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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW OMNI CRA 2002-07-09 MinutesCITY OF MIAMI CRA MEETING MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON JULY 9, 2002 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/CITY HALL Priscilla A. Thompson/City Clerk In MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST AND OMNI DISTRICTS On the 9th day of July 2002, the Board of Directors of the Community Redevelopment Agency for the Southeast Overtown/Park West and Omni Districts of the City of Miami met at the Old Miami Arena, VIP Room, 701 Arena Boulevard, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order at 9:34 p.m. by Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr., with the following Board Members found to be present: Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Board Member Angel Gonzalez ABSENT: Board Member Tomas Regalado Board Member Joe Sanchez ALSO PRESENT: Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney, City of Miami Priscilla A. Thompson, City Clerk, City of Miami Sylvia Scheider, Assistant City Clerk, City of Miami Annette Lewis, Executive Director, CRA 1 July 9, 2002 1. DIRECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA), CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND STAFF TO MEET WITH DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING AND COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDED PLAN FOR PARKING AROUND NORTHWEST 11 STREET UNDER INTERSTATE 395. Chairman Teele: Mr. Chairman, and Ms. Lewis, members of the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) Board, let me be very direct about this. This parking lot war that I'm about to take very seriously is something that is clearly spinning out of control, and I am going to be very clear about this. I don't care about parking lots in -- let me put it in a different way. I am not prepared to fight with any Commissioner in his district about a parking lot. I am prepared to support any Commissioner who deems, in the context of the City Commission or the CRA, that there needs to be adequate parking for the purpose of development and redevelopment. Parking is a unique entity. It has its own disciplines and its own rules. I do not desire, and it is not my vision, that the CRA should be involved in parking lots or parks, or the kinds of things that we are indirectly involved in, as a core business. I view that the CRA mission should be very narrow and very clearly defined, and that mission should be to facilitate and to foster and to accelerate the redevelopment of a geographic area, within the boundaries, and to do all things that are legal and necessary to do that, which may include policing, which may -- innovative policing, under the state statute. It does provide for the CRA to do policing, innovative policing, not City of Miami/Miami-Dade County routine policing. And the act itself specifies a series of up to 30 some things, including building -- believe it or not, building access roads off of interstates, thank you very much to Orange County, including cleaning up contaminated areas. I don't think we should be the contamination. But I think it's very important, as board members of the CRA, we understand that we have a duty and a responsibility for the redevelopment of the area. I want to just take two minutes and ask that WRT (Wallace Roberts and Todd), which is the planning consultant, and the consulting engineer, along with Ms. Lewis, who had been working on this, to just give a very brief background of where we are and where we started, in this context. This is not about a parking lot, as far as I'm concerned. And, Commissioner Winton, I'm not putting this on your shoulders. I'm not taking it off your shoulders. But I am not prepared to stand here tonight and fight for parking underneath 395, as a tool of redevelopment, if it's not your -- if it does not enjoy the full measure of your support. And I want to put this in this context: What we're talking about is a total scheme of redevelopment strategies that are a part of the Park West/Southeast Overtown, and really more a part of Omni, OK? But the quote "development pressure," if you will, is based on a strategy and a need, as it relates to the 24-hour club district. Let me put some things on the record. And I think it's very important that the Planning Director, Mr. Manager, hear what I'm about to say. The club district is right now about four blocks wide and about two blocks long, rectangular. Clearly, the Club District is going to have to be redefined and reshaped and redistributed, in some way, that's more consistent with the marketplace. There's no question about that. I have said, repeatedly, Commissioner Winton, based upon my meetings in South Beach and with professionals, the worst thing that we can do for the Omni is do what happened on South Beach, and that is where we take the film and 2 July 9, 2002 the print industry, put liquor in there. And if you're not selling liquor, you're going to be out of business. And what killed South Beach -- the reason so many of the beautiful models that used to be there aren't there today is because, if you're not selling