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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW OMNI CRA 2009-05-28 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com CPI • IN Q9P 139i1i? ▪ I1JYD Meeting Minutes Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:00 AM or thereafter City of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FI. SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Michelle Spence -Jones, Chair Marc David Sarnoff, Vice Chair Angel Gonzalez, Commissioner Joe Sanchez, Commissioner Tomas Regalado, Commissioner 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 May 28, 2009 Present: Commissioner Gonzalez, Commissioner Sanchez, Commissioner Regalado, Chair Spence -Jones and Vice Chair Sarnoff On the 28th day of May 2009, 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 special session at the Historic Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chair Michelle Spence -Jones at 3: 55 p.m. and was adjourned at 4: 22 p.m. ALSO PRESENT: James H Villacorta, Interim Executive Director, CRA Julie O. Brit, General Counsel Priscilla A. Thompson, Clerk of the Board Pamela E. Burns, Assistant Clerk of the Board RESOLUTIONS 1. 09-00598 CRA RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING THE ATTACHED AMENDED 2009 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST REDEVELOPMENT PLAN ("AMENDED 2009 PLAN"), PREPARED BY DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS AND UPDATED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT; DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT THE AMENDED 2009 PLAN AND THE CRA'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION, AND TO REQUEST SUBSEQUENT TRANSMITTAL TO THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION. Legislation.pdf EXHIBIT A - 2009 SEOPW REDEVELOPMENT PLAN Version 2.1 with corrected maps and text p Motion by Commissioner Sanchez, seconded by Vice Chair Sarnoff, that this matter be ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATIONS PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 5 - Vice Chair Sarnoff, Chair Spence -Jones, Commissioner Gonzalez, Commissioner Regalado and Commissioner Sanchez CRA-R-09-0035 Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. I'd like to officially open up the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) meeting. I know that I have my CRA executive director. Okay, Mr. Executive Director, you want to open us up? James Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Yes. Item number 1 of the agenda is a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency, with attachments, accepting the attached amended 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan prepared by Dover Kohl & Partners and updated by the City of Miami's Planning Department; directing the executive director to transmit the amended plan and the CRA's recommendation for approval to the City Manager for review and consideration, and to request subsequent transmittal to the Miami City Commission and Miami -Dade County for legislative action. City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 Chair Spence -Jones: All right. First of all, can -- anything --? Mr. Villacorta: Yeah. This plan was originally prepared in 2004 and came before this Board and was approved; came before the City Commission and was approved and then transmitted to Miami -Dade County. Since that time, as part of the interlocal agreement that the City, the County, and the CRAs entered into, we have amended the plan to add additional areas, mainly the area west of 1-95 to Northwest 7th Avenue and from Northwest 22nd Street on the north to 1-395 on the south. The City of Miami's Planning Department has updated the plan to reflect these new areas and can speak on that matter. The original plan received a number of community meetings, and this plan has receive -- the updated plan has been presented to the Overtown Oversight Board and to the Planning and [sic] Advisory Board last evening and -- that was a public hearing -- they approved the plan with a request that supportive housing be included. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay, thank you. Can we -- Mr. Gay, are you ready to walk us through the expanded redevelopment plan? Gregory Gay (Planner II): Good afternoon, members of the Community Redevelopment Agency. My name is Gregory Gay, with the City of Miami Planning Department, and I'd like to present to you this afternoon our -- the resolution for the Board of the Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment area -- Agency, with attachments, accepting the attachments [sic] amended 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan, as amended, prepared by Dover Kohl and Partners and updated by the City of Miami Planning Department; and directing the executive director to transmit the amended 2009 plan and the CRA recommendations for approval to the City Manager for review and consideration and the transmission -- and the sequential [sic] transmission to the City of Miami Commission and Miami -Dade County for legislative action. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. Do you want to walk us -- officially walk us -- Mr. Gay: Sure. Vice Chair Spence -Jones: -- through anything? I know you have our consultant here. Mr. Gay: To quickly walk you through the plan -- Guillermo Olmedillo: I'm actually preparing for -- Don't pay attention to that exhibit. This is for the Omni -- Chair Spence -Jones: Oh, okay. No problem. Mr. Olmedillo: -- expansion. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. You can walk -- Mr. Gay: Okay, very well. Chair Spence -Jones: -- us through. Mr. Gay: If I could just walk you through the maps here and just give you a brief summary of what this whole updating entails. As you can see, the main -- the updating basically entails changing the boundaries for the master plan. In the 2004, the boundaries were somewhat extended over to 7th Avenue from Biscayne Boulevard, west of I-95, and along 3rd Avenue to the north ofI-395, extending up to about 22nd Street. And as you can see, it was mostly a somewhat meandering and jaggered [sicJ edge as it relates to what was proposed in 2004. Most of the City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 areas that were not included at that time were public -owned properties, either by the City, County, or the School Board system. And at that particular time when you did approve the 2004 plan, this is what was approved. As we move over to the 2009 plan, what we did was we basically extended the rest of the areas over to 7th Avenue from 5th Street up to 22nd Street, making it a complete, clean line along Northwest 7th Avenue, taking it across 22nd Street to the upper boundaries of Overtown over to Northwest 1st Place, and bringing it south to Northwest 14th Street, and then immediately following along the southern edge ofI--395 over to Biscayne Boulevard. Those are the major changes within the mapping. There was a portion that was included, and we're going to have to make a small change in terms of a couple of boundaries to the southern portion here. There were -- underneath 1-395 and extended over to Biscayne Bay. That particular piece was excluded and as a result, we are changing another area here that's going to be a part of the Omni redevelopment area, which I will explain to you shortly. The second piece to this particular master plan was extending the timeline. The extension of the timeline is to extend the plan from 2017 to 2030. That is basically extending the lifespan of the CRA so that they will have an opportunity to look at the areas that have -- that we've expanded into and look at redevelopment opportunities for those particular areas. The areas that are included within that would be the Booker T. Washington High School area, the Town Park housing development area, which is looking and in the process of becoming a home ownership development, the area just west ofI-95 and 7th Avenue, which includes the Camillus House and the University of Miami new science life centers, which are -- have been proposed and are going through their processes as we speak, and a little edge along the eastern portion of Overtown along 1st Place, which is somewhat slated for a mixture of single-family and multifamily housing. As a part of the overall thought process -- 'cause initially, when the 2004 plan was created, we were looking at just expanding the Overtown area. Now that we're looking at expanding the Overtown area and the Southeast Overtown/Park -- and the Omni area, there have been some modifications. And one that was reflected here in the 2004 that is also reflected here by mistake is this little triangulated area, which is basically from 14th Street down to the southern half of I-395 from 1st Place over to the FEC (Florida East Coast) 1st Avenue area. That particular portion, which you will hear in a second presentation, will be excluded from this redevelopment area and included in the Omni redevelopment area. Chair Spence -Jones: That's what I thought. Mr. Gay: Okay. So that is being proposed as the two changes that are highlighted within this particular plan. And if there are any questions -- it is recommended by the Planning Advisory Board. It is supported by the Overtown Oversight Community Council [sicJ, and we would like to extend an opportunity for approval. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. First of all, I'd like to at least bring it back to the CRA Board. Is there any questions or comments about the redevelopment plan? Commissioner Sanchez: Does that include the University of Miami's biomedical? Chair Spence -Jones: Yes, it does. Commissioner Sanchez: It does? Mr. Gay: Yes, it does. And if I could add, there was an amendment at the Planning Advisory Board on last evening. One of the members expressed concern that the type of housing that would be considered is supportive housing, which is recently been identified within some of the federal regs (regulations), which was not identified within the plan, that that particular information be included. And as far as the boundary changes, before we transmit this over to the County, those amendments will be made so that it will be a clean -- Chair Spence -Jones: Reflected. City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 Mr. Gay: -- document going over to the County. Commissioner Sanchez: Now the process, once we send it over to the County. Mr. Gay: Okay. I'll have -- Commissioner Sanchez: The County could also modify it? Mr. Gay: Yes. Commissioner Sanchez: Okay. Would it come back to us if it's significant modification? Mr. Villacorta: If they modified it, I believe it would, yes. Chair Sanchez: It would? Mr. Villacorta: The '04 plan didn't contemplate the biotech park or Camillus House sites, which that's what this plan adds, and it also picks up the homes in Town Park Village, Town Park North and Town Park South, which are in great need of support. In the 204 [sic] plan, that area was excluded. It'll now be included in the CRA, which will allow us to get in there and help those homeowners. Commissioner Sanchez: Well, that goes to show you how much the City has changed in some ways. Chair Spence -Jones: Yes. Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Commissioner Sanchez: All right. Chair Spence -Jones: So we -- do we have a motion on this item? Commissioner Sanchez: I -- so the motion would be to accept the 209 [sic] Southeast Overtown/Park West master plan district, correct? Mr. Villacorta: Re -- yeah, redevelopment plan, as amended to exclude that small area between Northwest 1st Avenue and 1st Place -- Commissioner Sanchez: Okay. Mr. Villacorta: -- and that will be included in the Omni redevelopment area. Commissioner Sanchez: I will make that motion. Chair Spence -Jones: So I have a motion. Do I have a second on the redevel --? Vice Chair Sarnoff Second. Chair Spence -Jones: I have a second -- second for discussion or second by Commissioner Sarnoff. Vice Chair Sarnoff.- Second. City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 Chair Spence -Jones: Second. Commissioner -- Thank you -- Regalado, do you have a question? Commissioner Regalado: Yeah. Just a question. Did -- Jim, did the County did [sic] a study and this is the only -- did the County did [sic] the study, or is this the only study? Would -- the County would accept this study? That's the only one? Chair Spence -Jones: Yes. Mr. Villacorta: Yes. This is a study that originally was prepared by the CRA in 2004, submitted through the whole process, to the CRA, the City Commission, and the County. The County didn't act on it. We're now updating it, which was contemplated in the interlocal agreement that the City, the County, and the CRAs entered into for a number of projects. Part -- Commissioner Regalado: And the reason they didn't act on it was? Mr. Villacorta: I'd be speculating. I know there was some concern over how the Children's -- the TIF (Tax Increment Fund) generated by the Children's Trust would be handled. And at one point, they had an ordinance that said until that was resolved, they wouldn't consider any CRAss items before them. So it may have been that, but I'd be speculating. Commissioner Regalado: Okay, and -- but they can -- the County Commission can modify this? Mr. Villacorta: Yes. The powers for -- under the Community Redevelopment Act and the Charter County -- come to the County and the County delegates them to the City. So this expanded area, they could modify the redevelopment plan if they chose. Commissioner Regalado: So what is the first committee that it has to go through? Is that governmental or --? Mr. Villacorta: I think it would have to go through the TIF Committee first. The finding of necessity study that we did for this expanded boundaries has already cleared that committee, and then I believe the next one is Housing and Economic Development, and then it goes to the full County Commission. It's -- Chair Spence -Jones: And the idea also, Commissioner Regalado, is to have everything done by July. Commissioner Regalado: No. I'm just saying because now there been changes on the chairmen [sic] of the committee. The County area Commissioner will be the Housing chairper -- Chair Spence -Jones: Oh, she's already that. Commissioner Regalado: Huh? Chair Spence -Jones: She's already that. Commissioner Regalado: Oh, she's already that. Okay. Chair Spence -Jones: All right. So we had a motion. We had a second. All in favor of this item? The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. Chair Spence -Jones: This item passes. 2. 