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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW OMNI CRA 2005-07-25 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.ci.miami.fl.us Meeting Minutes Monday, July 25, 2005 5:00 PM MEETING LOCATION DOUBLE TREE GRAND HOTEL in the GRAND BALLROOM 1717 NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE MIAMI,FLORIDA SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Johnny L. Winton, Chairman Jeffery L. Allen, Vice Chairman Angel Gonzalez, Board Member Joe Sanchez, Board Member Tomas Regalado, Board Member CRA OFFICE ADDRESS: 49 NW 5th ST, SUITE 100, Miami, FL 33128 Phone: (305) 679-6800, Fax: (305) 679-6835 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Present: Chairperson Winton, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Regalado and Vice Chairman Allen Absent: Board Member Gonzalez On the 25th day of July 2005, the Board of Directors of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) for the Southeast Overtown/Park West and Omni Districts of the City of Miami met at the Double Tree Grand Hotel, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order at 5:21 p.m. by Chairman Johnny Winton and was adjourned at 6:22 p.m. ALSO PRESENT: Frank Rollason, Executive Director, CRA, City of Miami James Villacorta, Assistant General Counsel, CRA William R. Bloom, Special Counsel, CRA (entered meeting at 5:26 p.m) Sylvia Scheider, Assistant Clerk of the Board The minutes are transcribed verbatim. Periodically, agenda items are revisited during a meeting. "[Later..]" refers to discussions that were interrupted and later continued. 1 05-00712 CRA REPORT FINANCIAL SUMMARY THROUGH MONTH END JUNE 30, 2005 Financial Summary.pdf DISCUSSED Chairman Winton: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to call to order the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) Board meeting for Omni -- Park West and Omni, this Monday, July 25, 2005, and go directly to the first agenda item, which is financials and financial summary through month end. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Yes, sir. The financial officer for the CRA, Miguel Valentin, will make a few statements, and then you can ask any questions that -- Chairman Winton: Great. Mr. Rollason: -- the Board may have. Miguel Valentin: Good evening, Commissioner, Chairman. Basically, on page 1, you will find the combined statement of financial positions, as of June 30, 2005. Then, the first item named "Cash -Unrestricted," disclosed an amount of 111,000 for Southeast Overtown, and 476,143 in Omni. Basically, these funds are going to -- will be used to fund our agenda items that we are presenting to your consideration tonight. For the month of June, we don't have any reportable condition to disclose, and we are in good shape. Commissioner Winton: Anyone have any questions? Thank you very much. Vice Chairman Allen: Mr. Chairman, I make a motion we accept the -- or do we need a motion? Mr. Rollason: No. Commissioner Allen: OK, just a report. Thanks. Commissioner Winton: It's just information, so -- 2 05-00287 CRA RESOLUTION City of Miami Paget Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH GREATER BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ("GREATER BETHEL") CONVEYING THE PROPERTY AT 240 NORTHWEST 9TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA (FOLIO NUMBER 01-0103-050-1060), AND THE PROPERTY APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET WEST ALONG NORTHWEST 8TH STREET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHWEST 8TH STREET AND NORTHWEST 2ND AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA (FOLIO NUMBER 01-0103-050-1160) (THE "PROPERTIES"), FOR THE AMOUNT OF ONE DOLLAR ($1.00), CONTINGENT UPON GREATER BETHEL ALLOWING THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO USE THE PROPERTIES FOR PARKING WHEN NOT BEING UTILIZED BY GREATER BETHEL. Cover Memo001.pdf Back-up.pdf Resolution.pdf Motion by Vice Chairman Allen, seconded by Board Member Sanchez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Chairperson Winton, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Regalado and Vice Chairman Allen Absent: 1 - Board Member Gonzalez CRA-R-05-0027 Chairman Winton: Item Number 2. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 2 and 3 are kind of joined at the hip. They are both dealing with land going back to churches. Number 2 is land going back to Greater Bethel, and Number 3 is Mount Zion, and just as a little history, the land in the Mount Zion deal came about as a sale of a tax deed, and the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) purchased the land several years ago, with the intent that the church did not have the money to cover the tax deed, and they were using this land for parking. The CRA purchased it, and at that time, the chairman stated that the objective was to eventually revert this property back to the church. When that discussion was going on, Greater Bethel got up and came to the podium and spoke about the two parcels that they're using that belong to the CRA, which are the two that are in Item Number 2. Those are properties that were conveyed to us from the City when the large amount of land was conveyed over to the City. They are both relatively small parcels. One is used by parking on the back side of Greater Bethel for the congregation, and it has been so for eons, and the front piece is a piece that is used in conjunction with their tot lot that they have for their daycare program, so when they came forward, the other issue that was raised was that I was then trying to clean things up, and they were using our property with no liability insurance. When we went to the church to get the liability insurance, at that time when the discussion took place, the Board stated that it might be best just to go ahead and convey these properties to that church, so we went to the process back in early '04. The properties were put out to bid, as is required by Chapter 163. On the Greater Bethel piece -- just as a refresher -- there was another bid that came in. We determined that the bid that came in was not in concert with the use that we wanted for the Lyric Village, which is right there in that corner. It was an office building, and so we recommended to the Board that this -- these particular parcels go to -- back to Greater Bethel at one dollar. The Board concurred and so voted on that, and then directed the administration to go back and put together a -- an agreement, and bring that agreement back so that you could actually see the agreement, City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 8/1, 2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 and that's what's here today is the agreement, which exercises what you had instructed us to do. Vice Chairman Allen: Mr. Chairman. Chairman Winton: Yes, sir. Vice Chairman Allen: Just a -- yeah, just a quick question. Commissioner Winton: Please. Vice Chairman Allen: Yeah, just a quick question. There is, nonetheless, a provision in there that will, if you will -- the property that's being conveyed, for use of which that property will be used for, there is some ability whereby the public can still have access to this -- Mr. Rollason: Yes. Vice Chairman Allen: -- at some juncture, or something to that effect? Mr. Rollason: Right now, the way both of them are set up, and Mount Zion and both of them have the gates open during the day. The public can park in there if they need to park in there, and the only time there is any restriction on it is when there's a church service or -- you know, it's usually filled up with the parishioners coming to church. Vice Chairman Allen: OK. Mr. Rollason: But during the day, Mount Zion is wide open, and Great Bethel is open for the public to park. Vice Chairman Allen: OK, so that -- OK. Board Member Sanchez: Mr. Executive Director -- Chairman Winton: Board Member Sanchez. Board Member Sanchez: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Executive Director, I'm in support of this item. I just have a question: Why did it take more than two years to get this done, especially when we're paying an outside firm a lot of money to do this? And it's just a question that I think that we do have the fiduciary responsibility, and a very good question to ask. People want to know why it took more than two years to get this done. Mr. Rollason: Well, it has taken a -- this is '04 when this was passed, April of '04, so it's taken us about a year and three or four months to get to this point. I agree that it is an excess. However, the special counsel that put this together was involved in several other issues that were ongoing with the City that were pretty pressing at the time, with Crosswinds and so forth, and to be quite honest with you, this got put on the backburner. Also, I wanted to bring both of these together to you at the same time, and there was a change in the Greater Bethel board, and there was some confusion there, and the pastor left, and it took us a while, several months for them to stabilize and come back and be able to say, yes, we want to go forward with this. There was some question about whether they wanted to, so -- I mean, I agree it took longer than it should have taken. Board Member Sanchez: All right. Chairman Winton: Any other questions? Then we need a motion. City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Vice Chairman Allen: Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we accept and adopt the resolution as stated. Chairman Winton: Need a second. Board Member Sanchez: Second. Chairman Winton: Need a -- got a motion and a second. Any further discussion? If not, all in favor, "aye. The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. 3 05-00288 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH THE HISTORIC MT. ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ("MT. ZION") CONVEYING THE FOUR (4) CRA-OWNED PROPERTIES AT 318 NORTHWEST 10TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA (FOLIO NUMBERS: 01-0102-070-1040, 01-0102-070-1041, 01-0102-070-1042, AND 01-0102-070-1043) (THE "PROPERTIES") TO MT. ZION FOR THE AMOUNT OF ONE DOLLAR ($1.00), CONTINGENT UPON MT. ZION ALLOWING THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO USE THE PROPERTIES FOR PARKING WHEN NOT BEING UTILIZED BY MT. ZION. Cover Memo.pdf Back-up Documentation.pdf Legislation.pdf Motion by Board Member Sanchez, seconded by Vice Chairman Allen, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Chairperson Winton, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Regalado and Vice Chairman Allen Absent: 1 - Board Member Gonzalez CRA-R-05-0028 Chairman Winton: Item 3. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): All right. Number 3, I've explained. It's basically the same scenario, only this was the actual tax deed deal that Reverend Ross spoke about. There're four lots, twelve and a half feet wide, so ends up with four pieces, 50 feet by 50 feet, and it just -- contingent -- congruent to their parking. Chairman Winton: Which is only 2,500 square feet, so -- Board Member Sanchez: And it's just the same circumstances. Mr. Rollason: Yes, sir. Vice Chairman Allen: Right, and just as a -- further clarification, there is a covenant running with this relative to if the church is not using the property as such, the public will have access to City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 8/1, 2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 it. Mr. Rollason: That is correct. Vice Chairman Allen: OK, thank you. Chairman Winton: Well, by the way, it is a separate -- just so the public understands this, it's a separate parcel. You can't build on a 2,500 square foot parcel in the City anyhow, so the logical adjoining -- the logical thing is to get the property in the hands of the adjoining property owners, so -- Mr. Rollason: Right. Vice Chairman Allen: Correct. Chairman Winton: -- there's a lot of reasons why this is the right decision. Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Chairman Winton: Did you make a motion? Board Member Sanchez: So move. Chairman Winton: We got a -- Vice Chairman Allen: Second. Board Member Regalado: Mr. Chairman. Chairman Winton: Motion and second. Discussion. Yes, sir. Board Member Regalado: Just a question: Who's going to fix the parking lot? Is it them or the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency)? Mr. Rollason: To fix the parking lot? Board Member Regalado: Like pave and strip it. Mr. Rollason: This particular piece with Mount Zion right now is grass, and it's -- they plan on leaving it that way until they expand the parking lot. We've done some work in Mount Zion already, and have done some recoating and striping, and that type of thing, but at this point, if anything goes forward with them, it'll be at their expense. Chairman Winton: Unless they (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Mr. Rollason: Yeah, unless they -- Chairman Winton: There are no plans for us to spend more money on this thing. Mr. Rollason: That is correct. At this time, there's not. Board Member Regalado: I understand that, but -- Mr. Rollason: But they can always ask. City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Board Member Regalado: -- they -- no, no, no, but my point was the code enforcement. I mean, Code Enforcement is going around the City citing people who are parking -- Mr. Rollason: Oh. Board Member Regalado: -- on grass. Mr. Rollason: All right. Let me explain that. They're not parking on these four pieces right now. They're adjacent to their parking lot, but even the way it's fenced right now, they don't get to it. Their driveway in is paved, and these are the four parcels that sit right adjacent to their -- and if they expand their parking, they would have to pave it, and they'd have to improve it. Chairman Winton: Any other comment? We have a motion and a second. No further discussion. All in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Winton: Like sign, opposed The motion carries. 4 05-00653 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000, TO THE BLACK ARCHIVES, HISTORY AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. IN SUPPORT OF THE 2005 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS BACARDI PARTY TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 27, 2005, AT THE HISTORIC LYRIC THEATER, 819 NORTHWEST 2ND AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR SAID PURPOSE; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 689001.550108.6.940. Cover Memo.pdf Financial Form.pdf Back-up Documentation.pdf Resolution.pdf Motion by Vice Chairman Allen, seconded by Board Member Sanchez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Chairperson Winton, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Regalado and Vice Chairman Allen Absent: 1 - Board Member Gonzalez CRA-R-05-0029 Direction to the Executive Director of the CRA by Chairman Winton to coordinate public tours of the CRA districts to showcase the capital improvement projects currently being completed in the CRA areas. Chairman Winton: Number 4. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Number 4 is a grant that I'm recommending to the Black Archives. This is in conjunction with the MTV (Music Television) Video Music Awards. This is to pay for the rental of the facility. There's quite a bit of work that has to be done. It's $20, 000. However, all the seating has to be removed. There's City of Miami Page 7 Printed on 8/1, 2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 labor involved in that, and we feel this is a good event to bring into Overtown from MTV. To have the after party event at the Lyric Theater is pretty significant. Chairman Winton: OK. Ms. Green, good afternoon. Rosa Green: Good evening, Commissioners. I'm so happy to see most of you are here today. I - Board Member Sanchez: Despite the weather. Chairman Winton: Despite the weather, yes. Ms. Green: It's the weather? Really happy to see you and to see that you -- may I say this before I say anything? That you can get out of a Commission meeting -- I don't believe this -- at 5 o'clock. I turn it on -- Chairman Winton: It tells you something. Ms. Green: -- 'round about ten to catch the ending, and there were nothing like the City Commission sitting there. Can't believe it. Board Member Sanchez: Thank you. Ms. Green: OK, but I, just as I always am, bitterly against this party, party, party. I mean, all they do in Overtown is party, and we have nothing tangible left to show for the money. Now, I'm bitterly against it, and I know you guys are going to do what you want, but I'm bitterly against you giving the Black Archives any money for any event that has anything to do with partying. That's what it will end up being, and when they finish, all we have is a bunch of junk all over our streets, like we had -- we got a big pile there now, as I was coming here, right out in -- almost in the middle of 7th Street, just stacked up there, Frank, so -- and my other point is when are they going to finish that Lyric Theater? That money -- this money, I hope that you would give it so we can see a completion before I leave the world. I would love to see Jeter Davis -- Jeter Walker, that's his name, Lyric Theater completed. This has been going on over 25 years, Commissioner Allen, almost before you were born because you're only 26, and it has not been completed. Now, we are sick and tired of being -- I am. 171 say `I" I can speak for me, and I'm sure if my community was here, they would say the same thing. Sick and tired of being sick and tired of all these dollars being spent frivolously, and we don't see anything tangible to show for it. It's just not right. Thank you. Chairman Winton: Thank you, and I think the Black Archives is going to be able to answer the question. Del Bryan: Mr. Chairman, members of the Board, I'm a member of the community, and I certainly don't quite share Ms. Rosa's perspective on this. The Black Archives is a very important part of the community, and they've done a lot of good work. This is a cultural event. It deserves your support, and I'm going to ask you to support it. Chairman Winton: Thank you. Minda Logan: Good afternoon, Commissioners. Minda Logan, CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the Black Archives. We're very excited about the prospect of holding this type of event at the Lyric Theater. We think it marks the beginning of the renaissance of Overtown as an entertainment mecca, which it used to be in the old days when it was known as "Little Broadway," and people of all races could come together and enjoy entertainment there. We feel the event also has the potential to bring other events of this type, through the publicity that will City of Miami Page 8 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 be generated, that we hope will further the effort to bring investment and jobs to Overtown, and it will generate the kind of publicity for Overtown as a cultural tourism destination, which the Black Archives is very much working towards, to Overtown, and we ask you to support this investment, and I would like to reply to Ms. Green. The Lyric Theater is just about to begin the third phase of construction. We received some funds from the general obligation bonds, and we hope to see you all there soon. It is a beautiful facility for the entertainment of the Overtown community and the greater Miami community. Thank you. Chairman Winton: Well, and you also had some challenges associated with being able to get access to some of the land you needed for that third phase -- Ms. Logan: Exactly. Chairman Winton: -- and the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) -- Mr. Rollason: Right. Ms. Logan: And we are working with the -- Chairman Winton: -- finally made that happen. Ms. Logan: -- CRA, yes, to have that happen. Chairman Winton: It only took us four years, but we finally got it done. Ms. Logan: Exactly. We're going to get it done -- Mr. Rollason: And we're -- Ms. Logan: -- with your help. Thank you. Mr. Rollason: -- getting close on the replat. Ms. Logan: Right. Mr. Rollason: We're getting very close on that, so that's good for the alleyway. Minda, could you clarify the exact date of this because I've got the 27th on here, and somebody just told me it's maybe the 28th. What -- so we just get -- Ms. Logan: It's Saturday, the 27th. Mr. Rollason: OK. Ms. Logan: Right. Mr. Rollason: All right. Ms. Logan: OK. Thank you. Vice Chairman Allen: Mr. Chairman, Minda, before you step away, please. Ms. Logan: Sure. Vice Chairman Allen: You mentioned the fact that this is now in the third phase, I believe it was. City of Miami Page Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Ms. Logan: We will be starting that -- Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Ms. Logan: -- shortly, once we get -- acquire the land. Vice Chairman Allen: Right, if you will, how would you characterize the project? It would go to a fourth and fifth stage, and thereupon, it will be -- Ms. Logan: No. This will be the final phase. Vice Chairman Allen: Good. That's what I -- Ms. Logan: The third phase is the -- Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Ms. Logan: -- final phase. Vice Chairman Allen: Put that on the record. Ms. Logan: And that will include the expansion of the actual house of the theater. Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Thank you. Ms. Logan: Thank you. Chairman Winton: Thank you. Any other comments? So -- Commissioner Allen: Well, Mr. Chairman, if I may, I make a motion to -- Board Member Sanchez: Second. Chairman Winton: We have a motion and a second to support this. Board Member Regalado: Mr. Chairman. Chairman Winton: Yes, sir. Board Member Regalado: This is an important event. MTV is a signature event, and of course, the CRA has to step in. However, I think that this kind of support should come from Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority. That is the role of that agency. Unfortunately, the board killed all the projects to support this kind of project, but this is about tourism. This is about event, and you know, if nobody else does it, might as well the CRA, but this MTV thing could have been an extraordinary event, more so than what they're planning now, just an after party event, whatever, after -event party, if we had had an agency that would understand that to bring MTV here was dcult, and to keep it, you need to do things that other cities do for them, so you know, if we don't have MSEA (Miami Sports and Exhibition), well, I guess the CRA has to step in, but I'm just saying that, you know, the law of unintended consequences, the money for the Orange Bowl, but these kind of events are worth it for Overtown, downtown, the Omni, and -- so I'm supporting it. Chairman Winton: And I guess as -- making kind of the last comment -- and Ms. Green knows this. I've struggled with this kind of issue relative to both the City Commission and the CRA since the first day I got elected. I continue to struggle with the concept. However, I will say that, City of Miami Page 10 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 to Commissioner Teele's credit, he did convince me that there is a role. Now the question is how big a role, and that's the thing that I struggle with immensely, that there is a role for both City government and the CRA to help in financial support of some of these things. I just don't know what the -- I struggle with how much, but I will say, on the capital improvement side, we had a group of individuals from around the state and a number of local state representatives -- Thursday or Friday? Mr. Rollason: Thursday. Chairman Winton: -- Thursday evening here in town. We gave them a tour of both the Omni and the Overtown/Park West CRAs, and showed them the kind of capital improvement projects that the CRA is finally doing, where you can see real footprints on the street, real dollars being spent for real things that you can look at and understand for years to come, and it was -- I'm the chairman and I was surprised, and I know all this stuff kind of individually, but if you don't see it all at once, you don't understand the impact that we're finally beginning to have, and so, I would encourage, Frank, for you to reach out into the public community, as well, and see if we couldn't put together the same kind of tour just for the public, and I don't know how you get people signed up to come, but think it would be a worthwhile exercise because I think people, by and large, will be surprised, and particularly, when you add on some of the other things that we've got corning. Mr. Rollason: I agree. Chairman Winton: So we have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? If not, all in favor, 'aye. " The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. 5 05-00654 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000, TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST, INC. TO UNDERWRITE A PORTION OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH "LIGHTING THE HOUSE" A 2005 ART BASEL LISTED EVENT TO BE HELD IN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR SAID PURPOSE; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM OMNI TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 686001.590320.6.940. Cover Memo.pdf Financial Form.pdf Back-up Documentation.pdf Resolution.pdf Motion by Board Member Sanchez, seconded by Vice Chairman Allen, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Chairperson Winton, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Regalado and Vice Chairman Allen Absent: 1 - Board Member Gonzalez CRA-R-05-0030 City of Miami Page 11 Printed on 8/1, 2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 5 is a grant to the Performing Arts Center Trust. It is a grant to help to defray some of the expenses -- and I know Michael Hardy is here tonight -- of an event coming up called "Lighting the House." It deals -- it's going to be an Art Basel event, which is sort of a double hit for us, which is good, getting people into the area, and we'll talk about that when we get into another item on the agenda, but this is a grant to them to help offset some of the costs of one element of that event, which is the actual lighting and the display of the figures on the side of the building, which should really be a pretty exciting event. This will probably be the first public event. Chairman Winton: And this is coming out of which CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency)? Mr. Rollason: This is coming out of the Omni CRA. Chairman Winton: OK. Mr. Rollason: This will come out of the Omni CRA. Chairman Winton: Is anybody from Performing Arts Center -- Michael. Michael Hardy: Good afternoon. I'm Michael Hardy of the Performing Arts Center. Good afternoon, Commissioners. This $75,000 assistance we're requesting is 18 percent of the total cost of the project. The project totally costs 422, 000; 157 of that is cost borne by the Performing Arts Center from existing budget; 265 hard costs, so it's 18 percent of the total. It's 28 percent of the hard cost. The project has -- described for you in the paper you've got, it's got several components; a sound and light show, which is extremely important to us. It takes off from the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) project that you helped us fund over a year ago, where we'll be able to turn the entire exterior of the building into projections for art, for sponsorships for showing shows on the inside of the theaters, as well as a parade of kids we've been training for the last -- over a year now in a variety of communities, under a program called Walking Tall, which we began in partnership with the Rafael Penalver Clinic in East Little Havana; now also with El Centro (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in Homestead, with the Community Partnership for the Homeless and Overtown Youth Center, and the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center. We've given -- and the City of North Miami Parks and Recreation Department. We are this fall adding 20 new community sites to this partnership. We expect about 200 children from these various parts of the community to come and participate in this event. As a parade, it's very important to us to have that kind of outreach; to have those kids and the parents of those kids, who'll be making their costumes and so on, show up here. We've really got to lay this message very strongly that the Performing Arts Center is a community resource. It's for the community. It does have classical opera and classical ballet, but it's got kids doing break dancing. It's got artists from this community being able to have their art projected on the exterior of the building, et cetera. Chairman Winton: Thank you. Vice Chairman Allen: If I may -- yeah. Chairman Winton: Anyone got a question? Vice Chairman Allen: Quick question -- Chairman Winton: Yes, sir. Vice Chairman Allen: -- Mr. Chairman. This is open to the public. This is not an "invitation only" event? City of Miami Page 12 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Mr. Hardy: That's correct. We anticipate an attendance of about 5,000. Biscayne Boulevard will be closed, with permission of FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation), which has been received. Chairman Winton: Any other questions? Yes, sir. Board Member Sanchez: I'm just -- Chairman Winton: Board Member Sanchez. Board Member Sanchez: -- I just -- Mr. Chairman, thank you. I would like to just elaborate on what was said here, and I'm going to talk about three items that are just going to be very brief. I think that we've done the right thing for the CRA. We've created capital improvement