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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOMNI CRA 2010-04-26 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Monday, April 26, 2010 5:00 PM Frederick Douglass Elementary School 314 N.W. 12th Street Miami, FL 33136 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Marc David Sarnoff, Chairman Francis Suarez, Vice -Chairman Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner Frank Carollo, Commissioner Richard P. Dunn II, Commissioner CRA OFFICE ADDRESS: 49 NW 5th ST, SUITE 100, Miami, FL 33128 Phone: (305) 679-6800, Fax: (305) 679-6835 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 FINANCIALS 1. 10-00521 Present: Commissioner Dunn II, Chair Sarnoff, Vice Chair Suarez, Commissioner Carollo and Commissioner Gort On the 26th day of April 2010, the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in regular session at Frederick Douglass Elementary School, 314 Northwest 12th Street, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chair Sarnoff at 7:15 p.m. and was adjourned at 8: 04 p.m. ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Tomas Regalado Carlos A. Migoya, City Manager James H. Villacorta, Interim Executive Director, CRA Clarence Woods, Assistant Executive Director, CRA Julie O. Bru, General Counsel, CRA Gail A. Dotson, Assistant General Counsel, CRA William R. Bloom, Special Counsel, CRA Pamela L. Latimore, Assistant Clerk of the Board CRA REPORT FINANCIAL SUMMARY THROUGH MONTH ENDING MARCH 31, 2010. File # 10-00521 Financial Summary 4-26-2010.pdf DISCUSSED Chair Sarnoff. All right. So CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) -- want to go through this, the financials through the month ending March 31, 2010? Unidentified Speaker: Whatever you like. Whatever is your pleasure. James H. Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Yeah. Item number 1 is the financial summary. Again, the CPA (Certified Public Accountant), Miguel Valentin, has a family commitment. Clarence Woods (Assistant Director): Good evening, Commissioners. Once again, I'll do my best Miguel Valentin interpretation [sic]. For the month of March we're reporting $38,121,306 in the carryover fund balance. There is 100,000 in available TIF (Tax Increment Fund) funds unencumbered. There are no reportable conditions for the Omni TIF funds. Chair Sarnoff. There's no reportable conditions, I take it? Mr. Woods: No reportable conditions. Chair Sarnoff All right. Thank you very much for your report and I do like that tie. That is one fine bowtie. All right. Mr. Valentin: Item number -- Commissioner Carollo: I second that. Chair Sarnoff Make sure every time you come up here, you have a different bowtie on. City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 RESOLUTIONS 2. 10-00539 Commissioner Dunn: I was going to say in the words, Mr. Chairman, of my Muslim brothers, As-Sal?mu Alaykum. Mr. Villacorta: Sal?mu 'Alaykum. CRA RESOLUTION 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 $50,000, TO THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AT MARGARET PACE PARK, 1775 NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, MIAMI, FL; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE THE GRANT ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE 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. File # 10-00539 Cover Memo 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00539 Financials 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00539 Backup 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00539 Legislation 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00539 Legislation (2) 4-26-2010.pdf Motion by Board Member Dunn II, seconded by Board Member Suarez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Dunn II, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo and Vice Chair Suarez Absent: Commissioner Gort CRA-R-10-0030 Chair Sarnoff. All right, item number 2. James H Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 2 is 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 $50, 000, to the City of Miami for the purchase and installation of exercise equipment at Margaret Pace Park, 1775 North Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida; authorizing the executive director at this discretion to disburse the grant on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation; further authorizing the executive director to execute all documents necessary for said purpose in a form acceptable to general counsel. Chair Sarnoff. All right. For those of my Commissioners that are not aware, this is the same equipment that we put in Kennedy Park. It's an outdoor gym. It facilitates people who no longer can afford to have their gym memberships. We're going to put this at Margaret Pace Park. The good news is it should be about 12,000 less than this $50, 000 as we put the exact City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 3. 10-00525 same equipment in. But we're going through procurement with the City and we're trying -- I'm actually putting four more pieces of equipment just like this in four different parks with my quality of life dollars, so we think we're going to be able to bundle this and actually get a better price than we even got at Kennedy Park place. So it should be somewhere south of $38, 000. So let me open up a public hearing. Public hearing on CRA 2 is opened. Anybody from the public wishing to be heard? Fred Joseph: That's my neighborhood and thank you. I appreciate it. I would like you to leave the 12,000 there for maintenance of it. Chair Sarnoff So -- I can't hear you. Mr. Joseph: I'd like for you to leave the 12,000 there for the maintenance of this equipment. That would be a benefit. And Jim knows without your help, we wouldn't have it. Thank you. Chair Sarnoff Thank you. Anybody else wishing to be head on CRA 2? Corning back to the Commission, anybody of the Commissioners wish to be heard? Commissioner Dunn: Mr. Chairman. Chair Sarnoff You're recognized. Commissioner Dunn: I'd like to make a motion. Chair Sarnoff There is a motion by -- Vice Chair Suarez: Second. Chair Sarnoff -- Commissioner Dunn, second by the Vice Chair. Any discussion, gentlemen? Hearing, seeing none, all in favor, please say i. ye. " The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. CRA RESOLUTION 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 $30,000, TO NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, INC. TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE THE GRANT ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE 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. City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 File # 10-00525 Cover Memo 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00525 Financials 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00525 Backup 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00525 Legislation 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00525 Legislation (2) 4-26-2010.pdf Motion by Board Member Dunn II, seconded by Board Member Suarez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Dunn II, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo and Vice Chair Suarez Absent: Commissioner Gort CRA-R-1 0-0031 Chair Sarnoff. CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) 3. James H. Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 3 is a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency authorizing issuance of a grant, in an amount not to exceed $30,000, to Neighbors and Neighbors Association, Inc. to provide technical assistance and business development training to small businesses in the redevelopment area; authorizing the executive director at his discretion to disburse the grant on an reimbursement basis or directly to vendors upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation; further authorizing the executive director to execute all documents necessary for said purpose in a form acceptable to general counsel. Chair Sarnoff You're recognized for the record. Leroy Jones: Leroy Jones, Neighbors and Neighbors Association, 180 Northwest 62nd Street. Again, I'd like to thank the CRA for our partnership. I'd like to thank the CRA board for the consideration for the $30,000. Thank you. Chair Sarnoff Thank you, Mr. Jones. Mr. Cruz, you're recognized for the record. Mariano Cruz: Yeah. Mariano Cruz, 1227 Northwest 26 Street. I am also chairman of the Allapattah Business Development Authority. And one thing I just read in the Forbes magazine an article, the new economy. The mom-and-pop places, the little places that was moving the (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Not the people in Wall Street, the speculator, the Madoff and all these people, no, no. The little people, the mom-and-pop workers, those are the ones that moving the (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Check your Forbes magazine. I just read it because I receive Forbes, Fortune, everything to be informed because if I open my mouth, I have to think before I say something and I think. Chair Sarnoff Mr. Cruz, did you read Newsweek's, the New Normal? Mr. Cruz: Oh, yeah, true. I know. I have that at home. Time magazine, (UNINTELLIGIBLE), everything. I -- you know, you got to be informed. Chair Sarnoff All right. So I want to make sure -- Mr. Cruz: I follow George Orwell. Also, when you write, you think. If you don't think, somebody else is doing your thinking. Think of that. Chair Sarnoff Thank you, Mr. Cruz. Mr. Cruz: Okay. City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 Chair Sarnoff. Your comments are always welcome. All right. Anybody from the public wishing to be heard on CRA 3? The public hearing is opened. The public hearing is now closed; corning back to the Commission. Do we have a motion? Vice Chair Suarez: So move. Commissioner Dunn: So moved. Vice Chair Suarez: Second. Chair Sarnoff There's a motion -- we have a motion by Commissioner Dunn, second by the Vice Chair, one of them. Vice Chair Suarez: Yes. That's correct. Chair Sarnoff Any discussion, gentlemen? All in favor, please say aye." The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. 4. CRA RESOLUTION 10-00530 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000, FOR THE CRA'S SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC STIMULUS AND JOB CREATION GRANT PROGRAM; PROVIDING THAT NO SINGLE GRANT SHALL EXCEED $5,000; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ISSUE SUCH GRANTS AND EXECUTE 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. File # 10-00530 Cover Memo 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00530 Financials 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00530 Legislation 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00530 Legislation (2) 4-26-2010.pdf Motion by Board Member Suarez, seconded by Board Member Carollo, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Dunn II, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo and Vice Chair Suarez Absent: Commissioner Gort CRA-R-1 0-0032 Chair Sarnoff CR [sic] 4. James H Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 4 is a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency authorizing additional funding, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, for the CRA's (Community Redevelopment Agency's) small business economic stimulus and job creation grant program, providing that no single grant shall exceed $5, 000; authorizing the executive director to issue such grants and execute all documents necessary for City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 5. 10-00524 said purpose in a form acceptable to general counsel. Chair Sarnoff. All right. I'm going to open up a public hearing on CRA 4. Anybody wishing to be heard on CRA 4? Public hearing is now open. The public hearing is now closed; coming back to the Commission. Do we have a motion? Vice Chair Suarez: So moved. Chair Sarnoff. We have a motion by the Vice Chair. Commissioner Carollo: Second. Chair Sarnoff. Second by the Vice Chair. Any discussion, gentlemen? Hearing none, seeing none, all in favor, please say aye." The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. CRA RESOLUTION 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 $22,000, TO THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR THE PURCHASE OF GRAFFITI DETECTION SENSORS TO ASSIST THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MONITORING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, APPREHENDING OFFENDERS, AND DETERRING FUTURE CRIMES WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE THE GRANT ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE 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. File # 10-00524 Cover Memo 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00524 Financials 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00524 Backup 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00524 Legislation 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00524 Legislation (2) 4-26-2010.pdf Motion by Board Member Suarez, seconded by Board Member Dunn II, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Dunn II, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo and Vice Chair Suarez Absent: Commissioner Gort CRA-R-10-0033 Direction by Chair Sarnoff to the Interim Executive Director to provide the Board with a 90-day and 160-day report detailing the effectiveness of the graffiti detection sensors after the devices have been installed. Chair Sarnoff. CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) 5. City of Miami Page 7 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 James H. Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 5 is 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 $22,000, to the City of Miami for the purchase of graffiti detection sensors to assist the City's Police Department in monitoring criminal activity, apprehending offenders, and deterring future crimes within the redevelopment area; authorizing the executive director at his discretion to disburse the grant on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation; further authorizing the executive director to execute all documents necessary for said purpose in a form acceptable to general counsel. Chair Sarnoff All right. Public hearing on CRA 5 is open. Is there a police officer here who's going to address this? 