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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
4:00 PM
Camillus House
1603 N.W. 7th Ave., Bldg. B
Miami, FL 33136
SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency
Keon Hardemon, Chair
Wifredo Gort, Vice Chair
Ken Russell, Board Member, District Two
Frank Carollo, Board Member, District Three
Francis Suarez, Board Member, District Four
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Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA
Meeting Minutes March 21, 2017
CALL TO ORDER
Present: Chair Hardemon, Vice Chair Gort, Commissioner Russell, Commissioner
Carollo and Commissioner Suarez
On the 21st day of March 2017, the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in
regular session at Camillus House, 1603 Northwest 7th Avenue, Miami, Florida. The
meeting was called to order by Chair Hardemon at 4:09 p.m., and was adjourned at
4:41 p.m.
Note for the Record: Commissioner Suarez entered the meeting at 4:11 p.m., and
Commissioner Russell entered the meeting at 4:17p.m.
ALSO PRESENT:
Clarence E. Woods, Executive Director, CRA
Renee A. Jadusingh, Staff Counsel, CRA
William Bloom, Special Counsel, CRA
Rafael Suarez Rivas, Assistant City Attorney, Supervisor
Todd B. Hannon, Clerk of the Board
APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS:
1. MINUTES OF JAN 30, 2017 AT 5:00 PM
MOTION TO: Approve
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Frank Carollo, Commissioner
SECONDER: Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner
AYES: Hardemon, Gort, Carollo
ABSENT: Russell, Suarez
Chair Hardemon: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Southeast Overtown/Park
West Community Redevelopment Agency Tuesday, March 27, 2017 meeting here at
Camillus House. I note the presence of Commissioner Gort and Commissioner Carollo.
I had -- Commissioner Suarez is also in the facility, but he is not present right now as
we're starting the meeting. So I'd like to open up this meeting. We have the first agenda
item, which is the regular meeting minutes of January 30, 2017. Is there a motion to
approve those meeting minutes?
Board Member Carollo: Move it.
Chair Hardemon: Been properly --
Vice Chair Gort: Second.
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Chair Hardemon: -- moved and seconded. Any objections? Hearing none, the motion
shall carry.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Chair Hardemon: Then now, we have the resolutions that are on the agenda for today.
We have four resolutions. At this time, what we'll do is we'll open the floor for public
comment, so if you are here and you are a member of the public, if you'd like to make a
comment on any of the agenda items, now is the time to do so. You'll have two minutes to
address this body. State your name, your address, and which item it is that you're
referring to. So I'll open the floor right now for public comment. Seeing no public
comment.
CRA RESOLUTION
1. CRA RESOLUTION
1997 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENTS, ACCEPTING THE
PROPOSAL RECEIVED FROM RENAISSANCE POINTE APARTMENTS,
LLC, THE SOLE PROPOSER TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 17-01, FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AT 1611 NW 3RD
AVENUE & THE REAR PARKING LOT AT 1490 NW 3RD AVENUE;
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE
A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM
ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" WITH ADDITIONAL TERMS READ INTO THE
RECORD AT THE MARCH 21, 2017 SEOPW CRA BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS MEETING; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID
PURPOSE.
File # 1997 Exhibit A
File # 1997 Backup
ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-17-0018
MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s)
RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S)
MOVER: Francis Suarez, Commissioner
SECONDER: Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner
AYES: Hardemon, Gort, Russell, Carollo, Suarez
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Chair Hardemon: RE.1.
Clarence Woods, III (Executive Director, Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency): Commissioners, Resolution Number 1 is a resolution of the
Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency accepting the recommendation of the selection committee for the
top -ranked development firm for the Request for Proposals to develop multifamily
housing developments at 1611 Northwest 3rd Avenue and the rear parking lot at 1490
Northwest 3rd Avenue -- the properties; authorizing the executive director to finalize and
execute a development agreement in substantially the attached form, which includes the
option to lease or sell the properties to the top -ranked proposer, based on the proposal
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submitted by the top -ranked proposer; further authorizing the executive director to
execute all documents necessary for said purpose. Commissioners, we want to modify
some of the language here. This was done in advance of receiving all of the proposals,
so when we talk about a selection committee and the top -ranked proposer, we only
received one proposal, so we are recommending that we do go forward and allow for that
proposer to enter into a contract with the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) for
the purposes of submitting a 9 percent application to the State of Florida for tax credits.
