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Meeting Minutes
Monday, June 27, 2011
5:00 PM
Doubletree Grand Hotel
1717 North Bayshore Drive
Miami, FI. 33132
SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency
Richard P. Dunn II, Chairman
Francis Suarez, Vice -Chairman
Marc David Sarnoff, Commissioner
Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner
Frank Carollo, Commissioner
CRA OFFICE ADDRESS:
49 NW 5th ST, SUITE 100, Miami, FL 33128
Phone: (305) 679-6800, Fax: (305) 679-6835
SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency
Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011
FINANCIALS
1.
11-00546
RESOLUTIONS
2.
11-00547
Present: Chair Dunn II, Commissioner Sarnoff, Vice Chair Suarez and Commissioner Gort
Absent: Commissioner Carollo
On the 27th day of June 2011, the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in regular session in the Grand
Ballroom at Doubletree by Hilton Grand Hotel, 1717 North Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida.
The meeting was called to order by Chair Dunn at 5: 43 p.m and was adjourned at 6: 02 p.m.
ALSO PRESENT:
Pieter Bockweg, Executive Director, CRA
Clarence Woods, Assistant Executive Director, CRA
Veronica Xiques, Assistant General Counsel, CRA
Todd Hannon, Assistant Clerk of the Board
CRA REPORT
FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR PERIOD ENDING MAY 31, 2011.
File # 11-00546 06-27-2011 Financial Summary.pdf
PRESENTED
Chair Dunn: We're going to call this portion of the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency)
Southeast Overtown/Park West meeting to order. We're going to have the financial summary
report by Miguel.
Miguel Valentin (Financial Officer, Community Redevelopment Agency): Yes, sir. I'm going to
be presenting the combined statement of financial position for Southeast Overtown/Park West for
the month of May 31 -- on May 31, 2011. The cash balance that we are disclosing is the amount
of26,744,951. And as I was saying all along, there is no reportable condition to report to the
Board.
Chair Dunn: Are there any questions? Thank you very much.
CRA RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $200,000 TO HUMAN RESOURCE STAFFING OF MIAMI, INC.
FOR THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A JOB CREATION
PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE PERSONNEL FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE OF VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE THE FUNDS 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
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TO GENERAL COUNSEL; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM SEOPW TAX
INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
File # 11-00547 06-27-2011 Cover Memo.pdf
File # 11-00547 06-27-2011 Financial Form.pdf
File # 11-00547 06-27-2011 Backup.pdf
File # 11-00547 06-27-2011 Legislation.pdf
File # 11-00547 06-27-2011 Legislation (signed).pdf
Motion by Board Member Sarnoff, seconded by Board Member Suarez, that this matter be
ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote.
Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Gort, Chair Dunn II, Commissioner Sarnoff and Vice Chair Suarez
Absent: Commissioner Carollo
CRA-R-11-0030
Chair Dunn: All right, resolution number 2. Item number 2.
Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 2, Mr.
Chair, is the proposal of a Overtown enhancement team. This is something that I think I've
discussed with most of you in private, and I really wanted to create something -- we wanted to
create something that really allowed the residents of Overtown the same benefits of the clean
streets, clean the graffiti, water pressuring the sidewalks and whatnot. This will also directly hire
11 people from the Overtown community. I'm kind of looking at this as a pilot program. We have
a designated area laid out. Hopefully, in the future we'd want to extend that and make it into a
bigger area. But I want to make sure that -- you know, one of the things that I want to make sure
that we address from an agency standpoint from the administration side is really to create that
sense of pride in the community that you live and a sense of ownership. And I think having the
people really from the community take part of this would be a huge benefit. And the requirement
is that, of course, all the residents from the community will be hired for these positions and only
them. And the local firm that we're proposing to provide this to is also located within Overtown.
Chair Dunn: Is there a motion?
Commissioner Sarnoff.- So move.
Vice Chair Suarez: Second.
Chair Dunn: Been properly motioned by Board Member Sarnoff, seconded by Board Member
Suarez.
Vice Chair Suarez: Mr. Chairman, ifI may.
Chair Dunn: Yes, Board Member --
Vice Chair Suarez: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Chair Dunn: -- Suarez.
Vice Chair Suarez: Thank you, sir. My question is did this -- was this -- did this go through a
competitive process?
Mr. Bockweg: We put it out to bid. We put an RFP (Request for Proposals) out there. We had
some respondents. We had three respondents. We didn't feel that we did -- really got enough
information from those three respondents, so we then put it out to bid again. And at that
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juncture, we felt comfortable with the numbers that we got and the responses that we got.