'Cause I'm curious as they get on this one. All right, Batman's coming up. Officer Glaskow Officer Jeffrey Glasko (Police): (UNINTELLIGIBLE) recognized for the record. Chair Sarnoff -- you're recognized for the record. Let me ask you a question. We have film footage of people actually taking down light towers in the CRA. I don't -- tell me what good that did me or did the citizens. Officer Glasko: These are actually detection systems. They're nondescript. They're not obvious. They're placed into the cement or wall. They're pretty much indestructible. These will actually allow us to detect within 25 feet graffiti as it's being put onto a building. What we do know is that graffiti, of course, adds to the blight of a community. We also know that we have a very small success rate in capturing these individuals that are doing graffiti. What we have seen in our studies of graffiti is that it's tagging. So if you look at the 80/20 rule, where 20 percent is causing 80 percent, we probably have a 10/90 rule where 10 percent is causing 90 percent of the problems. If we can catch a small percentage of them, then we'll reduce a significant amount of this graffiti in the area. We've spoken to the chief of Anaheim, California Police Department who uses this successfully. We feel this will help us in actually capturing those 10 percent that are causing a significant amount of problems. Chair Sarnoff. Have you ever caught somebody who's done graffiti? Officer Glasko: I have not. Chair Sarnoff Have you ever been privy to anybody who's ever been caught doing graffiti? Officer Glasko: Unfortunately, it's a crime that's very quick. They're very privy to our tactics. They do put out lookouts, so they hit it and they run. Luckily, with this equipment we'll instantly be detected to the fact that they're actually committing the crime. It sends us a location, advises us that the crimes being committed, and we would deploy these on buildings that are routinely tagged. Chair Sarnoff My curiosity is always what a judge would do with somebody who's been caught graffitizing [sic]. Officer Glasko: Well, we have, again -- our gang unit itself actually documents most graffiti. The tagging is almost like a signature. We keep that in the database. If we do capture somebody that's actually just committed graffiti, we can actually go back and prosecute them on previous issues. So once we have that documentation, we can actually utilize that for a more successful prosecution. Now what the judges do with that, whether it's community service or City of Miami Page 8 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 participation in a paint out, that's entirely up to them. But the success in catching these individuals, documenting who's actually tagging is crucial to the success in what we're trying to do here. Chair Sarnoff. And you're recommending this? Officer Glasko: Absolutely, sir. Chair Sarnoff. Okay. All right. Anybody else wishing to be heard on CRA 5? Hearing none, seeing none, the public hearing is closed; coming back to the Commission. Is there a motion? Vice Chair Suarez: Motion. Chair Sarnoff Motion by the Vice Chair. Commissioner Dunn: Second. Chair Sarnoff Second by Commissioner Dunn. Any discussion, gentlemen? Commissioner Carollo: I have a quick question. Chair Sarnoff. Go ahead. Commissioner Carollo: I just want to ver. Would you -- would the police be alerted that someone's actually doing a crime and doing graffiti on a wall? Officer Glasko: Absolutely. This detection system actually comes in -- one package has four sensors. These sensors actually will send out to a number of cell phones a page that says that graffit has been detected on this building -- within 25 feet. It detects the aerosol that's being put out, so you're instantly detected to the fact that this detector at this location is currently being tagged. So it's a much more successful approach to capturing these individuals in -- while they're committing this crime. Chair Sarnoff So it's not a camera? Officer Glasko: It's not a camera. It's a detection system. It's an aerosol detection system. It actually detects the aerosol in 25 feet. Commissioner Carollo: Exactly. So -- and -- well, that -- yeah, that's right, Mr. Chairman. That's where I'm going at. What's going to be the response time? Because does this go through a dispatcher? Does it go directly to a police --? Officer Glasko: Negative. It goes directly to our cell phones. We can actually put it to -- up to, I believe, 11 cell phones, so we can put it to the officers that are working that NET (Neighborhood Enhancement Team) area. We can put it to the sergeant that's on duty at that time, or we can put it to the NRO (Neighborhood Resource Officer) cell phones, the commander's cell phone, or we can put it to everybody that's working that NET area. It's been used very successfully. I think in the packet we provided to the CRA there's a significant number of departments that have used it successfully. I've personally spoken to the chief of Anaheim Police Department who's used it successfully. They highly recommend the system. Commissioner Carollo: Mr. Chairman. Chair Sarnoff. Go ahead. Colloquy. Have -- City of Miami Page 9 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 Commissioner Carollo: I mean, obviously I will abide what the will of this Commission is and I don't want to damper on anyone's parade. I just, again, am concerned about the response time, you know, and it's not something that I want to go into great details now, but even, you know, burglaries in progress and so forth -- I don't want to get quoted on what response time is, but I don't think it's all that great, to be honest with you. So I'm just wondering -- let's say, yes, your cell phone goes off or so forth. You know, how long is it going to take you for -- a unit to actually be there and then actually catch someone and --? Officer Glasko: Commissioner, I can tell you that our response times are usually two to five minutes from the time we actually get dispatched from dispatch. We're cutting out the dispatcher. This is going directly to the officer. So I can only imagine that -- I mean, two to five minutes would be the longest it would take us to get to any call within the downtown NET. So that -- those are the statistics we look at now. Going directly to those officers that are in that area, especially the areas that are considered a problem area, those officers are going to be in tune with the fact where these detectors have been put up. They're going to be waiting or they're going to be, you know, privy to the fact that these texts may be coming through to them and their response time should be significantly lower. Like I said, Anaheim, California, after speaking to the chief they've captured a significant number of their offenders, which is significant because traditionally we don't capture these individuals that are doing this. So any system that's actually showing a success rate is a good system. Commissioner Carollo: Well, I don't want to say that it's only 22,000, but it is 22,000. I know the Chairman has definitely been a champion as far as graffiti, anti -graffiti and so forth, so I'm willing to vote for it. However, even two to five minutes, that's considering that, you know, the unit is not on a call already and so forth. And I'm not going to get into all the details, but you know, I'll be optimistic about it and I will vote in favor of it and we'll see. The -- you know, the proof is in the pudding so we'll see if it works. Chair Sarnoff I -- you know, let me just say this. I share the skepticism of the Vice Chair. However, for those of you that don't know Officer Glasko, he asks for so little; he gives so much. He is probably the biggest presence in downtown of any commander, other than Robin back there. It's Batman and Robin. And if you think this is going to help, you know what, we need to give you what you think are the tools necessary to make this help. But I would like to have, upon installation of these -- and I don't -- Jim, is the installation included or is this a big thing to install? Officer Glasko: They actually give us training on how to use them. We install them. Chair Sarnoff Okay. So post -installation, I'd like to see a 90- and then a 160-day report just to see how you're doing. Officer Glasko: Yes, sir. Chair Sarnoff And it's -- you know what, in the words of the Vice Chair, it's not a lot of money but that's not to say it's not a lot of money. But nonetheless, there's an absolute curiosity. If this works, you know, we should go citywide with this because this is -- I happen to believe that graffiti is the downfall of civilization. I think the more graffiti you have, the less civilized you are. Officer Glasko: Unfortunately, it adds to the feeling of lawlessness. People believe that if somebody is able to graffiti a building over and over again, then how can we prevent other crimes, and it's unfortunate. And then the second part of that is the building owners themselves become the victim twice. Not only are they graffitied [sic] -- City of Miami Page 10 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 6. 