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SEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioners Meeting
December 15, 2008
Item # 7
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: December 5, 2008 File: 08-01468
and Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacort
Executive Director,
Subject: Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Grant to
Roots In The City, Inc. for Beautification,
Landscape Training, Signage, and One Year
of Maintenance.
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing issuance of a grant, in
an amount not to exceed $100,000, to Roots In The City, Inc. for beautification, landscape training, signage, and
one year of maintenance at various locations throughout the Redevelopment Area.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-06-0050, passed and adopted on November 27, 2006,
and CRA-R-07-0052, passed and adopted on December 12, 2007, authorized grants to Roots In The City, Inc.
for beautification, landscape training, signage, and maintenance along Northwest Third Avenue.
The grant has been used to beautify thirteen locations along Northwest Third Avenue, provide jobs for area
residents, provide signage, and promote awareness of historic Overtown by bringing students, organizations,
and the public to participate in a community garden. Roots In The City, Inc. has requested that the grant be
renewed for the 2009 calendar year.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section IV.C., paragraph 1, at page 27, of the 1982 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Plan, as amended,
lists the "[u]pgrad[ing of] the overall pedestrian environment through landscaping . . ." as a recommended
improvement.
Section III.B., at page 13, of the Plan lists the provision of "[Netter employment opportunities and upward job
mobility for residents° as a stated redevelopment objective.
Section IV.M, paragraph 2, at page 95, of the Plan lists "develop[ing] broad based awareness and appreciation
of historic achievements of the [Overtown] community" as a stated objective.
This Resolution accomplishes improvements and objectives set forth in the Redevelopment Plan.
FUNDING: $100,000 from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
11111 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.