have it at the Mayfair. And, the Minister of Tourism of the Bahamas will be coming. Could we, then -- 39 May 30, 2002 9. AUTHORIZE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA FOR PURPOSE OF ASSISTING IN SELECTION OF PROPERTIES WITHIN OMNI AS APPROPRIATE VENUE FOR EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH 2O02 FILM FESTIVAL, AUTHORIZE MATCHING UNDERWRITING FUNDS FOR UTILIZATION OF ICE PALACE, LOCATED AT 59 N.W. 14TH STREET, $20,000; AUTHORIZE $7,500 FOR EMERGENCY POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICES. Board Member Sanchez: Item 2 so moved. Chairman Teele: Item 2's moved. I thought we did all of -- Item 2 -- Board Member Regalado: Second. Chairman Teele: All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. OMNFCRA 02-35 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING IN THE SELECTION OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA AS AN APPROPRIATE VENUE FOR EVENTS/ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2002 FILM FESTIVAL TO BE HELD DURING THE LAST WEEKEND IN JUNE, WHICH WILL BE A PART OF A TELEVISION/MOVIE PACKAGE TO BE AIRED NATIONALLY THROUGH SINBAD ENTERTAINMENT, MTV, AND BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION (BET), AND SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZING MATCHING UNDERWRITING FUNDS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE ICE PALACE, LOCATED AT 59 N.W. 14 STREET, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $20,000, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COST OF THE VENUE AND SET PREPARATION; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING UP TO $7,500 FOR REQUIRED EMERGENCY POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICES SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FROM THE OMNI TIF, ACCOUNT NUMBER 686001.590320. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) 40 May 30, 2002 M Upon being seconded by Board Member Regalado, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez 41 May 30, 2002 Fn 10. RATIFY ACTIONS OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ISSUE PAYMENTS OF $35,000 TO CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PURPOSE OF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SECURITY PLAN FOR PARKWEST 24- HOUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AND FIRESTATION NO. 2 MEDIA/MOTION PICTURE DISTRICT. Chairman Teele: Item 3 Board Member Sanchez: So moved, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: All those -- is there a second? Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Chairnan Teele: All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-96 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARKWEST (SEOPW) COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) RATIFYING THE ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ISSUE PAYMENTS OF UP TO $35,000 TO THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SECURITY PLAN FOR THE PARKWEST 24 HOUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AND THE FIRESTATION NO. 2 MEDIA/MOTION PICTURE DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF GENERAL FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NUMBER 6890004.550011.6.540. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) 42 May 30, 2002 Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez 43 May 30, 2002 N 11. DIRECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PLAN SITE INSPECTION OF MEMPHIS "BEALE STREET" IN CONJUNCTION WITH CITY PLANNING AND ZONING, POLICE, OTHER APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF OMNI AND OVERTOWN ADVISORY BOARDS, BLACK ARCHIVES, FAITH -BASED INSTITUTIONS, AARP, AND FROM BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AS IT RELATES TO PARKWEST 24- HOUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, CRA PROPOSED OMNI BLUES AND JAZZ DISTRICT, OVERTOWN GOSPEL, BLUES AND JAZZ DISTRICT. Chairman Teele: Item 4. Board Member Sanchez: So moved, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: All those in favor -- is there a second? By Commissioner Winton. All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. 44 May 30, 2002 M The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-97 OMNI/CRA 02-36 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST (SEOPW) COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PLAN A SITE INSPECTION OF THE MEMPHIS `BEALE STREET" IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI PLANNING AND ZONING, POLICE, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OMNI AND OVERTOWN ADVISORY BOARDS, BLACK ARCHIVES, APPROPRIATE FAITH -BASED INSTITUTIONS, AARP, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND GENERALLY, ANY INTERESTED PARTIES, AS IT RELATES TO THE PARKWEST 24-HOUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AND THE CRA PROPOSED OMNI BLUES AND JAZZ DISTRICT, AND THE OVERTOWN GOSPEL, BLUES AND JAZZ DISTRICT; AND FURTHER INSTRUCTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MAXIMIZE THE COORDINATION WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR STAFF AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND ANY INTERESTED MIAMI-DADE COUNTY OFFICIALS AND STAFF TO FACILITATE THE SITE VISIT TO BEALE STREET IN AUGUST, 2002, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF GENERAL FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NUMBER 689004.550011. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez 45 May 30, 2002 CM 23 12. AUTHORIZE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT MARKETING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HAITIAN ROOTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL, ANNUAL "LITTLE HAITI" ART EXHIBIT COMPONENT; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO REIMBURSE COSTS OF VENUE, SECURITY, SET-UP AND DISPLAY PREPARATION ASSOCIATED WITH BIG TIME STUDIOS "ICE PALACE" LOCATED AT 59 NORTHWEST STREET, $25,000. Chairman Teele: Item 5. Board Member Sanchez: So moved, Mr. Chairman. Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Chairman Teele: All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-98 OMNFRA 02-37 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT THE MARKETING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HAITIAN ROOTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL, MORE PARTICULARLY THE ANNUAL "LITTLE HAITI" ART EXHIBIT COMPONENT, PROVIDED SUCH ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO REIMBURSE THE COSTS OF THE VENUE, SECURITY, SET-UP AND DISPLAY PREPARATION ASSOCIATED WITH BIG TIME STUDIOS "ICE PALACE" LOCATED WITHIN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA AT 59 NORTHWEST STREET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FROM OMNI TIF, ACCOUNT NUMBER 686001.590320. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) 46 May 30, 2002 Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez 47 May 30, 2002 M Mi 13. AUTHORIZE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF GOOMBAY FESTIVAL, JUNE 7-9, 2002, FOR ANY RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE WITHIN DOWNTOWN OR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, $7,500. Chairman Teele: And Item 6, by Commissioner Winton, moved. Second by Commissioner Gonzalez. It's in Commissioner Winton's district and it's very important, I think. All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. The following resolution was introduced by Vice Chairman Winton, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-99 OMNI/CRA 02-38 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GOOMBAY FESTIVAL SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE CITY OF MIAMI FROM JUNE 7-9, 2002, FOR ANY RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN OR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7,500, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF OMNI TIF FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NUMBER 686001.590320. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Board Member Sanchez, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez 48 May 30, 2002 I'., I'd, 14. BRIEF COMMENTS BY CHAIRMAN TEELE REGARDING HAITIAN ART EXHIBITS DONATED TO CRA (See #19). Chairman Teele: I want to ask that the staff would take a minute to put the art exhibits up that were held at the Omni Big Time Studios. One of the things we're promoting over there is the culture and we had nine artists to come up from Haiti. It was very well received. And, each of the nine artists, as a condition, American Airlines donated the airfare and each of the artists donated a piece of art to the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency). And, that art is available and a lease -- a loan agreement is available for any member of the board or any staff member. The Manager or the Attorney, if they would like to sign a loan agreement and have it in a prominent place in your office. But, that -- this is art that was donated by the various artists that came up from Haiti as a part of the Big Time Studio effort. I should also indicate that one of the items that we're helping in the Omni, Commissioner Winton, would be a -- a major film festival. There in the Hut, they obviously are in competition with Loews and some areas on the beach. But, this would be at the last of June. It would be filmed nationally reception and we are working very hard with Big Time and others in the Omni area to try to bring that kind of activity here. I should also add, just so it's for the record, that Big Time Studios, right now, has a \filming going on. The film company decided to locate in the Omni for their residential -- the contract for residential space and hotels is in excess of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for the two months they're going to be here and very well noted film celebrities including Denzel Washington, of course, are in the Omni area on a daily basis. They came and bought art. They are very much apart of the community. And, I -- I just wanted to put into context that the CRA is really working overtime in terms of trying to promote the Omni as a very nice film location culture community and a place where it can be a lot of fun. So, the Grand -- the Doubletree Hotel is absolutely ecstatic at the notion, rather than them being on the beach, the film -- the entire film crew and the film -- a lot of the actors are actually living in the Omni area. And, I think Mrs. Krueger, that's a credit to what we're doing in the Omni and to you and your efforts. The film is available and there are loner agreements and if anyone finds the filming for the art to be a piece that you'd like to put on loan or to give to -- donate for loan purposes to a community based organization or of that use, the rules of the CRA will accommodate it. Mr. Chairman, I would ask that the CRA meeting be adjourned and that the City Commission item be convened for the purpose of taking up the item to request that the notice be mailed out. Note for the Record: At this point, the Community Redevelopment Agency for the Southeast Overtown/Park West and Omni District went into recess at 5:56 p.m. and reconvened at 6:36 p.m., with all members of the Community Redevelopment Agency found to be present, except Board Members Regalado and Gonzalez. 49 May 30, 2002 Note for the Record: At this point, the Community Redevelopment Agency for the Southeast Overtown/Park West and Omni District went into recess at 5:56 p.m. and reconvened at 6:36 p.m., with all members of the Community Redevelopment Agency found to be present, except Board Members Regalado and Gonzalez. 17. DIRECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT SOLE BID PROPOSAL RECEIVED BY DAIRY QUEEN FOR OVERTOWN NATIONAL BRAND FOOD FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY; AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH DAIRY QUEEN. Chairman Teele: CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) is adjourned. Ladies and Gentlemen please take your seats. Board Member Sanchez: It's in order. Alejandro Vilarello (City Attorney): City Commission meeting is adjoined. The CRA meeting is convened. Chairman Teele: The CRA meeting is in order and reconvened. George -- the number of people here -- Item Number 8, Madam Director. This is the long awaited bid that's been out on the streets two years 18 months. Motion on resolution number 8. It is to receive the sole bid for the national franchise opportunity. It was submitted by Dairy Queen. Board Member Sanchez: So moved, Mr. Chairman. Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Chairman Teele: Moved by Commissioner Sanchez. Second -- is the gentleman who submitted the offer -- Mr. Stephenson, are you here? Come up real quick and just give us your name and address so that so the board members, as you go by and visit them, will know who you are and what you've done. Do you -- do you know where Dairy Queen is? Do you know what it looks like? Your name and address for the record. Kevin Stephenson: Kevin Stephenson. Address is 4770 Northwest 171h Avenue, Miami, Florida. Chairman Teele: And, you're -- you are a Dairy Queen fran -- Mr. Stephenson: Yes. I'm a Dairy Queen franchise owner. I have a location on 71h Street and 131h Avenue, just east of the Orange Bowl. And, I've been there approximately two years at that location. Chairman Teele: And, you believe that we may be able to make the location, there on 3ra Avenue and 121h Street work? Mr. Stephenson: Yes, sir. I think it's a viable location. Like you said, with a lot of hard work we should be able to make that -- 50 May 30, 2002 Vice Chairman Winton: Great. Mr. Stephenson: -- a good location. Vice Chairman Winton: Great. Mr. Stephenson: I'm looking forward to it. I'm really excited about it. Chairman Teele: As you know, the CRA has said repeatedly we recognize this is a tough location. We're going to work closely with you and we hope you'll work with our City Planning Department and we're looking forward to the final grant and contract coming back to us. All right. Is there objection to the item? By the way, who is your brother? Mr. Stephenson: Dwight Stephenson. Chairman Teele: That's your partner? Mr. Stephenson: Yes. Chairman Teele: OK. Well, we wish you all very well. All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Teele: Opposed? The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-100 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARKWEST (SEOPW) COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT THE SOLE BID PROPOSAL RECEIVED BY DAIRY QUEEN FOR THE OVERTOWN NATIONAL BRAND FOOD FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH DAIRY QUEEN IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CRA GENERAL COUNSEL. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) 51 May 30, 2002 M Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Board Member Tomas Regalado Chairman Teele: Congratulations, Mr. Stephenson. Mr. Stephenson: Thanks. 52 May 30, 2002 M Em 18. DIRECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO REQUEST THAT CITY SEEK HISTORICAL DESIGNATION FOR DIVINE MISSION BUILDING LOCATED AT 910 N.W. 2 COURT; RECONSTRUCT BUILDING TO RE-CREATE RESIDENTIAL LIFESTYLE IN OVERTOWN; AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ASSIGN CM AT RISK FIRM TO PERFORM RECONSTRUCTION; AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO USE FANNIE MAE FUNDS FOR COMPLETION OF RESIDENCE PROJECT. Chairman Teele: Item number 9-A, is a request to designate the divine mission of the historical structure, if eligible, to renovate the building and typical lifestyle of Overtown by restricting to a residential complex for artists, musicians and further authorizing -- Board Member Sanchez: So moved, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: Moved by Commissioner Sanchez. Vice Chairman Winton: This is what -- 9 what? Chairman Teele: 9-A. Vice Chairman Winton: Oh, where's 9-A? Chairman Teele: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) -- get the building ADA -- Annette Lewis (Executive Director, CRA): Compliant. Chairman Teele: That's the old Rabbi King building there. Vice Chairman Winton: Did you move it? Board Member Sanchez: Yes, I did. Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Chairman Teele: All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. 53 May 30, 2002 LIM M The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-101 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARKWEST (SEOPW) COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO 1) REQUEST THAT THE CITY THROUGH ITS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD, SEEK HISTORICAL DESIGNATION, IF ELIGIBLE, FOR THE DIVINE MISSION BUILDING LOCATED AT 910 N.W. 2 COURT; 2) RECONSTRUCT THE BUILDING TO RE-CREATE THE TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL LIFESTYLE IN OVERTOWN BY RESTRICTING THE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX AS A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, ETC.; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ASSIGN A CM AT RISK FIRM TO PERFORM THE RECONSTRUCTION THE THREE (3) STORY BUILDING TO INCLUDE ART STUDIOS, SUBJECT TO ADA REGULATIONS, AND TO SUBMIT A PLAN WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS FOR BOARD APPROVAL; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO USE FANNIE MAE FUNDS, IF ELIGIBLE, FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE RESIDENCE PROJECT. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Board Member Tomas Regalado 54 May 30, 2002 0 19. ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT INVENTORY AND FINANCIAL RECORDS, ARTWORKS OF CRA "ARTIST IN RESIDENCE" ERNEST KING; AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACQUIRE ARTWORK FROM HAITIAN ARTISTS FOR ANNUAL "LITTLE HAITI" ART EXHIBIT SHOWCASED AT ICE PLACE LOCATED AT 59 NW 14TH STREET, $10,000. (See #14) Chairman Teele: And, resolution 9-13 is accepting the inventory and financial records of the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) "Artist in Residence", Ernest King and further accepting and acquiring the artwork donated by the seven artists flown in for the art show at the Omni. Board Member Sanchez: So moved, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Teele: Moved and -- Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Chairman Teele: -- seconded. And, how many pieces of art has Mr. King done under this "Artist in Residence" program? About approximately? Annette Lewis (Executive Director, CRA): Roughly 10 or so, sir. Chairman Teele: These are primarily structures in Overtown like Saint John's Church. You remember and those pieces are designed to capture Overtown as it is today. And, Mr. King has done a very good job, I think. All those in favor, say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Teele: All opposed say "no." 55 May 30, 2002 M M The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-102 OMNI/CRA 02-39 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARKWEST (SEOPW) COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) ACKNOWLEDGING AND ACCEPTING FOR INVENTORY AND FINANCIAL RECORDS, THE ARTWORKS OF CRA "ARTIST IN RESIDENCE" ERNEST KING RESULTING FROM THE PILOT PROGRAM AND ARTIST IN RESIDENT AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 2001; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACQUIRE ARTWORK FROM EACH OF THE SEVEN (7) HAITIAN ARTISTS FLOWN DIRECTLY FROM HAITI FOR THE ANNUAL "LITTLE HAITI" ART EXHIBIT SHOWCASED WITHIN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA, AT THE ICE PLACE LOCATED AT 59 NW 14TH STREET, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF SEOPW TIF FUNDS ACCOUNT NUMBER 689001.550108. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Board Member Tomas Regalado 56 May 30, 2002 0 20. AUTHORIZE AWARD OF MODIFIED ALTERNATE "B" (BATHROOMS) UNDER BID DATED OCTOBER 2001 FOR ACCELERATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF MARGARET PACE PARK BY LABOR DAY WEEKEND; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM CITY FOR FULL COST OF ELIGIBLE CONTRACT ACTIVITY EXPENDITURES, THROUGH HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND, REQUEST MANAGER TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN 6:00 P.M. AND 8:00 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. Chairman Teele: Item Number 11, finally. Vice Chairman Winton: So moved. Chairman Teele: Moved by Commissioner Winton. Board Member Sanchez: Second. Chairman Teele: By Commissioner Sanchez. Yes, sir, Mr. Joseph. Fred Joseph: Thank you very much. Chairman Teele: Mr. Fred Joseph said, "Thank you" and Ms. Krueger said, "Thank you." The question's been called. All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. 57 May 30, 2002 CM The following resolution was introduced by Vice Chairman Winton, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. OMNFCRA 02-40 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH DANVILLE FINDORFF, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CRA GENERAL COUNSEL, AUTHORIZING TO AWARD FOR MODIFIED ALTERNATE `B" ("BATHROOMS") AS DETAILED IN EXHIBIT "A" UNDER BID DATED OCTOBER 2001 FOR THE ACCELERATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARGARET PACE PARK BY LABOR DAY WEEKEND, AUGUST 31, 2002, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000 SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FROM OMNI TIF, ACCOUNT NUMBER 686001.590320.6.860; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT THE COST FOR THE BATHROOMS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR REPAYMENT THROUGH THE HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND ISSUE; FURTHER REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER, PURSUANT TO CITY CODE SECTION 36- 6A(I) AND (C), TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN 6:00 P.M. AND 8:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY; AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH DANVILLE FINDORFF, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CRA GENERAL COUNSEL 1) AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF THE MODIFIED ALTERNATE `B" (BATHROOMS) UNDER BID ORIGINALL DATED OCTOBER 2001, 2) FOR THE ACCELERATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARGARET PACE PARK BY LABOR DAY WEEKEND, AUGUST 31, 2002; FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CITY FOR THE FULL COST OF ELIGIBLE CONTRACT ACTIVITY EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS THROUGH THE HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND ISSUE, FURTHER REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER, PURSUANT TO CITY CODE SECTION 36- 6A(l) AND (C), TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN 6:00 P.M. AND 8:00 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) 58 May 30, 2002 Upon being seconded by Board Member Sanchez, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Board Member Tomas Regalado Chairman Teele: Madam Director, are we looking at having a celebration on Labor Day there? This project was designed to be completed, I think, in November. Mr. Calas, is that correct Madam Director? Annette Lewis (Executive Director, CRA): That is the new date, sir. Chairman Teele: And, so, we will be trying to get it open? Ms. Lewis: Absolutely, for the Labor Day weekend celebration, sir. Chairman Teele: All right. Well, that'll be a great thing and we hope that somewhere along the lines we could have hardhat activities so that we can involve the community in (inaudible) and, hopefully, redirect some of the negative energy about this into a more positive energy, Madam Director. Ms. Lewis: Yes, sir. 59 May 30, 2002 21. DIRECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO MAKE AVAILABLE ALL CONSULTANTS THAT ARE AT CRA'S DISPOSAL TO DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND TO VICE CHAIRMAN WINTON TO STUDY BAYLINK TRANSPORTATION PROPOSAL CONNECTING MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO REPORT BACK FINANCIAL COST RELATED TO THIS. Chairman Teele: All right. Is there -- Larry Foutz -- Larry at Parsons, Brinkerhoff, 17. Would you be brief? Larry, where are you? Larry Foutz: I'm right here. Chairman Teele: How are we coming? Give you name and address for the record, please, sir. And -- and -- Mr. Foutz: My name is Larry Foutz. I'm with Parsons Brinkerhoff and I was here to present Baylink. Baylink is the light rail transit. We're looking at connecting Downtown Miami and -- from Government Center or the Overtown Station to the Miami Beach Convention Center. This area has experienced a lot of growth. We built a tremendous number of public facilities within this corridor that need the infrastructure connection. We looked at a number of mobile connections between downtown and Miami Beach. Most of the ones that we looked at, because of City of Miami Beach's opposition, needed to terminate at 5th and Alton, which caused some real problems for the operation of the transit system on Miami Beach since there was no staging area for the transfer at 51h and Alton. So, we determined that bus rapid transit and light rail were the most feasible alternatives. And, we looked at the bus rapid transit, which included in the Downtown area, a bus way down Biscayne Boulevard but with self -distribution of the buses over toward Government Center as well as self -distribution of the buses over on Miami Beach. In Downtown Miami, we've got three options and this is what -- I'll just run through these. The first of all is what we call the large hook, which is two way operations on Biscayne Boulevard, Flagler Street and Northwest 1st Avenue, with stations at Overtown and at Government Center transfers. The southern part of the hook could be dropped down into 1st Street or further south to better serve some of the higher densities in the southern part of downtown Miami. We also looked at a one-way loop on 91h Street, coming down I st Street eastbound on out to Flagler or South 1st and the northbound on Biscayne Boulevard coming back together and going over to Miami Beach. And, the third and final alternative in downtown was a small loop through 4th Street and coming back on 2nd Street, but, again, that southern part of the loop could be dropped down. And this is the recommendations that we're looking for eventually out of the City of Miami to be made to the MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) as to the locally preferred alternative on these alignments in downtown Miami. Board Member Sanchez: (Inaudible) district. Mr. Foutz: All of these alignments tie into three alternatives on Miami Beach. One of the alternatives is two-way operations on Washington Avenue up to the Convention Center. The second alternative in Miami Beach was a large loop through South Beach. And, finally, our final alternative was Alton Road up to the Convention Center. And, we will be looking