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SEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioner Meeting
October 27, 2008
Item # 8
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: October 17, 2008 File: 08-01230
And Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacorta.-6-/
Executive Director;`/
Subject: Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of Grant
to Miami -Dade College for Restaurant Training.
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency approve and adopt the attached Resolution rescinding Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0045,
and authorizing a grant, in an amount not to exceed $25,000, to Miami -Dade College to provide training to
restaurants in the Redevelopment Area.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0045, passed and adopted on September 3, 2008,
authorized a grant, in an amount not to exceed $25,000, to Johnson & Wales University to provide training to
restaurants in the Redevelopment Area.
Johnson & Wales University has since informed the CRA that it was unable to provide the training program.
Miami -Dade College has indicated its willingness to provide a training program for restaurants within the
Redevelopment Area to teach front and back of house skills and improve quality of service.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Plan at Page 13, Section III B, list as a specific objective the provision of "[Netter employment opportunities
and upward job mobility for [Overtown] residents." It is anticipated that improved quality of service will attract
more patrons to the Redevelopment Area, allowing for the retention of existing jobs and expansion of job
opportunities.
FUNDING: $25,000 from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, entitled "Other Contractual Services," and Account
Code No. 10050,920101.883000.0000.00000.
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