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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW OMNI CRA 2006-03-09 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.ci.miami.fl.us * IMCORP GROTED lEmSIE Co l 11, • Meeting Minutes Thursday, March 9, 2006 10:00 AM MEETING LOCATION: CITY HALL 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE MIAMI, FLORIDA SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Johnny L. Winton, Chair Michelle Spence -Jones, Vice Chair 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 March 9, 2006 On the 9th day of March 2006, 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 in regular session at the City of Miami City Hall, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chair Winton at 10: 34 a.m. and was adjourned at 11:38 a.m. ALSO PRESENT: Frank Rollason, Executive Director, CRA, City ofMiami Jorge L. Fernandez, General Counsel James Villacorta, Assistant General Counsel, CRA Priscilla A. Thompson, Clerk of the Board Pamela E. Burns, Assistant Clerk of the Board ORDER OF THE DAY RESOLUTIONS Chair Winton: And we'll call to order the Overtown/Park West and Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) Board meeting of Thursday, March 9. Mr. Rollason -- is he here? Where's Frank? Oh, getting situated. OK. Well, we'll hold off until he gets situated. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Good morning. Chair Winton: Good morning. Mr. Rollason: There are agendas up here on the dais for any of the individuals in the public that'll like to get a copy of the agenda. Present: Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chair Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Joe Sanchez, Board Member Tomas Regalado and Vice Chair Michelle Spence -Jones The minutes are transcribed verbatim. Periodically, agenda items are revisited during a meeting. "[Later..J" refers to discussions that were interrupted and later continued. 1 06-00044 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING IN PRINCIPLE, THE ATTACHED AMENDED 2006 OMNI AREA REDEVELOPMENT PLAN (THE "PLAN"), PREPARED BY ZYSCOVICH, INC.; DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT THE PLAN TO THE CITY OF MIAMI CITY MANAGER WITH THE REQUEST THAT IT BE PLACED BEFORE THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD FOR REVIEW AND ANALYSIS, AND BEFORE THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION FOR A FINDING THAT THE PLAN IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE. cover memo.pdf Legislation.pdf Motion by Board Member Regalado, seconded by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Chairman Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Joe Sanchez, Board Member Tomas Regalado and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Absent: 1 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez CRA-R-06-0005 City ofMiami Page 2 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): All right. Item Number 1 is a item that's before you to start the administrative process of approving the plan update for the Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency). As you know, about a year and a half ago, we hired Bernard Zyscovich's company to do that update, and this presentation, which is very brief before you today, is to start the process whereby forwarding it to the City for them to start their internal review with PAB (Planning Advisory Board), make their comments, and send it back to us. This is not an adoption of it, but it's sort of an acceptance in principle, and forwarding it to the City, and he has some key points that is important that we put on the record so that we comply with Chapter 163 as we go through the process that the Board has been made aware of these items. Chair Winton: And you said Bernard's presentation is brief? Mr. Rollason: Yes. Chair Winton: That's most unusual. Mr. Rollason: Well, he understands. Bernard Zyscovich: I've been warned. Chair Winton: Good, thank you. Bernard. Mr. Zyscovich: Thank you. Bernard Zysovich, 100 North Biscayne Boulevard, 27th floor. We've been working on this, as Mr. Rollason said, for about a year and a half. We've had many different stakeholder meetings. We've met with community groups. We have really gone out as best we can to everyone to get their feedback on the Omni CRA district. The first thing is I'd like to talk to you about just some of the very basic principles. One is that in the Omni area itself, there are significant urban barriers which we want to deal with in terms of connectivity. That would be related to streetscapes, linking existing streets and promoting transportation. There's also an idea about building it around the assets that you and the County have already put in place. We want to capitalize on the Performing Arts Center, develop a media entertainment district. It's been interesting to listen to the conversation this morning because we all acknowledge a need for housing, and as you'll see this morning, we think we have locations within this area that we could be providing for incentives for mixed income housing. We have improvements to the public realm in the form of infrastructure, streetscapes, open space, park development, and also because the CRA is such a powerful tool economically, we have opportunities for not only public investment but public private partnerships. To begin with, we want to illustrate that there are several opportunities here, and since we've begun -- this is old news, but we were there first, I think, in talking about the Omni Mall, the Miami Herald properties, and a significant holding by the City of Miami and Miami -Dade School Board properties. As we know, a lot of these have already transferred ownership, and people are proceding with the conceptual thinking of this master plan. We have also been charged with coming up with the vision that would be translated into the regulatory strategies related to zoning, housing incentives, and other issues related to the entertainment district. We've been meeting with DPZ (Duany Plater-Zyberk) and Miami 21. We just had a meeting this week, and we will be kind of setting up all of the regulatory issues for them to include into the Miami 21 piece, so we're working together, and we believe that that will turn out well. We have certain things in the map, which I won't go into detail, related to some of the issues related to the alcohol and late night activities and how that impacts on residential development, so we'll be talking about how to ensure the sustainability of the entertainment district and other issues related to zoning. Some of the expansion issues are -- our idea is to compress the expansion of the entertainment district into the corner as represented into the map so that as Omni -- as Park West and the Overtown entertainment district -- they can all converge into one easily accessible aggregated entertainment district instead of separated, as they are now. In terms of the public City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 realm, we have a plan for additional open space, green space. We have historic preservation issues. We have transportation and infrastructure components to the plan related to the streetcar, which can be funded through the CRA to whatever extent is desirable. One-way and two-way conversions on streets; a 17th Street proposal into the Overtown area to open up that area of Overtown. One of the reasons we believe it's so deteriorated to the west of the tracks is that it's basically hidden behind the barrier of the train. There's major investment on the east side, and we want to open up 17th Street. We want to rebuild 2nd Avenue. We have ideas related to the Bayshore extension into the exit and entry ramp off of 395, and significant water and sewer infrastructure upgrades. During the course of this process, we have arrived at a proposal for a boundary expansion, which is basically driven by all of the requirements contained within the CRA 163 requirements for the creation of CRA, and it also dovetails into the Overtown/Park West CRA, which you've already seen, so the area on your map that says "proposed expansion" is actually an area that will be outside of any CRA unless we create this expansion area, so this would actually allow the Omni CRA and the Overtown/Park West CRA to share a boundary line, and therefore, we won't forever have a deteriorated area between the two CRAs. However, it does stand on its own merits. Unfortunately, there is significant blight. Some interesting statistics are that the residential vacancy in the County averages four percent. The area in the beige/yellow color is 41 percent, so we have 41 percent vacancy in that area. We have all of the other aspects of proving slum and blight are very easy to prove in this particular zone. Our concept is to create the plan around inclusionary [sic] zoning, affordable workforce housing, green space, streetscape improvements, the 17th Street FEC (Florida East Coast) crossing, historic preservation, and of course, infrastructure upgrades. We believe this is one of the best opportunities in the City for affordable and workforce housing, and it would be very good to start to figure out how to acquire the land for that to happen. That concludes my brief presentation, and we're happy for comments. Chair Winton: Comments, anyone? Vice Chair Spence -Jones: I just -- Chair Winton: Yes, Michelle. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah. I just have a question on the proposed area, Frank. Chair Winton: For expansion. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: That section in there. Mr. Zyscovich: That one? Chair Winton: The expansion section. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah, the expans -- when we talk about expansion, are we talk -- ? I know Frank and I talked about, you know, whether or not it would become a part of Overtown -- the Overtown/Park West area or -- what area are we proposing -- if we were going to propose it, would that become an extension of Overtown or an expansion of the Overtown CRA? Mr. Rollason: It is Overtown and that factor doesn't change. What happens by this, by the Omni CRA including that within the CRA, the Omni CRA provides a funding mechanism for those projects that are within that area, but that area does not become Omni or -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: OK. Mr. Rollason: -- it's Overtown. It's just it is within the Omni CRA -- City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So this provides us -- Mr. Rollason: -- for the funding. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: -- with the opportunity to do some -- Mr. Rollason: That's correct. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: -- additional funding to do some projects, and in that particular section, isn't that where the Dorsey Library is? Mr. Rollason: Yes. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: OK, so that would open up the possibility for us to do a lot of great things on Northwest 1st Avenue, correct? Mr. Rollason: Yes, it would. