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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-11-0051
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File Number: 11-00950 Final Action Date: 10/24/2011
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXPEND UP TO ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($125,000) WITH HOLLAND & KNIGHT,
LLP, CRA SPECIAL COUNSEL, AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THIS BOARD IN
THE 2012 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, FOR LEGAL FEES AND COSTS TO PROVIDE
SPECIALIZED LEGAL SERVICES TO THE CRA; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM
SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND, ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10050.920101.531010.0000.00000.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA")
is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its
Redevelopment Area in accordance with its approved Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Statutes Chapter 163.356(3)(d), the Board of Commissioners
of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency may appropriate to the
CRA any amounts deemed necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of the agency.
The CRA requires the services of special counsel to carry out its operations; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Statutes Chapter 163.370(2)(a), the CRA, through its
Executive Director, shall have the power to make and execute contracts necessary to effectuate the
purposes and provisions of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. SEOPW CRA-R-98-11, passed
and adopted on June 30, 1998, selected the firm of Holland & Knight, LLP to serve as special
counsel to the CRA; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a motion passed and adopted on December 27, 2007, Holland &
Knight, LLP was again selected as Special Counsel; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize the Executive Director to pay
the legal fees and costs of special counsel in providing specialized services to the CRA up to an
amount not to exceed One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Executive Director is authorized to expend up to One Hundred Twenty Five
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Thousand Dollars ($125,000) with Holland & Knight, LLP, CRA Special Counsel, for legal fees and
costs to provide specialized legal services to the CRA.
Section 3. $125,000 to be allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, Account Code No.
0050.920101.531010.0000.00000.
Section 4. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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