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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-09-0049 09-29-2009 Submittal-Updated 2009 Omni Area Community Redevelopment PlanOMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FINAL 9/29/09 SUBMITTED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD FOR ITEM c..r ON v-a 3-09. )wiNk OMNI AREA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDED 2006 BY ZYSCOVICH ARCHITECTS UPDATED 2009 BY THE CITY OF MIAMI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Omni CRA Plan Update prepared in 2006 by Zyscovich Architects, Inc. with support from George Henry George Partners, David Plummer and Associates, Gunsier, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. and Greater Miami Neighborhoods and updated in June 2009 by the City of Miami Community Redevelopment Agency with support from the City of Miami Planning Department. The team extends our sincere thanks and appreciation to the many people who devoted their time, energy, intelligence and imagination to developing a renewed vision for the Omni CRA. CRA Board of Directors Angel Gonzalez, Commissioner, District 1 Marc Sarnoff, Commissioner, District 2 Joe Sanchez, Commisioner, District 3 Tomas Regalado, Commissioner, District 4 Michelle Spence -Jones, Chairperson, Commisioner, District 5 City of Miami Officials Manuel A. Diaz, Mayor Pedro G. Hernandez, City Manger Larry Spring, CFO/City Manager Ola A. Aluko, Director of Capital Improvements & Transportation/City Manger Miami Community Redevelopment Agency and Staff James Villacorta, Executive Director Clarence Woods, Assistant Director Chelsa Arscott-Douglas, Policy & Program Development Administrator Jessica Pacheco, Staff Counsel to the CRA Gail A. Dotson, Assistant City Attorney/General Counsel 2006 Omni Steering Committee Julie Grimes, Doubletree Hotel Eugene Rodriquez, Big Time Productions Gill Terem, Gili's Cafe Ronald Cantwell, Omni Advisory Board Gary Donn, Florida Department of Transportation Dana Nottingham, Downtown Development Authority Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 909 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS David Martin, Terra International Development LLC Avra Jaine Stanley Krieger, Braman Management Carole Anne Taylor, Performing Arts Center Julian Linares, The Grand Condominium Also, special thanks to: City of Miami Planning Department • City of Miami City Manager's Office Division of Economic Initiatives City of Miami City Manager's Office Division of Transportation Administration City of Miami Department of Capital Improvements • Omni Advisory Board Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS : EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose 1 1.2 Planning Process 2 1.3 CRA Location and Regional Context 3 Omni CRA Location; Transportation Assets; Job Centers; New Development Performing Arts Center/Entertainment Districts 2. EXISTING CONDITIONS 2.1 Existing Land Use 8 Vacant Land and Surface Parking 2.2 Future Land Use 10 2.3 Existing Zoning 11 2.4 Existing Land Ownership 13 Major Stakeholders 2.5 Urban Form 14 Urban Barriers; Development in Process 2.6 Existing Infrastructure 16 2.7 Transportation 17 Planned Projects; One-Way/Two-Way Streets; State/County Roads 2.8 Parking 23 2 9 Existing Greenspace 24 2.10 Existing Streetscapes/Pedestrian Network ...25 3. MARKET ANALYSIS SUMMARY 3.1 Retail Market Analysis 26 Convenience Goods and Services; Shoppers' Goods Retail; Food and Beverage Retail Entertainment Retail 3.2 Office Market Analysis 28 3.3 Hotel Market Analysis 29 3.4 Residential Market Analysis 30 Omni Housing Submarket; Population/Household Trends and Character Housing Trends and Character; Demand/Need for Housing Submitted into the public record in connection with item # t on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS • • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 4. REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4.1 Historical Form 35 Historical Context 4.2 Redevelopment Vision 38 4.3 Revisions from the Original Plan 40 1986 Omni Land Use Plan; 1986 Omni Transportation Network 4.4 Plan Objectives 41 4. 4.1 Connectivity 43 4.4.2 Sustainable Regional Destination 49 4.4.3 Variety of Housing 50 4.4.4 Improvements to the Public Realm 51 4.4.5 Prolnote Public/Private Development 52 5. PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5.1 Public/Private Development Strategies Museum Park; Miami Herald Properties; City of Miami and School Board Properties Potential Convention Center Facilities 5.2 Regulatory Strategies Proposed Zoning Changes; Media/Entertainment District Expansion Design Guidelines 5.3 Improving the Public Realm 73 Neighborhood Greenspace; Baywalk; Streetscapes; Historic Preservation 5.4 Transportation and Infrastructure 87 Port of Miami Tunnel; Street Reconstruction; Bayshore Drive Extension; 17th Street/FEC Crossing; 2-Way Conversions; Water and Sewer Upgrades 5.5 Social Needs Strategies 94 implicit Goals; Principle Underlying Strategies; Strategies for Improvement 5.6 Project Priorities and Action Items 99 High Priority Items; Medium Priority Items; Low Priority Items 53 54 63 6. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS AND PRIORITIES . 103 6.1 Miami Herald Properties 104 6.2 City of Miami and School Board Properties 105 6.3 PAC Parking 106 6.4 Convention Facilities 107 6.5 Baywalk 108 6.6 Streetscapes 109 6.7 Historic Preservation 110 6.8 Neighborhood Greenspace 111 6.9 Museum Park 112 II Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS 6.10 17th Street/FEC Crossing 113 6.11 Street Reconstruction 114 6.12 2-Way Conversions 115 6.13 Water and Sewer Upgrades 116 6.14 Infrastructure 117 6.15 CIP Cost Summary 118 7. FINANCING PLAN 119 7.1 Market Oriented Economic development Strategy 120 Places and Infrastructure; Development Opportunities Areas; People 7.2 Assessing the Financial Needs for Plan Implementation 125 Public/Private Development Initiatives; Public Realm Improvements Supporting Transportation and Infrastructure 7.3 Establish The Redevelopment Financing Principles 130 Use a Multiple Funding Approach; Tax Increment Leveraged Bond Financing Maximize Public/Private Financing; Optimize Flexible Funding Approach Provide for Maintenance of Improvements 7.4 Identifying Funding Sources and Tools 132 7.4.1 Miami -Dade County Economic Resources and Incentives 133 Tax Increment Financing; Enterprise Zones; Property Tax Abatement Refund of Impact Fees; Economic Development Transportation Fund (Road Fund) 7.4.2 City of Miami Economic Resources and Incentives 136 Tax Exempt Districts 7.4.3 Federal Funding Sources 137 CDBG Funding; Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantees; Economic Development Administration EDA Investment Programs; EDA Partnership Planning; New Market Tax Credits 7.4.4 Florida Economic Resources and Incentives 146 State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program; State Department Incentive Loan (SHIP) Program Miami -Dade Empowerment Zones; Bond Financing 7.5 Funds Sources and Uses 149 Streetscapes: Street Improvements; Public/Private Projects; Infrastructure Submitted into the public Affordable/Workforce Housing; Business Loans; Sources and Uses Matrix record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. 7.6 Sample Project Financing Strategies 154 Priscilla A. Thompson Retail Development; Office Development; Hotel Development City Clerk 111 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL. DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS 8. NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 8.1 Acquisition, Demolition and Relocation 160 8.2 Traffic Circulation 161 8.3 Environmental Quality 162 8.4 Community Facilities and Services 163 8.5 Effect on School Population 164 9. PLAN MANAGEMENT 9.1 Powers of the Omni CRA 165 9.2 Modifications to this Redevelopment Plan 171 9.3 Safeguards and Assurances 172 Safeguards to Ensure Financial Accountability Safeguards to Ensure Proper Implementation and Project/Program Accountability Providing for a Time -Certain and Severability APPENDICES: APPENDIX A: Legal Description APPENDIX B: Infrastru_:_ Lure Inventory APPENDIX C: Boundary Expansion APPENDIX D: (Under Separate Cover): Proposed Boundary Expansion: Finding of Necessity APPENDIX E: (Under Separate Cover): Omni Housing Policy and Housing Plan APPENDIX F: (Under Separate Cover): Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan Market Analyses APPENDIX G: (Under Separate Cover): Housing Needs of Central Miami by Submarket Areas APPENDIX H: (Under Separate Cover): Miami Downtown Transportation Master Plan Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk IV Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES INTRODUCTION Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City, Clerk The 2004 and the 2009 update to the Omni Area Redevelopment Plan, (herein after referred to a the "Plan Update" or "Redevelopment Plan"), have been developed in accordance with Florida Statute Chapter 163, Part III, Community Redevelopment (Community Redevelopment Act of 1969). The Plan Update was commissioned by the City of Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), because the previous 1986 plan has been largely ineffective in facilitating redevelopment and solving issues of slum and blight within the Omni Area. The Plan Update provides a conceptual framework and woo r r ti _�Ilf � �lUf LN 11 =� C�rr-a•,� Milan 1I1 SEMI a E�`w` )limit! 2 Em=Ili.- __-�� i�1 INI �a=♦MI — — _ IN Mommi iri - =__ —.1 la. L Jackson Memorial Ho petal RIM" Mir;, 1 i[d.1ii! Ilr—i , 1EOPIN I • MN MINIM r•�i.•$ i•NMNNta MWa —.... _=••■ ■■■■M■■- =_■_ lam MEI ■.�..51 EL =MAI MIN Mat .— ■■M.... . .■.I- _____ r..m amum Emma __ ■-o- -m r .■r■. IMO ■��■t.... MIME.. Main i■® GB OMNI I C RA . 1 -- CBD ==a.I=.1■ EM' a 1 Mei '■i♦1.■r■.I____ Nit rl "miffEi j■■V..■II. i li a = wagemici Julia Tuttle•Csv,y. Biscayne Bay -- venetian Csv.y. p° acgry/) 1 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 1-95 Construction Historically, the Omni area has transformed from a dignified low -density residential neighborhood, to a series of regional shopping, educational and light industrial districts, to its present day condition as an area bifurcated by urban barriers, the development of high -density luxury condominium development and areas of slum and blight with relatively low development interest. Currently, the City of Miami 's development industry is flat after experiencing a development boom during the first part of the 21 st century which may prove to be the greatest growth period to date. Given the Omni area's regional location and proximity to important centers of activity, major transportation systems, and within its boundaries, the newly built of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami -Dade County [Performing Arts Center or PAC], the Omni area is well situated to receive enormous redevelopment activity in the coming years. The Plan Update serves to steer those efforts and support the creation of a cohesive urban neighborhood with a unique identity and strengthened regional importance. is JR .E Historic NE 2nd Avenue 11 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES PLAN OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The vision for the redevelopment of the Omni CRA districtis based on fundamental principles to (1) effectively diminish the negative impact of existing urban barriers, (2) to establish the area as a regional hub for cultural and entertainment uses and to (3) provide for the development of sustainable mixed income neighborhoods. Within the Plan Update, diminishing the impact of existing urban barriers is of primary importance. Redevelopment efforts must overcome a number of past developments, such as the construction of the 1-395 expressway and new developments within the Omni area, which over the past decades have diminished the connective urban fabric of the area with its neighbors and serve to bifurcate the area into a series of districts with similar uses, but lacking a cohesive character, quality and connective public space. As a cornerstone of the redevelopment effort, the Plan Update seeks to build on the future success of the Performing Arts Center by providing a framework for the creation of a sustainable cultural, media and entertainment district which will catalyze the redevelopment of those western areas most affected by slum and blight conditions. This effort, coupled with improvements to the public realm, will serve to reconnect those areas towards the east and Biscayne Bay, and in turn, create desirable conditions for the development of adjacent neighborhoods with new opportunities for the development of a mix of housing choices. In order to achieve these principles the Plan Update defines the following guiding objectives (further explained in Section 4) to serve as a benchmark for redevelopment projects and the overall management of the CRA: A.) Connectivity Provide for greater connectivity by diminishing the impact of existing urban barriers to redevelopment and promoting regional transportation; B.) Sustainable Regional Destination Create a sustainable regional destination and identity by capitalizing on the development of the Performing Arts Center and the Media/Entertainment District; C.) Variety of Housinq Provide incentives for the development of a variety of housing choices; D.) Improvements to the Public Realm Create opportunities for new development through improvements to the public realm; and E.) Strategies for Public/Private Development Provide incentives and strategies for public/private development. III Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES PROJECTS OVERVIEW OBJECTIVES Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improve to the Public Realm Public Private Development SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public/Private Strategies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Properties School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatory Strategies Entertainment District Expansion Zoning Strategies Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm Baywalk Streetscapes Historic Preservation Neighborhood Greenspace Transportation/Infrastructure Port Tunnel Project Transportation Upgrades 17th StreetIFEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades Infrastructure The Plan Update identifies a series of projects that serve to meet the objectives of the plan. The projects and strategies are further identified and explained in Section 5 of this document. A) Strategies for Public/Private Development Public/Private development projects range from an ambitious vision for the development of PAC parking and educational facilities to general improvements to the public realm. B) Regulatory Strategies Regulatory strategies range from simple amendments to the zoning atlas to the creation of new zoning overlays and design guidelines to the development of an inclusionary housing ordinance to secure mixed -income housing in the area. C) Improving the Public Realm Improvements to the public realm include museums and cultural facilities, streetscape and greenspace enhancements, historic preservation of building and an ambitious solution for the creation of a continuous Baywalk. D) Transportation and Infrastructure Transportation and Infrastructure projects ranges from the construction of the Port Tunnel project along with public transportation upgrades to recommendations on traffic flows to upgrades to the water and sewer infrastructure. Additionally, the Plan Update proposes the expansion of the existing CRA boundaries toward the west, effectively "closing the gap" between the Omni and Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA districts. The proposed expansion area clearly meets slum and blight conditions as defined by Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and the inclusion of this area will serve to mitigate those conditions while also providing additional opportunities for the development of affordable and workforce housing. The boundary expansion proposal is provided in Appendix D. Public/Private Development Regulatory Strategies rl- Improvements to the Public Realm IV Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES Overall Vision Diagram : 1) Improved Connectivity 2) Miami Herald and Surrounding Properties Redevelopment 3) Performing Arts Center 4) Area Capture Parking 5) Media/Entertainment District 6) Baywalk 7) Streetscapes 8) Historic Preservation 9) Neighborhood Greenspace 10) Variety of Housing 11) Neighborhood School Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. hiscilis A. Thompson City Clerk V 1.1 PURPOSE Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-119. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT INTRODUCTION The purpose of this document is to update the Omni Area Redevelopment Plan approved by the Miami City Commission in 2006. The original plan was approved in 1986 and amended in 1987. Because the 1986 Plan has been largely ineffective in facilitating redevelopment and solving issues of slum and blight within the Omni Redevelopment Area, the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") commissioned the 2006 update. The intent of this 2009 document, herein after referred to as the "Plan Update", is to continue to guide the future redevelopment of the Omni Redevelopment Area and to remove existing conditions of slum and blight by providing clear objectives and strategies to: 1) Capitalize on current investments and development interest: 2) Provide for capital improvements to area infrastructure and the public realm; and 3) Facilitate future public/private development. The Han Update represents the initial phase of work in a two-phase effort. The second phase will build upon the recommendations found within this document and will develop regulatory documents to enforce the Plan Update. This potentially may include new zoning classifications, zoning overlay districts, and design guidelines and standards. The Plan Update recognizes that the redevelopment effort will occur over the course of many years and there will be inevitable changes within the development environment and practical limitations on the implementation of redevelopment projects. Therefore, the diagrams, illustrations and projects listed within this Plan Update are intended to serve only as a guide and visual aide to understanding the intent and implementation of the many redevelopment objectives. Notwithstanding the inclusion of projects in this Plan Update, implementation of each project is subject to approval by the CRA's Board of Commissioners. 1 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT. INTRODUCTION 1 1.2 PLANNING PROCESS Submitted into the public record in connection with item # ] on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Cleric The Plan Update is governed by the Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and must be approved by the CRA Board of Commissioners, the Miami City Commission, and the Board of County Commissioners of Miami - Dade County. Section 163.362, Florida Statutes lists the required contents of the community redevelopment plan, as follows: 1) Legal description (see Appendix A) 2) Plan diagram including open space, street layout, limitations on building envelopes, density, and properties intended for capital improvement projects (see Sections 4 and 5) 3) Relocation plan for low and moderate income housing if applicable (see Section 8) 4) Description of capital projects (see Sections 5 and 6) 5) Safeguards to implement the plan (see Section 9) 6) Assurances for replacement housing for displaced residents (see Section 8) 7) Cost projection (see Section 6) 8) Schedule for completing redevelopment activities (see Section 6) In 2005, the CRA staff directed the consultant team to exceed these criteria and create a redevelopment plan to identify private investment opportunities as well as public opportunities. This was accomplished through a public participation process that included numerous individual meetings with Omni area stakeholders and various neighborhood advisory committees. In addition, the CRA Board established the Omni Steering Committee ("OSC"), chaired by former CRA Board Chair and City of Miami Commissioner Johnny Winton, to provide guidance and input to the consultant team on a regular basis. The OSC was composed of neighborhood business and property owners, representatives of the Performing Arts Center Trust, and the Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT"). The OSC was instrumental in identifying impediments to attracting new development as well as opportunities for neighborhood improvements. The 2006 Plan Update was presented at publicly advertised meetings in April and May of 2005, with time allotted for an exchange of ideas, comments and general feedback. Furthermore, the CRA extended invitations to any interested party to have "one-on-one" meetings with the CRA staff and the planning consultant to address any concerns they may have. 2 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT INTRODUCTION 1 1.3 CRA LOCATION and REGIONAL CONTEXT Omni CRA Location Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The Omni CRA is part of an inner city neighborhood which, typical to many redevelopment areas, is physically and visually isolated from its surrounding environs by a series of urban barriers. Located within the City of Miami, the Omni CRA is just north of the Central Business District ("CBD") and the Southeast Overtown/Park West ("SEOPW") CRA. The area encompasses approximately 275 acres of land bounded by Interstate 395 on the South, including Bicentennial Park, area West of the Florida East Coast Railway to NW 1st Place on the West, NW 23rd Street on the North, and Biscayne Bay on the East, as well as the southwest portion of Watson Island, as illustrated below. 3 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT INTRODUCTION 1 Metromover/School Board Station Transportation Assets ; 1.) Interstate 95 2.1 Interstate 195 3.) Biscayne Boulevard 4.) Interstate 395 5.) Venetian Causeway 6.) MacArthur Causeway 7.) People Mover 8.) Metrorail Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Given the location of the Omni CRA within the region, there are several assets which should benefit the area's overall redevelopment, including proximity to major transportation infrastructure, significant job centers and residential development. Regarding transportation, the Omni CRA is directly accessible from Interstate 95 vial-395 and indirectly via 1-195 and Biscayne Boulevard. Also included are two of the three area causeways which connect Miami to Miami Beach: the MacArthur Causeway (I-395) and the Venetian Causeway. In addition the area is serviced by the Miami-Dade's Metromover, which in turn, provides accessibility to the regional Metrorail system. al I_ s �s>rii IN= ME jam a , it 1111. III _mom Ea C KH MElim �k.�� 1 4ric)pW ' ill .._:..iU --: =Mn _ MI Ma a asr • ■ MI ■ • Uf J OIIalfrUitletlswy. Biscayne Bay -Veneliwi.CSwy. vt '1/41C.4�h�rtC,kJ .IL // MI P 1 t!ii Ili t / an :ii ra if IP on ow -4 _Mam 4 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT INTRODUCTION 1 Jackson Memorial Hospital Job Centers 1.) Midtown Miami 2.) Jackson Memorial Hospital 3.) Port of Miami 4.) Downtown Miami Central Business District 5.) Miami Beach Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Regional job centers within proximity to the Omni CRA include the Civic Center/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Downtown Miami, the Port of Miami and Miami Beach. Also, within the Omni and downtown areas, the City of Miami, Miami -Dade County, the Miami Herald and Miami -Dade College are significant employers. These job centers employ a large amount of the local workforce and present opportunities for the development of stable and sustainable residential communities within the Omni area. The development of a variety of housing choices is a fundamental component of the Plan Update. OMNI Julia Tuttle•Cswy: Biscayne Bay ti er iet 13r1, C S�N1' 5 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT INTRODUCTION 1 Quantum Construction and Fingers Project New Development • Complete • Under Construction • Planned Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Miami is experiencing a significant amount of new development in and around the Omni CRA that is currently under construction or in various planning stages. The majority of the developments are occurring to the north and south of the Omni area but there are a significant number within the CRA itself. These new developments are primarily oriented toward a luxury residential market and will provide a significant amount of tax increment to fund CRA improvements. In addition, as a result of this development, the area's local population will greatly increase providing market demand for new commercial and office uses. am in■ my mai; — ._r _n mnmum CBD STt71011* •Ir mein W �I► E /inum Jr ovit •,'♦fir JuliaiTuttle.Cswy. Biscayne Bay [if 111 6 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT INTRODUCTION 1 ger Performing Arts Center Performing Arts Center! Entertainment Districts Performing Arts Center Florida Opera House Entertainment Districts Submitted into the public record in connection with item i 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The most significant development within the Omni CRA in many years is the construction of the Performing Arts Center. Completed in late 2006, the PAC consists of a 2,500 seat opera house and 2,200 seat symphony hall. Coupled with the adjacent development of the Florida Opera House to the north, the Performing Arts Center serves as a cultural cornerstone for the Omni area and will benefit the further development of the existing media and entertainment districts. The Omni CRA currently contributes tax increment funds towards the debt service of the bonds issued for the construction of the PAC. 7 2.1 EXISTING LAND USE Existing Land Use 1) Biscayne Boulevard MI Cemete nes Communications l''nu:., - rm in a is Plants pI Industrial Insttutlonal Low -Density Muhi-Family ItMulti-Farnry, Migrant Camps Office Parks (Including Preserves 8 Conservation) Shopping Canters, Commercial. Stadiums, Tra Single -Family Streets/Roads, Expressways, Ramps Townhouses Transient -Residential (Hotels/Motets) Two -Family (Duplexes) Vacant Unprotected water Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAF1 EXISTING CONDITIONS As indicated in the 1986 Plan and represented in the 2009 Update Plan in the graphic below, several different categories of land uses are present in the Omni CRA. East of Biscayne Boulevard, land uses are rapidly changing with residential developments, but of particular interest is the amount of vacant land and lack of residential uses west of Biscayne Boulevard. These areas are of primary interest in the redevelopment effort and reaching the housing objectives of the Plan Update. Labile =# — 8 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 Vacant Land and ' Surface Parking . 1) NE 2nd Avenue Vacant Land Surface Parking Parking Garages Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Within the Omni CRA, there currently exists a substantial quantity of vacant and underutilized land surface parking), particularly west of NE 2nd Avenue. These properties contain significant opportunities for catalytic redevelopment projects. City of Miami Vacant Land and Surface Parking 9 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 2.2 FUTURE LAND USE CITY OF MIAMI City of Miami Future Land Use 1) NE 2nd Avenue Restricted Commercial General Commercial High Density Multfamily Residential Medium Density Multifamily Residential - Industrial - Institutional/Public I- Central Business District Duplex • Residential Recreation Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan (April 2004) designates the future land uses for the Omni area as primarily Restricted Commercial (C-1) east of NE 2nd Avenue and General Commercial (C-2) west of NE 2nd Ave. The primary differences between these two designations is that C-2 allows a lower residential density and allows for a wider range of commercial activities than that permitted by C-1. Additionally, the comprehensive plan designates the Omni CRA as a specially designated area allowing for a residential density of 500 units per acre. -: Furl] r .I`R'r I_ ire...-_ 1 J as. •�. r — �C -we'. I • t.'.111 t a — it�fl r- II*-77.7,41.L P111 — I. t7,I� 1'k._ IL F Ff IR'aI r n■ r Taff, a...t �I i i �'� rl i.—T•i1"I ^ .mof t. if1 `�.' 1 �J n �I 1 7P �lI IIIio , I`a �l 1 I}IA v, IVi �f ' •'� j ftr 1'i �' ...I ■ Imo• • 1-71-11 a I hE ■e1111' 111 = T-. —TI it\llNal iTIJ .1 I 1 1 10 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 2.3 EXISTING ZO N I N G Existing Zoning 1) NE 2nd Avenue P..3 Multi -family Medium ensity R-0 Mufti -family High Density C-1 Restricted Commercial - C-2 _iberal Commercial CBD Central Business District - GI Government / Instrtutional II. I Industrial PR Parks I Recreation SD-3 Cenral Commercial Res. Mi SD-6.1 Central Commercial Res. OSD-20 Edgewater Overlay SD-20.1 Edgewater Overlay SD-19 Designated FAR District Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Existing Zoning Districts in the Omni are, again, largely defined by NE 2nd Avenue with higher densities and restricted commercial uses on the east and lower densities and a wider array of commercial uses on the west. The Plan Update proposes a number of zoning change projects in the "Projects and Strategies" section of this document and the regulatory (zoning) components of these changes will be accomplished in the second phase of work. rie mu. .r • j 1 II. 'i I \ 7 La - r ` • .J - il- - / 1. rr 110``"� h lit ` 1 . • • P IOW .• ..t w . %J r .. ` fl IS E ■�� .fir _ �- A ' n n ., s — , * , IA t' = Wu — 1i 1 L �• MW ' L: =4;- s r�;:Fl - sr -• C. • . ■ t. Ire .1 '1 �� r 11.1 intln Irr r" • • m "/ / /ri// 11 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 Existing Zoning • • Summary Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Below is a summary of the allowances and entitlements of existing zoning districts within the Omni Area. ZONING DISTRICT INTENT AND USES DENSITY UNITS/ACRE` HEIGHT FLOOR AREA RA11 O C-1 RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL Office, mixed -use or commercial activities which generally serve the daily retailing and service needs of the public. Residential as per R-4. 150 '500 Unlimited 1.72 C-2 LIBERAL COMMERCIAL Commercial activities which serve the needs of other businesses, require extensive loading facilities, and often benefit from proximity to industrial areas. Residential as per R-3 or higher by special exception. 65 or Higher `500 120' or 10 stories 1.72 CBD CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT Mix of uses ranging from high -density multi -family residential to high -intensity office uses with retail uses on the lower floors. 1000 Unlimited Unlimited 0 OFFICE Permanent and transitory residential facilities such as hotels and motels, general office uses, clinics and laboratories and limited commercial activities incidental to principal uses, limited services and supporting facilities. 150 '500 Unlimited 1.72 G-I GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL Facilities for federal, state and local government activities, major public or private health, recreational, cultural, religious or educational octivities, major transportation facilities, public utilities, and public and private cemeteries. 150 '500 Unlimited 1 72 PR PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE Public and private parks, recreational facilities, educational and cultural facilities, marine and manna facilities, entertainment facilities, social and health related facilities, public safety, and City of Miami administrative facilities. - - - R-2 TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Two-family or duplex residential. Supporting services such as places of worship, primary and secondary schools, daycare, community based residential facilities and convenience establishments. 18 25' 0.6 R-3 MULTI -FAMILY MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL Multi -family structures including low-rise apartment structures. Supporting services such as places of worship, primary and secondary schools, daycare, community based residential facilities and convenience establishments. 65 50' O 75 R-4 MULTI -FAMILY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL Multi -family structures including high-rise apartment structures. Supporting services such as places of worship, primary and secondary schools, daycare, community based residential facilities and convenience establishments. 150 '500 Unlimited 1.72 SD-6 & 6.1 CENTRAL COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL Provide supporting and complementary high -density residential, office and major retail and entertainment to the Central Business District. (6.1) Promote development of a mixed -use complex, including a public performing arcs center. 500 Unlimited Varies Up to 8.4 • The Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan allows for a residential density of 500 units per acre 12 2.4 EXISTING LAND OWNERSHIP Major Stakeholders 3 NE — City of Miami School Board PAC Miami Herald Omm Mall Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS Although there are numerous property owners in the Omni area, there are several major stakeholders who will undoubtedly play a large role in the redevelopment effort, due to the fact that they have a concentration of land holdings or control very large parcels. These stakeholders include the City of Miami, the Miami -Dade County School Board, the Miami Herald, the Performing Arts Center Trust and the owners of the Omni Mall. A number of the redevelopment strategies within the Plan Update are based on the public/private redevelopment of these holdings. jkl . . =, '.0 . •C . ■ II., I rj •- ::...."....rev Li ' 2-i' 11 . C I" — !ice t ...... 1 IM J lit ' • 1 kl • 10,+ E •: _ - � t err• ' CO . . I � — r , 0 r �ti__ [I_ in .tt MI I s _ \ fixi a in il . .... ' .......... wi r . , i -..,,-1 4,4- .-.., . -'�� I MI LP I i...1 II f • 1 ! �h�r r _ `I ]� !l Vs- �`r AILM.�.�� MII-Mitt 11 . :i i.nrin - ■ M...... 13 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 2.5 URBAN FORM Urban Barriers • 1) Florida East Coast Railway 2) Biscayne Boulevard 3) Omni Mall 4) Miami Herald 5) I-395 Submitted into the public record in connection with item At 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk One of the greatest challenges of the redevelopment effort will be to overcome existing visual and physical barriers and reestablish a consistent urban fabric with surrounding environs. Urban barriers in the Omni area not only segregate the area from neighboring portions of the City, but also segregate the Omni CRA area within its own boundaries. These barriers include the Florida East Coast Railway, the elevated 1-395 expressway, mega -structures such as the Miami Herald and the Omni Mall and, to a lesser degree, Biscayne Boulevard. The Plan Update proposes strategies to mitigate these barriers by establishing a greater level of connectivity within the CRA. 1l:L es. wr -. - L r " 7 %I fob ill ' as "= rlA4WWI. f.� , a ••4, t - f. P Al -;� , 1 ` • i 4• »,1.. . ' �L ' �l!� , i' l - -..— t ' i I •�.=i r r, ..� a� la-,. r'�7 L �� •` 11it!.: .. �. �` - - .1 1111 a* i J 1 L.rii iii:, I. JiY� e� J I � �� ! T 1.Ila \'' 111111r- II.