10-00527 Chair Sarnoff Right. Officer Glasko: -- but then they're actually also cited by Code Enforcement and subsequently fined on that. It's an unfortunate blight to society. Chair Sarnoff. All right. So do we have a motion? Vice Chair Suarez: I think we do. Pamela L. Latimore (Assistant Clerk of the Board): You do. Chair Sarnoff We got the motions? Commissioner Dunn: Yes. Chair Sarnoff We did? Vice Chair Suarez: Yeah. Ms. Latimore: Yes. Chair Sarnoff Okay, so we have the motion, we have the second. All -- Any further discussion? All in favor, please say "aye." The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENTAGENCY AUTHORIZING THE CRA TO JOIN THE CITY OF MIAMI IN APPLYING FOR A FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT GRANT ("FIND GRANT), UNDER THE 2010 WATERWAYS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ("WAP") FOR PHASE I OF THE MIAMI WOMAN'S CLUB BAYWALK PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID GRANT APPLICATION; DIRECTING THE CRA BRING BACKA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FUNDING, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $46,500, IN THE EVENTA FIND GRANT IS AWARDED TO THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE CRA. File # 10-00527 Cover Memo 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00527 Legislation 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00527 Legislation (2) 4-26-2010.pdf Motion by Board Member Suarez, seconded by Board Member Dunn II, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Dunn II, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo and Vice Chair Suarez Absent: Commissioner Gort CRA-R-10-0034 Chair Sarnoff All right, CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) 6. City of Miami Page 11 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 7. 10-00528 James H. Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 6 is a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency authorizing the CRA to join the City of Miami in applying for a Florida Inland Navigation District grant under the 2010 Waterways Assistance Program for phase one of the Miami Women's Club bay walk project; authorizing the executive director to execute all documents necessary for said grant application; directing the CRA to bring back a resolution authorizing funding in an amount not to exceed $46, 500 in the event a FIND (Florida Inland Navigation District) grant is awarded to the City of Miami and the CRA. The City of Miami has asked us to pass a resolution authorizing our participation in this grant application. In the even we receive the grant, it's a matching grant and we would have to provide $46, 500 as a match. Chair Sarnoff So inevitably this could cost the CRA 46,500 to complete the bay walk? Mr. Valentin: It's for the design of the bay walk behind the -- connecting Margaret Pace Park to -- behind the Miami Women's Club and then behind the Doubletree. Chair Sarnoff Okay. Anybody from the public wishing to be heard on CRA 6, please step up. Hearing none, seeing none, it comes back to the Commission. Is there a motion and --? Vice Chair Suarez: So move. Commissioner Dunn: Second. Chair Sarnoff Motion by the Vice Chair, second by Commissioner Dunn. Any discussion, gentlemen? All in favor, please say aye." The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. CRA RESOLUTION 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 EXCEED $25,000, TO FILM LIFE, INC. TO UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE "2010 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL COMMUNITY SHOWCASE," HELD WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA FROM JUNE 25, 2010 THROUGH JUNE 27, 2010; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE THE GRANT ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE 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. File # 10-00528 Cover Memo 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00528 Financials 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00528 Backup 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00528 Legislation 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00528 Legislation (2) 4-26-2010.pdf Motion by Board Member Dunn II, seconded by Board Member Carollo, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. City of Miami Page 12 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 8. 10-00537 Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Dunn II, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo and Vice Chair Suarez Absent: Commissioner Gort CRA-R-10-0035 Chair Sarnoff Okay, CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) 7. James H Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 7 is 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 25,000, to Film Life, Inc. to underwrite costs associated with the 2010 American Black Film Festival community showcase to be held within the redevelopment area from June 25, 2010 through June 27, 2010; authorizing the executive director to disburse the grant on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation; further authorizing the director to execute all documents necessary for said purposes. This is a companion grant to the one that we passed at the Overtown CRA, and it'll allow us to do events within the Omni CRA as well. Chair Sarnoff All right. Is there anybody wishing to be heard on CRA 7? Public hearing is open. Was that an indication of yes, Mr. Cruz? Mariano Cruz: No. If you have the votes, you don't have to make a speech. Chair Sarnoff Okay. Public hearing is closed; corning back to the Commission. Is there a motion? Commissioner Dunn: So move. Commissioner Carollo: Second. Chair Sarnoff Motion by Commissioner Dunn, second by the Vice Chair. Any discussion, gentlemen? Hearing none, seeing none, all in favor, please say aye." " The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000, TO THE CITY OF MIAMI TO ASSIST IN ITS OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OF BICENTENNIAL PARK, 1075 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CONTINGENT UPON THE CITY MANAGER CERTIFYING TO THE CRA THAT THE MIAMI ART MUSEUM OF DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION, INC., AND THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, INC., HAVE SECURED THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE MUSEUM COMPONENT OF THE MUSEUM PARK PROJECT AT BICENTENNIAL PARK; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE THE GRANT ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL; City of Miami Page 13 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM OMNI TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000. File # 10-00537 Cover Memo 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00537 Financials 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00537 Backup 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00537 Legislation 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00537 Legislation (2) 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00537 Cover Memo v2 6-10-2010.pdf File # 10-00537 Financials v2 6-10-2010.pdf File # 10-00537 Legislation v2 6-10-2010.pdf File No. 10-00537 Legislation v3 6-10-2010.pdf Motion by Board Member Suarez, seconded by Board Member Carollo, that this matter be CONTINUED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Dunn II, Commissioner Gort, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo and Vice Chair Suarez Chair Sarnoff. Item number 8 on the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) agenda. The City Manager is recognized for the record. I don't know why I'm recognizing you, but -- Carlos A. Migoya (City Manager): I know. Good morning, sir. Chair Sarnoff You just look very recognizable. Jim, you want to start us off on Item 8? Item 8, gentlemen. James H. Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 8 is a resolution of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency authorizing the issuance of a grant, in an amount not to exceed $2 million, to the City of Miami to assist in its obligation to provide funding for the environmental remediation at Bicentennial Park at 1075 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida; contingent upon the City Manager certing to the CRA that the Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association, Inc. and the Museum of Science, Inc. have secured the funding necessary to complete the museum component of the Museum Park project at Bicentennial Park; authorizing the executive director at his discretion to disburse the grant on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation; further authorizing the executive director to execute all documents necessary for said purpose in a form acceptable to general counsel. Chair Sarnoff All right. Mr. Manager, you're recognized. Mr. Migoya: Thank you, Chairman, Commissioners. I'm here more interested -- Chair Sarnoff If you have a cell phone on, please turn it off. Thank you. You're recognized once again for the record. Mr. Migoya: Thank you, sir. Obviously, on behalf of the City of Miami, we do have an obligation to the remediation of Museum Park from the stand -- up to $2 million, depending on what the cost is, up to 2 million and anything above that would be up to the museums to do. And that's what the cost of it would be. But obviously, beyond that, that I'm very interested in and something we need to discuss logistically what that -- that contingency how you would like to see that part of it work. If you would like at this point in time -- although we have met with both museums, we don't have a specific indication of what monies they have and how to use it from a standpoint of construction of both of the museums. So that's why I would like to have -- City of Miami Page 14 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 Chair Sarnoff Well, I have a curiosity as to why both museums are linked. Because we had agreed at the Commission that if one museum was going to be built, we were going to do the park. And if -- it's MAM (Miami Art Museum) that's having the bigger problem. The previous Manager was to look at all of the pledges, and I guess that's now your obligation to do so. But as far as I know, MAM has the requisite amount of money based on the parameters that we set at a Commission meeting for them to be able to build. Now I can't say the same of Science, and I don't know why these two are linked, Jim, because we had agreed that in the event only one museum went, there were contingency plans to go forward with MAM in the event Science could not come up with the requisite funding. Mr. Villacorta: Our resolution is just tracking the agreement dated July 9, 2009 between the Miami Art Museum, the Miami Science Museum, and the City of Miami. The CRA wasn't a party to it, but in that agreement they have to come up with -- the City has to provide $2 million in remediation. And in the agreement, they state they're going to ask for it from the CRA. The -- if you wanted to make the contingency only for those funds for MAM and remove Miami Science Museum, that could be done by amending the resolution. Mr. Migoya: Except that the funds are the same whether you have one or two -- Chair Sarnoff Right. Mr. Migoya: -- 'cause we have the remediation of the land. So if one is ready and the other one is not, whichever one is ready, we have to do remediation of the land so -- Chair Sarnoff And for those who don't know, I mean, there are contingency plans in place in the event only one museum gets placed -- gets built, including a reduction in parking and how that parking structure would look. So it's not really appropriate when one museum, subject to your review of the pledges, is ready to go and the other one may or may not be ready to go. Mr. Migoya: Well, you say subject to my review of the pledges. Here we're talking about that they have the funds secured for funding the construction. That's different than the pledges. The pledges may be over a period of time so they not only need to have the money from the County, but also a loan to do the bridge financing on the pledges because they would need the money to construct and not necessarily future pledges. So that's part of what I need to get clarification from you. If you're asking me to understand that there's funding sources to complete the construction of either or both of these museums, I will -- I'm more than happy to do so. If you're asking me to just look at the pledges, that's separate from -- if they get a construction loan from a bank, subject to the pledges, I don't know that I necessarily need to worry about the pledges or the validity of the pledges, but I'm more interested in the fact that the construction loan that's backing the pledges is in place and ready to go. And so I'm just trying to under -- get a better logistical understanding of what you want us to do. Chair Sarnoff Well, they have the requisite money from the County in terms of the grant. And what they achieved was a bridge loan based on the pledges to get them, I think, part of the way through it. They also have the pledges that will partially operate them from an endowment. Now I just want to be able to track what we passed at Commission in the past because we wanted to be able to show that they had the ability to operate. And I just want to make sure that you're able to do that. I just didn't want to see it coupled with Science 'cause Science never got to the extent that MAM got to us in terms of both Commission votes as well as CRA. So I don't see the linking of the two as appropriate when we took into account that it may only be one museum on Bicentennial Park. Mr. Migoya: Yeah. Science -- when -- I met with both museums. Science says they're also ready to go and they want to get started at the same time with Art. Having said that, going City of Miami Page 15 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 back to your point, which is an important one, I think we need to figure out the funds as it relates to either one of them, not necessarily both, but we probably ought to be looking and depending on your recommendation as to what that funding source looks like. There's two different parts obviously from the construction standpoint which, again, we haven't looked at, but we need to understand first the exact cost of the project and, number two, how will it be funded, that that's important. And obviously, as it relates to the operating side, that's a little more difficult to do. It's easier to understand what the construction of it today is 'cause you know exactly what their hard price is. Operating funds long term, it may not be as easy for us to be able to quantf what that looks like, but I leave that up to you. Chair Sarnoff But I don't want to link the two museums because it's not fair because it was considered. So if MAM-- it's my understanding MAM is ready to go. I'm not sure Science is ready to go. I've not met with them, haven't had any meetings with them. But my only concern with this resolution is that it links MAM