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OMNI CRA Resolution: CRA-R-21-0045
File Number: 10633
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.miamicra.com
Final Action Date:10/28/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE CRA TO REBATE TO 14TH STREET
DEVELOPMENT LLC ("GRANTEE") THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE ("TIF")
REVENUES GENERATED ONLY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT BY THE
GRANTEE OF THE 14TH STREET APARTMENT PROJECT ("PROJECT") IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 95% OF THE AVAILABLE DEVELOPMENT TIF
COLLECTED FROM THE PROJECT ANNUALLY OR $816,731.00 ANNUALLY,
WHICHEVER IS LESS, PER YEAR UNTIL 2047 IF THE LIFE OF THE CRA IS
EXTENDED TO 2047, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$13,600,000.00, WITH PAYMENTS TO BEGIN UPON SUBSTANTIAL
COMPLETION AND THE PROJECT RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF
OCCUPANCY, SUBJECT TO THE RENTS BEING RESTRICTED UNTIL 2047 IF
THE LIFE OF THE CRA IS EXTENDED TO 2047; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, ALL IN FORMS
ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL.
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency
("CRA") is tasked with reducing slum and blight within its Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, 14th Street Development LLC, a subsidiary of NR Investments, Inc., a for
profit entity ("Developer'), submitted a request to the CRA for a tax increment rebate to
underwrite a portion of the costs to develop a mixed -use project consisting of approximately
9,000 square feet of ground floor retail and approximately 398 rent -restricted housing units at
the properties located at 1441, 1445, and 1455 North Miami Avenue, 25 and 31 Northeast 14th
Street, and 1412, 1418, 1428, and 1432 Northeast Miami Court, Miami, Florida within the
Redevelopment Area ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, page 4-23 of the 2019 Amendment to the CRA's Redevelopment Plan
("Plan") reaffirms the importance of the development of affordable housing to the economic
vitality of the CRA and identifies among its community benefits priority for the "inclusion of an
appropriate amount of below -market rate units," specifically workforce housing units (at less
than 140% AMI) and units for low-income residents (less than 80% AMI); and
WHEREAS, page 4-33 of the Plan states that "To assist for -profit housing providers in
the CRA could... Provide a direct cash subsidy in the form of a rebate equal to a percentage of
the increases in taxes paid over a defined period of time after completion if affordable units are
provided" and "Grant funds to assist in rehabilitation of an existing housing project"; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director is requesting authority to provide the Developer with
a Tax Increment Finance Rebate only from Tax Increment Funds ("TIF") received from the
Project after it is developed from the CRA in an amount not to exceed 95% or $816,731.00,
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whichever is less, per year until 2047 if the life of the CRA is extended, in a total aggregate
amount not to exceed $13,600,000.00, to be paid beginning upon substantial completion of the
Project, the Project receiving a certificate of occupancy, and subject to a covenant being
recorded on the property restricting the rents until 2047; and
WHEREAS, the success of the Project will result in accomplishing the stated objectives
of the Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of the Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Executive Director is authorized to provide the Developer with Tax
Increment Finance Rebates from the Project's TIF from the CRA in an amount not to exceed
95% or $816,731.00, whichever is less, per year until 2047 if the life of the CRA is extended to
2047, in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $13,600,000.00, to be paid beginning upon
substantial completion of the Project, the Project receiving a certificate of occupancy, and
subject to a covenant being recorded on the property restricting the rents until 2047 if the life of
the CRA is extended to 2047, to underwrite a portion of the costs associated with Project within
the CRA's Redevelopment Area.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute any and all
documents, all in forms acceptable to the General Counsel, for the purposes stated herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Barnaby L. Min, Deputy City Attorney 1/20/2022
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