•e. l,-•! L' J yI Ir L. - I_ w l, <i : :i E_ ,nnn t� 1 :— -1,1 .LIT _ riril f it L. i. w 14 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 Parc Lofts Development Status: • in Process or Completed 1) Cite - completed 2) Quantum on the Bay - completed 3) 1800 Club - completed 4) Opera Tower - completed 5) Biscayne Tower - completed 6) Ellipse 7) Potential School 8) Bayview Marketplace 9) Parc Lofts - completed 10) Cardinal Symphony 11) The Filling Station 12) Florida Opera House 13) Performing Arts Center - complete Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk • A number of developments are currently under construction or in various planning stages in the Omni area. They are primarily composed of high -end residential condominiums (east of Biscayne Boulevard), but a major new retail complex composed of "stacked" vertical "Big Box" stores should add an important retail component to the area. Also, the potential for new schools in the area would further the viability of sustaining a mix of households. The construction of the Performing Arts Center is largely responsible for the renewed development interest and should serve as a regional destination anchor. 15 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 2.6 INFRASTRUCTURE Existing Infrastructure 1.) AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Network 2.) Communication Network Data Route 3.) FPL Fiber Optic Facilities 4.) MCI Western Union Conduit 5.) QWEST Fiber Optic Cable Network 6.) Sewer (Gravity) Lines 7.) Signalized Intersections 8.) TECO People Gas 9.) Water Mains Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk As part of the Plan Update process, the existing infrastructure in the Omni area has been inventoried and is illustrated below (and further in Appendix B). The inventory includes fiber optic facilities and data routes, water and sewer lines, natural gas, and signalized intersections. iq1 16 2.7 TRANSPORTATION Streetcar, Portland, OR Planned Projects: Streetcar & Baylink 1 Interstate 95 People Mover Metrorail Biscayne Boulevard Future Baylink Future Streetcar Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS As indicated in the introduction, the Omni area is well situated with respect to regional transportation including direct interstate access, a major county bus terminal and the People Mover system (providing access to Metrorail). Projects that are currently in planning stages and would benefit the regional connectivity of the area include the Miami Streetcar and future modifications to the 1-395 expressway. The proposed Miami Streetcar is similar to light rail, except that it operates directly on the street and is mixed with traffic, is somewhat smaller than typical light rail systems and is much less expensive to build and operate. At the time of this writing, a feasibility study for the Miami Streetcar has been completed and a preliminary alignment has been established. Within the Omni CRA, the Streetcar is planned to operate primarily on NE 1st and 2nd Avenues. Aside from providing a safe, attractive alternative transportation mode, the Streetcar could play a major role in attracting and shaping development in a sustainable manner and will contribute to establishing an identity for the Omni area. 17 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 The 1-395 expressway is perhaps the most significant urban element that impacts the Omnr area and its connectivity with downtown Miami and adjacent neighborhoods. Over the last few years, a number of proposals have been set forth to reduce its impact on both the Omni and SEOPW redevelopment districts and the CBD. The proposals include two basic scenarios, horizontally shifting the alignment or splitting the facility, with variations for each. The options for the vertical alignment vary from a depressed open cut, an at -grade boulevard or a super -elevated option. Each of these options poses a different future for the facility's surrounding properties and development options. The FDOT is currently conducting a PD&E process to determine the most feasible option, a process which typically requires several years. Given this, and the fact that the facility is technically not within the limits of the Omni CRA, the Plan Update focuses on proposals for improving the at -grade cross connections and presenting solutions which are applicable regardless of the final facility alignment. Planned Projects: : 1-395 Options • rei Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk LAND :OR DEVELOP, . I rrr,-r N, • r Option for realigning i-395 and constructing an open trench or super elevated facility r—' rj or- r- ■ r.� Existing conditions under 1-395 Option for super elevated "split" facility r—rrrfrrri • r- a.■ 18 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS As identified in the Miami Downtown Transportation Master Plan ("MDTMP"), the western portion of the Omni CRA area has many one-way streets that make vehicular circulation cumbersome and confusing. As with the MDTMP, the Plan Update proposes that a number of these streets be converted to two-way traffic to provide a greater level of connectivity, calmer traffic conditions, greater pedestrian safety and comfort. One-WaylTwo-Way Streets One-way Streets Two-way Streets Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 19 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 The graphic below identifies the State and County roads within the distric;, and thus identifies the entities with which coordination will be required to improve these facilities. Currently, both Biscayne Boulevard and portions of NE 2nd Avenue have improvement projects in the planning stages initiated by FDOT. The Plan Update provides a vision for these improvements within the Omni area. StatelCounty Roads State Roads County Roads Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 20 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 Miami -Dade County's Department of Public Works has identified a county -wide network of improvements for bicycle facilities. Within the Omni area, the bicycle network is planned to be connected primarily along Bayshore Drive and the Venetian Causeway. Planned Projects: • County Bike Route Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City, Clerk 21 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 Planned Projects: • Water Taxi Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk In January of 2003, the Miami -Dade MPO completed a study entitled "Feasibility of Utilizing Miami -Dade County Waterways for Urban Commuter Travel", which found that the Omni area is in close proximity to identified potential routes within Biscayne Bay and could possibly include a water taxi stop near the Omni area hotels, Margaret Pace Park, or the Venetian Causeway. I7172. 4 770NOFHIAA47.D1. rELCOLN YK'A77121VAIT RJR C/RRAMOCIMMTITThFG TRA VAT. AIA P. m77CAP77A 1. AOfJ7 X BISCAYNE BAY AREA FROM GOLDEN BEACH TO CORAL GABLES IMO Erim dk„. , - Alt- ra irditio :----: Ali---41•24 Iry easingg iiiiiiiriisig rot wit Nrucor " F,I .=i il • 'intial§gforipi 3r-, . MI— 2,31. dinar it, MID C A v ,,- g - r MIAISSIFIANISS 22 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 2.8 PARKING Existing Parking Surface Parking Parking Garages Planned Parking (Miami Parking Authority) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk As discussed in the existing land use section, there are a number of surface parking lots and garages in the Omni area. However, given the development of the Performing Arts Center and the increased activity in the SEOPW entertainment district, there is currently a lack of available parking in the area. In addition to the proposals identified in this Plan Update, the Miami Parking Authority is currently constructing a series of surface parking facilities under the 1-395 expressway to serve both the SEOPW entertainment district and the developing Media/Entertainment District in the Omni CRA. Bo il•04l .41. ©_ 99a! 004▪ 1 Z ▪ 'b .10,'01011 gip 23 2.9 EXISTING GREENSPACE Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Existing Greenspace 1.) Margaret Pace Park 2.) Miami Cemetery 3.) Dorsey Park Baseball Field 4.) Historic Fire Station #2 Mini Park 5.) Bicentennial Park (future Museum Park) 6) Biscayne Park Margaret Pace Park Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS The Omni area has one primary greenspace where the recreational needs of area residents can be met. Margaret Pace Park was recently renovated with great success and is heavily used. The renovation of the park can also be credited for spurring development surrounding the park as it has become a true asset to the community. The park is continually being improved thanks to the CRA and neighborhood organizations such as the Omni Advisory Board. However, with the amount of upcoming development in the area, the park will soon become overcrowded and the Plan Update identifies potential locations for new greenspace. The Miami Cemetery, a historical landmark, is classified as greenspace but, given • . VI 1j1M. I 1. Margaret Pace Park - - 2. Mimui Cenieutei y iI 3. Dorsey Park r'- 4. l-nstonc Flre Station no. 2 Mini -Park I ' 5. Bicentennial Park (Future Museum Park) K■ 1.! IM b. Biscayne Park t � atri , a7 • Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT EXISTING CONDITIONS 2 2.10 STREETSCAPES/ PEDESTRIAN NETWORK Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Aside from issues of connectivity and efficient circulation, the streetscapes within the Omni area are, for the most part, in poor condition. Generally, sidewalks in the CRA are in poor condition or in disrepair. Landscaping is either inconsistent or nonexistent and lighting is also poor. Improvements to these fundamental components of the public realm are one of the simplest ways to improve the urban quality and are necessary to achieve redevelopment of the Omni CRA in its entirety. wit-k NE 2nd Avenue looking south, with the PAC on the left. N Miami Avenue looking south NE 14th Street looking east, with the PAC on the right and the Miami Herold in the background. Typicol residential/tight industrial street jN Miami Court) looking south with People Mover in the backgound. 25 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS 3 3.1 RETAIL MARKET ANALYSIS E sr(ri r rocen Store There exists market support for increased retail development in the Omni district. The demand was determined through an examination of the overall Miami -Dade County retail market, which consists of several retail sub -markets, with particular focus on the Miami/Miami Beach sub -market. The reason for this focus is twofold - position and competition. First, the convenience goods and personal services, as well as shoppers' goods primary retail trade areas, are located in the Miami/Miami Beach retail sub -market. Most customers tend to patronize retail establishments within a certain distance from their residences and workplaces. These distances, as well as the retail establishments within them, are covered by the assigned trade areas. Furthermore, it is reasonable to assume that patrons of current and future retail establishments in the CRA will emanate from these areas. The second reason for focusing on this specific retail sub -market is that most of the retail competition with any potential developments in the CRA are located within the Miami/Miami Beach sub -market. Further information on the market analysis is contained in Appendix E (under separate cover): Omni • CRA Redevelopment Plan Market Analysis: June 2004. Convenience Goons arc) Person< f Services . Shoppers Retail Goods Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1. on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The demand for retail services in the Omni district will continue to increase, in part, because of growth in the number of households and household incomes, which is largely attributable to the development of luxury housing units in the Omni district. Increased development of office space and hotels in the areas proximate to the Omni district will also contribute to the increased demand for retail. In 2008, there was market support for approximately 116,000 square feet of net new convenience retail space in the Omni district. Another 56,000 square feet of net new supportable space could be developed by 2018. The plan recommends the development of one new 60,000 square foot supermarket and one new 10,000 square foot drug store. It is projected that the Omni district will be able to support a total of 726,000 square feet of net new shoppers' goods space by 2018. The development potential for such space is more long term and will be influenced by the development of competitive shoppers' goods retail in areas proximate to the Omni district. 26 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS 3 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk There is market support for approximately 297,000 square feet of net new shoppers' retail goods space in the Omni district by 2008. Another 429,000 square feet of net new supportable space could be developed by 2018. Today, underserved urban neighborhoods are often negatively stereotyped and defined by deficiencies rather than strengths. As a result, urban residents lack access to basic goods and services at competitive prices, and retailers and developers are unable to capitalize on the fundamental assets of urban com- munities. Food and Beverage Total consumer demand for food and beverage retail in the Omni district in 2008 will be an estimated Retail ; $53 million and is projected to reach $77 million by 2018. Entertainment Retail • Retail Market Summary: Convenience Goods and Personal Ser- vices: • 116,000 sf of net new convenience re- tail space starting in2008; an additional 56,000 sf by 2018. • One new 60,000 sf supermarket. • One new 10,000 sf drugstore. Shoppers' Goods Retail: • 297,000 sf of net new shoppers' goods space starting in 2008; an additional 429,000 sf by 2018. Food and Beverage Retail: • Potential for 20 new restaurants be- tween 2008 and 2018. Entertainment Retail: • Opportunity to establish an activity center oriented towards the arts, spe- cialty shopping, eating and drinking. • The upside potential of the food and beverage market analysis shows market support for the development of 20 new restaurants between 2008 and 2018 in the Omni district. More conservative estimates show market support 14 new restaurants in the Omni district. The are several entertainment/retail districts in the Greater Miami area, with four major identified competitive entertainment retail destinations, which included Bayside Marketplace, CocoWalk, Miami Beach, and Main Street Mall in Miami Lakes. Due to the fact that Bayside Marketplace is a entertainment retail complex that has received national attentionand is less than a mile away from the Omni district, it would seriously hinder the opportunities for similar entertainment retail development within the district. On the other hand, there is an opportunity for the Omni district to establish itself as an activity center oriented towards the media and performing arts, specialty shopping, and eating and drinking. To this end, the City has designated three entertainment districts within and in close proximity to the Omni CRA, including the Omni Media Entertainment District, the Park West Entertainment District, and the Overtown Entertainment District. In this context, the extent to which such a strategy would be successful is highly dependent upon resolving the policy issue regarding the inclusion of a rental housing mix as part of the overall redevelopment plan. 27 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS 3 3.2 OFFICE MARKET ANALYSIS Office Space Class Description. Class A: Newer properties of 100,000 sf or larger in prime business districts offering many business amenities and good access Class B: Typically smaller and older properties that have been renovated and are in prime locations. Newer Class B offices are not in prime locations. Class C: Older properties that have not been renovated. Office Market Summary: • 409,800 sf of new office space between 2009 and 2018. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The demand for existing office space and the potential for developing new office space focuses on three office sub -markets: the Biscayne Boulevard Corridor, Downtown Miami and Brickell Avenue. This is due to location and competitiveness. First, the Omni district is located within the Biscayne Boulevard Corridor office sub -market. Moreover, the downtown Miami and Brickell Avenue sub -markets are located in close proximity. Second, the downtown Miami and Brickell Avenue sub -markets, which are two of the most competitive office sub -markets in the county, are directly competitive with the Biscayne Boulevard sub -market; therefore, they will pose direct competition to any potential Class A office space development within the CRA. • As of 2003, there were approximately 853,475 square feet of office space in the Omni area, which was approximately two percent of the total inventory in Miami -Dade County. • • Less than 20 percent of the inventory identified in the Omni area sub -market was Class A office space. Most of the office space in the district is Class B and Class C. The conclusions about the future development potential of office space in the Omni district is based on four, critical underlying assumptions. Under these assumptions, and using the methodology described in the report, we have concluded that between 2009 and 2018 an estimated 409,800 square feet of new office space could be absorbed in the Omni district office market. 28 3.3 HOTEL MARKET ANALYSIS Hotel Market Summary; • 200 room hotel by 2015. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS The demand for hotel space within the CRA focuses on the Miami -Hialeah market, which consists of several sub -markets including: Downtown/North Miami, Miami Beach, South Miami and the Airport. There are three hotels within the Omni district hotel market,which includes the Hilton Hotel Miami Downtown, the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel & Marina, and the Doubletree Grand Hotel. The total number of hotel rooms and suites in the Omni district as of December 2003 was 1,279. There are a number of new high profile mixed -use hotel developments in the areas around the Omni district. At least four new projects that include hotel rooms are anticipated for completion in the next five years with 1,334 rooms. By 2015 the Omni hotel market could support an additional 200-room hotel. Such a hotel would be closer in size to the Double Tree rather than the two other larger scale hotels in the Omni district previously mentioned. The introduction of a new hotel in the Omni sub -market should be looked at as part of a longer -range plan for the Omni district. Our analysis suggests the period of 2015 to 2022 depending upon occupancy rates and market capture factors. The inclusion of a new hotel in the long range plan would help to foster a synergy of land uses that will be driven by a diversified mix of housing, retail, eating and drinking. The analysis suggests that a smaller boutique hotel could be introduced almost immediately once the image of the area is enhanced by the Performing Arts Center, streetscape improvements, and the attraction of additional food and beverage establishments. 29 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS 3 3.4 RESIDENTIAL MARKET ANALYSIS In the study entitled Housing Needs of Central Miami by Submarket Areas, conducted by Reinhold P. Wolff Economic Research, Inc., a broader area, defined as the Central Miami Area, was examined to determine its current and anticipated future need for additional housing. Reinhold Wolff divides the Central Miami Area into seven submarket areas, examining their demand for housing individually. The seven submarket areas are: East Omni, West Omni, North Overtown, Civic Center, Core Downtown, Brickell Village -Miami Riverfront, and West Brickell. The submarket area comparable to the Omni CRA area are the East and West Omni submarkets, which boundaries are: for East Omni, South of 36'h Street to 20'h Street East of North Miami Avenue to Biscayne Bay, and for the West Omni, South of 36'h Street to 20th Street, Dolphin Expressway, east of 1-95 to North Miami Avenue. Throughout this section and this section only, we will be referring to the study areas as East Omni and West Omni, as referred to in the aforementioned study. It should be noted that a very small percentage of housing exists in the Omni area between NE 2nd • Avenue and the Florida East Coast Railway highlighted in the graphic below. Omni Housing Submarket • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk City of Miami HOUSING, SUBMARKET • a� J 30 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL, DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS 3 Po p ula tion!Househ old Trends and Characters Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk It is estimated that as of 2003, the East and West Omni areas combined had a total population of 18,343, dominated by persons of Hispanic origin. When analyzed separately, the West Omni submarket has experienced a steady decline in population since 1980, compared to the East Omni, among other submarkets in the Central Miami Area, which has experienced a strong improvement in its growth. The median age of residents in both submarkets is in the 30-year range. For these residents, the character of employment falls under three main categories: management, professional and related, service occupations, and sales and office occupations. The East Omni submarket is one of the Central Miami Areas with the highest income per household, at $36,547, compared to the West Omni submarket, which has the second lowest median income in the Central Miami Area, at $14,560 per household. The East Omni submarket has both the second highest median renter and ownership household incomes, each at $23,219 and $49,099, respectively. The West Omni submarket, once again, has the second lowest renter and ownership household incomes, at $9,275 and $19;012 respectively. The average rent in the East Omni area is at $649, compared to $492 at the West Omni area. The average value of a home in the East Omni area is at $195,807, compared to the value of a home in the West Omni area, which is only $83,925. The median rent affordable to a resident of East Omni is $580. This is the second highest median rent affordable for the Central Miami Area submarkets. For the West Omni area, the median rent affordable is $232, found at the second lowest in the Central Miami Area. The median price affordable to an East Omni household for an ownership unit is $1 19,802. The median price affordable to a West Omni household for an ownership unit is $43,853, second lowest median price affordable in the Central Miami Area submarkets. 31 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS 3 Housing Trends and Character Housing Market Conditions Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The East Omni area has one of the largest housing supplies in the Central Miami Area, with 6,939 units. Nevertheless, the West Omni area has experienced a steady decline in the number of available units during the past two decades (from 1980 to 2000), having only 2,151 housing units. The West Omni area has the oldest housing units from all the Central Miami Area submarkets, with a median of 42 years. More than 75% of the units in the West Omni submarket are at 30 or more years old. Current development in the East Omni Area is ownership oriented and, more specifically, condominiums. The developments are upscale in character with rental apartments ranging from a low $880 to over $2,800 per month. Ownership housing prices range from a low of about $193,000 to as high as two million for a penthouse unit. As of December 2003, only two affordable and market rate rental developments were completed in the East Omni Area, totaling 948 units (Bay Parc Plaza and Cite). Since then, three market rate/luxury developments were completed in the Omni District [1800 Club, Quantum and Opera Tower Apartments] totaling approximately 1856 rental units. Only one rental, [Pinnacle View] low income housing tax credit development was being developed in the West Omni Area [outside of the Omni CRA area] with a total number of units of 128, targeting rents between $504-574. For ownership housing, since December 2003, more than 10 developments were built in the East Omni /Edgewater Area, totaling over 4500 units. Prices range from the low $200s up to $2 million. When analyzing the housing market conditions in its study, Reinhold Wolff analyzes in depth the Central Miami Area as a whole, providing more of a general view rather than analyzing each sub market as an individual area. Some specific references are made to sub market areas like East and West Omni, where current market conditions are of higher impact on the Central Miami Area than sub markets, such as East and West Omni. The vacancy rate in apartment developments throughout the Central Miami Area appears to be subject to considerable fluctuations, especially in the western sector. In part, this may be due to the relatively small number of units in developments large enough to be included in a regular survey. A notable change in the occupancy status of one development can have measurable impact on the vacancy rate of the area as a whole. 32 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS 3 Apartment vacancy rates in the Central Miami Area have been impacted over the past two years by the economic recession. As the economy continues to gradually recover, the vacancy rate, overall, is declining. The Central Miami Area is a highly developed urban area with few sites available for new development. New development in the area almost always replaces existing land uses. Most of the new rental units have been built in the western sector of the Central Miami Area. Apartment rents within the Central Miami Area vary notably among the different submarkets and from one development to another. This situation results from the diverse character of the area and developments. The developments range from luxury bay front projects in the North Brickell and East Omni areas to small subsidized and lower -income affordable tax credit funded developments in the Overtown and Core Downtown areas. All of the new ownership housing units sold in the Central Miami Area since 1990 have been in the form of condominiums. Throughout a 12-year period ending in June of 2003, there was an average of 78 new condominium units sold annually in this area. Condominium unit sales in this area have been limited by the number of units built. During the year 2003 there has been an increase in completed condominiums in the area and sales during the first half of the year are at a pace equal to 304 units for the year. In addition, condominium resales have increased in the Central Miami Area in recent years, a trend largely resulting from record low mortgage interest rates and increased buying by investors looking for alternatives to the financial markets. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 33 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT MARKET ANALYSIS 3 DemandlNeed for Housing Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The analysis of future demand potential has been calculated focusing on growth prospects based on both the potential to supply additional housing and the potential for such housing assuming that an adequate supply of the character desired were offered. This analysis has been further complicated by the recent surge in investment purchases of ownership housing stimulated by the historically low mortgage interest rates and investors seeking alternatives to the financial markets. The East Omni area has an estimated total demand potential for 884 homeownership units, and 1,178 rental units for a total of 2,064 units. The bulk of the demand is in the moderate and upper middle ranges. The West Omni area, contrary to East Omni, shows a very low demand for new units, with an estimated total demand potential for 105 ownership units and 298 rental units, for a total of 394 new units. The existing demand for ownership housing covers a broad range of price groups form low price through upper price. The bulk of the demand, however, is in the moderate price range. The largest share of demand for rental apartments in the West Omni Area is in the very low rent range with the balance in the low rent range. It should be noted that developers who are pursuing development opportunities that exceed the projected demand noted in the Reinhold Wolff study will be bringing in people from outside of the community to fill those units. It becomes the developer's risk that they will be able to build the market for the units in excess of projected need. 34 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 4.1 HISTORICAL FORM Historical Context: "New" Land for Miami Development Original Shoreline Margaret Pace Park Omni Area Hotels Miami Herald • Bicentennial Park American Airlines Arena Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Prior to creating a redevelopment vision, it is first important to understand the historical "form -givers" of the area. Several components of Miami's historical development provide insight on the current urban form of the general Omni area. The first, the creation of waterfront property by Iandfilling the shoreline, can be traced to the early 1920's with the creation of Bayfront Park. This "creation" of property continued northward from downtown Miami into the Omni district and eventually produced Bicentennial and Margaret Pace Parks and the current sites of the Miami Herald, the Doubletree Grand Hotel & Condo and Marriott Hotel. Prior to the creation of a new shoreline, Biscayne Boulevard and Bayshore Miami's historical shoreline and landfill development ddnrr rty. mwr.4 our awl llat{ti.-! !ri•i YmT-L•r '' ,u. t ; rL2F. .lMt.v 'Mow :one L. MIvo 35 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Historical Context: The birth of "Mega" structures • Existing Streets Streets "lost" due to Development Suhntitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The second component was the effort to create Miami's first "suburban" commercial destination, which began with the development of Sears at 13th Street and Biscayne Boulevard in 1929. Later developments would include the Jordan -Marsh department store in 1953, complete with its entrance oriented toward a rear parking lot with 3,000 spaces. The Jordan Marsh building would eventually evolve into the Omni Mall in the late 1970's. The Omni Mall, the Miami Herald Building (completed in 1960 Jana the area hotel development on the waterfront all play a role in segregating the remainder of the area from Biscayne Bay through the overall scale of the buildings and their physical and visual obstruction to Biscayne Bay. Omni area historical street grid Sears (1929) Omni Mall and area hotels 1.• t,.. �•..:. MIINwIMI M/IYIYMMM1M1YMM , fYM...4 4YMw1.MM IIM.IIYIIM.0 - MIYM.MIIIMMMYI Ift�1t W YMYMi1111M111M111 I"”92N�IIY W..""" • IIYIYMIYMIIMIIYM1111111-• `'lla Miami Herald Building 36 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL i Rif= ;a REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Historical Context: 1-95 Construction Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The third component occurred in the 1960's with the development of Interstate 95 and the I-395 connector to Miami Beach. These two roadways played a large role in the demise of the Overtown neighborhood and served to sever the Omni district from downtown Miami. The result of these three components is a series of urban barriers which serve to isolate the Omni area and diminish redevelopment potential. Therefore, a major underlying theme within the Plan Update is improving connectivity by reestablishing a more consistent urban fabric and thus improving the potential for future redevelopment of the Omni area. 1-95 Construction NE 2nd Avenue prior to 1-395 construction 1-395 at Biscayne Boulevard Under 1-395 37 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 4.2 REDEVELOPMENT VISION OBJECTIVES Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improve to the Public Realm Public Private Developmert SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public/Private Strategies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Properties School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatory Strategies Entertainment District Expansion Zoning Strategies Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm Baywalk Streetscapes Historic Preservation Neighborhood Greenspace Transoortation/infrastructure Port of Miami Tunnel Transportation Upgrades 17th StreetFEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades Infrastructure The Plan Update provides a series of objectives, projects, strategies and regulatory proposals with the goal of reinvigorating the Omni CRA as a vibrant and sustainable urban neighborhood. The vision reflects a strategical analysis of the area's historical development, existing conditions, regional importance and redevelopment potential; and was established in coordination with neighborhood organizations, various agencies and departments of the City and County, the Omni Steering Committee and the public at large. Fundamentally, the vision for redevelopment is threefold: 1) To effectively diminish the impact of existing urban barriers on future redevelopment; 2) To establish the Omni area as a regional hub for cultural and entertainment uses; and 3) To provide for the development of sustainable mixed income neighborhoods. Diminishing the impact of existing urban barriers is of primary importance. As illustrated in subsequent sections, the Omni area has endured a number of developments which have effectively segregated the area from neighboring parts of the city and from one of the area's greatest assets, Biscayne Bay. The redevelopment vision provides a series of practical strategies and projects to diminish the impact of these barriers and to reestablish a consistent and attractive urban fabric. The vision also seeks to build on the growing success of the Performing Arts Center and looks to reinvigorate this part of the city by providing a framework for the successful development of a regional cultural and entertainment district. Projects include improved regulatory components and incentives that will ensure the Omni area has a sustainable future as a regional destination. And finally, the Plan Update seeks to create sustainable neighborhoods by providing a variety of housing choices and improvements to the public realm. Such neighborhoods will reinvigorate development potential in nonresidential markets by providing a permanent resident population base necessary to support such development. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 38 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan HNAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Overall Vision Diagram 1.) Improved Connectivity 2.) Miami Herald and Surrounding Properties Redevelopment 3.) Performing Arts Center 4.) Area Capture Parking 5.) Media/Entertainment District 6.) Baywalk 7.) Streetscapes 8.) Historic Preservation 9.) Neighborhood Greenspace 10.) Variety of Housing 11.) Neighborhood School Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 39 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 4.3 REVISIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN 1986 Land Use Plan 1986 Transportation Network Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk As stated in the Introduction, the Plan Update replaces the redevelopment proposals in the original 1986 Plan. However, the 1986 Plan contains a number of sound conceptual guidelines and redevelopment objectives and, as such, applicable objectives have been incorporated and are embodied in the Plan Update objectives in following sections. On the other hand, proposals within the 1986 plan that do not support and would, potentially, counteract the updated vision for the area, are detailed below and therefore, not included in the Plan Update. The 1986 plan proposes to divide the Omni CRA into two general sub -areas, delineated by NE 2nd Avenue. Generally, the plan proposes high intensity residential/commercial uses to the east and lower intensity commercial/industrial uses to the west. While the Plan Update recognizes the appropriateness of the division of development intensities, the proposed segregation of uses is problematic. Given the recent explosion of high end/luxury residential development along Miami's waterfront and the regional proximity of major employment centers, a fundamental component of the Plan Update is the promotion of the development of a variety of housing types (and pricing) within the western portions of the CRA. To relegate this area solely to nonresidential uses would be a missed opportunity in achieving mixed - income, sustainable neighborhoods. The 1986 Plan promotes the closure of a number of streets in order to promote site assembly and presumably, the development of mega -projects which were popular at the time of the Plan's inception. As is the case with the existing Omni Mall, these projects, more often than not, have proved to deteriorate the existing fabric of the city and often become barriers to further redevelopment. A fundamental component of the Plan Update is to diminish the impact of existing urban barriers and to promote connectivity within the area. While there are certain cases where street closures may be appropriate, the Plan Update does not support the magnitude of closures illustrated in the 1986 Plan, as they would be counterproductive to the overall vision. 