HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-07-0058 Cover MemoSEOPW 8 OMNI Boards of Commissioners Meeting
December 12, 2007
item # 9
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To! Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: December 5, 2007 File: 07-01508
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Authorization to Negotiate Agreement
with Recommended Proposer for Blocks
25 and 36
)
From: James H. Villacort References::
Executive Directo
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
Legislation
BACKGROUND:
On October 16, 2007, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") issued
Requests for Proposals ("RFPs") for development of Blocks 25 and 36 On November 16. 2007, seven
responses to the RFPs were received by the Clerk of the Board and forwarded to the CRA for its consideration.
The CRA formed a committee to evaluate the responses and to make a recommendation to the Board of
Commissioners. The attached resolution authorizes the Executive Director to negotiate an agreement with the
recommended proposer. if approved by the Board of Commissioners, and directs that any agreement be
brought back before the Board of Commissioners for its consideration. This Resolution is not intended to be an
award of development rights or to otherwise create any rights whatsoever in the recommended proposer.
JUSTIFICATION:
Support for this resolution is consistent with the redevelopment objectives of "[r]eplacling] dilapidated housing, .
. Ipjrovid[ing] opportunity for residents to continue to live in Overtown, . ip]romot[ing] homeownership and
new housing for moderate income families and encouraging] an income mix in all housing" as provided in
Section III. B.. at page 13 of the 1982 SEOPW Redevelopment Plan, as amended.
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