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SEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioners Meeting
April 27, 2009
Item # 10
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN!PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: April 17, 2009 File: 09-00426
and Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacorta/r/J
Executive Director
Subject: Resolution Authorizing the Expenditure of
Funds for Installation and One Year of
Operation of Lighting Along the FEC ROW.
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West ("CRA") approve and
adopt the attached Resolution authorizing an expenditure, in an amount not to exceed $18,000, with Florida
Power and Light for the installation and one year of operation of lighting along the Florida East Coast Railway
right of way, from Biscayne Boulevard to N.W. 14th Street, Miami, Florida ("FEC ROW"). The FEC ROW is
currently unlit and contributes to the blighting conditions in the area.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section III.B., at page 13, of the 1982 Southeast OvertownfPark West Community Redevelopment Plan, as
amended, lists "[r]emov[ing] slum and blight conditions" as a stated redevelopment objective.
FUNDING: $18,000 from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Contractual Services," Account Code No.
10050.920101.534000.0000.00000.