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September 24, 2009
Item # 3
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
AND OMNI
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones
and Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacort
Executive Directory
Date: September 16, 2009 File: 09-01074
Subject: Resolution Authorizing Additional Funds
to Roots In The City, Inc. for Refrigeration
Equipment and Fencing.
References:
Enclosures: Legislation; Supporting Documentation
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 additional funds, in an
amount not to exceed $10,000, for a total amount not to exceed $110,000, to Roots In the City, Inc. for the
purchase of refrigeration equipment and fencing for the cultivation and sale of produce from the community
garden at the corners of N.W. 3`d Avenue and N.W. 9th Street, Miami, Florida.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0071, passed and adopted on December 15, 2008,
authorized a grant, in an amount not to exceed $100,000, to Roots In The City, Inc. for beautification, landscape
training, signage, and maintenance at various locations throughout the Redevelopment Area
Roots In The City, Inc. has been presented with an opportunity to cultivate and sell produce from the community
garden located at the corners of N.W. 3`d Avenue and N.W. 9th Street, Miami, Florida to a local grocery chain.
The costs associated with the cultivation and sale of produce to a local grocery chain are estimated at
approximately $25,000.
On August 6, 2009, the Board of Commissioners directed the Executive Director to issue a grant for additional
funding, in an amount not to exceed $10,000, to Roots In The City, Inc. for the purchase of refrigeration
equipment and fencing necessary for the cultivation and sale of produce from the community garden to a local
grocery chain.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section IV. C., paragraph 1, at page 27, of the Plan 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.
This Resolution accomplishes the improvements and objectives set forth in the Redevelopment Plan.
FUNDING:
$10,000 from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.