HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-13-0017 Cover MemoOmni Board of Commissioners Meeting
March 281h, 2013
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Marc D. Sarnoff
and Members of the CRA Board
From: Pieter A. Bockweg
Executive Director
Date: March 20th, 2013 File:
Subject: Grant to the City of Miami for improvements
to The Miami Woman's Club Baywalk Project.
References:
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; 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 OMNI CRA in the
issuance of a grant, in an amount not to exceed $ 150,000.00, to the City of Miami to aid in its matching funds obligation
under the Florida Inland Navigation District Grant ("FIND Grant"), under the 2010 Waterways Assistance
Program ("WAP")for Phase 2 of The Miami Woman's Club Baywalk Project.
Updated estimates from the City's Capital Improvement Program ("CIP") show that the total cost of Phase
2 of The Miami Woman's Club Baywalk Project will be approximately $300,000.00. The OMNI CRA's
contribution will be contingent upon the City of Miami being awarded the FIND Grant.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 4.4, D., at page 42, of the 2009 Omni Area Redevelopment Plan, lists "[p]roviding a system of public
open spaces;" and "[m]aximiz[ing] access and views to Biscayne Bay' as stated redevelopment objectives.
This Resolution carries out these objectives.
FUNDING:
$ 150,000.00 from the OMNI Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10040.920101.883000.0000.00000