HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-09-0008 Cover MemoSEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioners Meeting
January 26, 2009
Item # 10
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: January 16, 2009 File: 09-00044
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to the City
of Miami for T3 Series Personal Mobility
Units to be Utilized in the Redevelopment
Area.
From: James H. Villacort \9L) References:
Executive Director///
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation;
Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community
Redevelopment Agency approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing a grant, in an amount not to
exceed $30,000, to the City of Miami to procure three (3) T3 Series Personal Mobility Units to be utilized in the
Redevelopment Area. In an email dated December 31, 2008, the District 2 Commissioner requested that the
City Manager consider acquisition of personal mobility units for use in patrolling various parts of the City. By
copy of that email, it was requested that the CRA consider funding the purchase of three units to be utilized in
the Omni Redevelopment Area. Use of these units by law enforcement increases mobility, improves visibility,
and promotes contact with the public. The CRA solicited comments from area agencies using this product, and
they have been uniformly positive.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section III.C., at page 10, of the Omni Area Redevelopment Plan, as amended, lists "[e]mphasiz[ing] crime
prevention and improv[ing] security in the area" as a stated redevelopment objective. This Resolution
accomplishes this objective.
FUNDING: $30,000 from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
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