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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1986-11-13 Discussion Item (2)r r_N PLAN 73 -�� "A AlbliclPrrvate Initiative for the Betterment of Our Community" PISCAYNE I=t111..DING MEZZANINE---POOMf 100 "• 14 WEST F[.AGI ER STREET MIAMI, rLoRFE)A 331" r I SI579-3m; r .. EXECUTIVE BOARD October 21, 1986 C0LC"4rR - LAARY CArr, FH.D. NON. STEPHEN F. CLARK DAVID ZISKA ROBERTO '"ROB" RUIZ Mr. Cesar Odio City Manager City of MiamiDR. DR. STEVEN ALTMAN PIA FARO 3500 Pan Amari,caln Drive VALINA RESTMAN Miami, FL 33133 WnRREN L. BLACKMON LAMES BOWMAN FREDDY BOWE Dear Mr. C dio: DR. LEONARD BRITTON DAVID CAMERON HON. BARBARA M. CAREY As PAULALVA The motive Bard of Directors Of Mtro-miaRi Action Pin ALVAH CHAP'MAN, 1R, C p2'eflent its Conference Re des3ixes t0 port to the City of Miami part DIAZ-OLIVER KELSEYRSETT Commission. Over 1,200 people attended the rotn-th Annual Com- ALBERT Ems. DOTSON n1uni COnf�nm and ty generated many important recommendations. RAY C. FAUNTROY REV. JOHN FERGUSON Copies of our written report have been di.stribut(?.d to the Com- NON. MAURICE FERRE missiorkexs and a copy is encloced for your revi-w. The MMAP KEN FORDIK Board would like to verbally scum-arize the. report publicly HOWARD V. GARY N at the November, City Coinnis;sion ffeet ing. On behalf of the THELMA A. GIBSON TANYA GLAZEBROOK MMAP Board of Directors, I am or fw1l re astin that this y 9 R. RAY GOODE imtter be pl.aoed on the agenda. DR. TEE S. GREER, JR. ARCHIE W. HARDWICK DR. ADAM W. HERBERT *AP thanks the City of Miami for its continued support and CHARLES F. JOHNSON. JR. DR. CYRUS M. JOLLKNIGHT, participation in our work. Thp- allocation m :% to MW allows DEWEY W. KNIGHT,, JR. US to have two full-time MiatTti Enplayees asalyned t0 us. OI1e DAVID KOBRIN, ESQ, RAYMOND LARRY person is on staff Currently and we desire to fill the other "LANK MAGRA• H position (Administrative Assistant 1) as soon as possible. ]" '�J• RAUL L. MARTMU AL We are requesting your help in facilitating this acccupli.slment„ HU G��IME and that authorization be given to fin this nlaeded posit ion . ISRAEL H. MILTON DR. EDUARDO J. PADRON RUTH PAGE Sincerely, HENRY PAULA SERGIO PEREIRA -- DR. ROY PHILLIPS ATHALIE RANGE. LFD DIANNE W. RAULSON u4 D. Capp, Ph. D. NON. HARVEY RUVIN IRELA SAUMAT E70@Cllti V8 Director HANK SCHROMM NON. RON SILVER JOHN E. SMITH. ESQ Encl. DR. MARZELL SMITH M. R. STIERHE1M OR. WILLIAM M. STOKES LDCItrC FRANCENA B. THOMAS OCTAVIO F. VERDEJA NON. OTIS WALLACE MSGR. BRYAN O. WALSH CARLOS WATSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR tarry Capp, Ph.D. a PIN 0 ' METRO-MIAMI ACTION PLAN 1985-86 Conference Summary BACKGROUND The Metro -Miami Action Plan (MMAP) created in 1983, has begun the process necessary to focus this community's efforts on reducing between Black and impoverished communities and the remainder of Dade County. In effect, MMAP's goal is to: (1) Be the moral conscience of the community with respect to the unmet needs of minorities. (2) Serve as a catalyst for the implementation of change. (3) Work with responsible agents in both the public and private sectors. Although a great deal has been accomplished, much more must be done in the future if this goal is to be realized. The MMAP Frocess is one which encourages the.input and involvement of all citizens in determining and reducing the causes of disparity between Black and other minorities and the general community. The chief areas of concern at present are the Criminal Justice System, Economic Development, Education, Employment, Federal/State Legislation and Housing. It is through these areas that MMAP attempts to develop plans and mobilize the necessary resources to effectively reduce or eliminate disparities identified through the process. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS INVOLVED IN THE MMAP PROCESS In order to explain the MMAP process, a few phrases must be defined. (1) Action Committees are composed of volunteers (community members and public and private sector representatives). Working together as a group, the Action Committees are challenged with the task of developing Recommended Actions that meet specific criteria and subsequently working the Lead Authorities in an effort to get them to enact the Recommended Actions. (2) MMAP's Executive board (whose make-up mirrors the Action Committee membership) sets policy and determines MMAP's position on relevant issues. • (3) Lead Authorities are the organizations and elected or appointed individuals in them that are identified as capable of putting MMAP recommendations into action. These authorities have been identified as the appropriate parities for implementing the action, and subsequently have agreed to