liquor or food, you can't make it on South Beach. And so, we tried to have a very clear line, that is, 395 is the line by which we're -- if we listen to the property owners in the Omni, we'll have a 24-hour club district over there, and we would literally kill everything that we're trying to do in the long term. But a lot of this has got to be your call and Dover Kohl and WRT and the people -- the professionals that we hired, that I avail myself and I listen to and talk to. But more important than all of that are the property owners and the club operators, and the Performing Arts Center people that are there now, that are looking at where they're trying to go. The entire issue is a question of a scheme of redevelopment, which starts with 111h Street. And, Commissioner Winton, if you don't want the CRA to move forward on the parking lot, we will not. But I will -- underneath 395 -- but I will tell you this, if you don't look at the scheme of redevelopment, you will literally put a plug right in what the intent of what it is we're trying to do. The entire 1 Ph Street has got to be restructured, rebuilt, and realigned to put this parking lot in, OK? The one underneath 395. This is not about building a parking lot underneath 395. This is about realigning 1 Ith Street. And so what I wanted to do with that preference, and recognizing - - because there's a series of things that I'm confused about. I've gone through and asked for the minutes of all the meetings, and notes, and the original documents. The first meeting that I can see goes back to '99. It was a meeting with Mr. Judy, and the people there at the DOT (Department of Transportation), with the minutes of a meeting. Then there is something about an African Square -- an African art exhibit thing, OK, which has the same signatures as the document that I was looking at last week -- last meeting, that was about this. Then I've gone through and looked at the resolution. And the resolution that was done in '99 and then, again, in 2000 -- and the 2000 resolution, which is the operative resolution, in which this board directed the CRA to work out a deal with DOT, makes reference to the two -- to two separate areas. It makes reference to the area underneath 395, by definition, and the area underneath 95, by definition, OK? But the documents that I'm reviewing on the art exhibit, relate to 95, have the signatures that were represented to me were the 395 documents. So, I've asked you all to sit down, to work with DOT, and to come up with some answers. I also have asked the Performing Arts Center to put -- to proffer certain documents, so that it's very clear what we said is on the record regarding their absolute need to have free parking for the life of the 395, underneath 395, for buses, and for other daytime uses. I mean -- and they have estimated at least 55 buses need to be found a place to stay. And, so, what I'd like for you to do, Madam Director and Mr. Consulting Engineer, is to just take a minute and go through this. Because my view is this, Johnny. If you do not support this, the CRA doing this -- and, again, what I have said, consistently, is that the CRA will not operate this lot. This lot must be operated by Off -Street Parking if our hands are going to be the fact that we're not really in this for the purpose of parking, but for development, as they operate all of our lots right now, that we operate, that collect dollars. But we're not in this to collect dollars. We're not in it to waste dollars, but we're in this for redevelopment. And there's a world of difference between our mission and our goal and what the Off -Street Parking's done. And what Off -Street Parking is doing is a legitimate and honorable and, otherwise, necessary goal in terms of providing parking. But this is not about a parking lot. And, 3 July 9, 2002 R r N»*0 so, Mr. Calas, since you're there, would you just give us a little bit of background? And I particularly want Commissioner Winton to understand that there have been at least three, four, or five meetings with property owners in the area. There have been certain, not commitments, but certain suggestions that have been made by them, that we said that, once we get through this, we'll bring it back to the board, and all that stuff needs to be on the table. Because if we do not recognize that there is a lot of people betting on the redevelopment scheme, then what we will do is give Commissioner Winton only half of the picture. Cesar Calas: Thank you, Commissioner. Good evening. My name is Cesar Calas from H. J. Ross and Associates. I'm the general consultant for CRA. And we -- as Commissioner Teele has expressed, we've met with various groups owners, owners of the property, owners that are the club owners, and we've come up with the idea that they need parking. And one of the things is, we're -- for them to develop, the City has waived the necessary parking for their establislunent. So, therefore, there's a need for parking spaces under 395 to allow that. Not only do we -- our talking to those people, but if you look at the overall picture of the CRA in that area, you've got the Grande Promenade, which needs parking. You have the club district that needs