09-00597 CRA RESOLUTION City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING THE FINDING OF NECESSITY REPORT, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A," FOR THE AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA ("STUDY AREA"), MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "B;" FINDING THAT THE REBUILDING, REHABILITATION, CONSERVATION, AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY AREA IS NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; FINDING THAT THE STUDY AREA CONSTITUTES A SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREA AS DEFINED IN SECTION 163.340, FLORIDA STATUTES; DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THE FINDING OF NECESSITY REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION, AND TO REQUEST SUBSEQUENT TRANSMITTAL TO THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AND THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION. Legislation.pdf Exhibit A to the Resolution - Omni FON.pdf Exhibit B to Resolution.pdf Omni CRA Expansion Proposed 2 Small.pdf Motion by Vice Chair Sarnoff, seconded by Commissioner Gonzalez, that this matter be ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATIONS PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 5 - Vice Chair Sarnoff, Chair Spence -Jones, Commissioner Gonzalez, Commissioner Regalado and Commissioner Sanchez CRA-R-09-0036 Chair Spence -Jones: We move on to CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) 2. James Villacorta (Interim Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): Item number 2 is a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency, with attachments, accepting the finding of necessity report, attached as Exhibit A, for the area proposed to be included in the Omni redevelopment area, more particularly described in Exhibit B; and finding that the rebuilding -- rehabilitation, conservation, and redevelopment of the study area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County; finding that the study area constitutes a slum or blighted area, as defined in Section 163.340, Florida Statutes; directing the executive director to transmit a copy of the finding of necessity report to the City Manager for review and consideration and to request subsequent transmittal to the Miami City Commission and the Miami -Dade County Commission for legislative action. We have -- Chair Spence -Jones: Presentation. Mr. Villacorta: -- an amendment on the floor to this boundary study. This sets forth the new boundaries to be included in the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency, and previously, we had studied including Watson Island. That was in your package. The Administration has asked that we exclude that from the boundaries. Chair Spence -Jones: Can I --? Okay. I'm sorry. Commissioner Sarnoff, you have a comment? Vice Chair Sarnoff Well, I'll make a motion, but I'd like to just discuss one thing with Jim. City of Miami Page 7 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 Commissioner Regalado: I'll second. Vice Chair Sarnoff Jim -- thank you. Jim, this includes all of the park now, right, all of Margaret Pace? Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Vice Chair Sarnoff And it does not cut off the Setai any longer, right? I think the old boundary line went directly -- Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Vice Chair Sarnoff -- through Setai? Mr. Villacorta: Yes. That boundary was set before Setai was built, and once it was constructed, the boundary went right through the middle of it. Vice Chair Sarnoff The reestablished boundary now includes all of Setai. Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Vice Chair Sarnoff Okay. Chair Spence -Jones: Can I ask a --? Are you finished, Commissioner Sarnoff? Vice Chair Sarnoff Yes, sir -- yes, ma'am. Chair Spence -Jones: I'm trying to understand this little section over here, which is what we talked about, I believe, earlier. Now I'm seeing it on this particular map, which is the -- the way that this is looking is like we're carving it out just to accommodate the Wynwood Free Trade Zone area. I don't understand how we like skipped a whole area in between there, but yet and still, we stuck -- I have a serious concern with how that's being placed on the map. Where is it coming from? Mr. Villacorta: In talks with the district Commissioner, we looked at this site, and what's happening is the Omni CRA, at that point, is coming over on top of the Overtown CRA to pick up that area, which is -- contains mainly the Wynwood Free Trade Zone, which is a blighted building that sat in disuse for some time. And the idea was that this would allow the Omni CRA to provide TIF support to whatever project is developed there. Vice Chair Sarnoff This is the project where the City of Miami has a $6 million, ifI remember correctly, mortgage on it. Commissioner Sanchez: Yep. Chair Spence -Jones: Um -hum. Mr. Villacorta: Correct, yes. Vice Chair Sarnoff This is just good government. This is a good idea. Commissioner Gonzalez: It is a good idea, yeah. Commissioner Sanchez: Which would -- the City could buy that property if we wanted. City of Miami Page 8 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. I'm just trying to understand why we would carve out -- like, for instance, I know -- for instance -- this is my district, first of all. It's the Wynwood area that we're talking about. And by all means, whatever support I can get in Wynwood, I want to do that. But I also know, for instance, the Puerto Rican community there has always wanted to have a section covered where they have land where they want to put a Puerto Rican -- Casa Puerto Rico, which is a facility for the Puerto Rican community. It's just carved out of this map, and that's because I was told that we couldn't go up that far and carve out like that. That's totally not right. Mr. Villacorta: I believe the Casa Puerto Rico site is included. Commissioner Sanchez: It's included. Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Commissioner Sanchez: It's right here. It's 22nd Street. Isn't it on 22nd Street? Mr. Villacorta: 22nd. Vice Chair Sarnoff.- Right there, Joe. Commissioner Sanchez: Yeah. Chair Spence -Jones: Actually, it's 21st, Clarence. Vice Chair Sarnoff It's right there. Chair Spence -Jones: It's on 20 -- it's Northwest 21st Street. Mr. Villacorta: Well, then it would be in the Overtown CRA. Vice Chair Sarnoff No. Chair Spence -Jones: No, it's not. Mr. Villacorta: At least west of Northwest 1st -- Chair Spence -Jones: We don't -- Vice Chair Sarnoff In the Omni CR -- it's there. Chair Spence -Jones: No. It's Northwest 21st Street and North -- and 3rd -- and North Miami -- Northeast 2nd Avenue. Mr. Villacorta: Then it wouldn't be. Chair Spence -Jones: It wouldn't be. It's not in, and I know it's not. Commissioner Gonzalez: Can you amend it on the floor? Chair Spence -Jones: This is crazy. Commissioner Gonzalez: You can amend it on the floor, if you want to. Mr. Villacorta: Yeah. That -- yeah. That area was studied as part of the finding of necessity, City of Miami Page 9 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 and in the study, it is determined to be blighted. The boundaries were scaled back at the request of the City, but -- Chair Spence -Jones: Jim, with -- the whole -- with all due respect, the whole area is blighted so it's not just that one little section there. That whole little area is blighted. Commissioner Gonzalez: Yeah, it is. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay, so I just want to make sure the people of Wynwood, the folks I represent, Puerto Rican community, Dominican community that always gets left behind there -- it's like, you know, we're making special concessions just for whatever's going to happen there, but what about the people that have been there for God knows how long? They need some relief as well. Commissioner Gonzalez: Well, why don't you amend it on the floor? Why don't you draw a line on 22nd --? Chair Spence -Jones: Well, I'm -- they're making it seem like we can't do that. Commissioner Gonzalez: You can't amend it on the floor? Of course you can. Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Vice Chair Sarnoff Has it been studied? Commissioner Gonzalez: So go straight on 22nd Street to North Miami Avenue -- I mean, to Northeast 2nd Avenue and bring it down to 20th Street and you close that block, and then you cover almost the entire area of Wynwood. Chair Spence -Jones: Yeah, that's true. That's true. Is --? Commissioner Sarnoff, I'm not -- I definitely want the Free Trade Zone. Right now it is a crack den, okay, so I'm not saying I don't - - right now you got people living in there, homeless people living in there, a whole bunch of stuff going on, kids being, you know, affected, going back and forth. I just -- they know how -- the folks sitting over there, they all know how I feel about this, so this is like not news -- new news. So I just have a concern with, you know, just carving out little areas and not thinking about the indigenous people that are already there that need help. So -- and I don't think that we should be trying to figure it all out right now. Mr. Villacorta: CRA staff included that in the study; found it to be blighted. City staff asked that it be removed yesterday evening. Chair Spence -Jones: City staff -- Mr. Villacorta: If the -- yeah -- if -- that the boundaries be scaled back to the old boundary on the north 20th Terrace. Commissioner Gonzalez: But it is a blighted area, isn't it? Mr. Villacorta: It is. Chair Spence -Jones: All of it's blighted. Commissioner Gonzalez: Because I know the area for many years. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay, all I'm asking for it to be amended to 21 st -- to be accommodated City of Miami Page 10 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 from -- to 21st Street. And Commissioner Gonzalez, you're saying that would pick up the neighborhoods all the way across? Commissioner Gonzalez: (INAUDIBLE) 22nd down on Northeast 2nd Avenue to 20th Street (INAUDIBLE). Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. Commissioner Gonzalez: (INAUDIBLE). Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. Yeah, that's true. Okay, so Commissioner Sanchez, are you okay with that? Commissioner Sarnoff -- Commissioner Sanchez: With -- Chair Spence -Jones: -- are you okay with that? Commissioner Sanchez: -- what? Chair Spence -Jones: The recommendation from Commissioner Gonzalez, just going straight across on the top? Commissioner Gonzalez: Go across on 22nd Street -- Priscilla A. Thompson (Clerk of the Board): I'm sorry. Commissioner, you're mike's not on. Commissioner Gonzalez: I'm sorry. Commissioner Sanchez: First of all, for the record I do believe that Puerto Ri -- Casa Puerto Rico is in it. Chair Spence -Jones: Yes. Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Chair Spence -Jones: Right, but the issue, though -- there's -- one side of the street is that, and then the other side is another area that's a part of it. That's why I said -- Commissioner Sanchez: So -- Chair Spence -Jones: -- 21st. Commissioner Sanchez: -- what is the amendment? How do you want to amend this? Chair Spence -Jones: I definitely want to make sure we include 21st Street. Commissioner -- Commissioner Sanchez: So -- Vice Chair Sarnoff Wait, wait, wait. Commissioner Gonzalez: Well, what I'm -- Vice Chair Sarnoff:- Isn't that Southeast Overtown/Park West is right there? Commissioner Gonzalez: -- suggesting is to -- the line on 22nd Street go (UNINTELLIGIBLE) City of Miami Page 11 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 Commissioner Sarnoff -- Vice Chair Sarnoff Wait, wait. Isn't South -- doesn't this fit into Southeast Overtown/Park West? Isn't there a shoehorn effect? Commissioner Gonzalez: No. The area that I'm talking about, it doesn't. Chair Spence -Jones: He's just talking about going east. Vice Chair Sarnoff Well, you don't want to go east. Commissioner Gonzalez: What is this, a railroad track? Vice Chair Sarnoff You don't want to go east. Commissioner Gonzalez: What is this yellow line? Commissioner Sanchez: We're not going east. Who suggested we go east? Nobody suggested we go east. Chair Spence -Jones: No. Gonzalez was suggesting that we go east. That's fine. Okay, so -- my executive director, Jim, are you saying that we are picking it up on 21st --? Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Chair Spence -Jones: And 21st Street is already on the Southeast Overtown/Park West side of it, right? Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. All right, so at this point, there's no adjustments being made. I'm understanding that we don't want to go east. Commissioner Gonzalez: No, it's included. It's included. Vice Chair Sarnoff Okay. Chair Spence -Jones: All right, so -- all right, the adjustments have been made. Mr. Executive Director -- Mr. Villacorta: Yes. Chair Spence -Jones: The adjustments have been made. Are you comfortable with what's being proffered here? Mr. Villacorta: Yes. What's being proposed by the City to remove some of the area that we studied, yes, I'm comfortable with it. The Casa Puerto Rico is at 23rd Street and 22nd Lane and Northwest 2nd Avenue, so the area you were concerned about would be included. Commissioner Gonzalez: It's Northwest 2nd Avenue, right? Mr. Villacorta: Yes, Northwest 2nd. Commissioner Gonzalez: Yeah. City of Miami Page 12 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 Mr. Villacorta: So it would be included -- Commissioner Gonzalez: It would be included. Mr. Villacorta: -- in the -- Commissioner Gonzalez: Yeah, it will be included. Mr. Villacorta: -- CRA. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay, so any other comments, the district Commissioner, just in general about the Omni CRA expansion? Vice Chair Sarnoff I'm encouraged and I'm excited. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay. Mr. Villacorta: Yeah. Chair Spence -Jones: All right, so do we have a motion on this item? Do we have a motion? Commissioner Gonzalez: We had a motion -- Vice Chair Sarnoff We have a motion and a second. Commissioner Gonzalez: -- and a second, I think. Chair Spence -Jones: Okay, so all in favor? Ms. Thompson: No, I'm sorry. We did not record -- Chair Spence -Jones: I didn't think we had a -- Do we have a motion? Who's -- Vice Chair Sarnoff.- So move. Chair Spence -Jones: So move by Sarnoff second by -- Commissioner Gonzalez: Second. Chair Spence -Jones: -- Gonzalez. All in favor? Mr. Villacorta: As amended by the map shown -- prepared by the City of Miami -- Ms. Thompson: Thank you. Mr. Villacorta: -- which now places the northern boundary at Northeast 20th Street until you get to the railroad tracks and then it jogs up. Vice Chair Sarnoff To 22nd Street moving over to the Wynwood -- Mr. Villacorta: Yes, and -- Vice Chair Sarnoff -- Free Trade Zone. Mr. Villacorta: -- picking up the Free Trade Zone. This map would be substituted for the exhibit City of Miami Page 13 Printed on 6/22/2009 SEOPW and OMNI Community Redevelopment Agencies Meeting Minutes May 28, 2009 in the resolution. Vice Chair Sarnoff So moved, as amended. Commissioner Gonzalez: Second. Chair Spence -Jones: All in favor? The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye. Chair Spence -Jones: This item officially passes. I'd like to officially adjourn the CRA meeting. City of Miami Page 14 Printed on 6/22/2009