HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-05-0028 Cover MemoSEOPW & Omni Board of Directors Meeting
July 25, 2005
Item # 3
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Chairman Johnny L. Winton
and Members of the CRA Board
Date: 07/15/05 05-00288
Subject: Authorization to Enter Into Land
Purchase and Sale Agreement with
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
From: Frank K. Rollason References:
Executive Director
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
Legislation
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Directors for the Southeast Overtown/Park West (SEOPW)
Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution, with attachment,
authorizing the Executive Director to enter into the proposed Agreement with the Historic Mount Zion
Missionary Baptist Church (°Church") for the sale of 4 identified parcels from the CRA to the Church as
approved by the SEOPW Board of Directors for the sum of one dollar ($1.00) contingent upon 1) that
parking shall be maintained as part of the conveyance, and 2) the Church allows use of the property by the
public for parking when not being utilized by the Church.
JUSTIFICATION:
On April 26, 2004, the SEOPW Board of Directors approved the sale and transfer of the four identified
parcels via SEOPW/CRA Resolution No. 04-25 (copy attached) with instructions to present the proposed
Agreement to the Board of Directors for approval. As a review, in January of 2002, the CRA purchased
these lots through the sale of a tax certificate in the amount of $27,800.00 for the purpose of protecting
these lots with the ultimate intention of returning these lots to the Church. On October 17, 2003, Mt. Zion
submitted a proposal to the CRA requesting these lots be returned to the Church for use "as a parking lot
for its members and visitors/guests" and offered to pay the CRA the sum of $1.00 for the acquisition. On
January 26, 2004, the Board authorized the issuance of an RFP, as required by Chapter 163, which was
issued on February 5, 2004 resulting in no additional proposals being submitted or received. The Board
then instructed the Executive Director (via Resolution No. 04-25 on 4/26/04) to negotiate a Purchase and
Sale Agreement with the Church incorporating their proposal and adding a covenant requiring that 1)
parking shall be maintained as part of the conveyance, and 2) the Church allow the use of the property by
the public [for parking] when not being utilized by the Church. The requested proposed Agreement is
attached and it is recommended that it be approved and the Executive Director be authorized to execute
same.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
FKR/eh