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File Number: 15-01196 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $900,000 TO THE
CITY OF MIAMI TO UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENHANCED
POLICING SERVICES WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE FUNDS, AT HIS
DISCRETION, ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS,
UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM
SEOPW, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO,
10050.920101,883000.0000.00000,
WHEREAS, the Southeast OvertownlPark West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") is
a community redevelopment agency created pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and 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 ("Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 163.335, Florida Statutes, states that the existence of slum and blighted
areas greatly contributes to the spread of disease and crime causing economic and social burdens to
the community, thereby negatively affecting the tax base and impairing sound growth within the
community; and
WHEREAS, in response to the existence of slum and blight within the State of Florida, Section
163.356, Florida Statutes allows for the creation of community redevelopment agencies to address
these conditions by engaging in "community redevelopment;" and
WHEREAS, Section 163.340(9), Florida Statutes, defines "community redevelopment" in part
as "undertakings, activities, or projects of a ,., community redevelopment agency in a community
redevelopment area .,. for the reduction or prevention of crime;" and
WHEREAS, Section 163.340(23), Florida Statutes provides a means for community
redevelopment agencies to address crime through "community policing innovations" which is defined
as "policing technique or strategy designed to reduce crime by reducing opportunities for, and .. -
increasing the perceived risks of engaging in, criminal activity through visible presence of police in the
community, including, but not limited to, community mobilization, neighborhood block watch, citizen
patrol, citizen contact patrol, foot patrol, neighborhood storefront police stations, field interrogation, or
intensified motorized patrol;" and
WHEREAS, Section 163.387(1)(a), Florida Statutes, states that redevelopment trust funds
'shall be used by the agency to finance or refinance any community redevelopment it undertakes
pursuant to the approved community redevelopment plan;" and
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WHEREAS, Section 163.387(6)(h), Florida Statutes, states "[mjoneys in the redevelopment
trust fund may be expended from time to time for undertakings of a community redevelopment agency
as described in the community redevelopment plan for .., [t]he development of 'community policing
innovations';" and
WHEREAS, the Plan at page 128, states that the CRA shall be empowered "to establish,
implement, and fund community policing innovations" and has incorporated therein the statutory
definition of community policing innovations, stated above, at page 135 of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6, at page 11, of the Plan lists the "[i]mproving quality of life for
residents of the Redevelopment Area", as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 5, at page 14, of the Plan provides that "[w]alking within the
neighborhood must be accessible, safe, and pleasant" as a stated redevelopment principal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 1, at Page 14 of the Plan states that "walkability" is "a key
component of the vibrant and healthy neighborhood;" and
WHEREAS, ON March 30, 2015, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No.
CRA-R-15-0011, authorized a grant in an amount not to exceed $700,000 to the City to implement the
"CRA Police Pilot Program" ("Pilot Program"), The Pilot Program allowed the City of Miami ("City") to
provide enhanced police services within the Redevelopment Area by hiring six (6) additional police
offices for the purpose of providing enhanced baseline police services to the Redevelopment Area;
and
WHEREAS, the CRA now seeks to provide a grant to the City to continue the enhanced
policing services for 2015-2016 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize a grant, in an amount not to
exceed $900,000, to the City to underwrite costs associated with enhanced policing services within the
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that the adoption of this Resolution would
further the aforementioned redevelopment objectives;
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 a grant, in an amount not to
exceed $900,000, to the City of Miami to underwrite costs associated with enhanced policing services
within the Redevelopment Area.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to disburse funds, at his discretion, on a
reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation.
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Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all documents necessary for
said purpose.
Section 5. Funds are to be allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, entitled "Other
Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000,0000.00000.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPGVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
RENEE A. JADUSINGN
STAFF COUNSEL
City of Miami
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