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File Number: 11-01112 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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 AN EXPANDED POLICE
VISIBILITY PROGRAM WITHIN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA;
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO
DISBURSE FUNDS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO
VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY
DOCUMENTATION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO
GENERAL COUNSEL; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM OMNI TAX INCREMENT
FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District 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, 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; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.370(2)(o), Florida Statutes, 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 CRA community; and
WHEREAS, in February 2008, the City of Miami ("City") Police Department presented to the
CRA Board the Police Visibility Pilot Program, an innovative community policing plan to address issues
related to quality of life within the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Police Visibility Program consists of enhanced police services including
increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, club checks, criminal sweeps, prostitution details,
and undercover narcotics details; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0024, passed and
adopted on April 28, 2008, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of Three
Hundred Forty Three Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($343,392), for the Police Visibility
Pilot Program within the Southeast Overtown/Parkwest and Omni Redevelopment Areas; and
WHEREAS, upon further presentation by the Police Department, the Board of Commissioners,
by Resolution No. CRA-R-09-0022, passed and adopted on April 27, 2009, authorized an additional
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grant to the City for a one-year extension of the Police Visibility Program; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-10-0052, passed and
adopted on June 28, 2010, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), for the Police Visibility Program within the Omni
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department now requests additional funds to continue the Police
Visibility Program; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize a grant, in an amount not to
exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000), to the City to underwrite costs associated
with a Police Visibility Program within the Omni Redevelopment Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 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 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, is authorized.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized, at his discretion, to disburse grant funds on a
reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all documents necessary for said
purpose, in a form acceptable to General Counsel.
Section 5. Funds to be allocated from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids,"
Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Section 6. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
GENERAL COUNSEL
City of Miami
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