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OMNI CRA Resolution: CRA-R-19-0045
File Number: 6723
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.miamicra.com
Final Action Date: 10/30/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM OMNI
CRA TIF REVENUE 2019-2020 BUDGET RESERVE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $25,000.00 TO THE SUNDARI FOUNDATION, INC., D/B/A LOTUS
HOUSE ("LOTUS HOUSE") TO UNDERWRITE A PORTION OF COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE "LOTUS HOUSE PROGRAM" ("PROGRAM");
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE
ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROGRAM,
ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL.
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency
("CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within
its Redevelopment Area in accordance with the 2010 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan ("Plan");
and
WHEREAS, Section 4.4, C., D-1, at page 41 of the Plan, Section 4.4, D., A-2, at page 42
of the Plan, and Section 5.5, at pages 94-95 of the Plan respectively list maximizing conditions
for residents to live in the area, the elimination of conditions which contribute to blight, and
strategies to improve human services delivery as stated redevelopment objectives; and
WHEREAS, the ongoing issues related to homelessness, including chronic
homelessness, have had a deleterious effect on the Redevelopment Area by inhibiting
development and adversely impacting the quality of life of area residents; and
WHEREAS, the Sundari Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Lotus House ("Lotus") is an entity that
addresses the aforementioned issues in the Redevelopment Area and has sought funds from
the CRA for the "Lotus House Program" ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, Lotus has a proven track record of helping women and children who are at
a disadvantage in the Redevelopment Area, in particular the chronic homeless as well as
victims of domestic violence, and the Program would further Lotus' efforts in this regard by
providing temporary shelter, temporary housing, and human service deliveries to women and
children in the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the requested grant is authorized pursuant to Section 163.370(2)(i), Florida
Statutes, which states that Community Redevelopment Agencies are allowed "To develop, test,
and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the
prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight and developing and demonstrating new
or improved means of providing housing for families and persons of low income"; and
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File ID: 6723
Enactment Number: CRA-R-19-0045
WHEREAS, the Program is a program envisioned to reduce slum and blight and provide
human services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence and who are in
need of housing relocation, assistance, shelter, and services; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to allocate grant funds in an amount
not to exceed $25,000.00 ("Funds") from the CRA 2019-2020 Budget Reserve to Lotus to
underwrite a portion of the costs associated with the Program; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that the objectives of the Plan would be
furthered by the provision of additional services to the homeless in the form of the Funds to
Lotus for the Program; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director is requesting authority from the Board of
Commissioners to negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate the
Program, all in a form acceptable to the General Counsel;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are
adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Executive Director is authorized to allocate the Funds to Lotus to
underwrite a portion of the costs associated with the Program.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute any and all
documents necessary to allocate the Funds for the Program, in a form acceptable to the
General Counsel.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Barnaby L. Min, Deputy City Attorney 12/30/2019
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