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SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
SEOPW & OMNI Boards of Commissioners Meeting
December 12, 2007
Item # 7
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: December 5, 2007 File: 07-01507
and Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacor V
Executive Directo
Subject: Authorizing contribution of Funds for
Roadway Improvements to North
Bayshore Drive
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Enclosures: Legislation
BACKGROUND:
The attached resolution of the Omni CRA authorizes the contribution of S5,000,000 to the City of Miami for
roadway improvements to North Bayshore Drive, in the vicinity of Margaret Pace Park. The area along North
Bayshore Drive from N.E. 17ih Terrace to N.E. 19th Street and along N.E. 18th Street from N.E. 4th Avenue to
North Bayshore Drive is currently experiencing severe flooding due to poor roadway conditions. The City of
Miami's Department of Capital Improvements and Transportation has designed improvements consisting of new
drainage, raising the elevation of the road profile, sidewalk reconstruction, landscaping, signage. and pavement
markings. The City of Miami has asked the CRA to fund construction of these roadway improvements in an
amount not to exceed $5,000,000.
JUSTIFICATION:
The flooding in this area is severe. It hinders the use of Margaret Pace Park and the Miami Women's Club, and
impedes access to the residential units about to come online immediately across from the park. it is not clear
when the City would be able to fund this project on its own. Support for this resolution is consistent with the
redevelopment objectives of "provid[ingj adequate public utilities and services for the area's residents and
businesses'' as provided in the 1986 Omni Area Redevelopment Plan, at page 9, Section IiI.C.1.
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