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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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 AN EXPANDED POLICE
PROGRAM WITHIN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE FUNDS ON A
REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION
OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE
AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF SAID GRANT SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDING;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY
FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL;
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM OMNI TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS
AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") is
responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its Redevelopment
Area in accordance with its approved Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.370(2)(o), Florida Statutes, 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 CRA community; and
WHEREAS, in February 2008, the City of Miami ("City") Police Department presented to the CRA
Board the Police Visibility Pilot Program, an innovative community policing plan to address issues
related to quality of life within the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Police Visibility Program consisted of enhanced police services including
increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, club checks, criminal sweeps, prostitution details ,
and undercover narcotics details; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0024, passed and adopted
on April 28, 2008, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of Three Hundred Forty
Three Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($343,392.00), for the Police Visibility Pilot
Program within the Southeast Overtown/Parkwest and Omni Redevelopment Areas; and
WHEREAS, upon further presentation by the Police Department, the Board of Commissioners, by
Resolution No. CRA-R-09-0022, passed and adopted on April 27, 2009, authorized an additional grant
to the City for a one-year extension of the Police Visibility Program; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-10-0052, passed and adopted
on June 28, 2010, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), for the Police Visibility Program within the Omni Redevelopment
Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-14-0049, passed and adopted
on July 23, 2014, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of One Million Two
Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($1,275,000.00), for the Police Visibility Program within the
Omni Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department now requests additional funds for enhanced police services
previously covered by the Police Visibility grants; and
WHEREAS, additional funding will also be used to fund the Police Department's Cameras
Programs which will aid law enforcement in effectively serving the Redevelopment Area and enhancing
the quality of life of area residents; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize a grant, in an amount not to exceed
Seven Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($710,000.00) to the City to underwrite costs associated with
enhanced police services including installation of operation of police cameras throughout the Omni
Redevelopment Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 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 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 enhanced police
services within the Omni Redevelopment Area is authorized.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized, at his discretion, to disburse grant funds on a
reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all documents necessary for said
purpose, in a form acceptable to General Counsel.
Section 5. This grant shall automatically renew subject to available funding.
Section 6. Funds to be allocated from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account
Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Section 7,,.w4"hrcrreOlution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROctVED AS.>l'Q. FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VICTORIA MENDEZ/GENERAL COUNSEL
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