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June 25, 2012
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: June 15, 2012 File: 12-00695
and Members of the CRA Board
From: Clarence E. Woods, III
Executive Director
Subject: Resolution authorizing the Executive Director
to engage in negotiations for a professional
services agreement with WLS, L.C., d/b/a NIA
Miami Commercial Real Estate Services
Worldwide to provide property management
services for the Overtown Shopping Center
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; 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 Executive Director
to enter into negotiations for a professional services agreement between the CRA and WLS, L.C., d/b/a NIA
Miami Commercial Real Estate Services Worldwide, to provide property management services as described in
the Request for Proposals 12-001, issued May 1st, 2012, for the Overtown Shopping Center, located at 1490
NW 3`d Avenue.
The Board of Commissioners, pursuant to CRA-R-12-0018, issued on March 29, 2012, authorized the Executive
Director to accept the transfer of title from the City of the Overtown Shopping Center.
The CRA issued Request for Proposals No. 12-001 for the Overtown Shopping Center Commercial Building
Management, on May 1st, 2012. Four (4) qualification packages were received and evaluated by a selection
committee based on the requirements of the RFP. The selection committee recommended that negotiations
proceed with the top ranked proposer.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 4, at pages 62 through 65, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan identifies
the West Overtown Neighborhood Center, generally bounded by N.W. 22ND Street on the north, 1-395 Overpass
on the south, N.W. 1st Place on the east, and N.W. 4th Avenue on the west, as a redevelopment focus/project
area ("Focus Area"). The Focus Area is intended to serve as a "starting point" for projects within the
Redevelopment Area, with redevelopment expenditures and efforts ". .. [focused] in small areas to totally
transform them ... ".
The property located at 1490 NW 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida ("Overtown Shopping Center") is within the Focus
Area, and owned by the City of Miami ("City").
Goals 2, 4, and 6, at page 11, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan, lists
"expanding the tax base through the use of Smart Growth planning principles"; "creating jobs within the
community"; and "improving the quality of life for residents," as stated redevelopment goals.
Principle 1, at page 13, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan, states
"Neighborhood -serving commercial uses, such as pharmacies, grocery stores, bank branches, dry cleaners,
restaurants, day care facilities, and entertainment establishments... should be incorporated into the
neighborhood fabric to serve the population..."
This Resolution carries out these objectives.