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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-13-0018
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File Number: 13-00342 Final Action Date: 3/25/2013
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING MODIFICATION OF THE SCOPE OF WORK PRESENTED TO THE
BOARD BY NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, INC. IN CONNECTION
WITH THE GRANT AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NO. CRA-R-12-0009 TO
FOCUS ON ASSISTING SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT
AREA WITH BUILDING CAPACITY AND DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR BUSINESS
SUSTAINABILITY; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
("SEOPW CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects
within its Redevelopment Area in accordance with its 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West
Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 4, at page 11, of the Plan lists the "creati[on of] jobs within the
community," as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6, at page 11, of the Plan also lists "improving the quality of life
for residents," as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 6, at Page 15, of the Plan, also provides for the improvement
of the neighborhood economy and the expansion of economic opportunities through the
enhancement of existing businesses and local entrepreneurs, as well as the attraction of new
businesses that provide needed services and opportunities; and
WHEREAS, Neighbors and Neighbors Association, Inc. ("NANA"), is a non-profit corporation
established in 1995 to assist small businesses though out Miami -Dade County, and has been
retained by Miami -Dade County to provide technical assistance for its Mom and Pop Small Business
Grant Program and its Micro Loan Program; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to extend NANA's programming and assistance to those businesses
within the Redevelopment Area, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution Nos. CRA-R-09-0005,
passed and adopted on January 26, 2009, and CRA-R-10-0021, passed and adopted on April 26,
2010, authorized the issuance of grants, in a total amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) to
NANA, to provide technical assistance and business development training to small businesses within
the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-12-0009, passed and
adopted on January 30, 2012, authorized a grant, in an amount not to exceed Thirty Five Thousand
Dollars ($35,000), to underwrite costs associated with NANA's continued technical assistance and
business development training to small businesses within the Redevelopment Area; and
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WHEREAS, NANA seeks to modify the scope of work presented to Board of Commissioners
on January 30, 2012 to focus on assisting small businesses within the Redevelopment Area with
building capacity and developing skills for business sustainability, rather than basic technical
assistance and training, given that the majority of the businesses within the Redevelopment Area
have completed said training and would greatly benefit from more in-depth assistance; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorization of the modification to the
scope of work, as proposed, would further the aforementioned redevelopment goals and principles;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize the modification of the scope of
work presented to the Board by NANA in connection with the grant authorized by Resolution No.
CRA-R-12-0009 to focus on assisting small businesses within the Redevelopment Area with building
capacity and developing skills associated with business sustainability;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST 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 modification of the scope of work presented to the Board by Neighbors and
Neighbors Association, Inc. in connection with the grant authorized by Resolution No. CRA-R-12-0009
to focus on assisting small businesses within the Redevelopment Area with building capacity and
developing skills associated with business sustainability is authorized.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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