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: All right. Chair Winton: So, we need a motion -- Mr. Rollason: To pass this -- Board Member Regalado: Move it. Mr. Rollason: -- resolution. Chair Winton: -- to pass the resolution -- Board Member Regalado: I move it. Chair Winton: -- which moves it simply to -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Second. Chair Winton: -- the City. Board Member Sanchez: And then -- Chair Winton: We have a motion and a second. Discussion. Board Member Sanchez: Discussion. Now, this has to go through an entire process, including being approved by the County. Mr. Zyscovich: Yes. Chair Winton: Yes. Board Member Sanchez: All right, so this is just the first step in that long journey. Mr. Zyscovich: Very first step in a long journey. Board Member Sanchez: All right. City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Chair Winton: OK. Any further discussion? If not, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. Bernard, thank you very much. Mr. Zyscovich: Thank you very much. Chair Winton: I think y'all put a -- the -- and by the way -- and I attended a number of them. There were a significant number of public hearings -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah. Chair Winton: -- and a lot of public input that went into this, so -- and I think they've done a very good job and been very creative, and this whole idea of breaking down barriers, I've been very supportive of all along because the key to creating great communities is, in fact, creating linkages so that you don't have areas of any city isolated, hidden back behind something so that you could ignore it -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah. Chair Winton: -- and this is designed to really provide true linkages for all of our residents so they can each enjoy all of the assets that we have to offer, so -- Board Member Sanchez: Or divided or separated by a railroad track. Chair Winton: Absolutely. Mr. Zyscovich: Right. Thank you very much. Chair Winton: Thank you. 2 06-00160 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE A JOINT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL, WITH THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF UPGRADES TO THE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES IN A PORTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA (THE "PROJECT"); DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THE AGREEMENT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL; AND APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,500,000 FOR THE PROJECT; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM OMNI TIF FUND, "CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 686001.590320.6.860. cover memo.pdf Financial Form.pdf Project Budget Status .pdf back-up documentation.pdf WITHDRAWN City ofMiami Page 6 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 A motion was made by Board Member Regalado, seconded by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, and was passed unanimously, with Board Member Gonzalez absent, to accept withdraw Item 2. Chair Winton: And, Mr. Executive Director, are there any items that we want to withdraw, modem -- ? Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Yes. I would like to withdraw Item Number 2. There's been some other information that has come to light just this recent week, and I need to get back with the County, so I would like to withdraw that item and then bring it back -- Board Member Sanchez: Which item? Mr. Rollason: -- when it's ready to go. Item Number 2, the one dealing with the Omni water upgrade project. Board Member Sanchez: All right. Chair Winton: We need a motion. Board Member Regalado: Move it. Chair Winton: Got a motion. Board Member Sanchez: Second -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Second. Board Member Sanchez: -- to defer. Chair Winton: Second to defer Item Number 2, did you say? Mr. Rollason: Yeah. We'll make it a withdrawal, and -- Chair Winton: Oh, withdrawal. Mr. Rollason: -- that way we don't have it coming back automatically, and -- Chair Winton: OK, fine. Mr. Rollason: -- I'll bring it back when it's -- Chair Winton: So we have a motion for withdrawal and a second. Any further discussion? If not, all in favor, "aye. " The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. 3 06-00189 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY City of Miami Page 7 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 ("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $52,276.56, TO WEED -A -WAY, INC. FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING OF SIXTEEN (16) CRA-OWNED PROPERTIES, INCLUDING THE GRAND PROMENADE AND 9TH STREET PEDESTRIAN MALL, FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2006 THROUGH JANUARY 5, 2007; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM SEOPW TIF FUND, "OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 689001.550108.6. 340. Cover Memo.pdf Financial Form.pdf Back-up.pdf Legislation.pdf Motion by Board Member Sanchez, seconded by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 5 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chairman Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Joe Sanchez, Board Member Tomas Regalado and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones CRA-R-06-0006 Direction to the Executive Director of the CRA by Chairman Winton to provide information regarding residence locations of employees of the minority vendor awarded bid for CRA lot clearing and maintenance. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 3 is a resolution authorizing the issuance of a purchase order to a contractor to maintain our properties. We went out to bid. This was the lowest bid. It's a minority vendor, and I'm asking you to approve that. Board Member Sanchez: So move. We don't need a presentation -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Second. Board Member Sanchez: -- for that. Mr. Rollason: No. No, he's just getting his -- Chair Winton: We have a motion and a second. Now, I -- Mr. Rollason: -- he's -- Board Member Sanchez: Oh, OK. Mr. Rollason: -- just removing it. Board Member Sanchez: All right. Chair Winton: I have a -- Board Member Sanchez: I apologize, you know. The CRA's (Community Redevelopment Agency's) getting high-tech on me now. Mr. Rollason: No, no, no. City ofMiami Page 8 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Unidentified Speaker: I'm trying to get out of here. Board Member Sanchez: You know. Chair Winton: And the employees that are employed by this minority vendor are from where? Do we know? Mr. Rollason: I -- where they reside? Chair Winton: Yes. Mr. Rollason: I don't have the answer to that, but it is a minority firm that's -- operates out of Liberty City, off of 27th Avenue. Chair Winton: OK, but I think we would like to know because we're all -- you know, at least with CRA, we have a great opportunity -- Mr. Rollason: Yes. Chair Winton: -- particularly in these kind of jobs, to hire very locally. Mr. Rollason: Understand. Chair Winton: OK. Mr. Rollason: Item Number 4 is a like resolution -- Board Member Regalado: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) voted. Mr. Rollason: -- dealing with -- Chair Winton: Oh, did we vote? We didn't vote on that. Mr. Rollason: I'm sorry. Chair Winton: Sorry. We have a -- do we have a motion and a second? OK, we have a motion and a second. Discussion. If not, all in favor, signer by saying "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. 4 06-00188 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $31,466, TO WORLD CLASS & ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR DAILY CLEANING OF THREE (3) CRA-OWNED PUBLIC PARKING LOTS, FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2006 THROUGH JANUARY 5, 2007; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM SEOPW TIF FUND, "OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 689001.550108.6.340. City ofMiami Page 9 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Cover Memo.pdf Financial .pdf Back-up.pdf Legislation.pdf Motion by Board Member Gonzalez, seconded by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 5 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chairman Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Joe Sanchez, Board Member Tomas Regalado and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones CRA-R-06-0007 Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 4 is a resolution also that went out to bid for the maintenance of our parking lots. This is the daily pickup of the trash through there. This is a company that operates out of Overtown and has Overtown residents as employees in this one. Chair Winton: Very good. Need a motion. Board Member Gonzalez: Move it. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So moved. Chair Winton: Motion, second. Discussion. Being none, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. 5 06-00197 CRA RESOLUTION A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST AND OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ("CRAS") AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL, WITH THE CHILDREN'S TRUST, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, AN INDEPENDENT SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, TO ALLOW THE TRUST TO BENEFIT FROM ITS LEVY OF A HALF -MILL TAX ON REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CRAS' REDEVELOPMENT AREAS. Cover Memo.pdf Back-Up.pdf Legislation.pdf Motion by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, seconded by Board Member Gonzalez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 5 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chairman Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Joe Sanchez, Board Member Tomas Regalado and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones CRA-R-06-0008 Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): All right. Item Number 5 is an item that has been hanging for quite some time, and this is dealing with rectifying the situation that was created by the County voters approving the Children's Trust that was brought in several years ago. When that was put together, I think that what happened was City ofMiami Page 10 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 the CRAs (Community Redevelopment Agencies) were overlooked in the impact that there would be a conflict as to who gets this TIF (Tax Increment Fund) money because once you have a CRA, all the TIF money comes to the CRA, so this is an effort to resolve that, and -- with the spirit of having a Children's Trust and the fact that there is additional ad valorem taxes that are raised by that legislation and action that has been passed by the community, so the CRA is not losing any money, but it is -- through this method of doing this, we will allow the money to be paid to the Children's Trust, and this mechanism, what will happen is as the money