HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-10-0044 Cover Memo 5-13-2010Omni Board of Commissioners Meeting
May 13, 2010
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Marc D. Sarnoff
and Members of the CRA Board
Date: May 3, 2010 File: 10-00600
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to Keep Miami
Beautiful, Inc. for its Summer Youth
Environmental Employment Program.
Fron- Jams H. Villacorta References:
Executive Director
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 $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 4.4, B., at page 41, of the 2009 Omni Redevelopment Plan, lists "[p]rovid[ing] employment opportunities
and upward mobility for residents," as a stated redevelopment objective.
This Resolution carries out this objectives.
FUNDING: $120,000 from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.