The State of Florida is -- has modified its universal application, and they're now doing
specialized applications. One such application is for redevelopment areas, and they're
putting out an RFA (Request for Applications) for developers who have projects in
redevelopment areas, such as ours -- just like ours -- in an effort to fund projects in
redevelopment areas. So we believe that this method was the best way to do that in order
to be able to attract potentially $17 million into the redevelopment area. It's for housing;
not just affordable housing, but it's mixed -income housing. 20 percent of the units have
to be market; 45 percent, low income; and then another 10 percent is what they call
"extremely low income." But we would like to modem this language, and my attorney will
speak to that.
Renee Jadusingh: Hi. So we're going to be modfing the portion where it reads, "The
executive director is finalizing" --
Chair Hardemon: Can you tell us where you're reading from?
Ms. Jadusingh: Oh, sorry. If you'd go to -- where it says, "Authorizing the executive
director" -- towards the middle -- "to finalize and execute" -- oh, in the actual resolution?
Chair Hardemon: Is it a "whereas" clause, or is it within the title?
Mr. Woods: The title.
Ms. Jadusingh: No. It's in the title.
Mr. Woods: The title.
Ms. Jadusingh: Right. So towards the middle, it says, "Authorizing the executive
director to finalize and execute a development agreement, in substantially the attached
form." We're going to change that to, "in a form acceptable to special counsel."
Chair Hardemon: Who is special counsel?
Ms. Jadusingh: It's going to be Bill Bloom. He's special.
Chair Hardemon: So, Mr. Bloom, what does that mean? What does that change mean?
We have a change that says, "in a form that is acceptable to special counsel."
William Bloom (Special Counsel to the SEOPW CRA): It means that the executive
director will negotiate the development agreement with the developer, and it'll be in a
form approved by the executive director and by special counsel, as to form and
substance, so that Mr. Woods would be able to make changes to the form that's attached
to the resolution, which, again, was prepared prior to getting their proposal, with the
anticipation that there would be a — more than one applicant. So there was, again, no
committee. There's issues in the draft whether it was a fee simple transaction or a
leasehold transaction. We're -- the proposal is for a fee simple transaction, so we'll be
modifying that form to reflect the terms in the proposal that were acceptable to the
executive director, and making it a fee simple transaction.
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Chair Hardemon: So if it's not in substantially the attached form, then there's no
expectation that it can come back in a way that is like what we see here, and that's part of
my concern when I hear you say -- If it is not in substantially the attached form, then
what form shall it be in, besides being acceptable to you? Because I would think that it
needs to be acceptable to this body, and that's why we have it as "substantially the
attached form," and then the minor differences can be worked out amongst the lawyers.
But my fear is, the way that you've now addressed the language, it doesn't give any of us
any reasonable expectation that this document is going to be the way that we expect it to
be.
Mr. Woods: I think it is going to be in the form that you see it here; it's just that -- The
two changes that Mr. Bloom just spoke of are pretty much the more substantive changes.
Mr. Bloom: To clarify, as well, it's a form that was attached. It has blanks for the timing
to get your financing; blanks on the due diligence; blanks on information regarding who
the developer is. So we know the developer's asked to have till October 1, 2018, to obtain
their financing, which would give them the right to go through not one, but two cycles
with the finance -- the Housing Finance Authority. It will reflect that the developer will
have one year from the date that they get that final approval to get all their plans
approved, and get a building permit to close the transaction. It will reflect a 90-day due
diligence period. It will reflect a $10, 000 initial deposit; a $10, 000 additional deposit.
Chair Hardemon: Before we move on in the discussion, I'd like to note the presence of
Commissioner Suarez, who was here just as we started this discussion, but I know he was
here before the meeting started, I'm fully aware; and also, the presence of Commissioner
Russell, that's just now joined us. I have another question I want to raise to my Board
Members so they can have some discussion about this, but also, one of the things that you
stated was the fee simple; fee simple ownership that would be given to the developer. Is
there not another option that we can choose, maybe, like a 90-year lease, a 75-year
lease; something that is more -- that is akin to fee simple, but not quite so much fee
simple?
Mr. Bloom: Absolutely. The Board could decide -- the proposal was for -- again, that's
attached with like an -- either a leasehold or fee simple. The developer's requested fee
simple. I think the developer can still get the tax credits and do the transaction if it's a
50- or 75-year lease, if that's the preference of the Board. The developer is here. You
can, you know -- the Board can ask him that question.
