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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW CRA 2011-06-27 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Di • IN O9▪ IEP 19 1i? 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 City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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 City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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. City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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. City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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. City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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 City of Miami Page 7 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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 City of Miami Page 8 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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 City of Miami Page 9 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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." City of Miami Page 10 Printed on 9/8/2011 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes June 27, 2011 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. City of Miami Page 11 Printed on 9/8/2011