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HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-00737 06-24-13 Cover MemoSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting June 24, 2013 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones and Members of the CRA Board From: Clarence E. Woods, III Executive Director Date: June 17, 2013 File: 13-00737 Subject: Resolution Authorizing a Grant to NANA for the Community Work Training Program. References: Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Resolution BACKGROUND: It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing issuance of a grant, in an amount not to exceed $80,000, to Neighbors and Neighbors Association, Inc. ("NANA") to underwrite costs associated with implementing the Community Work Training Program. NANA is a non-profit corporation established in 1995 to assist small businesses throughout Miami -Dade County, and has been retained by Miami -Dade County to provide technical assistance for its Mom and Pop Small Business Grant Program and its Micro Loan Program. In recognition of NANA's success with small businesses and job creation, the CRA has authorized grants to NANA in the past to ensure that specialized technical assistance tailored to the needs of the Redevelopment Area are available to complement and further the CRA's economic development efforts. The CRA's Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-13-0008, passed and adopted on January 22, 2013, authorized the execution of grant agreements with Town Park Plaza South, Inc., and Town Park Village No. 1, Inc., and further authorized the ratification of grant agreements entered into with Island Living Apartments, Ltd., Lyric Development, LLC, St. John Plaza Apartments, LLC, and AMC HTG 1, Ltd., (collectively referred to as "developers"), all in connection with projects approved to be funded from bond proceeds. Each of the aforementioned agreements calls for the developers to comply with certain subcontractor and laborer participation requirements. Specifically, the developers are required to cause the general contractor to hire no less than twenty percent (20%) of the subcontractors for the partial demolition of the existing improvements and construction of the project. Said subcontractors must have their principal place of business either within the Redevelopment Area or within the City of Miami. As for the laborer participation requirement, the developers are required to cause the general contractor and all subcontractors to hire no less than forty percent (40%) of the unskilled labor for the partial demolition of any existing improvements and the construction of the project. Said laborers must reside within the Redevelopment Area or the City of Miami. Failure by the developers to comply with the aforementioned participation requirements results in the assessment of certain monetary penalties. NANA has been working with the developers to identify the needs for each anticipated project, and has devised the Community Work Training Program in order to ensure the existence of a qualified pool of subcontractors and laborers within the Redevelopment Area from which the developers can draw from to participate in development projects funded by bond proceeds. The components of NANA's Community Work Training Program entail screening, placement, and monitoring of laborers participation and performance, as well as continued technical assistance to small businesses seeking to serve as subcontractors on the development projects. JUSTIFICATION: Section 2, Goals 4 and 6, at page 11, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan") lists the "creati[on ofj jobs within the community," and "improving the quality of life for residents" as a stated redevelopment goals. Section 2, Principle 6, at Page 15, of the Plan also provides for the improvement of the neighborhood economy and the expansion of economic opportunities through the enhancement of existing businesses and local entrepreneurs, as well as the attraction of new businesses that provide needed services and opportunities. This Resolution furthers the aforementioned redevelopment goals and principles. FUNDING: $80,000 from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.