HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-06-0050 cover memoSEOPW & Omni Board of Commissioners Meeting
November 27, 2006
Item # 5
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: November 17, 2006 File: 06-02108
and Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacarta
Interim Executive Din ctor
Subject: Grant for Beautification of NW 3rd Avenue to
Include Landscaping, Signage
and Maintenance
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
and Legislation
BACKGROUND:
The attached Resolution authorizes the Executive Director to issue a grant, in an amount not to exceed
$125,000, to Roots In The City, Inc. for beautification efforts along Northwest Third Avenue in Overtown
consisting of landscaping, signage, and one year of landscape maintenance.
JUSTIFICATION:
"Rebuild[ing] and beautify[ing] NW 3rd Avenue from NW 8th — 14th Streets" is as a recommended improvement
set forth in the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan at Section IV, C., paragraph 1.
As part of a program to beautify the NW 3rd Avenue corridor, Roots In The City, Inc., has requested a grant to
place landscaping and signage, along NW 3rd Avenue and provide one year of maintenance.
FUNDING SOURCE: $125,000 from FY'07 SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account
Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
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