HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW-CRA-Discussion Item 3iQM Board of Directors Meeting
March 29, 2004
ITEM 3
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Chairman Arthur E. Teele, Jr. and Date:
Members of the CRA Board
From: Frank K. �Rolla�son
Executive Director
File:
Subject: Accepting in Principle the
SEOPW Redevelopment Plan Amendment
Reference:
Enclosures: Resolution, Support
Documentation
(RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the Board of Directors of the SEOPW CRA adopt the
attached resolution, accepting in principle, the amended 2004 SEOPW Redevelopment Plan
("Plan") and recommending that the City of Miami Commission and the Miami -Dade County
Commission adopt and implement the Plan, further, directing the Executive Director to transmit
the plan to the City of Miami Commission and the Miami -Dade County Commission for adoption
and implementation.
JUSTIFICATION:
Pursuant to SEOPW/CRA R-01-51 adopted on May 21, 2001 and amended on July 30, 2001 by
SEOPW/CRA R-01-105, the SEOPW CRA Board of Directors engaged Dover, Kohl & Partners
to prepare a detailed master plan that would amend the existing 1982 SEOPW Redevelopment
Plan (`Plan") pursuant to the requirements of F.S. 163.361. The Plan will recommend design
standards, zoning and planning changes, land uses, building requirements, maximum densities,
indicate such land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment,
improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the community
redevelopment area, and identify public and or public/private partnerships to be pursued. The
update to the Plan was completed in concert with the City of Miami Planning and Zoning
Department, and other departments and agencies of the city. Numerous community meetings
and three (3) publicly advertised Stakeholders Meetings were held to gamer input from the
stakeholders.
On June 27, 2002, the City of Miami Commission adopted Ordinance 12247 approving the
SEOPW CRA Boundary Expansion. Upon acceptance of this Redevelopment Plan by the CRA
Board of Directors, the amended Plan will be transmitted to the City of Miami Commission for
review and analysis and subsequent adoption and implementation. The following companion
deliverables to the Redevelopment Plan have been submitted to the CRA Board of Directors
and disseminated to the general public;
• Park West and Overtown Economic Reports prepared by ZHA, Inc.
• OCRA Board of Directors Meeting
March 29, 2OD4
• Housing Analysis and Needs Assessment prepared by Reinhold P. Wolff Economic
Research, Inc.
• Miami at Midnight Report (Transportation Strategies) prepared by Thomas Gustafson
• Biscayne Boulevard and Grand Promenade Special Area Plans prepared by Dover, Kohl
& Partners
Pursuant to SEOPW/CRA R-03-42, adopted on April 28, 2003, Dover Kohl's contract was
amended to include the preparation of a regulatory plan for the SEOPW redevelopment area.
The regulatory plan will be a companion document to the updated Redevelopment Plan and will
provide the recommended zoning regulations for adoption by the City of Miami Commission to
implement the Plan. A notice to proceed on the regulatory plan will by issued to Dover Kohl
upon the acceptance of the SEOPW Redevelopment Plan by the CRA Board of Directors.
NO FISCAL IMPACT
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Item 15
RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA 0 — �1
A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK
WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (THE
"CRA") AUTHORIZING THE CRA TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH DOVER KOHL &
PARTNERS, A PLANNING FIRM, ("CONTRACTOR"), FOR AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.00, FOR SERVICES TO
BE PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLANNING AND
DESIGN OF THE GRAND PROMENADE, AS WELL AS
PLANNING ASSISTANCE TO INTEGRATE THE qZnOVIATE
PROPERTIES ALONG BISCAYNE BOULEVARD BETWEEN I-
395 AND NE 6H STREET INTO THE BICENTENNIAL
MASTER PLAN, AND FUTHER TO COORDINATE THE
ONGOING BICENTENNIAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECT
WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
("DDA") AND THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION ("MPO").
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WHEREAS, the City of Miami approved and adopted the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan pursuant to Resolution Nos. 82-
755 and 85-1247 (the "Redevelopment Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the CRA is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment
activities and projects in the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Area (the
"Redevelopment Area") established pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the CRA authorized the Executive Director to utilize professional
consultants for the conceptual planning and design for a "Grand Promenade"
WHEREAS, the CRA desires to enter into a contract agreement with Dover Kohl
& Partners, a Planning Firm, for an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 for services to be
provided in connection with the planning and design of the Grand Promenade, as well as
planning assistance to integrate the private properties along Biscayne Boulevard between
I-395 and NE 6'h Street into the Bicentennial master plan, and further to coordinate the
ongoing Bicentennial Transportation project with the Downtown Development Authority
(DDA) and Metropolitan Planning Organization (WO).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
FLORIDA:
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Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this
Resolution are incorporated herein as if fiilly set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The CRA hereby authorized to the CRA Executive Director to
enter into a contract agreement with Dover Kohl & Partners, a Planning Firm, for an
amount not to exceed $50,000.00 for services to be provided in connection with the
planning and design of the Grand Promenade, as well as planning assistance to integrate
the private properties along Biscayne Boulevard between I-395 and NE 6 h Street into the
Bicentennial master plan, and, further to coordinate the ongoing Bicentennial
Transportation project with the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and
Metropolitan Planning Organization (WO).
Section 3. This resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 21 `c day of May, 2001.
ATTEST:
Walter J. Foeman, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNESS:
Alejandro Vilarello, Esq.
City Attorney
Arthur E. Teele, Jr., Chairman
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RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA
A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK
WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (THE
"CRA") MODIFYING RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA R-01-51
BY AUTHORIZING THE CRA COMPENSATE IN THE
FOLLOWING AMOUNTS TO DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS
("DOVER") AND THE .FOLLOWING CONSULTANTS, IN
CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
SERVICES UP TO (DEFINED HEREIN): 1) $393,000 TO
DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS 2) $45,000 TO H-OLLAND &
KNIGHT LLP ("H&K"), 3) $5,000 TO WALLACE ROBERTS &
TODD, LLC ("WRT"), 4) $78,800 TO RICHARD JUDY ("R.J.")
AND GUILLERMO OLMEDILLO ("G.O."), 5) $20,000 TO THE
CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
("CUTR"), 6) $5,000 TO MR. TOM GUSTAFSON ("T.G."), 7)
$55,000 TO ZHA, 8) $6,000 TO CIVIL CADD, AND 9) $6,000 TO
MR. NEIL HALL ("N.H.") FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
SCOPE OF SERVICES AS DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT "A"
ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF.
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® WHEREAS, the City of Miami approved and adopted the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan pursuant to Resolution Nos. 82-
755 and 85-1247 (the "Redevelopment Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the CRA is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment
activities and projects in the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Area (the
"Redevelopment Area") established pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan;
WHEREAS, Resolution No. SEOPW/CRA R-01-51, as modified, authorized the
CRA to enter into a contract with Dover for the provision of professional services to the
CRA in connection with a) the design of the Grand Promenade as sub -consultants to Civil
Cadd, b) planning services in connection with the CRA property located along Biscayne
Boulevard, c) the coordination of the ongoing transportation project with the Downtown
Development Authority and the Metropolitan Planning Organization, d) the update of the
SEOPW Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Area, and e) the consideration of
the creation of a third redevelopment area (the "Services") as being currently unfunded;
and
WHEREAS, the CRA desires to compensate Dover, Kohl & Partners and the
following consultants, in connection with the performance of the Services: 1) $393,000 to
Dover, Kohl & Partners 2) $45,000 to Holland & Knight LLP; 3) $5,000 to Wallace
Roberts & Todd, LLC, 4) $78,800 to Richard Judy and Guillermo Olmedillo, 5) $20 �i,�
to Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), 6) $5,000 to Mr. Tom Gustafn,0�USSE
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1, 7) $ 55,000 to ZHA, 8) $6,000 to Civil Cadd, and 9) $ 6;000 to Mr. Neil Hall for th�;�44---;2
pertbrmance o the scope of services in conjunction with the City of Miami — Planning -
described on Exhibit A, subject to the availability of funding. r
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI.
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution
are incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The CRA is hereby authorized to disburse the following amounts to
Dover and the following consultants, in connection with the performance of the Services:
1) $393,000 to Dover, Kohl & Partners 2) $45,000 to Holland & Knight LLP, 3) $5,000
to Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, 4) $78,800 to Richard Judy and Guillermo Olmedillo,
5) $20,000 to Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), 6) $5,000 to Mr. Tom
Gustafson, 7) $ 55,000 to ZHA, 8) $6,000 to Civil Cadd, and 9) $ 6,000 to Mr. Neil Hall
for the performance of the scope of services in conjunction with the City of Miami —
Planning Department as described on Exhibit A, subject to the availability of funding.
Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby instructed to seek additional funding
and authorized to issue the necessary work orders to carry out the project.
The resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 30t' day of July, 2001.
Arthur E. Teele, Jr., Chairman
ATTEST:
Walter J. Foeman, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNESS:
Alejandro Vilarello, Esq.
City Attorney
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Internal Draft 7/24/01
DovER, KOHL & PARTNERS
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Memorandum
Date: 07/24/01
To: Dipak M. Parekh, CRA Director, City of Miami
From:. -Joseph Kohl, Margaret Marshall & Sergio Vazquez
Subject: Outline of Projects and Tasks for Southwest Overtown/Park West CRA
Thank you for the invitation to work on a major Master Plan update and coordination effort within the
Southwest Overtown/Park West CRA. We have outlined the tasks and have included consultant services
and estimated costs for the projects at this preliminary stage. A spreadsheet with a breakdown of
consultants and fees has been included at the end of this memo.
I. Biscayne Boulevard Special Area Plan
Funding: CRA, per resolution R-01-51
Cost: $50,000
Lead Firm:
Dover, Kohl & Partners, Urban Design
' Sub Consultants:
Ian Lockwood, Glatting Jackson, Traffic Planning
Primary Tasks:
1. Review and present suggested changes to current FDOT design from NW6th Street
to I-395.
2. Building design standards for properties fronting Biscayne Blvd.
H. CPA Boundary Study
Funding: CRA Resolution R-01-51
Cost: $25,200 - $44,800
Lead Firm: Coordination
Dover, Kohl & Partners, Urban Design $1,000 — $6,000
Consultants: Documentation
Richard Judy $19,200 - $28,800
Guillermo Olmedillo
Primary Tasks:
1. Data compilation as required for the Overtown/Park West CRA
restatement.
2. Analysis of the alternative boundary adjustment associated with the
possible creation of a third CRA (modification of CRA Resolution����e
R-01-51).
3. Identify action steps for changes (if necessary). v J� 6) sJ
Holland & Knight $5,000 - $10,000
Primary Tasks:
Legal review and quality control
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III. Grand Promenade and Pedestrian Mobility Study
Funding: Existing contract with Civil-CADD Engineering, Inc.
(To be coordinated with the CRA Master Plan Update)
Lead Firm:
John King, Civil-CADD Engineering, Inc
Primary Task:
Site specific feasibility analysis
Dover, Kohl and Partners, Urban Design
Primary Task:
Urban design alternatives
Consultants:
CRA/ City of Miami
Internal Draft
July 24, 2001 Page 2 of 6
Cost: $68,000
$6,000
$37,000
Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) Fee not to exceed $20,000
Primary Tasks:
1. Investigate physical and pedestrian mobility improvements to an
east/west corridor within the entertainment district of Park West linking
Overtown to Bicentennial Park and,Biscayne Boulevard.
2. Suggest implementation strategies for proposed improvements
Tom Gustafson
Primary Task:
Funding strategy
IV. CRA Master Plan Update
Fee Not to- exceed $5,000
Cost: $386,000 - $446,000
Funding:
(To include Southwest Overtown/Park West CRA with existing boundaries or expanded boundaries
pending recommendation of the CRA Boundary Study)'
Lead Firm:
Dover, Kohl and Partners, Urban Design
Consultants and their respective Primary Tasks include:
Dover, Kohl and Partners (urban design): $250,000 - $300,000
1. Evaluate the existing Overtown/Park West CRA plan, identifying deficiencies
and recommending improvements -to the plan.
2. Evaluate City of Miami policies in relation to CRA goals and accomplishments.
3. Conduct an urban design analysis, focused on urban planning and land use issues
associated with the study area.
4. Formulate a public outreach process to involve residents, officials, and interested
parties in the formation of the Master Plan.
5. Prepare the physical redevelopment plan. The various improvement pro
underway by various groups will be evaluated and included where possi 8CUeE1-LJ
6. Coordinate the work tasks and efforts of the selected consultants to corresporn y
with goals and objectives of this CRA plan update. - —
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Internal Draft
July 24, 2001 Page 3 of 6
Holland & Knight (legal services): $30,000 - $35.000
l . Restatement documentation and required legal assistance:
a. Review of existing Redevelopment Plan for legal compliance,
b. Review, evaluation and analysis of the CRA policies and goals with
recommendations.
c. Recommendations and Preparation for Redevelopment Plan needed legal
requirement changes.
d. Review of other consultants' suggested changes
e. Advice to CRA on process for approval of amendments.
f. Assisting with preparation for presentations to and approval of amendments
to Redevelopment Plan by City Commission and Miami -Dade County
Commission, including participation in not more than two such presentations
to the CRA, City Commission or County Commission.
g. Preparation of initial draft of required notices.
h. Preparation of initial draft of resolutions approving amendments.
i. Prepare an update on the status of services Holland & Knight are providing
under this engagement, which will be submitted to the CRA at least monthly.
2. And possibly for an additional fee:
a. Meetings with County officials regarding the delegation of redevelopment
powers by Miami -Dade, County to the City of Miami,
b. Negotiating and drafting documents pertaining to such delegation,
including the inter -local agreement between the City and the County.
ZHA (economic analysis): $50,000 - $55,000
1. Review background data and conduct interviews with key community leaders.
2. Evaluate current CRA areas and the impact of proposed capital project plans.
3. Based on findings from data review, interviews, evaluation of existing and
potential CRA areas, ZHA will draft an economic strategy for the Overtown/Park
West CRA.
4. Final Strategy Report: The strategy will provide general spatial
recommendations (i.e., density, orientation of development, etc.) and suggested
categories and allocation of the mix of uses. This strategy will serve as a
blueprint for the City and CRA executive staff to make best use of organizational
and financial resources. It will provide the basis for planners to develop market
appropriate physical plans for the CRA.
-Guillermo Olmedillo (planner): Fee not to exceed $30,000
1. Review of proposed amendments for consistency with City's Comprehensive
Plan.
2. Recommendations for action if there is a conflict with County Comprehensive
Plan.
Richard Judy: (planner/strategist): Fee not to exceed $20,000
1. Meetings with County officials regarding the delegation of redevelopm&nt
sf$�2powers by Miami -Dade County to the City of Miami, [�
. Negotiating and drafting documents pertaining to such delegation, including
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the inter -local agreement between the City and the County. —
The Architects Hall, Neil Hall, (community liaison): Fee not to exceed $6,000
I-. Reviewing work -in -progress, suggesting changes, and working as a local
community liaison.
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CRA/ City of Miami
Internal Draft
July 24, 2001 Page 4 of 6
V. Third CRA Master Plan and Adoption Procedure
Funding: Cost: $145,000 - $220,000
(To begin only if recommended from the CRA Boundary Study, and approved by
..Lead Firm:
Holland and Knight (legal services)
Creation of new CRA $10,000 - $20,000
Plan adoption process and legal review $15,060 - $20,000
Consultants:
Dover, Kohl and Partners, Urban Design (planning consultant)
Richard Judy
Guillermo Olmedillo
Document blighted conditions
$100,000 - $150,000
$20,000 - $30,000
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CRA/ City of Miami
Internal Draft
July 24, 2001 Page 5 of 6
Miami CRA Project Breakdown: Consultants and Fees
I. Biscayne Boulevard Special Area Plan
Dover, Kohl & Partners
$50,000
Glatting Jackson
Project Total
$50,000
H. CRA Boundary Stud
Dover, Kohl & Partners
$1,000 - $6,000
Richard Judy
$19,200 - $28,800
Guillermo Olmedillo
Holland & Knight
$5,000 - $10,000
Estimated Project Total
$25,200 - $44,800-
III. Grand Promenade and Pedestrian MobilityStud
John King
$6,000
Dover, Kohl & Partners
$37,000
CUTR
Fee not to exceed $20,000
Tom Gustafson
Fee not to exceed $5,000
Estimated Project Total
$68,000
IV. CRA Master Plan Update
Dover, Kohl & Partners
$250,000 - $300,000
Holland & Knight
$30,000 - $35,000
ZHA
$50,000 - $55,000
Guillermo Olmedillo
Fee not to exceed $30,000
Richard Judy
Fee not to exceed $20,000
Neil Hall
Fee not to exceed $6,000
Estimated Project Total
$386,000 - $446,000
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July 24, 2001 Page 6 of 6
V. Third CRA Master Plan and Adoption Procedure
Holland & Knight
$25,000 - $40,000 -
Dover, Kohl & Partners
$100,000 --Tl 50,000'
Guillermo Olmedillo
$20,000 - $30,000
Richard Judy
Estimated Project Total
$145,000 - $220,000
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RESOLUTION SEOPW/CRA R- 0 3 4 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OF
THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST (SEOPW)
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA),
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE EXISTING
AGREEMENT WITH DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS
("DOVER KOHL") CONCERNING THE UPDATE OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN ("THE PLAN"), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $60,000.00, THEREBY INCREASING THE
AGREEMENT AMOUNT FROM $306,000.00 TO
$366,000.00, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING
THE SCOPE OF SERVICES TO INCLUDE A NEW TASK
ENTITLED, "TASK EIGHT PREPARATION AND
SUBMITTAL OF REGULATION DOCUMENTS";
r' ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE SEOPW TIF
FUND ENTITLED "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES -
OTHER," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
689001.550108.6.270.
WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA is required to update its 1982
redevelopment plan; and
WHEREAS, the SEOPW wishes to ease the burden on property
owners in understanding the associated development regulations
when redeveloping or making property improvements in concert
with the Plan; and
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WHEREAS, the Executive Director of the CRA desires that
Dover Kohl are re regulating prepare g g documents in conjunction with the
City's Planning and Zoning Department that will replace the
existing regulations of the City of Miami Zoning Code with new.
requirements that will be easier to understand, and. more
appropriate for a downtown neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the inclusion of this task is a natural fit to
completing the Plan update and producing a final document that
sets plan parameters _ and provides the regulations for
implementation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE SEOPW COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
MFLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in
the Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The Executive Director of the CRA is
authorized to execute Amendment No. 2 to the existing
Professional Services Agreement between the CPA and Dover Kohl
concerning the update of the. Southeast Overtown Park West
Redevelopment Plan to increase the Scope of Services to include
a new task entitled, "Task Eight - Preparation and Submittal of
Regulation Documents;" in an amount not.:to exceed $60,000.00,
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thereby increasing the Agreement amount from $306,000.00 to
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"Professional Services - Other," Account Code No.
689001.550108.6.270.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of April, 2003.
ARTHUR E. TEELE, JR., CHAIRMAN
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON
CLERK OF THE BOARD
APPROVED ,9S TO FqKM AND CORRECTNESS:
4.oe`A ANDRO VILARELLO
NERAL COUNSEL
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Dovaz, KbHL & PARTNERs
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Memorandum
Date: April 2, 2003
To: Frank Rollason, SEOPW CRA Director, City of Miami
From: Joseph Kohl
Subject: Change Order for consultant services, Amended Community Redevelopment Plan for Southeast
Overtown / Park West CRA
Thank you for consideringextending our scope to cover the extra work required to prepare regulatory
changes to the zoning code for the area within the Southwest Overtown/Park West CRA boundary. We
have outlined the tasks below and propose additional fees for that work. Should the Board pass a
resolution for Dover, Kohl and Partners to complete this work, this Memorandum may serve as the
amendment for our contract.
Amendment #2
Dover, Kohl & Partners Professional Services Agreement
SEOPW Redevelopment Plan Update
I. SCOPE:
• A new task, Task Eight, is added to Attachment "A," Scope of Service
s, s, to the agreement:
Task Eight - Preparation and Submittal of Regulation Documents
The purpose of this work is to prepare regulating documents that will replace the existing regulations of
the City of Miami Zoning Code with new requirements that will be easier to understand, and appropriate
for a downtown neighborhood. The intent is to encourage property owners to redevelop or to make
property improvements.
Tasks:
8.01 Logistical Project Administration
The Provider will prepare for meetings, review background information related to regulations,
and to facilitate the project.
8.02 Regulating Plan
In simple terms, this is the revision of the Zoning Map for the SEOPW CRA. It will show zones
within the SEOPW CRA Boundary that the Urban Design Standards will be regulating, and some
key details based on the SEOPW CRA Redevelopment Plan that currently are not part of the
zoning map. The regulating plan may show street configurations identifying vehicular travel
lanes, curbs and sidewalks.
8.03 Urban Design Standards
The Urban Design Standards will be a written document that will specify each building type in
terms of use, setback, private open space, heights, ancillary elements, and location of parking..
The Urban Design Standards will include a map that will regulate where the various building
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8.04 Architectural Standards
The Architectural Standards will be a written document that will specify building
construction in terms of techniques, configurations and materials for roofs, walls,
windows, building facades, etc.
8.04 Meetings /Presentations
Work involving re -writing zoning codes requires many meetings. There will be at least
three meetings with CRA Staff, and City Planning Staff and the City Attorney's Office
following three drafts of the work. There will be meetings with the City Commissioners,
DDA, Overtown Advisory Board, neighborhood property owners and residents, local
builders, and local land -use attorneys. For the fee determined in this contract
amendment, we have budgeted 56 hours for meetings, staffed by a Principal and one and
sometimes two planners.. Planning staff has requested that we carry our work effort to the
time of adoption of the new development rules by the City Commission.
II. PROFESSIONAL FEES
Fees for the additional work performed for Task Eight - Preparation and Submittal of Regulation
Documents is $60,000.
The fees for Dover, Kohl and Partners, in Paragraph 5 A of the agreement, "Three Hundred Six
Thousand Dollars ($306,000)" is deleted and replaced with "Three Hundred Sixty-six Thousand
Dollars ($366,000)."
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RESOLUTION NO. SEOPW/CRA R-
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"), WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING IN PRINCIPLE THE
ATTACHED AMENDED 2004 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/
PARK WEST ("SEOPW") REDEVELOPMENT PLAN (THE
"AMENDED PLAN"), PREPARED BY DOVER KOHL &
PARTNERS; FURTHER DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CRA TO TRANSMIT THE AMENDED
PLAN, AND ITS ATTACHMENT(S), TO THE CITY OF
MIAMI CITY MANAGER FOR REVIEW AND ANALYSIS,
AND TO REQUEST SUBSEQUENT TRANSMITTAL TO THE
CITY COMMISSION FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
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WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community.
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") is responsible for carrying out
community redevelopment activities and projects in accordance
with its Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. SEOPW/CRA R-01-51,
passed and adopted May 21, 2001, as amended by Resolution
No. SEOPW/CRA R-01-105, passed and adopted July 30, 2001, the
CRA engaged Dover Kohl & Partners to update the 1982 Southeast
Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan for the Southeast Overtown
Park West Redevelopment area ("Area") to include recommended
urban design and architectural standards for all properties
located within the Area boundaries; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. SEOPW/CRA R-03-42,
passed and adopted April 28, 2003, Dover Kohl & Partners
contract was amended to include the preparation of a Regulatory
Plan as a companion document to the amended Southeast Overtown
Park West Redevelopment Plan (the "Amended Plan") to incorporate
recommended zoning regulations, consistent with the Amended
Plan, to commence upon acceptance of the Amended Plan by the
Board of Directors of the SEOPW CPA; and
WHEREAS, the Amended Plan addresses design standards,
zoning and planning changes, land uses, building requirements,
maximum densities, land acquisitions, demolition and removal of
structures, redevelopment, improvements, rehabilitation, and
identifies possible public and or public/private partnerships;
and
WHEREAS, the Amended Plan was completed with the
cooperation of the City of Miami Department of Planning and
Zoning, and other City departments and agencies, and input from
stakeholders of the redevelopment area at numerous community
meetings; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors accepts in principle the
Amended Plan and directs the Executive Director of the CPA to
transmit the Amended Plan to the City of Miami City Manager for
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review, analysis and subsequent transmittal to the City
Commission for legislative action; and
WHEREAS, the Amended Plan will be transmitted to the Miami -
Dade Board of County Commissioners for adoption upon approval by
the City Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and
incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Board of Directors of the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency accepts in
principle the attached Amended 2004 Southeast Overtown Park West
("SEOPW") Redevelopment Plan (the "Amended Plan"), prepared by
Dover Kohl & Partners, for the SEOPW Redevelopment area.
Section 3. The Executive Director of the CRA is
directed to transmit the Amended Plan, and its attachment(s) to
the City of Miami City Manager for review and analysis and to
request subsequent transmittal to the City Commission for
legislative action.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this
ATTEST:
day of
ARTHUR E. TEELE, JR., CHAIRMAN
PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON
CLERK OF THE ZRM
APPRO D IS D CORRECTNESS:
EUAN7RO VILARELLO
NER COUNSEL
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2004.
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ITEM #3
CD VERSION: SEOPW Redevelopment Plan Amendment
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
DRAFT - MARCH 2004
Table of Contents for the updated South East Overtown — Park West CRA
Community Redevelopment Plan
March 2004
Section ONE
Section TWO
Introduction
• This Document
• Topics Frequently Asked from Neighborhood Stakeholders
• Historical Context
• 215t Century Context
• The Potential: A Livable City
• CRA History
• Revised Boundaries
• Revisions from the O al CRA Redevelopment Plan
• Findings of Neces y
• Legal DescripVn
Goals an
Principles
Re e t Goals
#1 g the Tax Base using Smart Growth Principles
#2 Housing: Infill, Diversity, & Retaining Affordability
#3 Creating Jobs within the Community
#4 Promotion & Marketing of the Community
#5 Preserving Historic Buildings & Community Heritage
#6 Improving the Quality of Life for Residents
Guiding Principles
1. The community as a whole has to be livable. Land uses and transportation systems must be
coordinated with each other.
2. The neighborhood has to retain access to affordable housing even as the neighborhood
becomes more desirable to households with greater means.
3. There must be variety in housing options.
4. There must be variety in job options.
5. Walking within the neighborhood must be accessible, safe, and pleasant.
Section TWO 6. Local cultural events, institutions, and businesses are to be promoted.
(continued) 7• The City and County must provide access to small parks and green spaces of an urban
character.
8. Older buildings that embody the area's cultural past should be restored.
9. Newer buildings must respond to our climate and reflect the community's cultural heritage
10. Streets and buildings must be attractive.
11. Twenty -four-hour environments are to be encouraged.
12. Identifiable neighborhood centers are to be established in a distributed pattern within
Overtown and Park West.
13. The zoning and other development regulations must be reworked to yield the results
envisioned in this Redevelopment Plan.
Section THREE The Build -out Plan
• Conceptual Plan Diagr
o Land Uses & Re al Units
• Hypothetical Bun a Ian
o Publicly 0 d d, for Public Improvements
o Open e . ar s, Plazas, and Green Spaces
o Tran (tation System: Mobility and Access
stablishing the Traditional Urban Network of Streets
■ destria Friendly Street Improvements
■ Promoting the Return of Two-way Streets
■ Rail and Transit Routes
■ Key Ideas from the Miami at Midnight Report
o Parking
■ Providing and Retaining On -street Parking
■ Off-street Parking
o Land Development Regulations
■ Adherence to Local Land Development Regulations
■ Revisions to the City's Zoning and Land Development Regulations
o Physical Plan
■ Possible Changes to I-395
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Section FOUR Projects and Programs
• Projects
o Criteria for Physical Improvements
o Stakeholders Roles
o Project A. NW 11t Avenue
o Project B. Downtown Overtown (including Little Broadway - Lyric Plaza)
o Project C. NW 3Td Avenue Neighborhood Center
o Project D. Historic Overtown Priority Business Corridor
o Project E. West Overtown
o Project F. Properties facing Biscayne Boulevard
o Project G. The Promenade — Park West Entertainment District
o Project H. NW 71h Avenue "Spine"
o Project I. Develop
t Regulation Revisions
• Programs and Str gi s
o Planning, ve ment, Technical Assistance and Program Compliance
o Home n re -qualification and Counseling
o Gr ng Businesses
o re -use Plan (CLUC 90 Properties)
0 0 " Preservation
o District Wide Programs
Section FIVE Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline
• Introduction
• Capital Improvement Goals
• Prioritizing Capital Improvements
• Potential Funding Sources
• Capital Improvement Costs by Project Area
• Capital Improvement Costs — Not Project Area Specific
• Capital Improvement Costs — Summary
Section SIX Residential Uses and Neighborhood Impact of Redevelopment
Section SEVEN
Section EIGHT
Section NINE
• Neighborhood Overview
• Housing Policy
• Relocation Policy
• Traffic Circulation
• Environmental Quality
• Effect on School Population
• Community Facilities and Services
• Physical and Social Quality
Plan Management
• Powers of the SEOPW
• Powers Not Assigne
• Authority to Und a
• Future Amen t
• State of F ' a to o
• Safemiar snrar
Definitions
NeSEOPW CRA
velopment
this Redevelopment Plan
y Requirements
es
Directory of Local Organizations
Section TEN Appendices
A. Previous Planning Work for the Area
B. Acknowledgements
C. School Impact Analysis for the SEOPW CRA Redevelopment Plan
D. 1982 Resolution adopting the SEOPW CRA
E. Resolution Adopting New Boundaries
F. Advertisements Of Public Notice
G. Findings of Slum and Blight
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Cities have always
heat radiated out in
• This Document
• Topics Frequently Asked from Neighborhood Stakeholders
• Historical Context
• 21st Century Context
• The Potential: A Livable City
• CRA History
• Revised Boundaries
• Revisions from the Original CRA Redevelopment Plan
• Findings of Necessity
• Legal Description
Introduction
This Document
This 2003 Amendment of the Community
Redevelopment Plan (referred to as
"Redevelopment Plan" or "Community
Redevelopment Plan") for the Southeast
Overtown / Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency (referred to as "CRA"
or "SEOPW CRA") was commissioned by the
governing bodies of the City of Miami ("City")
and Miami -Dade County ("County") to
provide an updated planning document for the
development of the Park West and Overtown
neighborhoods consistent with the
Community Redevelopment Act of 1969
("Act") for eliminating and preventing slum or
blight conditions by rehabilitation,
conservation or redevelopment, or a
combination thereof.
The approved 1982 Redevelopment Plan
has not been effective in the redevelopment
area, due to the lack of financing ability by the
CRA and private enterprises. The need to
update the 1982 Plan and provide a financing
strategy for the implementation of the CRA's
activities in the redevelopment area became
imminent as land throughout South Florida
became scarce and the last portions of
undeveloped land lie within the
redevelopment area boundaries . It is the
intent of this extensive amendment of the
1982 Redevelopment Plan to address ways in
which the CRA and the City can maximize
opportunities presented by current initiatives
and trends, and transform Southeast
Overtown / Park West into a thriving mixed -
use neighborhood and commercial hub in the
heart of downtown, as provided for by this
revised Community Redevelopment Plan.
Topics Frequently Asked
About From Neighborhood
Stakeholders
Every reeveoPdlm area has certain
urgent concerns lems that the
community wadftd ssed. While a number
of these is be resolved through local
governme so e of these issues need to be
fixed by mem rs of the community.
Adopting Redevelopment Plans and
creating Community Redevelopment Agencies
are not solutions in themselves, but only
vehicles to get to solutions. There needs to be
grass -root efforts to further stimulate interest
in, education of, and visions for the
revitalization of the redevelopment
neighborhoods. Overtown and Park West
stakeholders frequently ask questions about::
Making sure that housing stays affordable
for existing residents. Look in Section 2 Goal
#2, Housing Infill, Diversity, and Retaining
Affordalikl y on page 2.2. Also the Guiding
Principles 2 and 3 starting on page 2.5 address
this matter.
Getting help for small businesses and
creating new jobs for current residents in
Overtown and Park West: Look in Section 4,
for program: #43, Design Assistance and
Award of Grants and Other Incentives to
Existing Businesses in Overtown on page 4.18
and also look for III. Grants to Existing
Businesses on page 4.22.
Historical Context
The Southeast Overtown / Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency's area
encompasses one of the oldest residential and
commercial areas of the City of Miami,
although few structures of historic or cultural
significance remain. Overtown and Park West
each have their own historical past, but for
practical reasons and proximity their futures
are linked together.
OVERTOWN
"Overtown" is one of the oldest
neighborhoods in Miami settled by African
Americans about the time that Miami was
founded in the 1890s. African Americans
were not allowed to live in the other
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developing areas of Miami. Jobs available to
Overtown residents were mostly associated
with Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast (FEC)
Railroad Company, the burgeoning tourist
service industry, and agriculture. Like in many
southern American towns, the African
American community lived on the other side
of the railroad tracks from most white
families, and nearer to the citrus and pineapple
farms. The name Overtown came from
people referring that they were going "over
town" to this neighborhood. It was also
referred to in the past as Colored Town.
The area grew and developed into a
vibrant community. African Americans
became business owners and established a
viable economic community by constructing
schools, homes, churches, hotels, apartments,
theaters, night clubs and small neighborhood
markets.
In the 1920's and 1930's, N.W. 2nd
Avenue was called Avenue G. It was a center
for entertainment, retail stores, and hotels.
Dr. W.B. Sawyer built the first African
American hotel in the area in 1921.
The population continued to expand until
the early 1960's. Desegregation, urban renewal,
the Neighborhood Development Program and
construction of the SR-836/I-395 and I-95
expressways significantly changed the
character of the neighborhood. and tragically,
residents from Overtown were scattered and
relocated. Economic, physical and social
decay became pronounced and has
progressively contributed to the decline in the
area.
Various planning efforts have taken place
over the last few decades. For a list of these
planning studies, see Appendix A, Previous
Plan Studies.
PARK WEST
Most of the area curr referred to as
Park West was part o&1ad
on al "Miami"
Subdivisedevelys
in 1896 by the
principae early City of
Miami.: BnckellJulia
Tuttle, the Fort Dallas
Land Co
While the initial development of Park
West focused on residential projects, it soon
established a commercial character, housing
general commercial activities, in warehouses,
associated with its downtown location and
proximity to the Port of Miami when it was
formerly located at the site of present day
Bicentennial Park. The name Park West comes
from being "west" of the "park." Before
1964, this area was basically a warehouse and
wholesale district related to the old port.
When the port moved, so did the wholesale
businesses and storage facilities. Few of the
remaining businesses have any functional
relation to the port now located on Dodge
Island in Biscayne Bay. New warehouses and
container storage areas are provided on Dodge
Island and areas west of the Miami
International Airport.
21st Century Context
The Southeast Overtown / Park West
Redevelopment Area encompasses
approximately 279 acres of land generally
bounded by Biscayne Boulevard on the east;
I-95 on the west; I-395 on the north; and NW
51' Street on the south. This is the original
boundary area of the CRA. In 1986, the
boundary was amended to include the areas
bounded by NW 1st Street on the south
Metrorail night -of -way on the west; NW 5d'
Street on the north; and N. Miami Avenue on
the east. This Plan expands the SEOPW CRA
boundary to include adjacent neighborhoods
west of I-95 and east of NW 7th Avenue,
between NW 11ffi Street and NW 7d' and NW
5d' Streets; and the NW 3rd Avenue corridor
north of I-395 up to NW 22nd Street. These
new boundaries include areas that have a
direct effect on the original Redevelopment
Area and present excellent redevelopment
opportunities. It is an area of hard edges —
Introduction 1.3
heavily traveled highways to the west and
north and the less imposing but still disruptive
boundary created by the Metromover and
Metrorail tracks to the east and south.
