HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-15-0043 Cover MemoOMNI Board of Commissioners Meeting
October 22, 2015
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Marc D. Sarnoff
and Members of the CRA Board
From: Pieter A. Bockweg
Executive Director
Date: October 13, 2015
Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to
the City of Miami for the OMNI CRA
Police Services
References:
Enclosures: Legislation, Attachment
BACKGROUND:
It 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 Seven Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($710,000.00), to the City of
Miami, to underwrite costs associated with the Omni CRA Enhanced Police Services within the Omni CRA
Redevelopment Area.
In 2008, the CRA Board of Commissioners of the C R A approved a grant for Three Hundred Forty
Three Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($343,392.00) for a Police Visibility Program. In
2010, the Board of Commissioners of the CRA approved a grant for Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) for the Police Visibility Program. In 2014, the Board of Commissioners of the CRA approved a
grant for One Million Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($1,275,000.00) to underwrite the Omni CRA
Police Program.
The City of Miami Police Department seeks additional funding to continue the Omni C R A' s Police
Services, 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 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
prevention of 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. 10040.920101.883000 0000 00000 .