parking. The Performing Arts needs parking. And the cinematography group that's there that needs parking. So, everybody has come up and talked and said, "Yeah, we need that parking. How do we -- can we get that parking?" And we've been approached -- I've been approached, and Ms. Lewis has been approached about it. Vice Chairman Winton: I've been approached -- Mr. Calas: You've been approached. Vice Chairman Winton: -- many, many times. Mr. Calas: OK. That's good. So, basically, there is a need for parking there. The question is, how do we get it and what do we do there? And as late as this morning, I was talking to Secretary Abreu, and he was telling me that he intends to go right ahead and honor the commitment that he has to the CRA, unless this Board deems different. So, those are, basically -- you know, I'm just putting everything in a nutshell there for you. Chairman Teele: But, Cesar -- Mr. Calas: Yes, sir. Chairnan Teele: -- it's not about parking. Let's talk about development. Talk about the need for what needs to happen. And, WRT, maybe you can come in, because you're doing the planning side of this. Building this parking lot is going to be a disaster for the club side, if you don't realign and rebuild I Vh Street. And let me just say this, Johnny. Eleventh Street is under water every time it rains. It is under -- it is literally just like what's in Commissioner -- in Flagami. It is totally underwater at Northeast I" Avenue, 4 July 9, 2002 going to Northeast 2nd Avenue, totally underwater. So, this is, to me, not about a parking lot. It's about a redevelopment scheme. And I guess I'm trying to get you all to, at least, explain to Commissioner Winton what the overall redevelopment scheme is. Because, look, if it's about a parking lot, I'm saying, let Off Street Parking build it. But just know this, you're going to get a parking lot just like you have at 95 and 4th Street, 95 and 5" Street, and that's all they should do. The parking lot that they will build and the redevelopment tool we will build will be night and day. And, yes, it will be expensive. And, yes, it will involve a destination. And, yes, it will have lighting and cameras, and all of those kinds of things. But, yes, it will also stimulate redevelopment. So, if we could just hear from WRT. That's really the issue, because I don't want to debate the need for the parking. That's clear. The question is, where are we going with the overall development scheme, and why can we develop it better than they can develop it? And why can't they manage it? I mean, see, what is not being said is, I don't want to manage a parking lot. I have no desire for the CRA to be collecting cash. That requires a whole set of disciplines that I don't want us to develop. But what I do want is, I'd rather have no cash collected, and to see property values, and to see -- and to attract development that's going to accrue to the direct benefit of this City, both in terms of jobs, in terms of new industry, in terms of all of that. And that's what we're talking about. So, if you would, please. Gerald Marsten: (INAUDIBLE) and I have not had the opportunity to talk with -- Chairman Teele: Your name and address, for the record. Mr. Marsten: Oh. My name is Gerald Marsten. I live at 3856 Main Highway, Coconut Grove. I'm a principal with Wallace, Roberts and Todd and we are currently acting as the planning consultant for the CRA. And I haven't had an opportunity to really discuss this with Commissioner Teele -- Chairman Teele and Johnny Winton. But I want to tell you what we know about parking in the Park West/Overtown and, in particular, the club district, as it relates to the parking under Interstate 395. So, (INAUDIBLE) Miami Arena, basically, the Park West District, Interstate 395, Interstate 95 is over here. Overtown is here. You can almost circle, which is based on North Miami Avenue and the Grande Promenade. Here, we have what is currently the Club District. Chairman Teele: Ten point five. Mr. Marsten: Ten point five, the Grande Promenade, OK? It's a wonderful opportunity to create a pedestrian space in an old railroad (INAUDIBLE). The correct congestion is right here on Northeast 1 Ith Street. This is where all of the traffic happens in the middle of the night, when we are at home sleeping, OK? It's traffic, it's people looking for parking, it's taxi cabs, OK? It's where the action is. And what we are considering tonight is the addition of parking, in available spaces, under Interstate 395, as it goes out to the beach. So, we have this kind of walking radius, which is what we call a five- minute radius. In this particular neighborhood, I wouldn't call it a real walking radius, because there are certain places where you can walk and you feel safe, certain place you can walk and you don't feel safe. 5 July 9, 2002 Vice Chairman Winton: Where's Big Time Productions? Mr. Marsten: Big Time Productions -- Chairman Teele: Just find the railroad track. It's got to be at the top. Vice Chairman Winton: I think it's right there by your -- yeah, right there. Right through there. OK. Mr. Marsten: Railroad tracks are right here. OK. Railroad tracks under 395, OK? Vice Chairman Winton: So, Big Time's -- now, it's the next one. Mr. Marsten: Next one -- Vice Chairman Winton: No. Chairman Teele: Big Time has got to be the street -- Vice Chairman Winton: It's by the black dotted line. Chairman Teele: The black dotted line. Vice Chairman Winton: Up -- no, above it. To the right of the black dotted line. Mr. Marsten: Somewhere in here. Vice Chairman Winton: Right there. Yeah. Chairman Teele: Yeah. Mr. Marsten: OK. What we have identified is, we've gone out and looked at the site underneath 395, and said, how many spaces can you put under there? How can you accommodate parking under the 395, amongst all of the columns and what's going under there? And there's a variety of things that are happening, that you can see (INAUDIBLE) a bit smaller as we go away from -- Chairman Teele: But, Jerry, what I'm trying to understand is, -- and what I want to be very clear to Commissioner Winton -- I don't think there is any question there is some demand. If there were no demand, look, Off -Street Parking wouldn't be sitting around lobbying, doing what they want. There's a demand, you know. They ain't fighting to build anything in Allapattah. They're not fighting to build anything in Little Haiti. So, there's a demand. What's different about a parking lot built by Off -Street Parking versus the CRA? And why is our parking lot going to do anything that their parking lot won't do? 6 July 9, 2002 Mr. Marsten: If you build these parking lots and continue to create the ability to come to this district, and you can park here and you can park in this lot today, and feel safe coming to these clubs, and there are four clubs today -- Chairman Teele: The demand is not in question, in my mind. Mr. Marsten: Well -- Chairman Teele: What is in mind -- look, whether we build it or Off -Street Parking builds it, all of that's the same. The question is, what's different about a CRA parking lot from an Off -Street Parking parking lot? Mr. Marsten: Because you're not looking to be there forever and ever. You are looking to stimulate development -- Chairman Teele: How much is a wall -- Mr. Calas, have you all looked at numbers, yet? Mr. Calas: Yes, sir, we have. Chairman Teele: What's the difference between a CRA parking lot and an Off -Street Parking parking lot? Mr. Calas: Basically, we're there for the redevelopment. And the DOT has requested that we, the CRA, will have some times of day that there will be no charge to there. And, additionally, that it will stimulate, you know, the growth of the area. Basically, we did provide you, as you requested, Commissioner Winton, a breakdown of some costs related to this, and time that -- and, again, these are assumptions. Vice Chairman Winton: I have that somewhere? Mr. Calas: You don't have this? Annette. Vice Chairman Winton: I don't know. I mean, maybe it's in my... Chainnan Teele: What is? Vice Chairman Winton: I've not seen it, certainly. Chairman Teele: What? Vice Chairman Winton: What sort of numbers do you have, sir? Mr. Calas: I thought we were giving this out. 7 July 9, 2002 M Annette Lewis (Executive Director of CRA): It was part of the book, is my understanding. Vice Chairman Winton: What do you mean, "book?" OK. Continue. Mr. Calas: Basically, you know, it's cost effective. We went and we got it -- we got it all done. We took some assumptions there, and we broke it down that, you know, just the parking lots, including lighting and, you know, landscaping, and doing the master plan, the engineering, and the construction would -- we could recover -- and I'm just making it in a nutshell here. If you want me to go into more detail, I can. In a year and two months, we can recover what we spent in there, making some assumptions or assumptions that I took in there. Vice Chairman Winton: How are we going to -- how do we do that? I thought we're not managing them. Mr. Calas: Well, basically, Commissioner, if you look it at -- basically, at the cost, we got 30% percent plans, about forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000). We got an engineering estimate of about 1,500 -- Vice Chairman Winton: Forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) all of those parking lots? Mr. Marsten: Yes, sir. Basically, if you look at here, there's 551 parking spaces, and - we're (INAUDIBLE) fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per parking space, and that's about eight hundred and twenty-six thousand, five hundred dollars ($826,500). And if you add that 45,000 to 826, you've got a total parking lot cost of 871,500, OK? Now, if you look at the (INAUDIBLE) side of it, if you say, "OK, we're going to (INAUDIBLE) Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, which are the peak for that area, we're going to charge ten dollars ($10) per space -- Vice Chairman Winton: What "we" are going to charge ten dollars ($10) per space? Mr. Marsten: We -- Vice Chairman Winton: Whoever manages it. Mr. Marsten: Off -Street Parking or whoever handles the -- Vice Chairman Winton: OK. Got it. Mr. Marsten: -- parking revenues of that. If you look at Monday through Sunday, three days, at ten dollars ($10) per space, which is a (INAUDIBLE) the area, 551 spaces, 52 weeks in a year, that's three days. That's (INAUDIBLE) eight hundred and fifty-nine thousand, five hundred and sixty dollars ($859,560). If you go through Monday through Thursday, which is four days, it is two dollars ($2) for events (INAUDIBLE) 150 parking spaces (INAUDIBLE). Four days is forty-eight thousand dollars ($48,000) revenue. 