Moreover, the Florida East Coast railroad
tracks serve as a psychological and physical
barrier dividing the area into Southeast
Overtown to the west and Park West to the
east.
In preparation for this planning effort, an
evaluation of slum and blight conditions was
conducted in both the core and expanded
CRA areas. This evaluation indicates that slum
and blight conditions persist throughout,
providing further justification for expanding
the SEOPW CRA boundaries. Addressing and
improving these conditions is a key purpose of
this plan. A summary of the evaluation of
slum and blight conditions are included as an
appendix.
Despite its challenges, Southeast
Overtown / Park West is advantageously
situated between downtown Miami and the
Omni area, Firestation #2, Motion
Picture/Media ("Media") District, and the
Entertainment District, and enjoys excellent
transportation access to Miami Beach, Miami
International Airport, and the regional
transportation system. What happens in the
larger context will therefore shape and be
shaped by what happens in Southeast
Overtown / Park West.
Located directly north of Southeast
Overtown / Park West, the Omni Media and
Entertainment Districts are currently
undergoing a rapid transformation into a
regional epicenter of the cultural and
performing arts. Big Time Productions, Inc., a
studio/production company, moved its
headquarters from Miami Beach to the Omni
area creating a movie production hub along
NE 141h Street. Just east of Big Time
Productions studio building is the new
Performing Arts Cent targeted for
completion in 2005. T ce ter ill include a
2,200-seat symphon al , 2,480-seat ballet /
opera house, a 2 -s box theater, and
ancillary sup t educational services.
Anticipa ' e the completion of this
exciting c has served as a strong
catalyst for redevelopment, a phenomenon
that has been further enhanced by a concerted
effort to attract media, arts, and entertainment
related businesses and facilities to the
neighborhood.
South of Overtown and Park West,
downtown Miami's central business district is
a flourishing center of international
businesses, finances, telecommunications,
government and trade. With over 131,000
workers, 4,000+ hotel rooms, and attractions
such as the Bayside Marketplace, the American
Airlines Arena, and the Miami -Dade Cultural
Center, downtown Miami is a dynamic
destination that has the potential to positively
impact adjacent neighborhoods such as
Southeast Overtown / Park West. Despite its
dynamism, downtown Miami lacks the
residential component that is necessary to
transform it into a true 24-hour city center.
With its advantageous location and untapped
redevelopment potential, Southeast Overtown
/ Park West presents perhaps the best
opportunity to develop a livable downtown
core.
The City of Miami is proactively planning
for the future of its neighborhoods, and there
are a number of current initiatives that will
have a direct impact on the Southeast
Overtown / Park West CRA Area. Such
planning efforts as the Baylink Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), The
Park West Entertainment District Promenade
Special Area Plan, Biscayne Boulevard Special
Area Plan, Bicentennial Park Master Plan,
Downtown Transportation Master Plan, and
Overtown Greenprint Plan are integral to the
development and redevelopment of the area,
and coordination between these efforts is key.
Some of the more specific planning projects
include: the Hagler Marketplace development
in downtown Miami; redevelopment of the
Omni Mall into a retail and entertainment
1.4 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
complex; redevelopment and improvements to
Margaret Pace Park in the Omni area•,
redevelopment of the historic Lyric Theater as
the cornerstone of the planned Folklife Village
in Southeast Overtown; and the planned
extension of the 9th Street Pedestrian Mall in
Park West. This Plan presents the best
opportunity to integrate these initiatives into a
cohesive vision for the area as a whole.
The Potential: A Livable City
Well -located at the confluence of the
Americas, Miami has emerged as the Western
Hemisphere's international trading center and
one of the world's most vibrant and dynamic
metropolises. Founded in 1896, Miami quickly
established itself as one of the nation's premier
tourist destinations with its world-renowned
climate and natural beauty. Tourism defined
the economy for much of the last century and
remains a major industry. Nonetheless, the last
thirty years have seen an unprecedented
diversification of Miami's economy, as its
strategic location, excellent transportation
linkages, and culturally diverse population
have led to its ascent as the "gateway to Latin
America" and one of the nation's true
international business centers. Greater Miami
today is a cosmopolitan metropolis of over
two million people, and a leading center of
finance, trade, tourism and
telecommunications.
Despite these advantages, Miami lacks
one of the most important characteristics of
great world cities— a walkable, mixed -use
center that is a desirable place to work, play
and live. Bathed in neon light, the downtown
Miami skyline beckons at night, which belies
the fact that its streets are virtually deserted.
Few of the approximately 131,000 people who
work in downtown actually live there— at
business day's close, they dis erse to points
north, east, south and west .ami. While it
is true that many wo c oos a suburban
location regardless it also true that
downtown Mi e housing and
neighborhood We at would make it a
viable m those who would
otherwise Iva desirable place to both live
and work.
In the past few decades, Miami has made
a concerted effort to take advantage of the
new economic realities of globalization and
the rise of information technology. Its location
provides a competitive advantage, as does a
relatively well -developed privately initiated and
funded technology infrastructure. That is not
enough. Recent studies indicate that the
businesses and workers of the new economy
seek out and thrive in mixed -use environments
that foster accessibility, social interaction„ and
the exchange of ideas. This has resulted in a
reversal of trends of the 1970's and 1980's,
which saw economic activity centers move
from city centers to suburban office parks and
"edge cities" that sprang up overnight. In
contrast, the economic activity centers of the
new economy are increasingly located in
central city neighborhoods like San Francisco's
Multimedia Gulch, the Digital Harbor in
Baltimore, and downtown San Jose.
With its strategic location and untapped
redevelopment potential, the Southeast
Overtown / Park West neighborhood presents
the best opportunity for the development of a
thriving, mixed -use economic and activity
center in Miami's downtown. This plan charts
a course to fully realizing Southeast Overtown
/ Park West's possibilities.
CRA History
The Southeast Overtown / Park West
CRA Redevelopment Plan was proposed by
the City of Miami, by Resolution 81-9201, in
1981. On December 7, 1982, Miami -Dade
County adopted resolution R1677-82
approving the plan in compliance with the
City's and County's Comprehensive Plans.
On July 29, 1982 the SE Overtown
Community Redevelopment Plan was officially
adopted pursuant to city resolution R82-755.
Introduction 1.5
In March of 1983 the City executed the
Interlocal Agreement with Miami -Dade
County for Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
revenue to be deposited into the SEOPW
Trust Fund. In 1995 the Park West area was
added to the CRA with city resolution R85-
1247. During the summer of 2002, the
SEOPW CRA board expanded the boundaries
to include some of the areas of Overtown
west of Interstate 95 and areas surrounding
NW 3rd Avenue north of Interstate 395. This
Boundary Expansion was later adopted by the
City of Miami Commission on July 28, 2002,
pursuant to city ordinance 12247.
Projects performed over the years include
the extension of the Ninth Street Mall, the
creation of parking lots along NW 3rd Avenue
Business Corridor P.A. Dorsey Way) to
service the existing and future businesses
along the corridor, sidewalk, curb and gutter
improvements, the interim improvements to
the Park West Entertainment District
Promenade, Historic Overtown Priority
Corridor ; a designated corridor along NW 3rd
Avenue (D.A. Dorsey Way) from 8d' Street to
14d, Street and along 8d, Street from NW 3rd
Avenue to NW 4d' Avenue. Funding was to
be used for facade improvements,
infrastructure improvements, and technical
and design assistance, and low interest loans,
and the surveying of parcels of abandoned
properties and vacant government -owned land
for re -use. In May of 2000, the City
Commission also allocated three million
dollars for improvements to revitalize the
Historic NW 3rd Avenue Business Corridor.
Revised Boundaries
Florida Statute 163.361, "Modification of
Community Redevelopment Plans," states that
the CRA may recommend a change in the
boundaries when it become necessary or
desirable to amend modify the
redevelopment plan.&alcd
20 and 2002,
the SEOPW CRA the need to
extend the S boundaries to
include more wn. In June 2002, a
consult 1 e repared a report for the
CRA exam several different areas for
consideration to add to the existing
boundaries.
The SEOPW CRA Board carefully
deliberated over the various areas studied for
inclusion and then began the process that
resulted in selecting five of the eight areas to
add to the Legal Boundary Description.
Advantages to the enlarged boundary
include being able to use the SEOPW CRA's
resources to affect more of the disadvantaged
neighborhoods of Miami, and to improve the
appearance and usefulness of the expressways
that have caused so much damage and
fragmentation to the community environment.
Revisions From The Original
CRA Redevelopment Plan
The Southeast Overtown / Park Wiest
Community Redevelopment Plan, Revised December
1982 (sometimes referred to as "the `82 Plan")
was prepared for two primary reasons:
1) To state the case for why a CRA was
needed; the City was required to find the
necessity of a community redevelopment
plan within a community area that had
slums and blighted areas, and an
immediate need for affordable housing.
2) To guide the SEOPW CRA within its
redevelopment area for community
redevelopment undertakings activities or
projects that include: eliminating slums
and blight, reducing crime, and
rehabilitation or conservation of existing
places or buildings.
This document is the extensive
amendment of the Southeast Overtown / Park
West Community Redevelopment Plan. This
document replaces the previous "82 Plan" and
is referred to as "Community Redevelopment
1.6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Plan" or "Redevelopment Plan" in this
document.
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Revisions from the 1982 Plan:
Chapter I, "Introduction," has been
significantly revised to identify the
purpose for the SEOPW CRA, its
potential, and to update the context with
the 20 years that have passed since the
original plan was prepared and adopted.
Parts of Chapter II, "Setting," were
brought into Section 1, Introduction, of
the Community Redevelopment Plan.
For example, "Historic Evolution" was
re-edited into a heading called "Historical
Context."
Chapter III, "Redevelopment Proposal,"
contained a description of the need for
redevelopment. The objectives stated in
Chapter III have been re-evaluated and
can be found in Section 2, "Goals and
Guiding Principles."
Chapter IV, "Redevelopment Plan,"
contained projects and strategies. These
have been re-evaluated and some have
been restated in Sections 2 through 6.
These components are separated into
different Sections in the updated
Community Redevelopment Plan to
group them by similar topics so that they
can be more easily found in the
document.
• All maps and graphics from the 1982 Plan
have been replaced, including the
Boundary Map.
• The Land Use Plan, Zoning Plan, and
Traffic & Transportation Plan have been
completely overhauled.
•
The Park
Redevelopment
strategy, an overb
not successful, ha:
incremental am)rQ
West
Plan
Conceptual
Acquisition
-h that was
Dried for an
Many of s performed by the
SEOPW the last few years are not
identified i 982 Plan. However, some of
the current programs are explained in a
document entitled, "City of Miami
Community Redevelopment Agency, Fiscal
Year 2000 and 5-year Plan 2000-2004,
Budgeted Projects and Programs" dated
September 1999. All of the current programs
identified in the 1999 document are included
in this Community Redevelopment Plan, in
Section 3, Projects and Programs.
Findings of Necessity
The State of Florida Community
Redevelopment Act of 1969 requires that all
Community Redevelopment Plans state their
findings of necessity for the Community
Redevelopment Agency. Necessity is
evaluated by the amount of blight and vacancy
found within the SEOPW CRA area.
In 1969, the Board of County
Commissioners of Miami -Dade County
approved by Resolution 1117-69 the Central
Miami Renewal Plan. This plan included the
area south of NW Twentieth Street; west of
the FEC Railroad, with an extension to N.E.
Second Avenue; east of I-95; and north of the
Miami River. It was amended on January 20,
1981, to include the areas bounded on the
west and south by the FEC tracks; on the east
by Biscayne Boulevard; and on the north by I-
395. In addition, the area bounded on the
south by I-395; on the east by Biscayne
Boulevard; on the north by NW Seventeenth.
Street in part, and the City of Miami Cemetery
in part; and on the west by the FEC tracks.
At those public hearings, evidence was
presented to find this area meeting the
definition of "slum and blight".
Only a portion of this area was included
in the Original SEOPW CRA boundary. Most
of the conditions described in the 1982 CRA
Introduction 1.7
Plan still exist today. For both SE Overtown
and Park West, the plan describes a decline in
population, marginal retail facilities, and an
excessive amount of vacant and unproductive
land. The majority of multifamily buildings,
single family houses, and duplexes are in a
declining condition. The majority of retail
buildings are vacant, making the vacancy rate
of commercial uses greater than fifty percent.
The areas that are newly included with the
boundary change have all the same conditions
as the original SEOPW CRA area. The
underside of the highways and "pockets" of
land between the SEOPW CRA area and the
Omni CRA area were included because of
their blighted and vacant condition.
The included area west of I-95 and east of
NW 51' Avenue is more than 50 percent
vacant. Eighty percent of the structures were
built before 1960 and are suffering from a lack
of maintenance. The area west of NW 5th
Avenue and east of NW T h Avenue is almost
60 percent vacant, with a haphazard clumsy
configuration of industrial, commercial, and
residential uses.
The area north of I-395 surrounding NW
3rd Avenue has a large area owned by public
agencies. These properties have buildings that
look outdated and unfortunately give the
impression of a crime -ridden neighborhood
with tall fences, bars, and bunker -style
architecture. The privately owned storefront
buildings, apartment buildings, and houses
need repair and painting.
Employment data for the whole CRA area
indicates the majority of current residents have
low, unskilled paying jobs. This area of the
City and County also has the highest
concentration of homeless individuals.
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Legal Boundary Description
for the SEOPW CRA
The extended Southeast Overtown/Park
West community redevelopment area is
generally bounded as follows:
Beginning near the southeast comer of
Lummus Park; at the southwest corner of the
intersection of NW 2nd Street and NW 3rd
Court; continue north to the north side of
NW 51' Street; then west along the north side
of NW 51' Street to the east side of NW 5d'
Avenue; then north along the east side of NW
5d' Avenue to the north side of NW 7d' Street;
then west along the north side of NW 7d'
Street to the east side of NW 7d' Avenue; then
north along the east side of NW 7d' Avenue to
the southern edge of the Metrorail right of
way ("ROW").
Then east along the southern edge of the
Metrorail ROW to the western edge of the
I-95 ROW; then north along the western edge
of the I-95 ROW to the north side of NW 14ffi
Street; then east along the north side of NW
14d' Street to the west side of NW 41' Avenue;
then north along the west side of NW 4d'
Avenue to the south side of NW 17d' Street;
then west along the south side of NW 17d'
Street to the west side of NW 5d1 Avenue; then
north along the west side of NW 5d' Avenue
to the north side of NW 19d' Street; then east
along the north side of NW 19d' Street to the
west side of NW 4d' Court; then north along
the west side of NW 4d' Court to the south
side of NW 20d' Street; then west along the
south side of NW 201' Street to a point in line
with the western boundary of the property
abutting the continuation of NW 4d' Court
north of NW 20d' Street; then north to the
north side of NW 20d1 Str d continuing
north to the south si of N 2nd Street;
then east along the ou side of NW 22nd
Street to a point 0 st of the east side
of the NW d e ROW, then south
along a li east of the east side of the
NW 3rd A ROW to the north side of
NW 20d' Street; then east along the north side
of NW 201' Street to the east side of NW 2nd
Court; then south along the east side of NW
2nd Court to the north side of NW 17d' Street;
then east along the north side of NW 171'
Street to the east side of NW 2nd Avenue; then
south along the east side of NW 2nd Avenue to
the north side of NW 141' Street.
Then east along the north side of NW
14d' Street to the east side of NW 1sr Avenue;
then south along the east side of NW 1sr
Avenue to the northern edge of the I-395
ROW; then east along the northern edge of
the I-395 ROW to the Biscayne Bay bulkhead;
then south along the bulkhead to the southern
edge of the I-395 ROW; then west along the
southern edge of the I-395 ROW to the
western side of Biscayne Boulevard.
Then south along the west side of
Biscayne Boulevard to the north side of NE
5d' Street; then west along the north side of
NE 51' Street to the west side of North Miami
Avenue; then south along the west side of
North Miami Avenue to the north side of NW
1sr Street; then west along the north side of
NW 1sr Street past NW 1sr Avenue, to include
properties abutting the west side of NW 1sr
Avenue; then north along the western edge of
said properties to the north side of NW 5d'
Street; then west along the north side of NW
5d' Street to the east side of NW 3rd Avenue;
then south along the east side of NW 3rd
Avenue to the south side of NW 2nd Street;
then west along the south side of NW 2nd
street to the southwest comer of the
intersection of NW 2nd Street and NW 3rd
Court.
Introduction 1.9
• Redevelopment Goals
• Guiding Principles
Never underestimate
Goals and Guiding Principles
Redevelopment Goals
The goals for the SEOPW CRA serve as
directives for the SEOPW CRA Board and
staff members when making decisions, taking
actions, and strategizing programs for the
redevelopment area. They guide the Agency's
public policy, appropriation of funds, and
setting priorities to eliminate the slum and
blight within the CRA area.
The goals are:
1) Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles
2) Housing: Infill, Diversity, &
Retaining Affordability
3) Creating Jobs Within the Community
4) Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
5) Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
6) Improving the Quality of Life for
residents
This redevelopment plan identifies thirteen
guiding principles. The matrix on the next
page shows that all of the Guiding Principles
work toward more than one goal. Following
the Matrix, each of the Guiding Principles is
further explained.
2.2 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Goals and Supporting Principles
Goal #1:
Goal #2:
Goal #3:
Goal #4:
Goal #5:
Goal #6:
Expanding the
Housing: Infill,
Creating Jobs
Promotion &
Preserving Historic
Improving
Note:
The names of the Guiding
Tax Base using
Diversity, &
within the
Marketing of
Buildings &
the Quality
Principles below have been
Smart Growth
Retaining
Community
the
Community
of Life for
reduced to a few key words to
save space.
Principles
Affordability
Community
Heritage
Residents
Principle 1:
Livable Community
Principle 2:
Affordable Housing
Principle 3:
Housing Variety
Principle 4:
Job Variety
Principle 5:
Walkable Streets
Principle 6:
Promotion
Principle 7:
Green / Open Space
Principle 8:
Historic Preservation
Principle 9:
Appropriate
Architecture
Principle 10:
Attractive Streets
Principle 11:
24-Hour Environment
Principle 12:
Neighborhood Centers
Principle 13:
Revise Zoning Regs.
Goals and Guiding Principles 2.3
Guiding Principles
All actions affecting the CRA area by a
government entity, agency, service provider, or
private property owner are to be judged
according to the Guiding Principles and the
Hypothetical Build -out Plan described in
Section 3.
Principle 1:
The community as a whole has to be
livable. Land uses and
transportation systems must be
coordinated with each other.
The most important combination to make
a community livable is to have land uses and
transportation systems working together in
concert. Ideally, a successful neighborhood
will offer the opportunity to reside, work, and
carry out the other activities of daily life
(shopping, recreation, entertainment, religious
and cultural events, education, etc) all within
an area of comfortable walking distance. To
provide this opportunity, a thoughtful mix of
residential, employment, commercial and
community -serving uses should be promoted
by the City and CRA in a densely developed
and well -designed urban fabric.
Neighborhood -serving commercial uses such
as pharmacies, grocery stores, bank branches,
dry cleaners, restaurants, day care facilities, and
entertainment establishments (i.e. bowling
alleys, cinemas, video stores) should be
incorporated into the neighborhood fabric to
serve the population and reduce automobile
dependency. Also, civic buildings and
community -serving uses such as schools,
libraries, police stations, fire stations, and
parks should be provided and located in such
a manner as to create community focal points
and strengthen neighborhood identity. Great
cities are built up from g oups of such
neighborhoods.
Transportation es h e to be
balanced and vane to so that one can
choose to walk a taxi, or ride a
bike, a bus, c transit, the Metrorail
or Metro ve
Overt o d Park West can be thought
of as a group of neighborhoods. In order to
reposition Southeast Overtown / Park West as
a livable area, a mixture of housing types,
service establishments, and employment
centers must be provided within each of these
neighborhoods.
Though no two neighborhoods are
exactly alike, neighborhoods are traditionally
about one -quarter mile from center to edge,
for several reasons. This is thought by scholars
to be a dimension within which residents can
come to know many of their neighbors well,
and form a detailed "mental map" of their
daily territory. This helps explain why the ten-
minute walk diameter can be observed in
historical settlements from many time periods,
and in cultures all around the world.
Perhaps more importantly today, most
people are willing to walk— provided they are
presented with a pedestrian -friendly, safe
environment for approximately ten minutes
before choosing another mode of
transportation. To reduce unnecessary car
trips and dependence on the automobile, the
most livable neighborhoods in modern cities
include an array of residential, business, retail,
and neighborhood -serving uses within that
ten-minute area. While today's technology
offers multiple means of transportation,
"walkability" remains a key component of the
vibrant and healthy neighborhood and an
important determinant of neighborhood
boundaries.
Superimposing a ten-minute walking
diameter on Southeast Overtown / Park West,
and a review of historic development patterns,
reveals that the area is actually comprised of
five distinct neighborhoods: Park West,
Southeast Overtown, North Overtown, West
Overtown, and The Government District.
Determining how to improve infrastructure,
services and the provision of uses in each of
these smaller neighborhoods is the most
2.4 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
effective strategy for improving the area as a
whole. The vision of this Redevelopment Plan
is therefore to improve the Redevelopment
Area by transforming it into a group of healthy
mixed -use neighborhoods, and connecting
those neighborhoods with variety of modes of
transportation.
Principle 2:
The neighborhood has to retain
access to affordable housing even as
the neighborhood becomes more
desirable to households with greater
means.
Based on comments and discussions
made at various community meetings in
Overtown and Park West, it is quite clear that
there is general consensus among existing
residents, former residents, CRA and City
staff, and elected officials that Overtown has
to retain affordable housing, and that housing
and job opportunities must be first made
available to existing and former residents of
Overtown as the highest of priorities.
The SEOPW CRA's Housing Policy is
stated in this Redevelopment Plan and can be
found in Section 6.
Principle 3:
There must be variety in housing
options.
The housing stock in Downtown Miami
and the neighborhoods of Southeast
Overtown / Park West is extremely limited.
The existing inventory consists mostly of
lower -priced and substandard houses and
apartments. This lack of residential altematives
inhibits efforts to foster a 24-hour downtown
and limits options for e who would
otherwise choose to re e in center city
location.
A mix of ma and affordable
housing units d I�teincluding rental units,
ownershi9toccommodate
i-family units, single-
family ud accessory apartments, is
necessary, the diversity and
lifestyles of existing and future residents.
The Overtown and Park West of the
future will take advantage of their urban
character and infrastructure and provide an
attractive array of residential choices for
current and new residents. The
neighborhoods have to ensure the integration
of different economic sectors to stimulate a
positive shaping of the urban space.
Principle 4:
There must be variety in job options.
Employment centers should be located
within the neighborhoods to accommodate
those who wish to live in proximity to their
work and reduce dependence on the
automobile and long commutes. As with
access to affordable housing, there appears to
be general consensus in the community that
job opportunities be made available to existing
residents of Overtown has a high priority.
Principle 5:
Walking within the neighborhood
must be accessible, safe, and
pleasant.
Streets have many responsibilities. They
act as a system for movement, providing
mobility and ways to move around the City.
Even more importantly, their right-of-way
serves as the "front door" to private
properties. The character and design of the
street, and thus the resulting "curb appeal,"
have a direct correlation to the type and
quality of development projects, real estate
values, and economic potential.
Providing a range of choices for moving
safely and comfortably throughout the
Goals and Guiding Principles 2.5
neighborhood is an integral function of the
city street network. Neighborhood streets
should therefore be designed to accommodate
a number of transportation choices, including
walking, bicycles, mopeds, automobiles, and
mass transit. The provision of a continuous,
two-way street grid in Southeast Overtown /
Park West will increase accessibility and
reduce congestion, while the provision of wide
shaded sidewalks, walkable block sizes, on -
street parking, bicycle paths, and transit
services increases the range of choices for
moving to, from, and within the area.
Creating pedestrian -friendly streets encourages
the development of street -level businesses and
natural surveillance.
Principle 6:
Local cultural events, institutions,
and businesses are to be promoted.
In order for Southeast Overtown / Park
West to achieve its full potential, it is necessary
to address and improve the neighborhood
economy and expand the economic
opportunities of present and future residents
and businesses. This entails both the support
and enhancement of existing businesses and
local entrepreneurs and the attraction of new
businesses that provide needed services and
economic opportunities. New Economy
business centers are characterized by
concentrations of competing but
complementary firms that are driven by the
advantages of co -location. The redevelopment
effort should actively identify opportunities
for Southeast Overtown / Park West to
capitalize on this trend.
Principle 7:
The City and County must provide
access to small parks and green
spaces of an urban cha cter.
Access to public pa and en spaces is
a key element of a of life in urban
neighborhoods, as environments
provide ess r ite in an urban
environm therefore vital that a series
of green s es d parks, preferably linked by
greenways, e developed within each
neighborhood and that existing green spaces
and parks be enhanced to provide a genuine
amenity to the quality of life for existing and
future residents. These green spaces, parks,
and greenways will be an important element in
developing and maintaining community
aesthetics and identity, providing recreational
and social opportunities for residents and
visitors, and attracting new residents and
businesses.
Principle 8:
Older buildings that embody the
area's cultural past should be
restored.
These older buildings are physical
reminders of the community's heritage and
enhance the experience of the place, giving it a
richness that cannot easily be obtained once
the buildings are lost. Unfortunately far too
many of the historic buildings identified in the
1982 plan have been demolished despite the
efforts of the Black Archives Foundation and
other local initiatives.
One of the projects identified for the
CRAM' this Community Redevelopment Plan
focuses on Historic Preservation. See Section
3, Projects and Programs for more
information.
Principle 9:
New and rehabilitated buildings
must respond to our climate and
reflect the community's cultural
heritage.
Established neighborhoods are
distinguished by architecture that is indicative
of their history, climate, and function.
Successful redevelopment efforts capitalize on
2.6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
these elements rather than imposing
development that is disconnected from what
has come before. South Beach provides an
excellent example of this concept in action; its
redevelopment was predicated on its rich
architectural heritage and history, and as a
result has been wildly successful. The five
neighborhoods that comprise Southeast
Overtown / Park West boast unique features
and architecture that reflects their history and
function. For example, Park West's
architecture still reflects its former function as
a warehouse district for the Port of Miami,
while the story of Overtown's heyday as a
thriving center for black -owned businesses
and culture is told in its remaining buildings of
note. The redevelopment of these
neighborhoods should occur within the
context of these histories and new
development should both acknowledge the
past traditions and further their future.
Whenever possible, buildings of architectural
merit should be adapted to new needs and
creatively reused.
Principle 10:
Streets and buildings must be
attractive.
Neighborhoods are defined by their pub&
realm, the spaces between buildings. The
streets, sidewalks, parks, greenways, and civic
uses bring the community together and link it
to the outside world. A vibrant and engaging
public realm serves as the neighborhood's
canvas and lifeblood, a means for inspiring
and captivating residents and visitors.
Sound urban design, attractive buildings,
and streetscapes are key to having streets that
are both functional and visually attractive.
Looks are important to current residents who
will feel community pride when receiving
pleasant comments about w ere they live.
Looks are important to att g investors to
make other imp r e ct to the
neighborhood.
To have a edest 'an -friendly
urban streets, must be set close
together, g heights and road widths
must be co le. Building walls with their
windows and doors, that open to the street,
should come together to form a continuous
facade.
Maintenance of public streets and spaces
has to occur to show that the community is
cared for. Private property owners have to do
their part too, painting buildings when they
start to peel or fade badly, and clean up yards
or vacant properties if garbage collects there.
If the owners are not inspired to make
improvements or repairs when the need
becomes visually obvious, then it is Code
Enforcement's job to deliver a citation to
them.
Principle 11:
Twenty-four hour environments are
to be encouraged.
A common feature of prosperous
metropolitan cores is a "24-hour
environment": a broad and diverse offering of
cultural, entertainment, and recreational
options that attract and engage residents and
visitors on weekends and after the workday
ends. This environment encourages social
interaction and is a catalyst for economic
vitality and attracting businesses and residents.
Southeast Overtown and Park West provide
an excellent opportunity to create the 24-hour
environment that downtown Miami lacks.
Principle 12:
Identifiable neighborhood centers
are to be established in a distributed
pattern within Overtown and Park
West.
Cohesive neighborhoods have strong
centers, identifiable from their concentration
of higher density residential, commercial, and
civic uses, and/or a signature public open
space such as a park, square or plaza. The
Goals and Guiding Principles 2.7
neighborhood center helps ensure the
provision of diversity of uses within a walkable
area and is essential to the establishment of
neighborhood identity. Neighborhood centers
should be developed in each of the five
neighborhoods that comprise Southeast
Overtown / Park West.
Principle 13:
The zoning and other development
regulations must be reworked to
yield the results envisioned in this
Community Redevelopment Plan.
Both the SEOPW CRA and the City of
Miami Planning and Zoning Department agree
that the zoning requirements within the CRA
boundaries must be improved to better
promote redevelopment of the desired type.
Revising the development regulations is
identified as a project in Section 4, "Projects
and Programs."
2.8 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Make no 6
• Conceptual Plan Diagram ably them:
• Land Uses & Residential Units and work,
• Hypothetical Build -out Plan never die,
• Publicly Owned Land, for Public Improvements with ever-(
• Open Spaces: Parks, Plazas, and Green Spaces
• Transportation System: Mobility and Access
Re-establishing the Traditional
Urban Network of Streets
Pedestrian Friendly Street Improvements
Promoting the Return of Two -Way Streets
Rail and Transit Routes
Key Ideas from the Miami at Midnight
Report
Parkin
Providing and Retaining On -Street Parking
Off-street Parking
• Land Development Regulations
Adherence to Local Land Development
Regulations
Revisions to the City's Zoning and Land
Development Regulations
• Physical Plan
Possible Changes to I-395
Hypothetical Build -out Plan
Conceptual Pfau Diagram
The Conceptual Plan Diagram to the
right shows the basic frwnework used to
shape the Hypothetical Build -out Plan,
which is very detailed an({ has many layers.
A number of other planning, efforts by bath
public and private groups have studied the
same areas either prior to or in parallel with
this Redevelopment Plan. Many concepts in
those plans have been incorporated or con-
solidated into the diagrams. Other plans
whose elements have been added' to shape
this Community redevelopment Plan
include-
• The C*ertown Greenway Plan
• The Over -town Greenprint Dian.
• Miami Downtown Transportation
Master Plan
• Miami, the Downtown Master Plan
• Miami at Midnight Report
• The Historic Ovextown Folklife Tillage Plan
• Overtown Civic Partnership "Ray
Gindroz" Plan
• Bicentennial Parts. Plan
• Biscayne Blvd Special Area Plan
• Grand Promenade Spatial Area Plan
• FEC Corridor Study
• Performing gets Center Site Plan
A summary of the many ideals raised by
various planning efforEs over the last few
decades is provided its Appendix A,
"Previous Planning Work for the Area."
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Land Uses & Residential Units
As described throughout this plan, the
intent is to mix land uses within the CRA
area as much as possible. The exceptions will
be where there are large areas of government
offices and facilities or where there are con-
centrations of single-family detached houses.
A wide range of residential types is
sought with this plan. Measures are to be put
in place to retain affordability yet encourage
market rate housing to return to the area.
Institutional
Commercial
Residential
Green Space
Hypothetical Build -out Plan 3.3
Hypothetical Build -out Plan
The Hypothetical Build -out Plan portrays
one possible built -out future for SE Overtown
and Park West in a very advanced state of
redevelopment and infill development. It is
useful to show possible configurations for
public and private building placement, streets
and access ways, parking areas, and public
spaces and street patterns.
Think of the Hypothetical Build -out Plan
as a series of layered ideas that have all been
"flattened" into one drawing. These layers
include:
• Publicly -Owned Land, available for public
improvements
• Open Spaces: parks, plazas, and green
spaces, and greenways
• Transportation System
O Street Network
O Traffic Patterns
O Rail and Transit Routes
• Parking Policy
• Land Development Regulations
• Physical Plan, showing physical conditions
of public and private buildings, parking
locations, sidewalks, and yards
Each of these layers is described in further
detail in the pages that follow in this section.
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Each of the properties shown on the map
to the left is land that is owned by the CRA,
City of Miami, County or State agencies that
are suitable for public improvements or pub-
lic -private redevelopment initiatives.
This map shows a "snapshot" of the cur-
rent ownership and should not be viewed as
an end result in itself. Additional properties
may need to be purchased and some current-
ly owned may need to be sold to reach the
goals of this redevelopment plan.
Properties that would be ideal for the
CRA to purchase are purposefully not iden-
tified in the plan, to avoid costly problems in
time and money associated with land specu-
lation; these problems have already hindered
the CRA's performance over the past twenty
years.
Required CRA Actions:
• Continue to evaluate future land pur-
chases to meet the goals of the
Redevelopment Plan.
• Evaluate and advertise public -private
development opportunities, utilizing the
land owned by the CRA, that will further
the goals of the Redevelopment Plan.
SEOPW CRA
City of Miami
Miami Dade County
Hypothetical Build -out Plan 3.5
Open Spaces: parks, plazas, and
green spaces, and greenways
Urban dwellers do not have the luxury
of large amounts of private open space in
their rear gardens and back yards. Instead,
urban living highlights the enjoyment of
pedestrian -friendly streets and public spaces
(parks, squares, greens, greenways and
plazas). Creating and maintaining high -quali-
ty public spaces is necessary for the CRA
area to achieve its potential. Of the five
neighborhoods that have been identified,
only Overtown, west of the Interstate, has
adequate open space. The acquisition of land
to create these public spaces and the neces-
sary construction and maintenance is possi-
ble through a variety of means.
Required CRA Actions:
1) Acquire more land for publicly accessi-
ble green space for active and passive recre-
ational use.
2) Coordinate with the City of Miami
(Planning & Zoning) to improve public safe-
ty with natural surveillance; requiring that
neighboring buildings front all public spaces
with doors and windows.
3) Coordinate with the City of Miami
(Parks Department) on the installation and
maintenance of public spaces.
4) Require development projects within the
area to maintain green spaces within project
scope.
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Ways to acquire more land:
1. Land Swaps
The City and CRA can directly exchange
properties with property owners. For
example, if property that is in a good location
for a park is privately owned, and the CRA
owns land that is a suitable development site,
then the CRA could swap land with the
private property owner. The community gets
a park where it makes sense and the original
owner gets a good development opportunity.
2. Revolving fund for public lands
The County, City, and CRA can create a
revolving fund for public lands. For example,
suppose the CRA needed to consolidate
several properties to make an adequately large
green space. It already owns or recently
purchased a few of the parcels, but one or two
remaining owners hold out and refuse to sell.
To avoid the need to use eminent domain, the
CRA could give up and decide to sell the land
recently purchased. The revenue from the sale
could be put into a fund, and used later in
another location for the purpose of acquiring
land for green space. This may require
specific transaction controls.
