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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:'mes H. Villacorta
Executive Director
Date: June 18, 2010 File: 10-00787
Subject: Resolution Authorizing Additional Funds for
Expanded Keep Miami Beautiful 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 additional funding, in
an amount not to exceed $120,000, for a total amount not to exceed $240,000, to Keep Miami Beautiful, Inc., for
the expansion of its Summer Youth Environmental Employment Program ("Summer Program").
The Summer Program is designed to teach individual responsibility through programs that improve the
environment in blighted neighborhoods by means of litter prevention, waste minimization, and recycling
initiatives. On May 13, 2010, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-10-0038, authorized the
issuance of a grant, to Keep Miami Beautiful to start the Summer Program.
The Summer Program has been well received by residents of the Redevelopment Area, with over 500
individuals applying for 80 positions, and Keep Miami Beautiful proposes to expand the Summer Program to
accommodate an additional 80 individuals for placement with the City of Miami's Solid Waste and Parks &
Recreation Departments
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 2, Goal 4/Principle 6, at pages 11 and 15, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment
Plan, lists °[c]reating jobs within the Community," and promoting local businesses as stated redevelopment
goals.
This Resolution carries out these goals.
FUNDING: $120,000 from SEOPVV Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.