to Science and that may not be fair to do. We considered each one independent. We came up with contingency plans in the event they were not able to operate two museums. The actual parking requirements changed. We actually -- I just want to make sure that we build on what we've done and not undo it. I'll open it up to a public hearing if you want to be heard, Mr. Riley. Terry Riley: The only thing I'd point out, we have not fully presented a funding plan, which we do intend to do, but -- Chair Sarnoff Name and address. Mr. Riley: I'm sorry. Terry Riley, representing Miami Art Museum, 101 West Flagler. The -- it's a -- they're two separate projects and the possibility that they're both going to go ahead at the same time is extraordinarily unlikely. I mean, two different fundraising efforts, two different boards, two different scales, et cetera. The remediation cannot go half at a time though. If either one of the projects is ready to go, all the remediation has to be done. We can't do half the remediation and leave another half undone. So while I understand the need for the City Manager to be fully confident and fully happy with the funding plan, we also need for the remediation to be seen as one discrete project that doesn't go -- you know, half one time and half another time. And I can answer any other questions. Chair Sarnoff Mr. Cruz, you're recognized for the record. Mariano Cruz: Mariano Cruz, 1227 Northwest 26 Street, Miami, Florida. I'm not going to say, you know, I belong here, I belong there or whatever because of my time. But maybe I could be a fee payer in the City of Miami, but I pay a lot of money in the County because I own investment property in Miami Lakes, twin home there, okay, so I pay money, debt service to the County. Here in the City of Miami I don't pay. I only pay fees, solid waste fee. I pay -- but I am a member of the Safe Neighborhood Bond Advisory Board and all that, and I know all the money -- and what bothers me is the time all this is taking because when we approve money for the water park in Grapeland Park, we approve money for the museums. And then delay, delay, the fundraising, Mr. (UNINTELLIGIBLE), (UNINTELLIGIBLE). I read the social pages of the Herald, the Miami Herald, and Diario de las Americas. A lot of Suarez and all that there. Oh, we're raising money. And then the zoning -- I know there's a lot of problem (UNINTELLIGIBLE) zoning, but engineering is an exact science because I am an engineer. And you know, two plus two plus two is four [sic] and you go -- I see the Miami Marlins stadium is being built there, okay, and that cost a lot more money than -- and then the museums, what happened? Oh, yeah, I know there's a lot of problem with the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) on the ocean and the whole thing. But listen, we are in the United States. We are not in a banana republic where you don't have anything. The things have to be made. I am for -- okay, I know there you got a lot of problem with the Belcher Oil Company, the piers City of Miami Page 16 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 there, the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) dock, the whole thing, all the pollution there. But please, Godspeed on that because it's taking too long, too long. People have been resigning. Mr. -- Terry, he resigned. He's now a consultant. I don't know how many consultants we have there. Consultant here, consultant there, and you know you're talking about big money soon. Thank you. Chair Sarnoff Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Cruz. Mr. Joseph, you're recognized for the record. Fred Joseph: Fred Joseph, 1717 North Bayshore Drive. In one of your own exhibits, 120 million matching funds will be available, MAM. In one of your own exhibits, MSEA (Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority), $100 million matching funds. The Commission -- the Chair and myself at another board meeting, we sat there and begged them, show us, where is it. Nobody has -- it's a myth going around. We talked to them about operating. The Chair himself asked, in New York City you don't build it if you don't have funds to operate it. We begged them, show us where your operating money. We could build two beautiful white elephants and nobody to ride them because there's no operating. The City's going to operate it? You know the County's not. Their pledge -- the County's pledge was $100 million, acting like they (UNINTELLIGIBLE) the land and they don't now know, other than that park bond where they're going to be able to come up with those funds. If our new City Manager has any better crystal ball of our past City Manager, public record demands show where the funds are. If they're saying they've gone to Bank of America and pledged them, show that Bank of America is going to do $200 million bridge loan, something before you get yourself in a position of where's the money. You -- not this $2 million. This $2 million is a scratch on an elephant's back, but you need to hold their feet to the fire. Show me the money. Thank you. Chair Sarnoff Anybody else in the public wishing to be heard? Nathan Kurland: Good afternoon, Commissioners. Good afternoon, Commissioner Sarnoff. My name is Nathan Kurland, 3132 Day Avenue, Coconut Grove. I'm here as an interested citizen. I'm not being paid by anyone. I come to many of your meetings because certain issues interest me a great deal. As Mr. Joseph just said, if this is indeed sunshine, if we as citizens are supposed to be part of this process, then please -- and I appreciated the City Manager coming up here saying, well, I'm really not sure how they're going to pay for this. And it's about time someone let us know as citizens of the City of Miami how these museums are being paid for or, as Commissioner Sarnoff pointed out in the case of the Science Museum, whether or not it's ever going to get built to begin with. And it seems to me that we keep throwing money at projects without knowing whether or not we can pay for them. Commissioner Sarnoff has been very eloquent in describing to many of us citizens of Miami that the State promised to take over the City of Miami if our reserves went below a certain dollar amount. As far as I know, we've gone way beyond the dollar amount and maybe any day now we could be taken over and maybe this discussion of building two museums at this juncture in time is just not correct. And by taking another two million and another two million, at a certain point we go, well, we put so many millions in already, how can we waste those millions we put in? Perhaps now is just not the time. Thank you. Chair Sarnoff All right. Anybody else in the public wishing to be heard? Hearing none, seeing none, the public hearing is now closed, coming back to the Commission. Is there a motion? You have another point to make? Mr. Migoya: Just one more point. I just want to make sure again that I differentiate between construction and operating. The construction side is very easy to figure out. We can figure out what the plans look like, the general contractor. We know what the dollars are, and we can tie the dollars to dollars. Operating funds -- if we're to certify operating funds and they give us a certain amount, it may be accurate or not, but we don't know because it's all pro forma. And City of Miami Page 17 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 once you end up building this thing three years from now, four years from now, you'll find out what the true operating costs of these things will be and it may be over that and then we may look like we certified something that may be short. So -- in any pro forma of a new project, you may have understated what the operating