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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit CSoutheast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency File Type: CRA Resolution Enactment Number: CRA-R-24-0043 File Number: 16200 Final Action Date:6/27/2024 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA") AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ALLOCATE A GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($60,000.00) ("FUNDS"), TO THE LIBERTY CITY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION TRUST, A LIMITED AGENCY AND INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), ESTABLISHED IN 2006 PURSUANT TO CITY ORDINANCE NO. 12859 ("LIBERTY CITY TRUST"), TO ASSIST WITH THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ("PROGRAM"), WHICH PROVIDES EMPLOYABILITY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO LOW-INCOME AND AT -RISK YOUTH ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW 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 2018 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan Update (the "Plan"); and WHEREAS, under Florida Statutes, Section 163.340(9) of the Community Redevelopment Act, (the "Act"), "community redevelopment means projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a community redevelopment area for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slum and blight"; and WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 4 on page 10 of the Plan lists the "creati[on of] jobs within the community..." as a stated redevelopment goal; and WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6, on page 10 of the Plan lists the "[i]mprove[ment of] the [(duality of [l]ife for residents" as a stated redevelopment goal; and WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 4, on page 13 of the Plan provides that "employment opportunities be made available to existing residents ..." as a stated redevelopment principle; and WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 6, on page 14 of the Plan provides that to "address and improve the neighborhood economy and expand economic opportunities of present and future residents ..." as a stated redevelopment principle; and EXHIBIT C WHEREAS, the Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust, a limited agency and instrumentality of the City of Miami ("City"), established in 2006 pursuant to City Ordinance No. 12859 ("Liberty City Trust") has implemented a Youth Employment Program ("Program") that imparts financial empowerment to local youth through paid work assignments; and WHEREAS, the Program provides an eight -week course from June 17, 2024, through August 9, 2024, with twenty (20) participants from the SEOPW CRA redevelopment area between the ages of fourteen (14) through eighteen (18) who will receive a stipend of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per hour; and WHEREAS, the Program will engage with the youth demographic group from low-income and at -risk families, providing an opportunity to develop employability and financial management skills and allow Overtown participants to learn how to apply such skills that are essential to enhancing the quality of life, personal relationships, and employment ("Purpose"); and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize the allocation of a grant to Liberty City Trust, in an amount not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($60,000.00) ("Funds"), for the Program; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the SEOPW CRA redevelopment goals and objectives; and 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 Executive Director is hereby authorized to allocate the grant Funds, at his discretion, from the Grants and Aids" Account No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 to the Liberty City Trust to further the Purpose of the Program. Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute an agreement, including any and all necessary documents, and all -in forms acceptable to the Counsel, for said Purpose. Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: V fie Br dfifi✓ounsel 6/20/2024 yirfEerT Br ounsel 6/6/2024