to the City of 60 May 30, 2002 Miami Beach to be making recommendations on that part. So, I wanted to present this information to you. You've got a decision package that has very detailed information. I'll be at DDA (Downtown Development Authority) with my traveling (inaudible) presenting the final information, I think, two more times this summer. And, I realize you're trying to get out of here and we won't -- but we are going to be looking for a recommendation for operations and for alignments in downtown Miami. And, we've got ridership cost information for all the different options and I can answer any questions you have at this time. Was that fast enough? Chairman Teele: Commissioner Winton. Vice Chairman Winton: Larry, when you -- the last time you had the DDA board meeting, you said that you need a decision on the alignment in downtown. I think you said June. Mr. Foutz: No. We need -- we're going to have a public hearing in July and then we will be coming back to the City -- Vice Chairman Winton: A public hearing in downtown Miami? Mr. Foutz: Yes. And, we will have the public hearing prior to the City Commission meeting where we request a LPA recommendation in July. The 10`h and the 111h is like the public hearing and the Commission date, I'm not sure of those, but it's around that time. We will be having a public hearing downtown prior to the Commission meeting. And, we will be going to the MPO on July 251h, for them to decide the locally preferred alternative. So -- Vice Chairman Winton: So, it sounds like you still need a decision in June. Mr. Foutz: From DDA or from the City? Vice Chairman Winton: I don't know. You know, all of the above. If you're going to the MPO in July, I don't know how you can wait until -- Mr. Foutz: Well, we're going to the City on -- Chairman Teele: Larry, let me help you. Mr. Foutz: OK. Chairman Teele: You need to get a recommendation from the DDA before you come to the City. Mr. Foutz: Right, at the City's request. Chairman Teele: You need a DDA recommendation. Mr. Foutz: Right. 61 May 30, 2002 CM Vice Chairman Winton: But, here's the struggle. Because I've thought about it, you've given the presentation a bunch of times. And, frankly, I don't know how the DDA, by itself, makes this decision. I mean, I don't get it. Chairman Teele: You're not. You're making a recommendation to the City Commission. The City Commission and the City of Miami Beach will make a formal recommendation to the MPO and they will make the determination. Vice Chairman Winton: I don't think that the board members sitting around the DDA boardroom have the knowledge base or the information base to adequately analyze these three alternatives and say -- they could all say, "Yes. I like this one." But, I'm not sure that it's going to be based on the appropriate kind of analysis. Yeah, I could sit here and look at all these and I'll say, "Yeah. This is the one I like." But, I'm not sure that my analysis of this has -- would ultimately have a damn thing to do with choosing the right -- the right loops. Mr. Foutz: This presentation and the decision document has all of my (inaudible) information. We finished the environmental impact report on this and I can respond to all the decision type comments, you know, the cost of it, the ridership, you know, localized impact -- Chairman Teele: But, Johnny, you know, it's really not about what Larry's talking about, in my judging. The decision for the DDA it has much more to do with your plans, how this is going to link into your infrastructure, and how this is going to be a linkage for development and how you want to charnel and move development, much more so than the numbers of what is the best -- you shouldn't -- I don't think the DDA should worry about -- within the context of everything, I don't think that the economic ridership number should drive the decision of what is the best location for the DDA to carry out their plan. I think what's missing, though, Larry, in fairness to us, what's missing is this, Miami Beach is not in -- the previous mayor and the previous leadership of this City, were they there now at the City of Miami Beach, this would be a slam dunk going on. The new mayor is -- the new Mayor of Miami Beach is doing what every mayor should do. He's looking at the project cold. He's looking at it critically and, candidly, I'm not sure this project is going to get the support of Miami Beach. And, the reason it's not going to get the support more than anything else is they view the project as benefiting Miami, believe it or not, more than benefiting Miami Beach. And, how they get there -- Vice Chairman Winton: Well, at least -- at least, maybe the mayor. Chairman Teele: The mayor does. But, there's a -- there's a substantial number of board members that are echoing his view. And, I think, you know, one of the things that DDA has got to be saying is that part of our goal is how do we get more hotel people to go the Miami Beach Convention Center. What's the best place to, basically, have that distribution center for the Hyatt -- what's the -- what's the hotel over there on Brickell? The Mandarin, the Sheraton, the Intercontinental, the Dupont, the Everglades -- what's the best place to collect people in downtown and take them -- because that's where this is going. It's going to Miami Beach to the Convention Center and we will never be a world class community and center unless we have enough hotels that can feed the Convention Center and they will never build enough hotels on Miami Beach to do that. So, Johnny, I mean, I think you all ought to look at this as a way to get 62 May 30, 2002 people from conventions to downtown to use the hotels in Miami and what's the best place and best way to collect them and distribute them. As one policy -- Vice Chairman Winton: And, I don't disagree with that. I just would hate to -- to not be armed with all the, you know, having some extra (inaudible), not asking all the right questions related to 20 years from now, not today. It isn't about today. It's about 20 years from now. And, are we going to ask ourselves sitting around that table all the right questions to allow us to make the right decisions about 20 years from now. And, I don't have the sense that we're armed with the right kind of -- of presentation that will draw that out of us to get us to the right answer. Chairman Teele: But, Johnny, with your -- you have a planning consultant? Who's your planning consultant for the DDA? Mr. Foutz: David Plummer is their planning consultant. Chairman Teele: The planning consultant for the DDA is David Plummer. Mr. Foutz: (Inaudible) transportation plans. Vice Chairman Winton: Yeah, but that's -- I think that's only tied to