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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-24-0004
File Number: 15442 Final Action Date:1/25/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS)
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 ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($118,000.00)
("ADDITIONAL FUNDING"), BRINGING THE TOTAL PROJECT COST TO ONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO
CENTS ($1,298,000.00) ("FUNDS"), TO THE HISTORIC SAINT AGNES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF MIAMI, INC., A FLORIDA NOT -FOR -PROFIT
CORPORATION ("ST. AGNES"), TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION AND
PRESERVATION TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1750 N.W. 3RD AVENUE,
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT, IN
A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, TO THE SEOPW CRA'S
PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH ST. AGNES TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR SAID PURPOSE; 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 2018 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan Update (the
"Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Goal 1 of the Plan, is to "preserve historic buildings and cultural heritage; and
WHEREAS, Principle 8 of the Plan provides that, "older buildings that embody the area's
cultural past should 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 TIF funds to
repair or renovate churches within the redevelopment area for the purpose of improving the community;
and
WHEREAS, The Historic Saint Agnes Episcopal Church of Miami, Inc., a Florida not -for -profit
corporation ("St. Agnes") located at 1750 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136 (the "Property"), has
requested funds from the SEOPW CRA to complete various repairs which include but are not limited to,
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roofing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems, and update the electrical and plumbing system
("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners adopted resolution number CRA-R-23-0055 at its
November 16, 2023, meeting, authorizing disbursement of funds in an amount not to exceed One Million
One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,180,000.00) for the rehabilitation and
preservation of the Property;
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize additional funding in an amount
not to exceed One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($118,000.00) ("Additional
Funding"), to add contingency funds for potential unforeseen conditions, bringing the total cost of the
Project to One -Million Two Hundred Ninety -Eight Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,298,000.00)
("Funds"), to St. Agnes for the rehabilitation and preservation repairs to the Property as stated herein; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the
SEOPW CRA 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, to authorize the
Executive Director to negotiate and execute any and all agreements necessary, all in forms acceptable to
the General Counsel, with St. Agnes for provision of grant funds in an amount not to exceed One Million
Two Hundred Ninety -Eight Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,298,000.00) 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 funds, at his discretion,
on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation from the SEOPW CRA Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids" Account No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 to St. Agnes for the Property for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute an amendment, in
a form acceptable to the General Counsel, to the SEOPW CRA's prior agreement with St. Agnes to
provide for the Additional Funding for said Purpose.
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 of Miami City Clerk.
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Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
ce Br ounsel 1/18/2024
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