8 July 9, 2002 That gives you a nine hundred and seven thousand, five hundred and sixty dollar ($907,560) revenue. If you take some operating expenses -- Chairman Teele: Mr. Calas, I just spoke with Mr. Noriega. I think there may be a meeting of the minds here, hopefully. And Mr. Noriega's heard, for the fifteenth hundred time, and he knows -- you know, I keep saying, we don't want to manage a parking lot. We do and we are committed to using redevelopment dollars, and to using all of the available dollars for the purpose of ensuring that this parking lot -- and nobody has said what I want to say, is, we're going to spend a million dollars ($1,000,000) probably just in the beautification, landscaping, the fencing. We're not going to put up chain link fencing, OK? I don't think -- let me just yield to -- Vice Chairman Winton: And those numbers probably aren't even in here. Chairman Teele: Say again. Vice Chairman Winton: Those numbers aren't probably -- I don't know if they're in here or not. Chairman Teele: Fencing. The walling. Unidentified speaker: That is not (INAUDIBLE) Vice Chairnan Winton: OK. So, is this a chain link fence here? Unidentified speaker: (INAUDIBLE) Vice Chairman Winton: So, there's no fence at all here? Got it. So, this is just a -- Chairman Teele: And I want to be very clear. If this parking lot goes forward, under CRA approval, we will use development dollars from the TIF (Tax Increment Fund) for the purpose of beautification. I said 100 times -- and I hope Mr. Noriega and I have an agreement and an understanding -- I want Off -Street Parking to manage it. I don't want to have a fight with Off -Street Parking about parking. They know what parking is. They've got the discipline. So, Art, can we make an agreement here, or can there be a compromise on this? Art Noriega: Well, there's a -- Chairman Teele: Just a name and -- Mr. Noriega: Art Noriega, Executive Director, Miami Parking Authority. My main issue, this entire time, is that, to this point, the calls you've gotten, Commissioner Winton and Commissioner Teele, the CRA, I've gotten that many and probably twice as many. I've been getting calls going back almost two and a half years, that there was a parking need in that area. We keep butting heads, us and the CRA, in terms of getting it done. 9 July 9, 2002 And in two years, we haven't even laid a single square foot of asphalt, nothing's gotten done, and at this point, we're doing a disservice to the area. I don't care about building it. I just want to get it done and get off the hook. And I want it on the public record that we've at least tried. It hasn't worked out, but, in the end, something's going to get done. If it's going to be the CRA -- and the CRA, obviously, has put a lot of time and effort into this -- I'm willing to concede, they ought to do it. But the issue for me is more -- Chairman Teele: But do it with you all managing it. Mr. Noriega: That's fine. I'll manage it. I don't have any issue with whatever parameters you set forth, in terms of rates, hours of operation. It's irrelevant to us. Vice Chairman Winton: Right. Let me tell you where my mind is, in a perfect world, one where we're not under pressure from people that think that we're doing a lousy job of parking lots, and the battle between CRA and Off -Street Parking didn't exist. I see this just a little differently, and that is that, I would use every capital dime I could get out of them, every single one. Because every dime of capital we got out of them is a dime of capital we can spend somewhere else. So, if I can get money out of them, and if we have to add money to the table, as well, to do the jazz up stuff, we -- the CRA wins. If we have to spend every dime -- and there are times when we have to -- then I'm going to vote for that, if Off -Street Parking won't come to the table with any money. But if I can get Off -Street Parking to come to the money -- to the table with money, particularly, since they're going to manage anyhow, I would take their money every single time. And if -- Chairman Teele: Then let me tell you what I recommend, Johnny. Vice Chairman Winton: OK. Chairman Teele: I agree with you 100%. 