the DRA. I don't think we have a DRA -- DRI (Development of Regional Impact) -- Ms. Lewis: Yeah. Vice Chairman Winton: -- a -- a-- an on board consultant like CRA's got that -- Chairman Teele: But, Johnny, between WRT, Dover Kohl, the firm that's doing the FEC (Florida East Coast) study, you've got more resources around you and the planning staff -- the City planning staff, you've got more resources around you than most folks will ever make a decision like this. I mean, I'm not trying to shift it back, but I do think the resources -- drawing in the resources -- Vice Chairman Winton: (Inaudible). Chairman Teele: -- and the transportation master plan consultants that you've got around you -- Vice Chairman Winton: But, OK. And, that's probably the answer that I'm looking for. Because I hadn't -- nobody at the board level has -- because we were -- we were told by, I mean, by you guys, you know, we're going to be back and we're going to want -- well, but there wasn't -- there wasn't the right guidance to us telling us what we really need to do to make sure we're ready to make that kind of decision. And, so, no one's made any decision at all. They didn't invite any consultants back to do anything. They haven't -- there weren't -- there were some minor debate and the conversation was cut off. And, so -- so, now then, we're in a position where we have to make a decision within a month. And -- and so, we have to scramble to make sure we're ready. 63 May 30, 2002 M Chairman Teele: Mr. Chairman, then a motion from you to instruct the Executive Director of the CRA to make available all consultants that are at the CRA's disposal to the DDA and to you, as the Vice Chairman of the CRA, would be appropriate at this time. And, that gives you -- Vice Chairman Winton: So -- Chairman Teele: -- that gives you H. J. Ross. It gives you Dover Kohl. It gives you WRT and anybody else that we've got. It gives you Tom Gustafson. Anybody else that you want. Board Member Sanchez: Second. Chairman Teele: Motion and second. All those in -- and to report back the financial costs of all this after it's done, please. Board Member Sanchez: Just -- just on the issue, Mr. Chairman. You know, there's a saying that as long as American people are in love with their automobiles, you know, they're going to get in their cars. And, you look at today, even with the traffic congestions that still exist, people are still getting in their cars and driving anywhere from 12, 17, 18 hours to get to work and get back. This is what I consider to be, years down the line, where we're going to end up being probably just like New York and major cities, where people are going to be forced to get in these massive transportation, you know, taking them from abroad. Now, the (inaudible) connecting the Convention Center with City facilities, that's OK. But, let me tell you, Miami Beach will continue to build hotels as long as they can bring their people and have them to stay in Miami Beach. And, Miami is going to continue to do the same thing. So, I see it as more as a transportation. People that get their way down to one point and then link up with another way of transportation to get to another point to avoid the buses because that's going to be -- the buses, although their our number one source now of transportation, years from now people will not get in buses because they're going to have -- they're gonna -- instead of getting into one form of transportation, getting in another form a of transportation, when I mean that, you're taking the Metrorail, People Mover, and (inaudible) connected to Miami Beach. But, that is years down the line. As long as people are in love with their automobiles, they're gonna get in their cars and crank their CDs and listen to, you know, what they like to listen to. Chairman Teele: Mr. Chairman -- Commissioner Winton, Commissioner Sanchez, George Nunez just walked in. I see him there. I will tell you that the future is sooner on this issue than you would believe. There are at least 100 to 200 taxis at Club Space between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday morning. Is that right, George? You know, and those are kids all coming from Miami Beach. Vice Chairman Winton: Don't want to drink and drive. Chairman Teele: No, they don't want to drink and drive. Board Member Sanchez: Because the clubs in Miami Beach close at a certain time, then they come here. And you know what, when you're in a situation and you have children, you don't want them to drive. You want them to get on a cab. You feel much safer. 64 May 30, 2002 Chairman Teele: But, the point I'm making on Baylink, is Baylink will have more young people riding it than any of us who are sitting here contemplating it or any of his numbers are there because they're doing it already. They're riding taxicabs. And, you know, I think we ought to count the taxi cabs on the weekend that are in and out of there just as a point of departure. Vice Chairman Winton: And, particularly in Miami, the reason people don't ride what we call mass transit is because it doesn't service anyone. If you don't have -- if you don't have a good system -- good alternative system to the car, people are going to stay in their car. We don't have a good alternative system. We've got a Metrorail line that's a straight line from here to there and that's all it does, can't get to it. So, until we expand and create a real system, you're right. Nobody will get out of the cars. But as we get -- but as we create systems, people will get out of their cars. Chairman Teele: On the motion, all those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. The following motion was introduced by Vice Chairman Winton, who moved for its adoption: MOTION NO. OMNFCRA 02-41 SEOPW/CRA 02-103 A MOTION DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO MAKE AVAILABLE ALL CONSULTANTS THAT ARE AT THE CRA' S DISPOSAL TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND TO VICE CHAIRMAN WINTON TO STUDY BAYLINK TRANSPORTATION PROPOSAL CONNECTING MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO REPORT BACK THE FINANCIAL COST RELATED TO THIS. (Here follows body of motion, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) 65 May 30, 2002 Upon being seconded by Board Member Sanchez, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Board Member Tomas Regalado Chairman Teele: The one thing, Commissioner Winton, I think is important, is that somebody, I think, needs to take the initiative to meeting with the Mayor of Miami Beach or the -- what Commissioner over there is taking the lead over this? Anybody -- Mr. Foutz: Smith. Chairman Teele: Smith. Mr. Foutz: On your (inaudible) he's the one we've briefed a number of times and he's -- 66 May 30, 2002 r 0 22. AWARD EXTERIOR BUILDING LIGHTING CONTRACT TO GANCEDO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITHIN 60 DAYS FOR EXECUTION OF SCOPE OF WORK Chairman Teele: Commissioner Sanchez, would you move item 13? That's the exterior lighting contract. That's from the City bid list. Board Member Sanchez: So moved. Chairman Teele: Moved by Commissioner Sanchez. Is there a second? Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Chairman Teele: All those in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. The following resolution was introduced by Board Member Sanchez, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-104 OMNFCRA 02-42 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARKWEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AWARDING THE EXTERIOR BUILDING LIGHTING CONTRACT TO GANCEDO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITHIN 60 DAYS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE SCOPE OF WORK AS DETAILED IN THE BID DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NUMBER 689004.550011, AND IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CRA GENERAL COUNSEL. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) 67 May 30, 2002 on Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Board Member Tomas Regalado 68 May 30, 2002 LM 23. REQUEST CONVEYANCE OF FDOT SURPLUS PROPERTY FOR REMOVAL OF SLUM AND BLIGHT WITHIN SOUTHEAST/OVERTOWN PARK WEST AREA. Chairman Teele: And, there was one other item on number 18. And, if you would take the gavel, I'd like to move it. It's a resolution of the Board of Directors of the CRA pursuant to City resolution 02-577, requesting the conveyance of FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) surplus property "Exhibit A", for the removal of slum and blight within the Southeast Overtown area of the City of Miami. I would so move. Board Member Sanchez: There's a motion. Is there a second? Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Board Member Sanchez: Second. It's open for discussion. Hearing none, all in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Board Member Sanchez: Anyone opposing having the same right to say "nay." Motion carries. The following resolution was introduced by Chairman Teele, who moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 02-105 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARKWEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) PURSUANT TO CITY OF MIAMI RESOLUTION 02-577, THE CRA REQUESTS THE CONVEYANCE OF FDOT SURPLUS PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED IN "EXHIBIT A" FOR THE REMOVAL OF SLUM AND BLIGHT WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST/OVERTOWN PARK WEST AREA OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Vice Chairman Winton, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Board Member Gonzalez Board Member Tomas Regalado 69 May 30, 2002 24. DIRECT CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT TO CITY MANAGER WRITTEN NOTIFICATION FROM DOVER KOHL CLARIFYING CORRECTIONS NEEDED TO PROPOSED BOUNDARIES CHANGE FOR CRA; REQUEST THAT BOTH BOUNDARIES BE NOTICED FOR :TUNE 24TH PUBLIC HEARING AT CITY HALL CHAMBERS; REQUEST MR. GUILLERMO OLMEDTLLO TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OUTLINING BOUNDARIES CORRECTION. Chairman Teele: Mr. -- there's a request by -- there's a request for a item in July. We'll take that up in June, regarding the don't shoot, the Isaac's Foundation. And, sir, did you want to be heard? Brett Bibeaux: Please. Brett Bibeaux, Director of the Miami River Commission, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, 33149. Chairman Teele: Joe, would you hold -- wait just one minute on the Miami River Commission. Just let him say what he wants to say please. I know. Two minutes. Mr. Bibeaux: Thank you, Commissioner. Chairman Teele: I know you're the board member of the Commission. (INAUDIBLE COMMENTS) Mr. Bibeaux: Thank you, Commissioner. And, the Commissioner is well aware of our position on this issue. For starters, I do apologize for my casual attire. Unfortunately -- Chairman Teele: You better talk, sir. Mr. Bibeaux: -- unfortunately -- I'm sorry, sir. Chairman Teele: Tell us what you want. Mr. Bibeaux: The reason why is because I was not notified nor was the Miami River Commission notified of this meeting, which would have on the agenda an expansion of the CRA, which we've been working very closely with the CRA and all of its numerous consultants on this issue. I got a call at 5 o'clock and here I am. With that being said, several months ago, the Miami River Commission was working with Dover Kohl, Dick Judy, Guillermo Olmedillo and the CRA on this issue of expanding the CRA near the river. At the CRA meeting, several months ago, this exhibit was approved. Yet, the exhibit presented to you today and the report from Mr. Olmedillo, which we had provided a great deal of information for from the urban infill plan and we were told that report would be provided to us before it became -- came to you, and we never got it. It's -- it is not the boundary that we were talking about that was approved at the previous meeting. In the last hour with discussions with the consultants and CRA staff, we have reached consensus that we should go back to the original boundary. It moved four blocks closer to the river. In Option C, those would be the two closest blocks to the river and in Option B, the two blocks closest to the river. 70 May 30, 2002 0 Chairman Teele: You mean take them out? Mr. Bibeaux: For consideration of the expansion of the CRA -- Chairman Teele: You mean to reduce them -- take them out of the proposed boundary that we did? Mr. Bibeaux: Well, that was the boundary that was agreed upon at the CRA meeting. Chairman Teele: But, the one we just voted on, you want to take those blocks out? Mr. Bibeaux: Yes, sir. Chairman Teele: I'll support that if Dover Kohl is recommending that. Is Dover Kohl recommending that? Sergio Vasquez: Commissioner, yes, we're recommending -- we had agreed on that. It was an honest mistake and an oversight. Chairman Teele: Would you transmit, through the Executive Director to the Manager, the statement that this is an oversight and we would like to have, before the Commission, both boundaries, you know, and noted both boundaries, so that we can make sure that we can correct that. Mr. Vasquez: Yes, sir. Thank you. Vice Chairman Winton: Mr. City Attorney, what do we need to do there? Commissioner Teele: We can't do anything right now. Vice Chairman Winton: Right. Chairman Teele: But, we can instruct -- listen and we can instruct the staff, as we've just done, to transmit in writing to the Manager that there was an oversight done and we're requesting that both boundaries be listed and advertised and that they both be published for notice. And, as long as Commissioner Winton and Commissioner Sanchez -- I don't think you're going to have any problem. Commissioner Sanchez -- Vice Chairman Winton: Who's posting and noticing again? I forgot. Is it -- Chairman Teele: The City would be doing the notice for the final action to be taken on -- Alejandro Vilarello (City Attorney): You said the 241h of June and that will be the City Commission taking action. 