funds are, so that piece will be a lot more uncomfortable to figure out. Chair Sarnoff I think it's undisputable that MAM has the money to build the museum. I don't think that's actually a material in dispute just because it's a different type of building than is Science. It doesn't interact so much. It doesn't require what Gillian Thomas likes to call the fit and finish, which is so much of the expense. MAM has raised half of what they need to have as their foundation endowment, which is supposed to help with their operation. I'm not trying to put that much of an onus on you, other than to validate that their pledges are unconditional and that they're actually bankable pledges. And I think you know how to do that probably better than anyone. And that's pretty much what this Commission left with them. Now it's easy to come up here and say, you know what, let's kill this project. Why? I don't feel like building it. You have put a great many people -- they put many hours and much labor behind this project for many years in fundraising and getting those bankable pledges. And if this City turns around and starts to say, well, you know what, we're not in the mood to do this right now, then you'll never have people become partners with the City of Miami or the County for that matter. This was a project that went out in 2004. It was on a line item at the general obligations bond, voted by referendum of the citizens. We have put a significant amount of dollars toward this. The only reason I'm de -linking the two issues is very simple. We know that MAM can go -- or I'll suggest MAM probably can go. You'll tell us whether it can. The de -linking simply is we're going to have to remediate that property anyways. So we're going to remediate it once and get it done right. And when we could build the park, we're going to build the park. And that's something that was discussed and voted on and not very different than the Marlins stadium. You may have agreed with it, you may not have agreed with it, but Marlins stadium is a fact, and you move on from what other Commissioners have done and you build from what they have built and voted upon. So I -- you know, the only reason I wanted to get some kind of clarification from you is I want to make sure there's a de -linking. I don't have the same level of confidence with Science that I do with MAM, but Science is a more difficult and more complicated situation than is MAM. Mr. Migoya: I'm agreeing with you. The -- again, if your point is that you would want us to verifir within a 95/98 percent certainty that the pledges that they currently have are valid pledges and collectable pledges towards the operating funds, I can do that. For me to certify that that would be enough to operate, I won't be able to do that. Chair Sarnoff Right. I'm just asking you to look at the -- at what their pro forma is from the operational budget. Mr. Migoya: Okay. I'll do that. Commissioner Carollo: Mr. Chairman. Chair Sarnoff Yes, sir. You're recognized. Commissioner Carollo: First of all, there's certain information that you may have that I don't have. It seems to me that you're pretty certain that MAM does have the pledges or the funding. I don't know what due diligence has been done by our Administration, our City Manager as far as assuring that they have sufficient funding to actually complete one of the museum components. I would like to see that. As a matter of fact, there's certain items that I jotted down that I don't have yet, and I would like to see. One is the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding), September 12, 2008 MOU. Also is the Board of County Commissioners, Dade City of Miami Page 18 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 County Board of County Commissioners resolution 08-0707 from December 11, 2008. And all these are items that were voted on that brought us to this point. So there's still information that I need to see. But more important than all is can they actually complete the construction? I mean -- Chair Sarnoff Well, they were always able to do it within the actual bond itself. Their cost of construction was always within the bondable amount, whereas Science may have just surpassed that. But the answer to the question -- Commissioner Carollo: Well -- Chair Sarnoff -- is the 2004 bond that they received is adequate to build the museum. Commissioner Carollo: -- usually whenever I ask something -- and I think the Administration's starting to see -- when I ask something, I don't want someone to tell me; I want someone to show me. So I actually want the documentation. I want the MOU. I want the Board of County Commission resolution. You mentioned contingency plans. I want to see the contingency plans. I want someone to be able to tell me the amount that has been pledged versus the cash in hand. Some of those pledges may not come through, and I understand the difference, but still I would like to see the pledges in hand versus the cash in hand -- I'm sorry, the pledges versus the cash in hand. And the reason I'm saying this -- one of the reasons that I'm saying this is because let's say we go ahead with this, okay. The area where the remediation's going to take place happens to be the same area where the parking is going to be for the Cirque du Soleil that supposedly will be coming in September. Should we do this and they start remediation, that's going to cost the City of Miami $100,000 in revenues and there's a possibility -- and if that's the case, it's fine, but then I want to make sure that there's a possibility that the building actually does get constructed and not that we start a project and then all of a sudden we can't construct the building. So I need some type of verification, certification letting me know, yes, they have the fundings [sic] to actually start, begin, and complete the construction of a building because it's actually -- it may actually cost the City of Miami revenues that are legit. Chair Sarnoff Mr. Riley. Mr. Riley: Can I make another comment? Chair Sarnoff Go ahead. Mr. Riley: To date the museum has raised -- has commitments of $41 million in pledges, more money than was raised -- and I don't want to be critical -- but more money than was raised at the Performing Arts Center in 17 years. We've raised that in four years. We are doing our part. We have spent $20 million to date to get this project to the point where we're ready to put a shovel in the ground. Twelve million has been public money; eight million has been private money. We have been paying our share all the way along. And we have -- in terms of due diligence, the chairman, Aaron Podhurst, has met with both the County Manager at their request and the County Mayor, gone over all the pledges with them, and I'm sure he's going to be willing to do the same thing with the City Manager. But I think on top of everything, the documents you requested are public record. It's not -- we're -- we are not withholding anything from you. They're -- in the instance of the MOU, they're years old. So -- Commissioner Carollo: Well, then they -- Mr. Riley: -- I think the museums -- if public partnerships -- public -private partnerships are going to work in this City, the public end has to show that they're willing and they're committed to help us raise the money privately. And we've raised eight -- spent eight million, invested City of Miami Page 19 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 another eight million in our endowment, and we're doing our part. We're looking for the assistance of the City agencies. Chair Sarnoff. Well, let's -- Why don't we do this. Why don't we defer the item? Why don't we get every public hearing to Commissioner Carollo and any other