projects, beautification projects, and we have turned the area around little by little. It's been hard, and I think that we have a lot to be proud of but I'll tell you one thing that we must do to that area, and it's something that's suffered throughout the entire city in different areas. If you do not promote an area, you could have the greatest location; you could build it, and people will not come, and when you have these items that are in front of us to, first of all, bring people to an area to change the image, to change the characteristic of it and improve -- you could have a great area, and if you don't have safety, if you don't have events, if you don't have culture and art, you don't have all the ingredients to bring what I consider to be success to a revitalization area, and that is our responsibility, to revitalize that area, so all these great events that we're doing there, we are bringing people that may have never had an opportunity to visit that area and see what we've done, see the improvements that have been made; see that there's opportunity for all, whether it's art, whether it's be -- it's development, whether it is -- whatever you want to push, but I just think that all this money -- and Ms. Green, I think she left. I have the utmost respect for her. She's been a champion for that area. I love to talk to her. I don't agree with her on all the issues, but I tend to have a very good time talking to her sometimes, but if we don't do these things -- and we have the opportunity now under Florida Statute 163. That money is well used, and by law, it could be used to promote the area. You could build, develop, do whatever you want, and if you don't get people to come to that area, you're going to fail, and this is the perfect opportunity, with all these great events, and the PAC Center, and the Lyric gem, and all the new stuff that's happening in that community to revitalize that area to really show the history of it, which it is, at the end, a very historical neighborhood that we want to preserve, and we want to make sure that it succeeds. Mr. Hardy: Thank you, Commissioner. I'd just like to add -- because you're reminding me of an important piece of this. We have -- there's a separate proposal coming before you later of an event to be produced by OmniArt in the same evening. We've worked with them to plan these events back-to-back so that our crowd spills into their event; it goes on into the early hours of the morning, as it did very successfully last year, so we consider ourselves partners with them in this, and you'll hear from them later. Board Member Regalado: Chairman. Chairman Winton: Yes, sir. Board Member Regalado: Two questions. You said that you expect 5,000 persons to the public event. These are the people invited parents, and public in general, right? Mr. Hardy: Yes. Board Member Regalado: But if you like advertise and promote the event, many will come; more than 5,000. City of Miami Page 13 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Mr. Hardy: It's an issue we're working on, how do we control the crowd. We're going to have to have some sort of free, but wristband attendance within the zone that 5,000 people are legally permissible. We're working with the police to determine what that is, how to control that. Because the parade goes around the perimeter of the exterior, and down 2nd Avenue, as well, people can stand outside the plaza area of the Performing Arts Center. We can increase that attendance. We could have the problem of too many people showing up. It's a possibility. Board Member Regalado: Yeah, because I would think that there will be a media hype before the -- Mr. Hardy: And an Art Basel hype, too. Board Member Regalado: -- event, and some people may just decide -- so my second question is, where are they going to park? Mr. Hardy: Well, we're working with the City Manager on the Bicentennial Park, as an option for that. We've already got -- discussions with the School Board for the School Board lot across Second Avenue, with Omni building for its 2,700 parking spaces. We have a preliminary parking plan for the actual center when it opens up that gives us about 4,000 spaces within a block and a half of the Performing Arts Center site. We'll be promoting all of that. We also find, by just watching the book fair and some other street fair -type events, that that's the one kind of event where you can begin to count on some -- from the People Mover, the Metromover, some kind of public transportation to assist in the -- getting people there, but we will have a map out that will include over 3,000 spaces for people to choose from, within a block and a half. Chairman Winton: Any other questions? Do we have a motion on this? Board Member Sanchez: Yeah. Vice Chairman Allen: Yes. Board Member Sanchez: Motion and a second. James Villacorta (Assistant General Counsel, Community Redevelopment Agency): Commissioners. Chairman Winton: Do we have a motion? Board Member Sanchez: So move. Mr. Villacorta: Commissioners. Chairman Winton: Oh, yes, sir. Mr. Villacorta: The -- in the interest of transparency, the -- this grant is going towards the "Lighting the House " section of the event, but there's two other portions, the parade and the street performances. The Executive Director's daughter is an artist that has grown up here in South Florida; gone to the New World Performing Arts School, graduated; is internationally and nationally known, and she will be participating in the parade section, so some of the other funds will be going to pay her salary. The Law Department's looked at this -- Chairman Winton: "Some of the other funds," what does that mean? Mr. Villacorta: Some of the other -- I guess, the budget is 400, 000. City of Miami Page 14 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Chairman Winton: Yes. Mr. Villacorta: Our 75, 000 is going towards "Lighting the House." Some of the other funds will be used for these other two events. Board Member Sanchez: And what is -- or -- Chairman Winton: So -- Board Member Sanchez: -- what's the rec -- what's the legal opinion from our attorney? Is there a conflict of interest? Mr. Villacorta: No, there's no conflict. Vice Chairman Allen: No, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) disclosure. Mr. Villacorta: We've examined it under the City statutes, the state statutes, and the County's ordinances, and have found no conflict. Chairman Winton: Great, but you wanted to put it on the record so that -- Mr. Villacorta: We just wanted to put that on the record. Chairman Winton: -- there's nothing -- Vice Chairman Allen: Precisely. Chairman Winton: -- hidden. Vice Chairman Allen: And because the disclosure was timely, as well. Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Vice Chairman Allen: Right, so we're fine. Chairman Winton: Great. Thank you very much for putting that on the record. Any other discussion? If not, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. Board Member Sanchez: I'm sorry. There was -- I made the motion, and I believe Commissioner Allen second it. Chairman Winton: I think so, yes. Vice Chairman Allen: I second the motion. Board Member Sanchez: For the record. 6 05-00655 CRA RESOLUTION City of Miami Page 15 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RATIFYING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COMMITMENT OF UP TO $40,560 IN FUNDING FOR THE OVERTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM CRIME REDUCTION INITIATIVE; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 689001.550108.6.940. Cover Memo.pdf Financial Form.pdf Back-up.pdf Resolution.pdf Motion by Board Member Sanchez, seconded by Vice Chairman Allen, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Chairperson Winton, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Regalado and Vice Chairman Allen Absent: 1 - Board Member Gonzalez CRA-R-05-0031 Chairman Winton: Number 6. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Number 6 is a ratification of action that took as the Executive Director when we were working on the program in the Overtown. There was a crime reduction initiative that was put together with the Police Department, and the police -- Board Member Sanchez: So move. Mr. Rollason: -- and I know Commander Gomez is here tonight, was going to speak on it. I don't -- I haven't seen him, but -- Chairman Winton: We have a motion. Vice Chairman Allen: I second. Board Member Sanchez: So move. Chairman Winton: And a second. Do we have any further discussion on this? If not, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. [Later.] Chairman Winton: So, Commissioner Sanchez -- or Board Member Sanchez, thank you for staying for the agenda. Vice Chairman Allen: Thank you. Chairman Winton: Now -- oh, yeah. We need to go back to the agenda item on the policing money. Commander Gomez wanted to put some comments on the record related to that, but he City of Miami Page 16 Printed on 8/1, 2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 couldn't get here for that item, so we're going to -- it doesn't have anything to do with our vote. He just wants to put some information -- Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 6. Chairman Winton: -- on the record. Vice Chairman Allen: Item Number 6. Chairman Winton: Commander. Commander Jorge Gomez: Sir, I apologize, but I was on the monthly COMSTAT meeting that just ended. I met prior with Mr. Rollason reference the program initiative that we're going to start in the CRA area. Has he briefed you how that project's going to work? Chairman Winton: I mean, personally, but I -- Mr. Rollason: No, I mean, we have personally, but we didn't go into it here tonight. You weren't here, and they passed it -- Commander Gomez: OK. Mr. Rollason: -- and -- Commander Gomez: Basically, what we're going to start, the initiative we want to target the area. We want to do several things. One of the things is a three-month project, in which we're going to do several reverse stings, high visibility patrols in the areas on the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) properties that we having problems. Chairman Winton: Reverse sting means you're going after the buyers, not just the sellers. Commander Gomez: The buyers, but when we conduct the reverse stings, first of all, what we do, we target the sellers first. Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Chairman Winton: Right. Commander Gomez: Initially, we go -- and then, what we try to do is like a supply and demand. We try to get rid of the buyers, that way the sellers would not come back, and we're going to dedicate a problem -solving team to this area for three months. They won't be able to leave that area. They're just going to target that area, and additionally, I -- when I met with Mr. Rollason, was about to put additional funds -- Chairman Winton: Who's monkeying with the lights? Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Chairman Winton: Keep going. I'm sorry. Commander Gomez: -- in order when a problem -solving team leaves after ten hours of work, so that additional officer will stay there to make sure that the problem does not come back; the problem after the problem's taken care of. Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Mr. Assistant Chief, ifI may, Mr. Chairman, based on this, this is City of Miami Page 17 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 going to require additional manpower, or will you be taking manpower away from the balance of Overtown to address this issue for a short period of time? Could you address that? Chairman Winton: I didn't understand the question. Did you -- Vice Chairman Allen: All right. You're going to put together, if you will, a solution team, enhancement team to carry out these objectives. Commander Gomez: We have that team in place, sir. Vice Chairman Allen: Right, so to that end, does that mean that you're going to hire additional staff or are you going to pull manpower from your existing staff that covers the entire Overtown area? Because it appears to me you're targeting a certain area, which is the -- you know, Overtown, Omni, Park West redevelopment area, and there are other areas of Overtown, so I'm just -- Commander Gomez: Correct. Vice Chairman Allen: -- wondering will there be a subtraction of manpower from some -- certain other sections of Overtown. Commander Gomez: No, sir. Vice Chairman Allen: OK. Commander Gomez: What we're going to do is -- the program -- what we're going to do, our problem -solving team, which targets Overtown as a whole -- Vice Chairman Allen: Great. Commander Gomez: -- for those three months, they're just going to target this area, OK, and after we target in this area, crime is going to be displaced. That's when we're going to bring our crime suppression team to take care of those areas where this crime is displaced to. As a matter of fact, next week I'm starting a project on -- just on the south side of the CRA area for a week just to see the same thing. It's like a blockage. It's going to be patrolled 24 hours a day; see the type of difference that we can make, see if our part one crimes go down; see if our people that come just to Overtown to buy narcotics don't come back, which I think is going to be very successful, but we do have a backup plan where we're going to put our PST there -- CST, the Crime Suppression Team, will be in the other side waiting for the people that get displaced into the other areas. Chairman Winton: Good thank you. Vice Chairman Allen: Thank you. 7 05-00701 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $110,000, TO THE POINCIANA VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. (THE "ASSOCIATION") FOR FAQADE AND COMMON AREA REPAIRS FOR THE COMPLEX LOCATED AT 269 NORTHWEST 7TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE THE GRANT FUNDS TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPLETED City of Miami Page 18 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 AND APPROVED WORK, OR DIRECTLY TO SUPPLIERS AND VENDORS, UPON RECEIPT OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR SAID PURPOSE; ALLOCATING FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT Of $50,000, FROM FISCAL YEAR 2005 SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 689001.550108.6.940 AND FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000, FROM FISCAL YEAR 2006 SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 689001.550108.6.940. Cover Memo.pdf Financial Form .pdf Back-up.pdf Resolution.pdf Motion by Board Member Sanchez, seconded by Vice Chairman Allen, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Chairperson Winton, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Regalado and Vice Chairman Allen Absent: 1 - Board Member Gonzalez CRA-R-05-0032 Chairman Winton: Number 7. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Number 7 is a grant to the Poinciana Village Condominium Association in the amount of $110, 000. This -- I know Del Bryan is here tonight to speak on it, but basically what we're doing here is there are some basic infrastructure items dealing with that facility that have just gone on for years, deteriorated to the point that the people that live within that facility, without the other tower being built, have not had the wherewithal to be able to maintain the infrastructure of that facility. Board Member Sanchez: So move. Chairman Winton: Need a second. Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Yeah, well, yeah, second for a quick discussion. Chairman Winton: OK. Discussion. Yes, sir. Vice Chairman Allen: Yes, Mr. Chairman. Frank, you mentioned that this is a grant being used for the infrastructure. Will this alleviate the entire infrastructure issues, or what's -- Mr. Rollason: No, it does not. If you look in the package, there's two budgets there that you will see; one of them is the piece where they've asked us to fund, which basically deals with the canopies, and with some of the spalling and leaking in the facility, but then, right behind that, there's another budget that -- Vice Chairman Allen: For the -- Mr. Rollason: -- they have quite a few other items that -- Vice Chairman Allen: I see. Mr. Rollason: -- they are addressing somehow in-house. City of Miami Page 19 Printed on 8/1, 2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Vice Chairman Allen: But there's clearly a public health need here. Mr. Rollason: Yes. I mean, with their issues with water intrusion into some of the apartments now, and the canopies have been to where there are no canopies, and we've just got metal frames sticking up there for several years. Chairman Winton: And it was originally a CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) project. Board Member Sanchez: Right. Mr. Rollason: That's correct. Chairman Winton: And so I think that's the nexus here is that it historically has been a CRA project. It was supposed to be continued as a CRA project, and we all know where we stand on the rest of that development. We thought we were moving forward, and we've been sued by both Power U and that new guy who bought the arena, so -- Board Member Sanchez: It's got a lot of bad history. Chairman Winton: So, yeah, it seems jinxed. Mr. Rollason: The one thing I do want to put on the record, because we have stressed this, and it's in the legislation, and we have stressed it verbally, but I think it needs to be on the record, so when the minutes are pulled, is that this is the end. We've discussed this, and I think the CRA has gone way beyond what is reasonably expected, understanding the circumstances, but we're -- our position is at this point -- of course, the Board can always, you know, make changes -- from the administration is that this is it. This one last time, go -around, and I don't want to see Del at my door again. Board Member Sanchez: So this is -- you would consider this to be a -- Del Bryan: I don't think you mean that. Chairman Winton: For this issue. Mr. Rollason: For this issue. Board Member Sanchez: -- fair bail out. Chairman Winton: For this issue, Del. Mr. Rollason: Yeah, this is -- that's right. Board Member Sanchez: Yeah, and you would consider this a fair bail out, but I got to put something on the record, you know. They were the ones, the pioneers that believed in Overtown. When the project came up, they invested money. The deal went south; they got stuck with it. They held in there for many years, and today they're here, and you know, I'm glad to see that we're going to extend the hand and help them out, and see if we can complete, hopefully, with the grace of God, we could get that project done and move on to other great things in that area, so thank you so much. Chairman Winton: Yes, sir. Board Member Regalado: I remember Del in, I guess, 1996, right? -- City of Miami Page20 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Mr. Bryan: Yeah. Board Member Regalado: -- when I first got elected, and if we want to set the record straight, people need to know that the residents like you, you have to pay an increase -- an ever increasing monthly maintenance fee. People (UNINTELLIGIBLE) foreclosure on many apartments. I mean, the whole thing was a mess, and what people don't know now is the promises that the City made many years ago, and you know, some day, history has to be written about that project because it looks like if we are like, hey, we're going to give you this, but don't come back, but the fact of the matter is that our predecessors made some commitments and resolutions, and I remember some of them, that promised a lot for you guys, and they never delivered, so you know, I think that historically this is not a handout. This is just fulfilling some of the unkept promises. Mr. Bryan: It's a helping handout. We appreciate that. Board Member Regalado: OK. Mr. Bryan: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the