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Home My WebLink AboutOMNI CRA 2013-03-28 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:00 PM (OR THEREAFTER) Miami City Hall 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 March 28, 2013 RESOLUTIONS 1. 13-00401 On the 28th day of March 2013, 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 12:09 p.m. and was adjourned at 12:11 p.m. ALSO PRESENT: Pieter A. Bockweg, Executive Director, CRA Veronica A. Xiques, Assistant General Counsel, CRA Todd B. Hannon, Clerk of the Board Present: Chair Sarnoff, Vice Chair Suarez and Commissioner Gort Absent: Commissioner Spence -Jones and Commissioner Carollo CRA RESOLUTION OMNI Community A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI Redevelopment REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, Agency WITH ATTACHMENT(S), DE -ALLOCATING $255,535 IN CARRYOVER FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENT "A", AND ALLOCATING SAME TO THE MIAMI ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX AND THE MIAMI WOMAN'S CLUB BAYWALK PROJECT. 13-00401 Cover Memo.pdf 13-00401 Legislation.pdf 13-00401 Exhibit 1.pdf Motion by Vice -Chair Suarez, seconded by Board Member Gort, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Gort, Vice Chair Suarez and Chair Sarnoff Absent: Commissioner Spence -Jones and Commissioner Carollo CRA-R-13-0016 Chair Sarnoff: All right, I want to welcome everybody to the March 28, 2012 [sic] Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) redevelopment agency meeting. Mr. Director, you're recognized for the record for CRA 1. Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first item on the agenda is the de -allocation of two line items in our budget. The first is the Omni waterline project, for the amount of 215, 535, and the second one is 40,000 from the Akerman Sentet fitt lobbyist. This is a de -allocation, which will them be reallocated, 150,000 matching fund -- matching grant to a FIND (Florida Inland Navigation District) grant for the Women's bay walk, and the remaining 105,000 will then be -- also be allocated towards the MEC (Miami Entertainment Complex). Commissioner Gort: Move. Vice Chair Suarez: Move for discussion. Chair Sarnoff We have a motion by Commissioner Suarez, second by Commissioner Gort. Commissioner Suarez, you're recognized for the record. City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 5,2/2013 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes March 28, 2013 Vice Chair Suarez: Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to say that, obviously, I'm a huge supporter of the MEC. I mean, I think everybody knows that I've been on record since day one, and I go out there all the time and champion that idea. I just -- once we build the MEC, which we will build, I think we need to fulfill that promise on the waterline project and on that infrastructure promise that we had for that area. Because the fact of the matter is that, you know, I think the MEC is a priority right now, but I do think we need to fulfill that promise at some point. So I don't know how the Chair feels about that -- Chair Sarnoff Which promise? Vice Chair Suarez: We're de -allocating from the sewer -- one of the sewer line projects. Chair Sarnoff But I think it's done. Commissioner Gort: It's been done. Mr. Bockweg: It is closed out. I think -- Vice Chair Suarez: Oh, this is the excess? Commissioner Gort: It's closed out. Yeah, yeah, excess. Vice Chair Suarez: Okay, my apologies 'cause I thought we were -- okay. Commissioner Gort: No, no, this is extra. Vice Chair Suarez: We'll talk about it -- Mr. Bockweg: I know what you're referring to, Commissioner, and you've stated it before. But this line item had to do with two specific upgrades. Vice Chair Suarez: My apologies. I was a little bit confused. I thought it was the whole -- the bigger one. Mr. Bockweg: No. Vice Chair Suarez: Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Chair Sarnoff. All right. All in favor, please say aye." The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. 2. CRA RESOLUTION 13-00402 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING FUNDING, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000, TO ASSIST THE CITY OF MIAMI WITH ITS MATCHING FUNDS OBLIGATION UNDER THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT GRANT FOR PHASE 2 OF THE MIAMI WOMAN'S CLUB BAYWALK PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE FUNDS, AT HIS DISCRETION, UPON PRESENTATION OF SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 5,2/2013 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes March 28, 2013 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. 13-00402 Cover Memo.pdf 13-00402 Back -Up Documents.pdf 13-00402 Legislation.pdf Motion by Board Member Gort, seconded by Vice -Chair Suarez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Gort, Vice Chair Suarez and Chair Sarnoff Absent: Commissioner Spence -Jones and Commissioner Carollo CRA-R-1 3-0017 Chair Sarnoff CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) 2, sir. Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 2, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, is the allocation of $150, 000 to the matching FIND (Florida Inland Navigation District) grant for the Women's bay walk project phase 2. We have spent forty-six and a half thousand dollars to date on the design. Commissioner Gort: Move it. Vice Chair Suarez: Second. Chair Sarnoff All right. We have a motion by Commissioner Gort, second by Commissioner Suarez. Hearing -- any discussion? Hearing no discussion, all in favor, please say aye." The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. Chair Sarnoff Thank you, gentlemen. 171 see you at 2:15. Vice Chair Suarez: 2:15, okay. The meeting adjourned at 12.11 p.m. City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 5,2/2013