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GRA Resolution: CRA -R-10-0052
File Number: 10-00788
Final Action Date: 6/28/2010
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$500,000, TO THE CITY OF MIAMI TO UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH AN EXPANDED POLICE VISIBILITY PROGRAM WITHIN THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS
DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE FUNDS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR
DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND
SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
OF ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM OMNI TAX
INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") is
responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its Redevelopment
Area in accordance with its approved Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 4.4, D., at page 42 of the 2009 Omni Redevelopment Plan lists the
elimination of conditions which contribute to blight as a stated redevelopment objective; and
WHEREAS, in February 2008, the City of Miami Police Department presented to the CRA
Board the Police Visibility Pilot Program, an innovative community policing plan to address issues
related to quality of life within the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Police Visibility Program consists of enhanced police services including
increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, club checks, criminal sweeps, prostitution details,
and undercover narcotics details; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA -R-08-0024, passed and
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on A April 28, 2008, authorized th-----------
adopted suance of a
p grant to the City of Miami for- the Police
Visibility Pilot Program within the Omni Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, upon further presentation by the Police Department, the Board of Commissioners,
by Resolution No. CRA -R-09-0022, passed and adopted on April 27, 2009, authorized an additional
grant to the City of Miami for a one-year extension of the Visibility Program; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department now requests additional funds to continue the Visibility
Program; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize a grant, in an amount not to
exceed $500,000, to the City of Miami to underwrite costs associated with a Police Visibility Program
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File Number.' 10-00788 Enactment Number: CRA -R-10-0052
within the Omni Redevelopment Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 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. The issuance of a grant, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, to the City of Miami
to underwrite costs associated with a Police Visibility Program within the Omni Redevelopment Area, is
authorized.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized, at his discretion, to disburse grant funds on a
reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all documents necessary for said
purpose, in a form acceptable to General Counsel.
Section 5. Funds to be allocated from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids,"
Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Section 6. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE 0. BRU
GENERAL COUNSEL
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