1 don't want to speak for Art, and I don't think it's fair to ask Art the question that's being proffered right now, because they've got bond covenants, they've got a whole series of legal issues. Let's be very clear. The City of Miami cannot do what the CRA can do. So, let's don't get confused. If -- Vice Chairman Winton: I got a CRA hat on. Chairman Teele: If the City of Miami builds a parking lot, it must be managed by Off - Street Parking. Is that right, Mr. Attorney? Alejandro Vilarello (City Attorney): Yes. Yes. Chairman Teele: So -- but the CRA has a different rule. I think -- what you've just said, Johnny, is the magic bullet, and that is, to direct the CRA Executive Director and consulting engineers and staff to sit down with Off -Street Parking, and to come back, within two weeks, with a plan. 10 July 9, 2002 M Vice Chairman Winton: How long? Chairman Teele: That's the best of all worlds. Vice Chairman Winton: So moved. Chairman Teele: Is there a second? Board Member Gonzalez: Second. Chairman Teele: Is there objection? Art, will you all meet, and will you all try to come up with a plan utilizing matching dollars and all of that? And, you know -- and, again -- Mr. Noriega: Yeah, within -- let me quantify that, because, in all fairness, there's a lot more feasibility that needs to go into the actual budget we're talking about. We'll work on a conceptual plan. In fact, we'll do an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). We'll identify, we'll set the parameters for it. We'll continue to -- they're going to continue to move forward with their plan anyway, and the negotiations with FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation), and we go from there. Chairman Teele: All right. I think this is the best possible alternative to come out. And I've said 100 times, we don't want to build parking lots, and we're not going to build it anyway. The plan was that DOT was going to build it. It was a push-button contract. And the fact of the matter is, you put your hand right on -- something needs to happen. And what Commissioner Winton is saying is the best of all worlds. I don't want to speak for you on a financial issue, bond indentures. You're going to need bond counsel to, basically, advise you, because you all have a different mission in this. But what Commissioner Winton is saying that I 100% agree with, if we could sit down and match dollars and build something that is a destination, in effect, underneath 395 -- the problem with Overtown, the problem with Park West is that 95 -- and the Mayor's 100% right -- that 395 and 95 have created slum and blight. What we want to do is not build a parking lot that is just an extension, or a prison ground -- Vice Chairman Winton: That looks like the City's parking lots under I-95. Chairman Teele: Well -- but those are not City's. Those are -- Vice Chairman Winton: I think there's all City stuff in there. Chairman Teele: No. The City doesn't own parking lots. Vice Chairman Winton: Oh. Chairman Teele: Those parking lots -- Vice Chairman Winton: Well, but we use them. 11 July 9, 2002 M �,. Chairman Teele: Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's a whole `nother issue. Yeah. But there's a plan for that, too, Johnny. Johnny, there is a real plan for that. And, I mean -- you know, we've been working on that with FDOT. And you won't believe the way those parking lots there are going to look in another 18 months to three years. It's just going to take a funding cycle. But, Art, if you could do that, and work with the Attorneys and our -- and your attorneys, and your bond counsel and all that, and let's come back. Look, I'm all for it, 100%. And I'll go a step further: You get your money out first. Vice Chairman Winton: So, call the question. Chairman Teele: Does that make it more attractive? Mr. Noriega: Oh, absolutely. Chairman Teele: All right. The question's been called. Madam Director, is that satisfactory? Ms. Lewis: Yes, sir. Chairman Teele: All those in favor, say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Teele: All those opposed, say "no." Three persons voting. The following motion was introduced by Vice Chairman Winton, who moved for its adoption: SEOPW/CRA MOTION NO. 02-125 OMNI MOTION NO. 02-57 A MOTION DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA), CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND STAFF TO MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDED PLAN FOR PARKING AROUND NORTHWEST 11 STREET UNDER INTERSTATE 395. 12 July 9, 2002 (Here follows body of motion, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Board Member Gonzalez, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Board Member Angel Gonzalez NAYS: None. ABSENT: Board Member Joe Sanchez Board Member Tomas Regalado Chairman Teele: Was there anything else, Madam Director? I do want to get to the bottom of this document that has been presented to us as a signed document, which the FDOT lawyers are querying me -- are querying the CRA. And, Mr. Calas, I've seen the resolution. The resolution commingles, unfortunately, Mr. Attorney, two separate issues. One is the African art, and the other is this 395 area. But it appears to me that the document that was presented, as being an executed document, represents the African Square or the African art exhibit. And I've not been able to talk to Mr. Abreu about this. But I'd like, Mr. Calas, if you would sit down with Mr. Abreu, and let's figure out exactly, did they sign or did they not sign? It's no question there were meetings and there were staff meetings, and I hope that everybody's gotten the notes of the staff meetings. There's no question that there was an agreements, and there was no question that that agreement was confirmed before the MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization). But the question is, was there an executed agreement? And I'm not satisfied that we have an executed agreement under 395. I am satisfied that we have an executed agreement under 95. But, unfortunately, those two items were in the same resolution. Vice Chairman Winton: Very important. 