40 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 4.4 PLAN OBJECTIVES A. Connectivity The overall goal of the Plan Update is to provide a strategic framework which provides guidance for the CRA Board and Staff when making decisions impacting the redevelopment of the Omni area. The following objectives, including components of the 1986 Plan, have been developed to reach that goal and should be the basis for future redevelopment efforts and CRA support: Provide for greater connectivity by diminishing the impact of existing urban barriers to redevelopment and promoting regional transportation. This objective embodies the following objectives provided in the 1986 plan: • E-1. Resolve existing and future transportation conflicts; • E-2. Set priorities within the transportation network for pedestrians, cars, service and transit vehicles; • E-3. Improve access to existing and planned major activity areas such as the Central Business District and Civic Center; and • E-5. Provide adequate parking to serve the needs of area residents, visitors and employees. B. Sustainable Regional : Create a sustainable regional destination and identity by capitalizing on the development of the Destination : Performing Arts Center and the Media/Entertainment District. • • This objective embodies the following objectives provided in the 1986 plan: • B-3. Create economic magnets to draw more businesses to the Omni area to compliment established activities in the surrounding area; • B-4. Promote concentrations of similar business activities that reinforce each other and improve the area -wide economic climate; and • D-5. Provide employment opportunities and upward job mobility for residents. C. Variety of Housing : Provide incentives for the development of a variety of housing choices, including affordable, special; • needs and workforce housing. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk This objective embodies the following objectives provided in the 1986 plan: • D-1. Maximize conditions for residents to continue to live in the area; • D-2. Achieve rehabilitation of the maximum number of housing units; and • D-3. Provide incentives for construction of new housing to attract downtown workers. 41 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 D. Improvements to the Public Realm Create opportunities for new development through improvements to the public realm. This objective embodies the following objectives provided in the 1986 plan: • A-2. Eliminate conditions which contribute to blight; • C-1. Provide adequate public utilities and services for the area's residents and businesses; • C-2. Provide a system of public open spaces; • C-3. Maximize access and views to Biscayne Bay; • C-4. Encourage preservation and restoration of historic buildings; and • C-5. Enhance the area's visual attractiveness to businesses and residents. E. Strategies forPublicl : Provide incentives and strategies for public/private development. Private Development • • • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk This objective embodies the following objectives provided in the 1986 plan: • A-1. Provide incentives for redevelopment of blighted properties; • A-3. Promote rehabilitation and maintenance of existing viable uses and structures; • A-4. Achieve orderly and efficient use of land; • B-2. Reinforce the property tax base; and • D-7. Minimize condemnation and relocation. 42 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 4.4.1 Connectivity Urban Barrier: 1-395 Expressway Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Improving connectivity within the CRA is of primary importance in fostering redevelopment of the Omni area. Since the 1960's, a series of urban barriers have been introduced to the Omni area which have effectively segregated the Omni CRA from other parts of the city and from, perhaps, its greatest asset, Biscayne Bay. These barriers include the elevated 1-395 expressway and past developments such as the Omni Mall and the Miami Herald. View south along NE 2nd Avenue and Biscayne Blvd. in the vicinity of todays 1-395 expressway. The photograph illustrates o consistent urbon fabric connecting the Omni area with downtown Miami. (1929) 43 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Urban Barrier: 1-395 Expressway Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public/Private Strategies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Properties School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatory Strategies EnfC'rtalnnllnt Dish =Xpans or Zoning Strategies Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm 3aywa I F. Streetscapr Historic Preservation Neighborhood Greenspace Transoorlation/Infrastructure Port Tunnel Project Transportation Upgrades 17th Street/FEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades Infrastructure The existing 1-395 expressway, which connects the SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) with the MacArthur Causeway to Miami Beach, is perhaps the most obvious urban barrier, As previously noted, the facility was constructed in the 1960's and contributed to the downfall of its surrounding neighborhoods by separating them from one another. Coinciding with the development of the Performing Arts Center, the expressway has been the subject of numerous recent planning efforts to discover alternatives for reconstructing this facility. FDOT has conducted a PD&E study to evaluate alternatives which include options for horizontal and vertical realignment and may include the acquisition of significant properties. This project has the potential to significantly reduce the negative impacts of the facility on the surrounding areas and is supported by the Plan Update. The Plan Update proposes a number of improvements, not to the expressway facility itself, but to elements within the CRA that will contribute to lessening the expressway's impact as a barrier- I-395 Urban Barrier View north along Biscayne Boulevard illus- trating the barrier effect between down- town Miami and the Omni area. f2004) 44 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Urban Bawler: Biscayne Corridor Miami Herald • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The Miami Herald building also acts as a barrier to waterfront access. 14th Street, which has become a major pedestrian corridor due to the development of the PAC and the redevelopment of the entertainment district, is currently terminated by the Herald building. Opening this site to development will serve to connect this activity to Biscayne Bay. 11 1 • 11 1 • • 1 11 11 • 1 11 11 1• 11 1•• 1 11 1 11 . 1 11 s,i,111 , H►11N1►►1►111lie • IN1111111111111M11••, 46, c _ - • w Left: View east towards Biscayne Bay. The red outline indicates the future Miami Herold site, prior to filling. (1929) Above: View east along 14th Street towards Biscayne Bay, illustrating the barrier to the waterfront. (2004) Left: Miami Herald building (1963). The current building acts as a physical and visual barrier to access to Biscayne Bay. 45 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Urban Barrier. Biscayne Corridor Biscayne Boulevard Submitted into the public record in connection with item U i on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk In addition to the Omni and Herald buildings, Biscayne Boulevard currently acts as a barrier to east/ west pedestrian movement and restricts access to Biscayne Bay. The width of the Boulevard and the magnitude of traffic using the roadway poses a challenge for pedestrians along the corridor. FDOT is currently examining additional options for improving this corridor. Streetscape improvements which allow for easier pedestrian movement and crossings are components of the Plan Update and should be coordinated with FDOT. Historic Biscayne Boulevard (1934) Present day Biscayne Boulevard near PAC 46 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Urban Barrier: Biscayne Corridor Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public!Private Strateaies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Properties School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatory Strategies Entertainment District Expansion Zoning Strategies Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm Baywalk 1'r_G'sr r�rs Historic Preservation Neighborhood Greenspace Transportation/Infrastructure Port Tunnel Project Transportation Upgrades 17th StreetlFEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades Infrastructure The Plan Update proposes that the redevelopment of the Omni and Herald properties be supported by the CRA and the City of Miami, provided that the development solutions contribute to improved access and connectivity by establishing corridors through the sites and providing street level pedestrian oriented uses and architecture. CRA financial support may include aide for elements which contribute to the public good, including the development of new streets, infrastructure, public parking, public greenspaces/plazas, an improved Baywalk and streetscape improvements to Biscayne Boulevard. Biscayne Corridor Urban Barrier wr. --. .5 ....1..NWM.1W W.MMMNMMI4MMIYIWYWaMIIN 1 N.YF.�NY..INMIMM.l.....1HMNMN.( naaaiaaa• +s! Existing Miami Herald Building Potential Redevelopment 47 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 Urban Barrier: Florida East Coast Railway Historic FEC Railway SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public/Private Strategies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Properties School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatory Strategies Entertainment District Expansion Zoning Strategies Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm Baywalk Streetscapes Historic Preservation Neighborhood Greenspace Transoortationllnfrastructure Port Tunnel Project Transportation Upgrades 17th StreetlFEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades Infrastructure The Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway has been an element of the Omni area since the beginning of Miami's development. Although instrumental in the birth of Miami, today the railway right of way is seldom used, is poorly maintained and acts as a depository for trash and other debris, thereby contributing to the CRA's overall character of blight and neglect. In addition, the railway may only be crossed at 14th and 20th Streets, the southern and northern limits of the CRA, respectively. This fact, coupled with the poor visual character, reinforce the railway as a barrier both visually and physically. In addition to the expansion of the western boundary to NW 1st Place, the Plan Update proposes an additional crossing of the FEC, as well as the development of a program to keep the right of way maintained (in coordination with the FEC Railway). This will not only benefit the Omni area, but areas west which suffer from many of the same blighted conditions as the Omni itself. 1.04 oft • ask' : ( •1 Ni-1:. Florida East Coast Railway Urban Barrier ;II ,. pi On or Mrzml ll I. ill URBAM1 BARRIERS P.ORroAEASrCOASraA1.KAY ri :LAX AMIE Views along the FEC Railway from NE 20th Street. 48 4.4.2 Sustainable Regional Destination Submitted into the public record in connection with item #f I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public/Private Strategies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Properties School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatory Strategies Entertainment District Expansion Zoning Strategies Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm Baywalk Streetscapes Historic Preserva;iun Neighborhood Greenspace Transoortation/Infrastructure Port Tunnel Project Transportation Upgrades 17th Street/FEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades Infrastructure Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW The development of the Performing Arts Center has contributed significantly to creating an identity for the Omni area within the region. The Performing Arts Center was completed in the Fall of 2006. Coupled with the future development of the Florida Opera House and adjacent Media/Entertainment District and other Entertainment Districts in Southeast Overtown/Park West, there is great potential to reinvigorate the Omni area by establishing it as a cultural destination that includes a multitude of arts and entertainment venues. Of primary importance is ensuring that the destination is sustainable over time. Such a destination will foster continued development in the area and will lead to interesting and vibrant surrounding neighborhoods. The PAC is partly responsible for current development in the area which largely consists of luxury residential condominiums. While this development is welcomed, future projects should be planned in anticipation of the area becoming a vibrant entertainment district and should be mindful of issues, such as noise and parking, associated with adjacent entertainment and residential uses. Additionally, it is important that the area be developed with a distinct character and identity, which can be accomplished through design guidelines for buildings and sign age. Connecting Entertainment Districts _s• Above: Miami Performing Arts Center Below: Example Entertainment District (Beale Street, Memphis, TN) 49 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 4.4.3 Variety of Housing Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public/Private Strategies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Prope! School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatory Strategies Entertainment District Expansion Zoning Strat, Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm Baywalk Streetscapes Historic Preservation Neighborhood Greenspace Transportation/Infrastructure Port Tunnel Project Transportation Upgrades 17th Street/FEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades infrastructure The Omni area, and other parts of Miami in general, experienced a real estate boom in luxury residential development. This development is primarily in areas near the waterfront and the housing costs are generally at higher income market rates than those affordable by the primary workforce. Strategically located among major job centers in the Miami area, the western areas of Omni present an opportunity for the development of affordable, workforce, and mixed income housing. Workforce housing refers to the ability of people who work in and around a community to be able to find housing that they can afford to live in within the community. Mixed income housing is a term used to describe developments that consist of units which are affordable to families with different income levels. Numerous strategies and programs, outlined in Appendix D: Omni Housing Policy and Housing Plan, may be implemented in order to attain these goals. The primary mechanism should be the implementation of inclusionary zoning in the area which provides regulatory incentives for development of built affordable and workforce housing units, both on a mandatory and voluntary basis. The inclusionary zoning (see section 5.2) must include some type of subsidy to the developer in exchange for providing the desired housing units and types. Targeted Housing Area 50 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 4.4.4 Improvements to the Public Realm Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public/Private Strategies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Properties School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatory Strategies; trot ;,n�io� n; District Exparisic Zoning Strategies Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm :alt. Streetscapes Historic Preservation Neighborhood Greenspacr_ Transportation/Infrastructure Port Tunnel Project Transportation Upgrades 17th Street)FEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades Infrastructure In order to improve the Omni area's "livability" and as a desirable place for development, it is important to improve the overall image of the public realm. Visible public investment aides to promote private development interest. Omni area streetscapes and their related components such as sidewalks, crosswalks, landscaping and lighting are generally in poor condition and lack any discernible character and identity. Improvements to this important element of the public realm will serve to unify dissimilar elements, uses, and future development as well as provide coherence and enhance pedestrian and vehicular circulation and safety. The eventual design of these streetscapes will have a direct impact on the type and quality of future development and the resulting character of neighborhoods. Additionally, other than Margaret Pace Park and Bicentennial Park [future Museum Park], there is very little recreational opportunity within the CRA. Given the influx of new residential development east of Biscayne Boulevard and the potential for housing development in the western portions of the Omni area, there is a significant need for additional open space to provide recreational opportunities for new residents and to improve the "livability" of the community. Streetscapes and Greenspace 'City of Miami U'LIC REAM IM0V0V11111 $ trevnt; ipes 51 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERVIEW 4 4.4.5 Promote PubliclPrivate Development Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk SUPPORTING PROJECTS Public/Private Strategies Miami Herald Museum Park City of Miami Properties School Board Properties PAC Parking Convention Facilities Regulatopf Strategies Entertainment District Expansion Zoning Strategies Design Guidelines Improving the Public Realm Bay walk Streetscapes Historic Preservation Neighborhood Greenspacc Transportation/Infrastructure Port Tunnel Project Transportation Upgrades 17th Street/FEC Crossing Street Reconstruction 2-way Streets Water and Sewer Upgrades Infrastructure Perhaps the most important strategy in the redevelopment of the Omni area is the pursuit of public/ private partnerships to promote new development, new infrastructure, and to resolve existing deficiencies. Numerous projects are candidates for this type of development, including transportation and parking facilities, the redevelopment of the Omni Mall , Miami Herald properties, the Wynwood Free Trade Zone and Industrial use land west of the FEC, and improvements to the public realm. Additional opportunities for public/private and public/public partnerships exist given the land holdings of the Miami -Dade School Board and the City of Miami. The School Board owns many vacant or unimproved properties within the Omni west area. These properties are ideal candidates for new affordable and workforce housing and for parking facilities which would serve the Media/Entertainment District and the PAC. Additionally, several of these properties exist in areas that have tremendous development potential which may be leveraged in public/private partnerships to provide educational and other public facilities. •'-. ti 6am -• Targeted Public/Private Development Opportunities 52 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES S 5.0 PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The following section details the various projects and strategies which support the previously stated objectives of the Plan Update and will serve as building blocks to reinvigorate the Omni area. Below is a summary table of the proposals and the supported objectives of each. PROJECT CATEGORY PROJECTS # PROJECT COMPONENTS OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED ABCDE STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT j j 1 0 1 0 MIAMI HERALD PROPERTIES 2 Infrastructure/Streetscapes/Public Amenities x x x CITY OF MIAMI/ MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTIES 3 New School Facilities x x x 4 Affordable and Workforce Housing Development x x PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PARKING 5 Parking x x x CONVENTION FACILITIES 6 Convention Center Facilities x x REGULATORY STRATEGIES ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT EXPANSION 7 Zoning Amendments x x ZONING STRATEGIES 8 Zoning Amendments x 9 Affordable Workforce Housing Incentives & Guidelines x 10 Parking Reductions & Incentives x x 11 Media/Entertainment District and Noise Abatement Guidelines x x x DESIGN GUIDELINES 12 PAC Area Guidelines x x 13 Biscayne Boulevard Design Guidelines x x 14 NE 2^1 Avenue Design Guidelines x x IMPROVING THE PUBLIC REALM BAYWALK 15 New Greenspoce STREETSCAPES 16 Improved Sidewalks, Landscaping, Lighting and Street Furniture x x HISTORIC PRESERVATION 17 Restoration and Preservation of Historic Structures x x NEIGHBORHOOD GREENSPACE 18 New Greenspoce and Improvements TO Existing Greenspoce x TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE / 1 19 I —I x X 17'i STREET/FEC CROSSING 20 New FEC Railway Crossing and Infrastructure x STREET RECONSTRUCTION (2-^ Avenue, NE/NW 140i Street, NE I7r^ Street, NE 17' Terrace) 21 Paving, Drainage, Sidewalks, Lighting, Landscaping and Street Furniture x 2-WAY STREETS 22 Miami Ave; NE 2' Ave; 17' Street x WATER AND SEWER UPGRADES 23 Update/Replace Existing Infrastructure x INFRASTRUCTURE 24 Update/Replace/Add Infrastructure x OBJECTIVES: A. CONNECTIVITY: Provide for greater connectivity by dimini hing the impact of urban barriers to redevelopment and promoting regional transportation_ B. SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DESTINATION: Create a sustainable regional destination and identity by capitalizing on the development of the Performing Arts Center and the Media Entertainment District. C. VARIETY OF HOUSING: Provide incentives for the development of o variety of housing choices. D. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC REALM: Provide incentives for redevelopment through improvements to the public realm. E. PROMOTE PUBLIC/PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT: Provide strategies and incentives for public/private development. 53 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 MUSEUM PARK Overall Priority: High (See Section 5.6) . Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA's support of the Museum Park Project to include up to Museum Park should be $73 million (which includes design, environmental remediation and construction), plus a $2 million annual contribution to the park's capital expenditure fund. Museum Park Miami is a 40-acre city park designed for both active and passive recreation where visitors and residents alike can visit two world class museums (the Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium and the Miami Art Museum) in an open setting of lawns, public gardens, fountains, and pools - all fronting beautiful Biscayne Bay. Strolling by the Bay, reading a book in the Bamboo Garden, exploring the Island, or playing a game of soccer, visitors will be treated to a fresh experience of Miami. 54 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Miami Herald Properties Conceptual Plan Diagram 1) Existing Printing Presses 2) Public Plaza/14th Street Connection to Baywalk 3) New Mixed -Use Development 4) Vacant Parcels for Development 5) Historic "Shrine Building" (Boulevard Shops) 6) Performing Arts Center 7) 14th Street Media/Entertainment District OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES el The Miami Herald (Knight Ridder) properties are key to the redevelopment of the Omni CRA. Currently the properties consist of the Miami Herald building, the historic Shrine Building (Boulevard Shops) and surface parking lots. Several of the properties were recently sold and are currently being planned for redevelopment. Redevelopment of these properties should focus on several objectives with the primary objective being extending NE 14th Street to Biscayne Bay for pedestrian access. Other objectives include providing development which supports street level pedestrian activity surrounding the PAC; providing parking alternatives for patrons of the PAC; and the preservation of the historic Shrine Building. rr .rr! III R " 1 evr IeFrn —si 1 U vim,,_?f� zlnn t . ■ zMEI lJ 11 Jal r— • Ciry of Miami ti MIAMI HERALD PROPERTIES 1.,; V. CONCEPTUAL PLAN DIAGRAM I&warm Ray a caIAHtsw+6- 55 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Miami Herald Properties Conceptual Aerial View 1) Existing Printing Presses 2) Public Plaza/Baywalk Connection 3) New Mixed -Use Development 4) Vacant Parcels for Development 5) Historic 'Shrine Building" (Boulevard Shops) 6) Performing Arts Center 7) 14th Street POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 200,000+ SF Commercial/Retail 200,000+ SF Office 3900 Residential Units PAC Parking Currently, the properties have three zoning classifications: SD 6, SD 6.1 and C-2 (Miami Herald building). Under these classifications, the potential exists for up to five million SF of development, including 4,000 residential units. The C-2 zoning of the Miami Herald building is inconsistent with existing zoning patterns and should be changed to better reflect the desired character of the area. Additionally, changing the zoning classification and, therefore, improving the development value of the property, should improve the chances of private redevelopment and providing the 14th Street/Baywalk connection. Provided the redevelopment objectives are met, the CRA may enter into a public/private agreement for improvements to public amenities, infrastructure and parking. y. • ti 56 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Miami Herald Properties • Conceptual Alternative Plan Diagram 1) Existing Miami Herald Building 2) Vacant Parcels for Development 3) Historic "Shrine Building" (Boulevard Shops) 4) Performing Arts Center 5) 14th Street Media/Entertainment District Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Assuming the Miami Herald building will remain in place for some time to come, a short term alternative to the 14th Street/Baywalk connection is illustrated below. The alternative utilizes Bayshore Drive and NE 15th Street in lieu of a direct connection from 14th Street. While this alternative is not the preferred alternative, it is supported by the Plan Update. Additionally, design guidelines should be established in order to enforce this as an important pedestrian connection to Biscayne Bay and the Baywalk. Vert Faeces for rev i-isbrc_Si•m* oularc_{B7r!_S Erisirahliami_rle•ad Euiclirp Pe•for.r 4 s iriit City of Mlarni la;u MIAMI HERALD _fflitkeriPROPERTIES CONCEPTUAL ALTERNAT IV5 PLAN DIAGRAA 1' 57 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Providing alternative parking options for PAC patrons should be considered in redevelopment plans. Distributing parking around the PAC, rather than providing parking in a singular location, will help alleviate traffic issues and will afford PAC patrons more convenient access to each of the two main PAC structures. Options should be considered and pursued with Miami -Dade Transit forjoint development over the existing Omni Bus Terminal adjacent the Metromover and 15th Street. The increased development capacity may be provided as an incentive for providing the PAC parking. Miami Herald Properties • PAC Parking 1) Miami Herald Properties 2) Existing Omni Bus Terminal (below) 3) Performing Arts Center 4) Existing Historic Building (Shrine Building) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 58 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 City of Miami 8 School Board Properties 1) City of Miami Biscayne Park/ Unprogram-Underuse Properties 2) Miami -Dade School Board Vacant Properties/Unimproved Surface Parking, Garage and Surface Parking 3) Miami -Dade School Board Skills Center/Vacant Structure 4) City of Miami Fire Station No. 2 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development • There are numerous opportunities for Public/Private partnerships for redevelopment of properties owned by the Miami -Dade School Board and the City of Miami. Opportunities range among the development of new housing with a focus on mixed -income, new educational facilities, and new parking facilities to support both the PAC and emerging Media/Entertainment District. The opportunities may be realized through an exchange of properties between the current owners and the CRA, public/private partnerships steered by the Miami -Dade School Board, and also through zoning incentives for private development. •J� 1! it 1-;INV. v � I _ `� •� �' t - IV' I Is). 4,-- ' it •j r .r 1 1 �Tl � Ms M ■ ; I• - T tt Q - .•f LX-, �n L- ',y �; I1 1_I� ' FP I o IIM F. °L ;..+ 1" i` I -ill or I, _ t'IPi 1 i I o ► tell: I _ I T_ i _ i� s 1 r11. r121r .-1- I �'{ _ 1 o _TANI _'� *"r ''iL' . .'. %1'ktf [ice Tit r` ' City of Miami/Miami-Dade School Board Properties 59 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 City of Miami & School Board Properties PAC Parking 1) Performing Arts Center 2) Public/Private Development including PAC parking Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 100,000+ SF Commercial/Retail 75,000+ SF B00 Residential Units PAC One potential project is the development of a mixed -use parking structure west of the PAC. Such a development would require a partnership of the Miami -Dade School Board, the Performing Arts Center Trust and private property owners and developers. Numerous alternatives have been studied for this project by the Urban Land Institute Technical Assistance Program (May 2004) and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). Based on cooperation of adjacent private property owners and zoning changes, this project could provide almost 1,500 parking spaces which could be shared among the PAC, Miami -Dade School Board and other venues within the Media/Entertainment district. Coupled with the development of parking on the Miami -Herald properties, this project could satisfy the parking needs of all parties involved. Ply u' !I■TOOK W-Q•2/ :irif`7K 201 %1 swan Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 City of Miami & School Board Properties MedialEntertainment District Parking Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT • 32,000+ SF Commercial/Retail 140,000+ SF Office Entertainmentlh1c- District Parking Another opportunity for parking exists on the Miami Skills Center property, also owned by the School Board. This property should be developed to provide a capture parking garage for the Media/ Entertainment District, and should also include a mixed use component such as street level retail/ entertainment uses, offices, and possibly an educational component. The educational component could include a higher level school focused on media related skills such as production and advertising and would serve to meet the public goals of the Miami -Dade School Board. However, the development of an educational component must be mindful of the activities of the adjacent entertainment uses and the sale of alcoholic beverages. ' .H1%10! 'YWrn'.FG` ite: cf iti Mimi .'Mass Le :ir L M*y 61 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 City of Miami 8 School Board Properties Housing 1) School Board Administration Building 2) Potential Public/Private Workforce Housing Development Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT • Typical Block: 264 Workforce Residential Units Parking In addition, the Miami -Dade School Board owns several properties which could potentially be developed with housing to serve the needs of the local workforce and lower income families. This type of housing could be accomplished through private development with land incentives and inclusionary zoning incentives such as density and height bonuses. Potential redevelopment of the Miami Skills Center building Workforce Housing Development 62 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Potential Convention Center Facilities Discussions with Omni area stakeholders and with the Omni Steering Committee indicate that there is potential for the development of convention related facilities within the CRA. While this particular market segment was not part of the market analysis conducted for the Plan Update, given the regional • location of the CRA, the existing concentration of hotels and their proximity to the Performing Arts • Center and the Media Entertainment District, it is reasonable to include a convention component as a • part of a long range conceptual vision. Such facilities could be considered for a number of locations within the CRA and would support the objective of creating a sustainable regional destination. • In the short term, the City of Miami and the CRA may consider commissioning a specific market analysis • to gauge demand for such facilities. In the future, the CRA may play a vital role in supporting the development of a convention facility. Zoning changes are important to stimulate the redevelopment of the CRA. The Plan Update recognizes that the City of Miami has recently initiated "Miami 21," an effort to substantially redefine the current zoning framework for the entire City. Given that the Miami 21 effort began in 2005 (relative to the 2006 Plan Update), the regulatory strategies and proposals presented herein are put forth within the context of the current zoning framework and regulations of the City. It is intended that these proposals be considered by the Miami 21 effort and molded within the new regulatory framework with assistance and input from the CRA. Proposed Zoning Changes Given the existing regulatory framework, the Plan Update proposes a number of zoning changes that Overview include: 1) simple atlas changes, 2) the creation of a new special district (SD-6.2), 3) the development of inclusionary zoning for housing, and 4) the development of design guidelines and standards for areas of special interest. The execution of the proposed changes and the necessary completion of supporting documents is not within the scope of the Plan Update and will be coordinated with the City of Miami • and the Miami 21 effort in a subsequent phase of work. The following pages provide a conceptual • overview and intent of the proposals. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Given the need for a variety of housing within the CRA, especially within the western areas where the potential for mixed -income housing exists, there is a need for the creation of an inclusionary housing ordinance within the CRA. Because the areas to the west are generally zoned Liberal Commercial (C- 2), residential uses are permitted only by special exception. Those areas should be rezoned to not only allow residential uses by right, but to encourage it through inclusionary zoning incentives such as density and height bonuses. 