HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-06-0034 Cover Memo V3SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
SEOPW & Omni Board Of Commissioners Meeting
September 25, 2006
Item # 5
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: September 15, 2006 Fide: 06-00914
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Recommendation to Amend
Entertainment Districts
From: James H. Villacorta References:
Interim Executive Director
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
Legislation
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Boards of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West (SEOPW) and
Omni Redevelopment District (OMNI) Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs) approve and adopt the
attached Joint Resolution recommending that City Administration direct staff to prepare legislation to amend
Chapter 4, Section 4-11 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, entitled "Alcoholic Beverages/Exceptions to
Distance Requirements," (and any other necessary sections) to modify the boundaries of the Park West,
Overtown, and Media Entertainment Specialty Districts.
JUSTIFICATION:
This item was deferred for the second time at the July 31, 2006 CRA meeting. The Interim Executive Director
was instructed to schedule a discussion item on the entertainment specialty districts to include: security, hours
of operation, parking, and noise prior to the Boards of Commissioners taking any action. The Media
Entertainment Specialty District is located in the Omni CRA and the Overtown and Park West Entertainment
Specialty Districts are located in the SEOPW CRA. All three entertainment specialty districts are addressed in
the respective updated redevelopment plans. The suggested modifications to the district boundaries are not
purely a staff recommendation; but rather, a recommendation contained within the updated Omni
Redevelopment Plan as approved by the Omni Steering Committee on October 20, 2004 (see attached
boundary changes). The intent of the boundary changes is to eliminate the non -entertainment space between
the three districts so that patrons can move from one district to another without walking through areas not
included within a district. All boundaries are being shifted to accomplish this objective. The net result is: 1) Park
West's 24-hour entertainment district is considerably reduced in size; 2) Overtown's blues and jazz district is
moved north out of the residential area where the Sawyer's Walk (Crosswinds) project is located; and 3) Omni's
media entertainment district will include the Performing Arts Center and will abut parking under the 1-395
expressway.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None — this is a policy driven item.
JHV/eh