HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-14-0049 Cover MemoOMNI Board of Commissioners Meeting
July 23, 2014
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Marc D. Sarnoff Date: July 7, 2014
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to
the City of Miami for the
OMNI CRA Police Programs
From: Pieter A. Bockweg ,% f/ %/ References:
Executive Director
Enclosures: Legislation
BACKGROUND:
1 is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the issuance of a grant,
in an amount not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($1,275,000.00), to the City of
Miami, to underwrite costs associated with the OMNI CRA Police Programs within the Omni Redevelopment
Area.
In 2008, the CRA Board of Commissioners approved a grant for Three Hundred Forty Three Thousand
Three Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($343,392) for a Police Visibility Program. In 2010, the CRA Board
of Commissioners approved a grant for Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) for the Police Visibility
Program.
The City of Miami Police Department seeks additional funding to continue the O MN I CRA' s Police
Programs, first introduced to the Redevelopment Area in April 2008. This new grant will result in enhanced
police services. The previous Police Visibility grants will be subsumed into this new proposed grant.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 4.4, D, at page 42 of the 2009 Omni Redevelopment Plan lists the elimination of conditions which
contribute to blight as a stated redevelopment objective .
Pursuant to Florida Statute Chapter 163370(2)(o), the CRA has the power to develop and implement
community policing innovations with the objective of remedying slum and blighted areas and the causes thereof,
within the Redevelopment Area to enhance Quality of Life for the residents.
The Visibility Program, an innovative community policing plan, provides enhanced police services
including increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, criminal sweeps, prostitution details, and
undercover narcotics details.
The Cameras Program will aid law enforcement in effectively serving the Redevelopment Area and
enhancing the quality of life for area residents. The specialized cameras have served to provide greater police
coverage and assist other Government Agencies in the prevention and apprehension of felons and crimes.
This Resolution carries out the objectives of the Omni Redevelopment Plan.
FUNDING:
Funds from Omni Tax Increment Funds from Omni Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No.
10040920101.883000.0000.00000.