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SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
2009 UPDATE
FILE ID# 09-00540
The Southeast Overtown/ Park West Community Redevelopment Plan — 2009 Update
(Plan) by the City of Miami Planning Department, as modified, provides a vision for the
comprehensive revitalization of the Overtown and Park West districts.
The Plan was presented to PAB on May 27, 2009 for amendment and adoption in
principle. Prior to, a Finding of Necessity Report for the Proposed Expansion Area to the
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Area was conducted and
approved by the Miami City Commission on March 12, 2009 pursuant to Resolution R-
09-0107.
Based on a comprehensive review of the attached Plan, the City makes the following
findings:
Consistent with the legislative procedures for modifying a redevelopment plan, a
Finding of Necessity was conducted by the Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency for an area generally North of NW 3rd and 5th
Street, West of Interstate 95 and NW 1St Place; South of NW 22nd Street, and
East of NW 7th Avenue. The Finding of Necessity Report documented evidence
of slum and blight conditions throughout these areas. Based on the Finding of
Necessity Report, the City determined it was necessary to include these areas
within the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Area (Redevelopment
Area) to prevent the documented blight and slum conditions from further
exacerbating conditions within and beyond the Redevelopment Area.
2. The Finding of Necessity Report documented blight conditions that included a
predominance of defective street layout and roadways; predominance of
inadequate parking facilities and defective public transportation facilities; faulty lot
layout; unsanitary and unsafe conditions due to environmental contamination;
deterioration of site and other improvements; and highlighted areas where the
assessed values of real property have failed to show any appreciable increase
over the five years preceding the Finding of Necessity analysis.
3. Consistent with legislative procedures, the City of Miami approved Resolution R-
09-0107 accepting the Finding of Necessity Report for the Proposed Expansion
Area to the Southeast Overtown/ Park West Redevelopment Area and
determined it was necessary to update the existing 1985 Amended Southeast
Overtown/ Park West Community Redevelopment Plan.
4. It is found that the rehabilitation, conservation or redevelopment or a combination
of the Redevelopment Area is necessary in the interest of the public health,
safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the City of Miami. It is also in the
interest of the City of Miami to facilitate the rehabilitation and revitalization of the
Redevelopment Area economically and socially, thereby inhibiting the spread of
disease and crime, and inter alia improving the tax base, promoting sound
growth, and providing improved housing conditions.
5. It is found that the proposed Plan conforms to the comprehensive plan for the
City of Miami and also:
a. Reinforces the redevelopment goals and objectives of the Overtown and
Park West districts, as determined by community stakeholders, and
provides specific strategies to enhance, market, and advance
redevelopment opportunities throughout the Redevelopment Area.
b. Affords maximum opportunity for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of
the Redevelopment Areas by private enterprise.
c. Is sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition and
removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements and rehabilitation as
may be proposed to be carried out in the Redevelopment Area.
d. Provides a feasible method for the location of families who will be
displaced from the Redevelopment Area into decent, safe and sanitary
dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship
to such families.
e. Gives due consideration to the utilization of community policing
innovations, and to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas
and facilities that may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with
special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children
residing in the general vicinity of the areas covered by the Plan.
Based on the analysis and findings incorporated above, the Planning Department
recommends approval, in principle, of the Southeast Overtown Park West Community
Redevelopment Plan — 2009 update, as amended.