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October 28, 2013
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones
and Members of the CRA Board
From: Clarence E. Woods, 111ell)
References:
Executive Director
Date: October 18, 2013 File: 13-01216
Subject: Resolution Authorizing Grant for to Black
Archives, History & Research Foundation of
South Florida, Inc.
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
The attached Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast OvertownfPark West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") authorizes the issuance of a grant, in an amount not to exceed $572,000, to
the Black Archives, History & Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. ("BAF") to underwrite costs associated
with the continued operation and programming of the Lyric Theater Cultural Heritage Institute for the 2014
calendar year.
BAF is a non-profit organization whose mission is to collect, preserve and disseminate the history and culture of
black South Florida from 1896 to the present, and is recognizes as a community stakeholder responsible for the
promotion and preservation of the community's cultural heritage.
The Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-12-0081, passed and adopted on December 13, 2012,
authorized a grant, in an amount not to exceed $200,000, to BAF to underwrite costs associated with the
operation of BAF's Archival Collection, coordinated marketing in support of the CRA's "Shop, Dine and Explore"
campaign, and the creation and operation of the Lyric Theater Cultural Heritage Institute. BAF seeks support
from the CRA to continue operations of the Lyric Theater Cultural Heritage Institute for the next calendar year.
JUSTIFICATION:
Page 11, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan ("'Plan") sets forth the
preservation of historic buildings and community heritage as a stated redevelopment goal. The Plan, at pages
15 — 16, also provides that: local cultural events, institutions and businesses should be promoted; older
buildings that embody the area's cultural past should be restored and maintained; and the area's sense of
community should be restored and unified culturally.
FUNDING:
$572,000 are to be allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, entitled "Other Grants and Aids" Account Code
No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.