HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-11-0064 11-28-11 Cover MemoOmni Board of Commissioners Meeting
November 28, 2011
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Marc D. Sarnoff Date: November 21, 2011 File: 11-01112
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 Omni Redevelopment District Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the issuance of a grant,
in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000), to the City of Miami, to
underwrite costs associated with a Police Visibility Program within the Omni 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 4.4, D., at page 42 of the 2009 Omni Redevelopment Plan lists the elimination of conditions which
contribute to blight as a stated redevelopment objective.
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 the objectives of the Omni Redevelopment Plan.
FUNDING: Funds from Omni Tax Increment Funds from Omni Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids,"
Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.