3. Purchase the land outright.
The CRA board can, as it has in the past,
purchase the land outright for a fair market
value. Assistance can be sought from the
County, City, State, and the Trust for Public
Land to expedite the purchase of land.
Matching grants can be pursued.
4. Land Pooling
Land Pooling is the consolidation of small
landholdings for their unified planning,
servicing, subdivision and redistribution. This
method for land assemblage provide many
opportunities including the shared cost and
returns of land subdivision between the
landowners in an equitable way at no cost to
the CRA and the orderly design of the
subdivision layout for the pl ed urban land
use. This process woul ter excessive
land speculation and n re adequate
supply of land for d nt purpose.
5. Ask for don
The CRA property owners to
donate
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e public use. The old
true, "It doesn't hurt to
Proper maintenance of public spaces
New public spaces are best maintained
through taxing districts applied to the
neighborhood and adjacent properties. These
plazas and green spaces will be relatively small
in comparison to other City of Miami parks.
Maintenance, including grass, tree, and shrub
planting, landscape mowing and clipping,
emptying of garbage cans, litter cleanup, and
pressure cleaning paved surfaces should be
provided by the City of Miami.. These
services can also be provided by locally owned
businesses through an incentive program.
Recreational facilities and functions should
also be provided as part of City or County
programs.
The CRA can also coordinate with local
churches, civic groups, or organizations that
are willing to donate the time and resources to
maintain public spaces.
Successful Small Urban Parks & Squares:
The list below describes the qualities that
make small parks and squares safe and useable:
1) Design matters more than acreage or uses
or luxury.
2) Natural surveillance is essential.
3) Enliven the place with regular activity.
4) Shape the public space with carefully placed
trees and buildings surrounding its edges.
5) Open and frame the views into and from
within the space.
6) Pedestrian access is all-important.
7) Calm the traffic, beautifully.
8) Provide shade.
9) Provide flexible open space for diverse
functions; don't excessively fill up the park
with equipment.
10) Reserve places for symbols of civic pride
and uniqueness.
11) Plan for sustained care and maintenance.
Hypothetical Build -out Plan 3.7
Transportation System: Mobility and
Access
Successful urban environments are
supported by a rich set of mobility choices, the
freedom to move about comfortably, whether
on foot, bicycle, via transit or automobile. In
contrast, areas designed primarily around the
automobile do not provide the level of
mobility and access necessary to create vibrant
places with an active street life.
Part of the challenge of redeveloping Park
West and Overtown is poor mobility and
access. Mobility is the ability to travel over
distances. Access is the ability to get to a
destination —to actually get to the door. This
condition has been created through a
combination of barriers such as the Interstate
Highways and the elevated Metrorail, and
further compounded by the system of one-
way streets. The one-way streets discourage
motorists from comfortably circulating within
the area. These streets also create "straight-
aways" that encourage motorists to speed and
make it unsafe for pedestrians to cross streets.
Although rail cargo and the elevated
transit facilities of Metrorail and the
MetroMover, are seen as positive features in
the neighborhood, there are some specific
negative effects that these have on adjacent
properties and streets. The physical plan
attempts to suggest ways to diminish these
negative effects and maximize the positive
ones through the location of buildings and
public spaces.
Required CRA Actions:
Restoring the urban fabric and mitigating
some of the negative impacts of previous
transportation improvements are possible
through a set of changes carried out in
concert. These include:
• Advocate, fund, and/or f cilitate the re-
establishment of the ditional urban
network of street d r oration of
missing links in e s t grid.
• Advocate, build pedestrian -
friendly s e vements.
• Pro e m of two-way streets.
• Advoc cilitate, and construct on -
street parking.
• Assist with solutions to any noise, access,
and privacy problems associated with
properties along the rail and transit routes.
• Develop pedestrian compatible
community transit system to link all
Southeast Overtown, Park West, and near
by CDC and Omni destinations. (as
described in the Miami at Midnight
report)
• Explore the possibility of a pedestrian
zone adjacent to the Overtown/Arena
Metrorail Station to enhance intermodal
transfers. (as described in the Miami at
Midnight report)
Re-establishing the traditional urban
network of streets
Throughout the Redevelopment Area, the
traditional urban block structure has been
altered. In several locations, streets have been
eliminated, and the network compromised.
This has created super -blocks, some of which
are 1,100 feet long or even longer. These
blocks are of an unusually large size and do
not fit with the established grain and size of
the original street system and blocks, making
navigation needlessly difficult. Super -blocks
limit both vehicular and pedestrian access,
causing unnecessary wastes of time and fuel
for motorists and longer distances to travel for
pedestrians.
Newly created or connected streets should
generally...
• be designed as two-way streets with on -
street parking,
• ...be of a similar right-of-way width to the
segments of existing streets with which
connections are being re-established; and,
• ...provide pedestrian -friendly street
improvements described under the next
heading in this section.
3.8 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
There are some locations within the
CRA boundary where streets are fenced off
or blocked by highways, rail lines, and the
Metrorail. If for some reason vehicular
access cannot be achieved in these locations,
then every effort needs to be made to at least
open them up for safe pedestrian access.
In contrast to the large super -blocks,
there are several locations where existing
blocks are extremely small. On a very limit-
ed basis it may be advisable to close some of
the intermediate streets to form blocks of a
size more conducive to infill development..
This should be evaluated on a case -by -case
basis and not adopted as an overall policy.
The merits of enlarging a block include:
• " Selling the rights -of -way and using
the proceeds toward the purchase of public
green space or for rights -of -way needed else-
where.
• Increasing the legibility of the major
streets.
• Directing and organizing routes of trav-
el without diminishing the primary street
system.
• Providing a larger development site for
contemporary buildings that may need
more room for midblock parking
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street grid should be opened.
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Pedestrian Friendly Street Improvements
In an urban setting, street level businesses
need a comfortable pedestrian environment, as
they are reliant on a walk-in customer base.
Strategies to make streets pedestrian
friendly include:
• Create a two-way street system. Two-way
streets have calmer traffic than one-way
streets; drivers slow down and drive more
cautiously when adjacent to oncoming
traffic.
• Provide on -street parking. The parking
will create a safety buffer between
pedestrians on the sidewalk and moving
vehicles, and will assist ground level retail,
restaurants, and businesses.
• Create narrow travel lanes. Narrow travel
lanes will discourage speeding, and will
conserve the much -needed space for on -
street parking and wider sidewalks.
• Maintain and create small curb radii. This
will require motorists to slow down when
turning at intersections.
• At neighborhood centers and intermodal
pedestrian zones, provide a rough road
surface (bricks or cobble stones, etc) that
discourage speeds beyond 20 mph)
Creating continuity on the streets is also a
top priority. Sidewalks should be designed to
encourage ground level businesses and
pedestrian activity from block to block. In
particular:
• Create wide sidewalks, allowing
pedestrians to walk side -by -side as well as
pass each other. Wide sidewalks will also
allow outdoor dining to be part of the
street scene.
• Shade the pedestrians' paths. This is an
absolute necessity in the South Florida
climate. While shade trees should be
installed wherever practi al, in general
shade trees are no effective in
providing shade as ctin lements on
buildings such w s and colonnades.
Therefore es res should be
facilitated and mandated as part
of C - projects.
• Minim sswalk distance to limit the
amount of time when pedestrians are
walking in the travel lanes.
Promoting the Return of Two -Way Streets
The existing street system within the CRA
boundary contains a multitude of one-way
streets. These are unfavorable to the future
success of the area for several reasons. One-
way streets increase the speed of traffic,
thereby reducing pedestrian activity. Retail has
great difficulty thriving on one-way streets —
not only is their drive -by volume cut in half,
but each street is traversed primarily by either
the morning or the evening commuters, and
therefore, hours of high visibility are limited.
Creating a two-way street system will alleviate
these problems and also help to orient those
traveling within the street system. Conversion
to two-way streets must be treated as a
priority.
All three scenarios in the Downtown
Transportation Master Plan include improving
the streets into a two-way street system. The
Downtown Transportation Master Plan's
study area is east of Interstate 95. Areas of
Overtown west of I-95 are currently set up as
one-way streets. To extend and complete the
system of two-way streets, the following
streets should be converted as well: 10th Street,
11th Street, 5th Street, and 6th Street between I-
95 and NW 7th Avenue. 5th and 6th Streets
east of I-95 should remain one-way to
accommodate Port of Miami related traffic
only if the FDOT improvements take place.
Rail and Transit Routes
Rail:
The FEC rail line that runs along NW 1st
Street carries cargo to the Port of Miami. This
serves a useful purpose, but the tracks
themselves form a barrier down the middle of
Overtown. Fortunately for the neighborhood,
3.12 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
the train moves slowly though this area
because it is nearing the end of the line at the
port.
To diminish the physical separation
between Overtown and Park West, more
crossings are needed at 9d', 10d', and 12ffi
Streets. Preferably these crossings will be for
both pedestrians and vehicles; however
priority should be given to pedestrian
crossings.
Transit Routes
In November 2002, the People's
Transportation Plan was approved by the
voters of Miami -Dade County. The new
transportation Plan will add numerous rapid
transit corridors to the existing Metrorail
system, which currently serves only a limited
area, linking the remainder of the greater
metropolitan region. For reference, this plan
is included in this document.
Having the convenience of Metrorail in
Overtown is advantageous for the residents;
however, the physical structure of the elevated
rail has a negative impact on the
neighborhood with problems that include:
• The elevated tracks further break up the
neighborhood into little pieces by
separating neighbors and commercial
streets.
• The space underneath the rail lines is
generally unlit and unsupervised, making
it unsafe, especially at night
• The noise from the trains makes the
adjacent properties less desirable as places
to live.
• Although the appearance isn't unsightly, it
isn't beautiful either.
Miami -Dade County Government and the
City of Miami have been studying the location
for a new Metrorail route in the East/West
direction, linking the International
Airport to the Port of i. any of the
possible paths f link between
Government to the Port pass
through Park underground. An
undergro trorail will be an
improveme c pared to the elevated tracks.
The route once preferred by the County
and City planning departments may have been
ruined. The preferred route passes under the
federal building that is currently under
construction on NW 1s, Avenue. The Board
of Miami -Dade County Commissioners
decided not to pay for the special foundation
that was required to accommodate the subway
train, so instead the building has a foundation
that cannot accommodate a future subway
underneath it.
In light of that problem, and since Park
West is well served by transit already, the best
subway routes for Park West may be those
that spare the inhabitants of Park West the
inconvenience of building a new line. The
subway does not have to go through Park
West. It could travel east on NW 2nd or 3ra
Streets and turn to the port under Bayfront
Park or under Biscayne Bay.
Another suggestion comes from the
Miami at Midnight report. Just as Metrorail
will be connected to the Miami International
Airport (MIA) with the creation of the Miami
Intermodal Center (MIC), The Port of Miami
could be connected to Metrorail with the
creation of the "Overtown-Park West
Community Intermodal System." As
described in the report, these intermodal
improvements would be structurally very
different than the MIC, but would serve the
same intermodal purposes. It is basically
calling for passenger and freight intermodal
access improvements to integrate all modes of
intercity and local transportation as well as
connections with the private automobile in the
context of the existing historic Overtown and
Park West communities. The community
intermodal system will consist of both hub -to -
corridor connections as well as other linkages
in order to complete the interregional trips
within the regional economic asset "the
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Through various pedestrian -oriented design
and intermodal access strategies, the
community intermodal system will assist the
intercity bus industry in linking passengers
arriving through airports, public transportation
facilities, train stations, and seaports with their
final home, work, and tourist destinations.
The benefit to the community is that the
patrons of the various transportation services
will spend money as they are waiting to catch
the next train, transit line, or bus. The types
of businesses there could become attractions
in themselves. Funding for this idea can come
from the Federal Government exactly because
of its intermodal function. Shared parking
garages that facilitate large-scale automotive
access without typical traffic congestion
included in the project benefit both the
interregional traveler and the local property
owners and businesses.
Key Ideas in the Miami at Midnight
Report
This report explores the opportunities and
options for narrow gauge rail transportation
modality and shared parking strategies to link
the proposed Promenade improvements to the
Bicentennial Park, the Miami Beach Baylink
project and other destinations within the
redevelopment area. It includes a description
of the strategies to create a pedestrian -oriented
intermodal access plan and a case for using
cost efficient narrow gauge rail and small
community transit vehicles for short distance
intermodal movements of passenger and
goods. The report includes a description and
recommended locations for shared parking
structures and mixed -use buildings that are
placed on their perimeter (liner buildings) and
concludes with a description of the
opportunities to secure fed ral and state
funding, a scale of magni cost estimate
and recommended actio to be dertaken.
The value to S PW CRA in the
Miami at Midni re that it describes a
unique mech s meet many of the
redevelo en ctives with a real funding
source.
Key ideas from the report include:
1) Vehicle
The rail vehicles are intended to be small,
seven feet wide, and nine feet tall. The
floor height should be 5 inches from the
street grade making it easy to get in and
out. Some cars can be open air and some
air-conditioned. Seating can be
positioned to accommodate bicycles, baby
carriages, wheelchairs, luggage, grocery
shopping bags and other goods typical for
pedestrian, bicycle or automotive
transport.
2) Narrow gage rail
Since narrow gage rail is designed for
shorter slower trips, the costs of
installation and maintenance are lower.
3) Pedestrian Intermodal Access
Traffic calming and pedestrian amenities
will need to be provided along the streets
and mixed mode corridors where the
transit routes will occur.
4) Freight Intermodal Access
The report assumes that 5a' and 6a' streets
become the primary truck route for the
Port. Recently the MPO has rejected that
plan due to opposition from the
Overtown community and Miami -Dade
Community College. This portion of the
report therefore may no longer be valid;
however, continue community discussions
should it be undertaken to find a
beneficial design that provides port access
but minimizes truck traffic adverse to the
community.
5) Liner buildings and Parking Structures
The transit system is not just tracks and
vehicles, but also parking garages. The
slower speed community transit and
narrow gauge rail vehicles also serve as
shuttles from parking to the various
attractions and transportation services in
this intermodal system. To make the
garages meet the objectives of a
pedestrian -oriented downtown neighbor-
hood, the garages must be lined with
useable habitable space that is accessible
from the street for commercial and
3.16 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
residential uses.
6) Community Intermodal System
The various components of the
redevelopment plan will function as
elements of a community based
intermodal system (e.g., passenger and
freight intermodal facilities and
connectors). While the redevelopment of
the existing MetroRail and MetroMover
station sites into a series of connected
liner buildings and parking structures
(with properly designed interior and
exterior spaces to better relate the
pedestrian activities at the street level with
the transit station floors twenty to thirty
feet above grade) can obviously be
proposed as an intermodal transportation
project that would qualify for
transportation trust funds, to a greater or
lesser degree, every improvement within
the redevelopment areas should be look
upon as an opportunity to improve the
intermodal movements within the
redevelopment areas. The Overtown -
Park West Community Intermodal System
therefore consists of specific pedestrian -
oriented transportation projects to
enhance intermodal connections and
significantly increase modal splits.
7) Funding Opportunities
In order to understand the magnitude of
these funding opportunities, we only have
to look at the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT) annual budget
($4 billion) and the significance of their
This illustration shows how a narrow gauge rail vehicle can be small enough to fit within narrow right-of-way.
Hypothetical Build -out Plan 3.17
ongoing efforts to identify and focus
funding towards the critical elements of
Florida's Strategic Intermodal System.
When combined with the congressional
schedule for TEA 21 Reauthorization and
the United States Department of
Transportation (USDOT) proposed
SAFETEA legislation provisions, there is
a clear opportunity to define elements of
the SEOPW CRA Redevelopment Plan
Update in fundable transportation project
terms. Estimate costs are listed in the
Capital Improvements, Section 5, of this
redevelopment plan.
8) Recommended Actions
The SEOPW CRA needs to immediately
consider and approve these transportation
projects as intermodal projects and seek
the support for these projects from the
City of Miami Commission, the Miami -
Dade County Commission, the Miami -
Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO), the USDOT, the FDOT, the
Florida House and Senate legislative
delegation, the U.S. Congressional
delegation and both U.S. Senators from
the State of Florida. Immediate
discussions with members of the FTC and
SITAC would be very important as well.
The proposals need to be presented as
consistent with USDOT and FDOT
intermodal initiatives and well -established
transportation law and policy. While
historically large-scale pedestrian -oriented
transportation improvements have been
difficult to conceptualize as valid
transportation expenditures, with the
federal and state interest in intermodal
projects (virtually all passenger intermodal
movements involve pedestrian trips),
there would seem to be a better
opportunity to undertake such an
initiative at this time.
To be seriously considered for state and
federal funding, the proposed intermodal
projects need to be identified in the
Miami -Dade MPO's long-range plan and
should be scheduled within the FDOT's
five-year work program. Further, such
intermodal improvements need to also be
identified as an element of the Strategic
Intermodal Systems ) (intermodal
connectors or otherw addressed in
the TEA 21 Reau ri do and related
federal appropri on ecisions.
In undert^h e efforts, the SEOPW
CRA in t e that they will need to
be a n rticipant with the City of
Miami d e Miami -Dade County as to
any sta and federal originated
transportation funds. With the
incorporation of pedestrian -oriented
mixed -mode streets and corridors, parking
shuttles and community transit, parking
structures and liner buildings into this
updated redevelopment plan, the SEOPW
CRA along with the Omni CRA should
implement initial components of the
intermodal improvements plan in
partnership with the Miami Parking
Authority (Department of Offstreet
Parking, or other public and private
partners, to demonstrate how such a
system will work and why their
transportation funding partners (USDOT,
FDOT, County and City) should
participate in such community
redevelopment related transportation
intermodal improvements.
Three maps have been included in this
redevelopment plan for reference. Obviously
the details of the routes, systems, and parking
garage locations may change as the system is
closer to implementation.
3.18 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
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Parking
Having more than enough spaces in
surface parking lots can fragment the urban
environment and looks unsightly; having too
few spaces can frustrate residents and patrons.
However, if individual property owners
maximize the amount of parking that can be
created on each private lot, and meet 1970s-
style parking ratio expectations, the result
would be at best a blighted, unsuccessful
aspiring suburb rather than a pleasant,
walkable urban environment. More
commonly, high parking requirements make
small -scaled infill developments too difficult.
Therefore the CRA should promote a
balanced strategy that seeks to use space
efficiently and facilitate a system -wide
approach. Parking should be treated among
matters of public infrastructure rather than
just as a private endeavor on private
properties. The CRA should not enter the
business of parking, but can help implement
projects that can be managed privately or by
the City of Miami Parking Authority.
Required CRA Actions:
1) Advocate, fund, and/or build on -street
parking spaces in any future
redevelopment efforts within public
rights -of -way.
2) Support a reform of offstreet parking
regulations to be adopted by the City of
Miami to reduce the unnecessary burden
on private developers. To jumpstart
redevelopment, new businesses in existing
buildings should be exempt from parking
requirements to reduce their startup costs
and therefore their financial risks.
Providing & Retaining On -Street Parking
On -street parking provides motorists with
access to street level businesses. These
businesses can capture the at ntion of both
pedestrians and drive -by .sts. On -street
parking also creates a In rtab pedestrian
environment by b n edestrians from
moving cars i e v lanes. Sidewalks
automaticall cfive with pedestrians
because peo e ettinv in and out of their
cars parked NW, on -street spaces.
Existing on -street parking throughout the
Redevelopment Area should be maintained.
The potential for adding on -street parking to
streets where it is not currently provided
should be explored every time roadway
improvements occur over time. All new and
improved streets within the boundary should
be designed to include on -street parking.
Off-street Parking
In overly car -dependent regions such as
South Florida, each development will
commonly attempt to provide for their own
parking on -site with a parking structure or
parking lot. In urban areas, some of the
negative effects of storing large quantities of
cars on each site are:
• Experiencing gaps between buildings,
from parking lots, when walking down a
sidewalk is disruptive for retail
environments. Shoppers are easily turned
off by these gaps and will often stop
shopping or pause and turn around and
go back the way they came if it looks like
there are not any worthwhile destinations
down the street.
• Parking structures greatly increase the
costs to develop a building. This makes
market rate and workforce housing, for
example, more difficult to find in central
urban areas, right where they are needed.
Luxury apartment dwellers more easily
absorb the cost of the parking garages.
• Development that includes parking
structures requires larger parcels to create
functional structures and financially viable
projects. This generally requires the
projects to be large in scale, and therefore
harder to finance and harder to fit within
the fabric of the neighborhood.
• Parking structures associated with one
building do not necessarily create a
3.22 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
"shared" situation, which can reduce the
overall needed parking spaces. The
concept of shared parking means that at
night an apartment resident can use the
same parking space used by an office
employee during the day. In the suburban
model, office buildings and residential
buildings are not typically designed to
share parking, nor is the building
management company in the business of
managing parking.
Without shared parking, the inefficient
end result is that more money is spent and
more land is utilized for parking than is really
necessary.
Making shared parking work
As shared parking facilities are built and
the area becomes more developed, livable,
interesting, and walkable, with daily needs and
services present, some households may opt to
do without an automobile or share fewer cars
among family members. Developers of new
buildings will not have to provide as much of
their own parking as they did in the past. The
CRA can do its part by participating in public -
private ventures to build shared parking
facilities. This will take the burden off local
property owners interested in redeveloping or
improving their properties and buildings.
Reducing the Impact of Parking Garages:
To diminish the visual and negative
impact of parking garages, these guidelines
should be followed:
1. No blank walls of parking garages or walls
with openings to the parking garage should
directly face public streets.
2. A "liner" of habitable space with a
minimum depth of twenty feet should be
constructed between the street and the garage
portion of the building. Gr and floors of
garages may contain y entrances,
entrances to parking, s oul so contain
retail space. Rec me ed liner building
depths are dur o eet for residential
and office, fi t feet for retail. First
floor re ' en ses should be raised a
minimum o feet above the average
sidewalk grade.
3. Gates or payment kiosks should be at least
forty feet from the sidewalk if the entrance is
on a street.
4. Wherever possible, entrances to the parking
garage should be from an alley or side street.
Prioritv Areas for CRA influenced Parkin_ -
facilities:
Parking is currently, or soon will be,
needed for the areas marked in blue at the
right. These areas or their vicinity should be
the target locations for parking structures that
can serve the public.
Hypothetical Build -out Plan 3.23
Land Development Regulations
Adherence to local land development
regulations
All CRA development activities shall
adhere to the City of Miami's Comprehensive
Plan and all zoning and regulatory
requirements, as revised from time to time.
Revisions to the City's Zoning and Land
Development Regulations
The existing zoning regulations do not
necessarily encourage or ensure the
development of street -oriented, urban
buildings. This situation is not unique to the
CRA; a fine-tuning of the citywide land
development regulations will eventually be
required. However, to assist projects that are
entering the development stage in a timely
manner, a new set of Urban Design Standards
for this specific area, plus accompanying
incentives, can offer an intermediate solution.
The proposed Urban Design Standards
would reflect adjusted zoning mechanisms in
certain zones within the CRA boundaries. In
the past, the low Maximum Building footprint
(the percentage of the property which can be
covered with a building), and the Floor Area
Ratio (the amount of square footage that is
habitable based on size of the lot) required
land assembly to form large parcels,
sometimes encompassing an entire city block.
To reduce this need to assemble several
parcels into one, the Maximum Building
footprint should be increased, minimum
parking requirements reduced, and Floor Area
Ratio either de-emphasized or eliminated.
Then buildings will be allowed to vary in size
and scale, and an orderly mixture of buildings
can occur within any given city block.
Specific reforms that should be reflected
in the new Design Standards, f r at least some
areas within the CRA boon s, in
• Increased maxim W din otprints
• Revised floor ar ra in certain zones
• Decreased n rements
• Decrease e requirements
Buil ' g eYeequirements (i.e., step -
backs dorientation rules) to
maintain access to sunlight and prevailing
breezes. This will have the added benefit
of optimizing east -west view corridors.
The new Standards shall describe the
following:
• The Building -To -Street Relationship: how
buildings should face the street at the
ground level. This includes elements such
as distance between operable doors,
percentage of window glazing, and the use
of projecting elements to provide shade,
such as colonnades and awnings,
balconies, or overhangs.
• Building Envelope: how the mass of the
building is expressed to maintain quality
street spaces, while optimizing
development potential.
• Architectural Elements: the basic
architectural features to create fit with the
climate and visual interest in buildings and
to provide harmony among diverse
designs by many architects.
• A Mixture of Uses: Reducing or
eliminating off-street parking
requirements for storefront businesses
located at the street level will be attractive
to small business, provided there is
enough pedestrian traffic on the adjacent
street. This may also be an incentive for a
developer to build retail square footage at
the base of an office or residential
building, furthering the initiative of
mixing uses.
The overall benefit will be to create
flexibility within a framework of reasonable
certainty, allowing the development
community to deliver a variety of building
types to provide a range of housing options
and services needed to accommodate
individuals of numerous lifestyles and
economic positions.
3.24 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Physical Plan
The Physical Plan shows the physical
and geographic conditions of public and pri-
vate buildings. The plan identifies civic
buildings, private buildings, streets, high-
ways, and mass transit lines. Various colors
for areas between buildings identify parks
and open spaces, parking locations, side-
walks, street trees, and yards.
Areas that are primarily hard surRoe6
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Possible Changes to I-395
At the time of this Redevelopment Plan's
preparation, the Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) has been discussing
modifications to I-395 between I-95 and the
Macarthur Causeway. Various scenarios
have been presented by the Florida
Department of Transportation, the apparent
favored alternative being the one with
trenched through -lanes with at -grade
frontage roads. Park West and the Omni area
would be reconnected with bridges for city
streets spanning the travel lanes below.
This alternative suggests moving the
alignment of I-395 northward along NE -NW
13th Street, and therefore creating a re -devel-
opable swath of land at its current location.
The plans on the right compare this
alternative with the Redevelopment Plan as
drawn and show that it is compatible.
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• Projects
Criteria for Physical Improvements
Stakeholders Roles
Project A. NW 1st Avenue
Project B. Downtown Overtown (including Little
Broadway - Lyric Plaza)
• Project C. NW 3rd Avenue Neighborhood Center
• Project D. Historic Overtown Priority Business Corridor
• Project E. West Overtown
• Project F. Properties facing Biscayne Boulevard
• Project G. The Promenade - Park West Entertainment District
Project H. NW 7th Avenue "Spine"
Project I. Development Regulation Revisions
• Programs and Strategies
Planning, Development, Technical Assistance and Program
Compliance
• Home Ownership Pre -qualification and Counseling
• Grants to Existing Businesses
• Laredo/Re-use Plan (CLUC 90 Properties)
• Historic Preservation
• District Wide Programs
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Projects and Programs
Projects
The projects described in this section are
the current projects to be facilitated by the
SEOPW CRA. These projects may need to be
updated from time to time as the projects
evolve and components are implemented.
Some may need to be removed from the plan
when they are sufficiently completed. New
projects may need to be added. This section
can be supplemented by another document or
documents revising the list of projects or
describing them in greater detail.
The projects by project areas, A through
H, do not cover the entire CRA area, but
when started, should attract interest in the
community and spark additional private
investment within the SEOPW CRA. The
idea behind concentrating efforts in small
areas is to totally transform them, creating as
dramatic and visible an impact as possible.
When money is spent evenly throughout the
entire CRA, it is difficult to see where the
money has gone. By focusing the efforts,
people will experience what the larger area will
look, feel, smell, and sound like as
revitalization spreads, inspiring additional
private reinvestment.
The areas for projects are not intended to
be treated with finite boundaries. If a
redevelopment proposal is adjacent to the area
and it meets the urban design solutions of the
project, then it should be considered part of
the project.
Criteria for Physical Improvements
The criteria for any priority physical
improvement project to be endorsed by the
SEOPW CRA are:
• It produces a total, outdoor
environment of exceptional beauty,
which exudes safety and optimism, and
which stands out in mar ed contrast to
blight.
• It involves a co n , n adaptive
re -use of exis o etter, historic)
structure ldings and
improve paces.
• It , olv ompletion of the public
space, example, both sides of the
street, all corners of an intersection, or
all sides of a park or green space should
be built out or renovated.
• It includes a significant residential
component, preferably owner -occupied;
one desire is to repopulate the area and
to correct an imbalance of renters
versus owners.
• It lures residents of moderate incomes
or varied incomes; these are "colonists"
who will demonstrate the viability of
close -in convenient neighborhoods and
whose discretionary income will help
support businesses.
• It suggests what the larger
neighborhood will be like as
revitalization spreads, and it inspires
private reinvestment.
Stakeholders' roles:
Specific roles for each of the stakeholders
appear with the projects. In the spirit of
teamwork, the stakeholders can each do their
part to revitalize the area
SEOPW CRA:
Perform actions as sanctioned under the
Redevelopment Act of 1969 and identified in
this Community Redevelopment Plan.
City, ofMiami
Continue support for the SEOPW CRA
and make changes to the zoning and other land
development regulations for properties in this
part of the City. The City should maintain and
improve its properties in Overtown, and use its
resources to provide a safe and attractive
community.
Overtown Civic Partnership:
Focus efforts in partnership with the City
of Miami and the SEOPW CRA. The
4.2 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Overtown Civic Partnership's goals mirror
those of the SEOPW CRA. These include
goals regarding housing and physical
development, economic development,
community buildings, and leadership
development.
For -Profit Developers, Community
Development Corporations, and Investors:
Continue redeveloping properties, adding
more jobs and housing options within the
community.
Residents in the Community.
As most are aware, revitalization takes a
long time. Spend the effort and money to
improve the appearance of homes and yards.
Sometimes little tasks that don't cost too
much can make a big difference, such as
repainting, adding a tree or shrubs, and
picking up litter that might be on your street
or in your or your neighbor's yard.
Rental or Commercial Property Owners
and Business Operators:
Maintain or improve the appearance of
your buildings. Grants and low -interest loan
programs are available to accelerate
improvements. Property owners who don't
intend to make improvements should consider
selling their properties or partnering with
others who have greater resources.
Overtown Advisory Board:
Continue monitoring and guiding the
various activities within Overtown., including
implementation strategies and creating new
alliances.
Black Archives of South Florida Research
and History Foundation, Inc.:
Continue the efforts to promote and
preserve the cultural heritage of the
community.
Community Churches
Stay involved ci y aware of the
revitalization a' iti the community.
Help the C ute information as
needed f time. Sponsor activities
to improv visual appearance of the
neighborhoods and continue to promote the
area as aproud community that cares.
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.3
Project A. Northwest 1st Avenue
General Boundaries:
North:
I-395 Overpass
South:
NW 1st Street
East:
properties that face NW 1st Ave
West:
properties that face NW 1st Ave
Challenges
■ There is an awkward traffic pattern for
vehicles proceeding north along NW 1st
Avenue.
■ Pedestrians are crossing the railroad tracks
under unsafe condition, simply because
they are walking the shortest route
between two points.
■ The railroad tracks, buildings, and vacant
properties lining NW 1st Avenue are
unsightly.
■ There is a general lack of sense of place
resulting from low building heights in
proportion to the street width. This takes
away from the potential of NW 1st
Avenue becoming an important signature
location.
New Opportunities
There are a number of opportunities that
an enhanced NW 1st Avenue will afford the
neighborhood. One of these is the
improvement of the pedestrian connection
between the newly proposed Promenade in
Park West and the Overtown neighborhood.
Better pedestrian routes and improved walking
conditions will allow residents and visitors
alike to circulate between the two areas.
Another opportunity is that the railroad
right-of-way can accommodate a new light rail
system, the Baylink. A station along this
section of the avenue will bring people to the
Promenade and serve as a link to downtown
Miami and Miami Beach for neighborhood
residents.
NW 1st Avenue does need to be a
strong retail orientedke mixture of
office and residen ' bgs are the best
choice for the tr roadway. Retail
efforts shoul sed on Downtown
Overtow kev east -west streets such
as 9111, 11111,
Urban Design Solutions
1) With the current traffic pattern,
northbound vehicles need to stop, turn
left and cross the railroad tracks and then
stop and turn right to continue north. To
resolve this odd driving route, the main
travel lanes of NW 1st Avenue will curve
across to the western side of the railroad
tracks and continue to the north. The
roadway on the eastern side of the tracks
should remain a two-way street.
2) Legitimize parking on the east side of NW
1st Avenue by marking on -street spaces
and installing parking meters.
3) A number of changes and improvements
are proposed in the Physical Plan to create
a more pedestrian -friendly environment
along NW 1st Avenue. Several new at -
grade crossings of the railroad tracks are
proposed. This will allow for safer
pedestrian movement across the tracks as
well as establish missing connections in
the street grid. Improvements to
sidewalks and the addition of street lights
and shade trees along the median will
provide a more enjoyable walking
environment at all times of the day.
4) Taller building heights, when combined
with the landscape improvements, will
increase the definition of the public space
on both sides of the tracks and will
contribute to creating a sense of place.
The natural surveillance that occurs when
people can watch the Avenue through the
windows of their homes or offices will
make NW 1st Avenue a much safer place.
5) A parking structure in some location
along NW 1st Avenue, perhaps in
Downtown Overtown, will service the
parking need generated by the influx of
visitors and daily inhabitants to the area.
Any proposed parking structures must be
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4.6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
NW 1st Avenue, looking south. The right-of-way is to be reconfigured to accommodate light rail, on -street
parking, and double alleys of shade trees. Properties fronting the street are illustrated as mixed -use buildings
with housing on upper floors.
Projects and Programs 4.7
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4.8 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
NW 1 st Avenue, looking north. The right-of-way can accommodate on -street parking, light rail, and wider
sidewalks.
Projects and Programs 4.9
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4.10 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
lined with habitable spaces (such as
offices, apartments, or hotel rooms)
facing the streets or avenues.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• Make sure there are Credit Counseling
Services available for existing Overtown
residents, to help them qualify for
homeownership.
• Make sure there is an organization set up
that can offer basic financial literacy
training, job training, education and other
supportive services for people with
extremely low incomes that can not
qualify for home ownership.
• Begin talks with FEC and Dade County
Public Works to change the configuration
of NW 1st Avenue. This Avenue has
historically been the divider between
Overtown and Park West, and the
redesign is needed to make it the unifier.
• Support the City with the effort of
revising the land development regulations,
by funding the effort and/or promoting it
with the community.
City, ofMiami:
• The Planning and Zoning Department
should prepare new development
regulations for properties along Biscayne
Boulevard in Park West to create rules
that will provide an attractive and safe
pedestrian environment facing Biscayne
Boulevard.
Overtown Civic Partnership:
• Continue efforts to implement public —
private joint development projects.
Residents in the Community.
• Residents should participate in programs
to better prepare them to take advantage
of home ownership and o ortunities that
arise from redevelopm
Developers:
• Provide res' n is along NW 1st
Avenue e goals and principles
of th' re ment plan.
• Commercial Property owners: Look for
opportunities for apartments or
condominiums to increase the number of
patrons for the local businesses.
Overtown Advisory Board:
• Continue to monitor and offer
recommendations on activities.
Black Archives Foundation:
• Continue the efforts to promote and
preserve community's cultural heritage.
Project B. Downtown Overtown
General Boundaries:
North:
NW 11ffi Street
South:
NW 8ffi Street
East:
NW 1st Avenue
West:
NW 3rd Avenue
Challenges
• The historic cultural life of arts and
entertainment and expression of heritage
in this area needs to be regenerated.