do so. (4) Recommended Actions are statements that identify doable deeds that need to occur in order to reduce or eliminate an existing disparity. They are developed at the Action Committee level with community input, then recommm�nended to the MMAP Board for adoption. In order to be implemented, recommended actions must: (a) be doable; (b) be measureable (or an exemption must be requested during the time the words of the action are finalized); (c) name one responsible Lead Authority to be in charge of its completion; (d) establish time frames for completion; and (e) be specific. �1 (5) Steering Committee (Co -Chairs, Action Committee Chairs, and individuals appointed by the M14AP Executive Board) develops recommendations for the Board to consider regarding any policy or official position of MMAP. STEPS IN THE MMAP PROCESS (1) Each Action Committee meets monthly to develop Recommended Actions, recommend their adoption by the MMAP Board, and monitor Lead Authority performance pursuant to the Recommended Actions. (2) The Steering Committee recommends whether the Board should adopt Recommended Actions. (3) The MMAP Executive Board accepts/rejects/modifies the Recommended Actions. (4) Each Action Committee is challenged to get the Recommended Action acted upon with the support of the Board. The Action Committee begins negotiating with the proposed Lead Authority. (5) If the Lead Authority named in the Recommended Action accepts the responsibility, a sponsoring agreement is then signed between the Lead Authority and the Action Committee. (6) Action Committees monitor performance by Lead Authorities on an on -going basis. This may include working with another entity capable of monitoring specifics too technical to be handled in-house. (7) At the annual conference, MMAP reports to the total community on tasks that have been accomplished during the past year. MMAP also takes time to acknowledge those individuals who have performed exceptionally well pursuant to the Recommended Actions for which they have accepted responsibilities. LA go LISTING OF ACTION ITEMS FOR 1986-87 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SENSITIVITY ACTION C"ITTEE The Committee members will continue to work with the various compo- nents of the Criminal Justice System (courts, police, public defender, state attorney, HRS, etc.) and the community in order to further enhance mutual respect and sensitivity between the Black community and the various police departments and among the police personnel in the various police departments. The Committee will continue to monitor the progress made regarding the various Recommended Actions in the areas of: 1) Team foot patrols 2) The establishment of police mini -stations 3) Black -on -Black Crime 4) Habitual truancy 5) Conflict resolution and intercultural training 6) Community education regarding the Criminal Justice Sensitivity 7) Victim/witness programs 8) Resource officer and officer friendly programs 9) Direct filing against juveniles 10) Facilities and program for serious juvenile offenders 11) Black jurors serving in civil and criminal court cases 12) Expanding the jury pool in certain cases 13) Increasing juror compensation 14) Ask the llth Judicial Circuit Court to immediately reinstitute and keep a system of statistics collection on civil and criminal juries, and to make a yearly report. Lead Authority: llth Judicial Court 15) Continue to conduct a study on the retention, hiring, promotion, evaluation of all black law enforcement officers throughout the various municipalities. Lead Authority: MMAP; Greater Miami United 16) Develop a comprehensive system of delivery for substance abuse treatment programs for all residents of the community W which will include the media and the criminal justice system. A) Develop educational programs on substance abuse for the media and general educators to inform tha general public more effectively B) Form a consensus regarding penalties to control — substance abuse C) Develop a joint task force of law enforcement officials to review the problem of substance abuse dealers D) Develop a task force composed of various agencies to make a joint effort to set priorities on substance abuse control programs community -wide E) Develop an assessmr:nt program for all children despite ethnicity, or financial status to encourage their participation in substance abuse training and prevention before they become involved. 17) Request that police departments provide additional services to those geographical areas with large Black citizens programs and without crime prevention or crime watch programs. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTION COMMITTEE 1. Legislative support to remove procurement set -aside restrictions in higher education. 