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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-15-0024 Cover MemoSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting June 29, 2015 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Board Chair Keon Hardemon and Members of the CRA Board From: Clarence E. Woods, III P...) Executive Director BACKGROUND: Date: June 19, 2015 lie 15-00665 Subject: Resolution Authorizing Professional Services Agreement with Harold A. Johnson Consulting Group, Inc. to Perform Contract Compliance and Monitoring Services for the Miami WorldCenter Project. References: Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation The attached Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") authorizes the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Harold A. Johnson Consulting Group, Inc. to perform contract compliance and monitoring services for the Miami WorldCenter mixed -use development project (''Project"), for the duration of the Project, in an amount not to exceed $430,000 per year, plus approved expenses not to exceed $20,000 per year. On April 27, 2015, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-15-0014, accepted the recommendation to select Harold A. Johnson Consulting Group, Inc. as the top ranked proposer to perform contract compliance and monitoring services for the Project pursuant to The Miami WorldCenter Economic Incentive Agreement, and authorized the Executive Director to negotiate a Professional Services Agreement with Harold A. Johnson Consulting Group, Inc. for said service. Based on the CRA's negotiations, it is recommended that the Board of Commissioners approve and adopt the attached Resolution. JUSTIFICATION: Chapter 163.370(2)(a), Florida Statutes, requires the CRA, through its Executive Director, to make and execute contracts necessary to effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan. Pursuant to Section 3.1.1.12 of The Miami WorldCenter Economic Incentive Agreement, Miami World Center developers agreed that, "[p]rior to the issuance of any construction permits for any Improvement (excluding Tenant improvements and Existing Improvement Renovations), a SBE-Construction Services certified firm shall be retained by the CRA and designated to: (a) monitor the job requirements set forth in Sections 3.1.1.1(i), 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.3, 3.1.1.4, 3.1.1.5, 3.1.1.6, 3.1.2, and 3.1.3; (b) certify compliance with the requirements of Sections 3.1.1.1(i), 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.3, 3.1.1.4, 3.1.1.5, 3.1.1.6, 3.1.2, and 3.1.3; and (c) prepare the Participation Reports required by Section 3.1.1.7 on behalf of the Master Developer and the Retail Developer, as appropriate. The Master Developer or the Retail Developer, as appropriate, shall reimburse the CRA for the costs incurred by the CRA to retain the SBE-Construction Services firm to monitor the job requirements, certify compliance with the requirements, and prepare the Participation Reports within thirty (30) days of written demand from the CRA." This Resolution carries out these objectives. FUNDING: $450,000 allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Professional Services," Account Code No. 10050.920101.531000.0000.00000.