63 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 1) Atlas Change from C-2 to SD-6.1 2) Atlas Change from SD-6 to PR 3) Change from C-2 to SD-6 2* 'Amending Sec. 606 (SD-6) to include SD-6.2 and provide a special intent, allowances and limitations. SD-6.2 should include incentives for facilities supporting the Performing Arts Center, Miami - Dade School Board, Media - Entertainment District and future Miami Streetcar. It should provide a transition in building mass between SD-6 and C-2. Additionally, SD-6.2 should have special requirements for building elements that front important public right of ways. 4) Inclusionary Zoning for Workforce/Mixed Housing 5) Media/Entertainment District Design Guidelines and Noise Abatement Strategies for Restricted Residential Development OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development • • • Areas along NE 2nd Avenue should be changed from C-2 to a new special district to 1) provide consistency and better reflect the zoning character of the rest of this important corridor; 2) to provide a transition in scale for neighboring districts (generally SD-6 on the east and C-2 on the west) and 3) to provide special provisions for developments supporting the Performing Arts Center, The Miami -Dade School Board, the Media/Entertainment District or the Miami Streetcar. Additionally, the current zoning of the Miami Herald building property (C-2) should be modified to better reflect the surrounding zoning and to induce the redevelopment of this property and provide public access to the bayfronf. stv i 111111 ike'City of Miami BJEGTIWES-SUPPORTED Li; 15C'"" PagaI C . . rlr: �iiri tr..;s nr rya-' 1 WI- rr„lre �w1� 4� j�'i'�_ i,-� Pt '1 1 MI g1-... - , ��s • .- ..., = . 1 e YYi 12__1_0 fl p LAN C2,0- 64 Ti Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 The image below illustrates the potential full build -out of the Omni CRA, given the following parameters under Miami Zoning Ordinance 11000: 1) the implementation of proposed zoning changes , 2) the development of incentives and guidelines to induce affordable and workforce housing development, and 3) guidelines to develop and protect the scale and character of the 1 4th Street Media/Entertainment District. Proposed Zoning • Changes 1) Change from C-2 to SD-6 2) Change from SD-6 to PR 3) Change from C-2 to SD-6.2 4) lnclusionary Zoning for Workforce/Mixed Housing 5) Media/Entertainment District Design Guidelines. Noise Abate- ment Strategies for Restricted Residential Development 6) Performing Arts Center Design Guidelines Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 65 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Proposed Zoning Changes: inclusionary Zoning fim Prototype Section I Market Rafe Units _ Workforce Units Parking An affordable and, workforce housing inclusionary zoning overlay should be developed for targeted areas within the CRA. The focus of the overlay should be the production of built affordable and workforce housing units, rather than payment into a housing trust. In order to accomplish this, the overlay should offer bonuses which allow developers to realize additional profits while producing required units. Within the targeted area, it has been determined that current development is limited by allowable floor area ratio (1.72; 2.47 with existing bonuses) and by overall building height (120'). These limitations do not allow developers to realize residential densities which are supported by the Comprehensive Miami Neighborhood Plan (500 units/acre). Therefore, the inclusionary overlay should include the following standards for developments that produce built units: 1) Requirement for 10% affordable/workforce units; [Not required under Miami 21 Zoning Ord.] 2) Bonus Height (+/- 200' overall height); [depends on transect in Miami 21 Zoning Ord.] 3) Bonus FAR (+/- 3.0 maximum); [Up to an add'tl 8.8 FLR in transect T6-36 in Miami 21 Zoning Ord.] 4) Density Allowances (+/- 200 units/acre); [Not included under Miami 21 Zoning Ord.] 5) Remove current allowable bonuses for payment into the Affordable Housing Trust. r • • • t t . t Id l t l S. •ell• •'-cr'iedl'idlerPj 101Csilcilspiss axra:,e rim Abe Prc/_Ispe iyyC.: tics, , r.. �'_V`JfrL. icwr P I-111n 66 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Cterk MedialEntertainment District Expansion 1) Existing Media/Entertainment District [blue area] 2) Media/Entertainment District Expansion - Proposed (green area] 3) Fire Station No.2 Motion Picture District (outlined) 4) Performing Arts Center District (Adrienne Arsht Center) 5) Print Media District - Miami Herald 6) Museum Park District - Proposed MAM and Museum of Science OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development Expansion of the existing Media/Entertainment district should be accomplished to provide continuity and synergy with the various types of entertainment within the Media industry and the nearby entertainment districts in the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA. This will help combine the economic energy and redevelopment potential of the PAC, Motion Picture, Print Media and Museum Districts with broader opportunities in nearby Overtown, which has a long history of music and entertainment and can provide a logical complement and continuity to the larger arts and entertainment districts. 67 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 • • • MedialEnfertainment District Expansion • 1) Performing Arts Center 2) Miami Skills Center Building 3) Fire Station No.2 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The proposed concept is to create a retail/mixed-use corridor which clusters various arts and entertainment uses between the PAC and the Florida East Coast Railway, with potential future expansion of the corridor westward to Overtown. The concept envisions a late night entertainment district which reinvigorates the area and has a symbiotic economic relationship with the Performing Arts Center. Beale Street, Memphis, TN 68 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Design Guidelines Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 1) Performing Arts Center adjacent development guidelines 2) Biscayne Boulevard guidelines 3) NE 2nd Avenue guidelines 4) Housing guidelines 5) Media/Entertainment District guidelines OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public /Private Development A comprehensive design guideline should be created to ensure the individual character development of the public realm appropriate to each target area within the Omni CRA while also ensuring a holistic, cohesive and connected district. Design guidelines should focus on the PAC, Media/Entertainment District, areas for new housing and the major transportation corridors. Cie W�_�I ram® y� a I" LAI Eli MZEIf railir .r {i 1 iiiiKE d® Cr ■ . Ea ille giE MN M----111.7- .n; NSF, PE RIE iiiiiii;,..„t,,,,,, " Y EVONIIIIIIIIIEbigiiiiinc 111;1■=116i11'I11111f Mlrm rn wimps a vr- NEW 69 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Design Guidelines MedialEntertainment District 8 14th Street 1) Wide Sidewalks 2) Landscaping for Shade and Character 3) Pedestrian Lighting and Signage 4) Sidewalk Cafe Seating 5) Building Projections and Shade Devices 6) Media componenfs/Wayfinding devices Design guidelines for the Media/Entertainment District (l 4th Street and connecting streets) should focus on general parameters for the development of streetscapes and components which impact the pedestrian activity, architectural scale and spatial quality of the public realm. The guidelines should include special elements (lighting, sidewalk treatments, landscaping and media installations) that contribute to a unique entertainment environment. 11;11_111,114T0 Existing Conditions (Miami Avenue looking North) Streetscape Improvements Media Components & Infill Development 70 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Design Guidelines MedialEntertainment District 8 14th Street 1) Additional Height 2) Large Setbacks Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Design guidelines should also make allowances for creative signage and lighting which contributes to the character of the District as a late night entertainment destination. In addition, building massing should be addressed to preserve the scale and character of the corridor by exchanging additional height allowances for greater setbacks along 14th Street. Signage examples 71 Omni CRA Redevelopment Man FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Design guidelines for areas surrounding the Performing Arts Center should focus on ensuring a comfortable pedestrian environment with wide sidewalks, landscaping and lighting. Small greenspaces and pocket parks should be incorporated and have continuity with the streetscape designs. Additionally, ground floor pedestrian oriented retail and cultural uses should be required for all buildings and structured parking facilities. Design Guidelines Performing Arts Center 1) Performing Arts Center 2) Parks 3) Ground Floor Retail Uses 4) Ground Floor Cultural Uses Submitted into the public record in connection with item ft 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 72 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 5.3 Improving the Public Realm Neighborhood Greenspace • 1) Miami Cemetery (existing) 2) Margaret Pace Park (existing) 3) Baywalk (proposed) 4) Neighborhood Park (proposed) 5) Historic Fire Station No. 2 minipark (existing) 6) PAC Ballet Opera Park (proposed) 7) PAC Concert Park (existing) 8) Dorsey Park Baseball Field (existing) 9) Bicentennial Park (existing - Future Museum Park)) 10) Biscayne Park (existing) OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES Given the influx of residential development and the objective to create additional residential opportunities in the west areas of the CRA, it is imperative that additional greenspace be developed to afford residents the opportunity for outdoor recreation and provide identity for neighborhoods. These greenspaces play an important role in attracting new residents and businesses. New greenspaces should vary in scale and character and should always be designed with priority towards public use. Greenspaces may be developed as a public initiative, jointly with private projects or may be mandated through zoning and design guidelines for new development. !, City of Miami NEIGHBORHOOD GREENSPACE 73 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 The development of the Performing Arts Center should be accompanied by the development of greenspace. The greenspaces or plazas should be integrated within the surrounding developments and preferably be oriented towards the primary entrances of the PAC. Properties south of the Ballet/ Opera House are owned by the County and are designated for this purpose. The Plan Update proposes an additional greenspace (or other treatment) north of the Concert Hall on properties currently owned by the Miami Herald. Future development of these properties should incorporate the new greenspace or plazas. Neighborhood Greenspace Performing Arts Center • • 1) Performing Arts Center 2) Public Greenspace 3) PAC Main Vehicular Entrances Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 74 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Baywalk Submitted into the public record in connection with item # t on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development In June 2004, the City of Miami, Florida Atlantic University and Walk Florida hosted a workshop to examine the creation of a continuous baywalk stretching from the Miami River on the south to Margaret Pace Park on the north. The resulting report, Miami Bay Walk, Reconnecting Miami to its Bayfront, cites several issues associated with the continuity of a baywalk, including issues with private property access and pedestrian crossing at NE l 5th Street/Venetian Causeway. In addition, I-395 poses a serious obstacle to a continuous Baywalk. Given these obstacles, and in order to provide baywalk continuity, an extension of the baywalk through landfill or elevated structure should be considered as a long term solution. R, r• .t:11 11.4'.` a •me n. 11 1J i1 1 '� a C 1. r" ■ 0 :iI i . k: tip 1� 1 m1 ■ • FP Iv- i -r• — 75 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 The new Baywalk should incorporate a connection between the Omni area hotel properties and the Miami Woman's Club and Margaret Pace Park; and should provide an improved pedestrian crossing at the Venetian Causeway and under 1-395 to Bicentennial/Museum Park. Additionally, the baywalk should incorporate uses such as restaurants and retail along its western edges, overlook and boardwalk areas, recreational green areas, and outdoor performance venues (potentially associated with the PAC). Existing condition at I-395 and Bicentennial (Future Museum Park) Baywalk 1) Connection to Margaret Pace Park 2) Incorporate Pedestrian Oriented Uses 3) Improved Pedestrian Crosswalk at 15th StreeWenetian Causeway 4) Incorporate Pedestrian Oriented Uses 5) Performance/Active Park Uses 6) Connection Under 1-395 7) Connection to Bicentennial Park (Future Museum Park) Submitted into the public record in connection with item ft 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 76 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Currently, the portion of the existing baywalk adjacent to the Miami Herald building is secured by fencing and does not allow public access. According to the Miami Bay Walk report, the baywalk was provided in exchange for a zoning bonus that allowed two additional stories to be added to the building and, therefore, there exists an obligation that the baywalk be opened and accessible to the public. Future redevelopment of the Miami Herald site should include retail and restaurant uses along the baywalk to encourage activity. Existing condition at Miami Herald Baywaik 1) Connection to Margaret Pace Park 2) Incorporate Pedestrian Oriented Uses 3) Improved Pedestrian Crosswalk at 15th StreeWenetian Causeway 4) Incorporate Pedestrian Oriented Uses 5) Performance/Active Park Uses 6) Connection Under 1-395 7) Connection to Bicentennial Park (Future Museum Park) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 77 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 • • • • • • Streetscapes • PAC Pilot Project Primary Streets Secondary Streets Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla .A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development Streetscapes are perhaps the most important component of the public realm and they have a direct impact on the type and quality of redevelopment and economic potential. They provide neighborhood character, identity and continuity from neighborhood to neighborhood. With the exception of the recent improvement along Biscayne Boulevard and around the PAC, practically all of the streetscapes within the Omni area are lacking in some respects, whether it be the condition or width of sidewalks; lack of landscaping, lighting and on -street parking; or poor pedestrian markings and crosswalks. Improving the streetscapes in Omni should be prioritized with an initial focus on streets surrounding the PAC. These improvements can serve as a streetscape pilot project and provide a design template for other improvements within the CRA, especially within the Media Entertainment District. Streets outside of the PAC and entertainment areas should be executed to achieve an overall consistency, but should not compete with creating a special character for the entertainment areas. 78 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Existing Conditions Primary Streetscapes • Biscayne Boulevard Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3500 Linear Feet Reco struction of Roadway and Drainage System New Sidewalks, Lighting and Landscaping Improved Pedestrian Crosswalks Landscaped Medians and Traffic Separators Biscayne Boulevard is the most significant roadway within the Omni area . The segment of the boulevard between NE 5th Street and NE 15th Street is currently undergoing final stage of improvements by FDOT. Improvements have focused on providing safer pedestrian crossings through improved markings and textured paving and the addition of a median component. Current sidewalk widths are generally ample and have been reduced slightly to accommodate a center median. The Boulevard final improvements consists of landscaping reflecting its grand character, improved lighting, and consistent sidewalk treatments. The CRA should evaluate opportunities to augment future efforts of FDOT to ensure these components are incorporated into their design plan. GVt+�+. t •a...v 10..7Vo•a lir 4 6 I a • . ...am.• • ■ i R�deM t Costri 9re MMdi it 79 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 111 Existing Conditions Primary Streetscapes NWINE 14th Street Entertainment District Lighting Character DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ' 2700 Linear Feet Modify Travel Lanes to Single Lanes in Each Direction New Sidewalks, Lighting and Landscaping Improved Pedestrian Crosswalks Improvements to NW/NE 14th Street are imperative to provide a safe and attractive front door to the PAC, to catalyze the redevelopment of the Media/Entertainment district to the west and to serve as a vital link between the two. In order to accomplish this link, the streetscape should incorporate similar elements that transition in scale and character from the formal character and traffic requirements of the PAC to neighborhood character of the Entertainment District. Given that the width of the right-of- way varies along the length of 14th Street, several conceptual options are presented that provide for appropriate transitions. In some cases, if will be necessary to implement a building setback to provide for appropriate sidewalk widths, landscaping and paving. These streetscapes should be further developed within a comprehensive set of design guidelines. rM MO VAR dIEErtlMow Vallitat Ow Vomit rT/etc r. 707140 !!'antvogi Sinikai R itt t# wi.i 111 tPEW Calma' Sst* .%1 ; S:` ) VH t# NAP, 80 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Existing Conditions Primary Streetscapes N. Miami Avenue Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3100 Linear Feet 2-way Conversion (see project 22) New Sidewalks, Lighting and Landscaping Improved Pedestrian Crosswalks The Plan Update proposes that Miami Avenue be converted from one-way to two-way traffic circulation. If it is possible to maintain a 3-lane section, the sidewalks should be widened between 1-395 on the south and NE 15th Street on the north. North of NE 15th Street, the section should incorporate on -street parking. If a four lane section is required, additional right of way should be dedicated to increased sidewalk width. Finally, the streetscape should incorporate consistent landscaping and improved lighting. 7 poi dad Meadlxx General CRA Sidewalk Paving Character 81 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Existing Conditions Primary Streetscapes NE 2nd Avenue Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3500 Linear Feet Reconstruction of Roadway and Drainage System New Sidewalks, Lighting and Landscaping Improved Pedestrian Crosswalks It is anticipated that NE 2nd Avenue will act as a primary corridor and therefore will become a major magnet for transportation upgrades and pedestrian oriented development. Given the right of way of 2nd Avenue and the insufficient sidewalk widths, zoning and design guidelines should mandate street level building setbacks to provide ample sidewalk widths and building awnings to provide shade. Street lighting should also be improved. tie Iiimar Cantata Met st0 Stem. General 2nd Avenue Landscape Character 82 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Existing Conditions Primary Streetscapes • Bayshare Drive Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3500 Linear Feet New Sidewalks, Lighting and Landscaping Improved Pedestrian Crosswalks Bayshore Drive serves as an important connector between the PAC, Omni area hotels, the Venetian Causeway, transit stops and Margaret Pace Park. Additionally, this street will serve as an important pedestrian connection between the PAC and interim parking locations (potentially the Omni Mall parking garage). As such, this roadway should provide a grand character, while providing ample shade, wide sidewalks and improved lighting. cal ±osIoue Olaf ald t MEW General Bayshore Drive Landscape Character 83 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Existing Conditions Secondary Streetscapes Side Streets and Residential Areas Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Secondary roadways within residential areas should be improved with components that are harmonious with those of the primary roadways and should include greater sidewalk widths and defined on -street parking areas where such improvements are possible. However, these streetscapes should be executed so that special areas such as the PAC and Media/Entertainment District remain clearly distinguished as special districts. Therefore, special entertainment related lighting fixtures and wayfinding devices should be limited to the entertainment areas and a more standard, but harmonious, lighting scheme should be developed for residential areas and sidestreets. �-n a. rq�C'Y Gfl.CTo:! r •.0 %ir�C1 General Side Street Landscape Character 84 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Historic Preservation 1) Miami Cemetery 2) S&S Diner Restaurant 3) Fire Station No. 2 4) Citizens Bank 5) Shrine Building (Boulevard Shops) 6) Sears Tower 7) Miami Woman's Club 8) Dorsey Library OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Public Private Development Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Historic buildings within the Omni CRA should be restored. These buildings embody the heritage of the community and enhance the experience of the neighborhoods. The character they provide cannot easily be replaced once the buildings are lost to severe deterioration or demolition. Seven properties within the Omni CRA carry a historic designation and as such should be protected through restoration and thoughtful incorporation into future development plans. Surrounding development should recognize the scale and character of these properties and take measures to ensure that they remain community assets. �M1 -� NW 221MD IN . I4imm ..�. C�a •- .L _N NW 20TH ST I-714Es: i • r rm eTr r• - cr. .. q .111.1wt• 1114 5_ 1 —tzA: '1Ttt Va., %i M Nw 14TH ST cpel -'J•'A; it Tq TiT� z . RI IT "KG Iv sr mai ■ TN tRD i i N v ■' ; : r' City of Miami T� yak ; 1 NE-1,„„ s{ HISTORIC PRESERVATION NL.,„ TLR M IP T__ • 171 H S1 u r L Tn �1 H ] TN7LR ' 0 `•o : NW SOTH S1 • 1l,1 1+ s U NWDTNsT C 4H4 ■LT s �� " Mir TTH ST • NT 11 T4 r[N ` NE 1OTH r4R ,■ MP DTH ST w V44 4'nr. csv; 85 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Of the seven properties, those located at the intersection of North Miami Avenue and 14th Street (Fire Station No. 2 and Citizens Bank), are in significant disrepair. Given the importance of this intersection within the Media/Entertainment District, restoration and the incorporation of uses compatible with the entertainment district can serve as a development catalyst for the entire district. Historic Preservation Above: Historic Fire Station No. 2 (1933) Below: Existing Fire Station Condition Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Above: Historic Citizens Bank (1926) Below: Existing Citizens Bank 86 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 5.4 Transportation and Infrastructure Port of Miami Tunnel • Project Submitted into the public record in connection with item ft I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development The presence of truck traffic congestion has contributed significantly to the existence of slum and blight within the Omni Redevelopment Area. The City of Miami, Miami -Dade County, and the Florida Department of Transportation have proposed to construct a Port Tunnel in order to reduce the congestion. In an effort to eliminate this blighting condition, and in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement between the City, the County, the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA, and the Omni CRA, dated December 31, 2007, the Omni CRA has agreed to contribute approximately $88 million, to be paid in annual installments commencing upon the substantial completion of the Port Tunnel Project. The Port of Miami Tunnel Provide direct access between the Seaport, 1-395 and 1-95 Keep the Port of Miami —the community's second largest economic generator —competitive Relieve congested downtown Miami streets of Port passenger and cargo traffic, improving safety Facilitate ongoing and future development plans in and around downtown Miami Provide additional access between the mainland and the Port. The CRA's support of the Port Tunnel Project shall include direct support, indirect support, in -kind support, or such other activities as may be deemed by the CRA Board of Commissioners to advance this Project. J Omni/ Venetia Overtown 8 TawM[f.Rbl 0 D G1'� i r QPark rJei nlannlal f,J _ West CJ 1 [:^, Nlrnl 1..n. ^uw nra l'ere E:3M i �oor.. � Pm Icic�.nm f.qr s: w.twdw "VV.! �l sc. m , ,--Central : lLic rmn '-.Business. h 'Qistric[_; MIAMI Biscurnc anaml Baads Genie. cv,rolr ❑ • ara MIAMI BEACH warm Flamhpa Pohv Sufi. Watla.il.. South Beach South` Pointe Joss Slate !For: Ward Fay I LEGEND Port of Miami Tunnel Study 0 +o.an.seta sere 0 .,—..r* C0 u.r<r..-,• U rnrl.m»h,,,• * r,.,.,.a.h. Public Affairs Program I0 °'' 0/�. lrirterm.a" O a Ser'°`nts.l:ca 0 °^,:,roam Fu"sar'°n" y Y,we lluare adR�.v• .¢lhun Q ho:u,T Wa:ningUn Somal t°, On... Foltlile %rap 87 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Street Reconstruction • (NE 2nd Ave, NEINW 14th Street, NE 17th Street, • NE 17th Terrace) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Public Private Development Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm The northern portions of NE 2nd Avenue outside of the Omni CRA boundaries are slated for reconstruction by Miami -Dade County and the People's Transportation Plan. The portions within the Omni CRA should also be reconstructed and coordinated with the Miami Streetcar and other infrastructure improvements. Other streets that need reconstruction include 14th Street, 17th Street and 17th Terrace. - A `ikittls r _ I City of Miami .Frai STREET RECONSTRUC71ON - W � iV NE 27 AS T V, NEINW&NE17 74TER ST r� Itra ■- • r EtIANGSMT 88 Bayshore Drive Extension 1) Miami Herald Properties 2) Omni Area Hotels Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development • Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES The extension of Bayshore Drive to Biscayne Boulevard should be considered to provide greater access to the Omni area hotels and the future development of the Miami Herald properties. In addition, this connection could serve to improve the gateway to the City of Miami from 1-395 and also improve pedestrian access between cultural components, the Performing Arts Center and Bicentennial Park (future Museum Park). • 114 rp rag Tit st, iil 1 n.ann• rei !t An In ai_ t r 7.1 �n i �( r. f + �. .6=41 111-11 , Jul 6101.1 a1 — LAI '= .-LIT 't t I„ ai11 �_T r r lit 1rr �t• III ,M _ I7 �.;. 4 l. T_� �JTj'I -L qt. IUD i�i �I'Tyeiet= �r,riam [tll]ll - �M1■ l ni- — _ c, rr,' (� rI R'11r1 i r ia ram.. 'p,�� -mom = 174 11110 mil FTLI � J 89 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL. DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Bayshore Drive • • Extension Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Several options are available for the Bayshore extension, but the primary goals of the projects should be: 1.) Providing traffic calming measures for the access ramp to Miami Beach, and, therefore, a safer pedestrian condition; 2.) Clarifying access from the 1-395 exit ramp to Omni area hotels; and 3.) Providing a visual connection between Bicentennial/Museum Park to the Performing Arts Center. All potential solutions should be coordinated with the City of Miami Planning Department, FDOT and the City of Miami Manager's Office Transportation Division. Above: Existing Conditions Below:: Flyover Option Illustrations by Zyscovich Architects Above: Re-route Traffic Option Below: Urban Intersection option 90 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 17th StreetlFEC Crossing 1) Existing 20th Street Crossing 2) Proposed 17th Street Crossing 3) Existing 14th Street Crossing 4) SEOPW Boundary Expansion Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development A new FEC crossing at NW 17th Street will serve to provide improved connectivity for Overtown areas west of the CRA and future SEOPW CRA expansion. This will aide in the future redevelopment of these areas and ensure the potential for the development of cohesive neighborhoods. ,i1 _ City of Miami 1Tgh Street/FEC Grossing -Hs - i . P. Ilk 91 2-way Conversions 1) N. Miami Avenue 2) NE 1st Avenue 3) NE 2nd Avenue 4) NE 17th Street Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectiv,;y Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Development Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 131 Two-way streets provide better connectivity, calmer traffic conditions and a safer and more comfortable pedestrian experience. If engineering and capacity requirements can be met, segments of N. Miami, NE 1st and NE 2nd Avenues, as well as NE 17th Street and NE 17th Terrace should be converted to two-way traffic to improve connectivity to adjacent entertainment districts, neighborhoods, and future developments. ,11 I 4 _ 9teim ti ■r1mtift .1,1. .261-al rp �r— ■ ■ nod LAiN eKs L.a �r L-® 1 iii a - - cra ., • w II He 171,5k. 1 r. 1ut��-r "4*, MO ■ kg. • a IRO 4 r1 afro MineEn ;li r J z■ ■� _ ' L-ri i 7 G 1 Y' 1 ._B Ctry ofMlaml 2,WAY ':ONVERSIONS �yrc ♦ 92 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 • • Water and Sewer Upgrades Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk OBJECTIVES SUPPORTED Connectivity Sustainable Regional Destination Variety of Housing Improvements to the Public Realm Public Private Developmen The CRA and the Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Department have established a plan to improve existing water and sewer facilities within the Omni CRA. That plan focuses on those areas west of Biscayne Boulevard and will better position the area for future redevelopment. Current cost estimates for the work indicate that water upgrades will cost approximately $6.5 million. • rf t.� — ,- ,f--`,i- ►1 Levint 1` N*.—Iwr �...,w.— .�.�..-...�.., 11'�1'-1. .L . _..1 a,�... • �..�L-mot 93 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 5.5 Social Needs Strategies The following strategies are provided as a framework for improvements to the delivery of human services: providing employment opportunities and upward job mobility for residents; and to provide opportunities for minorities and women to manage and own businesses. These problems are difficult for the CRA to address because the CRA is generally not the direct provider of these services and to be effective the CRA will probably have to expand its engagement with the community. Certain goals and objectives are implicit for the Omni District's human service delivery, employment/ implicit Goats ; workforce and business development strategy. Among them are the following: 1.) Improve the physical and social environment of the Omni District as a means of making the area more attractive to outside investment and competitive residential expansion, and to improve the quality of life of existing residents. 2.) Increase the workforce competitiveness of the Omni District as it relates to other areas of the Miami and Miami -Dade County. 3.) Maintain the integrity of the Omni community while positioning the neighborhood for new growth and revitalization. The strategy approaches that follow are designed to best address the human services delivery, employment Principle Underlying and women and minority business development goals identified here. The strategies are based on Strategies •• several important underlying principles. These principals are based upon some practical concepts that should underlie any attempts to address the social needs of the Omni District. These principles include the following: Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 1.) Identifying Employment Development Targets. To identify those industries and jobs for which Omni residents can effectively compete for employment within the City and the rest of the Miami -Dade County area. 2.) Utilizing Assets. To make maximum use of the assets that the Omni District has within its boundaries — people, vacant land resources, and local government support. 3.) Removing Disincentive. To identify and remove the disincentives that discourage private businesses 94 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL. DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Strategies to Improve Human Services Delivery Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk from investing in the area. 4.) Creating Incentives. To identify the high leverage incentives that will develop the critical momentum needed to "jump start" development in the Omni District. The delivery of human services comes from a multiplicity of public, private and volunteer organizations all of which have their own delivery systems. Given the various complexities of these systems it becomes difficult for the human services provider to identify the people in need as well as for the people in need to access the appropriate service providers. Given these set of circumstances, the following three approaches have been identified: 1.) Deliver human services in partnership with mediating structures, the City and County government; 2.) Raise the level of awareness and accessibility to the existing human services offered at the City and County level; and 3.) Create an advocacy position, such as an Ombudsperson, in the CRA. Mediating Structures The CRA should establish and maintain relationships with and use the resources of mediating structures. The first step in this process is to identify the meditating structures in Omni CRA. Such structures include entities that have closer relationships with the constituency than the government. Mediating structures include community service organizations, churches, and other groups that have good knowledge of the constituency. Also, there are many mediating structures that are intangible, such as community leaders who do not belong to a formal organization and as such are without the resources of such. Although it is difficult to provide funding to these types of intangible entities, the CRA must identify ways to capitalize on these resources. Marketing the Availability of Human Services Another way the CRA could improve the delivery of human services is to raise the level of awareness and accessibility to the existing human services offered at the City and County level. There are several ways in which the availability of human services could be marketed to the residents of the Omni District. They include publication of such information in a CRA newsletter and website, radio advertisements, 95 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Strategies to Improve Employment Opportunities and Upward Job Mobility Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk • • bulletin boards, and City bus advertisements. CRA as a Community Advocate The CRA could become an advocate for the residents of the Omni District to the human service providers. One way would be to create an Ombudsperson position in the CRA. The Ombudsperson would broker complaints from residents by facilitating access between the human service providers and the community through meetings sponsored by local churches and community service groups. There are a variety of strategies that the CRA could employ to foster employment opportunities in the Omni District. These strategies are very much a matter of organizing the public and private resources within the City of Miami, and the County to maximize the potential of the Omni District. The CRA could: 1.) Identify newjobs being created within the County and disseminate that information to CRA residents through a monthly newsletter and meditating structures; 2.) Co-sponsor bi-annual job fairs which they would promote aggressively; making particular use of the resources of mediating structures and print media to facilitate the communication process; 3.) If permitted by law, establish preference requirements for Omni District residents within CRA contracts with vendors; and 4.) Function as a Business Angel, which are individuals with business experience, who invest in the first year of a company's existence. In addition to money, they bring experience, contacts, and time to the new entrepreneur. The strategies set forth above have been organized into two main categories: job generation, and employment and training. Job Generation Strategies 1.) Enhance Service/Health Industry Employment. Initiate the expansion of the employment base of the CRA through the development of jobs in the service and health industries that meet the skill level of low-income residents. 