Many of the historic buildings have been
demolished.
• There is a need for a safe public gathering
space associated with the restored and
expanded Lyric Theater.
• Insuring the economic viability of the
Lyric Theater as the cultural anchor of
Historic Overtown
• Once the Lyric Theater and surrounding
businesses become successful, there will
be aperceived shortage ofparking spaces,
and new parking spaces will be needed for
infill redevelopment.
• Residential population has decreased in
year 2000 from year 1990 according to the
Federal Census, explaining the decrease in
viable businesses that offer services to the
residents.
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.11
New Opportunities
Downtown Overtown is the central core
of Overtown. Groups like the Overtown
Civic Partnership are proactively planning to
revive Downtown Overtown, creating a
"destination of choice." The Lyric Plaza will
be the focal public open space for cultural and
entertainment activities. The Black Archives
Foundation has restored the Lyric Theater and
rents it out for activities and events. The Lyric
will also attract business to the area from
performances associated with the Performing
Arts Center, currently under construction.
The SEOPW CRA, Miami -Dade County,
and the South Florida Land Trust already
control significant land parcels in this vicinity,
and have been assembling them for the
purpose of redevelopment.
The May 2002 Economic Programming
Study prepared by ZHA for all of Overtown
recommends that an enticement program be
created by an Action Team for Procurement.
The Action Team is to be made up of
commercial realtors, bankers, commercial
developers, and a senior CRA staff member.
Their job is to attract a tenant mix that
supports the jazz, blues, and gospel
entertainment venues and the supporting
businesses in retail and services. Read that
study for further information.
The Lyric Theater serves as the cultural
anchor of "Historic Overtown." This cultural
anchor can serve to significantly enhance
efforts to create a tourist destination. The
long-term viability of the Lyric Theater as the
cultural anchor, and future commercial retail
and residential developments is critical.
Keeping the theater open and active may
require additional public -private partnerships.
Urban Design Solutions
1) The Lyric Plaza should be surrounded on
three sides by mixed -use buildings, with
the fourth side being anned addition
to the theater. Th ro nd vel of these
buildings shoul on restaurants, bars,
clubs, an s offering unique
merchan tural appeal. These
estab ' will complement the
theater 1 experience and will
encourage people to come early and linger
after performances at the Lyric Theater
and other future clubs in the area.
2) Offices and/or apartments should occupy
the upper floors around the Lyric Plaza.
3) Vehicular access should be provided on
the west and north sides of the Lyric
Plaza, providing a drop-off location for
patrons and providing access to midblock
parking facilities.
4) The city blocks between NW 2nd Avenue
and 3rd Avenue should follow the Folk
Life Village Plan in character, with two to
four story buildings.
5) Taller buildings should be built facing
NW 1st Avenue and the Metrorail tracks.
Integrated into these buildings should be
garages that provide shared parking spaces
to theatergoers, the businesses, residents,
and visitors on NW 2nd Avenue and in the
Folk Life Village area.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• Offer land as part of public —private joint
development projects.
• Coordinate County efforts to do the
same.
• Support the City with the effort of
revising the land development regulations,
by funding the effort and/or promoting it
with the community.
• Make sure there are Credit Counseling
Services available for existing Overtown
residents, to help them qualify for
homeownership.
• Make sure there is an organization set up
that can offer basic financial literacy
training, job training, education and other
supportive services for people with
extremely low incomes that can not
qualify for home ownership.
• Help existing and future commercial
4.12 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
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N.W. 2nd Avenue, existing conditions. The street that was once the center of
Overtown's nightlife is now characterized by empty lots,very little activity, and
commerce. The Lyric Theater stands isolated; most of the dense urban fabric that
once stood along this street was demolished. Because no buildings face the Ninth
Street Promenade along its western half, it lacks natural surveillance and feels
desolate and unsafe.
Historic Lyric Theater
4.14 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
A resurrected "Little Broadway" Entertainment District is to take shape around the
Lyric Theater Plaza. Ninth Street could once again be opened to slow -moving
vehicular traffic. Mixed -use buildings will define Ninth Street, facing the public
realm with "eyes on the street."
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property owners attract quality tenants,
and national retailers, by starting the
Action Team as described in ZHA's 2003
Economic Programming Study
City, ofMiami:
• Change the Land Development
Regulations for Overtown, to meet the
vision for this area
Overtown Civic Partnership:
• Continue efforts to implement public —
private joint development projects.
• Help existing business owners improve
the appearance their storefronts to
improve sales by offering design
suggestions for the facades and windows.
Residents in the Community.
• Residents should participate in programs
to better prepare them to take advantage
of home ownership and opportunities that
arise from redevelopment.
Developers:
• Provide residential units in Overtown that
meet the goals and principles of this
redevelopment plan.
.Overtown Advisory Board.
• Continue to monitor and offer
recommendations on activities.
Black Archives:
• Carry out the plan to expand the Lyric
Theatre. Manage the Lyric Plaza.
• Continue to maintain the Lyric Theater
and rent it for events.
• Continue with art and heritage exhibits
showcasing African American cultural
contributions at the Lyric Theater to
provide a destination in Overtown.
• Continue the efforts to promote the
Folklife Village.
• Assist in the ve ment of
complementary es ong the NW 2nd
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Neighborhood Center
General Boundaries:
North:
NW 19d' Street
South:
I-395 Overpass
East:
NW 2nd Avenue
West:
NW 4d' Avenue
Challenges
• Buildings that once opened toward the
street with doors and windows have been
closed up, presumably due to crime or the
perception of vulnerability to crime.
• Neighborhood -serving retail has been
reduced to a handful of bars, small
markets, hair salons and barber shops,
and laundromats.
• The Culmer Center building is far from
the street, fenced off, poorly lit at night,
and the property is significantly
underutilized.
• Existing apartment buildings in the area
are at best plain and, in many cases, aging
and unattractive.
New Opportunities
NW 3rd Avenue could become a thriving
mixed -use / commercial street with businesses
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.19
that better support the daily needs of both
longtime residents and newcomers. New
residential development, such as Village of St.
Agnes, Carrie Meek Tower, and St. John
Village will increase the variety of housing
choices and diversify the household types and
incomes, and return the customers needed for
the businesses. The Culmer Center could be
rebuilt and expanded as an impressive street -
oriented building, with a courtyard for certain
outdoor activities. The corner at NW 171'
Street and NW 3rd Avenue has large trees that
will enhance what could be turned into a
public green square. Vehicular traffic around
the new green square will make it safer than
the property currently appears.
ZHA's 2003 Economic Programming
Report supports the need for additional retail
in North Overtown, especially with the 102
new units that are soon to come on the
market.
Urban Design Solutions
1) Use the Culmer Center property as a
redevelopment site.
a) The existing facility should be
replaced with a new structure built at
the corner of NW 17d' Street and
NW 4d' Avenue. The new building
should be oriented to the street, with
an open air courtyard.
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b) An unfenced public green or park
should be built at the comer of NW
17d' Street and NW 3rd Avenue where
currently there are large trees. The
front entrance of the new Culmer
Center should face the new green
square.
c) The remaining portion of the Culmer
Center property along NW 3rd
Avenue should be redeveloped as 2-
to 4-story flexible -use buildings,
oriented toward the street like those
on the east side of 3rd Avenue.
d) The remaining on the Culmer
Center Pro ng NE 4d' Avenue
should re ed for residential
or uses. Live/work
s should be encouraged.
Prope the eastern side of NW 3rd
Avenue should be refurbished or
redeveloped into 2- to 4-story mixed -use
buildings. Windows and doors must face
NW 3rd Avenue to make walking along
the sidewalk safe and worthwhile.
Implement the Trust for Public Land's
Overtown Greenway Plan (the portions
for North Overtown, in particular).
NE/NW 14d, Street is the main
pedestrian connection into the Omni
Area.
Sidewalks should be repaired where
broken and street trees planted where
there are gaps. This segment of NW 3rd
Avenue currently has a nice mature street
tree canopy that should be retained during
any future streetscape project.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• Make sure there are Credit Counseling
Services available for existing Overtown
residents, to help them qualify for
homeownership.
• Make sure there is an organization set up
that can offer basic financial literacy
training, job training, education and other
supportive services for people with
extremely low incomes that can not
qualify for home ownership.
• Initiate a streetscape improvement project
for North Overtown.
• Help attract new businesses to NW 3rd
Avenue in anticipation of new residents
moving into Village of St. Agnes, Carrie
Meek Tower, and St. John Village, making
those businesses more viable than with
the current population.
• Provide assistance perhaps through a
facade improvement program or
rehabilitation grant or loan program for
existing commercial building/business
owners to upgrade the existing stores on
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the NW 3rd Street.
• Request the County to redevelop the
Culmer Center to improve the facility and
help improve NW 3rd Avenue, or seek a
third party to joint venture with the
County.
City ofMiami:
• Assist with streetscape improvements for
North Overtown.
• Request the County to redevelop the
Culmer Center to improve the facility and
help improve NW 3rd Avenue.
Overtown Civic Partnership:
• Request the County to redevelop the
Culmer Center to improve the facility and
help improve NW 3rd Avenue, or seek a
third party to joint venture with the
County.
• Focus efforts on West Overtown in a
similar manner to that of Downtown
Overtown.
Residents in the Community.
• Residents should participate in programs
to better prepare them to take advantage
of home ownership and opportunities that
arise from redevelopment.
Developers:
• Continue to provide more residential units
in North Overtown that meet the goals
and principles of this redevelopment plan.
Commercial Property, owners:
• Make improvements to buildings,
• Look for opportunities for apartments or
condominiums to increase the number of
patrons for the local businesses.
Overtown Advisory Board:
• Continue to monitor and offer
recommendations to ities in North
Overtown.
Black Archives u
• Continue s to promote and
pres e cultural heritage of the
Comm
Community Churches:
• Evaluate your building and grounds to see
if changes can be made to the appearance
to help beautify NW 3rd Avenue
• Study the possibility of developing excess
church property for housing or
commercial uses.
• Host or sponsor community events to
attract tourists or visitors to Overtown.
Project D. Historic Overtown
Priority Business Corridor
On June 9th, 1998 the City of Miami
adopted resolution R-98-592 designating NW
3rd Avenue from approximately NW 8th Street
to approximately NW 14d, Street, and NW 8d,
Street from NW 2nd Avenue to NW 3rd
Avenue, as the Historic Overtown Priority
Business Corridor. This general designation
gave the CRA the ability to start planning
activities, which it did, via a pilot program that
will assist the overall commercial revitalization
of Overtown.
The CRA has made progress with some
of the problems identified at that time by the
project report. The two buildings on the east
side of NW 3rd Avenue between 10d' Street
and Hffi Street have been renovated and have
a new facade that was funded through a grant
from the CRA. The CRA further constructed
parking lots along the business corridor in
anticipation of future parking needs for the
commercial businesses. The blue metal picket
fence surrounding Frederick Douglass
Elementary School is a visual improvement
over the chain link fence that was there.
Project Area Boundaries:
North: I-395 Overpass
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.23
South: NW 8d' Street
East: properties that face NW 3rd Ave
West: properties that face NW 3rd Ave
Challenges
• More buildings need renovation.
• The community has criticized the
construction of the parking lots, because
at present they appear to remain empty
most of the time and decrease the sense
of a built-up neighborhood.
• The street has many churches, each
needing additional parking during church
events and funerals that occur on days
other than Sundays. These events further
reduce the parking availability for business
patrons.
• There is a lack of shade for pedestrians.
• Sidewalks are narrower than those for
typical main streets, making it less
comfortable for shoppers and other
pedestrians.
New Opportunities
The potential for a thriving NW 3rd
Avenue has not been lost. The segment near
NW 8d' Street is quite visible for people
getting on Interstate 95, and it is somewhat
visible for northbound motorists on I-95.
More noticeable improvements between NW
8d' and NW 10d' Streets will attract people to
stop there who might otherwise pass by, or
who might be interested enough by a passing
glance to want to return when they have more
time.
Urban Design Solutions
1) Do not build any more parking lots until
the demand for the area increases to the
point where there is a real parking
problem. The project entitled Planning and
Development of Parking Faci&ies for the
Historic Priority Business Co Vor, should be
considered complete a ore parking is
needed in the Prio usi s Corridor.
The surface pa 'ng is constructed by
the SEOPW intended to be an
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deve in proposals for those
prop
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that is also accessible for existing
neighborhing buildings.
2) Shade for pedestrians is urgently needed.
This can be accomplished by planting
trees between the on -street parking
spaces, or with awnings, canopies, roof
overhangs, balconies, colonnades, or
arcades attached to the buildings.
3) Travel lanes in the streets should be
narrowed so that the extra space can be
added to the sidewalk width. On -street
parking must remain in any future
streetscape project, to help the businesses
along the street, and to add a safety
barrier between the moving cars and the
pedestrians.
4) Landscaping along the embankments of
the Interstate Highways and the Metrorail
should be continued. This has been
successfully accomplished in some places
by Marvin Dunn's Group, Black
Reflections, Inc.
5) Improve the appearance of Church
owned parking lots. These are mostly
empty except during Sunday services and
other events and they could be landscaped
better. Better yet, develop new buildings
to house church programs, community
outreach services, subsidized housing or
for generating revenue through renting
and leasing. Any new buildings will likely
have to include parking structures, and
minimize the view to parking from NW
3rd Avenue.
Implementation Strategies
The 1998 Study for the Historic Overtown
NW 3rd Avenue Priority Business Corridor
recommended that an economic study was
needed, that a business capacity and
identification program be created, and a
"theme" be adopted. The May 2002
Economic Programming Study prepared by
4.24 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
ZHA for all of Overtown estimates the
magnitude of commercial and residential
development that SE Overtown can sustain.
It recommends that an enticement program be
created by an Action Team for Procurement.
The Action Team is to be made up of
commercial realtors, bankers, commercial
developers, and a senior CRA staff member.
Their job is to attract a tenant mix that
supports the jazz, blues, and gospel
entertainment venues and the supporting
businesses in retail and services. The study
suggests that the success of future residential
development is dependant upon the success of
the commercial uses. This action team will
have to work on the Priority Commercial
Corridor in a coordinated manner with
entertainment district intended for Downtown
Overtown. A "theme" is not so important,
but positioning the Overtown neighborhood
properly in an advertising and marketing
campaign will be important to its success.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• Continue to plan and coordinate
improvements for this project area.
• Coordinate efforts with the efforts of
Downtown Overtown. The two projects
share many of the same problems and
solutions.
• Help existing and new commercial
property owners attract quality tenants,
and national retailers, by starting the
Action Team as described in ZHA's 2003
Economic Programming Study.
• Make sure there is an organization set up
that can offer basic financial literacy
training, job training, education and other
supportive services for people with
extremely low incomes that can not
qualify for home ownership.
City, ofMiami:
• Examine current 1 develo ent
regulations for o bility of revisions
• Upgrade the and facilities m
Athalie R ni Park which is a
visu� slum and blight in the
area
Overtown Civic Partnership:
• Continue development efforts for this
area.
Residents in the Community:
• Patronize the businesses on NW 3rd
Avenue.
• Residents should participate in programs
to better prepare them to take advantage
of home ownership and opportunities that
arise from redevelopment.
• Appeal to FDOT and the City of Miami to
renovate Athalie Range #1 Mini Park
consistent with the goals to revitalize
Overtown.
Commercial Property Owners and
Developers:
• Continue making improvements.
• Look for opportunities for apartments or
condominiums to increase the number of
patrons for the local businesses.
Overtown Advisory Board:
• Pay close attention to NW 3rd Avenue
while focusing on the Downtown
Overtown efforts. Look for actions that
can benefit NW 3rd Avenue
Black Archives Foundation:
• Continue the efforts to promote the
Folklife Village.
• Continue efforts to secure funding and
organize businesses consistent with the
Main Street Program that the Foundation
currently oversees.
• Continue to work jointly with the
Overtown Civic Partnership towards
improvements in the neighborhood.
Community Churches:
• Evaluate your building and grounds to see
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.25
if changes can be made to the appearance
to help beautify NW 3rd Avenue
• Study the possibility of developing excess
church property and surface parking lots
for housing or commercial uses.
• Host or sponsor community events to
attract tourists or visitors to Overtown.
Project E. West Overtown
General Boundaries:
North:
NW 11ffi Street
South:
NW 7d' Street
East:
I-95
West:
NW 7d' Avenue
Challenges
• Streets were closed off near Reeves Park
that creates large blocks referred to as
superblocks. Thes metimes are
difficult for pede to cross, and
make motorists ve rther, consuming
time and e i e .
• Boarded ngs greet motorists
ente own from the I-95 ramp
that bec NW 3rd Court
The two blocks of neighborhood serving
retail blocks on NW 5d' Avenue might be
difficult to revive in the near term.
New Opportunities
The location of this area between
downtown and the Miami River will become
desirable as a neighborhood in which to live
once the apartments and neighborhood
amenities become more attractive and
functional. ZHA's 2003 Economic
Programming Report supports the need for
additional residential units in West Overtown
in addition to those already provided in the
two recent developments, New Hope
Overtown and The Miami River Park.
The one-way streets in this neighborhood
could be returned to two-way, shortening car
trips and removing confusion for motorists.
Apartments could be quite desirable facing all
four sides of Reeves Park. Opening up the
superblock so that streets will surround all
four sides of Reeves Park will make the park
appear to be safer.
West Overtown does have industrial uses
along NW 7d' Avenue. Those that are
compatible to the neighborhood should not be
discouraged. Special attention will need to be
given to the transition from industrial to
residential uses. These businesses provide
jobs for local residents at wage levels higher
than retail jobs and likely high enough to
support a family.
Urban Design Solutions
1) To break up the superblocks, former
streets will need to be restored, most
importantly the superblock bordered by
NW 8d' Street and NW 10d' Street
between NW 5d' Avenue and NW 7d'
Avenue.
2) Apartment buildings must vary in form
and color to enhance the visual
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appearance of the neighborhood.
3) The fronts of new apartment buildings
facing Reeves Park shall have their front
doors facing the Park.
4) Neighborhood serving commercial land
uses shall be encouraged on NW 5f
Avenue between NW 7a' Street and NW
10a' Street, except on the Reeves Park
property.
5) Provide on -street parking, especially near
neighborhood serving commercial
buildings and around Reeves Park.
6) Implement the Trust for Public Land's
Overtown Greenway from the Miami
River to Downtown Overtown.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• Help the Trust for Public Land
implement their Overtown Greenway.
• Make sure there are Credit Counseling
Services available for existing Overtown
residents, to help them qualify for
homeownership.
• Make sure there is an organization set up
that can offer basic financial literacy
training, job training, education and other
supportive services for people with
extremely low incomes that can not
qualify for home ownership.
• Help promote neighborhood serving retail
for West Overtown in a similar manner to
Historic Overtown Priority Business
Corridor.
• Encourage the City to change the one-way
streets in West Overtown back to two-
way streets.
• Assist residential developers provide
additional quality housing in West
Overtown
• Help existing and future commercial
property owners attract uality tenants,
and national retailers starting the
Action Team as de i HA's 2003
Economic Progjnm Study
City, ofMiam���
• The orks Department should
turn V-way streets back to two-way
which is recommended for Overtown and
Park West in the Downtown
Transportation Master Plan.
• Contribute to changes to Reeves Park as
new development opportunities arise on
surrounding properties.
• Upgrade the appearance and facilities in
Athalie Range #1 Mini Park which is a
visual symbol of slum and blight in the
area.
• Encourage buildings that face Reeves
Park and Athalie Range #1 Mini Park
with doors and windows to provide
natural surveillance of the parks and
provide incentives for creative
architectural designs that blend residential
buildings with the culture of the
neighborhood.
Overtown Civic Partnership:
• Focus efforts on West Overtown in a
similar manner to that of Downtown
Overtown.
Developers:
• Continue to provide more residential units
in West Overtown that meet the goals and
principles of this redevelopment plan.
Residents in the Community:
• Residents should participate in programs
to better prepare them to take advantage
of home ownership and opportunities that
arise from redevelopment.
• Appeal to FDOT and the City of Miami to
renovate Athalie Range #1 Mini Park
consistent with the goals to revitalize
Overtown.
Commercial Property, owners:
• Make improvements to buildings as
necessary
• Paint or clean building facades on a
frequent basis.
4.30 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Overtown Advisory Board:
• Continue to monitor and offer
recommendations to activities in West
Overtown.
Black Archives Foundation:
• Continue the efforts to promote and
preserve the cultural heritage of the
community.
Project F. Properties Facing
Biscayne Boulevard
General Boundaries:
North:
I-395
South:
NE 5d' Street
East:
Biscayne Boulevard
West:
NE 2nd Avenue
Challenges
• Most properties facing Bicentennial Park
remain vacant and only ed for parking
for events at the Ame 'rlines Arena.
However, owne i ha changed
recently, signali may not be too
far away.
• Zonin "for buildings fronting
Bice nni ark do not necessarily
promote eet-oriented buildings.
• Biscayne Boulevard is difficult to cross
with the fast-moving traffic and the large
number of travel lanes. There are very
few marked crosswalks.
New Opportunities
Requiring buildings to be sited on the
front property line or a designated "build -to"
line will allow Biscayne Boulevard to develop
into an urban street befitting its location and
history. Building envelope controls should
prevent new buildings from blocking air flow
and light from existing buildings behind them,
to optimize air quality.
Awnings, colonnades, and balconies must
provide needed protection from the elements
for passing pedestrians. These sheltered
locations will also provide opportunities for
outdoor dining along Biscayne Boulevard,
contributing to Miami's warm -weather
lifestyle.
Parking garages lined with habitable
spaces facing the streets will help satisfy the
parking needs of the new Biscayne Boulevard
buildings. The habitable space lining the
garages will give these utilitarian structures an
urban face toward the public spaces of the
streets and Park.
Urban Design Solutions
1) The primary solutions to the challenges
faced by Biscayne Boulevard buildings will
be found in changes to the zoning code.
These code changes must address such
issues as building placement, awnings, and
colonnades, among others. The Biscayne
Boulevard Special Area Plan details these
recommended changes.
2) More control is to be exercised over the
building envelope, allowing buildings to
interact more sensitively with prevailing
breezes and improve air quality. A twelve
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.31
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Properties facing Biscayne Boulevard are to be developed with mixed -use buildings. Residences and offices are locat-
ed above shops and restaurants. A redesigned Biscayne Boulevard incorporates light rail, trees, and wide sidewalks.
Projects and Programs 4.33
story building base requirement should be
instituted to create a more unified "street
wall" and improve the spatial enclosure
along Biscayne Boulevard and
Bicentennial Park.
3) Additional pedestrian crossings are to be
located along Biscayne Boulevard to
increase pedestrian safety and mobility.
4) With the two new museums planned for
Bicentennial Park, their parking demands
should be met offsite, on the west side of
Biscayne Boulevard. By making the
motorists park west of Biscayne and walk
down the streets and across the
Boulevard, merchants gain better
visibility, and the pedestrian traffic makes
the streets safer, just by their presence.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• Support the City with the effort of
revising the land development regulations,
by funding the effort and/or promoting it
with the community.
• Until such time as the new land
development regulations are in place,
facilitate meetings with property owners
prior to the completion of their
construction documents and approvals to
show them the intentions of the new
regulations.
City of Miami:
• Help the CRA implement a shared
parking garage to serve the Museums and
Performing Arts Center on the west side
of Biscayne Boulevard.
• The Planning and Zoning Department
should prepare new development
regulations for properties along Biscayne
Boulevard in Park West to create rules
that will provide an attractive,
comfortable, and safe pedestrian
environment facing Bis e Boulevard.
Commercial Prope ers and
Developers:
The most design features of
buildings cm ayne Boulevard should
include:
• Every floor facing Biscayne Boulevard
should have habitable and useable space.
Parking garages on lower floors should
have "liners" of habitable space. Drop-
offs may occur in the on -street parking
lane, should FDOT create a parking lane
in its new design for the roadway.
• Primary entrances should face Biscayne
Boulevard.
• Vehicular entrances to garages and
delivery bays should occur on NE 2na
Avenue, but not on Biscayne Boulevard.
Project G. The Promenade
General Boundaries:
North: NE/NW 11f Street
South: NE/NW 10f Street
East: Biscayne Boulevard
West: NW 1s, Avenue
Challenges
• Unused railroad right-of-way that has
become an unsightly alley.
• Nondescript, windowless buildings lining
the right-of-way, contributing to a bleak
atmosphere.
• The current physical conditions provide
hiding locations for wrong -doers and the
homeless.
• Rapid success of the Entertainment
District has resulted in peak times for
parking and traffic congestion.
• Businesses open during daylight hours are
few, causing the area to look empty and
abandoned during the day.
New Opportunities
The Promenade holds the promise of a
great location for a vibrant entertainment
district and setting for an urban lifestyle in
Miami. It will be a pedestrian link between
Overtown, Biscayne Boulevard, and the new
museums in Bicentennial Park, activated by
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The Promenade: The first round of
improvements include uniform
paving material, lighting, and initial
facade treatments.
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The Promenade, over time: New
buildings will be added and addition-
al properties transformed. Signs can
be changed frequently.
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extending the potential hours of operation to include daytime.
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nightclubs and restaurants at night and
locally serving businesses during the day. New
residents will be some of the patrons
supporting the local economy. The parking
needs of these patrons will be accommodated
in a lined parking structure adjacent to NW 1st
Avenue.
New mid -block plazas that will be created
along the Promenade will function as public
gathering spaces for the clubs that have
recently been relocating to the Promenade.
Most successful commercial districts have
anchors to draw patrons. The Promenade will
have on its eastern edge a renovated
Bicentennial Park, with two new museums, the
Miami Art Museum (MAM), and the Miami
Children's Museum. At the western end of
the Promenade, along NW 1st Avenue, a
significant anchor has not yet been identified.
. This anchor should attract people to the
neighborhood during daylight hours, as well as
at night.
Terraces, whether part of new buildings
or added to the existing buildings, will provide
space for outdoor dining at ground level and
above, improving the "outdoor" lifestyle that
Miami's weather allows.
Urban Design Solutions
1) Examine and modify, if necessary, zoning
regulations to encourage new multi -story
mixed -use buildings and parking garages.
The requirement of windows, doors, and
terraces to the existing buildings along the
Promenade will contribute to the natural
surveillance of the space making the
environment safer. New regulations
could add incentives additional parking
for civic buildings such as the Center for
the Performing Arts, the two arenas, and
the future museums in Bicentennial Park.
2) Design a construction plan that will detail
the approach to lighting, si age, and new
pavement in an eff to encourage
business activity an ke area safer.
This could be i le ted on a block by
block basis it.
3) Modify aries of the City's
Ente n istrict to include just the
proper at face NE/NW 11f Street
and NE/ W 10f Street from Biscayne
Blvd on the east to NW 1st Avenue on the
west (including both sides of NW 1d,
Avenue).
4) Review the Promenade Special Area Plan
for more design concepts and strategies.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• Fund and implement improvements to
the former railroad now known as the
Promenade. These improvements should
include but not be limited to re -surfacing
pavement, landscaping, increasing
lighting, and painting. Acquiring the
services of engineers or landscape
architects maybe required.
• Coordinate, and help facilitate in some
manner, an air conditioned garbage
location accessible by all the businesses
along the Promenade. This could be
constructed as part of a new building or
by renovating an existing one.
Management of this facility should be
taken on by one of the building managers
for collecting fees, for example.
• Support the City with the effort of
revising the land development regulations,
by funding the effort and/or promoting it
with the community.
City of Miami:
• Work with the CRA if necessary to
implement the shared garbage facility.
The City should not be responsible for
the management of this facility.
• The Planning and Zoning Department
should prepare new development
regulations for properties with C-1 zoning
in Park West, to allow an increase in
development opportunity.
• Support the creation of a zoning
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•
•
•
ordinance that allows outdoor dining for
the Promenade.
Continue to provide police support for
the SEOPW CRA area.
Solve the homeless situation in the area
and assist Charities Unlimited in the
relocation and/or upgrade of its Camillus
House facility.
Assist in the infrastructure installation for
the area, particularly the wiring of fiber
optics.
Overtown Civic Partnership:
• Seek opportunities for the positive effects
of the Entertainment District to "spill"
over into Overtown
Commercial Property Owners and
Developers:
• When renovating existing structures or
building new ones orient patio entrances,
outdoor dinning, or entertainment spaces
to the Promenade.
• Enclose unsightly rear building items,
such as electrical meters, back flow,
preventers, etc.
• Place mechanical equipment on roofs to
keep the Promenade free of the noise and
unsightliness.
• Work with the CRA or City to create a
shared garbage facility.
Project H: NE 7th Street Spine
General Boundaries:
North:
NE 8f Street
South:
NE 6a' Street
East:
Biscayne Boulevard
West:
N. Miami Avenue
Challenges
• Despite the location, properties between
the two Arenas are somewhat separated
from the neighborin downtown.
Barriers include the el MetroMover
tracks on 5a' Stree the EC railroad
right-of-way be n rh and 7a' Streets.
7a Street is t ro gh-street, because
it is block ami Arena.
New O �or es
ZHA, Inc., the CRA's economic feasibility
consultants, has identified in its 2003 report to
the SEOPW CRA that there is potential in
setting up and attracting a new business
market in preventative medical care to Park
West, generally supported by people with
greater means, spending more than 19 billion
dollars nationally each year.
Preventative medical care includes health
maintenance tests and scans to make sure that
customers are healthy and for early diagnosis
of possible health problems. Tests may
include EKG (resting and treadmill), visual
acuity testing, audiogram, chest x-ray,
spirometry, non-invasive colonoscopy, blood
workup, body composition, and nutrition
counseling. Customers will have access to
over 100 specialists and may receive additional
diagnostic tests such as calcium -score heart
scan, CT lung scans, total body scan of the
heart, lungs and abdomen/pelvis, ultrasound
for carotid arteries, dental examination, skin
exams, and cosmetic surgery consultations.
Mingled with the medical services are
holistic services that include traditional
therapeutic massages, facials and body
treatments, and energy healing (Tai Chi, Yoga
and meditation classes, hands-on healing).
Urban Design Solutions
The success of this project depends on
the creation of a district of various buildings
and businesses catering to the preventative
medical market. The physical form of this
district will not vary from the urban form for
Park West described elsewhere in this plan.
Current property owners should be
interested in this idea, because if successful, it
will provide demands for leaseable space or
land/building purchases in a unique market
for South Florida. If this is slow to
implement, conventional market demands can
provide tenants.
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.43
As in the Promenade Area, the zoning
regulations need to be examined and modified,
if necessary, throughout Park West to
encourage new multi -story mixed -use
buildings and parking garages. The
requirement of windows, doors, and terraces
to the existing buildings along streets will
contribute to the natural surveillance making
the environment safer. New regulations could
add incentives for additional parking for civic
buildings such as the Center for the
Performing Arts, the two arenas, and the
future museums in Bicentennial Park.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• The CRA must first approach the
hospitals and confirm ZHA's solicitation
of the hospital's interest and the
understanding this is a hospital -related
real estate venture as part of the
regionalization of medical/health services.
• Set up a long range planning committee
devoted to finding a workable manner to
construct and recruit tenancy for the
complex. See ZHA's 2003 report for
more details regarding this committee.
• Support the City with the effort of revising
the land development regulations, by
funding the effort and/or promoting it with
the community.
City of Miami:
• Economic Development Department: validate
the economic viability of preventative
medical uses and make recommendations
to the CRA board whether to pursue this
project.
• Planning and Zoning Department: prepare
new development regulations for
properties with C-1 zoning in Park West,
to allow an increase in development
opportunity
Commercial Property
Developers:
- ers d
• Collaborate to get this
project
on d4
re
nteer to participate
1� committee devoted to
setting up this market.
Project I: Development Regulation
Revisions
Project Area Boundaries:
All areas within the CRA boundaries
Challenges
• A variety of zones and regulations apply
to the SEOPW CRA area that also apply
elsewhere in the City. For planners, this
seems logical; however, some of the
regulating rules are not favorable to
stimulating redevelopment. For example
in the Entertainment District on NE/NW
11d, Street, the footprints of the existing
warehouses are greater than the small
percentage that is currently allowed by
zoning. This causes a disincentive to
demolish an existing building and
constructing a new one on the same site.
New Opportunities
Both the SEOPW CRA and the City of
Miami Planning and Zoning Department agree
that the zoning requirements within the CRA
boundaries can be improved to better
promote redevelopment. A revised zoning
ordinance can be made simple to understand,
can offer a faster review process by pre -
scrutinizing some of the urban design details,
4.44 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
and can provide better predictability for new
construction. Development rights should be
increased for some portions of Overtown and
Park West.Specific changes might include:
• Increasing the maximum building
footprints;
• Removing floor area ratios (FAR) and
replacing them with the limit of
heights and floor plates;
• Changing parking requirements;
• Changing building envelope
requirements; and,
• Adding Architectural Standards
Urban Design Solutions
1) The City Planning Department will
prepare limited short term adjustments to
the zoning requirements to help with
redevelopment problems that property
owners have identified. These generally
are associated with parking, zoned
setbacks, and limited building coverage
requirements.
2) The City Planning Department and the
SEOPW CRA will examine and revise all
of the zoning and land development
regulations inside the SEOPW CRA
boundaries.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
SEOPW CRA:
• Support the City with the effort of
revising the land development regulations,
by funding the effort and/or promoting it
with the community. Help promote the
review process to the community.
City of Miami:
• Planning Staff.- Collaborate with the CRA
and compose the new regulations and
review process.
• City Commission: Approve the revised
zoning regulations aft e appropriate
public process has n om ted.
Overtown Civic Pa er
• Review an estions to the
revised r 1 and the development
revie pr Help promote the public
proces e community.
Residents in the Community:
• Attend meetings and review the revised
code as it is made available for review.
Commercial Property Owners and
Developers:
• Attend meetings and review the revised
code as it is made available for review.
Overtown Advisory Board:
• Attend meetings and review the revised
code as it is made available for review.
Black Archives Foundation, Inc:
• Attend meetings and review the revised
code as it is made available for review.
Offer recommendations, if needed, for
the revised regulations to meet the intent
and guidelines of the Historic Overtown
Folklife Village Master Plan.
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.45
Programs and Strategies
The Programs and Strategies for the
SEOPW CRA are organized into the following
headings:
I. Planning, Development, Technical
Assistance and Program Compliance
• Priority Projects
• Ongoing Projects
II. Home Ownership Pre -Qualification
and Counseling Program
III. Grants to Existing Business Program
IV. Laredo/Re-Use Plan (CLUC 90
Properties) Program
V. Historic Preservation
• Overtown
• Park West
VI. District -Wide Programs
I. Planning, Development, Technical
Assistance and Program Compliance
The items next to the check marks are the
goals that these programs support.
#1 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles
#2 Housing: Infill, Diversity, & Retaining
Affordability
#3 Creating Jobs Within the Community
#4 Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
#5 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
#6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
Priority Projects
1. Downtown Overtown and Historic
Overtown Priority Business Corridor
✓ # 1-#6 supports all of
Efforts regardi Ntown Overtown
and the Histo v w Priority Business
Corridor (N a as described elsewhere
in this se on, ' ake precedence over other
efforts bei ndertaken by the SEOPW
CRA.