71 May 30, 2002 d Wa.e Chairman Teele: City Commission taking action, publishing notice and we set the time at 5:30 p.m. on Monday at the City Hall. Vice Chairman Winton: Got it. Chairman Teele: And, so the notice that would be published, we would respectfully request, that both boundaries be published for the purpose of clarity. And, that's just a question of the Clerk and the Manager and the staff getting together and working it out. And, we certainly apologize for the oversight. Mr. Bibeaux: Thank you very much for your understanding of the issue. And, very briefly, the - - not only was the exhibit in error, but so was Mr. Olmedillo's report, which outlines the boundaries. They also have the expanded boundary, which was not the original one set forth by the CRA. So, we would need a correction, not only on the exhibit, but, in addition, on the memorandum. The -- just so you know, so that no one's caught off guard. Chairman Teele: Excuse me. Madam Director, would you add Mr. Olmedillo to file a supplemental report. Ms. Lewis: (Inaudible), sir. Mr. Bibeaux: That the Miami River Commission would have no opposition whatsoever in the CRA expanding any of the options as agreed in the original memo four months ago. If the boundary of C is to extend any further south than Northwest at 71h Street and if the boundary of Option B is to extend anywhere south of Northwest 5th Street, that's where our opposition would be triggered. Chairman Teele: I thought we just agreed we're gonna -- Mr. Bibeaux: Thank you so much. And, just one last question -- Chairman Teele: You didn't need to kick Olmedillo, you just got guy figuring out ways to write something else in his report. Is he gone? Mr. Bibeaux: Just that -- I've been looking and I believe he is. 6/24, June 24th at 5:30, that will be the next hearing at this item and there will be no public hearings prior to that time. That will be -- Chairman Teele: The CRA will not take any further action on this. 72 May 30, 2002 Mr. Bibeaux: Or City Commission? Chairman Teele: No. The City Commission will take an action on Monday, the 24`h at 5:30 and it will be a public hearing and I think you would be much better served if you work closely with the City staff, the Planning Department staff, and the CRA staff And, I think, you know, that you'll find that everyone's interested in working together. Mr. Bibeaux: Thank you, sir. 73 May 30, 2002 25. DIRECT CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF POINCIANA VILLAGE PRIOR TO 3UNE 23, 2002 AND REPORT BACK TO CRA BOARD MEMBERS ON LONG TERM PLAN TO ADDRESS CONCERNS FROM SAID GROUP. Chairman Teele: We have lost a quorum. Is there anybody else that would like to be heard on anything? We won't be able to take a formal action, but you're more than welcome. Del Bryan: Del Bryan, Poinciana Village Condominium, 201 Northwest 7th Street. I realize you don't have a quorum, but since we're here, just like to address the subject anyway. We have been -- well, first of all, it's about eight months since we first appeared here and you kind of narrowed the issue down to security. We are very concerned about that. We live in a very dangerous situation. We know that there were some meetings going on. We've not had any response back from that. Chairman Teele: Have you all had a meeting with the City staff -- the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) staff? Mr. Bryan: We have not, sir. Chairman Teele: Ms. Lewis, when are you all going to meet with those people? We directed that you meet with them, two months ago, immediately. Annette Lewis (Executive Director, CRA): Our initial meeting with the Police Department and our other consultants have been completed, and we're drafting a report, sir. So, upon that, we'll meet with Poinciana Village. Chairman Teele: That's not satisfactory. When will you all meet with the Poinciana Village? Can we be assured that you all will have a meeting with them prior to the 23d of June? Ms. Lewis: Yes, sir. Chairman Teele: Is that satisfactory? Mr. Bryan: That's satisfactory. Chairman Teele: Would you prefer a weekend or a weekday? And would you prefer after five? Mr. Bryan: After five would be better during the weekdays. And, along with that, there were some bills really -- you know, delinquent security bills that we have sent to Ms. Lewis' office -- Chairman Teele: Do we have an obligation to pay those bills? Mr. Bryan: No, you don't, sir. Chairman Teele: Well, Ms. Lewis, you should return them back to them. They're going to say they sent you the bills. 74 May 30, 2002 Ms. Lewis: Not a problem, sir. Chairman Teele: We'll take that up after the meeting. And, I think, you know, what we'll do is try to schedule for the next meeting, which will probably be on the 23rd, a report from Ms. Lewis. OK? Mr. Bryan: Thank you. Ms. Lewis: The 24th, sir. Chairman Teele: The 241h. However, the CRA has given a grant, I think, in the spirit of Christmas, during December, of how much money, Ms. Lewis? Ms. Lewis: Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), sir. Chairman Teele: And has that money been expended? Ms. Lewis: Yes, sir. Chairman Teele: And there's no other resolution pending to do more than that. In fact, Commissioner -- one of our Commissioners or board members is resisting any further grant. So, we need to try to come up with a long-term plan. Mr. Bryan: That's very critical, sir. We need to have that. Chairman Teele: Are there any other matters to come before the CRA? Mr. Manager, thank you very much. Any other matters? If not, the meeting stands adjourned. 75 May 30, 2002 There being no further business to come before the Community Redevelopment Agency for the Southeast Overtown/Park West and Omni District, the meeting was adjourned at 7:06 p.m. ATTEST: PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON, City Clerk SYLVIA SCHEIDER, Assistant City Clerk (SEAL) ARTHUR E. TEELE, JR. Chairman 76 May 30, 2002 En RECEIPT DATE: September 18, 2002 SUBJECT: Minutes for the May 30, 2002 CRA Board Meeting RPrPIved RV' MAYOR DIAZ VICE CHAIRMAN WINTON COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ CHAIRMAN REGALADO COMMISSIONER TEELE