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Home My WebLink AboutOMNI CRA 2012-10-25 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:00 PM Regular City Hall Chambers OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Marc David Sarnoff, Chair Francis Suarez, Vice Chair Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner Frank Carollo, Commissioner Michelle Spence -Jones, Commissioner OMNI & MIDTOWN CRA OFFICE ADDRESS: 1401 N. Miami Avenue, 2nd Floor, Miami 33136 Phone: (305) 679-6868 www.miamicra.com OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes October 25, 2012 RESOLUTIONS RE.1 12-01242 Present: Commissioner Spence -Jones, Chair Sarnoff, Vice Chair Suarez, Commissioner Carollo and Commissioner Gort On the 25th day of October 2012, the Board of Commissioners of the OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in regular session at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chair Sarnoff at 3:41p.m., recessed at 3:45 p. m., reconvened at 5:29 p. m., and was adjourned at 5:30 p. m. ALSO PRESENT: Pieter A. Bockweg, Executive Director, CRA Veronica A. Xiques, Assistant General Counsel, CRA Dwight S. Danie, Clerk of the Board CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF AN ANNUAL GRANT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST DUE ANNUALLY ON BONDS/DEBT OBLIGATIONS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY TO FUND ITS PORT TUNNEL DEBT OBLIGATION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCALAND GRANT AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL, FOR SAID PURPOSE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE THE ANNUAL GRANT AS SET FORTH IN THE INTERLOCALAND GRANT AGREEMENT; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM OMNI TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000. 12-01242 Memo.pdf 12-01242 Legislation.pdf 12-01242 Agreement.pdf 12-01242 email Bockweg.pdf Motion by Vice -Chair Suarez, seconded by Board Member Gort, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Spence -Jones, Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Gort, Vice Chair Suarez and Chair Sarnoff CRA-R-12-0077 Chair Sarnoff Mr. Chair. Vice Chair Suarez: Yeah. Chair Sarnoff We are in the Omni. Vice Chair Suarez: Okay. City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 3/8/2013 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes October 25, 2012 Chair Sarnoff So we are back in -- from recess. Mr. Bockweg, RE.1. Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Omni CRA): RE.1, Mr. Chair, is the interlocal agreement between the City and the Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency), which in essence obligates the CRA to make the annual debt service payment for the port tunnel. Chair Sarnoff All right, is there a motion? Vice Chair Suarez: Move it. Chair Sarnoff. Is there -- Commissioner Gort: Second. Chair Sarnoff. -- a second? All in fa -- sorry. Vice Chair Suarez: Aye. Chair Sarnoff Thank you. RE.2. Mr. Bockweg: That ends our agenda, sir. Chair Sarnoff Oh, that's it. Thank you. Vice Chair Suarez: Can I have the gavel back? Chair Sarnoff Yeah. RE.2 CRA RESOLUTION 12-01243 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENTAGENCY, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), DEALLOCATING $200,000 IN REMAINING FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLETED PROJECT, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENT "A," AND ALLOCATING SAME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI'S DEPARTMENT OF CINEMAAND INTERACTIVE MEDIA. 12-01243 Attachment.pdf Motion by Vice -Chair Suarez, seconded by Board Member Spence -Jones, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Spence -Jones, Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Gort, Vice Chair Suarez and Chair Sarnoff CRA-R-12-0070 Vice Chair Suarez: Mr. Chair, if you may, can we just handle the one item on the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) that Commissioner Spence -Jones wants -- Commissioner Spence -Jones: Recess. Vice Chair Suarez: -- done and then we'll recess the CRA and come back to it? Chair Sarnoff That's -- City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 3,8/2013 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes October 25, 2012 RE.3 12-01244 Vice Chair Suarez: Because I think there's some other items that -- Chair Sarnoff. Yeah, that would -- Vice Chair Suarez: -- are just some discussion items. Chair Sarnoff. Right. Vice Chair Suarez: Thank you. Commissioner Gort: Which CRA are we dealing with? Which CRA? Omni? Okay. Chair Sarnoff. All right. I want to welcome everybody to the October 25, 2012 Omni CRA meeting. For purposes of today, we're -- for right now, we're going to take up RE.2, RE.3, and then we will adjourn the CRA and -- Vice Chair Suarez: Recess. Chair Sarnoff Recess the CRA, sorry. Commissioner Spence -Jones: You said recess. No, adjourn. Chair Sarnoff. You're right. -- recess the CRA and come back to it later on tonight. Mr. Director, RE.2. Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): RE.2, Mr. Chair, thank you, is the de -allocation of $200, 000, which will then immediately be allocated to the University of Miami Department of Media and Interactive -- Cinema and Interactive Media Department. But this de -allocation comes from the waterline project that was allocated for the City Hall Restaurant. That project has been completed and is closed. Chair Sarnoff All right. Is -- Vice Chair Suarez: Move it. Chair Sarnoff -- there a motion? Commissioner Spence -Jones: Second. Chair Sarnoff We have a motion and we have a second. Any discussion? Hearing no 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 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000, TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI'S DEPARTMENT OF CINEMAAND INTERACTIVE MEDIA, TO IMPLEMENT THE FILM INSTITUTE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE THE GRANT ON A REIMBURSEMENT City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 3,8/2013 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes October 25, 2012 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. 12-01244 Attachment.pdf Motion by Vice -Chair Suarez, seconded by Board Member Spence -Jones, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Spence -Jones, Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Gort, Vice Chair Suarez and Chair Sarnoff CRA-R-12-0071 Chair Sarnoff RE.3. Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): RE.3, Mr. Chair, is the de -allocation of $200, 000 with a grant agreement for $200, 000 with the University of Miami Department of Cinema and Interactive Media. This is the partnership which we talked about up here earlier in the press conference in conjunction with the Overtown CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) for the overall film -- Robert Townsend film project. Vice Chair Suarez: Move it. Chair Sarnoff. We have a motion. Do we have a second? Commissioner Spence -Jones: Second. Commissioner Carollo: Second. Chair Sarnoff We have a second. Any discussion? Commissioner Spence -Jones: No discussion. But Mr. -- I know that Mr. Townsend has to leave. We just want to thank you once again for today's press conference. And I don't know, Peter, if you want to put anything -- I think you guys came up with some really interesting things that you're going to do on the Omni side of it. I just would like for them to know it as well. Mr. Bockweg: One of the things that Mr. Townsend and I had discussed is we think this is a great opportunity for the Omni CRA to really start promoting the area as a place to film and attract the film industry, particularly in the -- concurrent with the vision of the Chair and the board with the development -- ultimate development of the MEC (Miami Entertainment Complex). One of the things that Mr. Townsend and I have discussed is starting to do some table readings, I think is the correct terminology, within the Omni CRA, which, Mr. Townsend, if you would like elaborate exactly what that means and the effects of that. Robert Townsend: One of the young filmmakers -- Commissioner Spence -Jones: Name, name. I'm sorry, name. Mr. Townsend: Oh. Commissioner Spence -Jones: Address. City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 3,8/2013 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes October 25, 2012 Mr. Townsend: My name is Robert Townsend. I forgot it's official. Robert Townsend. Anyway, I'm just excited about working with you guys down here and the lives it's going to change. One of the things we were talking about when I got a chance to tour all the facilities over there was that one of the filmmakers down here, Gil Green, who's done all these incredible music videos, he's written his first screenplay. And I was like saying, How do we start to work together and do a table read so that he can hear how the screenplay works. And I got a chance to tour the facility, the sound stages and just think about ways that we can work together right away, even as we start working with the kids and the university. Chair Sarnoff Well, great. You know, it's great to see the energy you're bringing and sometimes one man can really make a difference, so remember, we're just stacking all our hopes upon your shoulders. Commissioner Spence -Jones: No. Don't do that. Vice Chair Suarez: No pressure. Chair Sarnoff I wouldn't (UNINTELLIGIBLE). I don't think there's any pressure but -- Mr. Townsend: Well, I got work to do. I'll be out. No, I just want to thank you guys very much again, you know, press conference and just, you know, for the Omni to work with us. Because when I really, you know, watch the news and think about what's going on, the kids need -- we need seeds of hope planted and that's what we're talking about, so I just thank everybody up there for being a part of this. Vice Chair Suarez: Thank you. Chair Sarnoff Thank you, Mr. -- Commissioner Spence -Jones: Thank you. Chair Sarnoff -- Townsend. All right, so we had a motion. We had a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none then, all in favor, please say 1 ye. " The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. Chair Sarnoff Okay, we will now be in recess. END OF RESOLUTIONS The meeting adjourned at 5: 30 p.m. City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 3/8/2013