2. Target existing Black business infra -structure (i.e. storefront Black churches, fraternities, sororities, certified Black business) as part of an overall Economic Development strategy. 3. Develop a mechanism to joint venture Black businesses with the private sector. 4. Support increased funding for international market b trade (Carib America Enterprise of Miami, Inc.). S. Support seminar for Black businesses on import and export opportunities. 6. Support tax abatement referendum for industrial park, on November 4, 1986 ballot. 7. Expand the Entrepreneurial Institute to include courses/training for Black students. �. Continue to support community development in Black communities by technical & financial assistance provided by the private sector and national foundations (i.e. GMU, LISC b Enterprise Foundation). 9. Continue to assist CDC's in commercial revitalization. 10. Continue to support industrial park development. (i.e. Ponciana Industrial Center, Opa-locka Airport). 11. Develop a consortium of financial institutions (NCNB, Citizens & Southern, First Union, Barnett Bank) with the public sector (DEECO; BAC; Miami Capital) to provide loans for Black businesses (i.e. Start-up, existing) - see Bayside One Stop Center Model. 12. Continue development and implementation of MMAP's Franchising initiative as an Economic Development tool. EDUCATION ACTION COMMITTEE First Priority:. INCREASE PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS Other Priorities: Suggested by Workshop participants 1. Expand Earl- Intervention Program (elementary school tutorial/a-,Ler school program run by Community Action Agency) 2. Develop more pre-school educational programs. 3. Improve reading education. �+ 4. Addressing inequalities in educational opportunities and • discipline. 5. Increase school participation in community resource agencies and groups. 6. Provide better mediation at school -level to help resolve school problems. 7. Establish human relations councils at schools. RECOMENDATIONS CONTRIBUTED BY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS I. Parent involvement recommendations 0) 1. Develop some form of mandatory parent involvement. 2. Principals to encourage Chapter One Parent Councils. 3. Develop better quality report cards with clear- information. 4. Develop better ccrmunication by the schools of their expectations for parent involvement. S. Encourage parents to react to child's school achievement, not Just to behavior incidents. 6. Develop better public relations to highlight student and - parent involvement successes. 7. Require parent pick-up and conferences at report card time. 8. More publicity to inform parents that report cards are being sent home. 9. Increase use of community agencies to increase and improve contact with parents, identify problem parents and provide them help. f 10. Develop regular, on -going school programs in which parents and children come together to learn together. i 11. Encourage parents to come and watch their children in class during the school day. 12. Encourage employers to allow/encourage parents to participate in school, to go to school for conferences with teachers, etc. i 13. Help parents to organize to deal with issue of i disproportionate disciplinary actions to Black students. ^1 14. Hold community forums on public schools policy to better inform parents. 15. Encourage parents to thank teachers more often, more positive reinforcement from parents. 16. Parent, teachers, student should combine efforts to prevent school problems by teaching conflict resolution, set-up human relations councils, and establish mediation panels to resolve conflicts when they do occur. 17. Encourage parents to organize to ensure success in school reading and oral language programs. 18. Develop more teacher participation in parent activities. I#. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS* 1. Speed up psychological evaluation process to have evaluations for students who may have special needs. 2. Extend Oral Language Program and emphasis to all students not just Chapter One students. 3. Dade County Public Schools to work with community agenciesq like Head Start, to expand preschool education opportunities beyond the three (3) Dade County Public Schools Programs. 4. Develop feeder -pattern Human Relations Councils and at school -level, as well. S. Increase availability of after -school pro rams for parents who need them less than full-time five (5� day/week; more flexibility. 6. Expand Early Intervention Program now operated by Community Action Agency to other schools; RA 47. 7. Allocate more time during the school day for reading and library use; review school curriculum with this goal in mind. 8. Let children take more books home. 9. Have instruction in basic skills added to after -school programs. 