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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-24-0003
File Number: 15441 Final Action Date:1/25/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, BY A
FOUR -FIFTHS (4/STHS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING THAT
COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT
PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18-85 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AS ADOPTED
BY THE SEOPW CRA; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE
SEALED BIDDING AS NOT BEING PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO
THE SEOPW CRA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE
FUNDS, AT HIS DISCRETION, ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY
TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY
DOCUMENTATION, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING, FROM
THE SEOPW CRA TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS,"
ACCOUNT CODE NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($273,329.00), TO
GREATER BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
OVERTOWN, MIAMI, FL, INC., A FLORIDA NOT -FOR -PROFIT CORPORATION
("GREATER BETHEL"), FOR STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND
RELATED IMPROVEMENTS ("PURPOSE"), TO GREATER BETHEL AFRICAN
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LOCATED AT 245 N.W. 8TH STREET,
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136; FOLIO #0101030501150; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS,
ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, WITH GREATER
BETHEL FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW
CRA") is a community redevelopment agency created pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and is
responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its Redevelopment
Area in accordance with the SEOPW CRA 2018 Redevelopment Plan Update ("Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 1 of the Plan lists the "preservation of historic buildings and
community heritage" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 8 of the Plan states that "older buildings that embody the area's
cultural past must be restored"; and
WHEREAS, on August 24, 2007, the City of Miami, acting as General Counsel to the SEOPW
CRA, issued Formal Legal Opinion No. 07-014, opining that the SEOPW CRA may use Tax Increment
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Financing ("TIF") funds to repair or renovate churches within the redevelopment area for the purpose of
improving the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, Greater Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Overtown, Miami, FL, Inc., a
Florida not -for -profit corporation ("Greater Bethel"), owns Greater Bethel African Methodist Episcopal
Church, located at 245 N.W. 8'h Street, Miami, Florida 33136, Folio #0101030501140 (the "Property"),
located within the redevelopment area; and
WHEREAS, the Property, was built in 1943 and is designated as a Historic Site; and
WHEREAS, the Property is in need of structural and electrical repairs and related improvements
("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize funding in an amount not to exceed
Two Hundred Seventy -Three Thousand Three Hundred Twenty -Nine Dollars and Zero Cents
($273,329.00) ("Funds") to Greater Bethel for said Purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the
aforementioned redevelopment goals and objectives; and
WHEREAS, based on the recommendation and findings of the Executive Director, it is in the
SEOPW CRA's best interest for the Board of Commissioners to authorize, by an affirmative four -fifths
(4/5ths) vote, a waiver of competitive sealed bidding procedures pursuant to Section 18-85 of the Code of
the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), as adopted by the SEOPW CRA, and to authorize
the Executive Director to negotiate and executive any and all agreements necessary, all in forms
acceptable to the General Counsel, with Greater Bethel for the Purpose stated herein and subject to the
availability of funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
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 herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four -fifths (4/5th) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the
Executive Director's recommendation and written findings that competitive negotiation methods and
procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the SEOPW CRA, pursuant to Section 18-85 of the
City Code, as adopted by the SEOPW CRA, and waiving the requirements for said procedures is ratified,
approved, and confirmed.
Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized' to disburse the Funds, at his
discretion, on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation from the SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, entitled "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code
No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 to Greater Bethel or its vendors for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized' to negotiate and execute an agreement,
including any and all other necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the General Counsel, with
Greater Bethel for said Purpose.
' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be imposed,
including, but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code provisions.
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Section 5. Sections of this Resolution may be renumbered or re -lettered and corrections of
typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the Executive Director, or the
Executive Director's designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of same with the
City Clerk.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
ounsel 1/18/2024
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