HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-11-0053 10-24-2011 Cover MemoSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
October 24.2O11
SOUTHEAST C}VEHTOVVN/P9\RKWEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: October 17.2011 Fi|a:11'00Q54
and Members of the CRA Board
From: Pieter A. Bookvveg
Executive Director
Subject: Miami Dade College, Hospitality Institute
References:
Enclosures: Legislation
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast {)vertowxn/Pork West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA^) approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing o grant agreement in
an amount not to exceed $97.000.00vvith Miami Dade College for its Hospitality Institute Job Training and Job
Placement Program.
JUSTIFICATION:
The 2009 Amended Southeast Overbnwn/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan lists the creation of
employment opportunities available to existing residents of the CRA as a stated redevelopment objective.
The Hospitality Institute offers job training and employment opportunities in the hospitality industry to residents
living in the CRAaree.
PursuanttoF|orida8tatuteChopher1O3.37O(2)(n).thoCRAmeycoondinatoenddirentthoprowioionmofChopter
163 in order that the objective of remedying slum and blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof may be
most effectively achieved.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R- 0'0025. passed and adopted on April 26. 2010,
authorized the issuance of o gnant, in an amount not to exceed $100.000. to underwrite a portion of the costs
associated with the Program.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R' O-005g. passed and adopted on July 22. 3010.
authorized the issuance of e g,ant, in an amount not to exceed $65.000 additional funding to employ
experienced personnel for the efficient operation of the Program, and to develop courses in industry certification
infood 8beverage for the Ppogrom'nalumni.
This Resolution carries out the objectives of the 2009 Amended Southeast Overbown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Plan.
FUNDING: $97.O0Ofrom SEOPVVTax Increment Fund, Account Code No. 1O05O.Q2O101.88300O.O000.00OOO.