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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMCRA 2006-03-27 Marked AgendaCity of Miami Marked Agenda City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency Johnny L. Winton, Chair Michelle Spence -Jones, Vice Chair Angel Gonzalez, Board Member Joe Sanchez, Board Member Tomas Regalado, Board Member ************************** CRA OFFICE ADDRESS: 49 NW 5th ST, SUITE 100, Miami, FL 33128 Phone: (305) 679-6800, Fax: (305) 679-6835 Monday, March 27, 2006 5:00 PM Miami City Hall Present: Vice -Chairman Michelle Spence -Jones Absent: Chairman Johnny L. Winton On the 27th day of March 2006, the Board of Directors of the Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency (MCRA) for the Midtown District of the City of Miami met in special session at the City of Miami City Hall, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones at 5:44 p.m. and was adjourned at 5:51 p.m. Note for the Record: Board Member Michelle Spence -Jones served as acting Vice Chair of today's Midtown CRA meeting. ALSO PRESENT: Frank Rollason, Executive Director, CRA, City of Miami James Villacorta, Assistant General Counsel, CRA Priscilla A. Thompson, Clerk of the Board Pamela E. Burns, Assistant Clerk of the Board ABSENT: Chair Johnny L. Winton Board Member Angel Gonzalez r ORDER OF THE DAY 1 06-00477 RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE MIDTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") APPOINTING FRANK K. ROLLASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CRA. MCRA-R-06-0001 MOVED: Joe Sanchez SECONDED: Tomas Regalado Motion that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. AYE: Vice -Chairman Spence -Jones ABSENT: Chairman Johnny L. Winton Board Member Regalado: And then you start the Midtown CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) -- City of Miami Page 1 Printed on 8/24/2006 Midtown Community Redevelopm t Agency Marked Agenda March 27, 2006 Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Southeast Overtown/Park West & Omni Community Redevelopment Agencies): Now -- Board Member Regalado: -- meeting. Mr. Rollason: -- with the Midtown, we do not have a Vice Chair to the Midtown CRA. We only have a Chair, which is Chairman Winton, so -- Board Member Regalado: So, but he's not here. Mr. Rollason: That is correct, so amongst you three, you could decide who will chair this meeting to -- Board Member Regalado: Michelle; she's been doing good. Unidentified Speaker: OK. Call it to order. Board Member Sanchez: She'll chair. Mr. Rollason: Can you call it to order and -- ? Board Member Sanchez: Call it to order. Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Call this meeting to order. We don't have to do prayer and all that. Priscilla A. Thompson (Clerk of the Board): And for the record -- Mr. Rollason: No, we don't have to do another -- Ms. Thompson: -- just so we'll make the record clear, we're noting that Board Member Michelle Spence -Jones is the acting, OK, the acting Chair of this particular meeting at this time for us. Thank you. Mr. Rollason: OK. Board Member Regalado: OK. Mr. Rollason: All right. We have one item, and that item, which has come to me through the City, is that it's the desire of the City Administration to have me appointed as the executive director of the Midtown CRA, and to move the administration of that CRA within where the other CRAs are -- Board Member Sanchez: All right. Mr. Rollason: -- and 1 have volunteered to do this several times ago, and -- Board Member Regalado: So, you're not going to get paid? Mr. Rollason: I get paid. Board Member Sanchez: He gets paid all right, all right, so move the appointment of Frank K. Rollason, executive director of the CRA -- of the Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency. So move. Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: I just have a -- I know you got to go. I can't -- am I -- Board Member Regalado: Second. Board Member Sanchez: Somebody needs to second. City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 8/24/2006 Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency Marked Agenda • March 27, 2006 Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Second. Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: OK. I just have a quick question on this before we leave. Just regarding -- does this mean everything is going to fold all up into the existing CRA that we have now -- Mr. Rollason: Well, the administrative -- Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: -- and the staff will now become avail -- Mr. Rollason: Right, the staff will be -- Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: -- available to Mr. Rollason: That is correct. Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: All right. That was the question. Mr. Rollason: All right. Board Member Regalado: OK, now I have a small question. This CRA does not have an office, right? Mr. Rollason: The Midtown. Board Member Regalado: Yeah, Midtown CRA. Mr. Rollason: No, they don't. Board Member Sanchez: Doesn't have a what? Mr. Rollason: An office. Board Member Regalado: But they do have a board, which is -- Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: There's a board. Mr. Rollason: The Commissioners. Unidentified Speaker: Commissioners. Board Member Regalado: -- this board. Mr. Rollason: That's correct. Board Member Regalado: Are they -- do they have income now? Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah, do they? Mr. Rollason: They do have income, and there's a percentage of that that I'm able to use for administration, which is very minuscule, and what we will have to do -- and we're going to have to look at that budget, and we're going to have to see what percentage is so that -- Southeast Overtown/Park West and Omni can't be paying for the time and so forth of the Midtown, but I think the Midtown is so limited on what they have to do, I think mostly we're going to be looking at auditing, the annual reports that have to go in, that type of administrative thing is what we're going to be involved in. Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: What is the amount though? Mr. Rollason: What is -- ? Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: What -- you said that there's a little -- there's a certain City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 8/24/2006 Midtown Community Redevelopmnt Agency Marked Agenda 0 March 27, 2006 amount that's been -- Mr. Rollason: I think it's what -- James Villacorta (Assistant General Counsel, Community Redevelopment Agency): About $60,000. Mr. Rollason: About -- Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Oh, OK. Mr. Rollason: -- $60,000. Board Member Regalado: How much? Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Sixty. Board Member Regalado: Sixty thousand dollars? Mr. Rollason: Right. Mr. Villacorta:. And there's a limit on -- through the interlocal agreement with the County and the City, only one and a half percent can be spent on administrative costs -- Board Member Regalado: Six thousand dollars. Mr. Villacorta: Yeah. Board Member Regalado: Seven thousand dollars. Mr. Rollason: Yeah. Mr. Villacorta: Well, it's going to grow quickly as -- Board Member Regalado: It is going to grow -- Mr. Villacorta: -- the Midtown -- Board Member Regalado: -- and that was my question. Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Board Member Regalado: That was the intent of my question. It is going to grow the sooner they build and the sooner that it gets on-line. It is going to be huge, so my question is, if they don't have an office and if Frank is going to be the director come next year, they're going to have to pay half of the office. Mr. Rollason: They're going to have to pay a portion. I think we'd have to look at -- Board Member Regalado: Or some. Mr. Rollason: -- what the breakout of staff time and my time is to pay their piece, and from what the action is in that particular CRA, mainly retiring the bonds that have already been sold, it's not like we're bringing projects and doing that type of thing. That -- normally, I think we meet twice a year to get permission of the board to make the bond payments, so I don't foresee, other than the administrative cost of what the audit will be, what the annual report, the reporting to the State, those type of things that have to be done. What those costs are, they'll have to shoulder that -- Board Member Regalado: Yeah, but -- Mr. Rollason: -- expense. City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 8/24/2006 Midtown Community RedevelopmTnt Agency Marked Agenda March 27, 2006 Board Member Regalado: -- that's not the point, Frank. The point is that it's going to be a huge income in the future. Mr. Rollason: But that income is limited -- Board Member Regalado: To one percent. Mr. Rollason: -- by the agreement, and either that has to be revisited or -- Board Member Regalado: No, no, no. One percent of $600,000 will be 60,000. Mr. Rollason: Right. Board Member Regalado: Six million dollar will be -- you know, it's -- Mr. Rollason: No, it's a lot -- Board Member Regalado: -- (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Mr. Rollason: -- but also I'II point out to you that in the Omni CRA -- the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA is quiet to this issue about how much can be used for administration. The Omni CRA, however, speaks that you cannot use more than 20 percent towards administration, so we've been using the same rule of 20 percent in Southeast Overtown/Park West as a ceiling and Omni for 20 percent. Currently, we're at about six percent of that. We don't -- I don't take 20 percent because I can take 20 percent. We take what our budget is, and as the huge amount of income begins to climb in these two CRAs, the percentages are going to drop because our administrative costs are relatively staying the same. There's a slight increase on the office space and so forth, so I would look for the same thing in the Midtown, and also in the Midtown, there's a provision in there -- and again, I'm not an expert on it yet, but I believe there's a provision in there where funds that are not used have to be rebated back to the County and to the City, so it's not like with the Southeast Overtown -- Board Member Regalado: Frank -- Mr. Rollason: -- and Omni where we've stockpiled the money. Board Member Regalado: -- that was exactly my point. Mr. Rollason: OK. Well, you made your point. I got it. Board Member Regalado: I -- Board Member Sanchez: All right. Call the question. Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: All in favor? The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Anyone opposing? Board Member Regalado: Frank is -- Acting Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Motion carries. Board Member Regalado: -- opposed. Mr. Rollason: No. Board Member Regalado: Frank is opposed. City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 8/24/2006 Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency Marked Agenda March 27, 2006 Board Member Sanchez: Move to adjourn. City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 8/24/2006