Vice Chair Suarez: I can see that this company seemed to have scored twice as well as the other
one and then four times as well as the other one.
Mr. Bockweg: That's correct.
Vice Chair Suarez: And how long are the jobs going to be in effect for?
Mr. Bockweg: Well, the jobs will be in effect for the pilot program of the -- so for one year at
least, and that's why I'm hoping to extend it to see how it works out to further and possibly
expand the area of where the cleaning will occur to hire -- be able to hire more people.
Vice Chair Suarez: And part of the idea is to train these people now -- not only give them a job,
but train them so that they can have a skill that they can use in employment in the future.
Mr. Bockweg: Absolutely. I mean, part of this is the job training aspect of it, where they will be
trained to, you know, use different kind of machineries and do certain things that they might not
have the skill level to do now and hopefully use them going forward to another job.
Vice Chair Suarez: And I saw from the background information that the -- most of the clients
will come from Camillus House.
Mr. Bockweg: No, not necessarily.
Commissioner Gort: No, no.
Mr. Bockweg: No.
Vice Chair Suarez: No? Do I have that wrong? I'm sorry.
Mr. Bockweg: No, no. As part of the backup, Commissioner, this -- as part of the memo that
went before the Board, we compared this to the DET (Downtown Enhancement Team) team that
the DDA (Downtown Development Authority) is doing where most of its people are hired from
Camillus House.
Vice Chair Suarez: Right.
Mr. Bockweg: We're looking to hire people directly from the community, not --
Vice Chair Suarez: I got you.
Mr. Bockweg: -- Camillus House.
Vice Chair Suarez: Got you.
Mr. Bockweg: But that's why Camillus House is in there --
Vice Chair Suarez: Okay.
Mr. Bockweg: -- in comparison to the DDA.
Vice Chair Suarez: Sorry for the confusion.
Mr. Bockweg: No, that's okay.
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3.
11-00556
Chair Dunn: Any other comments from the board members? Let me just ask one question and
we'll call the question. How many jobs do you anticipate being created from this?
Mr. Bockweg: Well, from this will be 11 for sure in the short term. Looking at the program and
really analyzing it going forward, I'll make sure that we follow up quarterly to see how the
program's running and possibly bring before the Board to expand it and make it bigger and
obviously more employment will come from that as well.
Chair Dunn: And just for the record one more time, these individuals will be primarily recruited
from the Overtown area.
Mr. Bockweg: They will only be recruited from the Overtown area.
Chair Dunn: Is there any -- are there any other questions from my board members? If not, all in
favor, let us hear by saying aye."
The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye.
Chair Dunn: So move.
Mr. Bockweg: I think he wanted --
Chair Dunn: Okay.
Mr. Bockweg: -- Mr. Cutler wanted --
Vice Chair Suarez: Somebody I think wants to jump in.
Chair Dunn: Well, you know the old saying, don't snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat.
Commissioner Sarnoff: Don't snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
Chair Dunn: Defeat out of the jaws of victory. We get it mixed up. When you do it, I mess it up,
but yeah. It passed so it's okay.
CRA RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A COMMERCIAL
BUILDING AND TWO PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED AT 402 NW 8TH
STREET AND 728 TO 734 NW 4TH AVENUE WITHIN THE
REDEVELOPMENT AREA IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CRA'S COMMITMENT
TO DEVELOP LOW INCOME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PROVIDED THAT
THE PURCHASE PRICE IS SUBSTANTIATED BY NO LESS THAN TWO (2)
APPRAISALS FROM A CERTIFIED MEMBER OF THE APPRAISAL
INSTITUTE, AUTHORIZING FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$247,500,000; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE
ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO SPECIAL COUNSEL; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM
SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND, ENTITLED "LAND ACQUISITION"
CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10050.920101.6610000.0000.00000.
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File # 11-00556 06-21-2011 Cover Memo.pdf
File # 11-00556 06-27-2011 Financial Form.pdf
File # 11-00556 06-27-2011 Backup.pdf
File # 11-00556 06-27-2011 Legislation.pdf
File# 11-00556 06-27-2011 Signed Legislation.pdf
Motion by Board Member Gort, seconded by Board Member Suarez, that this matter be
ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATIONS PASSED by the following vote.
Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Gort, Chair Dunn II, Commissioner Sarnoff and Vice Chair Suarez
Absent: Commissioner Carollo
CRA-R-11-0031
Chair Dunn: Okay, resolution -- item 3.
Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 3,
Commissioners, are three parcels of land on Northwest 4th Avenue. This is a newly -- new area
within the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) boundary of Overtown. This is part of the
expanded boundary that occurred in the interlocal agreement in 2009. It's one of those areas
that I really feel since I've been at the CRA is a forgotten area, and this is a great opportunity
where we really got a great price for three parcels of property in an area that I think would really
benefit from the commitment of the Board and the CRA to move forward and redevelop in that
area. These are three parcels of land. And just to make note to the Clerk's office, there is a typo.
It is not $247,500 [sic]. It is actually 247,500 for the three parcels of land. There were a couple
more zeros there that needed to be. But really, what we want to do here is consolidate for the
purpose of development. And as I said, these are three pieces of property; two of them are
vacant, one of them has a dilapidated building on it, which will be -- have to be torn down. But
you know, we really think that this is an area that we need to start looking into a little bit more
from the CRA standpoint.
Chair Dunn: Is there a motion?
Commissioner Gort: Move it.
Vice Chair Suarez: Second.
Chair Dunn: Moved by Commissioner -- I mean, Chair -- Board Member Gort, second by Board
Member Suarez. I'm going to yield. I know we did it the other way, but I'm going to yield for
public hearing. Yes.
Grady Muhammad: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Grady Muhammad --
Chair Dunn: State your name and address for the record.
Mr. Muhammad: -- CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Miami Dade First, 5800 Northwest 7th
Avenue, Suite 212G. Great projects. We're doing it in a timely manner. We're going to be able
to create affordable housing. We should continue to do this. Some things I have to enter to the
record is also pertaining to housing, and I'd like to give to the Board and for the Clerk as well.
Chair Dunn: Thank you. Let me just also for the record as -- was that the completion of your
statement?
Mr. Muhammad: No, Mr. Chairman.
Chair Dunn: Oh, not yet? Okay.
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Mr. Muhammad: I just wanted to (UNINTELLIGIBLE) --
Chair Dunn: All right.
Mr. Muhammad.- -- for the record. What I've just given is in essence -- especially specifically
the last page because we're doing expansions and we're doing housing. We have programs and
we spent $2.2 million in residential housing. There's a property owner, corporation, JEJ
Properties, Incorporated spent, over two years ago, $350,000 with the expectation that the CRA
would be reimbursing it. The property address is 1028 Northwest 3rdAvenue. And again, it's
part of the residential, historical, as well as commercial. All of those packages there have spent
over $2 million for the Downtown Miami Partnership wraparound building for residential, for
commercial, as well as historic. This building fits all three. It's a two-story, 30-unit apartment
complex north of the CRA-owned tot lot and this has gone on for some many years. The previous
executive director, the late executive director, Mr. Jim Villacorta, as well as the former CRA
Chairwoman approved these projects. The Board -- again, it's part of the program. Money has
been spent. Somehow this has fell through the cracks, hasn't been -- wasn't never funded. Every
other project is there the CRA's funded upfront. This project has never been funded. It was
funded upfront out of the owner's pocket and the CRA has never reimbursed. We requested a
meeting with the executive director to try to get this stuff and I'm bringing it to the Board
because it's the issue of fairness and it's a long time coming, and the property owner/corporation
has spent their monies. We will look at, you know, the Board or director to -- the executive
director to look at the reimbursements, providing the proper documentation, you know, being
presented to the executive director from what we've already spent. As long as proper
documentation could be -- valid documentation that shows we spent 30 units, a two-story
apartment for renovations and we're proposing for HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons
with AIDS) housing because they're all efficiencies, and we're proposing for HOPWA housing,
Housing Opportunities for People [sic] with AIDS. Again, we've never received funding. What
I've given you is the package that millions have been spent in Overtown, 3rdAvenue, all over,
and here's a property owner, business owner who spent their money with the expectation for the
community to be able to get those funds reimbursed and they've never done, unfortunately. And
I'm just bringing it because we're spending more dollars and it's a good thing, but let's be fair to
the current and existing property owners.
Chair Dunn: Mr. Muhammad --
Mr. Muhammad: Yes.
Chair Dunn: -- while this is not directly related to the item, I will ask the executive director to sit
down with you and my office just to follow up on that. This, as you've stated, occurred preceding
his hire --
Mr. Muhammad: Yes.
Chair Dunn: -- as executive director, but certainly we'll look into it and see where this is so --
Mr. Muhammad.- Without question, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much.
