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November 28, 2011
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: November 21, 2011 File: 11-01108
and Members of the CRA Board
From: Pieter A. Bockweg
Executive Director
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to the City of
Miami for the Police Visibility Program
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Enclosures: 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 Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000), to the City of Miami, to underwrite
costs associated with a Police Visibility Program within the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment
Area.
In 2008 the CRA Board of Commissioners approved Three Hundred Forty Three Thousand Three Hundred
Ninety Two Dollars ($343,392) for this Police Visibility Program. In 2010 the CRA Board of Commissioners
approved Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) for this Police Visibility Program.
The City of Miami Police Department seeks additional funding to continue its Police Visibility Program, first
introduced to the Redevelopment Area in April 2008.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 2, Goal 6, at page 11, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan lists "improving
the quality of life for residents of the Redevelopment Area," as a stated redevelopment goal.
Pursuant to Florida Statute Chapter 163.370(2)(o), the CRA has the power to develop and implement
community policing innovations with the objective of remedying slum and blighted areas and the causes thereof
within the Redevelopment Area.
The Visibility Program, an innovative community policing plan, provides enhanced police services including
increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, criminal sweeps, prostitution details, and undercover
narcotics details.
The Visibility Program aids law enforcement in effectively serving the Redevelopment Area and improving the
quality of life for area residents.
This Resolution carries out this goal.
FUNDING: Funds from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.