comes into the Children's Trust, they will convey it to the CRA, and at the end of the budget year, as long as we're in good shape and our bonds -- this is a bond issue with the obligations we have on paying bonds, and as long as we're in good shape come the end of that, we will bring an item before you, and we will convey the money back to them, to the Children's Trust. Chair Winton: Well, one of the things that we need to be -- and I understand this kind of circular movement that's really occurred here, but what we really want at the end of the day is for that circular movement to benefit the residents within the boundary -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah. Mr. Rollason: And that is part -- Chair Winton: -- and so if we can get a special -- Mr. Rollason: Right. Chair Winton: -- if we can get the Children's Trust focused on taking that very money that we're going to give back -- they're going to give to us, we give it back to them, and -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Mr. Chair -- Chair Winton: -- spend it in the targeted zone -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: And that is -- and I -- Chair Winton: OK Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Mr. Chairman, I totally agree with you, and that -- as I spoke to Frank on this whole situation, if there's any way possible -- because I would hate for this money to go back into this major pool of money, and there are several organizations in Overtown, youth organizations that need to have support, and there's a lot of bureaucracy that goes into getting funds from the Children's Trust a lot of times, so if there's any way that we can have certain -- I don't know if we can have certain strings attached to it -- Mr. Rollason: We do. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: OK -- to make sure that, you know, we're involved somehow in that process. Mr. Rollason: We -- what we did was we sort of followed the Miami Beach pattern -- model that they had. They had some of the similar problems with the bonds that we have -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Right. Mr. Rollason: -- and -- but they -- in their resolution, they allowed the money to be used anywhere in the City of Miami Beach. In our agreement with the Children's Trust, the money has to be used within the two CRAs of which the -- City of Miami Page 11 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Chair Winton: Oh, that's great. Mr. Rollason: -- TIF is generated, so -- Chair Winton: That's perfect. Mr. Rollason: -- the Omni money will be in the Omni, and the Southeast Overtown/Park West will be used in the Southeast Overtown/Park West area. Chair Winton: That's perfect. Board Member Sanchez: And that money continues to grow -- Chair Winton: Yes. Board Member Sanchez: -- if the TIF continues to grow, every year. Mr. Rollason: Well, they get a -- as the values go up, they get a half percent. Now that comes back before the voters again, I think within a couple of years to -- that dies and has to be voted on again, but -- Board Member Sanchez: Frank, I don't -- Chair Winton: OK Board Member Sanchez: -- have a problem with that because it's all going back, and let me tell you what I'm asking you as the executive director. You need to be prudent on this. You need to be very careful. I see too many chefs in the kitchen on this deal. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah. Board Member Sanchez: OK, so we can't rush through this one. I mean, you're dealing with the County. The County's going to want conditions. We're negotiating with the County. This ain't going to be you're going to walk -- this is not like buying -- trading in a car, all right. It's not going to be that easy. I could see where there's a lot of issues here that we need to address, and you, along with your legal staff and the City, need to be very, very careful so two or three years down the pike, we don't come back and say, hey, you know, we made a boo-boo that's going to cost the City money. All right. I want to make sure that this has nothing to do with Parrot Jungle. Mr. Rollason: No. We're talking about the Children's Trust now. Board Member Sanchez: OK. Chair Winton: We're talking about Children's Trust only. Mr. Rollason: This is the Children's Trust, Item Number 5. Board Member Sanchez: Item Number 5. Mr. Rollason: I think the item you're talking about may be Number 7. Board Member Sanchez: I had -- yeah. I was at Number 7, I apologize. City of Miami Page 12 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Mr. Rollason: Right. Board Member Sanchez: All right. Chair Winton: Yeah. Mr. Rollason: And this one on 5, the County's onboard with us. As long as the Children's Trust buys into what we want to do -- Chair Winton: Yeah. Mr. Rollason: -- they're on -- Chair Winton: This is Children's Trust. Mr. Rollason: -- board with this one, too. Board Member Sanchez: All right. Board Member Regalado: Yeah. Mr. Chairman -- Board Member Sanchez: Well, I'll reserve my argument for 7, then. Chair Winton: OK, there you go. Thank you. Mr. Rollason: Thank you for the warning. Chair Winton: That's a good idea, by the way. Yes. Board Member Regalado: On the Children Trust, this is not retroactive? Chair Winton: Is it retroactive? Mr. Rollason: As it is right now, they have already received the money from the County Tax Assessor because it really -- the County Tax Assessor distributes the money. Board Member Regalado: I know. Mr. Rollason: We are the only CRA that has not come to this agreement, and rather than the tax assessor holding this money, they have distributed the money to the Children's Trust directly, and my intent is to work with the administration of the Children's Trust to try to recta what we can to get our fair share back into those two districts. Board Member Regalado: OK. Mr. Rollason: I mean, that's the best I can do at this point. Chair Winton: OK Any other discussion? Oh, do we have a motion? Priscilla A. Thompson (Clerk of the Board): No. Chair Winton: We need a motion -- Board Member Gonzalez: Move it. City of Miami Page 13 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Chair Winton: -- and a second. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So move. Board Member Gonzalez: I move Item 5. Chair Winton: We have a motion and a second. Discussion. Being none, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. 6 06-00206 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE TO ACCEPT TITLE TO THE PROPERTY AT 1401 NORTH MIAMI AVENUE ON BEHALF OF THE CRA; AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000.00, FOR REHABILITATION OF THE PROPERTY, CONTINGENT UPON THE CITY OF MIAMI HAVING TRANSFERRED TITLE TO THE CRA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE SAID FUNDS DIRECTLY TO VENDORS OR THROUGH PURCHASE ORDERS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI DEPARTMENT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ("CIP"), PROVIDED THAT CIP HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS TO SAID VENDORS; REQUESTING THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI WAIVE ALL ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AS ITS IN -KIND CONTRIBUTION; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM OMNI TIF FUND, "CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 686001.590320.6.860. Cover Memo.pdf Financial Form.pdf Project Status.pdf Back-up.pdf Legislation.pdf Motion by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, seconded by Board Member Gonzalez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chairman Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Joe Sanchez and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Absent: 1 - Board Member Tomas Regalado CRA-R-06-0009 Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 6. Item Number 6 comes as an ongoing project that has been bantered back and forth with old Fire Station Number 2. If you could remember, at one time, old Fire Station 2 was conveyed to the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) for a period of time to do something with it; nothing was done with it and it reverted back to the City. The City Administration has now approached the CRA again and asked if there's a way, through the historic method, that we can help keeping this building from actually collapsing. The roof is gone; the second floor is gone. There's a tree now starting to grow through it, and we're sort of facing the same type of dilemma that we did with the Ward Rooming House in Overtown; that if something isn't done, it's going to come down City of Miami Page 14 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 around our ears, so this is a methodology of doing that, and it would require the City to again convey the property back to the CRA so that the CRA could take it as its property and put approximately 800,000 tops into it with the roof stabilizing the walls, putting the floor back, and getting it back to where it would be structurally sound, and then going forward from that point, as -- so that we at least have the structure, and that's what this motion is for. Board Member Gonzalez: And why do we have to preserve this structure? Vice Chair Spence -Jones: It's a historic fire station. Mr. Rollason: Why do we have to? Board Member Gonzalez: Yeah. Mr. Rollason: It's -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: It's a historic fire station. Mr. Rollason: -- a historic structure within the City. I mean, it's -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: It's a historic -- it definitely is a historic structure within the City, and it's on 14th Street. With everything happening with the Performing Arts Center, that whole area is becoming -- is going to become a booming area. My only concern on preserving this -- the station, I just want to make sure that this $800, 000 cost -- and I'm not really sure if CIP (Capital Improvements Program) is here. I want to just make sure that the $800, 000 that we have before us now is going to cover everything that's needed to get the building to the point that it's at least safe; we know that the doors won't be open and all of that. I just don't want it to grow from $800,000. Mr. Rollason: Well, I can tell you that we have a cost estimate that came from CIP, which was less than the 800, 000. It's in the -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah, you -- Mr. Rollason: -- $600, 000 range, and when I looked at that, it was 672, 558, specifically, and just experience tells me over time, as we get into these things, that there are things we're going to find that we weren't aware of when we get in there, so I am asking to appropriate 800, 000, but I am also asking -- and I would assume CIP will go out and get bids on this particular project to see that we're within the budget that has been -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah. Where do we -- Mr. Rollason: -- estimated, and not just -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: -- get the numbers -- I mean, the -- Mr. Rollason: Right. I mean, it was developed -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Is CIP here? Mr. Rollason: I just -- I have a memo from CIP telling me that these are all the things that they figure have to be done, and this is their estimate of what they feel that it would -- the price would be, and again, it would require going out to bid, and if we're -- Chair Winton: Right. City of Miami Page 15 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Mr. Rollason: -- it's sort of like the super block project around the -- Chair Winton: Yeah. Mr. Rollason: -- Performing Arts Center. We hit a target and we're trying to stay within that dollar amount. Chair Winton: Mary, you want to put something on the record? Mary Conway: Mary Conway, CIP & Transportation. We went out and assessed the site and put together a cost estimate based on our observations at the site, and we will go back and validate that and make sure that we're comfortable. Mr. Rollason: All right. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: OK. Would you -- just don't want it to grow. Ms. Conway: Understood. Chair Winton: Or grow out of control. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Right. Mr. Rollason: Right, and this resolution also contains the standard request that we make to waive the City's administrative fees for doing this project, which is not the consultant's fees and those type things, but the City fees themselves so that we can use the money on the project itself. Ms. Conway: Regarding that item, I'd just like the Board to know that the CIP office within the City is not funded at this time through the general fund. We're funded through administrative charges on projects, so if that administrative charge is waived, then the CIP office will have to find other revenue sources to pay for staff time -- Chair Winton: Or the CRA has to -- Ms. Conway: -- working on these. Chair Winton: -- find somebody else to do this work. Mr. Rollason: That is correct. Chair Winton: So, I think it's fair -- you know, we got to pay somebody for doing the kind of analysis that they're doing, and -- Mr. Rollason: No, you're right. I think it's fair that we ask, and then it falls how it falls, and that's what it is, is a request. Chair Winton: OK, so we need a motion. Board Member Gonzalez: All right. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So move. Board Member Gonzalez: Second. City of Miami Page 16 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Board Member Sanchez: Second. Chair Winton: Second. Any further discussion? Fred Joseph: Fred Joseph. Is this open to the public? Chair Winton: Is this a public hearing? I don't think so; is it? But Fred, you're standing up there, and can you -- real quick? Board Member Sanchez: I make a motion -- Mr. Joseph: President of the Omni Advisory Board. Chair Winton: Um -hum. Mr. Joseph: My recollection of this project -- did we acquire that property or the City acquire that, and now we're buying it back? Chair Winton: No, we're not buying it back. Mr. Rollason: No. The City owns it. Mr. Joseph: OK, so we're just getting it deeded? Mr. Rollason: The City owns it, and they would deed it over to us -- Mr. Joseph: They'll deed it, no cost. Mr. Rollason: -- to be able to fund it. At no cost. Mr. Joseph: OK, the -- then on the other side of it, as Director Spence -Jones [sic] indicated, Commissioner, it's very historical there, besides the fact we'd like to see it get fixed. We don't want it, as a -- some entities at one time wanted to see it as a rundown building for shoots, and that scared us. We'd like to see it put back in good condition, and with Frank having the firefighter responsibility he had at one time, I'm sure he'll follow through with it -- Chair Winton: Yeah. Mr. Joseph: -- so we're in favor of those funds. Chair Winton: Great. OK, any further discussion? If not, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. 7 06-00229 CRA RESOLUTION A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST AND OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE AMENDMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL, TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS GOVERNING THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE OMNI City of Miami Page 17 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY V. CITY OF MIAMI AND SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, CIRCUIT COURT CASE NO. 2001-13810 CA-08, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED. Cover memo.pdf Back-up.pdf Legislation.pdf Motion by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, seconded by Board Member Gonzalez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 3 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chairman Johnny L. Winton and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Noes: 1 - Board Member Tomas Regalado Absent: 1 - Board Member Joe Sanchez CRA-R-06-0011 Note for the Record: A motion was made by Vice Chair Spence -Jones to adopt Item 7, but it died for lack of a second. A motion was made by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, seconded by Board Member Gonzalez, and was passed unanimously, with Board Member Sanchez absent, to reconsider Item 7. Note for the Record: Item 7 was subsequently adopted. Board Member Sanchez: 7. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 7 -- I think this is the one you were making reference to, Commissioner. Board Member Sanchez: Right. Mr. Rollason: This is a resolution of both boards which will allow me to enter into -- sign the CRAss (Community Redevelopment Agency's) portion of amending the two interlocal agreements for both the Southeast Overtown/Park West and the Omni CRAs, with the provisions that you see attached there in Appendix A, and it's -- a negotiation process has been going on for some time between the City and the County, and it has goods, I think, for all of us. It extends the life of both the CRAs, so when we talk about the bonds that we want to go out for, that capability is there. It increases the TIF (Tax Increment Fund) contribution to the Performing Arts Center, which I think we all recognize has been certainly an economic engine in that area, and it's tied to a percentage, so it's certainly tied to how well the area does. It doesn't set a fixed amount, except for the 1.43. If things were to demise in the way of generating TIF, we're obligated for the 1.43 through the life of the -- that's 1.43 million a year through the life of the CRA, including the extension, but hopefully, we're not going to be facing that. We're going to be facing being able to give them the 1.43 plus the 30 percent, so from the CRAss perspective on this, it's a very clean, straightforward amendments to these, and I recommend that you approve them. Chair Winton: I think that what we also need to do -- someone needs to put on the record -- is this the item that extends the life of the TIF as well? Mr. Rollason: That is correct. It extends the -- Chair Winton: Right -- City of Miami Page 18 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Mr. Rollason: -- life of the CRA -- Chair Winton: -- and so -- Mr. Rollason: -- and therefore, the life of the TIF continues. Chair Winton: -- what we need to do is put on the record the funding that's going to come out of this extension. Mr. Rollason: Well, I can tell you that -- Chair Winton: There's -- Linda is right behind you -- Mr. Rollason: OK. Chair Winton: -- unless you know the numbers. Mr. Rollason: If she wants to -- you want to give the numbers? OK. We've worked our numbers together and we're in agreement, so -- Chair Winton: Oh, OK. Mr. Rollason: -- that's fine. Chair Winton: Good. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: And Mr. Chairman, if I -- while he's getting the -- Chair Winton: Yes, ma'am. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: I just want to -- also want to make sure because in our conversation yesterday, just to be very clear, this only extends the life. This has nothing to do with any projects that are a part of this -- Mr. Rollason: All right. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: -- period, correct? Mr. Rollason: Let me comment on -- Chair Winton: Except for one -- Mr. Rollason: -- that because you did -- Chair Winton: -- thing. Mr. Rollason: -- want that put on the record. There is another piece of this which extends the life of the reverter on those developable properties that we got from the County that right now are involved with Crosswinds and Block 36, so those have a reverter on it. This agreement extends that reverter, with no strings attached, another ten years to 2017. Chair Winton: Which is to our benefit. Mr. Rollason: To our benefit, certainly, because as we go forward with the development, City of Miami Page 19 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 regardless of who develops it, the covenant of that 2017 runs with the land and not with a particular developer, so if developers were to change, then we would still have the time to work on the reverter on those properties -- Chair Winton: So if -- Mr. Rollason: -- so it's a very good thing for us. Chair Winton: -- the project changes radically -- what you're saying is if the product [sic] changes radically, we still -- we will still have time, if so choosing, to do a new RFP (Request for Proposals) to develop something that could be very, very different than the current plan, and we don't have to worry about the sites reverting back to the County. Mr. Rollason: That is correct, till 2017. Chair Winton: Commissioner -- I mean, Board Member Sanchez. Board Member Sanchez: I would yield to Commissioner Spence -Jones. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah, I just wanted to just make sure that this does not mean extending the life of any existing projects, and I think Frank has made that clear. Mr. Rollason: That is correct. It is not project -related; it is property -related. Chair Winton: Well, to be technically correct, however, it does apply to a project, and that is the Performing Arts Center. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Oh. Chair Winton: This extension adds an additional 30 percent -- 30 -- an additional 30 percent of the TIF that we collect over the life of the CRA now, that's extended for another ten years -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: OK. Chair Winton: -- will go to the Performing Arts Center. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Right. Chair Winton: Now, the quid pro quo that we negotiated -- when these negotiated -- negotiations started, the County wanted to only extend Omni CRA, and I said, "Eh, no way." We're going to extend Overtown/Park West and Omni CRA, or we're not extending any of them -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Right. Chair Winton: -- because this can't be just about money for the Performing Arts Center and ignore real slum and blight -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Right. Chair Winton: -- and the County agreed, and so we will -- is that the next item? Mr. Rollason: No. That is in this package. When you -- Board Member Sanchez: That's in this package. City of Miami Page 20 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Chair Winton: Well, so -- Mr. Rollason: -- look at Appendix A -- Chair Winton: -- it's for both. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yes. Mr. Rollason: -- Exhibit A -- Board Member Sanchez: Right. Mr. Rollason: -- they're both -- that is correct. Chair Winton: OK, and so -- Mr. Rollason: Both interlocal agreements. Chair Winton: -- what we really get -- and in a moment, I'm going to have Linda come to the table -- is an additional ten-year life for both CRAs. Board Member Sanchez: From 207 [sic] to 217 [sic]. Chair Winton: Bingo, and Linda is going to put on the record the amount of revenue that that extension is going to generate, from a conservative standpoint, which gets us to this discussion -- Board Member Sanchez: Can I -- ? Chair Winton: Hold on one second. Let me finish. -- that we've had for almost a year now, and there's a resolution in this document that's going to kick-start this, but gets us in a position where we can now ident fy all the capital projects, whether that be for affordable housing, for new parks, for extension of parks, for greenway connectivity, for road -- for sidewalks, for landscaping, for lighting in the entire CRA district. We will now have a bonding capacity to do all of these projects, and it further says in one of these resolutions that we're going to also make the same commitment with the Downtown DevelopmentAuthority additional bonding capacity and bond out their money -- because I chair that group -- and you also have the parking surcharge money that -- whereby a minimum of 20 percent of the parking surcharge money collected downtown has to go for capital improvements, and that's bondable as well, and so what we're going to end up with -- and Linda will put that on the record -- is an unprecedented opportunity to change the complexion of these neighborhoods in a very positive way forever, and we've talked about doing things for decades. We're now going to have a funding source to do that, and through, I hope, Michelle's leadership, when -- if we get her appointed in an item later on in this agenda, she will lead the charge to figure out what that capital program will look like. Mr. Rollason: All right. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: And changing -- and just adding to you, Mr. Chair, changing complexion from the standpoint of making the neighborhoods better -- Chair Winton: Bingo. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: -- but working very hard to make sure that the folks that are living in Overtown have the opportunity to have the benefits of the growth that Commissioner Winton -- or Chairman Winton was able to get done through the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) -- City of Miami Page 21 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Board Member Sanchez: I don't think anybody's -- Chair Winton: And before y'all -- I'll let y'all comment -- Eileen Ma: OK. Chair Winton: -- so hold on. Ms. Ma: OK. I just wanted to -- Chair Winton: Let me get Linda to put -- Unidentified Speaker: We have a brief statement that we -- Chair Winton: No, no. No, I'm going to let you. Board Member Sanchez: Well -- Chair Winton: No problem. Linda, would you put on the record the -- Mr. Rollason: Mr. Chairman, if I could just make one clarification because I think there's a little bit of confusion. The reverter is until 2017 on the land, but the extension of both the CRAs is until 2027. Board Member Sanchez: 2027. Chair Winton: Oh, OK. I -- OK. I thought -- Mr. Rollason: OK, so -- and what happened was is that the Omni was really a little bit further out, and we were able to make it more equitable and fair. The County agreed that they would allow the Southeast Overtown/Park West to go the same length of time, to 2027, so we picked up really almost another couple of years on Southeast Overtown/Park West, so we're talking some considerable funding here. Chair Winton: Linda, could you put on the record what your analysis shows? Linda Haskins (Chief Financial Officer/Deputy City Manager, City of Miami): We've used as a basis the estimates from the CRA's financial advisor, which we think are quite conservative. On the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA -- and it does not include any estimates relating to the expansion of boundaries. This is just on the extension of life -- We project that the total cash flow to the CRA will increase by $276 million over the current term. The present value of that is about 144 million, which provides significant bonding capacity. On the Omni -- Chair Winton. Ms. Haskins: Chair Winton. Ms. Haskins: Chair Winton. Ms. Haskins: Arts Center). On the Omni, I think the Omni shows the City's support for the PAC (Performing The PAC improves -- the PAC support provided, through the City's Omni CRA, • Give me an order of magnitude bonding capacity that that could create. 144 million -- • Right. -- somewhere around there. • Yeah. OK, keep going. City of Miami Page 22 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 improves by $264 million through 2027. The Omni CRA itself improves its net cash flow -- that's after the payment to the PAC -- by $292 million. Conservatively, we think that would generate about a bonding capacity of $116 million. Chair Winton: I'm sorry, Linda. What was that last number again? Ms. Haskins: The cash flow after the additional support to the PAC, to the Omni CRA through 2007, we're estimating to be about $292 million, with an estimating bonding capacity of about $116 million. Chair Winton: And without the expansion. Ms. Haskins: There's no expansion in any of these numbers. Chair Winton: So we're at 250 million? Ms. Haskins: Yes. Chair Winton: That doesn't include DDA (Downtown Development Authority), and there's going to be some money there, and that doesn't include parking surcharge. This is in a compact zone where we've had huge slum and blight for decades and decades, and for the first time ever, now we'll have a funding mechanism to really attack the problem, and what we're going to do by figuring out what the capital projects are, identing them, committing to them, and bonding out the money is we prevent forever boards doing like the past 20 years the boards have done, and that's just letting the money dribble out and dribble out and dribble out, dribble out, and nothing changes. I mean, it's -- it gets me totally excited, so Fred, you're on first. Ladies -- Board Member Sanchez: No, wait, wait, wait, wait. Chair Winton: -- next, if you don't -- Oh, I'm sorry. Board Member Sanchez: I yield to everyone just to be able to speak last on the issue. I don't think -- what's in question here is not the agreement in itself. I think the -- what's been laid out on the agreement is clearly to the benefit of the City of Miami with a long-term view and a short-term view because of all the money it's going to generate. My concern is that this is an interlocal agreement between the City and the County, and I want to make sure that this is -- not only is it in the best interest of the City and the residents that they represent, but I want to make sure that three or four months down the line, if it doesn't come back with an amendment of something else that might be brought forth -- so I want to make sure that as we move forward, we are doing this in the most legal manner that we may not be surprised later on, and I want to make sure -- this question comes up because, you know, this isn't as simple as it is. I mean, this has been back and forth -- Johnny, you may know more about the deal because you're the Chair, but I could tell you that we've had several meetings, and the more meetings I get, the more complicated it becomes between the City and the County in itself and as I stated, I think there's too many chefs in the kitchen on this issue. Chair Winton: But what's the issue you're worried about? Board Member Sanchez: Well, the issue is Parrot Jungle. I want -- Chair Winton: Oh. Board Member Sanchez: -- to make sure that -- Chair Winton: Parrot Jungle's not in this. City of Miami Page 23 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Board Member Sanchez: -- the Parrot Jungle settlement has nothing to do with this settlement here. Chair Winton: Put it on the record, please. Mr. Rollason: This is a three-way agreement that has to go -- Commissioner -- Board Member Sanchez: Just -- Mr. Rollason: -- if you -- Chair Winton: Yes. Mr. Rollason: -- I'll try to answer your question. Board Member Sanchez: Frank -- Chair Winton: Frank -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: No. Board Member Sanchez: -- just -- Mr. Rollason: From the CRA's perspective, this is it. Board Member Sanchez: All right, but let me tell you why I bring this out, Frank. Chair Winton: Put the real answer on -- Board Member Sanchez: No, no, no, no. Because you know what? I don't want the dog to bite me, OK -- Chair Winton: I agree with you. Board Member Sanchez: -- and if you're going -- if I'm going to be -- Chair Winton: Well, let me answer. Board Member Sanchez: -- a member of the CRA, don't treat me like a mushroom, all right? Provide me all the information. Frank, you provide information to my staff, and I sit with the administration, but not too long ago, a couple of weeks ago, there was another resolution that had Parrot Jungle involved -- Chair Winton: Correct. Board Member Sanchez: -- and it was going to be a -- one of these -- Chair Winton: Correct. Board Member Sanchez: -- surprise elements where you have three or four ordinance, and then the last one is the one that -- surprise. Mr. Rollason: All right. City of Miami Page 24 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Board Member Sanchez: I don't want to be caught in that situation. Mr. Rollason: All right. Let -- Chair Winton: We agree. Board Member Sanchez: I don't want my colleagues to be caught in that information [sic]. Chair Winton: We agree. Mr. Rollason: Let me -- Chair Winton: No one -- Board Member Sanchez: All right -- Mr. Rollason: -- address that. Board Member Sanchez: -- so don't feed me -- don't treat me like a mushroom and keep me in the dark and feed me -- Mr. Rollason: Commissioner. Board Member Sanchez: -- you know what. Mr. Rollason: Commissioner -- Board Member Gonzalez: That's right. Mr. Rollason: -- there's a City element to this, a CRA element -- Chair Winton: Excuse me. Frank, hold on. There's a direct and easy answer to the question that you're -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yes. Chair Winton: -- not providing. Let me provide it, please, and correct me if I'm wrong. This has nothing to do with Parrot Jungle. Board Member Sanchez: That's all he needs to say. Chair Winton: Right. I know that. That