Commissioner that wants it, the MOU, any of the County documents we can supply to him so that he's satisfied? I understand why we're not allowed to see the pledges. That is not an unusual aspect. Some people want to remain private. I would suggest that -- I can't imagine a man who could probably tell us whether a pledge is good or not than our present City Manager, Mr. Migoya, to tell us whether he's satisfied with the means and the manner of the pledge to move forward. So why don't we move to defer this. We'll bring it back at the next Commission. I'm going to ask -- Mr. Riley, are you equipped to get him all that information? Is there any other Commissioner that wishes to have that information? Get it to Commissioner Suarez, Commissioner Dunn, Commissioner Gort. Mr. Riley: So it's the MOU, the benefits agreement, the lease, the environmental remediation agreement, the management agreement, the development agreement. Chair Sarnoff Can you get --? All right, and I've seen them, but I was here before they were. Can you get them in a loose-leaf binder to them? Mr. Riley: In one loose-leaf binder? I'll try. Chair Sarnoff All right. And then we'll bring this back up, and by then I would hope you would have had a meeting, Mr. Manager, with Mr. Podhurst and you will tell us whether you're satisfied with the pledges. Mr. Migoya: I will get as much as we can and also try to figure out from a construction funding source where they are, whether the bond is enough, whether they need additional funding, do they have a bank type, whatever. At this point, to answer Commissioner Carollo's question, we haven't don't any due diligence so we have to start from scratch. Chair Sarnoff Okay. And would you help in the due diligence of that? Mr. Migoya: I'll be happy to do so and we'll -- not only that, but we have to also assign somebody -- as you know, we've had some issues around the capital improvement projects area. We will assign a project manager to deal with this entire thing logistically to understand everything that we're trying to do here and work with the County on it as well. Chair Sarnoff Mr. Riley, would you equally get the same package to the City Manager so that he doesn't have to rely on any City employee to do that? Thank you. All right, so we need a motion to defer. Commissioner Carollo: So move. Vice Chair Suarez: Second. Commissioner Gort: Second. Chair Sarnoff You have a motion by the Vice Chair, second by the second Vice Chair, all in favor, please say aye." The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. City of Miami Page 20 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 9. 10-00523 Chair Sarnoff All right. Commissioner Gort: Mr. Chairman. Chair Sarnoff Yes, sir. Mayor Tombs Regalado: Mr. Chairman. Commissioner Gort: I apologize, but I'm going to have to be -- I have a previous engagement that 1 can't -- I have to be there at 8 o'clock, so my apologies. Mayor Regalado: Chair -- Chair Sarnoff Excuse Commissioner Gort. Yes -- oh, Mr. Mayor, I'm sorry. Mayor Regalado: No. I'm just -- I think that what you did is the proper thing to do, to defer this so the Manager -- 'cause -- and I understand the MSEA board position when we had some museum issue of $10, 000, so this is huge. This is big, and this is the people's money. This is all Miami -Dade County and City of Miami money, so I really appreciate your deferral. And I will, you know, request the museum to facilitate all the possible documents and information about that. But thank you. Just want to thank you. Chair Sarnoff Thank you, Mr. Mayor. CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY URGING THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4/ARTICLE 1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES/IN GENERAL," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 4-2 TO CREATE NEW DEFINITIONS AND AMENDING SECTION 4-3 TO LIMIT THE RETAIL SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM CONVENIENCE STORES LOCATED IN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMITACOPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION. File # 10-00523 Cover Memo 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00523 Backup 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00523 Legislation 4-26-2010.pdf File # 10-00523 Legislation (2) 04-26-2010.pdf Motion by Board Member Dunn II, seconded by Board Member Suarez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Dunn II, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo and Vice Chair Suarez Absent: Commissioner Gort CRA-R-10-0036 Chair Sarnoff CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) 9. City of Miami Page 21 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 James H. V llacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): CRA -- Item number 9 is a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency urging the City -- the Miami City Commission to enact an ordinance amending Article -- Chapter 4/Article I of the Code of the City of Miami, as amended, entitled Alcohol [sic] Beverages/In General, 'fnore particularly by amending Section 4-2 to create new definitions, and amending Section 4-3 to limit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages from convenience stores located in the Omni redevelopment area; containing a repealer provision, a severability clause, and providing for an effective date; directing the executive director to transmit a copy of this resolution to the City Manager for review and consideration. Chair Sarnoff. All right. Is there anybody wishing to be heard on CRA 9? Hearing none, seeing none, the public hearing is closed; coming back to the Commission. Is there a motion? Commissioner Dunn: So move, Mr. Chairman. Vice Chair Suarez: Second. Chair Sarnoff All right, is there a second? So we have a motion by the -- by Commissioner Dunn, second by the Vice Chair. Commissioner Dunn, so you know, what I've -- I've asked the alcohol committee to look at this. I think it should come back to the City to see if we could pass a citywide alcohol beverage restriction with regard to convenience stores. I think it's on our next agenda. I'm not sure it should proceed on the next agenda. I'd like to hear back from the alcohol committee on what they see. I -- right now I share your thoughts, which is I'm in favor of it. I'd like to hear any other argument against it. If you don't see it on this agenda, it's just 'cause they haven't reviewed it. But I want to empower them to have the ability to look at all these kinds of issues. So that being said any other discussion, gentlemen? Commissioner Carollo: I have a question, Mr. Chairman. Chair Sarnoff You're recognized for the record. Commissioner Carollo: Does this mean that this will go ultimately to the City Commission for a vote? Chair Sarnoff Yes. Commissioner Carollo: Okay. Chair Sarnoff Yes. It's just a recommendation. Commissioner Carollo: So to move it to the City Commission. Chair Sarnoff Yeah. Commissioner Carollo: Okay. Chair Sarnoff Anybody else? All right, hearing none, seeing none, all in favor, please say e. The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. Chair Sarnoff All right, motion to adjourn? City of Miami Page 22 Printed on 3/23/2011 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes April 26, 2010 Adjournment Vice Chair Suarez: So move. Commissioner Dunn: Second. Commissioner Carollo: Second. Chair Sarnoff All right. All in favor? The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. Chair Sarnoff We're done. A motion was made by Vice Chair Suarez, seconded by Commissioner Carollo, and was passed unanimously, with Commissioner Gort absent, to adjourn today's meeting. 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