2.) Enhance Office Employment. Initiate actions in the CRA designed to increase office employment. 96 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Strategies to Foster Small Business Development Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 3.) Encourage Small Business Developments. Expand efforts for small business development through the creation of financial resource pools and expanded business technical assistance to increase the number of small businesses in the Omni District. 4.) Provide office space for community groups or entrepreneurs within the CRA for a limited interim period (6 months to a year). Employment and Training Strategies 1.) Create Business Linkages. Create linkages between public, and private employment development activities and programs to train and place the unemployed and underemployed. 2.) Create Training Partnerships. Create joint efforts with the County school system to provide vocational • and technical training in the Omni District in partnership with community organizations. in order for small businesses to capture some of the present and future market opportunities, the Omni District will need a strategy that the City, County, and the private sector support. This section contains strategies that can build a small business development system for the Omni District. None alone is new. Their strength is in integrating them with existing organizational resources to create a systematic approach. In short, it seeks to put together a formal system of resources that work cooperatively and that have at their core the mission of assisting the growth and development of small businesses. There are a variety of strategies that the CRA could utilize to aid the development of small businesses in the Omni District. The CRA could: 1.) Leverage government resources by attempting to create opportunities in the CRA contract, including small businesses within the CRA. The development of small businesses can best be fostered through joint ventures, and a strong partnership among government, the private sector and the small business community; 2.) Make Omni District residents aware of resources and organizations, using print and other local media, as well as mediating structures; 97 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 3.) Utilizing the existing resources available at several of the business resource centers in Miami -Dade County. These include, but are not limited to: The Florida Black Business Investment Board, Inc. (FBBIB) is a not -for -profit corporation that supports the creation and expansion of Florida black enterprises. In 2002, FBBIB broadened its programs and services to include all minorities. It is a public -private partnership that provides access to capital, technical assistance, and business opportunities. FBBIB partners with financial institutions and other public and private organizations to leverage state appropriated funds and create greater economic development impact. Its services are delivered to Florida constituents through eight regional black business investment corporations with locations including Miami. The South Florida Workforce is responsible for initiating state and federal funded workforce development programs in Miami -Dade County. They assist employers and job seekers with employment services, labor market information, and provide training for economically disadvantaged adults, youth, dislocated workers, individuals transitioning from welfare to work, and refugees. While promoting the advancement of underutilized workers, the South Florida Workforce stimulates the labor market by implementing policies such as business incentives, and provides valuable resources to South Florida's diverse community. All South Florida Workforce services and resources are available to everyone at no cost through a network of One -Stop Career Centers located throughout the region. 4.) Provide money to start-up small businesses through revolving loan funds; and 5.) Facilitate joint ventures through the development of strong policies to ensure the participation of local businesses in all aspects of the redevelopment process. These recommendations are meant to be practical ways in which the CRA can become a more active participant in addressing some of these issues without reinventing the wheel. They also require only minimum expansion of this existing staff capacity. Submitted into the public record in connection with item it 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 98 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 5.6 Project Priorities and Action Items HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS Infrastructure Streetscapes Transnortation . Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The following is a summary of action items that the CRA should pursue in order to implement the projects and strategies outlined in the Plan Update. Action items are prioritized to take advantage of and build upon existing and future assets of the Omni area, which will, in turn, catalyze the redevelopment of the Omni CRA in its entirety. High priority items are those that will make a relatively immediate impact and serve to catalyze redevelopment efforts. Initial CRA efforts should be focused on improving the areas surrounding the Media/Entertainment District, including the Performing Arts Center, Bicentennial Park/Museum Park, the Motion Picture districts, and in general, areas east of NW 1st Place and the area surrounding the Wynwood Free Trade Zone site. The redevelopment of these areas will provide the Omni area with a sustainable identity and will entice further projects from the private development community. This focus includes the following components: Upgrade water, sanifary sewer and storm water sewer capacities to meet current standards and the development potential of the Omni CRA. (Projects 23 and 24) Upgrades should be focused on those areas west of Biscayne Boulevard as these areas contain the greatest degree of slum and bight conditions and the least amount of development interest. Upgrading these infrastructure items will serve to spark development interest by reducing the amount of investment required by the private development community. Improve the Omni CRA streetscapes to provide a cohesive and inviting public realm and pedestrian environment. (Projects 16) The Performing Arts Center serves as a catalyst to the revitalization of the area and as such, improvement should initially be focused on those areas surrounding the PAC to help ensure its success. Additionally, the Media/Entertainment district, west of the PAC, will see increased development interest and should also be prioritized. Streetscape improvements should be focused on providing a cohesive pedestrian network between the Media/Entertainment District, the PAC and the SEOPW Entertainment Districts to the South and West. Improve the transportation network by supporting City and County Agencies and their respective projects within the Omni CRA. (Projects 19, 21 and 22) This includes the Port of Miami Tunnel project and the reconstruction of several streets. Additionally, it includes the conversion of one-way streets to two way traffic flow to improve overall connectivity in the area and to provide a cohesive link (under I-395) to 99 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 Public Parking Historic Preservation Regulatory Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk the Park West Entertainment District and west to the Overtown Entertainment District. Provide off-street parking to support the PAC and the Media/Entertainment District. (Projects 2 and 5) The CRA should work with the Performing Arts Center Trust, the Miami -Dade School Board (14th Street properties), City of Miami, Miami -Dade County, and private developers to create public parking facilities to support the PAC and Media/Entertainment District. These facilities should be developed jointly with other compatible mixed uses as capture parking. In turn, parking requirements for future development {media and entertainment uses) along 14th Street may be permanently relaxed, thus allowing the redevelopment of adjacent properties to comply with pedestrian oriented development objectives and making these developments more financially feasible. Support the preservation of the Fire Station No. 2 and the Citizens Bank. (Project 17j The CRA should focus on supporting the preservation of the Fire Station No. 2 and the Citizen's Bank building given their location at the intersection of 14th Street and N. Miami Avenue and their potential to catalyze the redevelopment of 14th Street. Work with the City of Miami /and "Miami 21 "1 to implement zoning changes to incentivize and control redevelopment. (Projects 8, 9, 10, 11 12 13 and 141 Develop appropriate zoning ordinances to ensure that future projects contribute to the goals and objectives of the plan update, including: 1.) Media/ Entertainment District design guidelines to ensure a pedestrian oriented development pattern; 2.) Media/ Entertainment District residential development restrictions, special exceptions and noise abatement strategies; 3.) Media/Entertainment District parking reductions in conjunction with the development of off-street public parking facilities on nearby properties; 4.) Zoning changes adjacent to the PAC to make the development of public parking more feasible; 5.) PAC area design guidelines to ensure pedestrian oriented and compatible adjacent uses; and 6.) Affordable and workforce housing incentives the development of a sustainable neighborhood with a mix of housing choices. 100 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 MEDIUM PRIORITY ITEMS Infrastructure Streetscapes Transportation Greenspace Regulatory Submitted into the public record in connection with item it I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Medium priority items are those which will enhance private development efforts and serve to ensure those efforts support the objectives of the CRA Plan Update. The CRA should focus on augmenting private development efforts, and to support the redevelopment of publicly owned properties and facilities. CRA support should be in the form of funding components of those projects that serve the public good. Upgrade water, sanitary sewer and storm water sewer capacities to meet current standards and the development potential of the Omni CRA. (Proiects 23 and 24) Upgrades should be focused on those east of NE 2nd Avenue. Given the amount of existing and pending development, the CRA should focus on supporting these upgrades on a project by project basis, rather than the holistic approach required for the areas west of NE 2nd Avenue. Improve the Omni CRA streetscapes to provide a cohesive and inviting public realm and pedestrian environment. (Project 16) The CRA should focus on streetscape projects which serve to connect the east and west areas of the Omni CRA, including proposals for new streets. In addition, The CRA should augment projects by other agencies (e.g.. FDOT Biscayne Boulevard Improvements) to ensure that the improvements are consistent in character with other CRA improvements. Promote the improvement of transportation components that will improve overall regional access and connectivity to the Omni CRA. The CRA should, to the extent possible, promote the improvement of I- 395 and its associated interchanges (e.g.. Bayshore Drive extension and the Miami Truck Tunnel Project) which will help enforce and sustain the overall redevelopment efforts of the Omni CRA. Augment private development projects by supporting the development of additional greenspace. JProiects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 18) In order to provide a cohesive greenspace network within the Omni CRA, the CRA should support and encourage private developments to incorporate additional and meaningful green and open spaces into their projects. Work with the City of Miami to expand the Media/Entertainment District. (Project 7) Once the Media/ Entertainment District begins to redevelop, the District should be expanded to support its relationship and connectivity with the SEOPW Entertainment Districts. 101 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES 5 LOW PRIORITY ITEMS Transportation • Low priority items are those which will sustain redevelopment efforts or that necessarily have long lead times with respect to their implementation. Given this, these items should have a relatively high priority with respect to beginning the implementation process. Work with the Florida East Coast Railway to secure a railroad crossing at NW 17th Street. (Project 201 The CRA should begin discussion with the Florida East Coast Railway and appropriate transportation agencies to secure an additional railroad crossing at NW l7th Street. This crossing will serve to sustain future redevelopment efforts of both the OMNI and SEOPW CRA's and the areas between the two. Greenspace • Work with the City of Miami, Miami -Dade Countv's Department of Environmental Resources Management LDERM) and other appropriate agencies to provide a continuous Baywalk. (Project 151 The CRA should begin discussion with appropriate agencies to create a continuous Baywalk that will provide additional greenspace and improved connectivity with the remainder of the City's waterfront. Convention Facilities • Support the development of convention related facilities (Project 6) The CRA should support the development of convention related facilities in so far as it meets the objective of creating a sustainable regional destination. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 102 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.0 CIP and PRIORITIES Project Matrix Potential Funding Sources Tax Increment Financing Enterprise Zones Property Tax Abatement Refund of Impact Fees Economic Development Transporta- tion Fund Tax Exempt Districts Community Development Block Grants Home Investment Partnerships HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantees Economic Development Administration New Market Tax Credits State Housing Initiatives Partnership State Department Incentive Loan Program Bond Financing • • The following summarizes the projected capital improvement costs for the projects and strategies identified in the Plan Update. Estimates are provided for both public and private components, illustrating their interdependence and overall economic impact on the Omni CRA. Cost estimates provided for public and private development are order of magnitude estimates and should serve as guidance for the development of future CRA implementation strategies, management and leveraging of Tax Increment Funds {TIE) with other Federal, State and Local funding sources. PROJECT CATEGORY PROJECTS # PROJECT COMPONENTS PRIORITY HIGH MED LOW STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT 1 MIAMI HERALD PROPERTIES 2 Infrastructure/Streetscopes/Public Amenities _ CITY OF MIAMI/ MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTIES 3 New School Facilities 4 Workforce Housing Development PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PARKING 5 Parking CONVENTION FACILITIES 6 Convention Center Facilities REGULATORY STRATEGIES ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT EXPANSION 7 Zoning Amendments ZONING STRATEGIES 8 Zoning Amendments 9 Workforce Housing Incentives & Guidelines 10 Parking Reductions & Incentives DESIGN GUIDELINES 11 Media/Eniedoinment District and Noise Abatement Guidelines 12 PAC Area Guidelines 13 Biscayne Boulevard Design Guidelines 14 15 NE 2-Avenue Design Guidelines New Greenspace IMPROVING THE PUBLIC REALM BAYWALK STREETSCAPES 16 Improved Sidewalks, Landscaping, Lighting and Street Furniture HISTORIC PRESERVATION 17 Restoration and Preservation of Historic Structures NEIGHBORHOOD GREENSPACE 18 New Greenspace and Improvements to Existing Greens. ace TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 19 20 New FEC Railway Crossing and Infrastructure MMI 17 STREET/FEC CROSSING STREET RECONSTRUCTION (2.-4 Avenue, NE/NW 14, Street, NE 17" Street. NE 17'^ Terrace) 21 Paving, Drainage, Sidewalks, Lighting, Landscaping and Street Furniture 2-WAY STREETS 22 Miami Ave; NE 2^. Ave; 17T^ Street WATER AND SEWER UPGRADES 23 Update/Replace Existing Infrastructure INFRASTRUCTURE 24 Update/Replace/Add Infrastructure PRIORITIES: HIGH: High priority projects are those that will make an immediate impact and serve 10 catalyze redevelopment efforts. MEDIUM: Medium priority projects are those that con support private development efforts and serve to ensure those efforts support the goals of the CRA Plan Update LOW: Low priority projects are those that necessarily hove long lead times and would serve to reinforce and sustain redevelopment efforts. 103 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.1 MIAMI HERALD PROPERTIES Overall Priority: Medium (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the redevelopment of the Miami Herald Properties could augment the efforts of the private developer and the City of Miami. Such support should be applied, in whole or in part, to public components of the project provided that redevelopment efforts support the objectives of the Plan Update. Protect Category if Protect Sub 9 Linear Ft(LF) Unit Cost(LF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost Public/Private Development 2 Miani Herald Properties Potential Public Componenh 2A Pubic Plaza 40,000 $20 $8L0,000 Description: 28 Streetscapes 900 $750 v $675.000 New mixed -use development 2C Porting: 60J spaces' 210 030 $40 $8.400.000 'Public accessta Baywah via 141n St/Public Plaza 2D Infrastructure 900 $450 5405.000 Slreetscapes and Infrastructure upgades 2E Infrastructure 900 $450 $405.000 Pnlmfint Per. PnMnn P„ha, tah_ThMI tin 4R9CrY1 Assumes 10% of parking tole! Parking r1Lst be available to the general public 20%Contiingency $2.137iM Public Total 512,822,000 Private Components 2F Reial 240.000 $75 $18,000,000 2G Residential: 3900 units 4,680.000 $140 $655,200.000 2H Office 230.000 $80 $18 a00,000 21 Parking: 540J 1,890.000 $40 $75.600.000 Private Sub -Tofu! $7e 7.200.000 20%Contingency $153,410.:.'7 Private Total $920,640.000 Project Total $933,462.000 Related Public Projects I � 0escripfion Start Date Agency Budget 104 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.2 CITY OF MIAMI & SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTIES Overall Priority: High (See Section 5.6) • • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the redevelopment of the City of Miami and School Board Properties could augment the efforts of the private developer, the City of Miami and the Miami -Dade School Board. Such support should be applied, in whole or in part, to public components of the project provided that redevelopment efforts support the objectives of the Plan Update. Project Category B Project Sub d Linear Ft (LF) Unit Cost (LF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Eshmated Cost Public/Private Development 3 t 4 City of Mlani/Mlani=Darte School Dowd Properties Potenhal Public Components Description: 3A New Streets 3i) $2.003 $740,000 3B Streetscapes 300 $750 5277.500 Includes Skis Center Redevebpment 3C Housing Parking: 60 spaces' 21.000 $43 $840.000 Capture perking for Entertainment District 3D Skills Center Parking: 60 spaces 21.000 $40 $840.000 2 Aftordoble/Workforce Housing Projects 3E New School Facilities 70.000 $190 $13.300.000 Potentbl New School Faclitbs 3F Infrosfruclure 370 $450 $166,500 eattroduce Street Ihrough School Board Property !Related Pudic Projects ' Assumes 1096 of parking total Parkng must be available to the general public Public Sub -Total 20%Contingency 16,164. $3.232,800 Public Total $19,396.800 Private Components 3G Reta0 (Skills Center Only) 32.830 $75 $2460.000 3H Residential: 528 units 633.600 S14C $88,704.000 31 Office (Skits Center Only) 140,000 $80 $11.200,000 3J Parking: 10605paces 371.000 $40 $14.840.00C Private Sub -Total 1 20%Contingency 513. 10.9• Private Total $140,644,800 Project Total 5160,041,600 Description Starr Date Agency Budget 105 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.3 CITY OF MIAMI & SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTIES PAC PARKING u Overall Priority: High ; (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the redevelopment of the City of Miami and School Board Properties could augment the efforts of the private developer, The Performing Arts Center Trust, the City of Miami and the Miami -Dade School Board. Such support should be applied, in whole or in part, to public components of the project provided that redevelopment efforts support the objectives of the Plan Update. Project Category P ublc/Private Development N Project Sub Linear Ft (IF) Unll Cost(LF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost Pedorning Arts Center Parking Potential Public Componenh Description: New Mixed Use Development INew School facilities PAC Parking 5A New Streets TBD $2,000 TBD 5B Streelscapes TBD $750 TBD 5C Parking: 300 spaces' 105.000 $40 $4,200.000 5D Infrastructure 1BD $450 TBD 5E New School Facilities 20.000 $190 $3,800,000 Assumes 10'44 parking total Parkng must be available to the general public Public Sub -Total 20% Contingency $8.000.000 $,.000.000 Public Total $9,600,000 Private Components 5F Retail )00,000 $75 $7,500.000 5G Residential-800 uri's 960.000 $140 $134.400,000 5H Office 75.000 $80 $e.0(J0,000 51 Parking: 2700 spaces 545.030 $40 $37,800,000 Private Sub -Total $185.700.000 20%Contingency $37.140,000 Private Total $222,840,000 Project Total $232,440,000 Related Public Projects Description Start Da to Agency Budget 106 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.4 CONVENTION FACILITIES Overall Priority: Low (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the development of convention facilities could include public spaces and amenities and adjacent upgrades to streets and streetscapes, infrastructure and other components of the public realm. Project Category P P ublIc/Prlvafe Development Sub Project Linear Ft (LF) Unit Cost (LF) Atea Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost d Convention Facilities Potential Public Components Description: Convention Related Facilities Public Projects 5A Pubic Spaces TBD TBD TBD 58 Streefscapes TBD TBD TBD 5C Parking' TBD TBD TBD 5D Infroslrxlur•_ TBD Ti0 TBD ' Assumes 10% of parkvg total Penang must be available to the general pubic Public Sub -Total 20% Contingency Public Total $D Private Components 5F Retail $0 5G Residential: 800 units $0 5H Office $0 51 Parking: 2700 spoces $0 107 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.5 BAYWALK Overall Priorftyr Low (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the redevelopment of the Omni shoreline and the creation of a continuous Baywalk could augment the efforts of private developers and property owners, the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County. Such support should be applied, in whole or in part, to public components of the project provided that redevelopment efforts support the objectives of the Plan Update. Prote.r Category teat Sub Linear Ft(LF) Unit cosi(LF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost Public Realm 15 Baywalk Descriptor: New Baywalk including: Relocated seawall and fill Green and Hordscape areas - Improved Street/395 crossings Pedestrian fighting Street Furniture I3A Potential Public Components Sh-e8ne/5eawall 4,360 $3.2S:i $14.170,000 133 520.000 TBD TBD 13C Hordscape 90.000 $15 $1.350,000 13D Greer, Areas 430,000 $5 $2.150.000 13E 151h Street Crosswalk 30 $450 $13.500 13G Pubic Amenities/Furniture $':.000 $50,000 Public Sub -Total 20% Contingency $17.733,500 $3546, 700 Public Total $21,280,200 Private Components 13H Retai $75 $0 131 Residential $140 $0 13J Ofice $80 $0 .3K Parking $40 $0 Private Sub -Total 20% Contingency $0 Private Total 50 Protect Total 521,280,200 Related Public Projects Description Start Date Agency Budget 108 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.6 STREETSCAPES • • Overall Priority: High (See Section 5.6) • • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the redevelopment of the Omni streetscapes could augment the efforts of private developers and property owners, the City of Miami, Miami -Dade County, and the Florida Department of Transportation. Such support should be supplemental to basic improvements and maintenance provided by responsible governmental agencies. Project Category IfProject Sub f Linear Ft(LF) Unit Cost (19) Area Unit Cod (SF) Esfmated Cost Public Realm 16 Streebcapes Potential Public Components _ 14A Biscayne Bottle., and 3,500 $750 $2.625.000 148 BayshAe Dave 975 $750 $731,250 14C 181h Street 1.425 $750 $1.068,750 Descriptor: ,, 14D 17th Street 1.510 $750 $1,132,500 14E 17th Terrace 560 $750 $420.200 Improvestreetscapes beyond basic maintenance 14F 16th Street 1.320 $750 $990,000 and repai. Incirdln0' 14G 15th Street 3.270 $750 $2.302.500 Special pay Ing treatments 14H 14th Street 2710 $750 $2,032,500 Pedestrian Ighting 141 13th Street 2.350 $750 $1,762,500 Landscaping 141 Miami Avenue 3.160 $750 $2.370.000 Street Furniture I4K 1st Avenue 2.100 $750 $1.575.D00 I4L 2nd Avenue 3.560 $750 $2.670,000 Special Signoge 14M Secondary Streets 5.5'0 $500 $2,785.000 Pudic Sub -Total 20% Contingency $22.465,00,0 Public Total $26.958,000 Private Components 14N RetoA' 115,i00 $75 $8.625.000 140 ResideniblP 130 units 156 0.10 $90 $14.040.000 4P Office' 150.00D $80 $12,000,000 14Q Parking' 1.200 $40 $40,000 ' 141h Street Development (exclusive 01 Stotts Cente Private Sub -Total 20% Contingency $3,705,000 $6.9.1. ) Private Total S41.646,000 Project Total568,604,000 _ Related Public Projects ,, Description Stan Date Agency I Budget SEOPW & OMNI B-30049 Street Main'. Program No Specific Scope 2C09 City of Miami CIP Dept. $4,443.765 SEOPW & OMNI B-30050 Street Maint. Program No Specific Scope 2009 City of Miami CIP Dept. $3,535,421 SEOPW & OM NI B-30049 Street Reconstruction Improv emenl No Specific Scope 20D6 City or Miami CIP Dept. $8,071,885 OM NI 1$39911 venetian Causeway Improv ements Improvements to venetian Ca useway 2008 City of Miami CIP Dept. $8.071,885 Biscayne Boulevard Improvements 13th Street to 38th Street IBD FDOT I TBD 109 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.7 HISTORIC PRESERVATION 77,7011 141;(._ n rlaG� • Overall Priority: High • (See Section 5.6) • • • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the preservation of historic structures in the Omni CRA could augment the efforts of the private developer and property owners, and the City of Miami. Such support should be applied, in whole or in part, to public components of the project provided that redevelopment efforts support the objectives of the Plan Update. Project Category R Project Sub 0 Linear H(LF) Unit Cost (LF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost 1 Pudic Realm 17 Historic Preservafion Potential Public Components Description: 15A Mama Cemetery(City) TM) i 5B S8S Restaurant 1BD Resloroi,en of Historic Structures I5C Fire Station 82 (Ciiyl i.:...CL.:i 15D Citizens Bonk 18D ISE Shine Building TBD 15F Sears Tower PAC I5G I r Miami Woman's CBb 40yr raceiilica lion Das- Libra 13.759,001) TBD Public Sub -Total ('.750.000 20%Contingency S...50.131,10 Public Total $9,300 000 Private Components 151 Retail $75 SC 15i Residential 490 $,C 15K Office 550 3C 15L Parking 543 SC Private Sub -Total SC 27%Contingency $C Private Total 50 Project Total $4,800.000 Related Public Projects Description Start Dare Agency Budget i I 110 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.8 NEIGHBORHOOD GREENSPACE Overall Priority: Medium (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for improvements to existing greenspace and the creation of new greenspace in the Omni CRA could augment the efforts of the private developer and property owners, the City of Miami, Miami -Dade County, and the Florida Department of Transportation (1-395 improvements). Such support should be applied, in whole or in part, to public components of the project provided that redevelopment efforts support the objectives of the Plan Update. Project Category 6 Project Sub 6 Linear Ft(LF) Unit Cost (LF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost Public Realm Nelghborhood 18 I Greenspace Potential Public Components Description: 16A Land AcquisilLr, TBD Market 168 Fire Station a2 7.500 $20 $150.030 Gree"apace/Parlo/Plozas 16C PAC North I2.000 $20 $240,000 I6D PAC South 65,000 $20 $1300,0:0 16E W arktarce Housing 20.000 $20 $400,000 Public Sub -Total $2.090,000 20%Contingency 5,,18,JD10 ( Public Total 52,508,000 Private Components 16F Retail $75 $0 16G Residential $140 $0 16H Office $80 $0 161 Parking $w0 $0 Private Sub -Total $0 20% Contingency $0 Private Total 50 Protect Total $2,508,000 ;Related Public Projects Description Start Date Agency f Budget 111 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.9 MUSEUM PARK Overall Priority: High (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA's support of the Museum Park Project to include up to Museum Park should be $73 million (which includes design, environmental remediation and construction), plus a $2 million annual contribution to the park's capital expenditure fund. 112 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.10 17TH STREET/FEC CROSSING Overall Priority: Low (See Section 5.6) • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for an additional crossing of the Florida East Coast Railway could augment the efforts of the City of Miami. Such support should be applied, in whole or in part, to public components of the project. Project Category Project Transportation & Infrastructure 20 171h Sheet/FEC Crossing Description: Sub 8 linear Fl(lF) Unit Cost (11) Area Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost Potential Public Components 20A New Streets 90 $2.000 $180.000 208 RR Signal & Infrastructure 1 $150.000 $150.000 Public Sub-Tolol 20% Contingency $330.000 $66,000 Public Total $396,000 Private Componenh 20C Retail $75 $0 20D Residential $140 $0 20E Office $80 50 20F Parking $40 $0 Private Sub -Total $0 20% Contingency $0 Private Total 50 Project Total $396,000 iRelaMa Public ProJock Description Start Date Agency Budget 113 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.11 STREET RECONSTRUCTION Overall Priority: High • (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the reconstruction of NE 2nd Avenue could augment the efforts of the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County in conjunction with the implementation of the Miami Streetcar. Such support should be applied, in whole or in part, to public components of the project. Project Category Ir .n sportaton & Infrastructure tl Project Sub Linear Ft (IF) Unit Cost (IF) Area UnII Cost (SF) Estnrded Cost Street Reconstruction Potential Public Components 21A NE 2nd Avenue 3.560 $2.0(10 $7.120020 210 NE /NW 141h Street 2.700 $2,000 $5.400.000 21C NE I7th Street 1 260 $2.O13 $2520.000 1 21D NE 171h Terrace 500 $2.0O2 $1,000.000 Description: Paving, drainage, sidewaBs. pgMing, trees lv r lture and egnoge* Public 5ub-Totat $16.040.000 20%Contingency $3.208.000 Public Total $19,248,000 I Private Components 21E Retail $75 $0 21F Resdential $140 $0 21G 011ce $80 $0 21H Parking $43 $ - - Private Sub-Totof 5. 