2. Enhancement of Property Assessments
and Options to Improve Values in the
Vicinity of Camillus House
✓ #1 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles
Camillus House is a unique facility serving
special needs and indigent populations. This
area of the CRA is in need of special attention.
In order to promote growth along this
segment of the Biscayne Boulevard entrance
into the City of Miami, the CRA is proposing
to research and implement specific options for
spurring growth in this key segment of Park
West. Potential courses of action include
improving deterrent uses, planning
enhancements and altematives, and stabilizing
neighborhoods.
3. Property Assessment Reevaluation
✓ #1 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles
The property values in the CRA continue
to appear under assessed. In 1998, the City of
Miami requested that the Governor of Florida
undertake a review of the Dade County
Property Appraisal methodology and practice
of assessing property values in the City of
Miami. The practice of undervalued
assessments particularly related to commercial
property negatively impacts the incentives for
a developer to invest in the area. The CRA
proposes to continue efforts to follow up on
this request.
4. Design Assistance and Award of Grants
and Other Incentives to Existing
Businesses in Overtown and Parkwest
✓ #1 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles
4.46 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
✓ #3 Job Creation
✓ #4 Promotion & Marketing
The existing businesses in the SEOPW
CRA, specifically along the NW 3rd Avenue
and NW 2nd Avenue corridors are in dire need
of assistance in revitalizing and expanding
their properties in order to realize the potential
of the area. These businesses have been in the
area for years and have maintained their
viability and their service to the surrounding
community. The CRA proposes to provide
technical assistance, architectural and design
services, and potential revitalization grants to
these existing businesses throughout the
SEOPW CRA.
5. Coordination of Infrastructure
Improvements with City of Miami and
Miami Public Works Departments, Miami
Dade Water and Sewer Department,
FDOT, Miami Parking Authority and
Other Relevant Agencies
✓ #6Improring theQua,z'y of Iafe for Residents
CRA efforts are concentrated on planning
infrastructure improvements in the CRA Area,
such as street improvements, landscaping,
lighting, parking and pedestrian amenities, and
enhancements. Coordination with local and
state agencies responsible for implementing
these infrastructure improvements, as well as
private developers and community members,
becomes paramount to set priorities,
coordinate and avoid duplication of efforts,
and find new avenues to pursue resources.
6. Identification, Marketing and
Negotiation of a National Franchiser as a
Pioneer Project for the Historic Priority
Business Corridor
✓ #3 Job Creation
✓ #4 Promotion & Marketing
✓ #6lmproring theQualz'zy e for Residents
The creation s egic partnerships
between franchi ority urban based
businesses re s market of untapped
consume , t rs, and entrepreneurs.
Location ese businesses along the
corridor and impact area will give impetus for
the expansion and location of other
businesses. The CRA will continue its efforts
to identify, negotiate, and market the Historic
Overtown Priority Business Corridor to
potential franchisers by offering favorable
direct or indirect development incentives.
7. Planning, Design and Development of
a Job Creation Plaza
✓ #3 Job Creation
In order to help create critical mass along
the Historic Priority Business Corridor, the
CRA is making plans to develop a job creation
plaza that will serve the local community and
other users. The plaza will be a pedestrian
friendly environment incorporating open
space, landscaping, a much needed plaza or
meeting area suited for passive gathering and
socializing, retail restaurants and other
businesses uses and services.
8. Development of a Professional
Business Office
The CRA proposes to develop a
professional office building within the Historic
Priority Business Corridor or its impact area.
If the building is constructed within the
Historic Overtown Folklife Village, it should
follow the design guidelines of the Historic
Overtown Folklife Village Master Plan.
Ongoing Projects
9. Create and Design an Overlay of Special
Fencing for all CRA owned properties and
others governmental and non-profit
institution owned properties within its
jurisdiction in Overtown
✓ #6Improdng theQua,z'y ofIafe for Residents
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.47
Historically, public agencies that own land
maintain the properties vacant while
redevelopment occurs or is proposed and this
does not give redeveloping communities a
look that is pleasing and does not do much for
the image of the area. The CRA proposes to
create and design an overlay of special fencing
in the Bahamian, Caribbean style for all CRA
owned properties and for other properties
within its jurisdiction to transform an
otherwise challenging situation into an
opportunity to provide the Historic Business
Corridor and its impact areas with a linking
element that will provide character within a
historic framework. The fencing should be
compatible with the design parameters
specified in the Historic Overtown Folklife
Village Master Plan.
10. Miscellaneous Activity: Development
and relocation of new Businesses to
Overtown and Park West
✓ #3 Job Creation
✓ #4 Promotion & Marketing
The CRA will provide marketing and
assistance for new and compatible businesses
to relocate to Overtown and Park West.
11. Technical Assistance/Liaison to
Optimist Club Activities
✓ #4 Promotion & Marketing
The CRA proposes to continue to provide
assistance and support to the Optimist Clubs
in terms of policy guidance, assistance with
local governmental organizations, and other
technical assistance.
12. Pilot Infrastructure Improvement and
Maintenance Program
✓ #611,Yproring the Quality of Iafe for Residents
The CRA will establish Overtown and
Park West a pilot str c ean , sweeping
programeanda
cutting program,
primarilys, for the areas of
the CRAoser coordination
with exwners and the
Downtouthority, and the
City of Miami.
13. Plan/Coordinate/Design Special
Lighting, Security District (Pedestrian
Enhancements)
✓ #61mprodng the Qualz'ty of life for Residents
Security is an important issue in the area.
The SEOPW CRA proposes to provide
pedestrian enhancements, special lighting, and
create a more pedestrian friendly atmosphere
in the SEOPW CRA Area by developing and
implementing a Security and Lighting District
and a Police Enhancement Program for areas
within the SEOPWCRA, including the
entertainment district, the 9a' Street Pedestrian
Mall, and Sawyers Walk. Within the Historic
Overtown Folklife Village, lighting should be
consistant with the character identified in the
Historic Overtown Folklife Village Master
Plan.
14. Plan the Improvements of the
Overtown Parks: Gibson Park, Williams
Park, Reeves Park, Dorsey Park and
Athalie Range #1 Mini -Park
✓ #6lmproring the Qualz'ty of Iafe for Residents
According to a report by the Trust for
Public Land, parks and recreational
opportunities are important to all
communities. The lack of adequate
recreational space has been an element of
contention in the studies of urban violence.
Inadequate parks ranked above unemployment
and difficulties with police amongst the most
significant problems within the inner city
neighborhoods. This realization was behind
the creation and support of the Safe
Neighborhoods Parks Bond Program.
Unfortunately, neighborhoods such as
Overtown have the least park land and the
fewest facilities with the most difficulty in
4.48 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
improving and maintaining the existing areas.
Coordinate efforts with the City of Miami
(Parks and Planning Department) to provide
for incentives to allow for the creation of
additional park/green space and for the
maintenance of such recreational areas
15. Development of a "Gateways" Project
into the Omni and the Southeast Overtown
Park West Areas
The CRA proposes to study and evaluate
the potential of entry features for the
entrances into the Omni Area at the I-395 exit,
11d, Street and Biscayne Boulevard and into
the Southeast Overtown Area at NW 14d' St.
and connections with I-395, I-95, and NW 3rd
Ave., at NW 3rd Ave and NW 8d' StSt. and at
NW 41' Ave. and NW 81' St. Specific entry
features for the Park West Area will also be
determined. Entry features for Overtown
should be in accordance with the Historic
Overtown Folklife Village Master Plan.
Efforts to be coordinated with the Trust for
Public Land in implementing their
Greenway/Greenprint Plan, and with the
Black Archives Foundation, Overtown Civic
Partnership and the City of Miami in
implementing these gateways and preserving
the historic context of the area.
II. Home Ownership Pre -
Qualification and Counseling
Program
The CRA will coordinate efforts with the
City of Miami, local real estate organizations,
mortgage lenders and community bankers,
CDC's, faith -based institutions, consumer
advocates, and residents to implement a home
ownership pre -qualification and counseling
program which will provide homeownership
training sessions, mark ublic sector
assistance programs, d as t in pre -
qualifying home buy
III. Grant t sting Businesses
Progra
The oposes to assist in creating
jobs in the City by providing technical
assistance with Section 108 loan applications
and administering a revolving loan pool, which
will make low interest, low downpayment,
long terms loans in the amount of $25,000 to
$1 million for business improvement projects
to area businesses.
IV. Laredo/Re-Use Plan (CLUC 90
Properties) Program
Change the first sentence to read "The
CRA will continue to support development
proposals that utilize current vacant
government owned and County Land Use
Code (CLUC) 90 properties located within the
SEOPW CRA. The CRA will liaise with
Miami -Dade County in clearing rifle and
promoting scattered site housing on these
properties.
V. Historic Preservation
Overtown
Although the SEOPW Community
Redevelopment Plan calls for the clearance of
large areas of the Overtown Community south
of NW 11ffi Street and east of I-95, there will
be a major effort by both the public and
private sectors to preserve and to enhance the
cultural and historic identity of the area. The
Black Archives of South Florida Research and
History Foundation, Inc.'s Master Plan
identifies the following objectives as a guide in
the redevelopment process:
• Effectively communicate information and
develop broad based awareness and
appreciation of historic achievements of
the African -American community through
exhibits, special events, tours, and the
media.
• Develop a magnet area within the target
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.49
community for the purposes of: (1) re-
establishing a special identity for Culmer-
Overtown by focusing one era in its
history, the "Little Broadway" jazz era•, (2)
to establish interest in the Afro -Caribbean
heritage by encouraging tourism, trade
and cultural exchanges. Develop these
themes to attract night clubs and
restaurants; programming special cultural
events, designing signs, street furniture
and public plaza spaces; and creating
promotional literature for tourism and
local marketing.
• Preserve, where feasible, surviving
buildings which represent important links
to persons, activities or events of major
significance in the past.
• Encourage new development to
incorporate uses which would contribute
to the vitality of the district such as stores,
nightclubs, restaurants, theaters.
• Encourage new buildings to incorporate
selected design elements from the past
which reflect special cultural or thematic
feelings which are relevant today and
should be re-established.
1. Preservation of Existing Historic
Buildings
Consideration will be given to the
preservation of all of the identified historic
buildings, wherever structural conditions and
cost of rehabilitation might be favorable.
However, recognizing that overall economic
revitalization plans for Overtown require
extensive new development, emphasis should
be placed on preservation of the following
historic structures, which are considered to be
of major importance (located within SE
Overtown Planning areas boundaries):
Churches
• Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, 245 NW
8d, Street (near 2nd Ave
• Mt. Zion Baptist a ch, 1 NW 9d'
Street (near 3rd en
• Building w rmerly the Lyric
Church, d venue and 8d' Street,
and a building
• Ebene ethodist Church, 1042 NW
3rd Avenue (near NW 11ffi Street)
• St. John's Baptist Church, 1328 NW 3rd
Avenue
• St. Agnes Episcopal Church, 1750 NW 3rd
Avenue
Businesses
• X-Ray Clinic, 171 NW 9d, Street
• Stirrup Building, corner NW 8d, Street
and 3rd Avenue
• Longshoreman's Hall, NW 2nd Avenue
and NW 811Street
• Stewart -Scott Building, NW 2nd Avenue
and NW 10111 Street
• Dr. Davis' Office Building, NW 2nd
Avenue and NW 10111 Street
• Judge L. E. Thomas' Office NW 2nd
Avenue and NW 10111 Street
• Ward Rooming House, NW 9111 Street and
NW 2nd Court (partially demolished)
• Clyde Killens' residence & business,
corner, NW 2nd Avenue and NW 1111,
Street
• Lyric Theatre, 819 NW 2nd Avenue
• Clyde Killens' Recreation Hall, NW 2nd
Avenue and NW 10111 Street
Public Buildings
• Black Police Precinct and Courthouse,
1009 NW 5d' Avenue
• Dorsey Library, 100 NW 17d, Street
(outside of the SEOPW CRA)
Residences
• Dorsey House, 250 NW 91' Street
• Killens House, comer, NW 2nd Avenue
and NW 1111, Street
Possible preservation strategies must be
studied for each of the above buildings
individually. Among the factors to be
considered are: ownership, need for repairs,
4.50 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
economic productivity, potential for new uses,
eligibility for federal tax benefits, location and
relationship to planned redevelopment sites,
potential for moving to a new site, potential
sources of funding. Buildings to be of first
priority concern because of imminent threats
of demolition, deterioration or vandalism
include:
• Stirrup Building
• Stewart -Scott Building
• Thomas Building
• Ward Rooming House (only front
remains with temporary structural
support)
• X-Ray Clinic
Buildings that should be considered for
reconstruction (due to previous demolition or
neglect) include:
• Ward Rooming House
• Cola Nip Building, formerly at 233-5 NW
9d' Street
• Divine Mission Building
• Brown House
2. Historic Designation
The City of Miami Planning and Zoning
Department has evaluated Overtown and Park
West as a possible historic district and has
determined that it is not eligible. However,
the significant buildings have been designated
Historic or listed in the National Register for
Historic Places, or both, through the efforts of
the P&Z Department.
The following properties have been
designated by the City of Miami as historic
sites:
• Dorsey House, 250 NW 9d' Street
• X-Ray Clinic, 171 NW 9d' Street
• Chapman House, 526 NW 13d' Street
• Cola Nip Building, 233-5 NW 9d' Street,
building demolished
• Lyric Theatre, 819 NW�rh,
Avenue
• St. John's Baptist u28 NW 3rd
Avenue
• Ebenezer o urch, 1042 NW
3rd Aven
• Mt. I
on st Church, 301 NW 9d'
Street
• Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, 245 NW
8d' Street
• St. Agnes Episcopal Church, 1750 NW 3rd
Avenue
• Black Police Precinct and Courthouse,
1009 NW 5d' Avenue
• Dorsey Library, 100 NW 17d, Street
(outside of the SEOPW CRA)
The properties listed above as historic
sites may utilize the Historic Preservation
"HP" Zoning Overlay District permits, that
provides certain modification to zoning and
building code regulations where necessary to
make preservation economically or
architecturally feasible.
The following properties have been listed
on the National Register of Historic Places:
• Dorsey House, 250 NW 9d' Street
• X-Ray Clinic, 171 NW 9d' Street
• Cola Nip Building, 233-5 NW 9d' Street,
building demolished
• St. John's Baptist Church, 1328 NW 3rd
Avenue
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 301 NW 9d,
Street
• Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, 245 NW
8d' Street
3. Organize Activities and Events That
Recreate the Former Vitality and
Atmosphere of the Community
An Afro -American -Caribbean theme is
recommended to recreate the feeling and
atmosphere of "Historic Overtown". The
establishment of an annual Historic Overtown
Cultural Arts Festival reminiscent of the jazz
era will provide the setting for jazz concerts to
be held within the proposed district.
The establishment of an intemational
cultural complex featuring activities
reminiscent of the nineteen thirties, forties,
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.51
and fifties will provide artists with the
opportunity to receive training as well as to
perform in concert.
Events that would aid in attracting people
into the community include a national
oratorical competition, hair styling contests,
tennis tournaments and other sporting events,
culinary contests specializing in soul food
from the Caribbean and Southern States, and
the establishment of a hall of fame with annual
recognition of national figures. Families from
all over the world will be encouraged to hold
annual family reunions in Miami -Dade
County, particularly in the Historic Overtown
district.
The establishment of specialty shops
which feature products of Africa, the
Caribbean and the Southern States including
restaurants, caterers, photographer's studios
specializing in passports, bookstores and art
galleries would help attract visitors to the area.
A "Saturday Marketplace" where vendors
are allowed to set up in a designated street
block or public plaza, featuring ethnic foods,
crafts, fresh produce, artwork, a VIP
Convention Center for local organizations
with national and international chapters, and a
permanent center to exhibit ongoing
collections unique to the black experience
would also increase the number of visitors to
the area throughout the year.
4. Provide Incentives for Revitalization in
"Historic Overtown"
Incentives or requirements may be
provided to attract retail stores at the ground
level on selected commercial blocks, and to
attract jazz clubs, permit -controlled street
vendors, and outdoor markets.
Special zoning incentives in the HP
Overlay Ordinance may be used for the
preservation of existing historic structures.
Design guidelines for new construction that
would encourage selectAee, of historic
building forms to be d into the
design of new buildi*s sAV be considered
5. Establis t-Class Residential
Village nX*t Cluster of Restored
Buildings
The placement of distinctive street
furniture wherever redevelopment plans call
for new improvements to sidewalks and plaza
spaces such as paving, benches, signs, trash
cans, landscaping, etc., and the development
of landscaping standards utilizing historical
and thematic plant materials can aid in
achieving this goal. Public plaza, street,
sidewalk and park improvements should be
designed to accommodate the special cultural
events the area will attract.
As a complement to the Historic Folk
Life Village Master Pan, the SEOPW CRA
shall promote public private partnerships
including partnerships with non-profit
organization and/or development entities
located and operating within "Historic
Overtown" to develop the first-class
residential village in a manner consistent with
"Historic Overtown".
6. Promotion of "Historic Overtown" as a
Tourist Destination
The establishment of a Tourist
information center which would direct tourists
to attractions, restaurants, hotel
accommodations, and historical sites
throughout Miami -Dade County would serve
to mark "Historic Overtown" as a tourist
destination. The placement of historic markers
delineating historic sites (including sites now
vacant or redeveloped) and the establishment
of tours of local historical sites including bus
tours to visit sites county -wide and mini -tours
for sites within the district are among several
strategies that can be used to generate interest.
"Historic Overtown" especially those
areas along the historic NW 2nd Avenue
corridor, should be developed in a manner to
create a tourist destination in suitable sites for
commercial/tourist/cultural uses. As suitable
sites for commercial/tourist/cultural uses
continue to diminish within "Historic
4.52 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Overtown", the need to insure the economic
vitality of existing uses becomes more critical.
Therefore, economic conflicts between
existing land uses must also be viewed from a
perspective of improving and redeveloping
existing commercial/tourist/cultural uses,
where appropriate.
The strategic objectives for the promotion
of "Historic Overtown" as a tourist
destination shall include to:
(1) increase the number of commercial and
cultural attractions, restaurant, hotel
accommodations and historical sites
offering information and memorabilia
about "Historic Overtown's" rich
heritage to visitors,
(2) increase public visitation to historical
resources within "Historic Overtown,"
(3) provide public accessibility to cultural
events within "Historic Overtown,"
(4) increase the number of Overtown
residents and visitors benefiting from
cultural activities each year, and
(5) coordinate with the Miami -Dade County
African -American Tourist Site Task Force
Board, and similar board, entities and
organizations to locate and develop
business opportunities for tourist
attractions within "Historic Overtown,"
especially along the NW 2nd Avenue
corridor.
Park West
Older structures located in Park West that
have historic and cultural significance to the
overall Miami Community should be
preserved when economically feasible. Special
attention will be given to the Freedom Tower.
Properties of major architectural,
historical and/or conte significance
include:
• 500 NE 1s, en Central Baptist
Church
• 505 NE 2
• 521 nue
• 545 2 Avenue, Valencia (Gibson)
Hotel
• 135 NE 5ffi Street
• 49 NE 5d' Street, Salvation Army Citadel
• 600 Biscayne Blvd., Freedom Tower
These buildings reflect the wide variety of
architectural styles common to Miami,
particularly Mediterranean Revival and frame
and masonry vernacular structures. Two of
the buildings, however, are examples of styles
unusual to Miami: Venetian Gothic (Salvation
Army Citadel) and Neo-Palladian (Central
Baptist Church). The preservation of these
structures should be included in any
redevelopment project.
VI. District -Wide Programs
1. Provide Planning, Coordination, and
Technical Assistance to the Black Archives
Historic Folklife Village Development
The Historic Folklife Village is Dade
County's proposed African American heritage
tourist destination. Plans were proposed in
1997 and 1998 to guide the redevelopment of
the tourist site by emphasizing reestablishment
of mixed uses. The SEOPW CRA will assist
the Black Archives and Research Foundation,
Inc. in providing a detailed survey, a complete
economic and functional evaluation of all the
land uses and proposed development within
the Historic Folklife Village, and initiate any
environmental assessments in order to assist in
the efforts of developing the area.
2. Historic Designation Activities in the
SEOPW CRA Areas
Given that the significant properties have
already been listed on the National Register of
Historic Places, there may come a time when
more structures will become elligible. Should
that occur, the SEOPW CRA will work with
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 4.53
the Black Archives of South Florida Research
and History Foundation, Inc. and the City of
Miami to further designate properties of
historic value in the community.
3. Establishment of Artists District by
Legislation
The SEOPW CRA will petition for the
designation of an Artists District for
Overtown. The Overtown area possesses a
fascinating history as a center of black culture
and the focal point of area entertainment. This
legacy is still seen in its buildings, plazas and
theaters. The establishment of an Arts
District -would capitalize on these resources by
directing future growth in a manner
compatible with its history. The establishment
of legitimate theater, writers, and artists'
workshops; and first class night clubs and
restaurants should be encouraged based on the
guidelines of the Historic district. The
establishment of manufacturing as well as
other related businesses for the arts, i.e.
manufacturing and distributing equipment and
supplies for dancing, music, art, etc. should
also be encouraged.
4. Technical Assistance to Historic Lyric
Theater Redevelopment
The Lyric Theater is a performing arts
theater that was the center of local nightlife in
its heyday. Located at NW 2nd Ave. and NW
8d' St., it is currently under renovation by the
Black Archives. Their primary objective is to
use the theater as a venue for cultural
programming, community meeting facilities
and an anchor for the Historic Overtown
Folklife Village. The SEOPW CRA will assist
in the Black Archives' on -going effort to
rehabilitate the theater and make available
related support facilities. Assistance will
include a right of way for;4ntial
ss to back of
house related activities and parking.
5. Planning Desi aril Development of
Infrastructure m ents in the
Historic Fo e e
As a m nt to the Historic Folklife
Village Ma r Ian, the SEOPW CRA will
assist in providing technical assistance for the
provision of infrastructure improvements,
such as streetscape improvements and
landscaping.
6. Planning, Design and Development of
Parking Facilities to Support the Lyric
Theater and the Folklife Village
The SEOPW CRA proposes to assist with
the development of parking facilities to
support the increasing use of the Lyric Theater
and the eventual development of the Folklife
Village.
7. Renovation of Historically Significant
Buildings: Ward Rooming House, Old
People's BBQ, Lamont Building, Cola Nip
Building, Overtown Police Precinct, Dunn
Hotel and any others that can be identified
The SEOPW CRA proposes to build on
the historic character of the area by preserving
and revitalizing historically significant
structures in the SEOPW CRA areas. Projects
will be implemented following the completion
of the designation of the significant historic
structures for rehabilitation.
The Black Police Benevolent Association
would like to rehabilitate and develop the
former Police Precinct located at 5d' Avenue
and Hffi Street in Overtown. The building has
been vacant for over 10 years and is proposed
to be renovated and used as a Black Police
Museum. In addition, the facility will be
designed and equipped to promote cultural
activities for and within the Overtown
community.
8. Miscellaneous Land Acquisition
The SEOPW CRA proposes to acquire land,
as necessary, to support the implementation of
the projects described in this Redevelopment
Plan within the SEOPW Redevelopment area.
4.54 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Streets and square:
pedestrian. Propeh
neighbors to know
• Introduction
• Capital Improvement Goals
• Prioritizing Capital Improvements
• Potential Funding Sources
• Capital Improvement Costs by Project Area
• Capital Improvement Costs - Not Project
Area Specific
• Capital Improvement Costs - Summary
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline
Introduction
This section identifies the primary capital
improvements, their costs, and timeframe for
implementation. It is not the intent of this
section to serve as an implementation plan or
as an operations budget. The SEOPW CRA
has an independent operation strategy and
budget that will identify capital improvements
among its other projects and expenses. The
known and desired capital projects listed in
this plan are prioritized. It should be expected
that this section will become obsolete over
time as projects get completed and new ones
become important to the community, which is
the reason for a separate budget strategy.
Capital Improvement Goals
The goals for making capital
improvements within the SEOPW CRA area
are:
1) Eradicate the visual blight seen from
streets and public places within the
SEOPW CRA to upgrade the
appearance to attract new investors
and development.
2) Protect the health and safety of the
residents by improving the
performance of the City's
infrastructure systems.
3) Remove or diminish negative impacts
caused by existing or inadequate
infrastructure.
Prioritizing Capital
Improvements
The approach to prioritizing improvement
projects focuses on key project areas described
in Section 4, Projects and Programs. These
areas are characteristically unique and show
the greatest potential for i ediate positive
change:
Project A - NW nue
Project B - D Overtown
t roadway)
Pro),
rd Avenue
ighborhood Center
Projec
- Historic Overtown Priority
Business Corridor
Project E
- West Overtown
Project F -
Biscayne Boulevard
Project G
- The Promenade
Project H
- NE 7111 Street Spine
These project areas do not cover the
entire CRA area, but when started, should
attract interest in the community and spark
additional private investment within the
SEOPW CRA. The idea behind concentrating
efforts in small areas is to totally transform
them, creating as dramatic and visible an
impact as possible. When money is spent
evenly throughout the entire CRA, it is
difficult to see where the money has gone. By
focusing the efforts, people will see what the
larger area will be like as revitalization spreads,
inspiring additional private reinvestment.
First Priority should go towards efforts
within the Project Areas. The CRA Board will
decide if certain projects rank higher than
others, as they will with their 5-year
improvement plan.
Areas outside of the project areas may
need improvements too, such as water and
sewer upgrades, parking structures and parking
shuttles. These will be evaluated as to their
impact on furthering the efforts in the specific
project areas.
5.2 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Potential Funding Sources
It is important for the CRA staff to
coordinate with the City and County staff to
leverage or match tax increment funds with
Federal, State, and locally available funds.
Sources include but should not be limited to:
• Capital programs for the City, County
or other local governmental entities.
• Community Development Block
Grants.
• Federal, State, and local Transportation
Trust Funds
• People's Transportation Plan funded
through the local option half -penny
sales tax and overseen by the Citizens
Independent Transportation Trust.
• Federal, State, and Local Park Funds.
• Partnerships with educational
institutions.
• New Market Tax Credits
Capital Improvement Costs
by Project Area
Each project area has improvements
itemized as:
1. Streetscape Improvements:
Streetscape improvement estimates
include costs associated with pavement, curbs,
sidewalks, concrete pavers, drainage,
landscaping, utilities, signage, and pavement
markings.
The construction c s ere prepared
from information in th t Re ort for the
Southeast Overt Park West
Redevelopmen ate September 2003.
The costs s tures and any right of
wav aca on.
2. Water Main
Water Main estimates include costs for
upgrading underground mains that provide
water service to the properties. Hookup fees
are not included.
3. Sewer
Sewer estimates include costs for
upgrading underground sewer pipes that
provide solid waste disposal from adjacent
properties. Hookup fees are not included.
4. Projects budgeted for Yr 2003-2004
Projects budgeted for the Fiscal Year
2003 — 2004 have been added to the Project
area they serve. Some currently budgeted
projects affect multiple project areas and are
listed under the category of "Other Capital
Improvements."
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 5.3
Project A - NW 1" Avenue
Overall Priority: Medium
The visual nature of the street needs
improvement since the railroad right-of-way is
rather unsightly. This avenue that separates
Overtown and Park West can become a linear
park (with transit & rail) with similar buildings
and uses on both sides of the track, so that the
two areas become more unified in character.
First Steps — High Priority
Discussion should begin immediately with
FEC to find out their intentions for the right-
of-way and to find the possibility of modifying
the roadways on both sides as described in this
plan, which will require acquisition of portions
of the right-of-way.
Project F - Biscayne Boulevard
No items are listed for Biscayne
Boulevard because improvements within the
right-of-way are part of current projects in the
planning stage by the Florida Department of
Transportation.
Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project A - NW Pt Avenue
OVERALL EST. COST:
$5,297,400
Future Items:
ITEM
LINEAR FT
COST / Lin. Ft.
COST
NW 1st Avenue Streetscape
3,600
$1,120
$4,032,000
Water Main
$306,000
Sanitary Sewer Main
$76,500
TOTAL:
$4,414,500
20% Contingency
$882,900
TOTAL:
$5,297,400
5.4 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Project B - Downtown Overtown
Little Broadway
Overall Priority: High
Downtown Overtown is the heart of the
African -American community. The SEOPW
CRA will reinforce its previous investments in
the neighborhood by focusing its present
efforts and resources here to get results.
Current Improvements identified in the
budget for FY2004:
• Grant to Lyric Theater expansion
• Grant to Renovation of Ward Rooming
House
• Land Acquisitions (including appraisals,
environmental, etc.)
• Grant for Historic Folk Life Village Food
Franchise
Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project B - Downtown Overtown
OVERALL EST. COST: $10,340,887
Future Items:
ITEM
LINEAR FT
COST / Lin. Ft.
COST
NW IIth. St.
1,500
$750
$1,125,000
NW 10th. St.
1,500
$750
$1,125,000
NW 9th. St.
1,500
$750
$1,125,000
NW 1st. Ct.
450
$750
$337,500
NW 2nd. Ave.
1,400
$750
$1,050,000
NW 3rd. Ave.
1,400
$750
$1,050,000
Water Main
$281,925
Sanitary Sew n
$70,481
Land Acquisto (after FY04)
$1,500,000
Historic Folk Life Village Tech. Assistance after FY04 ; Type: Grant
100,000
SUBTOTAL:
$7,764,906
20% Contingency
$1,552,981
TOTAL:
$9,317,887
Items currently listed in the budget for FY2004:
Lyric Theater expansion
Type: Grant
To be determined
Ward Rooming house renovation
Type: Grant
8,000
Land Acquisitions (including appraisals,
environmental, etc.)
1,000,000
Life Village Food Franchise
i Type: Grant
15,000
Eoricolk
TOTAL:
$1,023,000
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 5.5
Project C - NW 3rd Avenue
Neighborhood Center
Overall Priority: Medium
This project provides attention to the
northern portion of Historic Overtown's
Business Corridor (NW 3rd Avenue) that was
sliced in two by the creation of I-395.
First Steps — High Priority
Provide streetscape improvements similar
to Project D — Historic Overtown Priority
Business Corridor.
Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project C - NW 3rd Avenue Neighborhood Center
OVERALL EST. COST: $6,111,750
Future Items:
ITEM
LINEAR FT
COST / Lin. Ft.
COST
NW 3rd Ave.
1,500
$750
$1,125,000
NW 7th. St.
1,000
$750
$750,000
NW 4th Ave.
1,250
$750
$937,500
NW 14th. St.
340
$750
$255,000
NW 15th. St
340
$750
$255,000
NW 16th. St.,^
340
$750
$255,000
NW 16th.
780
$750
$585,000
I-395 Fr age oad
550
$850
$467,500
Water Main
$370,500
Sanitary Sewer Main
$92,625
SUBTOTAL:
$5,093,125
20% Contingency
$1,018,625
TOTAL:
$6,111,750
5.6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Project D - Historic Overtown
Priority Business Corridor
Overall Priority: High
This corridor is the historic main street
along NW 3rd Avenue. Portions of this area
also fall within the Folk Life Village. The
SEOPW CRA will reinforce its previous
investments in the neighborhood by focusing
its present efforts and resources here to get
results.
Current Improvements identified in the
budget for FY2004:
• Facade Program on NW 3rd Avenue
between 8d' Street and 14d' Street.
Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project D - Historic Overtown Priority Business
Corridor
OVERALL EST. COST:
$12,711,250
Future Items:
ITEM
LINEAR FT
COST / Lin. Ft.
COST
NW 11th. St.
1,400
$750
$1,050,000
NW 10th. St.
1,400
$750
$1,050,000
NW 9th. St.
11600
$750
$1,200,000
NW 8th. St. Z
1,800
$750
$1,350,000
NW 7th. St.
1,800
$750
$1,350,000
NW 3rd. Ave./I-9 t
450
$750
$337,500
NW 4th. Ave,^
700
$750
$525,000
NW 5th.
1,200
$750
$900,000
NW 6th. e.
1,200
$750
$900,000
NW 7th. Ave.
1,200
$750
$900,000
Water Main
$157,500
Sanitary Sewer Main
$39,375
SUBTOTAL:
$9,759,375
20% Contingency
$1,951,875
TOTAL:
$11,711,250
Items currentlylistedin the budget forFY2004.
Facade Program on NW 3rd Avenue between 8d' Street and 14d' Street
1,000,000
TOTAL:
1,000,000
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 5.7
Project E — West Overtown
Overall Priority: Medium
West Overtown is the core of the area
added to the SEOPW CRA west of I-95, but
east of NW 7th Avenue.
First Steps — High Priority
See Section 4, Projects and Programs
(Project E) for actions that do not require
capital improvements.
Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project E —West Overtown
OVERALL EST. COST: $4,101,750
Future Items:
ITEM
LINEAR FT
COST / Lin. Ft.
COST
NW 3rd Ave.
1,500
$750
$1,125,000
NW 14th. St.
400
$750
$300,000
NW 13th St.
400
$750
$300,000
NW 12th. St.
400
$750
$300,000
NW 11th. St
400
$750
$300,000
NW 10th. St.
400
$750
$300,000
Water M
$634,500
Sanitary ee ain
$158,625
SUBTOTAL:
$3,418,125
20% Contingency
$683,625
TOTAL:
$4,101,750
5.8 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Project G - The Promenade
Overall Priority: High
The Promenade occupies the former
municipal railroad right-of-way owned by the
SEOPW CRA in the burgeoning
Entertainment District. The SEOPW CRA
will reinforce its previous investments in the
neighborhood by focusing its attention here to
get results. Additional parking, shuttles to
distant parking locations, and changes to the
land development regulations are urgently
needed to support the recently renovated
businesses on NE 11f Street.
Current Improvements identified in the
budget for FY2004:
• Security Cameras for the Entertainment
District, however there is no cost identified.
• Interim Promenade construction: to clean
up, pave a center lane, and add landscaping
has been approved for $500,000.
Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project G - The Promenade
OVERALL EST. COST: $6,993,000
Future Items:
ITEM
LINEAR FT
COST / Lin. Ft.
COST
Miami Ave.
700
$750
$525,000
Grand Promenade
1,800
$750
$1,350,000
N 11th. St.
1,800
$750
$1,350,000
N 10th. St.
1,800
$750
$1,350,000
NE 1st. Ave.
700
$750
$525,000
NE 2nd. Ave.
700
$850
$525,000
Water
$162,000
Sanitary Sew r Main
$40,500
SUBTOTAL:
$5,827,500
20% Contingency
$1,165,500
TOTAL:
$6,993,000
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 5.9
Project H - NE 7th Street Spine
Overall Priority: Low
Priority should be raised if property
owners or elected officials show stronger
interest in the concept as described in Section
4, Projects and Programs, Project H, and
further described in the market analysis
performed for the CRA by ZHA, Inc.
Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project H - NE Th Street Spine
OVERALL EST. COST: $3,315,938
Future Items:
ITEM
LINEAR FT
COST / Lin. Ft.
COST
Miami Ave.
500
$750
$375,000
NE 6th. St.
700
$750
$525,000
NE 7th. St.
700
$750
$525,000
NE 8th. St.
700
$750
$525,000
NE 1st. Ave.
500
$750
$375,000
NE 2nd. Ave. Aft.