Board; appreciate your being -- considering this favorably. It's been a long road, and we have, as you said we've stuck it out. We're a part of the City fabric. We want to stay here; we plan to stay here. We represent a mix of a lot of what you'll see coming into that area as it grows, and we've made a commitment. We've stayed there through the very, very bad time, the not -so -bad time. We're looking forward to the somewhat good times, and then the great times to follow that, and we believe in the future of the City of Miami, and we believe in the neighborhood, and we also try to reach out to our neighbors, and I personally do a lot of stuff in the community there, too, so you know, with getting this project complete, and I know everyone here is working at it, it will bring you a lot of good citizens to the City, who will be hardworking, taxpaying citizens, and it's a win -win situation. Frank, I want to thank you for staying with it, and I know sometimes we were a little bit of an irritant, and to Mr. Chairman, you have been very frank and forthright in your comments, and I will go ahead and put on the record I understand that, you know, this here ends this particular issue. Chairman Winton: Thank you. Mr. Bryan: Is that political enough, Frank? Chairman Winton: Any other discussion? Mr. Bryan: Thank you. Chairman Winton: If not, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. Number 8. Mr. Bryan: Thank you, gentlemen. Chairman Winton: Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry. Were you going to put something on the record here on Number 8? Charles Cutler: Yes, on Number 7. Chairman Winton: I mean 7, yes. City of Miami Page21 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Mr. Cutler. In reference to -- Chairman Winton: Charles, you need to put your name on the record, please. Mr. Cutler: Charles Cutler, 706 Northwest 4th Avenue, Veterans Employment and Transition Services. As you know, I represent the Veterans Employment and Transition Services, and we work diligently in the community to create jobs and training for the people in the Overtown area. Now, in terms of a lot of projects and the funding that's going down now -- Chairman Winton: Does this conversation have to do with Number 7? Mr. Cutler: Yes. Chairman Winton: OK. Mr. Cutler: I'm going to get there. OK, dealing with blight and the facade and all that. Now, particularly, I'm talking about the building located at 1163 Northwest 3rdAvenue, the old WMBMtelevision station. That's an eyesore in our community, where people just hang out over there, and we did submit a proposal. We went through a lot of hard work, and we went through a lot of expenses to bring Subway in. We put together an unsolicited proposal and submit it to Frank, and there were some issues that came up, and look like everything just died, and what my concern is -- Chairman Winton: I'm struggling to understand how this has to do with Number 7 -- Mr. Cutler: OK. Chairman Winton: -- Charles. Mr. Cutler: What it has to do with is the facade, and just like you were saying, blight and the responsibility of the CRA to develop the community. Chairman Winton: So this isn't about Number 7; it's about your agenda. Mr. Cutler: No, no, no. Really, it's not -- no, it is not about my agenda, Commissioner. It seems as though there are people that have an inside track that can come in and get things done, while other issues that other people have within the community are being sidetracked, so what I'm trying to do, for the sakes of being able to be a more effective representative in the community, is to try to figure out exactly what's going on. Vice Chairman Allen: Mr. Chairman. Mr. Cutler: Because there's hardly any land in the community. The church is getting the land, and I ain't got no problem with that, but we need economic development in the community, and when I see grant money going out, then when it comes down to human issues, it's no money being addressed to deal with -- to address the real serious issues of employment and the lack of income that's being generated in the community, just like the project that we just gave to Poinciana. They were supposed to move a trailer a few years ago -- Chairman Winton: Charles. Mr. Cutler: -- when they got money, and the trailer is still there. Chairman Winton: Charles. City of Miami Page22 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Mr. Cutler: So what my point is, Commissioner, what my point is is that I think that, from my own assessment because I grew up over here. I've been living here -- Chairman Winton: Charles. Mr. Cutler: -- for a long time. Chairman Winton: Your two minutes is about up here. Mr. Cutler: OK, so I understand your point about this particular item, but it all ties in together, and either we're going to move -- I just need to know what -- Chairman Winton: Charles. Mr. Cutler: -- are we supposed to do, in terms of trying to work with the Commissioners -- Chairman Winton: Well, you hit about 800 -- Mr. Cutler: -- with the CRA -- Chairman Winton: -- points, Charles, so I think what you need to do is go meet with Frank, and make sure that your point is clear. I don't know if the point is about the first building you talked about, or whether it's about the 80 other things that you described, but figure out what the point is, get with Frank, and see if there's something we can work on. Vice Chairman Allen: And, Mr. Chairman, that was a recommend -- Chairman Winton: And you and I have been doing that from day one. Mr. Cutler: Yeah, yeah, I understand I understand. Vice Chairman Allen: Right, Mr. Chairman, that -- and that was the recommendation I was going to make. I hear your concerns, the legitimate concerns. I would advise that -- Mr. Cutler: OK, I did meet with Frank, but I'll try it again. Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Chairman Winton: Well, I'm not saying that it's going to be something that works. I don't even know the details -- Vice Chairman Allen: Right. Chairman Winton: -- but that's what you need to do. Vice Chairman Allen: Yeah, what I hear from you -- you had three main issues. We'll streamline that. Of course, I'll assist in some way; hopefully have this information communicated to Frank, OK? Mr. Cutler: OK. Mr. Bryan: Mr. Chair, begging your indulgence, Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer were not able to be with us this evening. Her daughter's here, if you might, one second. City of Miami Page23 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Chairman Winton: Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Bernice A. Sawyer -Watson: Good evening, Commissioners. I just wanted to extend my gratitude from my family for the support that you have given for this project, and to assure you that we have been Over -- I was born in Overtown; my family has been there since the early 1900s. They were entrepreneurs and big civic leaders, and so forth, so I see this as a very viable project to bring new blood in. I see the high-rises going up. I understand there are office buildings. If this project goes forward, and with the assistance that you're giving to the Poinciana Village to help with the development there and the other projects, lawsuits being barred, going forward to bring new birth down there, and I just want to assure you -- you know my family's heritage. You probably don't know me because I do live in Virginia, but I have plans and interests there, and my family is very much involved' and we plan on being here. I started this when they took our property through eminent domain, not for, you know -- that's another issue, and my father and I, and my mother made the decision to stay and to fight, and to make sure that we would have a presence there to let others know about what we've done and what we're going to do, and by no means are we leaving. Whatever it takes, we will be there, and I believe in my heart that this project will go forward, and I mean -- when I started I had -- I was what, 18, 20, and it has been 30 years, but I do believe it's going to go forward, and I have faith in that, and I just -- Chairman Winton: So do we. Ms. Sawyer -Watson: -- wanted to put that out for the record, and my family will be here to support it -- Chairman Winton: Thank you very much. Ms. Sawyer -Watson: -- and they're there now. Thank you. Chairman Winton: Thank you. Now, we've already taken a vote, so can we move to Item Number 8? 