20% Contingency 5: Private Total $0 P rolect Total S19.248.000 I Related Public Projects Description Start Date Agency Budget 114 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.12 2-WAY CONVERSIONS Overall Priority: High (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item ill on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA funding and support for the 2-way conversions could augment the efforts of the City of Miami, Miami -Dade County and the Florida Department of Transportation. Such support should be applied, in whote or in part, to public components of the projects provided that redevelopment efforts support the objectives of the Plan Update. Project Category It Project Sub R Linear Ft (LF) Unit Cost (IF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost Transportalion a Infrastructure 22 2-way Conversions Potential Public Components Descripfion: 22A 17th Street 1,510 $900 $1,359,000 228 Miami Avenue 2160 $900 $1,944,000 !Conversion of 1-way streets-o:_.::c:- 22C 1st Avenue 2.100 $900 $1.890,000 traffic flaw 22D 2nd Avenue 1.400 $900 $1,260.000 Public Sub -Total $6.453.000 20%Confingency $1290.6CO Public Total $7,743,600 Private Components 22E Retail $75 $0 22F Residential $140 $0 22G Office $90 $0 22H Parking $40 $0 Private Sub -Total $0 20%Contingency $0 Private Total $0 I Project Total 57,743,600 Related Public Projects DescrlpHon Start Date Agency Budget 115 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.13 WATER AND SEWER UPGRADES Overall Priority: High (See Section 5.6) ' Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The CRA should fund, in cooperation with Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Department, upgrades of water and sewer facilities. MDWASD has established a plan that focuses on those areas west of Biscayne Boulevard and will better position the area for future redevelopment. Project Category Transportation & I trasfructure Project Sub% linear Ft (LF) Unit Cost (LF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Esfinwted Cost 23 Water and Sewer Upgrades Potential Public Components Description: •.''parcae Sewer W L-1 8-inch water Ine 600 $112668 WL-2 &finch water he 420 $188 $78.868 WL-3 8-inch water Ine 545 $188 $102.340 WL-4 8-Inch water he 785 $188 $147.407 W L-5 8-inch water he 770 $188 $144.591 W L-6 8-inch water line 1,380 $188 $259.136 I6-Inch water One 275 $262 $71,924 W L-8 16-Inch water Ine 1.500 $262 $392310 W L-9 8-inch water One B90 $188 $167.124 WL-10 8-inch waterline 470 $188 $88,25, WL-11 8-inch water the 1.120 $188 $210,314 WL-12 WL-13 &tech water the 8-Inch water line 1.550 1.540 $188 $188 $291,059 $289.181 wL-I 4 8-inch wafer line 830 $188 $155.857 WL-15 8-Inch water the 500 $188 $93.890 WL-I6 8-inch water One 1.180 $188 $221.580 WL-17 8-inch water line 300 $188 $56.334 24A Sewer $200,000 Public Sub -Total $3,082,840 Public Total 53.082.840 Private Components 24C Retail $75 $0 24D Residential $140 $0 24E Office _, - $0 24F Parting $0 Private Sub -Total 20% Contingency 50 Private Total 50 Project Total $3,082,640 Related Pubic Projects Description Start Date Agency Bu dgel 116 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.14 INFRASTRUCTURE Overall Priority: High (See Section 5.6) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk In addition to water and sanitary sewer upgrades, the CRA should fund general infrastructure improvements or additions, in cooperation with other responsible agencies. This includes, but is not limited to: 1) Stormwater Drainage Infrastructure; 2) Data Communication Networks, Fiber Optics and Cable; 3) Natural Gas; 4) Chilled Water; and 5) Electrical Service Costs for these items has not been estimated. Project Category N Project Sub i Linear Ft (LF) Unll Cost (LF) Area Unit Cost (SF) Estimated Cost i i onsportatlon S. blrashucture 24 hlrasfructure Potential Public Components 24A Stormwater Drainage TBD TBD TBD 248 Data Communication TBD TBD TBD 24C Fiber Optic TBD TBD TBD 24D Coble 1BD TBD TBD 24E Natural Gas T8D TBD TBD 24F Chilled ward TBD TBD TBD DescrlpSon: 240 El-ctricalSery ice TBD TBD 08D Stormwater Drainage Data Communication. fiber Oplc, ana Cable NaturalGas a� Public Sub -Total 20% Contingency Public Total TB D Private Componehh 24H Retail $75 $0 241 Residential $140 $0 24J 24R Office Parking $80 $40 s0 so Private Sub -Total 20% Contingency Private Total $0 Project Total TBD Related Public Projects Description Start Date Agency Budget 117 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS & PRIORITIES 6 6.15 CIP COST SUMMARY Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk As discussed in the following Financing Plan, current cost estimates indicate that approximately $213 million in public funds would have to be raised to support the projects for which cost estimates are available , Of this amount approximately $31-5 million would be needed to fund joint public -private initiatives. Another $49.54 million would be needed to support the implementation of public realm project initiatives and approximately $50.87 million would be needed in public funds for transportation and infrastructure projects. Project Category PublIc/PrIvate Development -- - -- 4 1 2 Project Miorre Herald Properties Public $12,522.u:.J Private $920,640,006 Project Total $933,442,000 38.4 CPy of Miami/MianM-Dade School Board Properties $19.396,800 $140,644.803 $160,041,600 5 Performing Arts Center Parting $9,600,033 5222.840,000 $232,440,000 6 Convention Facilities $0 $0 $0 Sub -Total Regulotory Strategies - -- - - 7 Entertainment District Expansion No Capital Cost No Capitol Cost No Capital Cosi 8 Zoning Strategies: Amendments 9 Zoning Strategies: Affordable and Workforce Housing Inaentty es 10 Zoning Strategies: Parting Reductions 11 Design Guidelines: Media/Enfenalnnlent District 12 Design Guidelines: PAC Aseo Guidelines 13 Design Guidelines- Biscayne Boutev oral Design Guidelines 14 Desigr, Guidolnes: NE 2nd Avenue Design Guidelines 'Public Realm 15 Baywolk 521,280,200 $0 521,280.200 16 Streelscapes $26.958,000 $41,646,003 $68.604,000 17 18 Hislasc Presery alien $4,800,C0YJ $0 $4,800,000 Neighbonooa Greenspoce $2,508,000 50 $2,508,000 14b-Tot0l 555.546,200 541646,000 $97,192,200 Transportation a hhastructure 19 $3 20 171n Street/FEC Crossing $396,000 $0 5396.000 21 2nd Avenue Roconstructon 519,248,000 $0 $19,248,000 22 way Conversions $7,743,600 $0 $7.743,600 23 Wales and Sewer Upgrades $3,082,840 $0 53,082,840 24 Infrastructure TBD 50 TBD Sub -Total 550.870.440 50 550,870,440 Public Prtvafe Total Total Cost $271,760,440 34,427,325,600 54,699,086,040 118 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.0 FINANCING PLAN Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Community redevelopment agencies nationwide often lack the full range or amount of financial resources needed to do the broad variety of housing, economic development, and infrastructure projects required to redevelop their areas. Given more recent demands on national financial resources, local redevelopment initiatives are likely to require even more creativity than in the past as to how they are financed. This will require looking more to the private sector. At the same time, the creative use of public funding sources will continue to be the best way to leverage the private dollars that might be required. Attracting private sector funding will require a redevelopment plan that is based on a sound economic development strategy that can be embraced by the private sector. This Plan Update recognizes the need to achieve the public/private balance required though its recommendation of a series of development initiatives that are market oriented. It also establishes strategies for the introduction of workforce housing that will benefit low and moderate income families as a necessary component of the CRA redevelopment Plan Update. The Financing and Management Plan establishes the underlying assumptions for generating the resources • needed to implement the plan by: 1) Identifying the Market Oriented Economic Development Strategy 2) Assessing the Financial Needs for Plan Implementation 3) Establishing the Redevelopment Financing Principles 4) Identifying Funding Sources and Tools 5) Developing a Sources and Uses of Funds Matrix 6) Providing Prototype Project Financing Strategies 119 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.1 MARKET ORIENTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The OMNI CRA seeks strong, long-term economic growth for an area of the city that has yet to maximize its asset value to the city. In order to improve its asset value, the strategy focuses on three major investment targets. These targets are: 1) Places and Infrastructure 2) Potential Development Opportunities 3) People The market oriented economic development strategy for the OMNI CRA has five fundamental objectives. These objectives are as follows: 1) To fully utilize the physical assets of the OMNI CRA to improve the quality of life for Miami and Miami - Dade County residents; 2) To generate jobs for residents of the City and the CRA; 3) To create strong and successful businesses in the CRA that will provide jobs for low skilled, and semi- skilled residents and professional workers; 4) To increase the tax base to support CRA and City objectives including support for services and facilities required to enhance the quality of life; and 5) To maximize the contribution of the OMNI CRA to the economy of the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County, Florida. In order to achieve these objectives the plan identifies a number of development opportunities that will result in new construction, new and expanded businesses, and employment opportunities. When fully implemented, projects undertaken in the plan will generate construction employment, office employment, retail employment, service employment, hotel employment, as well as maintenance jobs in both the public and private realm. 120 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Places and infrastructure • Submitted into the public record in connection with item f# i on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Place -based economic development is all about utilizing or reutilizing physical assets for either economic or economic support activities. In places where redevelopment is the dominant approach, place - based economic development seeks to improve the economic value of deteriorating physical assets through redevelopment. The net result of the redevelopment activity is an increase in the amount of place -based employment and aggregate tax base. However, place -based economic development often requires improvements in the support infrastructure for potential redevelopment sites. Much of this infrastructure often lies in the public domain. This Plan Update identifies specific places and infrastructure that need to be addressed in order to maximize the potential of the OMNI CRA. These include the following: 1) Performing Arts Center 2) Miami Herald Infrastructure 3) City of Miami Properties 4) School Board Properties 5) Wynwood Free Trade Zone Site 6) Baywalk 7) Neighborhood Green Space 8) Streetscapes 9) Historic Building Preservation l0)Transportation Infrastructure Specific transportation infrastructure projects include the NE 2"a Avenue reconstruction, Bayshore Drive Extension, expansion of two-way streets and the 17'" street/FEC Crossing. Advancing these recommendations or projects will aid in capturing the development opportunities that can help to maximize the OMNI area as a city asset. Within the context of the place -based economic development strategy are certain specific development opportunities that can be supported by market trends. 121 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Development Opportunities Areas Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The plan identifies a number of development opportunity areas that wit have the potential to generate a significant number of jobs, increase the tax base, and enhance the quality of life in the OMNI area. A number of these opportunities are market driven, can be initiated by the private sector because they can generate sufficient sales to provide a competitive return on investment. In almost all cases these • are tax base enhancing and job generating development opportunities. These development opportunity areas include the following: 1) Convenience Goods Retail Development 2) Shopper's Goods Retail Development 3) Hotel Development 4) Office Development 5) Entertainment Industry Expansion 6) Market Rate Housing Development 7) Media Industry Expansion However, there is also the need to support development opportunities, such as workforce and affordable ownership housing that may not provide competitive returns on investment. In this context, the redevelopment plan describes ways of dealing with areas where the market does not, or cannot itself deliver on the development opportunity proposed by creatively using zoning regulations or other incentives that can make workforce and affordable housing economically feasible. Economic development is all about improving the quality of life for people. Improving the tax base is • a direct benefit to people because the tax base provides the financial support for municipal services, social services, and education. 122 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL. DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 People : Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk People are the most important target of any economic development strategy. This is both true for people who currently live in the area as well as for people who might be attracted to the area in the future. In this context, the economic development strategy seeks to improve the quality of life for people who reside in the OMNI CRA through the following initiatives: 1) Job Development; 2) Providing access to job training resources; 3) Providing access to employment services resources; 4) Improving the overall physical environment; 5) Expanding retail choices; 6) Expanding service choices; 7) Expanding entertainment choices; 8) Expanding housing choices; 9) Creating a supply of workforce housing; and 10) Creating a supply of affordable housing. While an important social objective, the provision of workforce and affordable housing, given the economics of land cost in the OMNI area, is the most difficult of all socio-economic objectives to achieve. A part of the problem is that upper income housing is the most profitable for developers. This economic reality forces the use of incentives as the tool to help assure that replacement housing can be provided for families who may be forced to relocate as a result of redevelopment. It is because of these economic forces that this update recommends the proposed expansion of the current boundaries of the CRA as a means of providing affordable and workforce_housing as a part of the redevelopment program. 123 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 As a separate strategy, and to maximize the resources potential, this Plan Update recommends expansion to the north and west into a geographic area with lower land values, if such a location exist, where the economics of land cost may be more favorable for the development of workforce and affordable housing. Such an approach would target an additional blighted area to reclaim utilizing OMNI CRA authority and resources. In taking such an approach the CRA would take care to assure that projects within the current boundaries of the CRA continue to receive the highest priority for funding. The Plan Update has therefore been based on an economic development strategy for the OMNI area that recognizes it as an urban place, with some unique urban amenities such as the bay vistas, the Performing Arts Center, and entertainment districts, and seeks to capitalize on these amenities by improving specific spaces, capturing market oriented development opportunities, and improving the quality of life for its residents. •• Our preliminary assessment indicates that with the full implementation of the plan between 4,000 and . 5,000 new jobs would be created in the OMNI CRA over the next 15 years. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 124 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.2 ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL NEEDS FOR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION The implementation of this Plan Update will require a substantial public and private financial commitment. Additional financial resources will be needed to support the development of the Convention Center Project, Baywa!l: improvements, and for neighborhood green space. For purposes of this plan the cost for the redevelopment of the OMNI area has been allocated to three • funding categories. These categories include the following: 1) Public/Private Development Initiatives; 2) Public Realm Improvements; and 3) Supporting Transportation and Infrastructure. PublielPrivate The Plan Update identifies public/private development initiatives, including the redevelopment of the Development initiatives Miami Herald properties, the development or redevelopment of properties currently owned by the City of Miami or the Miami -Dade Public School System, the development of parking support for the Performing Arts Center, and the development of a Convention/Conference Center facility. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 125 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Table 1 below provides an estimate of the public and private costs to carry out four of the five initiatives. The concept for the convention center/conference facility has not, at this point, been developed sufficiently so that costs can be estimated. TABLE 1: Public -Private Development/Estimations of Probable Costs Development Initiatives Miami Herald Properties City of Miami/Miami-Dade School Properties Performing Arts Center Parking Convention Facilities Total Public $11,539,800 $3,092, e0 $4,536,000 N/A $19,168,200 *Adjusted to reflect decrease in construction costs Private $828,576,000 $126,580,320 $200,556,000 N/A $1,155,712,320 Prcjct Total $840,115,800 $129,672,720 $205,092,000 N/A $1,174,880,520 Table 1 shows that four of the identified public/private development initiatives will likely cost more than $1.1 billion. However of these costs only about $19.168 million will be required from the public sector. This suggests strong leverage of public dollars. In fact, every one dollar of public investment in these initiatives will generate nearly $60 of private investment. Since most of these public/private development initiatives will be financed by the private sector it will be important to work closely with the private development community to develop the financing plan for each project activity. 126 Public Realm Improvements Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El Public realm improvements are improvements that are oriented to the public landscape and which may require both public and private financing. The Plan Update includes projects in four categories. These include baywalk, streetscape improvements, historic preservation projects, and neighborhood green space. Table 2 provides an estimate of the public and private costs that will be required to carry out the improvements recommended for the public realm. It should be noted that the cost for the baywalk as well as the cost for neighborhood green space will require more specific concept definition before realistic estimates of cost can be made. Table 2: Public Realm Improvements, Cost Estimates Project Categories Bay walk Streetscapes Historic Preservation Neighborhood Green Space TOTAL Public $19,152,180 $18,856,800 $4,320,000 $2,257,200 $44,586,180 Private 0 $37,481,400 0 N/A $37,481,400 *Adjusted to reflect decrease in construction costs Project Total $19,152,180 $56,338,200 $4,320,000 $2,257,200 $82,067,580 Table 2 shows that the total cost for baywalk, streetscape improvements, historic preservation and neighborhood green space are expected to be approximately $91.186 million. Of this amount, $49.540 million will be needed from public resources to implement the baywalk, streetscape, historic preservation and neighborhood green space recommendations of the Plan Update. 127 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Supporting • Transportation and • infrastructure • Submitted into the public record in connection with item 41 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The supporting transportation and infrastructure project category is made up of seven project line items. These include the creation of a 171h Street/FEC Crossing, the reconstruction of NE 2'd Avenue, the completion of a 2-way street conversion program, water and sewer upgrades, and storm water upgrades. Tabla 3: Supporting Transportation and Infrastructure Project Categories Public Private Project Total Public Transportation $18,360,000 $ $18,360,000 Upgrades 17th Street/FEC Crossing $356,400 $ $356,400 2^d Avenue Reconstruction $17,323,200 $ $17,323,200 2-way Conversions $6,969,240 $ $6,969,240 Water and Sewer Upgrades $2,774,556 $ $2,774,556 Infrastructure N/A $ N/A Total $45,783,396 $0 $45,783,396 'Adjusted to reflect decrease in construction costs Table 3 shows that the total costs estimated for the public transportation upgrades, l7th Street/FEC Crossing, the NE 2nd Avenue reconstruction, 2-way conversions and water and sewer upgrades will be approximately $45.783 million. 128 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El Conclusion While the costs of all of the proposed initiatives are not currently available, current cost estimates indicate that approximately $192million in public funds would have to be raised to support the projects for which cost estimates are available . Of this amount approximately $19.2 million would be needed to fund joint public -private initiatives. Another $44.59 million would be needed to support the implementation of public realm project initiatives and approximately $45.78million would be needed in public funds for transportation and infrastructure projects. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 129 7.3 ESTABLISH THE REDEVELOPMENT FINANCING PRINCIPLES Use a Multiple Funding Approach Tax Increment Leveraged Bond Financing Maximize Public!Private Financing Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El The financing strategy for public funding requirements should be based upon a set of principles established to achieve the following objectives: 1) Meet funding cycle objectives; 2) Minimize the use of local tax dollars; 3) Achieve maximum leverage of private funding; and 4) Minimize long-term public cost. In order to achieve these objectives, six principles are recommended as a basis for establishing the public financing strategy for the OMNI CRA. These principles are as indicated below: The projects which have been identified to help improve the OMNI Area cut across a multiplicity of program and funding areas. In some cases, agencies other than the CRA will be responsible for their implementation. This forces the need to recognize that many of the projects will be funded by different federal, state, and local programs and oft times through different agencies. Even in cases where the CRA will be responsible to provide the funding it should not rely on one source but seek to identify other local, state, and federal programs which can leverage its trust funds. The OMNI CRA should utilize the tool of revenue bonds to generate some of the financial resources needed to meet public funding obligations of the plan. The availability of such financing may provide the flexibility needed to have matching funds available for public -private initiatives while at the same time funding projects which must meet specific time schedules for implementation. Funding some of the projects early in today's dollars will also save cost given the inflated construction costs that may be experienced in later years. To the maximum extent possible, the OMNI CRA should strive to achieve the joint public/private financing of projects. This approach will allow for the greatest leverage of public dollars while at the same time assuring private sector participation. Since most of these initiatives are privately managed, they also reduce public management time requirements. 130 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Optimize Flexible Funding Approach Provide for Maintenance of Improvements Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk While it is good discipline to have budgets, it is always good to keep in mind that development is a dynamic process. Opportunities that were not known yesterday can become available today. The financial strategy should be sufficiently flexible so that it can be modified if new opportunities present themselves. One approach would be to set aside reserve funds which could be used when new • opportunities are presented. A second approach would be to have a relatively simple process for • changing project priorities in the budget. In either case, an entrepreneurial approach to budget management is important. The OMNI CRA should require a maintenance plan, adequately funded, for all of its funded projects. The absence of a maintenance plan threatens the long-term viability of the project. By forcing consideration of maintenance requirements, the CRA will be helping to insure that public funds have been invested properly and that useful life will be extended. The incorporation of these five principles into the OMNI CRA financial planning and commitment process will help to assure that funds from a variety of sources are efficiently used to achieve the public objectives. 131 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.4 IDENTIFYING FUNDING SOURCES AND TOOLS Submitted into the public record in connection with item # .1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk This planning process has required an examination of various federal, state, and local economic development programs, institutions and tools that are available to the Omni CRA to implement the Redevelopment Plan Update. This report identifies the most relevant federal, state, county, and local programs and incentives that the CRA can take advantage of for the purposes of economic and community redevelopment, and incorporates the details of funding procurement and allocation for these programs. It should also be noted that Florida has developed financial incentive programs to encourage partnerships between local governments and private investors to implement economic development projects in the State. Working together with private developers, the City of Miami has indicated that it will continue to apply for Urban Development Action Grants, and Housing Development Action Grants in areas where housing can be developed as a part of mixed -use projects. The City of Miami has also indicated that it will continue to provide incentives for commercial redevelopment and new construction in areas where such redevelopment will contribute to the improvement in the built environment. Such incentives may be offered through the building facade treatment program, CDBG funds, and other redevelopment assistance programs. 132 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 7.4.1 Miami -Dade County Economic Resources and Incentives Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Source: — Regulation: COUNTY ORDINANCE 87-47 Local Administrator: CITY OF MIAMI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DIVISION Finance Type: TAX CREDITS Cycle: YEAR ROUND Current Funding Status: ACTIVE Eligible Applicants: NON-PROFIT & FOR -PROFIT DEVELOPERS Eligible Activities: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Program Contact: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Program Address: 444 SW 2ND AVENUE, 2ND FLR. MIAMI, FL 33130 Contact Numbers: PHONE: (305) 416-2080 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 11 Below is a description of resources that may be either directly or indirectly available from Miami -Dade County. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) utilizes the incremental increase in ad valorem tax revenue within a designated geographic area to finance redevelopment projects within that area. As property values rise above an established aggregate valuation (the "frozen" tax base), tax increment is generated by applying the millage rate to that increase in value and depositing in a trust fund an amount equal to such increased tax revenue. The trust fund is the source for repayment of indebtedness. Florida redevelopment activities are initiated by the governing body of a city or county adopting a resolution finding the existence of one or more slum or blighted areas or a shortage of housing affordable to low or moderate income persons within its jurisdiction. The resolution must also find that the "rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof," of the area is necessary. The governing body must further find the need for a community redevelopment agency ("CRA") to function within that local government's boundaries to carry out the purposes of the Redevelopment Act. The governing body by resolution may designate itself as the CRA, create a separate CRA by ordinance, or designate a pre-existing downtown development entity. Successful CRA/TIF Examples in South Florida In 2003, Margaret Pace Park was revitalized through the efforts of the City of Miami through a joint agreement with the Omni Advisory Board and the Omni CRA. Funding for the $4 million regional park was made possible through City of Miami Homeland Defense Neighborhood Improvement Bond Issue, the SAFE Neighborhood Parks Trust for Public Land, a FIND (Florida Inland Navigational District) grant, Parks Impact Fees, and an advance from the Omni CRA TIF funds. The City of Delray Beach jump-started its downtown planning in 1989 when voters approved a $21.5 million "Decade of Excellence of Bond" referendum that enabled the city to widen and brick pave sidewalks along East Atlantic Avenue, install new street lighting, and provide for extensive plantings. The Delray Beach's Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) offers a variety of financial and technical assistance programs to downtown investors including small business loans, historic facade easements for exterior building improvements, and site development assistance. The CRA also engages in the acquisition and disposition of distressed properties and vacant parcels of land. Land assemblage for redevelopment purposes is perhaps the single most important function served by CRA's in South Florida. 133 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Enterprise Zones Propoerty Tax The City of Hollywood's CRA has been active in refurbishing their downtown. In 1987, the CRA spent $1.8 million in streetscape improvements to Hollywood Boulevard. Improvements included new sidewalks, brick pavers, median landscaping, streetlamps, and street furniture. Another $2.6 million was spent in 1996 for streetscape improvements to Harrison Street in the downtown. Those improvements included widening of the sidewalks to 15 feet, brick pavers, streetlamps, and landscaping. The CRA also provides low interest loans for building improvements in the downtown. Loans are available through local banks at the prime rate with the city subsidizing one half of the interest payment. To date, the CRA has leveraged nearly $3 million in loans for downtown building improvements. The Enterprise Zone program offers opportunities for entrepreneurial initiatives and small business expansions. Businesses locating in enterprise zones qualify for property, sales and corporate tax credits. The establishment of an Enterprise Zone is a precursor to the establishment of an Empowerment Zone. Only a portion of the Omni CRA falls within Miami's Enterprise Zone — that area which is west of Biscayne Boulevard, the areas east of Biscayne Boulevard are excluded because they do not meet the requirements of a distressed community. If a business locates or expands in an Enterprise Zone, and increases real or personal property value, it Abatement could receive an abatement of 50% or 100% of property taxes levied by the County on the improvements to the property for up to five years. In addition to being located within an Enterprise Zone, the requirements of this abatement include that the business must create at least five new permanent full- time jobs. While this incentive might be available to businesses located within the Enterprise Zone portion of the CRA the use of this tool might not be good financial policy since the CRA is highly dependent upon the use of tax increment resources. Such abatements should be granted on the merits on a case by case basis with a maximum abatement of 50% on the property improvements for the first five years. Refund of Impact Fees Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk If a business locates or expands in an Enterprise Zone, it may qualify for a refund of applicable road, fire and emergency services, and police impact fees. A reimbursement of Impact Fees paid would lower the cost of the relocation or expansion, resulting in a substantial savings to the business. To receive the Impact Fee refund, the business must have been granted Property Tax Abatement, and execute a covenant to maintain the abatement for five years. If the business is located within a municipality in an Enterprise Zone area, both the municipality and the County hove to first approve the ad valorem tax exemptions. To date, only the City of Hialeah has approved ad valorem tax exemptions. 134 Economic Development Transportation Fund (Road Fund) Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El The Economic Development Transportation Fund, commonly referred to as the "Road Fund," is an incentive tool designed to alleviate transportation problems that adversely impact a specific company's location or expansion decision. The elimination of the problem must serve as an inducement for a specific company's location, retention or expansion in Florida and must create or retain jobs. Up to $2 million may be provided to the local government based on the number ofjobs created. Only businesses in target industries serving multi -state and/or international markets are eligible. The business must be able to locate in other states. 135 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.4.2 City of Miami Economic Resources and incentives Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The following is a discussion of resources and incentives for community revitalization and redevelopment that may be available from the City of Miami. Although the City of Miami has the resources of several programs including: CDBG, Section 108, HOME, and SHIP, these resources are already spread thin among the city's other distressed neighborhoods. There is a general consensus that the city will be unable to contribute more than it already does to the implementation of the Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan. Therefore, it is our position that the CRA needs to rely not only on the traditional sources of funding, but also follow the example of other CRAs such as Miami Beach, which has found new and sophisticated ways to fund its redevelopment effort. 136 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.4.3 Federal Funding Sources CDBG Funding Source: TITLE I OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OP1974-U.S.HUD Regulation: SECTION 290, FS RULE CHAPTERS 9B-43, FAC AND FEDERAL RULE 24 CFR PART 570. Local Administrator: CITY OF MIAMI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Finance Type: LOANS AND GRANTS Cycle: ANNUAL COMPETITIVE Current Funding Status: ACTIVE Eligible Applicants: PUBLIC 8 NON-PROFIT ENTITIES Eligible Activities: ACQUISITION, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS, REHBILITATION, HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE, SPECIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Program Contact: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Program Address: 444 SW 2ND AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33130 Contact Numbers: PHONE: (305) 416-2080 HUD administers several programs that aid counties and local governments in their economic development efforts. The CDBG program provides a comprehensive and flexible source of funding to address local housing, economic and community development needs. Although the rehabilitation of affordable housing has traditionally been the largest single use of the grants, the program is also an increasingly important catalyst for economic development activities that expand job and business opportunities for lower income families and neighborhoods. The City of Miami utilizes its CDBG funds for housing and economic development activities including homeownership assistance, housing rehabilitation and facade improvements in targeted neighborhoods. Facade improvement grants of $4,000 are targeted to commercial businesses in CDBG eligible neighborhoods. Best practice case studies have shown that CDBG funds are most effective when leveraged with private capital resources. It is also important that CDBG resources be targeted to clearly defined neighborhood areas. Much of the funding for the city's individual programs, including community redevelopment and economic development programs comes from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City of Miami Department of Community Development administers the HUD funds. The four major funding sources from HUD that create the monies used for programs are the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), the Emergency Shelter Grant, the Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative Grant, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program. The most relevant of these programs to the implementation of the Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan Update will be discussed in this report — the CDBG and HOME programs. Several officials with the city and county cited a trend in declining funds to the city in general, and particularly for its economic development activities. The decline in HUD's funding to Miami was attributed, in part, to a decline in the city's population. As illustrated in the following chart, in the last five years funding to Miami through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Community Planning and Development grants and loan programs has steadily decreased. This decline in governmental funding to the city is even worse for the Omni CRA, which is in the midst of an extensive revitalization effort and will require a significant amount of financial resources, particularly public funding. 