500
$850
$375,000
Water Main
$50,625
Sanitary wer n
$12,656
SUBTOTAL:
$2,763,281
20% Contingency
$552,656
TOTAL:
$3,315,938
5.10 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Capital Improvement Costs -
Not Project Area Specific
There are capital improvement projects
within the SEOPW CRA area that are needed
outside of the specific project areas and some
that address problems that face all areas within
the SEOPW CRA. These typically connect or
"link" the city infrastructure and mobility of
people living, working, shopping, and visiting
the CRA area.
Other Capital Improvements
Overall Priority: High
The items in this category are listed in the
FY2004 Budget, except for the Water Main
and Sanitary Sewer Main items shown at the
very bottom of the list.
Other Capital Improvements
OVERALL EST. COST: $19,431,119
Future Items:
ITEM
COST
Property Maintenance
$146,000
WASD — Infrastructure r ements — Major entertainment commercial
corridors (first effort t ' ude: 3rd Avenue, 141' Street, 11d, Street, 2nd Avenue)
$2,000,000
WASD — Impact Fe on Subsidized Loan Program
$300,000
Entertainme
$200,000
Develo Co t ction Loans (leveraged) via Grow Miami Fund
$2,000,000
Grants top to property owners for existing structures
$1,905,000
11ffi Street Expansion PD&E in FY2004
$150,000
11ffi Street Expansion PD&E beyond 2004
$5,850,000
9d' Street Streetscape Phase 3
$1,400,000
Water Main
$4,360,443
Sanitary Sewer Main
$1,119,676
TOTAL:
$19,431,119
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 5.11
Community Intermodal System
Projects in this category include various
Intermodal system improvements in the
context of the redevelopment of the CRA and
are subject to intermodal designations and the
availability of grants and appropriations of
Federal and State transportation trust funds.
Overall Priority: High
Time is of the essence to attract Federal
funding for these improvements.
Breakdown of the item: Intermodal
Connectors for Freight, Goods, and
Passengers, (sho" in chart, right)
Intermodal Connectors: $6.0 Million
• Passenger zone Intermodal improvements
• Freight Intermodal Facility Improvements
• Additional Intermodal Improvements
would be scheduled for implementation
after 2012 costing approximately
$76Million
Breakdown of the item: Parking Structures
and Parking Shuttles (sho" in chart, right)
Vehicles and infrastructure: $ 8.4 Million
• Promenade to I-395 Parking Loop
(Demonstration Project)
• Central Loop (connecting Cultural
Buildings)
• NW 3rd Avenue Loop
• Miami Avenue Area Loop
(Breakdo" is continued on nextpage)
Capital Improvement Costs -Not Project Area Specific
Community Intermodal System, 2004 - 2012
OVERALL EST. COST: $30,900,000
Future Items:
ITEMS:
COST
Intermodal Connectors for Freight, Goods, and Passengers
These pedestrian and vehicular access improvements include substantial
street, mixed -mode corridor and greenway improvements as described in
the Miami atMidnight report. Additionally the SEOPW CRA should use
these improvements to enhance future Amtrak -Florida East Coast (FEC)
service options for Overtown and Park West
$6,000,000
Parking Structures and Parking. Shuttles
The pedestrian ori�nteV rking structures and associated parking line
buildings will help establish the urban form of the walking environment.
The parking shuttervehicles will help extend the travel distance of the
pedestrian trip and thereby improving the Intermodal access between
Port ofMiami , Metrorail, Metromover, I-95,and Miami International
Airport.. d nAmtrak when FEC service is established)
$23,400,000
Contingencies a}d Incentive Fees
Every large capital project needs to reserve funds for contingencies and
incentive fees to better manage project costs and to meet the completion
schedule (remainder 3.3 million for contingencies and incentive fees for
work scheduled after 2012).
$1,500,000
TOTAL:
$30,900,000
Community Intermodal System, After year 2012 OVERALL EST. COST: $110,300,000
***** Note: The costs referenced in the charts above are further described in the Miami at
Midnight report, Section H, Order of Magnitude Cost, on pages 19 through 24.
5.12 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Breakdown of the item: Parking Structures
and Parking Shuttles (continued from prev. page)
• Additional Routes (per Miami at Midnight
Report) would be scheduled for
implementation after 2012 costing
approximately $10 million.
Parking Structures: $ 12 Million
• For 800 Spaces x 15K per space
• Structures associated with additional
Routes (per Miami at Midnight Report)
would be scheduled for implementation
after 2012 costing approximately $18
Million.
Transit Bam $ 3 million
• With Shared Freight Loading Facilities
and Maintenance Facilities (5K sq. ft.)
• Expansion associated with additional
Routes (per Miami at Midnight Report)
would be scheduled for implementation
after 2012 costing additional $3 million.
Timeline for Improvements
Everyone familiar with the area will
express the concern that time is of the
essence. Every project is important.
Projects in the 2004 Budget should be
completed by the year end of 2006.
Substantial accomplishments to the
projects deserving the highest priority should
be completed by 2008. These are:
• Downtown Overtown,
• NW 3rd Avenue, and
• The Promenade
Revisions to the development regulations should
be completed and adopted by year end 2004.
All the remaining projects, provided efforts to
obtain additional funding are successful, should be
completed by 2012.
Capital ImprovemAht Costs -Summary
Capital Improvemen um
OVERALL EST. COST: $99,203,094
BY AREA:
COST
Project S, Avenue
$5,297,400
Project Nntown Overtown
$10 340 887
Project C - NW 3rd Avenue Neighborhood Center
$6,111,750
Project D - Historic Overtown Priority Business Corridor
$12,711,250
Project E — West Overtown
$4,101,750
Project F — Biscayne Boulevard ***Funded by FDOT***
$ 0
Project G - The Promenade
$6,993,000
Project H - NE Th Street Spine
$3,315,938
SUBTOTAL:
$48,871,975
NOT PROJECT AREA SPECIFIC:
Other Capital Improvements
$19,431,119
Community Intermodal System
$30,900,000
SUBTOTAL:
$50,331,119
Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline 5.13
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• Neighborhood Overview
• Housing Policy
• Relocation Policy
• Traffic Circulation
• Environmental Quality
• Effect on School Population
• Community Facilities and Services
• Physical and Social Quality
Residential Uses and the Neighborhood
Impact of Redevelopment
Neighborhood Overview
The South East Overtown — Park West
Community Redevelopment Area (SEOPW
CRA) has a wide range of land uses because of
its adjacency to the Central Business District.
Park West, the eastern part of the
SEOPW CRA, predominantly has old
warehouses that once contained businesses
that relied on the proximity of the Port of
Miami, when it was located at what is now
Bicentennial Park. Park West is now home to
two sports stadiums (Miami Arena and the
American Airlines Arena), the Network
Access Point (NAP) facility that provides
computer data storage related services, three
large residential towers, an expansion of the
Wolfson Campus of Miami -Dade Community
College, and several new nightclubs catering to
the "after hours" market.
The majority of residents in Park West
reside in the three towers located on NW 1s,
Avenue near the Miami Arena. The
Southeast Overtown residents reside in largely
low-rise, older rental development scattered
throughout the community. There is a large
homeless population and an outdated
homeless feeding facility in Park West that the
City of Miami is trying to mitigate. The
existing SEOPW population is considerably
younger and poorer than the City of Miami
and Miami -Dade County as a whole, and
reflects a slightly higher median household
size. The existing households in SEOPW are
more likely to be headed by single head of
household than the City of Miami as a whole.
Unemployment rates in the community are
also higher than the rates for the City and
County.
Overtown is comprised of small
neighborhood businesses, churches, single
family homes and apartment buildings, with
the latter being the m st dominant.
According to ZHA's 3 Economic
Programming Study, a ie o e 1990 and
2000 US Census an Cla s market research
service data sho th ownership is very
low in Ove w ut 10%. This low
homeow s is a reflection of the low
household o es in the community and the
lack of affordable homeownership
development in the community. For
comparison, the City of Miami as a whole has
about 35% of its residential units owner
occupied. In 2002, almost 50 percent of
Overtown's households earned less than
$15,000 per year. The population of the
SEOPW CRA area has increased by 2.9%
between 1990 (6,599) and 2000 (6,792).
Residential characteristics in surrounding
areas:
• Northeast of the SEOPW CRA is the
Omni Redevelopment Area. The new
Performing Arts Center (PAC) is under
construction and anticipated to draw new
people, businesses and residents into that
area. North of the PAC between
Biscayne Boulevard and Biscayne Bay are
several new multi -family residential towers
under construction.
• North of the SEOPW CRA, the
conditions are similar to Overtown.
Redevelopment efforts within the
SEOPW CRA can only have a positive
effect on its northern neighbors.
• South West and West of the SEOPW
CRA is the Miami River and the Spring
Garden neighborhood. The river has
mostly industrial uses, but future loft style
apartments are being advertised on signs
posted at various properties. Spring
Garden is a stable residential
neighborhood primarily of single family
homes, separated from western Overtown
by a canal.
• To the south is the Central Business
District with mostly government related
buildings on the southern edge of the
SEOPW CRA.
• Northwest of the SEOPW CRA is the
6.2 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
hospital area comprised of several
2) A goal for the level of affordable housing
project based assistance for those
hospitals, doctors offices, and related
that should be made available in the
units.
businesses and research facilities.
SEOPW CRA of, at least, 20 % of any
e) Ensuring that existing supportive
• To the East are properties facing Biscayne
new development or rehabilitation of
housing is better integrated into the
Bay, including Bicentennial Park and the
existing housing stock, to be periodically
community, and expanding
American Airlines Arena. Two museums
reviewed for results.
supportive housing models to address
are anticipated for Bicentennial Park.
3) Affordability can be achieved by:
the unmet needs of existing SEOPW
a) Working with both non-profit and
residents.
for -profit developers to help them
f) Ensuring adequate funding of and
Housing Policy
find redevelopment opportunities and
access to mortgage subsidy programs
The following items constitute the
to assist with overcoming obstacles
for existing SEOPW families who
SEOPW CRA's Policy toward Housing, both
they may encounter.
seek homeownership opportunities in
market rate and affordable:
b) Developing and su ng programs
the community.
that will assist i e de pment of
1) The SEOPW CRA will only endorse,
housing th a dable to lower -
support, encourage, assist or initiate
income roviding
housing initiatives that will do their part
devel e fives such as density
Relocation Policy
to:
a rking concessions and
As stated in this Redevelopment Plan's
a) Improve living conditions for all
pr c ubsidies.
Housing Policy, it is the SEOPW CRA's goal
residents of the neighborhoods
c) Estab ish inclusionary zoning policies
and intent to retain, improve and increase the
b) Incorporate a variety of housing
that will require a percentage of the
housing stock in the redevelopment area and
options and serve a range of incomes
units in all new rental and
not to replace it with a non-residential use.
c) Includes design features and
homeownership developments to be
In the future, if any unforeseen
considerations that contribute to the
affordable to low and very low-
redevelopment project involving the SEOPW
livability of the community
income families, with best efforts
CRA requires the involuntarily displacement
d) Furthers the development of
being made to serve existing
of anyone from either a rented or owned
"workforce" housing through
Overtown residents.
housing unit, the project proposal must
partnerships with employers located
d) Assisting developers, who provide
contain a Project Relocation Plan which
in and surrounding the SEOPW
rental housing serving families,
adheres to all applicable laws and regulations.
community, including the use of
including seniors, earning below 50%
The Project Relocation Plan must be approved
Employer Assisted Housing models
of the area median income, to secure
by the Board of the SEOPW CRA in a
Neighborhood Impact of the Master Plan 6.3
publicly noticed CRA Board meeting prior to
any final approval of the project.
If any future projects were to require
relocation and CRA funding were to be
"partnered" with Federal funds, the SEOPW
CRA shall make it a condition of its
participation that all provisions of the
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act are met.
This strategy adheres to the requirements of
Chapter 163 and 421, Florida Statues.
Through the Housing Policy and
Relocation Policy described in this Plan, the
existing residents within the SEOPW CRA
area who may be temporarily or permanently
displaced as a result of redevelopment
activities directly supported by the SEOPW
CRA will have access to safe, sanitary and
decent replacement housing.
Traffic Circulation
The network of streets within the CRA is
the typical Miami "grid." The older portions
of Overtown have smaller blocks. The I-95
and I-395 Highways have created some real
and psychological barriers; however there are
several locations where the city streets pass
under the highway. The FEC Railroad, which
runs along NW 1st Avenue, interrupts
circulation for both pedestrians and motorists
in several locations.
For this Redevelopment Plan's proposed
traffic changes, see Section 3, Hypothetical
Build -out Plan: "Transportation System:
Mobility and Access." The primary change
proposed is returning many of the streets from
a one-way configuration back to two-way
streets. The current conditions appear to
make it easy for visitors to enter Overtown,
but confusing to leave. The current roadways
should handle the projected increase in
residential units, since the same city streets
accommodated a former population of 40,000
in 1960. The population in 2000 was 6,792, an
increase from 6,599 in 1 Also, public
transit serves Overtow th r which did
not exist in 1960.
Further co ansit and transit
access impro I be explored related
to Airpo t Port Metrorail linkages
through ertown/Arena Station and
other possible livable community intermodal
system improvements.
FDOT is proposing changes for the Port
of Miami traffic, which will include
modifications to NE/NW 5f and 6a' Streets
to have three travel lanes in each direction,
and additional ramps on to I-95 for
northbound traffic, and traffic westbound on
SR836, The Dolphin Expressway. This
project was recently rejected by the MPO so
efforts to determine new altematives should
be undertaken.
Transportation capacity is controlled by
the downtown's DRI agreement
(Development of Regional Impact). The local
circulation is addressed on a project by project
basis in the Major Use Special Permits
(MUSP).
Environmental Quality
Redevelopment in the SEOPW CRA will
improve environmental quality due to existing
provisions in the City's building permit
process. Miami -Dade County Department of
Environmental Resource Management reviews
all new construction permits to insure health
standards are followed. Asbestos testing is
required for existing buildings that are to
undergo renovation. The County's Health
Department must also approve any water and
sewer changes, restaurants, hospitals, clinics,
and schools.
Miami Dade Water and Sewer
Department (M-DWASD) provides water and
sewage services and runoff drainage for the
CRA area. M-DWASD has upgraded their
standards which means that nearly all new
construction and renovations within the CRA
will require upgrades to the water service lines,
given the age and smaller diameter of the
existing water lines.
Areas of concern within the CRA are
those redeveloping areas that once had
6.4 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
industrial uses and gas stations. Those areas
are primarily in Park West, along the FEC
railroad tracks, and along NW 7th Avenue.
Effect on School Population
The 2000 population of Overtown and
Park West was 6,792. The average household
size in the 2000 Census for Miami -Dade
County was 2.90, which means there are
approximately 2,342 households. Using
Miami -Dade County Public School's five -step
School Impact Review Analysis Process, this
suggests that there are currently
approximately:
415 school children enrolled in elementary
school,
225 school children enrolled in middle
school, and
262 school children enrolled in high
school.
902 total students (estimated)
Since the projected population growth for
the SEOPW CRA is difficult to estimate given
the large development potential of the
SEOPW CRA, two scenarios were calculated
using the School Impact Review Analysis
Process (see Section 10, Appendix C) Based
on this analysis, generally, there appears to be
no problem at the high school level, a big
problem at the middle school level (which
currently has an overcrowding problem — a
new middle school is needed), and potentially
a problem at the elementary school level, than
might be solved by adjusting the school
districts. The analysis only took into account
the public schools, not charter schools. The
student population in the charter schools can
come from outside the SEOPW CRA and
Miami -Dade County Public Schools does not
factor them into their formulas.
Factors that can affect the projections of
the school impact analysis:
1) Increases in zoadditional
residential tnits� beyond existing
2) A to vfl
the student drop -out
e,rily affecting the high
r
3) A large percentage of new residents
sending their children to charter or
private schools.
Miami -Dade County Public Schools is
assessing their facilities and the number of
students since Florida voters passed a
referendum in 2002 requiring a mandatory
classroom size reduction in public schools.
The deadline for this is the 2008-9 school year.
This will also impact the students living in the
SEOPW CRA.
Current Schools serving the CRA include:
Elementary Schools:
Frederick Douglass Elementary
Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary
Phillis Wheatley Elementary
Riverside Elementary
Elementary Charter Schools:
Mater Academy East Charter School
Rosa Parks Charter School Overtown
Mae -net /ElementarvAltemative Schools:
Ada Merritt Elementary
A commuter school within close
proximity to the CRA, providing a dual
language education: English plus Spanish
or Portuguese.
Secondary Schools:
Jose de Diego, Middle School
Booker T. Washington Senior High
Secondary Charter Schools:
Downtown Miami Charter School
Mater Academy East Charter School
Magnet /Alternative Secondary Schools:
Corporate Academy North
Accommodates students who, for
various reasons, have been unsuccessful in
Neighborhood Impact of the Master Plan 6.5
a traditional high school. Facilities
accommodate approximately 160 young
adults. Instructional program is tailored to
the needs of the individual student.
Through a partnership with Communities
In Schools of Miami, Inc., students
participate in mentonng programs that
includes opportunities to explore careers
in many of Miami's larger companies.
Jobs for Miami Training Academy
Provides vocational and educational
training for adults, young adults, out of
school youth, dislocated workers, welfare
recipients and refugees.
Miami Skill Center
Provides basic education, and
technical and career development skills.
New World School of the Arts
A state -supported school
cooperatively administered by the Miami -
Dade County Public Schools, Miami -
Dade Community College, and the
University of Florida. The grades 9-12
program provides a comprehensive
educational sequence of artistic training,
academic and creative development and
preparation for professional careers in the
arts.
School for Advanced Studies,
Wolfson Campus
Provides an accelerated, full-time dual
enrollment program (high school &
o
Wynwood Neighborhood Center
college) at Miami -Dade Community
(DHS), 2902 NW 2nd Avenue, (305)
College.
547-7661
o
Miami Arena, 701 Arena Boulevard
Community Facilities and
Services
• Churches
o
Central Baptist Church
Community Facilities and Services in the
o
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
SEOPW CRA and vicinity:
o
Mount Zion Baptist Church
o
St. Johns Baptist Church
• Parks /Public Spaces
o
St. Agnes Episcopal Church
o Bicentennial Par
o
St. Peter's Catholic Church
o Gibson Park
o Athalie Ran r
• Educational
o Lyric
o
University of Miami Medical Campus
o C e n s grounds
(Jackson Hospital)
li
o
Miami -Dade Community College,
o rk
Rai Village Park
Wolfson Campus,
o
o Henry Reeves Park
o
The Culmer/Overtown Branch
o Lumis Park
Library Miami -Dade County Library
System
• Service, Meeting, &Recreational Centers
o
Main Library, Miami -Dade County
o Culmer/Overtown Neighborhood
Center,
• Entertainment
Venues
o The Overtown Youth Center
o
Historic Lyric Theater
o Freedom Tower
o
Performing Arts Center
o Action Community Action Agency
o
Seasonal events at Bicentennial Park
Service Center (CAA), 858 West
o
Miami Arena
Flagler Street, (305) 547-4892
o
American Airlines Arena
o
Bayfront Park and Amphitheater
6.6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
o Gusman Center
o (Future) Museums in Bicentennial
Park
• Public Transit
o Metrorail (two stations)
o Metromover (five stations)
o Metrobus, (many routes)
Physical and Social Quality
Until recently, Park West and Overtown
have been overlooked as a desirable place to
live and work. With the attraction of the Park
West Entertainment District during evening
and early morning hours, and with the
anticipated spill -over effect of the Performing
Arts Center, expansion of the Historic Lyric
Theater, and new proposed market rate and
affordable housing, the physical character of
the CRA area is about to change.
Recent projects from the CRA have been
geared toward beautification of the public
rights -of -way with sidewalk improvements and
tree planting. Athalie Range Park under I-95
is about to undergo improvements with the
installation of a domino park, historic
walkway, renovated basketball courts and new
bathrooms
The CRA has identified that new zoning
regulations are needed with design guidelines.
The intention of the design guidelines is to
ensure that both publicly and privately
constructed buildings are attractive and
support the need for pedestrian access,
comfort, and safety.
Proposed new developments at the time
of writing this amendment all provide a mix of
uses including residential, making it possible to
live and work within walking distance or
transit.
The greatest asset of this community is its
location. The Central Business District is
within walking distance, it rved by public
transit, and it is centr 1 cat in Miami -
Dade County.
Neighborhood Impact of the Master Plan 6.7
• Powers of the SEOPW CRA
• Powers Not Assigned to the SEOPW CRA
• Authority to Undertake Redevelopment
• Future Amendments to this Redevelopment Plan
• State of Florida Statutory Requirements
• Safeguards and Assurances
• Land Acquisition
To the lover of cities..
Plan Management
The Southeast Overtown Park West
Community Redevelopment Plan shall be
managed through the items specified in this
section. The SEOPW CRA shall conform to
all requirements and standards as designated
by Florida State Statute Chapter 163, Part III,
Community Redevelopment. The short title
for Part III is "Community Redevelopment
Act of 1969." The SEOPW CRA is entitled to
all activities under Community Redevelopment
Act of 1969 as it may be modified from time
to time, and it is entitled to activities that may
not be covered in this document but are part
of the state statute.
Powers of the SEOPW CRA
The powers identified below are
paraphrased from Statute, 163.370 of the Act.
Please refer to the statute in the event of any
kind of conflict of interpretation.
1) To write and execute contacts and other
implementation means that may be
necessary or timely to exercise its powers
under the Community Redevelopment
Act.
2) To distribute information regarding
community redevelopment to the
community's residents, property owners,
elected officials, and activists.
3) To commence with community
or without any other improvements;
redevelopment and related activities
d.
To hold, improve, clear or prepare
within the SEOPW CRA's boundaries,
for redevelopment any acquired real
which may include:
property;
a. Purchasing or accepting title to real
e.
To mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or
property;
otherwise encumber or dispose of
b. Acquiring property in excess of
any property;
appraised values and sell property at
f.
To enter into contracts that are
less than appraised or fair market
necessary for any redevelopment
value;
activities, projects or programs;
c. Selling or donating title to real
g.
To solicit requests for proposals,
property;
requests for qualification, and bid
d. Demolishing and oving existing
solicitation for redevelopment
structures, Ian a ing, r previous
activities;
improveme t real property or
h.
To apply for financing and to borrow
facilities•
money from the Federal
e. Inst ructing, or rebuilding
Government, the State, the County,
et ewalks, utilities, parks,
the City or other public body or from
pla r nds, and public spaces; and,
any public or private sources in the
f. Preparing planning or construction
form of loans, bonds, grants,
documents to build, repair, or
contributions, and any other form of
rehabilitate buildings or public spaces.
financial assistance to be used for
redevelopment activities;
4) Within the SEOPW CRA's boundaries:
i.
To acquire air rights which shall be
a. To make inspections, surveys,
used for implementing
appraisals, soundings, or test borings
redevelopment projects;
on private property,
j.
To appropriate funds and pay
b. To conduct environmental tests and
expenditures as necessary to perform
surveys on private property,
the actions identified in this plan;
c. To purchase, lease, option, gift, grant,
k.
To organize, coordinate, and direct
or bequest, any real property together
the administration of redevelopment
7.2 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
5)
6)
activities, projects, and programs
solely within the SEOPW CRA
boundaries or jointly with other
CRAB within the City of Miami;
1. To establish community innovation
p arking proj ects;
m. To fund pilot programs to market
activities within the redevelopment
area; and,
n. To establish a community
development entity under the U.S.
Treasury New Market Tax Credit
Program.
o. To establish, implement and fund
community policing innovations as
explained in the Community
Redevelopment Act of 1969.
The CRA shall be permitted to issue
redevelopment revenue bonds and other
financial instruments as authorized by the
City's governing body as per Section
163.385 of the Florida Statutes. Bonds
issued under this section do not constitute
indebtedness within the meaning of any
constitutional or statutory debt limitation
or restrictions as they apply to the City of
Miami or Miami -Dade County.
The CRA may exercise all or any part in
combination of redevelopment powers as
prescribed in the Florida Community
Redevelopment Act, Chapter 163, Part
III, Florida Statutes, provided the
redevelopment is not restricted by this
SEOPW CRA Community
Redevelopment Plan, as it may be updated
from time to time.
Powers not assigned to the
SEOPW CRA
The following activities may not be paid
for or financed by increment revenues but
may be purchased through al ative funding
sources:
1) Construction O exp sion of
administrative b or public bodies
or operati p ce and fire buildings,
unless m uthority agrees to such
meth of n cing for the construction
or exp n, or unless the construction
or expansion is contemplated as part of a
community policing innovation.
2) Installation, construction, reconstruction,
repair, or alteration of any publicly owned
capital improvements or projects which
are not an integral part of or necessary for
carrying Out the community
redevelopment plan if such projects or
improvements are normally financed by
the governing body with user fees or if
such projects or improvements would be
installed, constructed, reconstructed,
repaired, or altered within 3 years of the
approval of the community
redevelopment plan by the governing
body pursuant to a previously approved
public capital improvement or project
schedule or plan of the governing body
which approved the community
redevelopment plan,
3) General government operating expenses
unrelated to the planning and carrying out
of a community redevelopment plan.
Regarding zoning and land development
regulations, The CRA shall not have the
power to:
a. Independently zone or rezone
property; however the CRA can
recommend and advocate zoning
changes to the City of Miami;
b. Grant variances or exceptions from
zoning, building regulations, or life -
safety codes.; however the CRA can
request such variances and exceptions
to the City on behalf of an applicant;
Or
c. Independently close or vacate public
rights -of -way.
The SEOPW CRA Board shall not have
the power to grant final approval of the
Plan Management
7.3
SEOPW Community Redevelopment Plan
and future revisions.
Authority to Undertake
Redevelopment
The SEOPW Community Redevelopment
Plan has been prepared in accordance with the
Florida Community Redevelopment Act,
Chapter 163, Part III of the Florida Statutes.
The adoption of this Redevelopment Plan and
any later modifications or amendments shall
follow the procedures set forth in Florida
Statute 163.346 (public hearings) and Statute
163.360 (7), (8), and (9) of the Act.
By adopting this Redevelopment Plan, the
Community Redevelopment Act of 1969
confers upon the SEOPW CRA the authority
and the powers to perform "Community
Redevelopment" as defined in Statute 163.340
(9) of the Act.
The SEOPW CRA is the authoritative
government agency that oversees and
monitors development within the SEOPW
redevelopment area, and as such, all
development projects proposed within its
environs must be presented before the CRA
Board of Directors prior to the City of Miami
granting approval of the project.
Future Amendments to this
Redevelopment Plan
This Redevelopment Plan is an
amendment, an update, to the original 1982
SEOPW CRA Community Redevelopment
Plan. In the future, this plan may need to be
amended as new, innovative projects eligible
for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds, are
proposed for the area.
Amendments to the Plan shall be
approved by the Board of City
Commissioners. The CRA and will initiate
any amendment actin b adopting a
resolution recommends at the Board of
City Commissioners e Plan pursuant
to Statute 163. 6 tatute 163.360 (8) and
(9) by reso T e CRA Board may then
hold an ve e public hearing on the
proposed m fication or amendment and
approve the modification by passage of an
appropriate Resolution. Any amendment
action also requires pre -notification of the
affected taxing authorities by registered mail.
The Community Redevelopment Act of
1969 does not require local planning agencies
to review plan amendments for conformity
with the Comprehensive Plan.
The original "Findings of Necessity"
should be reaffirmed with regard to the
proposed modification or amendment.
Should any provision of the Community
Redevelopment Plan, including later revisions,
be found to be invalid, unconstitutional or
illegal, such provision shall not affect the
remaining portions of the plan. A plan need
not be revised solely to clarify any such
conflicts that are substantive, but such
conflicts should be removed at the time of the
next amendment.
7.4 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
State of Florida Statutory
Requirements
The Community Redevelopment Act of 1969,
(163.362), requires that specific elements be
included in every redevelopment Plan. The
chart to the right identifies the location for
each of those elements within this Master Plan
Report.
Technical Item
Section
Page
Legal Description
1
1.9
Diagram Showing
Open Space
3'6
Diagram Showing
3
3.10
Street Layout
Limitations On
Massing, Intensity And
3
3.24
Density
Properties For Parks
3
3.6
And Other Public Use
Neighborhood Impact
6.2
Publicly Fund
LY
5
5.2
Capital Im r
SafegNes
775
Assur
Retention Of Controls
And Restrictions With
�7
/
7.5
Land Sales
Residential Use-
2 CX Q_ / U
2.2;
Affordability
6.3
Costs
5
5.3
Timeline
5
5.13
Safeguards & Assurances
Safeguards To Ensure
Redevelopment Activities Follow
The Redevelopment Plan
1) The SEOPW CRA shall file an annual
financial report by _March 31 of each year
with the Miami -Dade County Board of
Commissioners, The Miami -Dade County
Clerk's Office, the City of Miami Board of
Commissioners, and the City's Clerk's
Office. This report shall contain a
programmatic overview of the public
and/or public/private funded activities of
the SEOPW CRA as allowed by the
Redevelopment Plan.
2) The SEOPW CRA shall file a Five Year
Capital Program budget with the City of
Miami, for inclusion in the City's Five
Year Comprehensive Plan, and update
this budgeting document annually.
3) The SEOPW CRA Board shall be fully
subject to the Florida Sunshine Law and
meet at least on a monthly basis in a
public forum.
4) The SEOPW CRA shall provide adequate
safeguards to ensure that all leases, deeds,
contracts, agreements and declarations of
restrictions relative to any real property
Plan Management 7.5
5)
6)
7)
8)
conveyed shall contain restrictions and
covenants running with the land and its
uses, or other such provisions necessary
to carry out the goals and objectives of
the Redevelopment Plan. The SEOPW
CRA shall further ensure that such
conveyance comply with the requirements
of Florida Statutes 163.380
The SEOPW CRA shall continue to
acquire property and to convey such
interest to developers and investors for
redevelopment.
The SEOPW CRA shall promote the use
of Land Pooling to provide existing
property owners with an opportunity to
participate in the redevelopment of the
SEOPW redevelopment area as an equity
partners in return for the use of the
private owners land for such
development.
The SEOPW CRA shall present a
Regulatory Plan to the City of Miami for
adoption and continue to recommend
zoning changes consistent with the
Redevelopment Plan.
The SEOPW CRA shall request to the
City that all proposals for new
development, once reviewed by the City
administration, shall be forwarded to the
SEOPW CRA for review and consistency
with the Redevelopment Plan.
9) The SEOPW CRA shall request specific
goals and objectives from developers that
utilize Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
funds.
10) The SEOPW CRA shall require a
Minority Participation Agreement for all
development projects occurring within its
boundaries.
11) The SEOPW CRA shall, or will require
the developer to provide existing business
owners and business tenants within the
redevelopment area preference for re-
entry into busine within the
redevelopment are o ide e business
is compatible uses, theme and
quality o ment in the
redevelop and that the business
own r has the financial ability to
operat usiness consistent with the
overall integrity of the redevelopment
district.
Safeguards To Ensure Financial
Accountability
1) The SEOPW CRA shall maintain 2)
adequate records to provide for an annual
external audit which shall be conducted by
a knowledgeable Certified Public
Accountant selected by the City of Miami
3)
Board of Commissioners. The findings of
the audit shall be presented at a public
meeting of the Board of the SEOPW
CRA and such findings shall be forwarded
to the City of Miami and Miami Dade
County Board of Commissioners by
March 31 of each year to the preceding
fiscal year which shall run from October 1
through September 30.
The annual Audit Report shall be
accompanied by the SEOPW CRA's
Annual Financial Report and shall be
provided to the City of Miami Board of
Commissioners, City Clerk's Office,
Miami -Dade County Board of
Commissioners and the Miami -Dade
County Clerk's Office and be made
available for public review. Legal notice
in newspapers of general circulation,
including but not limited to the Miami
Today, Miami Times, Daily Business
Review and/or the Miami Herald, shall be
provided to inform the public of the
availability for review of the Annual Audit
and Annual Financial Report.
All SEOPW CRA tax increment financing
(TIF) funds shall be held in a
Redevelopment Trust Fund separately
from other funds as required by Florida
Statutes.
The SEOPW CRA shall request specific
7.6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
goals and objectives from developers that
utilize Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
funds.
Safeguards To Ensure Proper
Implementation and
Project/Program Accountability
1) The SEOPW CRA shall establish
measurable goals and objectives for each
activity it administers and/or funds.
2) The SEOPW CRA shall coordinate with
related agencies, entities, community
based organzations and stakeholders,
specifically including the Water and Sewer
Authority (WASA), the City and County
Public Works, Capital Improvement
Projects, and Planning & Zoning
departments to ensure the proper
planning, budgeting and implementation
of projects.
3) The SEOPW CRA shall hold public
hearings on the following at its monthly
Board Meetings:
a. Report and status on its programs
and projects (the "Activities")
b. Gather input from property
owners, citizens and interested
parties regarding redevelopment
activities; and
c. Discuss strategies to resolve local
redevelopment issues
Providing for a Time -Certain and
Severability
All redevelopment activities of a
contractual, financial and programmatic nature
shall have a maximum duration, or
commitment of up to, but not exceeding,
thirty (30) years from the date of adoption of
the original 1982 SEOPW Redevelopment
Plan by the City of Miami and Miami Dade
County Board of Commissi0 s.
Land Acqui
Florida S t 3.358 authorizes the
SEC acquire land and qualifies
acquisitio wi Statute 163.370(3). In
Section 4 of is Redevelopment Plan, under
District Wide Program #9, Miscellaneous Land
Acquisition, the CRA objective states: The CRA
proposes to acquire land, as necessary, to support the
implementation of the prjects described in this
Redevelopment Plan avithin the SEOPIV
RedevelopmentArea.
Pursuant to Florida Statute 163.375 the
SEOPW CRA cannot acquire property
through eminent domain proceedings. The
City of Miami has the sole authority to
commence eminent domain proceedings on
behalf of the SEOPW CRA. The SEOPW
CRA shall recommend that the City resist
resorting to such proceedings, because of its
costly nature which is further typically
perceived as a non -collaborative action by
property owners in the redevelopment area.
In the event, property owners are unwilling to
participate in the redevelopment of the
SEOPW Redevelopment Area even with the
provision of financial and technical assistance,
the CRA shall recommend to the City of
Miami that eminent domain proceedings
commence.
Plan Management 7.7
40.
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Definitions
The following terms, wherever used or
referred to in this part, have the following
meanings:
Blighted Area
An area in which there are a substantial
number of deteriorated, or deteriorating
structures, in which conditions, as indicated by
government -maintained statistics or other
studies, are leading to economic distress or
endanger life or property, and in which two or
more of the following factors are present:
(a) Predominance of defective or inadequate
street layout, parking facilities, roadways,
bridges, or public transportation facilities;
(b) Aggregate assessed values of real property
in the area for ad valorem tax purposes
have failed to show any appreciable
increase over the 5 years prior to the
finding of such conditions;
(c) Faulty lot layout in relation to size,
adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness;
(d) Unsanitary or unsafe conditions;
(e) Deterioration of site or other
improvements;
(f) Inadequate and outdated building density
patterns;
(g) Falling lease rates per square foot of
office, commercial, or industrial space
compared to the remainder of the county
or municipality;
(h) Tax or special assessment delinquency
exceeding the fair value of the land;
(i) Residential and commercial vacancy rates
higher in the area than in the remainder of
the county or municipality;
(j) Incidence of crime in the area higher than
in the remainder of the county or
municipality;
(k) Fire and emergency medical service calls
to the area proportionatel higher than in
the remainder of county or
municipality;
(1) A genviolations of the
Flothe area than the
numrecorded in the
remor municipality;
(m) Divor defective or
unusual conditions of title which prevent
the free alienability of land within the
deteriorated or hazardous area•, or
(n) Governmentally owned property with
adverse environmental conditions caused
by a public or private entity.