8 05-00717 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000, TO MIART FOUNDATION, INC. ("MIART") TO UNDERWRITE A PORTION OF THE COST OF THE 2005 ART BASEL LISTED EVENT ENTITLED "OMNIART - MIAMI III," CONTINGENT UPON MIART DEMONSTRATING THAT IT HAS SECURED FUNDING FOR THE BALANCE OF THE EVENTS BUDGET; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE THE GRANT FUNDS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS TO MIART OR DIRECTLY TO SUB -GRANTEES OR VENDORS UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM OMNI TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.686001.590320.6.940. Cover Memo.pdf Financial Form.pdf Back-up Documentation.pdf Resolution.pdf Motion by Board Member Sanchez, seconded by Vice Chairman Allen, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. City of Miami Page 24 Printed on 8/1, 2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Votes: Ayes: 4 - Chairperson Winton, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Regalado and Vice Chairman Allen Absent: 1 - Board Member Gonzalez CRA-R-05-0033 Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 8 is the -- another Art Basel event that was spoken to by Michael Hardy, which will -- the intent is to follow the "Lighting of the House, " and it is an OmniArt - Miami III project. We've had two previous ones that have been very successful; last year's was great. According to the Art Basel people, it was one of the best events they had -- Board Member Sanchez: So move. Mr. Rollason: -- during the whole time, so -- Board Member Sanchez: So move. Mr. Rollason: Now -- Vice Chairman Allen: Second. Chairman Winton: We have a motion, second. Keep going, so -- Mr. Rollason: Ms. Spiro is here tonight, and they wanted to show you something. They did want to talk to you for a moment, if you could bear with them. Board Member Sanchez: Hopefully, it's a brief presentation, right? Tina Spiro: It's extremely brief (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Board Member Sanchez: How about a "thank you"? Ms. Spiro: I'm not sure I can see that far, so you'll have to tell me -- Board Member Sanchez: How about a "Thank you. We'll see you later." Ms. Spiro: -- what's on the screen. OK. Well, we'll start with -- that's our covering page, OmniArt III. It would take place on December 2, 2005, and as Michael Hardy just explained, it will be a sequential event to "Lighting the House." Chairman Winton: Ms. Green, shh. Thank you. Ms. Spiro: I could read you every word, but I'll try and condense everything. Chairman Winton: Please do not. Ms. Spiro: It's being done in collaboration with the Miami Performing Arts Center. It's a continuation of the original OmniArt, which took place last year, and our mission during that OmniArt was to promote the emergence of the Omni area and the surrounding neighborhood as Miami's newest art district. I think we were -- we had a lot of impact. It was fairly successful. OmniArt - Miami III is an art festival with emphasis on art education, and Miami is the center of the capital -- the art capital of the Americas, and it's free and open to the public. The MIART Foundation, in which Dorothy Long, who's operating the PowerPoint presentation here, she's the chairman, is community -based. It's a not -for -profit visual arts organization dedicated to City of Miami Page 25 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 high quality special exhibitions and advanced art education program, which is where we are hoping to go in the long-term, and lectures open to the public. The foundation's goal is to support the emergence of Miami artists on the world art scene, and to help reinforce currently evolving Miami renaissance. It's happening all around us right now. It's totally exciting. It grew out of this plan that -- as a matter of fact, Eleanor Klueger, who I wish was amongst us, but she encouraged me with this idea to paint the warehouses in the area as an interim project. I worked on this with my husband, who's an urban planner, and he should be here, but he's otherwise busy, and this was commissioned by the City of Miami. It's funded by a basket of different funding, and we -- to create an artistic urban setting for the Performing Arts Center neighborhood. We've been fairly successful with this, at least the appearance of the neighborhood is greatly improved at very minimal cost. We can't improve some of the street landscape, which is, you know, the people who are on the street, but hopefully, that will be taken care of in time. It's a celebration of the Omni area. It's an attraction pole for the arts, and creating an identity for the impact Omni as the head of the arts corridor, which we envision eventually -- I mean, I guess we all do in Miami -- eventually, the cultural corridor will extend from the Miami art center, which is the Miami Performing Arts Center, which is the major anchor, north to the Design District, through Wynwood. Might be five or ten years down the road, but you know, we're getting a start on it. Hopefully, it will become home to cultural and educational institutions. Already you have MIUAD (Miami International University of Art and Design) in the area. Residential real estate, business entertainment, all of that we know is in the works at this point. It's a listed event of Art Basel - Miami Beach, so far as we know, and Sam Keller was here recently. He called and he took a tour of the area. He was a little concerned about the homeless situation, and we explained to him that when there's activity in the area, that disappears; but when the activity cease, it returns, so I throw that out to you gentlemen to have consideration. The target audience, Sam Keller, I remember, did ask me, "who do you want to be there?" That was his most important question. For us, it's the art public at large, the Miami public, particularly those who don't always get exposure to art. We've been very particular in the kind of art we selected last year for OmniArt I and II,- is that it's very accessible art that communicates. That doesn't mean that it isn't challenging. It's just that it's not some of this incomprehensible art that people have been exposed to and turns them off. We found that everybody was very engaged with the artwork. Of course, the Art Basel - Miami Beach patrons and this year -- last year, they came by word of mouth, and we hope this year they will come by bus. We want to see collectors, dealers, critics, student, museum directors, and curators there. Last year, we were honored that after we presented OmniArt on the opening night, a steady stream of museum directors from all over America and Europe, and various (UNINTELLIGIBLE), the Beijing (UNINTELLIGIBLE), came through and were looking at the work of Miami artists, some of who are now included in major exhibitions, and I do want to emphasize that we had 85 percent Miami artists in the exhibition, and that is, again, our goal to as great a degree as possible to make that interaction between a major international audience and Miami artists. In fact, just having discussion with an artist from Overtown, and we're going to be able to pull some of the Overtown artists into this, which I'm very excited about. We did an estimate. Michael Hardy's expecting 5, 000 people. I had thought last year we had about 6,000, but Susan Hopper, one of our production directors, advised me that we actually had about 10,000 people there. I did my count a little early in the evening, but they kept on coming 'til 2:30, 3 o'clock in the morning, so last year's estimate was 10,000, and we didn't have -- we hardly had any PR (public relations). You know, we -- this was by word of mouth, so we anticipate that we might have up to 20,000 people this year. Our media people have projected that we will have 4,465,000 media impressions based on the circulation numbers that they're dealing with, so if we can do that for the Omni area, you know, hopefully, we're going to get it up and running this year. We laid the groundwork last year, and we hope to take it off like a rocket this time. We have targeted sponsors for partial funding, matching funding to what we will be requesting of you this evening, and we're awaiting their decision. We'll know in the next few days. They're major stakeholders in the area, and they were fairly impressed with the presentation. Our supporters, Mayor Manny Diaz, who attended OmniArt last year, and stayed for two and a half hours, and flattered us hugely by saying he had never been so engaged by City of Miami Page26 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 artwork before. I mean, that's just the kind of thing you -- all of the effort, blood, sweat, and tears that went into it was repaid in a remark like that. Robert Parente, who is here, and has been a great supporter, encourager of this project; the Mayor's Office of Film, Art, and Entertainment has been giving us a big boost and making us -- giving us courage, I will say; Community Redevelopment Agency, I must thank Frank Rollason for the same kind of encouragement. They were impressed by the event last year, and they are, despite the obstacles that we have to -- and the hurdles that we have to overcome, they have encouraged us to go forward, so you know, well do our best for Miami. The Miami Performing Arts Center, Michael Hardy, who is here tonight, has said that, you know, explained that this will be a sequential event. Also, we have the support of their creative director, Justin McDonald, and we hope to collaborate with them as much as possible to make both events enormously successful. The Omni Advisory Board, I haven't gotten a letter back from Fred Joseph yet, but he -- you know, it's been requested and he was on board -- Board Member Sanchez: He's right there. Ms. Spiro: There he is. Thank you. You got my letter? Do you endorse us? Thank you, sir. He was on board with us last year, and thank goodness he's on board with us this year; and the Miami Dade School -- County School Board, who is holding some space open in the skills training center should we need it. OK, Dorothy. Commissioner Allen: Thank you very -- oh, I'm sorry. Chairman Winton: Is this -- are y'all at the -- yeah, this -- Board Member Sanchez: Great presentation. Chairman Winton: Because we're going to lose one of our board members. Ms. Spiro: OK, I'll go really fast. Commissioner Winton: You got to -- yeah, this -- Mr. Rollason: We're done. Vice Chairman Allen: We have -- Ms. Spiro: This is all our wonderful events. You can enjoy it. That's the map of the event. We're going up in the area. That's last year's artworks. This is where this year will take place, right? OK, that's our team. This is our lighting designer. This is the money. It's a much bigger event this year, so we're asking for $150, 000. I know that the CRA has earmarked $50, 000 for us. It's an enormous event. It involves many venues, five blocks of the City; it's complex. Vice Chairman Allen: Mr. Chairman, I hate to intervene because I don't want to lose a member, but quickly, I have two questions, ifI may -- Ms. Spiro: Yeah. Vice Chairman Allen: -- with all due respect. Quickly, the showcase of the talent will also include -- local artists will have an opportunity to participate in this, correct? Ms. Spiro: That's 75 to 85 percent. Vice Chairman Allen: Great. That's it. City of Miami Page27 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Ms. Spiro: That's our goal. Vice Chairman Allen: Right, OK. Ms. Spiro: We're -- Vice Chairman Allen: That's answered. Thank you. Ms. Spiro: We have an unusual -- Vice Chairman Allen: No, that -- Ms. Spiro: No, I have to stick a pin, 30 seconds. Commissioner Winton: Well, you're going to -- Ms. Spiro: We have an unusual situation in that we have to get our funding locked in. We need to get all the funding locked in early because we don't want to lose our people. We're asking -- we're going for some additional grant money. We will not know about the confirmation of that 'til October, so we're requesting that, in addition to the $50,000, if you could just allocate 75, so we know we can go forward, match the private developer's money; whatever we get in grant money. Otherwise, will mean that we don't have to spend your money, but we're at a position now where we're not sure if we can go forward without knowing that there's something there. Vice Chairman Allen: OK, but Mr. Chairman, respectfully, that would substantially alter the resolution before me. Mr. Executive Director, you want to weigh in on that quickly? Mr. Rollason: The -- I understand what she's saying. The ability -- or the amount of funding is available. The question is -- the way she's putting it is that we would authorize up to 75, but as she got other funding, we would drop down that other 25 back to the 50. I mean, what happens, again, is that we're so late -- and I've explained this to them -- that we get to this thing so late into the year that we're up against the 11 th hour. We don't meet in August, and so now with them trying to lock in the artist, they may very well get the funding and be able to go forward;; they may very well not get the funding, and this thing -- Vice Chairman Allen: Falls apart. Mr. Rollason: -- falls apart, so I mean, if it's your pleasure to go for a maximum of 75, and then, as they get the money, we get reimbursed down to the 50, or we stay at the 50. I mean, I'm -- you know, I think -- Board Member Sanchez: My motion was the 50. Mr. Rollason: -- 50,000 is a considerable grant. Board Member Sanchez: My motion was for the 50. Vice Chairman Allen: And I second the motion. Mr. Chairman, I think we ought to go forward with the original motion, as stated. Chairman Winton: Mr. Joseph. Fred Joseph: You will get the letter, as you requested last year, Mr. Chair, and we are strongly in support for it, and -- City of Miami Page28 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Mr. Rollason: Tina, need the -- Chairman Winton: Great. Mr. Rollason: -- microphone up there. Mr. Joseph: May I have the mike? Ms. Spiro: Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Joseph: We are very much in favor of it. It did work well. It was not, as she expressed, as well put together, and this year, we've been assured it will be, so if it meets your criteria, I think that we can only use our CRA money for the Omni area in a good cause. Board Member Sanchez: There you go. Vice Chairman Allen: Thank you. Chairman Winton: Thank you. Board Member Sanchez: All right. Chairman Winton: OK. Anything else? We have a motion and a second. Board Member Regalado: Mr. Chairman, just -- Chairman Winton: Yes, sir. Board Member Regalado: -- briefly. Those monies that you all need, I didn't see the Miami -Dade County Cultural Affairs Committee there, and I mean, you know, they're there for there -- for that particular reason -- Ms. Spiro: We are applying to them, sir. Board Member Regalado: -- so, you know, I'm supporting the $50, 000, but I think that the County has to come up. This is a regional issue and the Cultural Affairs Board has a lot of money to support this kind of project. Chairman Winton: OK. Any other discussion? We have a motion and a second at the $50,000 level. If there's no other discussion, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chairman Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. 9 05-00573 CRA REPORT SUBMISSION OF PRINTED STATUS REPORT ON PENDING LEGAL MATTERS (NO BOARD ACTION REQUIRED). DISCUSSED Chairman Winton: What else do we have? Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Number 9 is the City of Miami Page29 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 pending legal -- Chairman Winton: Oh, OK. Mr. Rollason: -- matters, and there's no action required on that. NON -AGENDA ITEMS NA.1 05-00749 CRA DISCUSSION Brief discussion directing the CRA Executive Director to locate funds to assist 3rd Avenue Corridor businesses. DISCUSSED Direction to the Executive Director of the CRA by Vice Chairman Allen to locate funds to assist businesses along the 3rd Avenue Corridor in the Overtown area of the CRA to strengthen their asset base and their inventory, and to also employ Overtown residents, and to bring back a recommendation at the CRA meeting currently scheduled for September 26, 2005. Chairman Winton: You had -- did you have a question you wanted to ask or -- Board Member Regalado: Mr. Chairman. Chairman Winton: -- what was that -- Vice Chairman Allen: Relative to this issue? Chairman Winton: No, no, no. We're done with this issue. Vice Chairman Allen: No, we're done. I just -- Chairman Winton: This issue's done. Vice Chairman Allen: -- if you will, a little pocket item I wanted to bring up before we address the discussion item. I'm sorry. Chairman Winton: Well, bring it up, and I -- we don't do pocket items here, so -- Vice Chairman Allen: Well -- Chairman Winton: -- today we're going to do one, but we don't do pocket items, so go ahead, but in the future, we're not doing pocket items. Vice Chairman Allen: Mr. Chairman, OK, great. Look, this is just quickly -- I'd like to ask Frank, our executive director, to take a look at where we might find some funds to help some of the businesses along the 3rd Avenue Corridor in the Overtown area of the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency). I would like to help those businesses sustain themselves and employ people in the Overtown area. There were some concerns brought to our office, and to that end, I would like to help these businesses strengthen their asset base and their inventories, that's the purpose of this, or something along those lines, so I'd appreciate it if we can get -- have Frank to get back to us with some sort of mechanism, funding mechanism to determine if that's possible. Chairman Winton: Well, I think the first thing that needs to happen is you need to meet with Frank and talk about more specifics tied to this, and then figure out if there's a way to make that happen. City of Miami Page 30 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Vice Chairman Allen: Yeah. We've already discussed it previously. I think Frank understands - - knows the parameters of what we're seeking to do, so just sort of, if you will, give out -- Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Well take a look at it Vice Chairman Allen: Great. Mr. Rollason: -- and bring something back for September with some ideas, and we'll see how the budget -- Vice Chairman Allen: Great. Mr. Rollason: -- you know, plays out for next year. Vice Chairman Allen: Terrific. NA.2 05-00750 CRA DISCUSSION Brief discussion concerning problems with Mariel detainees concentrated in Bicentennial Park. DISCUSSED Board Member Regalado: I don't know, Mr. Chairman -- Chairman Winton: Board Member Regalado. Board Member Regalado: I don't know if this is the proper forum, but it has to do with the Omni and crime, and police. I attended last Friday, almost all day, the Homeless Trust meeting. As you know, I am the Dade -- Chairman Winton: Right. Board Member Regalado: -- League of Cities appointee there, and there is a report that I have to send you, and I will send a "Dear Colleagues" letter because there are problems on the horizon in terms of the Mariel detainees. It seems that all of them are concentrating in Bicentennial Park, and there have been 52 sightings; several have been rearrested; several are sexual predators, and there's more to come. I would -- I will give you a report, but I thought to mention this because the lady mentioned something about the homeless and all that, and we're going to have a different scenario with the -- Chairman Winton: Right. Board Member Regalado: -- we're talking -- Chairman Winton: Absolutely. Board Member Regalado: -- in the next two or three weeks, 286 probably on -- Chairman Winton: I think we have to get that back on the Commission agenda. I mean -- remember you bringing that up -- Board Member Regalado: Yeah. City of Miami Page 31 Printed on 8/1/2005 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes July 25, 2005 Chairman Winton: -- and we need to -- that needs to come back to the Commission agenda, as a regular -- Board Member Regalado: Because you know what -- Chairman Winton: -- Commission agenda item. Board Member Regalado: -- HHS (Health and Human Services) wants to give the City $700 for each, monthly, for us to support, house, and maintain, and we're talking more than a thousand. Chairman Winton: Yeah, that's what 1 remember. That's been out -- let out of jail, right? More than a thousand. Board Member Regalado: So, you know -- Chairman Winton: It's ridiculous. Board Member Regalado: -- it's going to be a problem. Chairman Winton: OK. NA.3 05-00751 CRA DISCUSSION Brief discussion concerning Grand Promenade dedication to be held on Friday, July 29, 2005, at 5 p.m., on Northwest 1st Avenue, between 10th and 11 th Streets. DISCUSSED Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Mr. Chairman, just one other quickie. I just wanted to mention that this Friday, at 5 o'clock, we're having the dedication for the Grand Promenade, so certainly, the public is welcome. It'll be on Northwest 1st Avenue, between 10th and 11 th Street, 5 o'clock, and hope to see you there. Chairman Winton: Great. Thank you. Meeting adjourned. City of Miami Page 32 Printed on 8/1, 2005