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June 28, 2010
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To:
Board Chair Richard P. Dunn II
and Members of the CRA Board
From: es HV illacorta
Executive Director
Date: June 18, 2010 File: 10-00789
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to the City of
Miami for the Continuation and Expansion of
the Police Visibility 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 $500,000, to the City of Miami, to underwrite costs associated with a Police Visibility
Program within the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Area.
The City of Miami Police Department seeks additional funding to continue its Police Visibility Program, first
introduced to the Redevelopment Area in April 2008. The Visibility Program, an innovative community policing
plan, provides enhanced police services including increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, club
checks, criminal sweeps, prostitution details, and undercover narcotics details.
The Visibility Program will aid law enforcement in effectively serving the Redevelopment Area and improving the
quality of life for area residents.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 2, Goal 6, at page 11, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan lists
"[i]mproving the quality of life for residents of the Redevelopment Area," as a stated redevelopment goal.
This Resolution carries out this goal.
FUNDING: $500,000 from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aides," Account Code No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.