However, the term "blighted area" also
means any area in which at least one of the
factors identified in paragraphs (a) through (n)
are present and all taxing authorities subject to
s. 163.387(2)(a) agree, either by interlocal
agreement or agreements with the agency or
by resolution, that the area is blighted. Such
agreement or resolution shall only determine
that the area is blighted. For purposes of
qualifying for the tax credits authorized in
chapter 220, "blighted area" means an area as
defined in this subsection.
Board or Commission
A board, commission, department, division,
office, body or other unit of the county or
municipality.
Community Policing Innovation
A policing technique or strategy designed to
reduce crime by reducing opportunities for,
and increasing the perceived risks of engaging
in, criminal activity through visible presence of
police in the community, including, but not
limited to, community mobilization,
neighborhood block watch, citizen patrol,
citizen contact patrol, foot patrol,
neighborhood storefront police stations, field
interrogation, or intensified motorized patrol.
8.2 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Community Redevelopment Agency
A public agency created by, or designated
pursuant to, FS. 163.356 or FS. 163.357,
Sometimes referred to as "Agency"
Community Redevelopment Area
A slum area, a blighted area, or an area in
which there is a shortage of housing that is
affordable to residents of low or moderate
income, including the elderly, or a coastal and
tourist area that is deteriorating and
economically distressed due to outdated
building density patterns, inadequate
transportation and parking facilities, faulty lot
layout or inadequate street layout, or a
combination thereof which the governing
body designates as appropriate for community
redevelopment.
Community Redevelopment Plan
A plan, as it exists from time to time, for a
community redevelopment area.
Federal Government
The United States Government or any agency
or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of
the United States.
Housing authority
A housing authority created by and established
pursuant to C chapter 421.
Increment Revenue
The amount calculated pursuant to FS.
163.387(1).
Mixed -Mode Corridor
A street limited to pedestrian, bicycle and
transit movements for all or part of the day
and night.
Public officer
Any officer who is in charge of any
department or branch of the overnment of
the county or municipali .ng to health,
fire, building regulatio o r activities
concerning dwelli i the county or
municipality.
Real Pr e
All lands, in g improvements and fixtures
thereon, and property of any nature
appurtenant thereto or used in connection
therewith and every estate, interest, right, and
use, legal or equitable, therein, including but
not limited to terms for years and liens by way
of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise.
Redevelopment or Community
Redevelopment
Undertakings, activities, or projects of a
county, municipality, or community
redevelopment agency in a community
redevelopment Oarea for the elimination and
prevention of the development or spread of
slums and blight, or for the reduction or
prevention of crime, or for the provision of
affordable housing, whether for rent or for
sale, to residents of low or moderate income,
including the elderly, and may include slum
clearance and redevelopment in a community
redevelopment area or rehabilitation and
revitalization of coastal resort and tourist areas
that are deteriorating and economically
distressed, or rehabilitation or conservation in
a community redevelopment area, or any
combination or part thereof, in accordance
with a community redevelopment plan and
may include the preparation of such a plan.
Related Activities
Either:
1) Planning work for the preparation of a
general neighborhood redevelopment plan
or for the preparation or completion of a
communitywide plan or program pursuant
to FS. 163.365.
2) The functions related to the acquisition
and disposal of real property pursuant to
FS. 163.370 (3).
3) The development of affordable housing
for residents of the area.
Directory 8.3
4) The development of community policing
innovations.
Slum Area
An area having physical or economic
conditions conducive to disease, infant
mortality, juvenile delinquency, poverty, or
crime because there is a predominance of
buildings or improvements, whether
residential or nonresidential, which are
impaired by reason of dilapidation,
deterioration, age, or obsolescence, and
exhibiting one or more of the following
factors:
(a) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light,
air, sanitation, or open spaces;
(b) High density of population, compared to
the population density of adjacent areas
within the county or municipality; and
overcrowding, as indicated by
government -maintained statistics or other
studies and the requirements of the
Florida Building Code; or
(c) The existence of conditions that endanger
life or property by fire or other causes.
8.4 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Directory of Local Organizations
Directory
Updating this directory from time to time
does not constitute a revision to this
redevelopment plan.
Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
Frank K. Rollason, Executive Director
E-mail: frollason@ci.miami.fl.us
Chelsa Arscott, Policy & Program Dev.
Admin.
E-mail: carscott(a)ci.miami.fl.us
49 NW 5 Street, Suite 100 Miami, Fl 33128
Telephone: (305) 679-6800 Fax:: (305) 679-
6835
Board of County Commissioners
Dr. Barbara Carey-Shuler, District 3
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, Florida 33128
Telephone (305) 375-5393
Email: districtljc miamidade.gov
Bruno A. Barreiro, District 5
1454 SW 1st Street, Suite 130
Miami, Florida 33135
Telephone (305) 643-8525
Email: district5(c�miamidade.gov
Board of CRA Directors
Commissioner Arthur Teele, Jr., Chairman,
Telephone: (305)250-5390
E-mail: ateele(a)ci.miami.fl.us
Commissioner Johnny L. Winton
Vice -Chairman
Telephone: (305)250-5333
E-mail: jwinton(a�ci.miami.fl.us
Commissioner Angel Gonzalez, Board
Member
Telephone: (305)250-5430`
E-mail: agonzalez(aici.r> ami. s
Commissioner Joe a?Vez, Board
Member
E-mail: c iami.fl.us
Teleph e: 50-5380
Commissioner Tomas P. Regalado,
Board Member
E-mail: tregalado(a)ci.miami.fl.us
Telephone: (305)250-5420
City of Miami Staff
Joe Arriola, City Manager
3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133
Telephone: (305)250-5400
E-mail: iarriola(a)ci.miami.fl.us
Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney
444 SW 2nd Avenue, Suite 945
Miami, Florida 33130
Telephone: (305)416-1800
E-mail: law(a� ci.miami. fl.us
Department of Community Development
Main Number (305) 416-2080
Barbara Gomez -Rodriguez, Director
Telephone: (305) 416-2099
Planning Department
Main Number: (305) 416-400
Fax: (305) 416-1435
Ana Gelabert-Sanchez, Director
Telephone: (305) 416-1435
Lourdes Slazyk, Assistant Director
Telephone: (305) 416-1435
Department of Economic Development
Main Number (305) 416-1400
Fax: (305) 416-2156
Keith Carswell, Director
Telephone: (305) 416-1411
Laura Billberry, Assistant Director
Telephone: (305)416-1452
Public Works Department
Main Number (305) 416-1200
Albert Dominguez, Assistant Director
E-mail: aadominguez&ci.miami.fl.us
9.6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Building Department
Main Number (305) 416-1100
Hector Lima, Director
E-mail: hlima(a�ci.miami.fl.us
Overtown Advisory Board
Irby McKnight, Chairperson
1600 NW 3 Ave, Bldg C
Miami, FL 33128
Telephone: (305) 573-8217
Overtown Civic Partnership & Design
Center
Philip Bacon, Executive Director
Dorsey House
250 NW Ninth Street .Miami, FL 33136
Phone:305-416-3301 Fax:305-416-3302
www.overtown.or
The Black Archives Historic Research
Foundation
801 NW 2 Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
Telephone: 305-636-2390
Fax: (305) 636-2391
The Trust for Public Land
Lavinia Freeman, Program Manager
7900 Red Road, Suite 25
South Miami, FL 33143
Telephone: (305) 667-0409
www.tpl.org
BAME Development Corporation of
South Florida
William G. Mauzy, Director
245 NW 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
Telephone: (305) 373-7233 Fax: (305) 373-
8915
Collins Center for Public Policy
Rod Petry, President
150 SE 2nd Avenue Suite 703,
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: (305) 377-4484
www.collinscenter.org
St. Johns CDC
David Alexander,
1324 NW 3 e e, 'ami FL 33136
Teleohovt*111663. 37 -0682
St. Agnes C1W
James Gibson, Director
2031 NW 411, Court Miami FL 33136
Telephone: (305) 573-6885
Mt. Zion CDC
Laurence Kerchen, Director
301 NW 9 St, Miami, FL 33136
Telephone: (305) 379-4147 Fax: (305) 374-
3733
The Overtown Youth Center
Gerald Deloney, Executive Director
450 NW 1411' Street, Miami FL 33136
Telephone: (305) 349-1204
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
(LISC)
Denis Russ, Program Director
150 S. E. 2nd Ave., Suite 911
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: (305) 381-7967
Fax (305) 372-1890
www.liscnet.or
Beacon Council Inc.
Charles Byrd, Director
80 SW 8 Street, Suite 2400, Miami, FL
33130
Telephone: (305) 579-1300
www.beaconcouncil.com
Habitat for Humanity
Anne Manning, Director
9350 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 200
Miami, Florida
Telephone: (305) 670-2224
www.mi amih abitat. o r
Miami Dade Empowerment Trust
Bryan Finney, President/CEO
E-mail kfinneaic co.miami-dade.fl.us
Aundra Wallace, V.P., Exec. Director
E-mail: consir&co.miami.-dade.fl.us
3050 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 300
Directory 9.7
Miami, FL 33137
Telephone: (305) 372-7620
www.ezonetrust.or
Overtown EZ Neighborhood Assembly
Irby McKnight, Chairperson
1600 NW 3 Ave, Bldg C, Miami, FL 33128
Telephone: (305) 573-8217
)VWW.empowennenttrust.org/community/
overtown.htm
Florida Department of Transportation
District VI Secretary
1000 NW 111th Avenue Miami, FL 33172
Telephone: (305) 470-5197
Fax (305) 470-5610
General Information: (305) 470-5349
www.dot..state.fl.us
9.8 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
• A. Previous Planning Work for the Area
• B. Acknowledgements
• C. School Impact Analysis for the SEOPW CRA Redevelopment Plan
• D. 1982 Resolution adopting the SEOPW CRA
• E. Resolution Adopting New Boundaries
• F. Advertisements of Public Notice
• G. Findings of Slum and Blight
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Appendices
Appendix A
Previous Planning
Work for the area
1973
Urban Development and Zoning Plan.
This report recommended redevelopment of
the area north of the port access road to I-395
between N.W. 111 Avenue and Biscayne
Boulevard, later designated as Park West. This
recommendation was incorporated within the
MCNP in 1976.
1976
Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan
�MCNP)
A Comprehensive Plan is required by the State
of Florida for every municipality. Miami's
Comprehensive Plan provides the framework
for the overall development of the City of
Miami. This plan is periodically updated and
continues to guide the City's decisions. In
1976 Development opportunities were
identified for the CRA area within this
document including the establishment of an
in -town residential community and
redevelopment opportunities made possible by
the expanded transit system.
1979 -1980
Overtown Redevelopment Plan
Prepared by the City of Miami Planning and
Zoning Department with extensive citizen
review, this plan was for the larger Overtown
community, not just the CRA boundaries.
This plan was adopted by both the City of
Miami and Miami -Dade County. Portions of
this plan that referred to Southeast Overtown
were incorporated into the original SEOPW
Community Redevelopment Pl
1979 -1981 Z
Prepared by VRoberts and Todd
(WRT) e Cities Corporation, and
Parsons Bn k off Quade and Douglas, this
plan called for land purchase of a 16-block
area, extensive clearance and redevelopment
of the industrial area into a residential and
commercial community. The focal point of
the plan was a large linear green space linking
Overtown to Bicentennial Park. This plan was
incorporated into the 1982 SEOPW
Community Redevelopment Plan.
1981-82
SEOPW Community Redevelopment Plan
Prepared by the City of Miami Planning and
Zoning Department, this plan stated to the
State of Florida the need for a Community
Redevelopment Agency, and specified projects
and operations for the CRA. Although the
plan was modified over the following few
years, it is now out of date, which has led to
the Community Redevelopment Plan to which
this appendix is attached. The 1982
redevelopment plan was reviewed and
modified over a six-month period by the
Southeast Overtown/Park West Ad Hoc
Committee that included representatives of
the Overtown and Park West communities
and provided a forum for community
concerns.
1986-87
Omni Area Redevelopment Plan, September
1986
Prepared by the City of Miami Planning
Department, this is the Community
Redevelopment Plan for the Omni Area CRA.
August 1984
DesiLn Standards and Guidelines for the
Southeast Overtown / Park West
Redevelopment Project
This document was prepared by the
Downtown Development Authority for the
SEOPW CRA. These standards contain many
10.2 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
common sense practices for treating pavement
and landscaping on public streets. The
guidelines however reinforce a plan that is
heavily dependent upon a wide landscaped
pedestrian mall, an idea since widely
discredited nationally. The small segment of
the pedestrian mall that was constructed on
NW 91' Street in the late 1980's has already
been re -opened to traffic.
February 1989
The Historic Overtown Folklife Village,
Master Plan / Urban Design Guidelines.
This plan and accompanying guidelines were
prepared for the Black Archives, History and
Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. by
Ronald E. Frazier & Associates. The plan
surveys a three block area of historic buildings
and offers architectural guidelines for
buildings.
1989
Downtown Miami Master Plan 1989
This document was prepared by the City of
Miami Department of Planning, Building, &
Zoning and the Downtown Development
Authority. This plan was officially adopted by
the City Commission in 1989 and continues to
guide decision making for the downtown.
May 1997
Master Plan for Historic Overtown Folklife
Village, May 1997.
This plan was prepared by Duany, Plater-
Zyberk & Company as an update to the 1989
plan for the Black Archives. It offers new
implementation strategies for the previous
plan.
1998
NW 3rd Avenue Priority Business Corridor.
This document prepared by Bermello-Ajamil
& Partners, Inc for the EOPW CRA
examines the physical e 'ng conditions
along this historic er corridor.
Recommendations �reso included to
stimulate busine�
2000-2004, Budgeted Projects and Programs
Prepared by the SEOPW CRA, this document
lays out the current five-year plan of programs
and expenditures. Projects and programs
from this document have been included in the
SEOPW Community Redevelopment Plan.
March 2000
Overtown, Redevelopment Area Design
Charrette Report
This document was prepared by Treasure
Coast Regional Planning Council and
produced through a grant from the Florida
Department of Community Affairs to the
South Florida Regional Planning Council for
Eastward Ho initiatives. SFRPC brought in
the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
to provide a community design charrette
workshop and produce a detailed plan for all
of Overtown. Many local architects and
planners participated along with local property
owners and residents. The plan showed how
the community can redevelop over time with
small incremental improvements and
reinvestment, unlike typical grand schemes.
Unfortunately the plan failed to capture the
excitement needed in the investment
community and official circles, and is
perceived by some members of the
community as the latest in a string of broken
promises.
March 2000
Housing Needs and Potential of the
Overtown / Park West Area
This document was prepared by Reinhold P.
Wolff Economic Research, Inc. for South
Florida Partnership Office Fannie Mae. It is a
market housing study.
Spring 2000
History of the City of Miami, a brief summary
Appendices 10.3
of its past in pictures, maps and writings
This was prepared by students at the
University of Miami School of Architecture
under the directions of professors Allan
Shulman and Adolfo Albaisa. This is not a
planning document but rather a summary
showing how Downtown Miami has changed
over the years.
2002
Miami River Corridor Urban Infill and
Redevelopment Plan This document was
prepared by Kimley-Hom and Associates, Inc
for the Miami River Commission, City of
Miami and Miami -Dade County.
2002
Park West Club District Streetscape Master
Plan. This plan was prepared by Wallace
Roberts & Todd for the CRA. It identifies
parking areas and streetscape improvements
along Eleventh Street.
August 2002
Overtown Greenway Plan
This document was prepared by Trust for
Public Land and Wallace Roberts & Todd.
This document identifies the various planning
efforts taking place in the area and offers
greenway alignments and landscaping and
streetscape guidelines.
October 2002
Overtown Greenprint Plan
Prepared by the Trust for Public Land, The
Greenprint Steering Committee, and Glatting
Jackson Kerscher Anglin Lopez Rinehart Inc.
The Greenprint Plan is a strategic plan to
design and build an interconnected system of
urban open spaces, including parks, greens,
gardens, plazas, bikeways and sidewalks.
December 2002
Overtown: A Look BajrConnZons to the
Future
This plan was ep y Urban Design
Associates on e Collins Center for
Public P cy, and the Overtown Civic
Partnership. e document analyzes the
existing conditions and shows design
altematives for the Downtown Overtown
area.
November 2003
Miami at Midnight
This report was prepared by Thomas F.
Gustafson, P.A. to examin the use of narrow
gauge rail modality in the SEOPW and OMNI
CRA areas and to suggest locations for liner
buildings and related parking structures. The
report provides a basis for requesting
transportation trust funds and to develop such
improvements as a community intermodal
system.
10.4 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
Appendix
Acknowledgements
The Southeast Overtown — Park West
Community Redevelopment Plan, Update
2004 has been prepared by Dover, Kohl &
Partners, Town Planners with the incredible
support, ideas and information from:
• City of Miami Commissioners and
CRA Board Members:
o Commissioner Angel
Gonzalez, District 1
O Commissioner Johnny L.
Winton, District 2
O Commissioner Joe M. Sanchez,
District 3
O Commissioner Tomas P.
Regalado, District 4
O Commissioner Arthur Teele,
Jr., District 5
• County Commissioner, Dr. Barbara
Carey-Shuler, District 3
• City Manager, Joe Arriola
• Miami Community Redevelopment
Agency Director and Staff
o Frank K. Rollason, Executive
Director
o Chelsa Arscott-Douglas,
Policy & Program
Development Administrator
CRA consultants:
o TY Lin International/HJ Ross
o Greater Miami Neighborhoods
o ZHA, economists
o Thomas Gustafson
City of Miami Planning and Zoning
Department
Many residents, property owners, and
business owners within and near the
SEOPW CRA area.
Overtown Advisory B and
Overtown Civic P rship
Black Archiv o th Florida
Research F d n, Inc.
The T fo Land
LISC Miami
e e wn Youth Center
Se Community Development
Corporations that included:
o BAME CDC
o St. Agnes CDC
o St. John's CDC
Park West Civic Association
Florida Department of
Transportation
Several Community Churches that
included:
o St Agnes
o Mt Zion
FDOT (Florida Department of
Transportation)
• Thomas F. Gustafson and Nova
Southeast University's Center for
Public Policy and Leadership
Appendices 10.5
Appendix C
School Impact Analysis for
the SEOPW CRA
Redevelopment Plan
This Impact Analysis has been performed
to examine the impact of the CRA
Community Redevelopment Plan on the
public school system in Miami -Dade County.
This analysis is projecting a total
redevelopment of all properties within the
SEOPW CRA area as if almost all of the area
were to be built out today using the current
zoning code. This scenario is not likely to
occur because the eventual redevelopment will
happen gradually over a long time, and some
existing structures are likely to remain.
However, this is the best approach to examine
possible problems that can be avoided over
the next few years as properties do get
redeveloped.
Approach:
Each City block within the CRA was
numbered. (See attached map) The zoning for
each block was cross-referenced. A
spreadsheet was generated that lists each
block, corresponding gross square footages,
and the maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for
each zoning district. The spreadsheet
generates the approximate number of dwelling
units with the assumption that the average
apartment size is 1,250 square feet of space.
This dwelling unit size is from a recent analysis
by a developer for aproject in Overtown. The
columns on the right of the spreadsheet
separate out the number of possible dwelling
units that occur in each of the school districts
provided by Miami -Dade County Public
Schools (M-DCPS). There is ne high school
that serves the SEOPW two middle
schools, and three elem�ry sc is.
A second sce rSe
`
While ex FAR, it became
apparent at a loper could build smaller
units and s ithin the maximum density
allowed in each zoning district. Therefore a
second spreadsheet was prepared that removes
the FAR limitations and estimates the possible
number of units using the maximum density
allowed. The SD-61 and SD-16 zones do not
specify a maximum density, so for those areas
we used the first scenario (with FAR) to
estimate the number of units on those blocks.
This second scenario suggests that more
dwelling units are possible if the controlling
factor becomes the maximum density instead
of the FAR. There was no analysis prepared
to determine if a developer could maximize
the density within the FAR limitations.
Findings:
Using M-DCPS's equations to estimate
the number of students for each school, the
new capacity is compared with the existing
capacity as reported in MDCPS's Region IV
FISH Design Capacity (Permanent +
Relocatable). The comparison suggests the
following:
Booker T. Wlashington High School•
Scenario 1 reveals 306 new high school
students could be added to the school.
Scenario 2 reveals 628 new high school
students. There appears to be no capacity
problems at Booker T. Washington High
School. With 628 new students, the capacity
would be at 99.10% utilization.
Citrus Grove Middle School•
Only a small portion of the SEOPW CRA
area lies within the Citrus Grove Middle
School district. Scenario 1 (by FAR) reveals 3
new middle school students could be added to
the school. Scenario 2 (by maximum density)
reveals 15 new middle school students.
Without any new students, Citrus Grove
currently has a capacity problem at 151%
utilization. 3 to 15 more students are not very
10.6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
many to add, however, more capacity is
currently needed at Citrus Grove Middle
School. The utilization becomes a concern to
the School Board when it increases above
115%.
Jose de Diego Middle School.•
The majority of the SEOPW CRA area
lies within the Jose de Diego Middle School
district. Scenario 1 reveals 260 new middle
school students could be added to the
neighborhood. Scenario 2 reveals 532 new
middle school students. This is a significant
number of new students. Without any new
students, Jose de Diego currently has a slight
capacity problem at 119% utilization. Scenario
1 creates a capacity utilization of 141% and
Scenario 2 creates it at 165%. Given that
there will be more redevelopment projects
outside of the SEOPW CRA and within this
district, more capacity is currently needed at
Jose de Diego Middle School.
Paul Dunbar Elementary School.•
Only a small portion of the SEOPW CRA
area lies within the Paul Dunbar Elementary
School district. Scenario 1 reveals 13 new
elementary school students could be added to
the school. Scenario 2 reveals 45 new
elementary school students. There appears to
be no capacity problems at Paul Dunbar
Elementary School. With 45 new students,
the capacity is at 76.09% utilization.
Pbillas lUbeatky Elementary School•
Scenario 1 reveals 93 new elementary
school students could be added to the school.
Scenario 2 reveals 177 new elementary school
students. There appears to be no capacity
problems at Phillis Wheatley Elementary
School. With 177 new students, the capacity is
at 94.63% utilization.
Frederick Douglass Elementary oz.
A greater portion e OPW CRA
area lies within e ederick Douglass
Elementary Sch ch cenario 1 reveals
380 new ele;ej�
t of students could be
added to 1. Scenario 2 reveals 784
new eleme school students. Most of
these new students would be living in Park
West, where the development potential is very
large. If Park West develops in a manner
similar to Brickell Avenue, many of the
households will then be part-time residents,
professionals without children, or parents who
send their children to charter schools or
private schools. If this is the case, then the
actual number of students for public schools
will be reduced from the projected amount in
this study. In Scenario 1, there should be no
capacity problem at Frederick Douglass
Elementary. The resulting capacity would be
111.51%, which is below the 115% threshold
for the School Board to be concerned.
Scenario 2 however shows a problem. The
capacity jumps to 152.66%. With the other
two neighborhood elementary schools both
below the 115% threshold, there appears to be
a solution. The additional Frederick Douglass
students could be redistricted into the other
two schools. Paul Dunbar has the lowest
capacity utilization at 76%. Paul Dunbar
Elementary could accommodate 361 more
students if the capacity was maximized at
115%. Phillis Wheatley could accommodate
133 students doing the same. The total
between these two schools is 495 students;
more than the 370 students, from Scenario 2,
that would not fit in Frederick Douglass
Elementary School, if Frederick Douglass
were maximized at 115%.
This study was prepared by Dover, Kobl & Partners
in preparation for the SEOPIV CRA Community
Redevelopment Plan, October 2003.
Appendices 10.7
J
New Possible dwelling units for School Districts: (Total Possible Units
minus Existing Units)
For Estimating # of Rowhouses and Apartments (3-4 stories) For Estimatino # of Acts in Towers
Capacity Analysis -Using SEOPW CRA's Existing Zoning FAR
Scenario 1
High Schools
There is only one high school serving the entire SEOPW CRA.
Booker T. Washington High School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 1 27,410
-Fmm mart "Tot l umtCounr'
Number of Students in this Area:
27,410 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 1,055 students
— Fmm School Enmolmsnt R9tbs For Public Schoo/s, K-12 M D County by Minor StatisticsIA—
Number of High School Students in this area:
1,055 students x 0.29 = 306 High School Students
^-'Fmm M DPS's BohoollmpsotP— Anslysis Pm—, b—d on st d-tpopulst- dsts mport d by Offics of lnfoimetion Tsohnobgy
Caoacity Analvsis:
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Cunent
Booker T. Washington Sr. High
1,706
2,355
72.44%
0
2,355
72.44%
With Proposed
Development
Booker T.Washington Sr. High
2,012
2,355
85.44%
0
2,355
85.44%
Comments & Results:
This school does not meet the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students can be accommodated.
r
Middle Schools
There are two middle schools serving the entire SEOPW CRA, with Jose de
Diego servicing almost the entire SEOPW CRA area
Citrus Grove Middle School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 1 364
-Fmm mart "Tot l umt counr'
Number of Students in this Area:
364 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 14 students
— Fmm School Enmolmsnt Rstios For Public Schoo/s, K-12 M-D County by Minor Statist—1 A —
Number of Middle School Students in this area:
14 students x 0.25 = 3 New Middle School Students
— Fmm M DPB's Bohoollmpsot Review Analysis Pmcsss, b—d —tud-tpopuler- dsts mp,rt d by Offros of lnlormet- T-hnology
Caoacity Analvsis:
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Current
Citrus Grove Middle
1,487
895
166.15%
90
985
150.96%
With
Proposed
Development
Citrus Grove Middle
1,490
895
166.54%
90
985
151.32%
Comments & Results:
This school does exceed the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students cannot all be accommodated.
Jose de Diego Middle School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 1 27,046
-Fmm mart "Tot l umt counr'
Number of Students in this Area:
27,046 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 1,041 students
— Fmm School Enmolmsnt Rstios For Public Schoo/s, K-12 M-D Countyby Minor Ststist,s/ Ams
Number of Middle School Students in this area:
1,041 students x 0.25 = 260 New Middle School Students
— Fmm M DPS's Schoollmpsct Review Anslysis Pmcsss, b—d on stud-tpopulsr- dsts mp,rt d by Office of lnformetbn Technology
Capacity Analvsis:
r
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Current
Jose de Diego Middle
1,387
1,166
118.95%
0
1,166
118.95%
With
Proposed
Development
1 Jose de Diego Middle
1,6471
11166
141.28%
0
1,166
141.28%
Comments & Results:
This school does exceed the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students cannot all be accommodated.
r
Capacity Analysis -Using SEOPW CRA's Existing Zoning FAR
Scenario 1
Elementary Schools
There are three elementary schools serving the entire SEOPW CRA, with
Frederick Douglas servicing the greater portion of the SEOPW CRA area
Paul Dunbar Elementary School
Projected Dwellin Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 727
-F—Ih, ,rt •Tor'lumt Counr'
Number of Students in this Area:
727 dwelling units x 0.0385'-` Students / unit 28 students
' Fmm S hool EnmolmsntPetbs ForPublio S hoole, l 12 M D County bXMinor Staret—1 Aee
Number of Elementary School Students in this area:
28 students x 0.46 = 13 New Elementary School Students
^-'Fmm M-0PB's BohoolJmpeot Re crew Analysis Pmcass, besstl on sNtlsntpopuletbn tlete mportstl by Offica of lnfoimetion Tsohnobgy
Caoacity Analvsis:
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Paul Dunbar Elementary School
661
928
71.23%
0
928
71.23%
LC—em
osedent
Paul Dunbar Elementary School
674
928
72.62%
0
928
72.62%
Comments & Results:
This school does not meet the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students can be accommodated.
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks ITotal Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 5,225
-Fmm mart "Tot l umt counr'
Number of Students in this Area:
5,225 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 201 students
"Fmm School Enmolmsnt Rstbs For Public Schoo/s, K-12 M D Countyby Minor StatisticsIA—
Number of Elementary School Students in this area:
201 students x 0.46 = 93 New Elementary School Students
—Fmm MDPS's Schoollmpsct Rsurew Anslysis Pm—,b—d on st d-tpopulst-dsts mport d by Offics of lnfoimetion Tschnobgy
Caoacity Analvsis:
t
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Current
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
443
655
67.63%
0
655
67.63%
With Proposed
Development
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
1 5361
6551
81.76%1
01
6551
81.76%
Comments & Results:
This school does not meet the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students can be accommodated.
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Frederick Douglass Elementary School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 21,457
-Fmm G,art •Tors/ umt Co
Number of Students in this Area:
21,457 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 826 students
' Fmm Bohool Enmolmsnt Psr- For Publb. Bohoole, K-12 M D Oounty by Minor. Stet,et-1 A —
Number of Elementary School Students in this area:
826 students x 0.46 = 380 New Elementary School Students
" Fmm M DPB's BohoollmpsotRevisw Anslysis Pmcsss, b—d on stud-tpopulsr- dsts mp,rt d by Offbs of lnformstbn Technology
Caoacity Analvsis:
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Cunent
Fredenck Douglass Elementary School
715
778
91.90%
204
982
72.81 %
With
Proposed
Development
Fredenck Douglass Elementary School
1,095
778
140.75%
204
982
111.51%
Comments & Results:
This school does not meet the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students can be accommodated.
r
New Possible dwelling units for School Districts: (Total Possible Units
minus Existing Units)
For Estimating # of Rowhouses and Apartments (3-4 stories) JMZ=IM For Estimating # of Apts in Towers
Capacity Analysis -Using SEOPW CRA's Existing Maximum Allowable Density
Scenario 2
High Schools
There is only one high school serving the entire SEOPW CRA.
Booker T. Washington High School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 1 56,232
-F—,h,,rt •Tor l umtCounr'
Number of Students in this Area:
56,232 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 2,165 students
— Fmm School Enmolment Retbe For Public Schoo/s, K-12 M D County by Minor StatisticsIA—
Number of High School Students in this area:
2,165 students x 0.29 = 628 High School Students
^-'From M DPS's BohoollmpeotP— Anslysis Pm—, b—d on st d-tpopulst- d�te mport d by Office of lnfoimetion Teohnobgy
Caoacity Analvsis:
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Cunent
Booker T. Washington Sr. High
1,706
2,355
72.44%
0
2,355
72.44%
With Proposed
Development
Booker T.Washington Sr. High
2,334
2,355
99.10%
0
2,355
99.10%
Comments & Results:
This school does not meet the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students can be accommodated.
r
Middle Schools
There are two middle schools serving the entire SEOPW CRA, with Jose de
Diego servicing almost the entire SEOPW CRA area
Citrus Grove Middle School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 1,555
-Fmm mart "Tot l umt counr'
Number of Students in this Area:
1,555 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 60 students
— Fmm School Enmolment Patios For Public Schoo/s, K-12 M-D County by Minor Statist—1 A —
Number of Middle School Students in this area:
60 students x 0.25 = 15 New Middle School Students
— From M DPB's Bohoollmpeot Review Analysis Process, b—d —tud-tpopuler- d�te mp,rt d by Offce of lnlormet- Teohnology
Caoacity Analvsis:
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Current
Citrus Grove Middle
1,487
895
166.15%
90
985
150.96%
With
Proposed
Development
Citrus Grove Middle
1,502
895
167.82%
90
985
152.48%
Comments & Results:
This school does exceed the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students cannot all be accommodated.
Jose de Diego Middle School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 1 55,251
-From mart "Tot l umt counr'
Number of Students in this Area:
55,251 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 2,127 students
— Fmm School Enmolment Ratios For Public Schoo/s, K-12 M-D County by Minor Statist—1 A —
Number of Middle School Students in this area:
2,127 students x 0.25 = 532 New Middle School Students
— Fmm M DPS's Schoollmpect Review Anslysis Process, b—d on stud-tpopulsr- date mp,rt d by Office of lnformetbn Technology
Capacity Analvsis:
t
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Current
Jose de Diego Middle
1,387
1,166
118.95%
0
1,166
118.95%
With
Proposed
Development
1 Jose de Diego Middle
1,9191
11166
164.56%
0
1,166
164.56%
Comments & Results:
This school does exceed the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students cannot all be accommodated.
r
Capacity Analysis -Using SEOPW CRA's Existing Maximum Allowable Density
Scenario 2
Elementary Schools
There are three elementary schools serving the entire SEOPW CRA, with
Frederick Douglas servicing the greater portion of the SEOPW CRA area
Paul Dunbar Elementary School
Projected Dwellin Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 2,547
-F -171 •. umt Counr'
Number of Students in this Area:
2,547 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 98 students
- Fmm S hool EnmolmsntPet- ForPublio S hoole, l 12 M D County bXMinor Staret—1 Aee
Number of Elementary School Students in this area:
98 students x 0.46 = 45 New Elementary School Students
^-'Fmm M-0PB's BohoolJmpeot Re vrew Analysis Pmcass, besstl on sNtlsntpopuletron tlete mportstl by Offica of ln(oimetion Tsohnobgy
Caoacity Analvsis:
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Paul Dunbar Elementar School
661
928
71.23%
0
928
71.23%
LC—em
osedent
Paul Dunbar Elementary School
706
928
76.09%
0
928
76.09%
Comments & Results:
This school does not meet the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students can be accommodated.
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks ITotal Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 9,986
-Fmm mart "Tot l umt counr'
Number of Students in this Area:
9,986 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 384 students
- Fmm School Enmolmsnt Rstros For Public Schoo/s, K-12 M D County by Minor Statistics/ A —
Number of Elementary School Students in this area:
384 students x 0.46 = 177 New Elementary School Students
***Fmm M-0PS's School lmpecf Re vrew Analysis Pmcass, besstl onslutlsnfpopulefron tlefe mportstl by Offica of ln(oimefion Tschnobgy
Caoacity Analvsis:
11
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Cunent
Phillis WheatleyElementarySchool
443
655
67.63%
0
655
67.63%
Wth Proposed
Development
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
1 6201
6551
94.63%1
01
6551
94.63%
Comments & Results:
This school does not meet the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students can be accommodated.
t
Frederick Douglass Elementary School
Projected Dwelling Units:
Blocks Total Res. Units*
Blocks 1 - 93 44,273
-Fmm mart "Tors/ umt Co
Number of Students in this Area:
44,273 dwelling units x 0.0385 " Students / unit 1,705 students
- Fmm Bohool Enmolment Rstios For Publ, Bohoole, K-12 M D Oountyby Minor. Ststistros/ Ams
Number of Elementary School Students in this area:
1,705 students x 0.46 = 784 New Elementary School Students
**�Fmm M-0PB's Bohool lmpeotRevisw Analysis Pmcass, besad on stutlsntpopuletion tlets mportstl by Offros of lnlormetron Technology
Caoacity Analvsis:
Design
%Utilization
Capacity in
Design
TOTAL, %
Design
Capacity,
Relocatable
Capacity
Utilization
School Name
Student Population
Capacity
Pemanent
classrooms
Total
Capacity
Cunent
Frederick Douglass Elementary School
715
778
91.90%
204
982
72.81 %
Wth
Proposed
Development
Frederick Douglass Elementary School
1,499
778
192.68%
204
982
152.66%
Comments & Results:
This school does exceed the review threashold of 115% Capacity. The new potential students cannot all be accommodated.
