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SEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioners Meeting
December 15, 2008
Item # 8
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: December 5, 2008 File: 08-01467
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Resolution Authorizing Issuance of a Request
For Proposals for the Redevelopment of 1201-
21 N.W. 3rd Avenue.
From: James H. Villacort r '1) References:
Executive Director
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 the issuance of a
Request for Proposals for the redevelopment of 1201-21 N.W. 3`d Avenue, Miami, Florida.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0050, passed and adopted on September 3, 2008,
authorized the purchase of property at 1201-21 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida. Redevelopment of the
property will remove a blighting condition and further the revitalization of Northwest Third Avenue
JUSTIFICATION:
Section III.B., at page 13, of the 1982 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Plan, as amended, lists the
"[r]eplace[ment of] dilapidated housing" and the "[p]rovi[sion of] opportunities for residents to continue to live in
Overtown" as stated redevelopment objectives. This Resolution accomplishes these objectives.