was the answer that he was looking for, not some explanation about what this does. It is a direct answer. This has nothing to do with Parrot Jungle. Now, am I correct on that statement? Mr. Rollason: You are correct on that statement. Chair Winton: Thank you. Board Member Sanchez: So, Frank, the assurance that I have -- Chair Winton: Parrot Jungle -- Board Member Sanchez: -- from you, as CRA, that this isn't going to come back to include later on Parrot Jungle, because I could tell you what's going to happen. You're negotiating an City of Miami Page 25 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 agreement with the County. We are the City; the County is the County. I guarantee you, at the table the County isn't going to look at our best interest. The County's going to look at their best interest, so therefore, you have now -- you're going to have the CRA to deal with the County, and then you have the City administration dealing with the County on a variety of issues. There's the agreement. There's the PAC. There's the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) plant, and God knows what's on that agreement. The only assurance that I want as a Commissioner -- or not as a Commissioner because now I have a different hat -- as a CRA board member is that we are doing everything that we can to assure that we are prudent in this agreement to make sure that it is the best agreement for the betterment of the CRA. Mr. Rollason: We are, and if you look at Number 5, on Exhibit A, which is a part of this resolution from you as a CRA Board, it specifically states, except as provided herein, no other changes will be made to the Omni CRA or Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA agreements. This resolution is authorizing these items on Exhibit A as changes in the interlocal agreement, period. That's what I'm bringing before you today. Board Member Sanchez: All right. That answered my question. Chair Winton: Thank you. OK. Anyone else? Yes. Board Member Regalado: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a -- the question that Board Member Sanchez had was the same question, and I still -- because once, twice to find out with the County, and I was informed that all these Parrot Jungle assuming 70 percent and all that was part of a whole structure that was negotiated with the County, so you say and the Chairman says, it has nothing to do. My question is, if we go to litigation with the County on the Parrot Jungle issue, this settlement with the County will not be affected at all? Chair Winton: Well, he can't -- Board Member Regalado: No. I'm asking -- Chair Winton: -- speak necessarily -- Board Member Regalado: -- the Attorney. Chair Winton: -- for the County. I mean -- Board Member Regalado: No. I'm asking the Attorney. Just -- Jim Villacorta (Assistant General Counsel): This agreement is independent of the Parrot Jungle. Board Member Regalado: OK, and the other question is, you know, extending the life of the CRA for Overtown/Park West is the right thing to do, and you know, no one in the County should get a medal because that's the thing that they should do because this is an area that needs long-term. Extending the CRA in Omni is the intelligent thing to do because, as a matter of fact, the County has a lot of interest. What I don't understand is why the CRA has to subsidize the Performing Arts Center if the private partnership have not complied with the monies that they committed to finish this, and what this will bring is a ghost of the PAC will be flying over the park museums sooner than later, and the government will be forced to go into and help this project. I was at Miami -Dade County Auditorium, 1984, I think it was, when Bruce Kaplan had a public hearing on the PAC, and the private people promised -- I think it was 87 million for the building. The building has balloon and whatever, and the County has gone after that, but why does the CRA need to subsidize the PAC. The rationale will be because it helps the area, but it's already there. City of Miami Page 26 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Mr. Rollason: But -- Board Member Regalado: They cannot back up. I mean, they cannot demolish that. Mr. Rollason: No, they can't demolish it, but you have to go back why the Omni CRA was formed from the very inception, and when you look at that interlocal agreement, it was put together with the intent of funding the Performing Arts Center at a very minimal level to start with as an economic engine for that area. It has done what it has done, and really, you should look at it -- or I would encourage you to look at it -- as the other development happens in that area, it is a portion of that TIF that comes off of those that come into the City and into the CRA that helps to keep this economic engine alive and allow the further expansion of the area. Just like the expansion that we approved earlier with Bernard Zyscovich, that piece will be able to benefit from that additional TIF that has spun off from those buildings that are built that are attracted to come because of the PAC, so it's like a chicken and an egg. As this thing goes, there's a symbiosis between the Performing Arts Center and the development. The developers want to be there because the PAC is there, and the PAC is there and it's bringing the developers, and as such, the developers in those projects are now going to be able to contribute into the PAC and keep that alive and well and not being something that's going to be hand-to-mouth, trying to figure out how we fund it from year to year to keep it running, so I think it's a very good balance to -- for the entire area, and it will spin off further than just Omni as we already see being able to go into Overtown, and impacts on Midtown. I mean, that whole area now is starting to look to be linked and connected and wanting to be a part of this and a part of that, and that's why it's a very -- to me, it's a very good investment to go forward with this. Board Member Regalado: Well, you -- Chair Winton: Anything else? Board Member Regalado: -- can say that for the museums, too. They will be anchor for the area close to Omni, and it doesn't mean that the CRA or the City have to subsidize -- Mr. Rollason: Well, they -- Chair Winton: Well -- Mr. Rollason: -- in particular, are not within the CRA. Board Member Regalado: No, I know that, but -- Mr. Rollason: OK. Board Member Regalado: -- it's close. Chair Winton: Anything else? Board Member Regalado: No. Chair Winton: OK. Commissioner -- Board Member. I think -- Fred, I made a mistake. I think it should always be ladies first -- Fred Joseph: Thank you. Chair Winton: -- so my apologies. Eileen Ma: Thank you for -- City of Miami Page 27 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Chair Winton: Ladies first. Ms. Ma: -- the time. We'll just take a few minutes. My name is Eileen Ma, and I'm one of the organizers with Power U, and I'm here with some residents from Overtown. Our overriding concern about the amendments, which include some amendment to the settlement agreement, is about the Crosswinds project. As you may know, there's tremendous community opposition to that project, and I think both Commissioner Winton and Commissioner Spence -Jones, you've expressed this in public as well, some concerns about what that actual project is at this current moment, and so we have a statement just to make sure to get on the record our -- Chair Winton: Sure. Ms. Ma: -- concerns about that and as it relates to this -- Chair Winton: please. Ms. Ma: -- amendment. Stanley Cohen: My name is Stanley Cohen, and we are here representing Power U members and many Overtown residents. We are -- have been against the Power -- Crosswind project and the way it was set up. The development of those lots -- we believe the settlement agreement was flawed and allowed a no -bid proceeding to favor Crosswinds. Chair Winton: Could I interrupt you for a minute, though? Could I -- I'm sorry. Crosswinds isn't a part of this, and the discussion isn't about Crosswinds. It's only about extending the life of the CRA and protecting -- which kind of speaks to y'all's point a bit, but protecting our ability to create options, new options for those sites because the only piece of this agreement that can be remotely connected to Crosswinds is the fact that the reverter clause has been extended so that we can, in fact, create new options relative to those sites down the road, but this item itself has nothing to do with Crosswinds. There will be another conversation, an additional conversation, I promise you, in the future specifically related to Crosswinds, and when we have that conversation again -- and it will be public conversation -- I will make sure that you all are invited and come, and that's the appropriate place to make any comment you want about Crosswinds, but this isn't. Ms. Ma: Could I speak to that? Chair Winton: Yes, ma'am, please. Ms. Ma: And there's maybe a bit of paranoia on our part. The amendment includes an amendment to the settlement agreement where, you know, there's a specific referral to the County referral and to the -- and in the settlement agreement, it actually states the date of August 2007 as the date the reverter would kick in, and so, you know, I'm concerned in that settlement agreement, more specifically, with Sawyer's Walk and Crosswinds, and so the concern here is that somehow that will kind of slide through, and the reverter will then apply in that way as well. Chair Winton: It's actually just in reverse. It's to assure that we don't suddenly -- that the land just doesn't disappear and we end up with a whole big new mess. This gives us -- Ms. Ma: And we endorse that and support that because we understand that, you know, the CRA and the City can provide, you know, opportunities for development for the area. The concern is the way it reads to the public, I guess, is that maybe in the settlement agreement, it would -- suddenly the date would change in the settlement agreement, and it would say 2017, and for ten years, we're dealing with Crosswinds, and -- City of Miami Page 28 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Chair Winton: Oh, no, no. It doesn't, and let the City -- I think the -- our City Attorney wants to respond to this. Mr. Villacorta: Yeah. I just wanted to note for the record that we're presently in litigation with Power U, the City and the CRA -- Chair Winton: Oh. Mr. Villacorta: -- and the issues concern environmental studies that have to be done on the property, which will take some time to do, and the reverter with the County -- the settlement agreement that's referred to in ExhibitA isn't the Crosswinds settlement agreement. It's the settlement with Dade County as far as the reverter on the land -- Chair Winton: OK Mr. Villacorta: -- and it extends that time for -- Ms. Ma: Thank you for the clarification. Chair Winton: Thank you. Any -- did -- now, did y'all have any other comment? Ms. Ma: It was all related to that, so -- Chair Winton: OK, great. Ms. Ma: -- unless you want to just -- Joanne Love and Andrew Reed. Chair Winton: Thank you very much. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Thank you, Eileen. Chair Winton: Fred. Mr. Joseph: I would like to address the fact that the Omni Advisory Board is in great favor of trying to do something for this, and we would like to see the -- it extended. It would work for the City and it works for our area. Our problem is that CRA, without anything coming back to the Omni, seems to be cash register for the arts. How do we justify what we're giving and not be able to get something in return? We've always said that certain projects, as Commissioner Winton had once said, if the Miami Marlins was going to do something -- oh, I'm sorry. Florida Marlins, then it was going to be called the Miami Marlins, if the City -- Chair Winton: I think it's the Hialeah Marlins. Mr. Joseph: -- was going to put it in -- maybe it's going to be San Antonio, Texas, but when we asked them or brought up items of the bridge, would it be called Omni? Would there be something -- we're asking for something to be given back to the Omni area. Sure, the Omni malls going to come down someday, but the CRA name's going to stay the same. Also, we're asking that certain area codes -- I'm sorry, zip codes in the area be afforded direct invitations for functions and items. We hear nothing about it. Chair Winton: Repeat that. I didn't understand. Mr. Joseph: Well, if your zip code in the Children's Museum, you'll get a discount, or you'll get special privilege of knowing when something's coming ahead of time, or if they're going to have City of Miami Page 29 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 something in the plaza, no expense, the Omni people, who are funding something -- we're not saying something for nothing, but we're saying for dollars because everybody has always said this project will never make a penny. I'm very sorry. Before this project even opens, the County and the City are making millions on our tax returns. Immediately, our taxes went up, and the numbers speak for themselves; from a million and change into the TIF, now we're over nine million in the TIF. You know, that's not hard for us to figure out. We've got the traffic problems. We've got to live with the tractor trailers coming and going. Coconut Grove doesn't live with it. Gables by the Sea -- this is a County project. None of those are living with it, but the Omni area -- because we were blight; we were derelict; we were -- nobody wanted to have anything to do with us. We're asking in it -- we've asked Frank to set in motion where the Omni Advisory Board would have a seat on the PAC to oversee, with your help, where these funds -- I think it expires in five years -- am I right, Frank? -- or it comes back for renewal in five years. We want to see where the steward of that money had went for five -- is that correct? Chair Winton: Well, you mean the current -- Mr. Joseph: This extra funding they're asking for. Chair Winton: But -- Mr. Joseph: Thirty percent. Chair Winton: -- the current PAC -- the current -- the legislation -- the enabling legislation establishing the Omni CRA expires when? Mr. Rollason: Would expire in 2016, 2017. There's some discussion about what that would be, but in that -- Chair Winton: So, it's ten years from now -- Mr. Rollason: -- is the 1.43 a year. Chair Winton: -- not five. I don't know what the five years is. Mr. Joseph: I'm sorry. I'm going back to where they're asking for the 30 percent. Does that not come back -- Mr. Rollason: All right. Mr. Joseph: -- in five years -- Mr. Rollason: What he's referring -- Mr. Joseph: -- Frank? Mr. Rollason: No. Chair Winton: No. Mr. Rollason: What he's referring to is that the agreement that we have worked out is that for the first five years of the -- once the interlocal is signed off, we would give the 1.43 plus an additional 30 percent of what's left. After those five years, the 1.43 drops off, and it's a flat 30 percent -- Chair Winton: Right, right -- City of Miami Page 30 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Mr. Rollason: -- of the -- Chair Winton: -- right. Mr. Rollason: -- TIF, or 1.43, whatever's greater -- Chair Winton: Yeah. Mr. Rollason: -- in case things go sour. Mr. Joseph: So they can -- it's a continuing basis -- Chair Winton: Absolutely. Mr. Joseph: -- so we need a watchdog as well because they haven't been very good stewards of the money. When we -- when I was first on the PAC, nobody wanted to belong, nobody would show up. We were $200 million, and now we're over $400 million, and people are starting to look at us like where's the end. This isn't the end, but it's -- we're back into giving 30 percent of - - what is it going to be, 9, 10, 12, 15, maybe an end to the TIF right now that's growing at the rate it's growing, it's going to be quite substantial. Chair Winton: Well -- and so, Fred, I'm not sure I know what you're asking for. Mr. Joseph: What we're asking for is representation, just like any other entity that would be given it. The Omni area has no representation there. The Omni area knows nothing -- I mean, when you have a function there that is available for -- Chair Winton: I thought that Eleanor Kluger was on -- isn't she on the -- Mr. Joseph: No longer. Chair Winton: Well, I don't know. Y'all -- somebody needs to come to -- you can't talk from the crowd. Whoever wants to respond needs to put it on the record, please. Michael Hardy: Hello. I'm Michael Hardy, president of the Performing Arts Center. What's the question? Chair Winton: Representation by the current citizens of the Omni on the PAC Board, I think. Mr. Joseph: Correct, after the completion. Mr. Hardy: The only Omni resident on the board at present is named Caroline Taylor. There's nothing in the governance or the Charter that says there has to be, and we're happy to have a discussion to discuss and look for solutions. It may be that the CRA Board should have an appointment. The City of Miami does have three appointments, and the Mayor of the City of Miami has an appointment. It may be that the City of Miami would like to use its appointment to ensure that there's always at least one resident of the Omni. Chair Winton: That's a good idea, so we'll consider that, and Fred, I think we're going to take up -- Mr. Joseph: Can I -- ? Chair Winton: -- I think you ought to accept his offer to sit and talk about it. Y'all can bring City of Miami Page 31 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 some ideas to us, and we'll see what we can work out. I think that's what we ought to -- Mr. Joseph: Well, I would be happy to because I said with Frank before, I'd like to go over the items again back to -- Chair Winton: But let me -- and I'm going to respond, and then public hearing's going to close. There is a direct, an absolute direct benefit to all the residents of the Omni area in this extension. If you chose -- if we, the Board -- and I'm certainly supporting this extension -- decided that we don't want to support the PAC, we've done two things that are a huge negative: assure that the PAC will struggle for a long time to come, which makes no sense to me whatsoever, and the converse is, by providing this funding mechanism, I think we provide a great opportunity to assure that we have long-term success of the Performing Arts Center, where we've already spent $400 million, so I think we've got an obligation to do that. The second part is -- if we weren't to do that -- then we're not going to expand the life of either CRA because the County's going to be totally opposed to it, so we lose all the City tax dollars that can come to the improvements that we're going to be working on, and all of the County tax dollars that are coming into both CRAs, and anyone who thinks that the Omni CRA and the Overtown/Park West CRA are separated, they're not looking at reality. They're separated by law, but in terms of impact, they are one in the same, and so there will be -- the direct benefit is the ability to bond out something in the neighborhood of $250 million, of which 116 million is Omni all by itself, to do significant capital improvement projects, which is what our commitment is, for every square inch of the geographical boundaries of each of these CRAs, and that's what we're committed to doing, and so that's the benefit that's going to come here, and Fred, I think that we've got another whole Commission agenda, and I've got to move past this. Mr. Joseph: Thank you very much, but that's 30 percent of it you're also taking out of your bonding. Chair Winton: Thirty percent of a number that you could have. Without it, you're going to have zero, so we're not taking out 30 percent, we're getting zero. Mr. Joseph: We're not opposed to it -- Chair Winton: Neither are we. Mr. Joseph: -- but we need to know the number. Chair Winton: It is -- it's 30 percent of whatever the number it grows to. That's what the formula is. Mr. Joseph: I'm happy to sit with them. I'm happy to sit with FrankRollason and try to see what we can establish to be able to get something recognition for the Omni. Chair Winton: OK, that's -- and that's a good idea. Mr. Joseph: That we're living with it. Chair Winton: Now, we've had -- the public hearing is closed. Do we have any other discussion from the dais? We need a motion. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So moved. Chair Winton: Second? No? So the motion dies. We don't have any goddamn -- we don't have any board members here. City of Miami Page 32 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So -- Chair Winton: What's the next item? Mr. Rollason: We can return to this one if we get a -- Chair Winton: If you get a vote. Mr. Rollason: -- some additional members. [Later.] Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Are we going to be able to revisit that item again? Chair Winton: What -- now what would -- what is on Item number -- Mr. Rollason: Seven, we're talking -- Board Member Regalado: Seven. Mr. Rollason: -- about. Chair Winton: Seven. What's required to revisit Item Number 7? Mr. Rollason: Need a second on a motion. Chair Winton: To revisit? Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Motion to -- Chair Winton: It's just a -- doesn't require four -fifths vote or anything. Board Member Gonzalez: No. Mr. Rollason: No. Chair Winton: So then I have to have a motion -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So moved. Chair Winton: -- to revisit Item Number 7. Board Member Gonzalez: I'll move it. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Move. Chair Winton: We got a motion and a second to revisit Item Number 7. Any discussion? If not, roll call. Board Member Regalado: Mr. Chair. Chair Winton: Mr. City Attorney, would you call the roll? Or Madam Clerk, would you call the roll on this item? Priscilla A. Thompson (Clerk of the Board): If I might, and please beg your indulgence. I want City of Miami Page 33 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 to make sure that the motion that we're voting on is to reconsider -- Chair Winton: Item Number -- Ms. Thompson: -- 7. Chair Winton: -- 7. Ms. Thompson: OK, thank you. Chair Winton: Yes, ma'am. Board Member Regalado: To reconsider, not to vote on. Ms. Thompson: Correct. That's why I wanted -- Chair Winton: No, to reconsider. Ms. Thompson: -- I needed to be sure. Thank you very -- Chair Winton: Yes. Ms. Thompson: -- much. OK. Roll call. Commissioner Rega -- I'm sorry, Board Member Regalado? Board Member Regalado: To reconsider -- Ms. Thompson: Yes. Board Member Regalado: -- yes. Ms. Thompson: OK. Board Member Gonzalez? Board Member Gonzalez: Yes. Ms. Thompson: Board Member Spence -Jones? Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yes. Ms. Thompson: Then Chair Winton? Chair Winton: Yes. OK, now Item Number 7 is back for consideration. I need a motion. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So moved. Chair Winton: And a second. Board Member Gonzalez: Second. Chair Winton: Got a motion and a second on Item Number 7. It is a resolution. Board Member Gonzalez: But what happened? We didn't vote on this before? Chair Winton: We did, but there were only three of us -- City of Miami Page 34 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Board Member Regalado: And I didn't second it, so it died. Chair Winton: -- and it didn't get a second -- Board Member Gonzalez: All right. Chair Winton: -- so it died from lack of second That's what happened, so all in favor, "aye." Board Member Regalado: No. Chair Winton: Like sign -- we -- let the motion show that there were three in favor and one opposed to Item Number 7. What else do we have? Item Number 9 is done, isn't that correct? Mr. Rollason: That is correct. We need to adjourn. 8 06-00208 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") RATIFYING THE ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN AUTHORIZING PAYMENT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,340.50, TO CRA SPECIAL COUNSEL, HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP, FOR SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ON -GOING NEGOTIATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BLOCK 36 IN OVERTOWN; AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL SPECIAL COUNSEL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.00; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM SEOPW TIF FUND, "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - LEGAL," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 689001.550108.6.250. Cover Memo.pdf Financial Form.pdf Back-up.pdf Legislation.pdf Motion by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, seconded by Board Member Gonzalez, that this matter be ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chairman Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Tomas Regalado and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Absent: 1 - Board Member Joe Sanchez CRA-R-06-0010 Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): The next item is Item Number 8. It is a combination item of authorizing the expenditure of money that I've already spent on Block 36, dealing with negotiations on Block 36. This is a ratification of that $44,340.50, and adding an additional $50, 000 for continued negotiations on Block 36. Chair Winton: What negotiation do we have, though? Mr. Rollason: We're having negotiations with the developers and -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: For the Lyric project. Chair Winton: Oh, we are? OK, OK. Mr. Rollason: Right. City ofMiami Page 35 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Chair Winton: I just wanted to make sure, so we need -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So move. Chair Winton: -- a motion? Mr. Rollason: Need a motion. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: So moved. Board Member Gonzalez: Second. Chair Winton: Got a motion and a second. Any further discussion? If not, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. REPORTS 9 06-00251 CRA REPORT A MOTION DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO WORK WITH CRA VICE CHAIR MICHELLE SPENCE-JONES TO PEPARE A RESOLUTION CREATING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI, THE SEOPW AND OMNI CRAS, AND THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ("DDA") FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING SIGNIFICANT AND ATTAINABLE CAPITAL PROJECTS WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND BEAUTY OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS WITH THE INTENT THAT SAID IDENTIFIED AND APPROVED PROJECTS COULD BE FUNDED BY A FUTURE BOND ISSUE; FURTHER, APPOINTING CRA VICE CHAIR MICHELLE SPENCE-JONES TO SERVE AS CHAIRPERSON OF SAID COMMITTEE, ONCE IT IS ESTABLISHED; FURTHER, DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CRAS' REDEVELOPMENT PLANS, THE DDA'S MASTER PLAN, AND THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PARKING SURCHARGE PROGRAM IN RECOMMENDING PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS FOR BOTH THE SEOPW AND OMNI CRAS; FURTHER, DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO BRING THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AT THE REGULAR CRA BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 2006. Cover Memo.pdf Motion.pdf Motion by Board Member Gonzalez, seconded by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chairman Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Tomas Regalado and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Absent: 1 - Board Member Joe Sanchez Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item Number 9 is the -- is a motion that's directing me to develop the resolution to bring back to this Board, which will City ofMiami Page 36 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 establish the very committee that you spoke about earlier, Mr. Chairman, that would be chaired by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, and that would be to ident0; significant and attainable capital projects which will improve the infrastructure, quality of life, and beauty of both the Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) and the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA. Board Member Gonzalez: Move Item 9. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Second. Chair Winton: Got a motion and a second. Discussion on Item 9, and by the way -- and this further directs that, I think, she's going to form a citizen committee out there to work with her -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah, we -- um -hum. Chair Winton: -- and we're going to direct members of the Downtown Development Authority because it will also have significant bonding -- Mr. Rollason: That is correct. Chair Winton: -- capacity -- Mr. Rollason: That's in there. Chair Winton: -- to work in conjunction with her, and the City staff is going to be providing economic -- the projections on parking surcharge money so it gets melded into this entire analysis, as well -- Mr. Rollason: Yes, sir. Those elements -- Chair Winton: -- because the parking -- Mr. Rollason: -- are in there. Chair Winton: -- surcharge thing doesn't have its own board, its own anything. That's just, as far as I'm concerned, kind of free money, and we ought to make the decisions about where that money is going, so we have a motion and a second. Any other -- any further discussion? If not - - this isn't a public hearing. If not, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries, and she will get significant citizen involvement. Fred Joseph: We're highly in favor -- Chair Winton: Right. Mr. Joseph: -- where she's -- Chair Winton: Thank you. Mr. Joseph: Thank you. NON -AGENDA ITEMS City of Miami Page 37 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 NA.1 06-00406 CRA DISCUSSION A MOTION DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CRA TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION, TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CRA BOARD AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ISSUE A GRANT TO TOOLS FOR CHANGE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF TOOLS FOR CHANGE PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF BUSINESS PLANS, ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES, AND BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES. Motion by Vice Chair Spence -Jones, seconded by Board Member Gonzalez, PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Board Member Angel Gonzalez, Chairman Johnny L. Winton, Board Member Tomas Regalado and Vice -Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Absent: 1 - Board Member Joe Sanchez Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Oh, no, no. Frank Rollason (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Oh, wait a second. Chair Winton: Motion -- Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Mr. Rollason: No, no -- Chair Winton: OK, sorry, sorry. Mr. Rollason: -- but you were going to bring up the -- Chair Winton: I'm sorry. Yes, ma'am. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: OK. Chair Winton: We're not adjourned. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: I'm sorry. Mr. Rollason: No. It's the end of the agenda items. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: OK. I just wanted to -- Mr. Chairman, as you know, we're moving ahead on those recruiting businesses back to the area on 3rd Avenue. I'm very excited. We have about four businesses that are coming. We have a pharmacist and a few other things to help the Overtown residents. One of the things that I'd like to have the Board's support, I'd like to direct the executive director of the CRA to prepare a resolution to be presented to the CR [sic] board at the next available meeting authorizing him to issue a grant to Tools for Change in amount of $25,000 -- not to exceed that amount for the purpose of having Tools for Change provide technical assistance in the form of business plans, accounting procedures, and best business practices. I think that it's really important. A lot of these businesses, we give these grants, and if we're not providing with technical assistance -- Chair Winton: Is that your motion? Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yes. City of Miami Page 38 Printed on 3/20/2006 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes March 9, 2006 Board Member Gonzalez: Second. Chair Winton: Got a motion and a second. Any further discussion? If not, all in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. Motion carries. May we adjourn? Jim Villacorta (Assistant General Counsel): You need a motion. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: Yes. Board Member Gonzalez: Motion to adjourn. Chair Winton: Motion to adjourn. Motion, second. All in favor, "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Winton: Like sign, opposed. The motion carries. We are adjourned. City of Miami Page 39 Printed on 3/20/2006