1499 Student poulation with proposed development
1129 Number of students if school was maximized at 115%
370 Number of students to accommodate in other two elementary schools
361 Number of additional students that can be accomotated at Paul Dunbar Elem if maximized at 115%
133 Number of additional students that can be accomotated at Phillis Wheatley Elem if maximized at 11
495 Total (is greater than 370 students)
370 Students can be accomated in the two neighboring elementary schools.
Appendix
1982 Resolution adopting
the SEOPW CRA
See Next Page
10.8 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
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15. " im, volt AN An, A GE11 MU.LY .
HOMM, BY ' B19CAYSE 110n]GUVARD ON ""
643T p 1-915 ON TBR WEST, 1.-395 00 TIM
NORTH ANO 14ORTR 5xH STREET ON TOE 90M,
A COVY OF MUCH IS A'1"1nKgD M=70 r 1ND
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MA5:xNO BBCGb ftA,j01i Pon &PPROVAL NY 'MM
XNG A MINT IrFORT gY'Tar CX'1TY AND coftI Y
TN IMKOMI'TATICM.
WRIAtUo ultdex the provi3ions of Chapter 163. Part III 4i
Of Florida. Statutes )nova &a tho COMMity Redcvelopmatpt Act
of 1969, as mended, the City of tiLML may designate a alum, ;r+^
sV" a -ea or a ccRwinatiah thpteo , as appropriata
Dior a CW= ar►ity radevslopmnt projeaty #nd
' UEUERX", the M'atai City C0M0l69i4n adaptted the overtmm
Udevolapmnt Plan (Resolution No- 79-724) . which rocciorwnded
the reda"Iopasnt of the southaeste= portion of Ovartowu
CcMmunitY for comamxcial an4 reeideotial development; and
"ZRZASP t17e Miami Gi*y Cwmiasion approved in pritci-
P1e the Southeast 0vex-t0wWP4sk Nowt C mmnunity Radevelppmnt
(Riaolutian 81-920) end s+*saquentlY m0"Cloationg to the
Flag were rmnested by the Southeast ovartmm/Park avast
COGRUni%Y Radavelopment Ad Hoc COaaitv*u which was appointed
by the City to revivw the plan.
Wid1RW1 S, under the grovieians of Chapter 163, Part III
Of Florida SUtutta )cnown as the CoMt,15itp Redmvelop wnt Act
Of 1969, AS e00nd64, Metropolitan Dade Courkty, 9'lorida
(heroin called Daao Couaty1 is required to *pproqpe all
COMMUnitY reBevelopment plans; and
WHEREAS, the e4ard of Coanty COM1031eriers of Bade
County Florida, iS the duly empowered and authorised gav*rft-
'ng body Of Dade C-Omty FOr puCV0ges of approving s ah , -- .,.
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u_
VfFi S, ' the pale county' ward 69, . (;C s. loners, ariav,
this Sjria "be 4tsriorat d -,And/or, 4494w, 4ilg-
naied 'this arjaX as part bI the Ce iral miaaii Coiaaayligy,
Rod+ vel"Mont ilreas and
:` f` .''r•
Vngghs, the plan is in conformity ulth tho Miami
Cawreheaaive,Neigrlborhood plan.
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Section 1. Tha Commif$jon jkppgovea in ptinaiplo one
$outhft&St OVertown/Park Nast Coimunity Rsdevel�pment Plan
!!d
lis
da►tmd June 1988 as amor►ded, a copy of ehich attachod
. ;.
hereto and aade a part hereof. for an area bouAvd germsrally
i
by Oiscayne Doulevaard, an zbo 8w#t. 1-95 on the lWest, 1-395
i=:�5►
.Qn the north, North Sth St7rQet on the South, albstantially
-
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_� e 1
iA the form Of the attachad hereto. S42A 81*n jacjvdez
aequiGitian 194 alae.ranae, r■loeatiaar rwhibilitation,
;,t;'•',�;� �
'street improvasents and ba4vti9ic*tioris.
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SeCtion a. The Cami-azion approves in piXinciole tho
+
ti�ti•
4NO&dmentm tv the plan a copy of which is attached hereto
and Iowa a part: hereof by refereAce.
Section 3. The C mnission finav, t
d! sttipiilea and
declavew tUt the matters sec out in the for inq recitals
: 777
are trae and aoxrect and hh" are hereby incorporated *a
portion of the resolution.,
$a.etion 4. The Commission *evenanands to the Beard
Of County Comniusioners that the southeast Ovexcava/Sark
Went area be appropriately daclared a Co1Mmunity Radovelc*-
(watt area and that. ,f kura public actions will be golrarbed by
' �#
the Wmmuni ty Redevelopment Pl,aq.
Section S. The dommissi.on exten4v its support to
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joist CitVcOunty redevelopment efforts iA the Swthe*st
Overtown/Park West Area aDA cjjr4ej7_z the A+Smi".j%tration to
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RESOLUTION -NO.
A, RESL)=10N APP90VING REVISIONS DATED JULY
7TFf 1995, TO TH? SOUTKFAST ()VP.RTOWN/PARK
WRST COMKUNITY REDEVELOMM PLAN DATED
DECEASER, 1992 FOR THE ARM BqnNDVV By
BISCAYNE BOUL&VMD, NORTHEAST /KORTHWeST 5TH
STREET, INTERSTATE 95 AND INTERSTATE 395.
WEi� Aar it is necesaary to amend the land Use and larki
acquisitia(i ttements of the 1992 Southeast overtown/Vark West
p, an irk order
community RadevelVqent to confovm to the approVed
Phase I ReaevejGpment Program (City CommIssion nesclation No. 83-
r,
$72 and CoilntY 0QFMMiS9iQn ResOlat ion No. p-11006-84); and
WHeRgAS, all of the proposed changed are in general
conformance with the Miami, Compceheftnsive Nejghborhos>d oevelnpmont
Kasterplan (MCNP) 1976 throtig"k 1996; and
WHERE , Athproposc-3 changes Elre cOnsistent w'th tubeASll e
goals and objecr-lvf+� Of thR southVast overtown/park, West
commkinity 1�edevejopment Plan', and
WHEREAS# the propoSed changes are needed to accommodate
development of a sports'Vena?cQjjseum, development Of pedestrian
,ntjtrk*r block pedesr.rian malls
malls. rp-moval of and
of cowmruial/reg idential land use mixes; and
simplification
WHEREAS, the Mi&;ji pL&Aning Adviaory Board, Zkt its meeting
of Sfpternbr 4, 19 85, Item No. 3, following an aAvartised
i*
hp ring, adopted Res olution No. PAS 51-85 by an 9 to 0 vOte,
i1
remmPAdin9 OPPrOval OaAv-ndinq the southeast overtown/Park
cof
West Cpn=nity RedevkloPmenL Plan as hereinafter cl�t fo'cth, and
W1,ER,Zh6' the City Commission, after consideration of this
advisable 4nd in the best interest of the
genera wel.ac.e of the City ar KiagftL to amend the southeast
overtown/park WeSt C9MM'Jjjjty RedeVe10P'nent Plan as zqet Oat
NCW, 89 IT RESOLVIED ar THE COMMISSION OF TH& CITY
OF MTAKI, FLORIDA.- C= C01,UdISSrON
WEETINC OF
'-I - I 4-J--w%r,-, F,-m �158 1610
AAA" Qw 5A 1, AN a fl 6 4vjc
Red�vplopment Plan dal:0 Dadember, 1922 aild adopted )3y the City
CompDl3slon via Resolution Nn. 83-972 and by the Dada -Co%inty
Cummissidn Via ResOldti0r] NO. R-1006-84 is hereby amended ..by
incorporating the ehanges St ipul dt4d in the Southeast
overtowri/Park Werk Redevelopment Plan revisions dated July 7th,
1965, and LncQr90ratv%d herein by ceference.
PASSEn AND ADOP"T) this .19th.d.dy of Depembiar
MAYOR
MAO
NATTY R1 RA X
CTTY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED V;
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L E. MAXWELL
-STSTAOT CITY ATTORNEY
APPRO A �-TQ, FORM AND COFtRECTNE59:
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Appendix E
Resolution Adopting New
Boundaries
See Next Page
Appendices 10.9
Ll
Appendix F
Advertisements Of Public
Notice
See Next Page
10.10 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN / PARK WEST MASTER PLAN
w t R car F HVKAr,]AiT, WVhNjrrtri T. R997 r 7 r M AMI TODAY r'
TO
Goldl\4e l Stierheim says lie didn't know
competitionCarey- SSul r was un payroll
0 icy: L wrll, J!1irlt-5n ui [hc
Cl Tjf l 11 Nlr
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rr:rcv and Vi t I,hainnan of
�c1dirl.-1 Realve hcl-h;Lzs Jiml, •Ur
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CEO of [¢lu BCacttt.' o—il-
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el raft eCrrca rlwliam6t Is:rnr The SEDVW CRA WILL 1•c candutfinP a J13'" rrl naea"Q to t"Lin WlmJnhy+
Er_r of Cumra rcc anti vrrc awl- InpO io the cmiivina M2 MPAt Redevelrrpenent Plim. P sklmis: C; WrLl
Glen[:U[dCMFinuilil)-Oevcl[�ill M. 11t1a7,, Busmip'm and PTOWa1Y N-mE s are -nv e"d ka yrtoviat IntSul on 11is
rat coai of Fine l aim N4 it;nail irisiorirgrthe Cr�ert>rei jri lVArkWoVcmmumry.
sF1r,3,elnlonin�'tEl;Tmll,s,�Rir- 'aiti murzirg wi41 rye place cti Saturday. Hs,erwtr S. ?r hegnrihir3 11i:uly
rri:ula .I -A id s oV1111 ci 1y! ECtr ram.. al rho- Lync bmlt4r fim' 4 at tf19 NW 2c.6 Amut. h4urni. From 7%
irtiee4ng i%acen lu ME uutillcand Iniere5ted Itidlvidmin are emtuuragud luWIRI'd
ncirniSaid rnre,Ing.
i ..FOofllwWa..shl[F.,lunfCcrrvin
yes (:rrollll,
Earliy frrrrria e:nal arc uUtwiricd ,rr
frail, hdturrri Ttmhr4' by'Ci irlg aiu�
(.105) 3 5 i1-?6610t rsy fast !it 005)
Priscilla A, 711amp!.,&u
SIi�l[ of IN Fcard
mued 24 [rui rh;- Lctiers id lel[erffi[ m&Lcst GSfinCdn:
Tnetirffl. f3GrSl�l[5..
• t p-S.nnra tlt piintiip@ly in flit Prrn
• tmmpic-s sit prrar re_'svejl[ work
Ltrl M of In[Ertrst r7aust N YbcfYaed no Iatur 111wi 5:00
addrem .n Cmulsa Amcntt-r3b'ugkes, freilLy and Proyanj .fem:upmanli
AdminieitTi�nr ul ne 11mai Redtvel4ipmeral [1i5lriel Gcl imjhir' Rc6eeul`JIPOrEdrl
Agadcyr, ?':0 Ptsrtyne agulevard Wmy, Sung 3 11 eawrgre rinei�, rrli�ml.
FlaFr 3t31 SI is rmurrmi!mded rtat all inBertslea. fmr5r' pink up a copy ni I"
j'A8 Drnrti Rrdu4Wtpr'rv[ml Plan rT; onnEndud Irl 19B71 for p7+lava li.3rd willes ❑I
trig eAiSL°nq FL feud VffLe f trlah are awlTli:rr :n the vir-:� al a r�i of #14 early. Tlrr
tunim rniurmiw, plrjase.m[ara Rekmikall kvie al O3 5) `79-a
lTe Orrmi llusiauebnprnerrl fK%laset'G,anmunP Redd nlapr mr l ADvrx,y� I esesvua the
nghf 9c f' snY Let[5t � of Ifdo t deamU If. he in the bVII mtpru"t 0 [hc
S } le
agenty: la w .-e Ery Iire>aularllte': In arry Fasprae, I u rep it all;• and all m 513 11sn,
in ca -W flan 'IsgLWM at a,ry irm.. ar4'or tsr re-urk:la jm iur L, ii t; of trA rant.
A.rurtlte tenors
&t[jg F)[nutra'e Director
my 114. 11'J39
d-'�/ v U
Tt* SFOPW CRA will be conducing afl tour ttaii meeting WAV
ad by CRA Econorft Consultants, ZHA.Io me Area. Said
nowe analysis of the SEOPW Redew p e Are begin-
ffwUng will take place an SeturdrW. ,lanuary
ring 10.o0 a.m.. at the Lyric Tpeater k"ted at Sig NW 2nd
Avenue, Miami, Florida,
lnumo ted tndividusis ere tncoureged to attend said Iri""-
(#10664)
Prl%Ma A. Thoropswn
CM Cleric of the Board
-Q4 NW 54th STREET. MIAML rLARibw a ia7
Weekly
unty, Florida
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
Befon,the undersiped authority personally appegred Antra pace who, on oath, says that she is
the Ad Traffic Cleric of THE ML4M TIMES weeldy newspaper published at Miami, Dade
County, Florida: that the attached copy of advertisement was published in said newspaper in the
meats of:
imnary 16, 2003
Affiant ' hwthe r state that THE MIAMI TDARS is a newspaper published in Miami, Dade
County/ Florida and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said
Dade County, Florida, each week and has been entered as second class mail matter at the "-
Post Office in. Miami, Dada County, Florida, for a pariod of more than one year next preceding
date of publication of the attached copy of advertisement: further a#ftant says that she has
neither paid nor promised any fkm, person or corporation any discount, rebate, co=issian or
refund for the purpose of sceuring this advertisement for publicatiT in this n"aper.
Ad Traffic
:nm=
d�►y a#` , A.D. 20 Q
NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF FLORIDA
AT LARGE, My Commission expires:
omnw"Nxam
� c.e
INr .;, .??;arj F+MP"
MIIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
PublMoc Dairy except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays
Miami, Miami -Dade County, Florida
STATE OFFLORI A
COUNTY OF MIA 1-DADE:
Before the ur dersigned authority personally appeared
SOOKIE WILLIA AS, who on oath says that he or she is the
VICE PRESIDEIN T, Legal Notices of the Miami Daily Business
Review fWa Miai qi Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday
arri Legal ifoiida s) newspaper, pubiiatied at Miami in Wami-Dade
County, Florida; I iat the attached copy of advertisement,
being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of
P.O. NO. 109
CITY OF MIAMI SEOPW COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY- PUBLIC MEETING - ,JANUARY 25, 2003
in the XXXX Court,
d in aid newspaper in the issues of
01 /15/2003
Affiant further says that the said Miami Daily Business
Review is a news Daper published at Miami in said Miami -Dade
County, Florida and that the said newspaper has
heretofore been c ontinuously published in said Miami -Dade County,
Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays)
and has been ent red as second class mail matter at the port
office in Miami in aid Miami -Dade County, Florida, for a
period of one yea next preceding the first publication of the
attached copy of dvertisement; and affiant further says that he 'or
she has neither p id nor promised i any person, firm or corporation
any JiM nt, reb te, commission or refund for the purpose
of syfcurihb this a vertisement for publication in the said
Sworn to ar4 aub�i7lbod before me
15 d2ly oI dAWARY / ," 2003
(SEAL) I JANETT LLEIMNA
ti AItY FUBUC STATE OF > 7. RTDA
SOCK IE WILLIAh7 pex�} i0N& CC 912M
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■wrryy - x °s' .
V ,IREEI CIFtL0 A4) 71 .
The SEOPW CRA wilt be =xh c6i a torn hanr- miry hosted'I y
cfl A, Eccr `CurrsultA*. ZHA,.to *scu".&w r y,rr11c anstysi11.,0
tt is lz 7PiW Acd'r iigprnent AM& Sald rraEOV nA Uiko pla, on Sass r[kiy,
.Isrruary 25, 2003. beginf nij 10.00 &m_;,sI Ehe.I W*,,T1, r l =Wd N
319 NW 2nd A,rorsui3., t,+llami.,FknWtL-,_
Itlterg�kadlrKPAdutOe am oncxrr&l;PW 10 atten¢s4idme6d11ig.,..
CW, Ci$dt of the Boani
MIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays
Miami, Miami -Dade County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MI MI-DADE:
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
O.V. FE'RBEY E, who on oath says that he or she is the
SUPERVISOR, Legal Notices of the Miami Daily Business
Review f/k/a Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday
and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Miami -Dade
County, Florida, that the attached copy of advertisement,
being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of
AD NO. 110913
NOTICE: OF C MMUNITY WORKSHOP
SOUTHEAST O 1 VERTOWN PARK WEST
in the XXXX Court,
was published i said newspaper in the issues of
09/22/2003
Affiant further s
s that the said Miami Daily Business
Review is a new
paper published at Miami in said Miami -Dade
County, Florida
nd that the said newspaper has
heretofore been
ontinuously published in said Miami -Dade County,
Florida, each da
(except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays)
and has been a
ered as second class mail matter at the post
office in (Miami ir
said Miami -Dade County, Florida, for a
period of one ye
r next preceding the first publication of the
attached copy of
advertisement; and affiant further says that he or
she has neither I
laid nor promised any person, firm or corporation
any discount, ret
Ate, comm refund for the purpose
of securing th'
dvertis ent for p Iicatioin in the said
newspaper.
/f
Sworn to and sgjscribed before
22 tday of TEMBER
(SEAL)
OR IC'1AL NOTARY 5f.A7
O.V. FERBEYRE pers tAy q LLERENA
Wt, SCATFOF FLOR DA
MMISSION NO. CC 912958
yC}
soulrHEAST DVERTC11AiIrN PARK WEST
(SEOPW)
COMM UNITY REDEVELOMEN-Ir,116ENCY
N 07 11'r-E OF C DMM U N ITY W017-1 K SHCP
PUBLIC CONIMIENTS ON THE DRAFT
SEPTEMBER 2003SEOPW REPEVEL OPMEN'T'
PLAN UPDATE
The SEOPIW'CRA will be holding its third conmiun?iLy works, wp laCr_:Iicl
by SEQP'dd CRA Planning !':orl5ul;ant, 06er Kohl ¢ Paftn ers.'.D ViSCL: sr.
1110.ORAF-i- (Sreplember 21.'-2) SE011W Rodavaiu +,uLmL PILLri Llpd e.
5ald me-eiino vo ll'uska plact ors 'r3,ussday, c�ctober2, 2003, fr 4l 4;(r-1 ire
6:30 pm at the Miami ArPnR (+11P Hoorn} 1Dc®trd et 701 Ara€,a
ulauerd, Miatm, t lorida.
Public cornrr.pnts rec i-ked sincL, tNu ?ALUE13 B, 2u03 Gommumty
Vor�,shop havr_ been inwrl DratEd into the revised Rode uelr palOn' I}larr.
Tranwripfs frorn t?1fd p:ewious IwD c)mmuniiy irn elingf- fNrwernber 9.
2ONP and March 5. 26 1) C,;n too oUilined irom ;he 01!-v Clerks Oft ae bk
C n'ltacbn'� 305-2so-.53BD.
Thy of ial dFmumants {nrwip;, dr`jwir> , and uli a=,. emr.F.n- inrnrrr�qtlpnj
will be ava la*ulE for public rauiew klontiay, S}ptumb r `13, 2093 through
V'iedrw.addy, b&.abe r 1, 20CC, irom B:00 a_m to S C(1 l�, rn„ a1111Cr i rn]2lnity
RDdoy lopmani AgO.-ICY of.11w� 49 N'6 ulli Straot, Suitt= 100 , Miami,
Florida. All of these documarfts wi-1 also Lx, availabb= at the cornmiinity
workshop.
irtireresled individkjals anp slakPnolders xtio roUiuwuE:d and coni±llonted
-on iha firs! drat. (March 8, 2Du3l a' the redeve3r pmont plan update are
onouuiagcd to mlond raid nloetirig. I or mcra informatiori, pleaso contact
Rebekah1,owe,_t. M r1794B-31.
Prsr:iila A.Thompson
CIE rk al the Board
(#'11096)
9122 03-+-3s./3t $478M
Appendix G
Findings of Slum and Blight
Appendices 10.11
GUILLERMO OLMEDILLO
TO: ANNETTE LEWIS, DIRECTOR
C.R.A. CITY OF MIAMI
SERGIO VAZQUEZ
DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS
1a&llh55�ftuI11MaWriCox@]P551N16]IMICf
SUBJECT: SLUM AND BLIGHT REPORT
DATE: 5/23/2002
CC: SERGIO VAZQUEZ, DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS
SLUM AND BLIGHT CONDITIONS
PROPOSED EXPANSION AREA
This report is presented for the consideration of the C.R.A. Board during its
deliberations on the potential expansion to the boundaries of the existing
redevelopment district.
BACKGROUND
In 1969, the Board of County Commissioners approved by Resolution
1117-69 the Central Miami Renewal Plan. This plan included the area south of
NW Twenty Ninth. Street; west of the FEC Railroad, with an extension to
N.E. Second Avenue; east of I-95; and north of the Miami River. It was
amended on January 20, 1981, to include the areas bounded on the west and
south by the FEC tracks; on the east by Biscayne Boulevard; and on the north
by I-395. In addition, the area bounded on the south by I-395; on the east by
Biscayne Boulevard; on the north by NW Seventeen. Street in part, and the
City of Miami Cemetery in part; and on the west by the FEC tracks.
At those public hearings, evidence was presented to find this area meeting
the definition of "slum and blight".
The importance of that decision is that the proposed expansion area located
north of I-395 and fronting on NW Third Street, extending north to NW
Twenty Second. Street was declared through resolution of the County
Commission as "slum and blight". (Area B1). Additionally, Areas B and C of
the proposed expansion, were part of the Central Miami Urban Renewal Area
graphic provided for illustration purposes at the hearing of January 20, 1981,
when the expansion was approved.
PROPOSED AREA A. These properties are located within the rights of
way of I-395 and I-95. They were not included in the description of either of
the existing redevelopment districts. These properties are presently in a state of
disrepair, and to leave them out of the districts simply creates a ribbon of
neglected properties separating them. These properties meet the criteria to be
classified as "slum and blight".
PROPOSED AREA A-1. The general boundaries of this area are: on the
south and west, the I-395 Right of Way. on the north NW 14`h. Street from I-
395 to North Miami Avenue, and NW 15th. Street from North Miami Avenue
to North East Miami Court; and on the east North East Miami Court.
This area is partly in the existing Omni Redevelopment District, therefore
there is no need to make a "slum and blight" finding. The portion that is not in
the Omni Redevelopment District is in state of disrepair, and it contains a
number of vacancies that present serious limitations for redevelopment. It is
important to consider this area in connection with the SEOPW Redevelopment
District because of its visual relationship and continuity under the expressway.
PROPOSED AREA A-2. This area is bounded generally on the north and
east by the I-95 Right of Way; on the west by NW Fifth Avenue; and on the
south by NW Tenth Street.
Two of the three properties are owned by the City, and the other one is a
decrepit structure, which needs major work or demolition.
The percentage of vacant land and dilapidated structures qualifies the area
as "slum and blight".
PROPOSED AREA A-3. Bicentennial park is presently vacant. There is
no permanent use established. The only meaningful structure is the seawall and
it is damaged to a great degree.
2
It is important to consider this area as expansion to the Redevelopment
District because its planned use will serve as a support activity to the residential
development that will emerge in the immediate neighborhoods.
PROPOSED AREA A-4. Watson Island has some uses projected, but
presently its major portion is vacant.
Again, the percentage of existing vacant land qualifies this area as "slum and
blight".
PROPOSED AREA B. This area is defined on the north by NW Tenth
Avenue; on the east by I-95; on the south by NW Fourth Street; and on the
west by NW Fifth Avenue.
It is evident that the identity of the existing SOTPW area is changing, from
a primarily residential neighborhood to a more dynamic mixed -use district,
defined by attractions and recreational activities. As these uses take up some of
the properties that were originally considered for residential purposes, Area B
emerges as a natural expansion to the west. There is a neighborhood
infrastructure, which maintains a very close visual relationship and great
connectivity through the street network that crosses under the expressway.
The building code requires a 40/50 year certification for structures built
before 1960. Eighty percent of the properties were built before 1960.
Approximately fifty percent of the properties are vacant.
The number of vacancies, lack of maintenance and updating qualify this
area as "slum and blight" under the criteria of "deterioration of site and other
improvements"; "diversity of ownership which prevents the free alienability of
land within the deteriorated area"; and "inadequate and outdated building
density patterns".
AREA B-1. This corridor runs along NW Third Avenue, from I-395 to
NW Twenty Second Street. It includes all properties fronting on the east side
of the right of way. On the west side, it includes a number of properties owned
by public agencies, which have contributed to the character of the strip. It is
important to expand the District to include this corridor so that the tax
increment may be used to improve a significant number of historically
significant structures in disrepair. The majority of structures were built before
1950.
3
Number of vacancies and the age of the buildings meet the criteria of
"slum and blight".
PROPOSED AREA C. This area is defined by NW Eleven Street on the
north; on the east by NW Fifth Avenue; On the south by NW Sixth Street; and
on the west by NW Seventh Avenue.
Almost sixty percent of the property in this area is vacant, and the
remainder contains a mix of industrial, commercial and residential uses.
Diversity of ownership and vacancy rates qualifies this area as "slum and
blight".
Attached please find a list of properties according to the proposed area,
including vacancies and condition of the existing structures. This will assist the
Board during its consideration for expansion.
4
Slum Blight Findings
Expanded SEOPW CRA Boundaries
May 23, 2002
Consultant: Guillermo
AREA • • NUMBER LOT•
Olmedillo
BUILDING
BLDG.
• OWNERSHIP
AREA Al
01-3136-009-0420
121,447
89,291
GOOD
SCHOOLBD.
01-3137-032-0010
3,333
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0600
11,924
11,644
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3136-010-0020
3,590
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0610
1,658
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-010-0010
4,600
4,000
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0570
1,728
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-6590
3,458
2,997
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0580
0
3,046
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0430
7,180
7,073
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0440
10,000
14,655
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0470
10,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0460
10,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-0540
8,467
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-1280
6,099
0
PARKING
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-1270
6,750
5,500
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-1260
6,750
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-1380
5,306
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-1390
6,750
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-009-1190
1,747
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1160
10,000
10,536
FAIR
CITY
01-3136-005-1150
2,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1140
4,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1130
4,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1090
6,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1080
6,000
18,441
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1060
5,400
386
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1070
9,900
6,000
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1110
8,000
0
VACANT
CITY
01-3136-005-1151
5,000
5,533
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-005-1180
3,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
AREAA2
01-3136-061-0020
71,003
NA
GOOD
CITY
01-3137-032-0010
3,333
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-061-0010
26,572
6,646
POOR
CITY
AREA B
01-0107-030-1090
9,000
2,498
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1080
4,000
2,394
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1100
7,500
269,204
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1110
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1120
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1130
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1140
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1150
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1160
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1170
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1220
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1010
4,000
2,125
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1020
5,0001
3,437
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1030
4,0001
1,889
GOOD
PRIVATE
Slum Blight Findings
Expanded SEOPW CRA Boundaries
May 23, 2002
Consultant: Guillermo
AREA • • NUMBER LOT•
Olmedillo
BUILDING
BLDG.
• OWNERSHIP
01-0107-030-1040
0
0
01-0107-030-1050
10,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1060
11,550
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-030-1070
11,550
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0107-040-1090
9,000
13,167
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0107-040-1040
32,356
26,395
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0107-040-1100
0
0
01-0106-080-2080
112,740
32,121
GOOD
H U D
01-3137-030-0010
2,498
0
VACANT
H U D
01-3137-030-0020
2,512
1,974
GOOD
HUD
01-3137-030-0030
10,012
0
VACANT
H U D
01-3137-030-0040
2,512
5,432
GOOD
HUD
01-3137-030-0050
2,379
1,427
GOOD
HUD
01-3137-030-0060
4,103
4,345
GOOD
H U D
01-3137-029-0090
3,750
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-3137-029-0100
3,750
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-3137-029-0110
3,750
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-3137-029-1190
3,750
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0106-070-2020
3,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0106-070-2010
32,000
27,454
GOOD
YWCA
01-0106-070-2060
2,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-3137-029-0030
2,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3137-029-0020
2,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3137-029-0040
2,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3137-029-0050
2,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3137-029-0060
4,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3137-029-0070
6,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3137-029-0080
6,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-080-2060
5,000
0
PKG
PRIVATE
01-0104-080-2070
5,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-080-2080
5,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0104-080-2090
5,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0104-080-2100
5,000
4,661
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0104-080-2110
5,000
1,573
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0104-080-2120
15,000
8,411
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0010
3,967
1,225
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0020
2,550
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0030
2,550
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0040
2,550
1,444
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0050
2,550
1,444
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0060
2,550
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0070
3,683
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0180
1,226
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-080-1070
3,000
2,632
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-028-0060
2,000
428
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-028-0050
4,000
3,362
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-028-0040
3,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-3137-028-0030
3,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-3137-028-0020
5,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-3137-028-0010
5,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0104-080-1010
5,000
3,404
POOR
1PRIVATE
Slum Blight Findings
Expanded SEOPW CRA Boundaries
May 23, 2002
Consultant: Guillermo
AREA • • NUMBER LOT•
Olmedillo
BUILDING
BLDG.
• OWNERSHIP
01-3137-033-0080
2,984
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0090
2,550
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0100
2,550
1,444
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0110
2,550
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0120
3,100
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0130
3,075
1,226
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0140
2,550
1,144
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3137-033-0170
0
PKG.
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1120
3,750
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1100
2,500
1,064
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1110
1,250
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1080
2,500
1,237
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1090
2,500
1,053
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1130
3,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1140
11,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1150
7,500
7,331
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1160
7,500
2,281
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1170
7,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-070-1060
17,528
3,954
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0103-040-1110
15,000
22,782
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0103-040-1100
6,825
6,065
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0103-040-1090
4,935
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0103-030-1010
30,000
23,299
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0103-030-1080
15,000
13,966
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0103-030-1070
15,000
13,966
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0103-030-1020
30,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0103-030-1060
6,000
6,598
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0103-030-1050
455
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0103-030-1030
48,875
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1040
7,500
3,264
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1049
5,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1030
2,500
885
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1011
2,500
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1010
21,750
14,140
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1012
23,250
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1080
52,500
43,407
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1070
7,500
4,017
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1020
7,500
1,094
POOR
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1060
10,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0102-080-1050
5,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0101-010-2030
594,860
163,448
FAIR
COUNTY
01-0101-010-2020
149,846
6,392
GOOD
CITY
01-0101-010-2031
8,883
0
VACANT
CITY
AREA B1
01-3136-021-0070
749
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-0770
10,710
6,049
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-0780
5,100
1,627
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-0790
5,610
4,170
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-0910
1,924
1,393
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-0911
3,536
2,592
POOR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-0920
5,355
0
VACANT
1PRIVATE
Slum Blight Findings
Expanded SEOPW CRA Boundaries
May 23, 2002
Consultant: Guillermo
��
AREA • • NUMBER LOT•
Olmedillo
BUILDING
BLDG.
• OWNERSHIP
01-3136-021-0930
5,355
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-064-0010
93,900
33,455
GOOD
CITY
01-3136-064-0020
302,850
NA
NA
COUNTY
01-3136-064-0910
1,924
1,393
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-064-0911
3,531
2,592
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-1791
3,588
3,215
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-1790
1,872
1,854
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-1810
10,350
4,013
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-1812
2,860
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-021-1820
2,860
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0370
7,128
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0360
6,048
6,987
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0350
6,401
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0340
6,754
4,809
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0330
7,106
6,751
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0320
6,237
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0230
12,289
11,744
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0310
6,955
1,793
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0300
14,918
3,194
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0290
7,998
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3136-029-0280
8,215
6,567
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0230
6,950
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0220
6,950
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0210
6,950
1,451
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0200
6,950
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0190
6,950
1,451
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0180
7,100
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0090
6,850
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0080
6,850
1,451
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0070
6,850
1,451
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0050
6,850
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0040
6,850
1,798
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0020
12,285
1,229
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0280
8,215
6,567
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0230
6,950
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0220
6,950
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0210
6,950
1,451
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0200
6,950
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0190
6,950
1,451
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0180
7,100
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0090
6,850
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0080
6,850
1,451
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0070
6,850
1,451
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0050
6,850
1,224
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0040
6,850
1,798
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3136-028-0020
12,285
1,229
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3125-042-0280
397,362
NA
FAIR
COUNTY
01-3125-042-0160
25,220
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-3125-042-0110
14,065
15,773
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3125-039-0360
12,691
15,130
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3125-039-0260
25,906
2,9591
FAIR
JPRIVATE
Slum Blight Findings
Expanded SEOPW CRA Boundaries
May 23, 2002
Consultant: Guillermo
AREA • • NUMBER LOT•
Olmedillo
BUILDING
BLDG.
• OWNERSHIP
AREA C
01-0101-020-1010
25,000
3,052
GOOD
FPL
01-3137-020-0860
255,000
85,000
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0101-000-1040
15,360
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0101-000-1030
10,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0101-000-1020
10,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0101-000-1011
11,959
7,200
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0101-000-1011
11,291
11,964
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-3137-031-0200
35,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-3137-031-0190
11,902
0
VACANT
FPL
01-3136-000-0220
4,000
0
VACANT
RR
01-0105-000-1060
16,643
0
PKG.
PRIVATE
01-0105-000-1070
31,881
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0105-000-1080
7,500
0
PKG.
PRIVATE
01-0105-000-1090
52,500
52,218
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0105-000-1010
30,000
31,090
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0105-000-1050
45,000
28,866
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1130
5,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1110
5,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1120
5,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1150
5,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1140
10,000
5,387
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-4137-041-0030
37,497
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-4137-090-1080
7,500
6,874
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-4137-090-1190
7,500
5,487
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-4137-041-0040
22,497
2,264
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1210
3,750
1,625
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1240
7,500
6,431
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1220
11,250
3,235
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1050
11,250
3,000
FAIR
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1030
3,750
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1020
4,125
3,002
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0104-090-1041
3,375
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0105-010-1100
9,779
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0105-010-1080
28,250
0
UTILITY
COUNTY
01-0105-010-1120
11,600
635
UTILITY
COUNTY
01-0105-010-1060
75,000
16,310
UTILITY
COUNTY
01-0105-010-1150
10,000
0
VACANT
COUNTY
01-0105-010-1140
5,000
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0105-010-1020
3,750
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0105-010-1010
11,250
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0105-010-1040
15,000
8,202
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0105-010-1050
15,000
5,213
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0105-020-1080
30,000
26,887
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-4137-041-0010
14,879
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0105-020-1100
7,500
7,340
GOOD
PRIVATE
01-0105-041-0020
74,186
0
VACANT
PRIVATE
01-0105-020-1050
23,100
26,316
GOOD
PRIVATE
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