HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-14-0078 Submittal-Derek Cole-Overtown Advisory BoardDerek Cole
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12-29-14
Derek Cole —Born & raised Miami 1949 / Member Overtown Advisory
Board
The Overtown Advisory Board was created as a formal organization to
represent the community in Redevelopment matters (and I quote from the
CRA Redevelopment Plan)
'The Overtown Advisory Board has been designated, the Community
Based mechanism for monitoring the redevelopment activities within the
Overtown area.
Last Thursday, December 18th, we held our first Board meeting in over
two years.
A formal resolution was passed to require the CRA to inform our Board of
all activities involving subsidies, likeTax rebates and any other assistance,
and to provide all documents associated with such for community review
before being approved by the CRA Board.
So how is this item up before you today? No one has seen this
agreement, no documents were provided, and it is in the middle of the
holiday season. By continuing to bypass the community and do behind
the scenes deals with no community oversight is a slap in the face to
members of the community who have tried for so many years to make
Overtown a better place.
We formally request that you defer this item until the terms of the
agreement can be properly discussed and vetted by the legal
representation of the Overtown Community.
Thank you
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Submitted into the public
record in connection with
Item 12. on 12-,aq_ J.i
Todd B. Hannon
Clerk of the Board
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