HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-24-0042 Bid Waiver Memo - 2024-06-13SEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
June 13, 2024
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
4/5ths RECOMMENDATION INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Christine King and
Members of the SEOPW CRA Board
Date: June 13, 2024 File: 16080
Subject: Request to waive competitive sealed bidding
methods pursuant to City Code 18-85(a) for Groovin'
Bean, LLC.
From: James McQueen Enclosures:
Executive Director
BACKGROUND:
A Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment
Agency ("SEOPW CRA"), by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, ratifying,
approving, and confirming the Executive Director's recommendation and finding that competitive negotiation
methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous pursuant to sections 18-85 and 18-86 of the code of
the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, as adopted by the SEOPW CRA; waiving the requirements for
competitive sealed bidding as not being practicable or advantageous to the SEOPW CRA; Groovin' Bean, LLC.,
a Florida limited liability company ("Groovin' Bean") is requesting Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents
($50,000.00) ("Funds") to support construction and development at Groovin' Bean coffee shop located at 801
N.W. 3rd Avenue, Unit 104, Miami, Florida, 33136. Within the Overtown community, Groovin' Bean has fostered
meaningful connections among its patrons and as a small business is experiencing challenges due to a shift in
consumer behavior.
RECOMMENDATION:
In light of the above stated, approval of a waiver of the formal requirements of competitive sealed bidding methods
as not being practicable or advantageous to the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment
Agency as set forth in the City Code of Ordinances, as amended, specifically Section 18-85 (A), and the
affirmation of these written findings and the forwarding the same to the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency by a four -fifths vote is respectfully requested.
APPROVED
mes M Queen, Executive Director