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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-15-0031
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File Number: 15-00892 Final Action Date: 7/27/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"),
WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CRA TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN INTERLOCALAGENCYAGREEMENT
("AGREEMENT"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI, THE CRA, AND THE SOUTH
FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SFRTA"), ALLOWING THE
CRA TO CONTRIBUTE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTEEN MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND NO
CENTS ($17,528,049.00) TO SFRTA FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE
SFRTA RAIL SERVICE TO DOWNTOWN MIAMI, WITH TERMS AND CONDITIONS
AS MORE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN SAID AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA")
is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its
Redevelopment Area in accordance with the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment
Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the attached agreement is entered into upon the authority granted to the parties
by Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, which permits local governmental units to make the most efficient
use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual
advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of
governmental organization that will work the best with geographic, economic, population, and other
factors influencing the needs and development of local communities; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6 at page 11, of the Plan lists "improving quality of life for
residents" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, the Plan at page 25, states that "[s]uccessful urban environments are supported
by a variety of mobility choices, thereby affording residents the freedom to move about comfortably,
whether on foot, bicycle, via transit or automobile [and] areas designed primarily around the
automobile do not provide the level of mobility and access necessary to create vibrant places with an
active street life;" and
WHEREAS, the Plan at pages 30-36 describe the creation of rail vehicles, narrow gage rail,
and a community intermodal system in the Redevelopment Area and recognize the need for the CRA
to be a funding participate with the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County to support these
transportation initiatives; and
WHEREAS, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority ("SFRTA"), a political agency of
the State of Florida, seeks to extend its rail service to Downtown Miami from its current end in
Hialeah, Florida and has sought out contribution from the CRA for said extension; and
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WHEREAS, extension of the SFRTA rail service to Downtown Miami will increase the amount
of foreign tourism dollars brought to the Redevelopment Area, as well as the facilitate easier travel
northward for Overtown residents for increased access to jobs for its residents; and
WHEREAS, it is an express condition precedent to disbursement or payment of any funding
by the CRA that funding committed by the State of Florida, Tri-Rail, the City of Miami Miami -Dade
County, the OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency, and the Downtown Development Authority
have been allocated, bound, committed, and authorized by their respectively required legal
authorization processes; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wish to authorize the Executive Director of the CRA
to negotiate and execute an Interlocal Agency Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney of
the City of Miami, between the City of Miami, the CRA, and SFRTA allowing the CRA to contribute an
amount not to exceed seventeen million five hundred twenty eight thousand forty nine dollars and
zero cents ($17,528,049.00) to SFRTA for the proposed extension of the SFRTA rail service to
Downtown Miami, with terms and conditions as more specifically set forth in said agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Executive Director of the
CRA to negotiate and execute an Interlocal Agency Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney of the City of Miami, between the City of Miami, the CRA, and SFRTA allowing the CRA to
contribute an amount not to exceed seventeen million five hundred twenty eight thousand forty nine
dollars and zero cents ($17,528,049.00) to SFRTA for the proposed extension of the SFRTA rail
service to Downtown Miami, with terms and conditions as more specifically set forth in said
agreement.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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