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SOUTHEAST OVERTOWNIPARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
SEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioners Meeting
May 18, 2009
Item # 2
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: May 8, 2009 File: 09-00525
and Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacort
Executive Director
V
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a One -Month Extension
of "Folklife Fridays"
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Enclosures: 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 a one -month extension
of "Folklife Fridays," an open-air market held on the 9th Street Pedestrian Mall.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0059, passed and adopted on November 3, 2008,
authorized a grant, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, to New Washington Heights Community Development
Conference, Inc. for production of 'Folklife Fridays," for six consecutive months ending in May 2009.
On March 12, 2009, Miami -Dade County's Department of Cultural Affairs awarded the CRA a grant, in the
amount of $3,753, for "Folklife Fridays." Program savings and the County's grant will allow "Folklife Fridays" to
operate for an additional month at no additional cost.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section IV.M.4., at page 97, of the 1982 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan, as
amended, lists "[p]rogram[ing] activities and events that recreate the former vitality and atmosphere of the
community" as a recommended action. This Resolution carries out that recommendation.