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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.