13 July 9, 2002 2. AUTHORIZE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PIGGY PACK OFF MIAMI- DADE COUNTY'S CONTRACT (A00 PARK-01) WITH WALLACE ROBERTS & TODD (WRT) FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING & DESIGN SERVICES, $500,000; FURTHER ELIMINATE WRT AS GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT TO CRA. Chairman Teele: All right. Further items, Ms. Lewis. Annette Lewis (Executive Director of CRA): Yes, sir. Wanted to bring back to you the contract with WRT (Wallace Roberts & Todd). We had presented it on April 251h, and it was adopted. However, when it got to the Law Department for -- Chairman Teele: Does WRT accept all of the terms and conditions of the basic -- it's a simple issue. You can only piggyback and document that it's there. Does WRT accept the same current terms and conditions that were previously entered into under the piggyback -- under the basic process? Unidentified speaker: Absolutely. Chairman Teele: Mr. Attorney, does that clarify it? Jim Villacorta (City Attorney): Yes. The original resolution, the scope was worded differently from the contract, but we've amended that now, sir. This resolution, now, is concentric with the contract that we're attempting to piggyback on. Chairman Teele: Is this document legally satisfactory to you? Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Chairman Teele: Would you move it, Commissioner? Vice Chairman Winton: Yes, I would. Chairman Teele: Commissioner Gonzalez. Vice Chairman Winton: So moved. Board Member Gonzalez: Yes, so moved. Vice Chairman Winton: Second. Chairman Teele: Second by Commissioner Gonzalez. Is there objection? All in favor say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. 14 July 9, 2002 I 0 The following motion was introduced by Vice Chairman Winton, who moved for its adoption: SEOPW/CRA RESOLUTION NO. 02-126 OMNI RESOLUTION NO. 02-58 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST (SEOPW) COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AMENDING RESOLUTION SEOPW/CRA 02-61 AND AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PIGGY PACK OFF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY'S CONTRACT (A00 PARK-01) WITH WALLACE ROBERTS & TODD (WRT) FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING & DESIGN SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT GUARANTEED NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 RETROACTIVE TO MAY 1, 2001 SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NUMBERS 689001.550108.6.230 AND 689004.55001.6.270 AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE IMPLEMENTING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; FURTHER ELIMINATING WRT AS THE GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT TO THE CRA. A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) AMENDING RESOLUTION OMNI/CRA 02-30 AND AUTHORIZING THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PIGGY PACK OFF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY'S CONTRACT (A00 PARK-01) WITH WALLACE ROBERTS & TODD (WRT) FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING & DESIGN SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT GUARANTEED NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 RETROACTIVE TO MAY 1, 2001 SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NUMBERS 689001.550108.270 AND 686001.590320.6.230 AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE IMPLEMENTING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; FURTHER ELIMINATING WRT AS THE GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT TO THE CRA. 15 July 9, 2002 M (Here follows body of motion, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Board Member Gonzalez, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. Vice Chairman Johnny L. Winton Board Member Angel Gonzalez NAYS: None. ABSENT: Board Member Joe Sanchez Board Member Tomas Regalado Chairman Teele: This has been previously agreed to, but this was done for the purpose of the Law Department, making sure that everything is exactly the same. Further items -- because -- when is our board meeting, the 29tn,? Ms. Lewis: The 291", correct. Chairman Teele: All right. Well, let -- everything else has go to roll to the 291", with the exception of the agreement on this item, if we can get it back for -- let's just hold it for the 29t", and that will be the end of this very brief, but, I think, very productive meeting. And I think it's very important that Off -Street Parking be brought into all the meetings, with the property owners, both the Club owners, as well as the Performing Arts Center side, because we've got equal sides to wrestle with, OK? And they just need to be in on all the meetings. Further discussion? All those -- the meeting stands adjourned, the CRA meeting. 16 July 9, 2002 Em W 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 5:37 p.m. ATTEST: PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON City Clerk SYLVIA SCHEIDER Assistant City Clerk (SEAL) ARTHUR E. TEELE, JR. Chairman 17 July 9, 2002