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September 26, 2016
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Keen Hardemon
and Members of the CRA Board
Date: September 16, 2016 File: 16-01260
Subject: Resolution Authorizing Expenditure of Funds
for Expenses Related to 925 N.W. 2nd Avenue
and 1021 N.W. 2nd Avenue.
From: Clarence E. Woods, III References:
Executive Director
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
The attached Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") authorizes the expenditure of funds, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, for
expenses related to the security and maintenance of 925 N.W. 2nd Court, Miami, Florida and the former law office
of the Honorable Judge Lawson Edward Thomas located at 1021 N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida.
925 N.W. 2nd Court, Miami, Florida
The CRA owns the property at 925 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida. The buildings is currently vacant and steel
security windows and doors, provided by Vacant Property Security, LLC ("VPS"), are securing the building. The
Resolution seeks funding to continue utilizing the services of VPS to secure the building and maintain the property
as necessary.
1021 N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida
The CRA recently acquired the former law office of the Honorable Judge Lawson Edward Thomas located at 1021
N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida.1 The property has been vacant for many years and currently the windows and
entry doors are sealed shut with cement blocks, thus the CRA is unable to access the interior of the building. This
Resolution seeks funding to install VPS steel security doors and perform general maintenance to the building as
necessary once the CRA is able to gain access to the interior of the building.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 163.370(2)e, Florida Statutes, permits the acquisition of real property, together with any improvements
thereon.
Section 2, Goal 1, at page 11, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan
("Plan") lists the "preserv[ation] of historic buildings and community heritage," as a stated redevelopment goal.
Section 2, Principle 8, at page 15, of the Plan provides that "[o]Ider buildings that embody the area's cultural past
should be restored."
FUNDING:
$50,000 is to be allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, entitled "Other Contractual Services" Account Code
No.10050.920101.534000.0000.00000.
1 Resolution authorizing the purchase of 1021 N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida: CRA-R-15-0026