137 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CDBG funds are shrinking, in real terms, and the local demands for them are growing all the time. The assessment, remediation, and interagency coordination aspects of community redevelopment projects pose an additional expenditure burden that make it difficult for them to compete with other local demands. Large-scale community redevelopment projects typically do not get funded unless they happen to be part of a high priority economic development or housing project that the city wants to take on anyway. However, city officials have indicated that the successful implementation of the redevelopment strategy in Omni District is a priority for the city. HUD's sources of funding are generally very well received and instrumental to any public redevelopment efforts, according to city officials. Many of the barriers to community redevelopment in the city and to the expenditure of HUD funds on redevelopment projects are local issues, including competing local priorities, market factors, and local policies. Because of competing demands for CDBG funds, local officials interested in community redevelopment are learning about and tapping other sources of funding. Several large cities and urban counties have used HUD's Section 108 loans as a supplement to CDBG funds that allows them to initiate more expensive, longer turnaround investments where private sector investment is expected. Since their precious CDBG allocation is held as collateral for the Section 108 loan, such projects are undertaken only if there is strong local confidence in the return on investment from the new intended use of the property. In addition, urban areas that have healthy real estate markets and good communications among public and private players have shown impressive leveraging of private funds for community redevelopment and economic development projects. As stated previously, although Miami's CDBG allocations have declined in recent years, the CDBG program is still one of the best potential sources for funding for some of the projects and programs outlined in the Omni CRA Redevelopment Pion. Moreover, as part of its role in promoting urban economic development, HUD's stated policy is to build partnerships with local officials, businesses, and neighborhood sectors to aid in its efforts. HUD wants to ensure that its programs and resources support State and local governments' economic development efforts and help leverage private -sector investment in America's urban communities. 138 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Successful Examples of CDBG Implementation Over the past decade, the city of Lenexa, Kansas has leveraged $980,000 in CDBG funds with more than $2.3 million in local funding. Combined, these funds were used to revitalize the Old Town area. Streets and streetlights were replaced and new sidewalks and storm water systems were constructed. As a result, other homeowners in the area began to spruce up their homes and the whole area was revitalized. The CDBG funds became the catalyst for saving an entire neighborhood, according to council member Diane Linver. $15,000,000- $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $0 HUD CPD ALLOCATIONS: SELECTED PROGRAMS FY 2001-2005 $13,148,000 FY'01 FY'02 $10,132,000 FY'03 FY'04 140 FY'05 910,334 • CDBG ■ HOME 139 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program Source: NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT - U.S. HUD Regulation: SECTION 420.5089, F.S. RULE CHAPTERS 67-47, FAC HOME FINAL RULE 24 CFR PART 92 Local Administrator: CITY OF MIAMI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DIVISION Finance Type: BELOW MARKET MORTGAGE LOANS Cycle: ANNUAL COMPETITIVE Current Funding Status: ACTIVE Eligible Applicants: PUBLIC ENTITIES, NON -PROFITS, FOR -PROFITS, PUBLIC AGENCIES Eligible Activities: HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION Program Contact: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Program Address: 1313 NW 36TN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33142 Contact Numbers: PHONE: (305) 416-3135 The HOME program is the largest federal block grant to state and local governments designed exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income households. Since 1992, more than a half million affordable housing units have been acquired, constructed or rehabilitated and nearly 70,000 tenants have received direct rental assistance. In addition, more than 200,000 new homebuyers have received assistance to purchase their first homes through the HOME program. Each year, approximately $2 billion dollars are allocated among states and hundreds of localities nationwide. The Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) administers the State's annual allocation of HOME funds as two separate programs: (1) a multi -family rental development loan program; and, (2) a second mortgage loan program for (a) single-family developments and (b) for first-time home buyers in conjunction with the FHFC's Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bond (SFMRB) Program. Construction loans have a term of 15 years for rehab and 20 years for new construction. The loans are • non -amortized and have a simple interest rate of 0% for nonprofit and 3% for for -profit applicants with interest payments due annually. 140 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantees Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Source: NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT - U.S. HUD Regulation: SECTION 290, FS RULE CHAPTERS 98-43, FAC AND FEDERAL RULE 24 CFR PART 570. Local Administrator: CITY OF MIAMI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Finance Type: LOANS Cycle: ANNUAL COMPETITIVE Current Funding Status: ACTIVE Eligible Applicants: PUBLIC 8 NON-PROFIT ENTITIES Eligible Activities: HOUSING REHABILITATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Program Contact: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Program Address: 444 SW 2ND AVENUE, 2"D FLOOR, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33130 Contact Numbers: PHONE: (305) 416-2080 Almost any community that receives CDBG funds has more community and economic development needs than it can possibly address with the amount of CDBG funds it receives through its annual entitlement grant. Therefore, a growing number of communities have taken advantage of certain leveraging approaches to get the maximum impact from the CDBG resources they receive. These options make it possible to fund special opportunities that may arise out of the normal planning cycle or when a high cost activity cannot be achieved with funds currently available. One such option, the Section 108 Loan Guarantees, provides HUD the authority to pledge full faith and credit of the U.S. Government as a means of guaranteeing loans under the CDBG program. According to officials, the Section 108 program has been growing. and the commitment level has been rising. Currently, there is $400 million committed to the program, and it is funded for the next 20 years. Successful Examples of Section 108 Implementation Many communities have applied Section 108 loan guarantees for neighborhood revitalization. HUD provides numerous examples of the diverse ways to use Section 108 loan guarantees for such endeavors. The City of Wichita, Kansas and Cessna Aircraft Company acquired a large site in a troubled neighborhood to undertake a two-phase project. The first phase included the construction of the Cessna Learning Work Complex, including a light assembly facility and a learning/day care facility to be used by Cessna trainees living in the neighborhood. Since construction, the 21-' Street Corridor has seen substantial investment, including a new bank, senior center, police substation, Boys and Girls Club, library, and affordable housing complexes. Fremont Plaza represents a new and aggressive strategy in economic development for the City of Alhambra, California. The project is centered on a renovated former Sears retail building. The closing of the Sears store created an immediate loss of over 200 jobs and $180,000 in sales tax revenue from the City general fund. Initially the Alhambra Redevelopment Agency approached commercial developers, offering traditional subsidy, to redevelop the site. These developers declined to participate, and the Agency made a decision to develop the site itself using Section 108 financing. The City of Jacksonville, Florida used five Section 108 loans to finance development projects with five for -profit developers. The city used 108 financing in lieu of CDBG funds in order to keep those CDBG funds free for other low- and moderate -income uses, such as provision of services. The goal of the five projects is to create a total of 1,130 new jobs for the Jacksonville community. 141 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 In Portsmouth, Maine's Mariner's Village apartment complex was a substandard, 600-unit complex, of which only 220 units were still occupied. Through a partnership of local and federal government, as well as state and local housing agencies and the private sector, the complex was replaced with a mixed - use development designed to stabilize the neighborhood. A zoning change allowed the construction of 329 rental townhouses, half of which were affordable. Families not wishing to remain in the area were relocated to other standard, affordable housing. Those who see the value of Section 108 say it is the only source of funding that is large and flexible enough for expensive community redevelopment projects and allows capital to be applied quickly when it is needed, but does not tie up current money in the meantime. These loans allow a community to undertake large-scale, often multi -million dollar, economic development projects that its CDBG allocation is too small to cover. Section 108 detractors see it as too large a risk because it uses the CDBG funds as collateral. One official interviewed noted that only projects believed to show a strong return on investment when the property is redeveloped should be proposed for Section 108 funding. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 142 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Economic Development Administration (EDA) Source: PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1465, AS AMENDED Regulation: 42 U.S.C. 3141, SECTION 201, PUBLIC LAW 105-393; 112 STAT. 3596. Obligations: (INVESTMENTS) FY 2002 $249,956,037; FY 2003 EST 5232,100,000; AND FY 2004 EST $232,100,000. Finance Type: PROJECT GRANTS Cycle: ANNUAL COMPETITIVE Current Funding Status: ACTIVE Eligible Applicants: STATES, CITIES, COUNTIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, AND PRIVATE OR PUBLIC NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Eligible Activities: ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION, DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, OR IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC LAND OR PUBLICALLY-OWNED AND OPERATED DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES Program Contact: WILLIE TAYLOR Program Address: 401 WEST PEACHTREE STREET, N.W., SUITE 1820, ATLANTA, GA 30308-3510 Contact Numbers: PHONE: 404-730-3032 The Economic Development Administration (EDA) was established to work with stales and localities to generate new jobs, retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in economically distressed areas and regions of the United States. The purpose of its program investments is to provide economically distressed communities with a source of funding for planning, infrastructure development, and business financing that wit induce private investment in the types of business activities that contribute to long-term economic stability and growth. EDA's investments are strategically targeted to increase local competitiveness and strengthen the local and regional economic base. The Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration has a $320 million budget, a fraction of the CDBG' allocation. Any programs that exist in the Commerce Department that encourage direct economic development fo some of the most disadvantaged and blighted areas, those programs are dwarfed by HUD's programs. HUD programs have more of a community focus, while the Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration is more interested in economic growth. However, they are funding a lot of the same projects. EDA Investment Programs The Public Works Program empowers distressed communities to revitalize, expand, and upgrade their physical infrastructure to attract new industry, encourage business expansion, diversify local economies, and generate or retain long-term, private sector jobs and investment. Examples of Funded Projects (1) Infrastructure for industrial park development; (2) port development and expansion; (3) infrastructure necessary for economic development (e.g. water/sewer facilities); (4) renovation and recycling of old industrial buildings; (5) construction of vocational -technical facilities and skill centers; (6) construction of incubator facilities; (7) redevelopment of brownfields and (8) Eco- industrial development. Partnership Planning EDA's Partnership Planning programs help support local organizations (Economic Development Districts, Indian Tribes, and other eligible areas) with their long-term planning efforts and their outreach to the economic development community on EDA's programs and policies. 143 New Market Tax Credit Program Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El Part of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, the New Markets Tax Credit Program is ex- pected to spur approximately $15 billion in investments into privately managed investment institu- tions. The Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund an- nounced in March 2009 an additional $1.5 billion in NMTC allocation authority will be made available for the 2009 NMTC round under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The CDFI Fund will have the authority to allocate a total of up to $5 billion in NMTC allocation au- thority, rather than $3.5 billion as initially announced. In turn, privately managed investment institutions, or Community Development Entities (CDEs), will make loans and capital investments in businesses in underserved areas. By making an investment in a CDE, an individual or corporate investor can receive a tax credit worth 39 percent (30 percent net present value) of the initial investment, distributed over 7 years, along with any anticipated return on their investment in the CDE. The NMTC program permits taxpayers to claim a credit against federal income taxes for Qualified Equity Investments (QEIs) made to acquire stock or a capital interest in designated Community Development Entities (CDEs). These designated CDEs must use substantially all (defined as 85 percent) of these proceeds to make Qualified Low -Income Community Investments (QLICIs). The investor, or a subsequent purchaser, is provided with a tax credit claimed over seven years. The investor receives a tax credit equal to five percent of the total amount paid for the capital interest or stock purchase over the first 3 years. For the final four years, the value of the tax credit is six percent annually. The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) certifies CDEs on an ongoing basis, and allocates NMTC Allocations annually to select CDEs through a competitive application process. Impact Seven is a qualified CDE, and is currently awaiting decision on its pending NMTC Allocation • application, which will be facilitated through for -profit subsidiary CDEs created by Impact Seven specifically for its NMTC program. 144 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Businesses, investors, and communities will benefit from the NMTC. The NMTC program was designed to make investment capital available to businesses in qualifying low-income communities, fo create jobs and spur additional economic development. The Federal Government created the 39 percent in NMTC as an inducement fo private investors to open the flow investment capital into these communities. These tax credits, when considered along with the potential return on their investment in the CDE, create a substantial financial benefit for the investors, as well. If successful, the MEDF, LLC may finance or provide assistance to a wide range of private business enterprises in Qualifying Low -Income Communities with funds secured through NMTC investments. Examples of qualifying activities include: loans, equity or capital investments; purchase of certain loans made by other CDEs; financial counseling and related services to businesses. NMTC may be used to finance community development projects such as community facilities. However, funds derived from NMTCs cannot be utilized in projects that are already subsidized by other federal tax subsidies, with certain exceptions. In the case of mixed -use developments, subsidization may be split between uses, allowing NMTC financing for parts of the project. Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 145 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.4.4 Florida Economic Resources and Incentives Source: WILLIAM E. SADOWSKI AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT Regulation: SECTION 420 PART VII, F.S. RULE CHAPTERS 67-37, FAC Local Administrator. CITY OF MIAMI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DIVISION Finance Type: GENERALLY SECOND OR BRIDGE LOANS, GRANTS Cycle: LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL BASED ON ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION Current Funding Status: ACTIVE Eligible Applicants: NON -PROFITS FOR -PROFITS, PUBLIC AGENCIES, INDIVIDUALS Eligible Activities: GAP FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, ACQUISITION, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE Program Contact: GEORGE MENSAH, SHIP ADMINISTRATOR Program Address: 1313 NW 36T" STREET, 2ND FLOOR, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33142 Contact Numbers: PHONE: (305) 416-1765 Following is a discussion of the resources that might be available through the state to carry out some components of the OMNI CRA Redevelopment Plan Update. State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Florida Housing administers the State Housing Initiatives Partnership program (SHIP), which provides funds to local governments as an incentive to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable homeownership and multifamily housing. The program was designed to serve very low, low and moderate -income families. SHIP funds are distributed on an entitlement basis to the City of Miami. Under the program, the minimum allocation is $350,000 and the maximum allocation is over $9 million. The City of Miami receives approximately $1 million annually in SHIP funding. While the overall budget of the SHIP program has steadily increased since 1993, funding to the City of Miami has been on the decline, according to officials. SHIP dollars are used to fund emergency repairs, new construction, rehabilitation, down payment and closing cost assistance, impact fees, construction and gap financing, mortgage buy -downs, acquisition of property for affordable housing, matching dollars for federal housing grants and programs, and homeownership counseling. SHIP funds may not be used to assist manufactured housing; however, manufactured buildings with the Florida Department of Community Affairs' insignia are eligible. Funds are allocated to the local government each month on a population -based formula. These funds are derived from the collection of documentary stamp tax revenues, which are deposited into the Local Government Housing Trust Fund. Total actual disbursements are dependent upon these documentary stamp collections. 148 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 State Department Incentive Loan (SAIL) Program Source: WILLIAM E. SADOWSKI AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT Regulation: SECTION 420.5087, F.S. RULE CHAPTERS 67-48, FAC Local Administrator: FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION Finance Type: GENERALLY SECOND OR BRIDGE LOANS Cycle: ANNUAL COMPETITIVE CYCLE Current Funding Status: ACTIVE Eligible Appliconts: NON -PROFITS FOR -PROFITS, PUBLIC AGENCIES Eligible Activities: CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION Program Contact: JOYCE MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATOR Program Address: 227 NORTH BRONOUGH STREET, SUITE 5000, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301-1329 Contact Numbers: PHONE: 850-488-4197 The State Apartment Incentive Loan program (SAIL) provides low -interest loans on a competitive basis to affordable housing developers each year. This money often serves to bridge the gap between the development's primary financing and the total cost of the development. SAIL dollars are available to individuals, public entities, not -for -profit or for -profit organizations that propose the construction or substantial rehabilitation of multifamily units affordable to very low-income individuals and families. A minimum of 20 percent of the development's units must be set aside for families earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. Developments that use housing credits in conjunction with this program may use a minimum set -aside of 40 percent of the units for residents earning 60 percent of he area median income. Developments in the Florida Keys Area may use a minimum set -aside of 100 percent of the units for residents with annual household incomes below 120 percent of the state or local median income, which ever is higher. Loan interest rates are set at three percent for developments. Loans are issued for a maximum of 15 years unless housing credit syndication requirements or Fannie Mae requirements dictate longer terms. In most cases, the SAIL loan cannot exceed 25 percent of the total development cost and can be used in conjunction with other state and federal programs. 147 Miami -Dade Empowerment Zones Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El On November 6, 2007, an ordinance creating the Empowerment Zone strategic alliance, which placed the responsibility for implementation of the County's Empowerment Zone designation with the Office of Community and Economic Development (OCED). That ordinance was passed by the Miami -Dade Board of County Commissioners. Approximately $3.9 million of Federal Empowerment Zone funds remain and will be used within the Empowerment Zone. Re- sources were put in place for the management of the Empowerment Zone. The designation is due to expire on December 31, 2009 unless reauthorized by the federal government. Conclusion While a wide array of funding programs exists in support of urban economic development, many of these are housing subsidy programs designed for the purpose of developing affordable housing in urban communities. These programs may not prove as helpful in the OMNI CRA where land cost have made it extremely difficult to build affordable housing. While CDBG funds can also be helpful, HUD regulations governing their use for economic development make clear that the projects must benefit low-income residents. This requirement, combined with a decline in CDBG revenues to the city and strong demand for these funds from other qualifying neighborhoods suggest that no assumptions can be made regarding a long term flow of these funds. This has been further complicated by a recent proposal for a consolidation of community and economic development funds at the national level. 148 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.5 FUNDS SOURCES AND USES St eetsoapes Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The incentives and subsidies that may be available from the previously mentioned funding resources can be used to attract a pioneering land use to the area, to reduce the density of a project below that supported by the market and zoning, to increase the densities above market demand, or to enhance the overall quality of the project. The sources and uses of funds matrix can be used as a tool in the creative financing process to identify those financial resources that might be most helpful in putting together a financing strategy for a particular project. In putting the matrix together, local, state and federal resources have been identified for each project use category. In each case, only those resources which have been used substantially for that purpose have been identified. Municipal Bonds have been the traditional source of financing for streetscape improvements. However, when such traditional financing has not been available, creative urban and community developer financing strategist have turned to more innovative tools. As the matrix shows, among the most popular of these tools are the following: 1) Tax Increment Trust 2) Revenue Bonds 3) CDBG Funds While tax increment trust funds can be used for streetscape improvements in a CRA area, there is a lot of case history indicating that streetscape improvements are among the most popular uses. There is also a lot of case history supporting the use of revenue bonds, tied to special tax districts, as a tool in financing streetscape improvements. And, in both smaller communities and larger cities, CDBG funds are often used to fund such improvements, especially in lower -income minority or ethnic areas. Street improvement funding is generally financed by municipal bonds, or in tandem with State and Federal DOT resources. However, in selected instances the following sources might be used for gap financing. These sources are: 1) Tax Increment Trust 2) CDBG Funds 149 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Street Improvements Public -Private Projects Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk While different localities may have different policies governing the financing of street improvement projects, these funds should only be used for gap financing when street improvements are required as a component of a public -private project that will generate additional tax base and jobs for the community. Public -Private projects are defined herein as those private developments, either commercial or residential, which require some type of public subsidy or incentive to provide the developer with a sufficient return on investment to go forward with the project. In this context, the more creative that urban development professionals can be in responding to a private developer's particular need, the more likely that a good portfolio of projects will get off the ground. There are a number of tools which can assist the urban development professional in this process. They are as follows: 1) Tax Increment Trust 2) Property Tax Abatement 3) EZ Bond Financing 4) Revenue Bonds 5) EDA Public Works 6) New Market Tax Credits 7) State DOT Funds 8) Federal DOT Funds 9) CDBG Funds In almost every case, private sector equity and financing will be the key tool in public -private development projects. However, the bottom line of these projects or their quality level can be enhanced through the creative use of other public financing tools. While some of the tools make good financing partners, others do not. For example, using property tax abatements in partnership with tax increment financing may not be a good policy choice. Federal DOT Funds can be especially helpful on projects on which all or some of the site might be determined to be a brownsfield site. Such funds have been effective in brownsfield redevelopment as a part of an overall smart -growth strategy. 150 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Infrastructure Affordable,Workforce and Supportive Housing Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk For purposes of this Plan Update, infrastructure is being defined as water, sewer, bridges, bicycle paths, parks and other open space, and public transportation. The key sources that should be looked to when putting together a financing strategy for these projects, after maximizing traditional sources, should be the following: 1) Tax Increment Trust Funds 2) State DOT Funds 3) Revenue Bonds 4) EDA Public Works Funds 5) New Market Tax Credits 6) Federal DOT Funds It should be noted that some of these sources may only be applicable to certain types of infrastructure projects. Other programs, such as new market tax credits, may still be in the process of fully defining the extent of their use for infrastructure projects. It has been pointed out previously that escalating land cost within the current OMNI CRA boundaries make the generation of affordable and workforce housing extremely difficult. However the creative use of some subsidy resources and incentives might make some workforce housing possible in the context of a larger mixed -use development made up of market -rate housing, retail, and workforce housing. Among the tools that might help facilitate this effort are the following: 1) Tax Increment Trust 2) Zoning Incentives 3) New Market Tax Credits 4) Low -Income Tax Credits 5) SHIP Program 6) SAIL Program The skillful use of zoning incentives allowing for increased project density, combined with the use of tax increment trust funds, new market tax credits, and low-income housing tax credits, should be sufficient to offset the economic disadvantage of higher land cost. 151 Business Loans . Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El Entrepreneurship is an important strategy component of the OMNI Plan Update. To the maximum extent possible, the Plan Update seeks to provide entrepreneurial opportunities for residents of the area, as well as support expansion opportunities for existing businesses. In addition to the traditional financing tools of personal equity, bank loans, or venture capital, the following additional resources may be accessed to help respond to this need. 1) SBA 7A Loan Guarantees 2) CDBG Funds 3) New Market Tax Credits Loans • The skillful use of these resources in tandem with the local financial community resources could help make possible the implementation of quality business enterprise projects. 152 SOB/COS and Uses MatriX ' Sources and Uses Matrix Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El Sources Streetscape Street Improvements Public/ Private Projects Infrastructure Affordable Housing Business Loans o v c o o p N Tax Increment Financing X X X X X X Property Tax Abatement X Refunds of Impact Fees X Miami/Tax Exemption Districts X EZ Bond Financing X Zoning Incentives X State DOT Funds X X X X a w 13 w Revenue Bonds X X X X X EDA Public Works X X X X New Market Tax Credits X X X SBA 7A Loan Guarantees X CDBG Funds X X X X X X Federal DOT Funds x x x LITC Housing Program X 153 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 7.6 SAMPLE PROJECT FINANCING STRATEGIES Retail Development Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk In order to demonstrate the use of two of the key tools in tandem with private sector funding for public/private projects we have formulated three public/private development prototype projects. In each case, a purely private financing approach has been used in comparison with the public/private financing as a means of demonstrating the importance of the public financing tools in the redevelopment/revitalization process. The three prototypes include the following: 1) Retail Development 2) Office Development 3) Hotel Development The proposed project is a 200,000 square foot retail development oriented to specialty shops. As Table 4 indicates total development costs are projected to be $35,000,000 which equates to $175 per square foot development cost. Construction costs are estimated to be $21 million, or approximately $105 per square foot. As Table 1 shows there might be two different approaches to finance the project. In Alternative 1, a private financing approach, we have assumed a 20% equity position on the part of a private developers with the other 80% being financed by a private lending institution. Urban development projects are difficult because of the high cost of land acquisition and site preparation. When combined with the high cost of construction and untested markets, retail development for higher quality shopper's goods often becomes a challenge. However, the effective use of the available incentive tools can help to reduce some of the risk by helping to achieve lower rents while at the same time providing for competitive rates of return on equity to the developer. 154 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El Retail Development Assessment Size of Development Total Development Cost 200,000 sq.tt. $35,000,000 Alternate 1. Private Financing • Developer Equity of $7 million • Bonk Loan of $28 million Alternative 2.Public /Private Financing • NMTC Loon $12.8 million, 3%, 30 Year (Year 7 Take-out Refinance) • Tax Increment $4.2 million Land write -down • Bonk Loan, $1 1 million, 30 years, 8% • Developer Equity of $7 million In Alternate 2, a developer equity requirement of 20% has been maintained; however, the debt burden hos been reduced using a New Markel Tox Credit Loon and a land write -down made possible through the use of the Tax Increment Trust Fund. Table 5, below shows The significance of the public/private financing approach. Using a purely private sector financing approach it would not be possible To get the project off of the ground. The project would not have a sufficient debt coverage ratio to secure financing. nor would it generate a sufficient return to the developer. On the other hand, using the programs through Alternative 2, Public/Private Financing the debt burden has been reduced sufficiently to warrant strong consideration by a developer. There is a sufficient debt coverage ratio with the project showing and 11% return on investment after debt service. Financial Analysis Income: Operating Expenses: Net Operating Expenses: Private Debt Service: Public/Private Debt Service: Private ROI: Public/Private ROI: $7,220,000 $4,721,880 $2,498,120 $2,465,448 $1,634,154 0% 11% 155 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN 7 Office Development : Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The prototype office project is for a 100,000 square office building. Table 6 indicates total development costs are projected to be $15,000,000 which equates to $150 per square foot development cost. Construction costs are estimated to be $7.95 million, or approximately $79.50 per square foot. Table 3 shows two different approaches to finance the project. In Alternative 1, a private financing approach we have assumed a 20% equity position on the part of a : private developers with the other 80% being financed by a private lending institution. Office development projects are important for redevelopment and revitalization because they bring employment and job opportunities. They also bring additional shoppers and home seekers who may become permanent residents of the area. Yet they can also be difficult because of the high cost of land acquisition and site preparation. However, a pion that takes advantage of the available incentive tools can help to make such projects possible. 