Chair Dunn: All right, thank you. All right, there's a motion and a second on this item.
Commissioner Gort: Discussion.
Chair Dunn: Discussion, Board Member Gort.
Commissioner Gort: You know, in talking to the executive director, my understanding is the City
owns about seven lots within that CRA area. I think -- I asked him to please look into and see if
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there's something we can do with those lots. I mean, they're sitting there empty for a long time
and --
Chair Dunn: Well, let me -- I don't know for sure, Board Member Gort. I do know that most of
the acquisitions have occurred on the east side ofI-95. This particular acquisition will be -- if it
passes, will be occurring on the west side, which is known in Overtown as the swamp area. It's a
pretty tough area. In that immediate area I can probably recapitulate in my mind about five
murders in a year and -- just -- at least five that occurred from I-95 to the west side to about 5th
Avenue. It's probably at least five. I remember being there when I think two or three young men
were killed. And so I don't believe -- and it has some historical significance in that I-95 was the
vehicle, if you will, that kind of broke the back of the pride and joy of Overtown, so I think if we
do some land acquiring on the west side, it can help to bolster -- now I don't know if there is
some other land acquisition, but I believe most of it has been taking place on the east side,
especially since the expansion of the boundaries.
Commissioner Gort: No. Mainly, I think is the -- we need to develop. I mean, we've seen a
difference right here in Biscayne Boulevard. I'd love to see development. I'm all in favor of this,
but I hate to see vacant lots being there that --
Chair Dunn: I agree, I agree.
Commissioner Gort: -- we have to maintain and we have to pay for it.
Chair Dunn: I agree.
Commissioner Gort: So I think we should be doing something with it.
Chair Dunn: I agree. Board Member Suarez.
Vice Chair Suarez: Thank you. I just think that -- you know, I think -- I kind of agree with
Commissioner Gort's perspective that, you know, we -- how we're sitting on a lot of money, tens
of millions of dollars, and there are a lot of needs in the CRA areas in terms of housing, in terms
of policing, in terms of you know, the things that you can do properly under a CRA and, you
know, I think his frustration is that.
Chair Dunn: Sure.
Vice Chair Suarez: You know, and I don't mean to put kind of words in your mouth but it's
frustrating. I think it's frustrating for all of us 'cause -- particularly for you, I'm sure.
Chair Dunn: Oh, man.
Vice Chair Suarez: But --
Chair Dunn: Not only frustration; it can be political grief.
Vice Chair Suarez: Yes, I'm sure. Thank you.
Commissioner Gort: Well, good things are coming.
Commissioner Sarnoff.- No. I think it's been said. I think it's -- you know, my take on affordable
housing is a little different than most. I'll be the first one to admit that. I'm a market driven kind
of guy. But this is what CRAs are supposed to do. This is where the market is supposed to get a
leg up from a community redevelopment agency, so I support you on this. I have a different
perspective on -- when we get out of CRAB, and I think you and I have differences of opinions on
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that. But be that as it may, I certainly support it here.
Chair Dunn: All right, there's a motion by Board Member Gort, seconded by Board Member
Suarez. All in favor, let us hear by saying aye."
The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye.
Chair Dunn: So moved.
4. CRA RESOLUTION
11-00550
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE
OF A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,120,088, TO THE CITY
OF MIAMI FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OVERTOWN GREENWAY
FROM NW 3 AVENUE TO NW 7 AVENUE ALONG NW 11 TERRACE;
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE FUNDS, AT HIS
DISCRETION, ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS,
UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY
DOCUMENTATION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE
TO GENERAL COUNSEL; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM SEOPW TAX
INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000
File # 11-00550 06-27-2011 Cover Memo.pdf
File # 11-00550 06-27-2011 Financial Form.pdf
File # 11-00550 06-27-2011 Backup.pdf
File # 11-00550 06-27-2011 Legislation.pdf
File # 11-00550 06-27-2011 Legislation (signed).pdf
Motion by Board Member Suarez, seconded by Board Member Gort, that this matter be
ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote.
Votes: Ayes: Commissioner Gort, Chair Dunn II, Commissioner Sarnoff and Vice Chair Suarez
Absent: Commissioner Carollo
CRA-R-11-0032
Chair Dunn: All right, item number 4.
Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Mr. Chair, item
number 4 is the allocation of $1.1 million for the construction of a greenway on Northwest 11 th
Terrace going from 3rd Avenue to 7th Avenue northwest. Just to give you a quick background on
this, the greenway project has been in the redevelopment plan for the CRA (Community
Redevelopment Agency) since 2002. It has been a, from what I've read, priority for the CRA. In
2002, there, of course, wasn't enough revenues for the CRA to take advantage of that, along with
our policy that, you know, we move projects as soon as we have the money. CRA didn't start
collecting money -- additional monies to really operate and start doing projects until 2005. So
this has been on the books since about 2005. We sat down with CIP (Capital Improvements
Program). I thought it was a great addition, with the direction of the Chairman, to move forward
on this. This is a matching grant. The other half will be coming from the City. The CIP
Department has the money in place already and we're very excited about this moving forward
And like I said, this item will be the allocation of $1.1 million and change toward the
construction of the greenway. We do have plans in the future to connect that greenway from the
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9th Street Pedestrian Mall underneath the Metrorail to connect it to 3rdAvenue, and that'll be
phase two of the overall project.
Chair Dunn: Is there a motion?
Vice Chair Suarez: So move.
Commissioner Gort: Second for discussion.
Chair Dunn: Then motion by Board Member Suarez, seconded by Board Member Gort.
Discussion, Board Member Gort.
Commissioner Gort: The question that I have, at one time wasn't that tried to go all the way to
Biscayne also?
Mr. Bockweg: There were plans to have the 9th Street Pedestrian Mall to go from the Folk Life
Village all the way to Biscayne into the Museum Park --
Commissioner Gort: Right.
Mr. Bockweg: -- and that's part of the reason why the promenade was built behind club row, so
to speak, behind Northwest -- Northeast 11 th Street. From my understanding of why the project
was put on hold was because there were some issues with the railroad company, the FEC
(Florida East Coast), I believe it is, to have a pedestrian crossing from the 9th Street Pedestrian
Mall going eastwards. And that, I believe, Commissioner, that's the overall project that you were
talking about. There were plans for that, but this one would be going from 3rd Avenue all the
way to Northwest 7th.
Commissioner Gort: No. I understand, but I think we should continue to look because with all
the new facility that's being built on Biscayne Boulevard, the Museum Park, and all the -- it'll be
a natural connection to really bring development into that area.
Mr. Bockweg: We'll continue to take a look at it.
Vice Chair Suarez: Mr. Chairman, if I may.
Chair Dunn: Yes, Board Member Suarez.
Vice Chair Suarez: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think if I'm reading this right, it looks like the
CRA's contribution is 1.12 and you're getting from all other sources another 1.9, correct?
Mr. Bockweg: Yes, sir.
Vice Chair Suarez: So, you know, one of the things that appealed to me about this is it's one of
the few projects where we're not the major funding source so -- I mean, the fact that's in the
capital plan, the fact that we're not the major funding source and we're getting other
governmental monies involved, I think that's part also of what the CRA should be doing is getting
other players involved and other participants that have a vested interest in this area and seeing
the area get better. So I'm in favor of it.
Mr. Bockweg: Thank you.
Chair Dunn: All right. There's a motion by Commissioner -- by Board Member Suarez,
seconded by Board Member Gort. All in favor, let us hear by saying aye."
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DISCUSSION ITEMS
5.
11-00551
ADJOURNMENT
The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye.
Chair Dunn: So moved.
CRA DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION ITEM REQUESTING THE USE OF GENERAL OPERATING
RESERVES TO HIRE ATTORNEYS.
File # 11-00551 06-27-2011 Cover Memo.pdf
MOTION
A motion was made by Commissioner Dunn, seconded by Vice Chair Suarez, and was passed
unanimously, with Commissioner Carollo absent, authorizing the Executive Director's request to
use general operating reserves to hire a new CRA attorney.
Chair Dunn: Last item, item 5.
Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item 5,
Commissioner, is a discussion item related to going to the reserves, which we already discussed
in the last CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) meeting.
Commissioner Sarnoff So moved.
Commissioner Gort: Move it.
Vice Chair Suarez: Second.
Chair Dunn: Okay, all right. All right, it's been motioned by Commissioner -- Board Member
Sarnoff, seconded by Board Member Gort. All in favor, let us hear by saying "aye."
The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye.
Chair Dunn: So move.
Vice Chair Suarez: There's no -- I don't think there's -- there's nothing for --
Chair Dunn: No?
Vice Chair Suarez: -- Midtown.
Chair Dunn: All right. Is there a motion?
Commissioner Sarnoff. So moved.
Vice Chair Suarez: So move.
Chair Dunn: Meeting adjourned.
The meeting adjourned at 6:02 PM.
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