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May 13, 2010
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Richard P. Dunn II
and Members of the CRA Boar
From: James H. Villacorta
Executive Director
Date: May 3, 2010 File: 10-00601
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to Keep Miami
Beautiful, Inc., for its Summer Youth
Environmental Employment Program.
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the issuance of a grant,
in an amount not to exceed $120,000 to Keep Miami Beautiful, Inc., for its Summer Youth Environmental
Employment Program.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-09-0031, passed and adopted on May 18, 2009,
authorized the creation of a youth summer employment program for the 2009 summer season, which provided
job training and placement for individuals between the ages of 15 and 24 throughout the Redevelopment Area
and the City. It is recommended that the Program be continued for the upcoming 2010 summer season.
The Environmental Program is designed to teach individual responsibility by improving the environment in
blighted neighborhoods by means of litter prevention, waste minimization, and recycling initiatives.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 2, Goal 4/Principle 6, at pages 11 and 15, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment
Plan, lists loll -eating jobs within the Community," and promoting local businesses as stated redevelopment
goals.
This Resolution carries out these goals.
FUNDING: $120,000 from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.