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Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-23-0055
File Number: 15051 Final Action Date:11/16/2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("SEOPW CRA"), 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 THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TO DISPERSE 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 "GRANTS AND
AIDS" ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, IN AN AMOUNT TO
NOT EXCEED ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
AND ZERO CENTS ($1,180,000.00) ("FUNDS") TO 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"); TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION AND
PRESERVATION TO THE PROPERTY ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN
FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; SUBJECT TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING 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 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
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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,
roofing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems, and update the electrical and plumbing system
("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize funding in an amount not to exceed
One Million One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,180,000.00) ("Funds") to St.
Agnes 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, and 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 One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,180,000.00) 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 disperse funds, at his discretion,
on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation from the 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 agreement,
including any and all necessary documents, and all -in forms acceptable to the General Counsel, 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.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
yth-c taff Counsel 11/8/2023
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