HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-10-0011 Cover Memo 3-11-2010Omni Board of Commissioners Meeting
March 11, 2010
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Marc D. Sarnoff Date: March 1, 2010 File: 09-01184
and Members of the CRA Board
From: James H. Villacortr
Executive Director✓
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to the
Miami Downtown Development Authority
for the Continuation of its Downtown
Enhancement Team Program.
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the issuance of a grant,
in an amount not to exceed $55,000, to the Miami Downtown Development Authority ("DDA") for the
continuation of its Downtown Enhancement Team Program ("DET Program") in the Media/Entertainment District
within the Redevelopment Area.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0036, passed and adopted on June 30, 2008,
authorized a grant, in an amount not to exceed $55,000, to the DDA for the expansion of its DET Program to the
MedialEntertainment District within the Omni Redevelopment Area.
DDA has submitted a grant proposal to the CRA requesting $55,000, to underwrite the cost associated with the
continuation of its DET Program. The DET Program runs six (6) days a week, and consists of a four (4) member
crew that primarily focuses on the area surrounding the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, including
nearby parking lots and the 1-395 access ramps. The DET Program will also continue to provide trash pick-up,
graffiti removal, landscape installation, and maintenance in the Media/Entertainment District within the Omni
Redevelopment Area.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 4.4.B, at page 41, of the 2009 Omni Area Community Redevelopment Plan lists "[c]reat[ing] a
sustainable regional destination and identity by capitalizing on the development of the Performing Arts Center
and the Media/Entertainment District" as a stated redevelopment objective.
This Resolution accomplishes that objective.
FUNDING: $56,000 from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code
No.10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.