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SEOPW & OMNI Boards of Commissioners Meeting
April 28, 2008
Item # 8
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: April 18, 2008 File: 08-00461
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Resolution Authorizing the Expenditure of
$15,000 for Housing Forum.
From: James H. Villacorta YReferences:
Executive Directox/
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
The attached Resolution authorizes the expenditure of an amount not exceed $15,000, in support of the City of
Miami's Housing Forum, to be held on May 31, 2008 at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel in the Omni
Redevelopment Area. The City has requested that the Omni CRA provide funding for rental of the meeting
rooms and the attendees' meals at the housing forum.
JUSTIFICATION:
This event is consistent with the revitalization objective of "[m]aximiz[ing] conditions for residents to continue to
live in the area" and "[a]chiev[ing] rehabilitation of the maximum feasible number of housing units" as provided in
Section III, Page 9 of the 1986 Omni Area Redevelopment Plan, as amended.
FUNDING: $15,000 from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Contractual Services," Account Code No.
10040.920101.534000.0000.00000.
JHV/pk