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CRA Resolution
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File Number: 15-00892
Final Action Date:
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 EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, 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 DOLLARS
AND NO CENTS ($17,528,000.00) 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
WHEREAS, extension of the SFRTA rail service to Downtown Miami will increase the amount
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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 execute an Interlocal Agency Agreement, in substantially the attached form, 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 dollars and zero cents ($17,528,000.00) 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 execute an Interlace! Agency Agreement, in substantially the attached form, 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 dollars and zero cents ($17,528,000.00) 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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
RENEE. JADUSINGH
STAFF COUNSEL
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