156 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN FA Office Development Assessment Size of Development 100,000 square feet Total Development Cost $15,000,000 AHernaie 1. Private Financing • Developer Equity of $3 million • Bank Loan of $12 million Alternative 2.Public /Private Financing • NMTC Equity Position $4.3 million (Year 7 buy-out Refinance) • Tax Increment $4.2 million Land Write -down • Bank Loan, $3.5 million, 30 years, 9% • Developer Equity of $3 million In Alternate 2, a developer equity requirement of 20% has been maintained; however, the debt burden has been reduced using a New Market Tax Credit 7 year equity position, and a land write -down made possible through the use of the Tax Increment Trust Fund. Table 7, below again shows the significance of the public/private financing approach. Using a purely private sector financing approach the project would not generate a sufficient return to the developer. On the other hand, using the programs through Alternative 2, Public/Private Financing the debt burden has been reduced sufficiently to warrant strong consideration by a developer. There is a sufficient debt coverage ratio and the project shows a 14% return on investment after debt service. Office Financial Analysis Income: Operating Expenses: Net Operating Income: Private Debt Service: Public/Private Debt Service: Private ROI: Public/Private ROI: $2,025,000 $ 613,000 $1,412,000 $1,295,606 $377,885 4% 14% 157 Hotel Development Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El The proposed project is a 150 room hotel project Table 8 projects total development costs to be $22,500,000 which equates to $150,000 per room. Construction costs are estimated to be $14,625,000 million, or approximately $97.500 per room. Table 5 shows both a private and public/private financing approach. in Alternative 1, we have assumed a 25% equity position by the private developer with the other 75% being financed by a private lending institution. Since hotel projects are often viewed as far more risky as compared with office or retail project, the equity requirements has been increased. Hotel projects provide and important source of jobs for low skilled workers in urban areas. In addition they bring in both business travelers and tourists who increase the expenditure potential for food, other retail goods, and transportation services. Without an adequate market base, such projects may be meaningless, on the other hand with sufficient market base they can serve to drive the neighborhood economy. What is often required are the types of incentives used in this example to make such project work. Conclusion Given the uncertainties of the market, and fluctuations in the type of public financial resources that may be available at any given time, there can be no single long-term budget and strategy for all of the initiatives recommended in this plan update. At the same time, through creating a list of priority projects, promoting the ideas to the development community, and creatively using the public resources that are available, the OMNI CRA can get some projects off the ground that will send the message that the area is really turning itself around. This process has already been started by natural market forces, it only needs to be enhanced by the activities of the CRA. 158 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT FINANCING PLAN El Table 8 . Hotel Development Assessment Size of Development Total Development Cost 150 Rooms $22,500,000 Alternate 1. Private Financing • Developer Equity of $5.625 • Bank Loan of $16.875 Alternative 2.Public /Private Financing • NMTC Equity Position $7.25 million (Year 7 buy-out Refinance) • Tax Increment $3.375 million Land Write -down • Bank Loan, $6.250 million, 30 years, 9% • Developer Equity of $5.625 million In Alternate 2, a developer equity requirement of 25% has been maintained; however, the debt service burden has been reduced using a New Market Tax Credit 7 year equity position, and a land write -down made possible through the use of the Tax Increment Trust Fund. Table 6, below again shows the significance of the public/private financing approach. Using a purely private sector financing approach the project would not generate a sufficient return to the developer. On the other hand, using the programs identified in Alternative 2, Public/Private Financing, and the debt burden has been reduced sufficiently to obtain a developer commitment. There is a sufficient debt coverage ratio and the project shows a 10% return on investment after debt service. Table 8. Hotel Financial Analysis Income: Operating Expenses: Net Operating Income: Private Debt Service: Public/Private Debt Service: Private ROI: Public/Private ROI: $6.371,531 $4,358,127 $2,013,404 $1,821,946 $674,784 3% 10% 159 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 8 8.1 ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION , Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk It is the goal and intent of the CRA to retain, improve and increase the housing stock within the Omni Redevelopment area. Therefore, the Plan Update does not propose any specific project which would result in the acquisition or demolition of existing residential structures nor the relocation of current residents of the area. Any future project supported by the CRA and its financing mechanisms which requires the involuntary displacement of any resident, shall be accompanied by a Project Relocation Plan in accordance with Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, or other applicable regulations. The Project Relocation Plan must be approved by the CRA Board in a publicly noticed CRA Board meeting prior to receiving final approvals. If any future projects were to require relocation and CRA funding were to be "partnered" with Federal funds, the Omni CRA shall make it a condition of its participation that all provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance Act are met. This will assure that displaced residents will have access to safe, sanitary and decent replacement housing. 160 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 8 8.2 TRAFFIC CIRCULATION • • • Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The street system within the study area consists of arterials, collectors and local roads that provide access and circulation within the Omni area. The main arterial is Biscayne Boulevard which provides north / south access. Access to and from the Omni area to other parts of the city is severely restricted by the 1-395 elevated expressway on the south limit of the study area and the Florida East Coast (EEC) railway on the west side. As part of this redevelopment plan, the following transportation improvements are being proposed: 1) Port Tunnel Project (Project 19) 2) 17'h Street / FEC Crossing (Project 20) 3) 2'd Avenue Reconstruction (Project 21) 4) 2-way Conversion of One-way Streets (Project 22) In addition to these improvements and consistent with the approved Miami Downtown Transportation Master Plan the following improvements should also be considered: 1) Free -fare Transit Zone - the zero out-of-pocket cost is certainly an incentive for users to ride transit. There are also intangible benefits such as user's convenience and elimination of delays by not having fare box. 2) Improve Transportation Amenities/Upgrades - amenities for transit users are a key element of an effective transit system. Elements contributing to a high quality environment include; comfortable shelters, protection from the elements, adequate lighting, as well as clean and safe vehicles. 3) Develop Pedestrian Corridors - a systematic effort should be arranged to not only "accommodate" but actively enhance pedestrian safety and promote a pleasant walking environment. 4) Develop a Baywalk- Margaret Pace Park presents an opportunity to create a baywalk that connects the park with Bicentennial Park to the south. The baywalk will provide recreational opportunities, increase connectivity between other areas of Downtown and provide an alternative for walking trips. 5) Reconstruct NE 2nd Avenue, NE/NW 14'^ Street, NE 17th Street and NE l7th Terrace. Traffic capacity in the area is controlled by the Downtown Development of Regional Impact (DDRI) Increments I and II. The approved master development order specifies the total amount of development planned for each land use category but provides flexibility for development located anywhere within the DDRI area. Specific projects traffic capacity impacts are addressed via traffic studies conducted as part of the Major Use Special Permit (MUSP) process. 161 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 8 8.3 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Submitted into the public record in connection with item # I on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Redevelopment in the Omni CRA will improve environmental quality due to existing provisions in the City's building permit process. Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resource Management reviews all new construction permits to ensure health standards are followed. Asbestos testing is required for existing buildings that are to undergo renovation. The County's Health Department must also approve any water and sewer changes, restaurants, hospitals, clinics, and schools. Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Department provides water and sewage services and runoff drainage for the Omni CRA district. The Department has upgraded their standards which means that most new construction and renovations within the CRA will require upgrades to the water service lines. 162 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 8 8.4 COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES ParkslPublic Spaces Service, Meeting & Recreational Centers Churches Educational Entertainment Venues Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk • Community Services and Facilities in the Omni CRA and surrounding areas: 1) Bicentennial Park(Fufure Museum Park) 2) Margaret Pace Park 3) Bayfront Park 4) Biscayne Park 5) Dorsey Park 1) Culmer/Overtown Neighborhood Center 2) The Overtown Youth Center 3) Freedom Tower 4) Accion Community Action Agency Center 5) Wynwood Neighborhood Center 1) Trinity Episcopal Church 1) University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Campus (Jackson Memorial Hospital) 2) Miami -Dade College, Wolfson Campus 3) The Culmer/Overtown Branch Library 4) Main Library 1) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami -Dade County 2) American Airlines Arena 3) Bayfront Park and Amphitheater 4) Gusman Center 5) Bicentennial Park (future Museum Park) 6) Lyric Theater 163 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 8 8.5 EFFECT ON SCHOOL POPULATION Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The Omni CRA is located within Region IV of the Miami -Dade School Board District. The Region includes the cities of Miami, Coral Gables Key Biscayne and South Miami. As provided in the "Five -Year Capital Plan for Fiscal Years 2005-2009", the most pressing capacity issue within the region is the current development boom that Miami is experiencing. It is expected that, within the next 7 to 10 years, the potential exists for the development of approximately 48,000 residential units within the City, including the Omni CRA. Therefore, school capacity shortfalls are not only a concern for the Omni CRA, but the City of Miami as a whole. In addition, a recent constitutional amendment to reduce class size further impacts the capacity of Miami-Dade's school system. Within the School Board's Five -Year Plan, the overall projected 2014 enrollment for the region is 48,969, which would result in a current capacity deficit of 6,696 seats. As a result of this analysis, the School Board has identified a series of projects within Region IV comprised of new facilities and additions to boost overall capacity by 9,037, therefore meeting the capacity demand and providing a surplus for future growth. Although the School Board is headquartered within the Omni CRA, currently there are no schools within the CRA boundary. As provided in the School Board Five -Year Plan and in this Plan Update, the School Board and City of Miami are working to secure a new middle school with a capacity of 1,241. This new school would serve to relieve the nearby Jose de Diego Middle School as well as provide capacity for the development within the Omni CRA and the City of Miami. 164 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 9.1 POWERS OF THE OMNI CRA Submitted into the public record in connection with item 111 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The Omni Redevelopment Plan shall be managed through the criteria provided in this section and shall conform to the statutory requirements of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes. The powers of the Omni CRA contained in Section 163.370 Florida Statutes are provided below: (1) Every county and municipality shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted: (a) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this part; (b) To disseminate slum clearance and community redevelopment information; (c) To undertake and carry out community redevelopment and related activities within the community redevelopment area, which redevelopment may include: •• 1. Acquisition of a slum area or a blighted area or portion thereof. 2. Demolition and removal of buildings and improvements. 3. Installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, public areas of major hotels that are constructed in support of convention centers, including meeting rooms, banquet facilities, parking garages, lobbies, and passageways, and other improvements necessary for carrying out in the community redevelopment area the community redevelopment objectives of this part in accordance with the community redevelopment plan. 4. Disposition of any property acquired in the community redevelopment area at its fair value for uses in accordance with the community redevelopment plan. 5. Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or • other improvements in accordance with the community redevelopment plan. 165 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT fl 6. Acquisition of real property in the community redevelopment area which, under the community redevelopment plan, is to be repaired or rehabilitated for dwelling use or related facilities, repair or rehabilitation of the structures for guidance purposes, and resale of the property. 7. Acquisition of any other real property in the community redevelopment area when necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions; lessen density; eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare; or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration or to provide land for needed public facilities. 8. Acquisition, without regard to any requirement that the area be a slum or blighted area, of air rights in an area consisting principally of land in highways, railway or subway tracks, bridge or tunnel entrances, or other similar facilities which have a blighting influence on the surrounding area and over which air rights sites are to be developed for the elimination of such blighting influences and for the provision of housing (and related facilities and uses) designed specifically for, and limited to, families and individuals of low or moderate income. 9. Construction of foundations and platforms necessary for the provision of air rights sites of housing (and related facilities and uses) designed specifically for, and limited to, families and individuals of low or moderate income. (d) To provide, or to arrange or contract for, the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities, or other facilities for or in connection with a community redevelopment; to install, construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements; and to agree to any conditions that it deems reasonable and appropriate which are attached to federal financial assistance and imposed pursuant to federal law relating to the determination of prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, in the undertaking or carrying out of a community redevelopment and related activities, and to include in any contract let in connection with such redevelopment and related activities provisions to fulfill such of the conditions as it deems reasonable and appropriate. (e) Within the community redevelopment area: . 1. To enter into any building or property in any community redevelopment area in order to make 166 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 Submitted into the public record in connection with item if 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk inspections, surveys, appraisals, soundings, or test borings and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted. 2. To acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise any real property (or personal property for its administrative purposes), together with any improvements thereon; except that a community redevelopment agency may not exercise any power of eminent domain unless the exercise has been specifically approved by the governing body of the county or municipality which established the agency. • 3. To hold, improve, clear, or prepare for redevelopment any such property. 4. To mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any real property. 5. To insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the county or municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance. 6. To enter into any contracts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this part. 7. To solicit requests for proposals for redevelopment of parcels of real property contemplated by a community redevelopment plan to be acquired for redevelopment purposes by a community redevelopment agency and, as a result of such requests for proposals, to advertise for the disposition of such real property to private persons pursuant to s. 163.380 prior to acquisition of such real property by the community redevelopment agency. (f) To invest any community redevelopment funds held in reserves or sinking funds or any such funds not required for immediate disbursement in property or securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject to their control and to redeem such bonds as have been issued pursuant to s. 163.385 at the redemption price established therein or to purchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds so redeemed or purchased to be canceled. (g) To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the Federal Government or the state, county, or other public 167 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk body or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this part and to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith; and to include in any contract for financial assistance with the Federal Government for or with respect to community redevelopment and related activities such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as the county or municipality deems reasonable and appropriate which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this part. (h) Within its area of operation, to make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this part; to contract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying out such plans; and to adopt or approve, modify, and amend such plans, which plans may include, but are not limited to: 1. Plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements. 2. Plans for the enforcement of state and local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements. • 3. Appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other plans and work necessary to prepare for the • undertaking of community redevelopment and related activities. (i) To develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight and developing and demonstrating new or improved means of providing housing for families and persons of low income. (j) To apply for, accept, and utilize grants of funds from the Federal Government for such purposes. (k) To prepare plans for and assist in the relocation of persons (including individuals, families, business concerns, nonprofit organizations, and others) displaced from a community redevelopment area and to make relocation payments to or with respect to such persons for moving expenses and losses of property for which reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of such payments financed by the Federal Government. 188 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 1 on 9-29-09. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk (I) To appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this part; to zone or rezone any part of the county or municipality or make exceptions from building regulations; and to enter into agreements with a housing authority, which agreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, respecting action to be taken by such county or municipality pursuant to any of the powers granted by this part. (m) To close, vacate, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places and to plan or replan any part of the county or municipality. • (o) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein granted or to elect to have such powers exercised by a community redevelopment agency. (n) Within its area of operation, to organize, coordinate, and direct the administration of the provisions of this part, as they may apply to such county or municipality, in order that the objective of remedying slum and blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within such county or municipality may be most effectively promoted and achieved and to establish such new office or offices of the county or municipality or to reorganize existing offices in order to carry out such purpose most effectively. (p) To develop and implement community policing innovations. (2) The following projects may not be paid for or financed by increment revenues: (a) Construction or expansion of administrative buildings for public bodies or police and fire buildings, unless each taxing authority agrees to such method of financing for the construction or expansion, or unless the construction or expansion is contemplated as part of a community policing innovation. (b) Installation, construction, reconstruction, repair, or alteration of any publicly owned capital improvements or projects which are not an integral part of or necessary for carrying out the community redevelopment plan if such projects or improvements are normally financed by the governing body with user fees or if such projects or improvements would be installed, constructed, reconstructed, repaired, or altered within 3 years of the approval of the community redevelopment plan by the governing body pursuant to a previously approved public capital improvement or project schedule or plan of the governing body which approved the community redevelopment plan. 169 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 • (c) General government operating expenses unrelated to the planning and carrying out of a community redevelopment plan. (3) With the approval of the governing body, a community redevelopment agency may: (a) Prior to approval of a community redevelopment plan or approval of any modifications of the plan, acquire real property in a community redevelopment area, demolish and remove any structures on the property, and pay all costs related to the acquisition, demolition, or removal, including any administrative or relocation expenses. (b) Assume the responsibility to bear any loss that may arise as the result of the exercise of authority under this subsection, in the event that the real property is not made part of the community redevelop- ment area. Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9 2`. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 170 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 9.2 MODIFICATIONS TO THIS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN , Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Section 163.361, Florida Statutes provides for the modification of community redevelopment plans as follows: (1) If at any time after the approval of a community redevelopment plan by the governing body it becomes necessary or desirable to amend or modify such plan, the governing body may amend such plan upon the recommendation of the agency. The agency recommendation to amend or modify a redevelopment plan may include a change in the boundaries of the redevelopment area to add land to or exclude land from the redevelopment area, or may include the development and implementation of community policing innovations. (2) The governing body shall hold a public hearing on a proposed modification of any community redevelopment plan after public notice thereof by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the area of operation of the agency. (3) In addition to the requirements of s. 163.346, and prior to the adoption of any modification to a community redevelopment plan that expands the boundaries of the community redevelopment area or extends the time certain set forth in the redevelopment plan as required by s. 163.362(10), the agency shall report such proposed modification to each taxing authority in writing or by an oral presentation, or both, regarding such proposed modification. (4) A modification to a community redevelopment plan that includes a change in the boundaries of the redevelopment area to add land must be supported by a resolution as provided in s. 163.355. (5) If a community redevelopment plan is modified by the county or municipality after the lease or sale of real property in the community redevelopment area, such modification may be conditioned upon such approval of the owner, lessee, or successor in interest as the county or municipality may deem advisable and, in any event, shall be subject to such rights at law or in equity as a lessee or purchaser, or his or her successor or successors in interest, may be entitled to assert. 171 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 9.3 SAFEGUARDS AND ASSURANCES Submitted into the public. record in connection with items #_ on 9-2 PASCil1a A. Thompson City Clerk To ensure redevelopment activities follow the redevelopment plan, the following safeguards shall be provided: 1.) The Omni CRA shall file an annual financial report by March 31 of each year with the Miami -Dade County Board of Commissioners, The Miami -Dade County Clerk's Office, the City of Miami Board of Commissioners, and the City's Clerk's Office. This report shall contain a programmatic overview of the public and/or public/private funded activities of the Omni CRA as allowed by the Redevelopment Plan. 2.) The Omni CRA shall file a Five Year Capital Program budget with the City of Miami, for inclusion in the City's Five Year Comprehensive Plan, and update this budgeting document annually. 3.) The Omni CRA Board shall be fully subject to the Florida Sunshine Law and meet at least on a monthly basis in a public forum. 4.) The Omni CRA shall provide adequate safeguards to ensure that all leases, deeds, contracts, agreements and declarations of restrictions relative to any real property conveyed shall contain restrictions and covenants running with the land and its uses, or other such provisions necessary to carry out the goals and objectives of the Redevelopment Plan. The Omni CRA shall further ensure that such conveyance comply with the requirements of Section 163.380, Florida Statutes. 5.) The Omni CRA may acquire property and convey such interest to developers and investors for redevelopment. 6.) The Omni CRA shall promote the use of Land Pooling to provide existing property owners with an opportunity to participate in the redevelopment of the Omni redevelopment area as an equity partner in return for the use of the private owners land for such development. 7.) The Omni CRA shall present a Regulatory Plan to the City of Miami for adoption and continue to recommend zoning changes consistent with the Redevelopment Plan. 8.) The Omni CRA shall request to the City that all proposals for new development, once reviewed by the City administration, shall be forwarded to the Omni CRA for review and consistency with the Redevelopment Plan. 172 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 Safeguards to Ensure Financial Accountability Submitted into the public record in connection with items 141 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 9.) The Omni CRA shall request specific goals and objectives from developers that utilize Tax Increment Financing {TIF) funds. 10.) The Omni CRA shall require a Local Participation Agreement for all development projects occurring within its boundaries. 11) The Omni CRA shall, or will require the developer to provide existing business owners and business tenants within the redevelopment area preference for reentry into business within the redevelopment area provided the business is compatible with the uses, theme and quality of development in the redevelopment area and that the business owner or tenant has the financial ability to operate the business consistent with the overall integrity of the redevelopment district. 1) The Omni CRA shall maintain adequate records to provide for an annual external audit which shall be conducted by a knowledgeable Certified Public Accountant selected by the City of Miami CRA Board of Commissioners. The findings of the audit shall be presented at a public meeting of the Board of the Omni CRA and such findings shall be forwarded to the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County by March 31 of each year to the preceding fiscal year which shall run from October 1 through September 30. The annual Audit Report shall be accompanied by the Omni CRA's Annual Financial Report and shall be provided to the City of Miami , City Clerk's Office, Miami -Dade County and the Miami -Dade County Clerk's Office and be made available for public review. Legal notice in newspapers of general circulation, including but not limited to the Miami Today, Miami Times, Daily Business Review and/or the Miami Herald, shall be provided to inform the public of the availability for review of the Annual Audit and Annual Financial Report. 2) All Omni CRA tax increment financing (TIF) funds shall be held as required by Florida Statutes. 3) The Omni CRA shall request specific redevelopment objectives from developers that utilize Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds. 173 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT PLAN MANAGEMENT 9 Safeguards to Ensure Proper implementation and Project/Program Accountability 1) The Omni CRA shall establish measurable goals and objectives for each activity it administers and/or funds. 2) The Omni CRA shall coordinate with related agencies, entities, community based organizations and stakeholders, specifically including the Water and Sewer Authority (WASA), the City and County Public Works, Capital Improvement Projects, and Planning & Zoning departments to ensure the proper planning, budgeting and implementation of projects. 3) The Omni CRA shall hold public hearings on the following at its monthly Board Meetings: a. Report and status on its programs and projects (the "Activities") b. Gather input from property owners, citizens and interested parties regarding redevelopment activities; • and c. Discuss strategies to resolve local redevelopment issues Providing for a Time- • Certain and Severability • Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk All redevelopment activities of a contractual, financial and programmatic nature shall have a maximum duration, or commitment of up to, but not exceeding, thirty (30) years from the date of adoption of the original 1986 Omni Redevelopment Plan by the City of Miami and Miami Dade County Board of Commissioners. The ierrn of the CRA shall end on March 31. 2030 174 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX A APPENDIX A: LEGAL DESCRIPTION Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The Study Area is physically defined asteginning at the eastern shoreline and north side of NE 201 Street: then south along the eastem shoreline to 20 feet south of the FEC slip: then west along the 20 feet south of the FEC sliD to the west side of Biscayne Boulevard: then north along the west side of Biscayne Boulevard to the southern edge of the 1-395 ROW: then following the southern edge of the 1-395 ROW to the west side of NW 1st Place: then north along the west side 4f NW 1st Place to the south side of NW 14th Street: then west along the south side of NW 14th Street to the west side of NW 1st Place; then north along the west side of NW 1st Place to the south side of NW 22nd Street: then west along the south side of NW 22A Street to the east side of NW 2nd Avenue: then south along the east side of NW 2nd Avenue to the south side of NW 22nd Street: then west along the south side of NW 22nd Street to the west side of NW 5th Avenue: then north on the west side of NW 5th Avenue to the south side of NW 22nd Street; then west along the south side of NW 22nd Street to the west side of NW 6th Avenue:then north along the west side of NW 6th Avenue to the north side of NW 23rd Street: then east along the north side of NW 23rd Street to the west side of NW 5th Avenue: then north along the west side of NW 5th Avenue] the north side of NW 23rd Street: then east along the north side of NW 23rd Street to the east side of NW 2nd Avenue: then south along the east side of NW 2nd Avenue to the north side of NW 22nd Street: then east along the north side of NW 22nd Street to the east side of North Miami Avenue: then south along the east • side of North Miami Avenue to the north side of NE 20th Street then east along the north side of NE 20th Street to the FEC ROW: then south along the EEC ROW to the north side of NE 20th Street: then east along the north side of NE 20th Street to the west side of Biscayne Boulevard: then north along the west side of Biscayne Boulevard to the north side of NE 20L Terrace: then east along the north side of NE 20th Terrace to the eastern shoreline: then south along the eastern shore line to the north side of NE 20h Street. Al APPENDIX B: INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY FPL Fiber Optic Facilities Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX 13 9 T U 11111l! IO® ZE 1 I1 .-- r n BI MCI Western Union Conduit Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk amtVor Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX 0 r '-rMil ' ljr —I, B2 Communication Network Data Route villa,' 1- Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIXES L En] 11P r-Tm IRil4 B3 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX B Sewer (Gravity) Lines Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Oaz4irer. '}n raF .sic( Gerera i a5on pawpoan 614_/ Fon sfca n'xn1an Fkase Germ• ha lit. Misr' Do5arnar a' P.J5It t Is I I 1 1• iiimilil �I-( 111 l 1 a_I r .t+111I1f■II, uu� 'r T" rr; ..I I,11 1 lem All i eg I� i== M.- —�„ 91 C r �ti ialltilli on ' �'�_1 i 111.111■1. a II ■ r° : �1 tr • 1 - r' n " I mum- ■ = YIIIIII ■if l- r aa�`J aka b"II■1115 ri 111111■ 0, al Wip ■m�� 7 :II E !II 1 ME A 1■ 3I7e2A' _I.) J_4611A4i 5i4Y_- —. B4 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX B Tenco Peoples Gas Submitted into the public record in connection with items #L on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk ■ ii Iiir. � • Illy wxs,ne r•rl,m,to- fib _ .11i0is41 _�.I ;11111.1.1 i_.EOM 111•■�ill_._:rrANI inx _1N'11M1■ J 1ilop+.,.n lint .w Er. 4-r10 ---- �i*III�IIf11��11■ w■wr •� :lil ■ �aw�,� 41 Isms 0. �a ■I;■ ice ; . I H a r■IIN1 Et �I�is E_F M..Ii L:I_■ !II" 'IN Ill Ear 1■@ 111111 n-� i11i'i -I m'�'0 " i.111.M ii (u IEIN 'dI_ UN=f pill1I Dts:airner. lras GIer it 'or Gertrsl attn ]-poses OhI.Y. Fa ofid.l'fo-neticn Set*: See :he Cif a M ern' Dapartnan: YRIAt Nods. i "gym r- t=1CCill�lll �� MERE Ieun.u! s, 135 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX B Water Mains Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk I. ammo El INEW!Ii• i 1 , f IIIIILIIF Ir�� Ilrnun�ui� mll_2 1.01m —� ■tom= rr■ _ ..�� it fl-11111--I'111=_ =ARI I =1111 III 11111 �— ,+1 I ®c lliE�=� 4 Dseaimcr TtisrnoS for pen4Aizalm proposes ONLY. For s1e al Inbrnadm pktn cants: tr Gry d Miami Oolladmn of 2,bllc Waft,. rrn1 n1 f-i l..., 4-J lrl? DE �I 1111 III a r MINN 2111 p� r inns rmwllar,L rT11"1—I5 HI I111 f-' B6 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX B AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Network Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Ck:rk B7 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX 6 QWEST Fiber Optic Cabe! Network Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk IMP i n2I_ au= 1=1111 'i 1'111 II- ■ r. rig MEM Z ZZ .: VIM ■: Ancra.wr I■: 1 III■ a� r 1Al!1 nuiiiii 1111- E' I 1, �II Min �'ytIIl1FU�� 1I'IlEn�I IIII u 11 [ 111� jir'F21-01 MIME Illl(1■I' s'ulliar 11111�� ' I1111IRRI ra QL_J I•,ir L,.,' —III II IRIl i"r�1 TI I ILJ Rom P 111■II i111111 J Im f 11 BB Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX B Signalized Intersections Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk ■ i h, t J�1 '_.i tt; c City of Miami (SIGNALIZED INTERS!CTI0kS • , ._ '- B9 APPENDIX C: BOUNDARY EXPANSION Submitted into the public record in connection with items #1 on 9-29-09 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan FINAL DRAFT APPENDIX Ei Information provided in a seperate document. OMNI CRA Propo5ed Exparsion Cl