10. Develop more significant involvement by businesses in their neighborhood's schools. 11. Develop more mediation programs to handle discipline incidents at the schools. 12. Encou►age school personnel to become more involved in their local community agencies, to sit on community boards, etc. * SOME OF THESE WILL OVERLAP OR BE PART OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS EMPLOYMENT ACTION COMMITTEE 1. Advocate a feasibility study to understand how the policies of Private Industry Council are determined and the effectiveness thereof and to determine whether the funding of PIC programs are responsive to the needs of the community. 2. Assess the need for realignment of Job Services Offices resources Countywide; 36 Provide more training and employment opportunities for Blacks in local Hotel and Motel Industry 4. Provide more training and employment opportunities for Blacks in local Marine Industry, 5. Strengthen the professional capabilities of Affirmative Action Officers by helping to organize a local organization to address Affirmative Action Concerns or promote establishment of an affiliate chapter of an appropriate national organization. 6. Coordinate a subsidized system of the issuance of Public Transit passes with Metro -Dade Transportation Administration to enable unemployed/economiciaily disadvantaged individuals to pursue employment and upon obtaining employment reporting to Mork until receipt of 1st paycheck. 7. Encourage Miami Dade Community College and other appropriate Educational institutions to: (a) Expand MDCC daytime Fire Service pro ram to afternoon and evenings, (b) expand locations; ?c) waive fees, so that Blacks, women and other minorities may not be barred from Fire Service Entry employment as Fire Fighters for lack of State Certification which is an employment requirement for job applications. 8. Encourage Commissioners to issue Building Permits and Zoning Variances only to those contractors who have an Affirmative Action Plan with specified Black hiring goals. Encourage Private Contractors to follow Affirmative Action Guidelines on all jobs, not just on those utilizing Public Funds. HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION COMMITTEE f� I. MaJor Prorities 1. .Provide 2,000 units of affordable housing by June of 1987. Develop a report format which will insure the delivery of the 2,000 units per year by '87. 2. Develop a consortium of financial institutions to provide 1st mortgages in conjunction with the Dade County Surtax program. 3. Continue coordinated code enforcement/drug abatement activities to shut down crack houses in black neighborhoods. 4. Support continuation of the Fair Housing and Employment Appeals board. �1 5. Continue to encourage the development of chartered Neighborhood association to conduct crime watch, voter registration and neighborhood code enforcement activities. 6. Adopt -A -Neighborhood: Assist the Brownsville Home owners improvement association in obtaining drains, sidewalks, repairing street, Etc. 7. Accelerate the redevelopment of the Overtown community. Evaluate and monitor current redevelopment plans. S. Stimulate Black investment opportunities in the overtown area. 9. Establishment of a loan consortium to have lenders share in the financing of housing (renter and owner) units - s— ee Miami Beach Deco district model. 10. Use the (CRA) Community Reinvestment Act to help lenders understand how they can be more active in neighborhoods; work with Community Development Corporation CDC's/private developers as partners. 11. Strengthen the banking CDC(s) under existing State legislation. 12. Establish a two-way exchange of technical assistance and education, from Banks to CDC's from CDC/developers to banks' in need for more flexibility, correcting banks misperception of CDC roles to examine these consideration and make specific recommendations. 13. Structure a new mortgage company which would include and culturate a code of "socially consious investors" e.g. churches, banks S & L's, and Insurance Companies. 14. Request $5,000,000 of Federal funding to rehab all existing HUD public housing units to minimize the number of units out of service. II. Work -shop Participants Concerns: 1. There is a need for lending institutions to return a portion of the 30 Billion dollar asset base to finance Real Estate development fin tie Black Neighborhoods. State and Federal regulators should monitor local lending institutions as required by the Community Reinvestment Act. 2. Black Developers and the CDC's have increasing capacity to deliver housing units; therefore Doc Stamp, public dollars, and private dollars should be increased to these organizations. . Private developers are prepared to take advantage of land cost write -downs, code enforcement rehab (renter/owner) buildings, tax exempt revenue bonds, tax increment financing, lottery, CDBG, HUD Section 108 and Doc Stamp program, and should be encouraged to target the Black Community for development. 4. Lack of investment attractiveness to secondary market in housing industry (FNMA and FHLMC). 5. Structural encumbrances to processing and qualifying buyers in a freindly fashion. 6. Inflexibility of private, Ist mortgage lenders polices. FEDERAL/STATE ACTION COMMITTEE 1. MMAP participants want to lay the proper foundation for addressing MMAP legislative issues in the future. To accomplish this, the following priorities have been proposed: A. MMAP should get the State of Florida to issue a Resolution supporting the MiIAP concept. B. MMAP should host the State's Legislative Black Caucus for a weekend in Miami orienting them to the MMAP concept while at the same time allowing them to enjoy . Dade County. 2. MMAP should attempt to get the State to revisit the concept of a statewide Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) for the purpose of helping to reduce Black teenage unemployment. - Nineteen (19) states have implemented the CCC concept since the first two efforts in this state failed. !� In Florida, the CCC should focus its work energies on repairing infrastructures as opposed to forestry and other areas addressed by places like California. Research needs to begin now looking at the concept and the State's infrastructurel needs. 3. MMAP should attempt to get the state to increase funding for dropout prevention programs. 4. MMAP should attempt to get the state to examine possibilities that would benefit individuals who rehabilitate HUD Housing, such as rent credits. Since HUD Housing is administered federally, alternatives would have to be researched to reach this goal. 5. Implement a Municipality Matching Fund Concept to establish small projects in designated municipalities in Dade County. 6. Implement a Forum and special project in the South Dade area. 5d 7. Support Tax Abatement referendum for Industrial parks. 8. Study the feasibility of enacting a Juvenile Welfare Board in Dade County as authorized by recent State legislation. 9. Continue sponsorship of an annual Legislative reception in Tallahssee to support MAP's state-wide advocacy and lobbying program. 10. Study the results of the recent Governor's Conference on the Black Family with regard to implications for input and participation by RMIAO, 11. Develop an on -}going, year-round program of advocacy and lobbying at all levels of government. Recommendation: The Federal/State Legislation Action Committee should be re -named the "Governmental Affairs Com. ittee" and become a special standing Committee of the MMAP Executive Board. It will be staffed by the MMAP Executive Director and Assistant Director. Additionally, it will receive direction from the Steering Committee. The nature of the work of this Committee has not been amenable to the standard Action Committee rocess (i.e. a large Committee with regular monthly meet- ings, etc .� and a smaller, well -organized highly responsive structure sneeded. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TASK FORCE MMAP developed this Task Force at the request of the Executive Board of Directors to explore a mechanism by which we could begin to promote health and human services on a county wide basis. Particular emphasis will be placed on the issues of teen-age pregnancy, infant mortality, and drug -abuse prevention and treatment. It is recommended that the Health and Human Services Task Force became a full Action Committee of MMAP and further develop its agenda, Recommended Actions, and Lead Authorities. * Please note that Action Items become formal Recommended Actions only by vote of the MMAP Board. This is a formality designed only to insure that basic criteria are met in the Recommended Actions must: (a) be doable; M be measurable (or a justification must be presented during the time the words of the action are finalized); (c) name one responsible Lead Authority to be in charge of its completion; (d) establish time frames for completion; and (e) be specific. At its last meeting, the MMAP Executive Board of Directors voted to formally establish the Health and Human Services Action Committee and to immediately proceed to its full implementation. This would involve providing one full-time staff -person to coordinate the operation of this Action Committee. This is consistent with the Executive Boards staffing policy. Also additional funds are requested in MMAP`s project budget to assist in the implementation of the Recommended Actions developed by this Action Committee.