Chair Hardemon: Commissioner Carollo.
Board Member Carollo: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And in line with what you're saying
or what you were questioning, you know, I specifically heard Mr. Bloom continue to say,
"Have the executive director negotiate with the developer." I feel uncomfortable if, after
that negotiation, it doesn't come back to this Board, and I think, in essence, that's in line
with what you're saying; "in substantially the attached form." So if it's not substantially
in the attached form, then I feel uncomfortable that it doesn't come back to this Board,
and it's actually in the hands of our special counsel --
Chair Hardemon: No, I --
Board Member Carollo: -- and not this Board.
Chair Hardemon: -- completely understand. Can the language work with "substantially
the attached form" and in acceptable condition to special counsel?
Mr. Bloom: I think what we should do to -- here is the issue -- is that for this transaction
to work in a timely fashion, the application has to be filed with the Florida Housing
Authority on Thursday so that to the extent that business decisions are clarified now, they
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should be read into the record as part of what the Board approves so that -- certainly, it's
not the intention of the executive director and special counsel to be making any business
decisions; it's only a question of documenting the decision that the Board has made, or
the executive director has made.
Chair Hardemon: Right. So then, there should be a better answer or recommendation
than just striking "in substantially the attached form." Maybe it can be some hybrid of
language, so it is in substantially the attached form, and also acceptable to you. Or are
you saying that because --?
Mr. Bloom: We could -- "substantially the form attached, with the following changes,"
and so we could put in there the deposits; we can put in there the timing for the
transaction; we could put in whether it's going to be leasehold or fee simple, so the
Board can be making those decisions.
Chair Hardemon: That makes better sense. Commissioner Suarez.
Board Member Suarez: Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a couple questions. One question
is, I presume the reason why we're structuring this deal as a 9 percent deal is because we
sort of spent all the money that we could on 4 percent deals.
Mr. Woods: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) have any more money.
Chair Hardemon: Right.
Board Member Suarez: So my first question to you is, is there anything that prevents us -
- say, for example, if we extend the CRA's life -- from converting this to a 4 percent deal
from a 9 percent deal?
Mr. Woods: Well, that's Plan "B."
Board Member Suarez: What do you mean by "Plan 'B'"? I got it.
Mr. Woods: It's Plan "B."
Board Member Suarez: But, I mean, is there anything in this agreement that would
prevent us --
Mr. Woods: No.
Board Member Suarez: -- from doing this as a 4 percent deal, assuming that we got the
funds somehow to make this a 4 percent deal?
Mr. Woods: The only thing that would prevent us from doing that is if he was fortunate
enough to actually get the 9 percent credits; then we won't need to do it.
Board Member Suarez: Of course.
Mr. Woods: So --
Board Member Suarez: And we wouldn't want to under that circumstance.
Mr. Woods: -- he'll have a year from this time -- he'll have a year to be able to submit to
Florida Housing twice: once on Thursday; and then next year, around this time again, if
he's not fortunate enough. Once that happens, then if it's a fee simple transaction, it
reverts back to us. Hopefully, by that time, we will have done our finding of necessity
and gone to all of the boards, gotten approval to extend the life of the CRA; and then at
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that point, we can potentially go and do another bond issuance and put this as a project,
you know, in our bond issuance.
Board Member Suarez: Thank you. I have a follow-up question. On page 7, Provision
Number 8, where it talks about financing, and you talk about they have two -- basically
two tax credit cycles to get 9 percent, a 9 percent deal, and you talk about the sort of
special 9 percent deals that deal with redevelopment areas, which makes sense, actually.
It makes sense that the State would sort of -- hopefully create some sort of a preference
for redevelopment areas.
Mr. Woods: Right.
Board Member Suarez: The question I have is, it says here, "If the developer does not
obtain the award of the tax credits, or obtains a commitment for the loan by the end of
the financing period, the developer may terminate this agreement; in which event, the
escrow shall return to" -- I mean, I can understand why the developer would have that
right. What I don't understand is, why wouldn't we also have that right?
Mr. Woods: No, we -- I mean, I think at that point, we can have -- I mean, again, we can
write it to where --
Board Member Suarez: I think --
Mr. Woods: -- it reverts to us automatically.
Board Member Suarez: Okay. Is there another provision that would do that?
Mr. Bloom: No, no. The question would be -- either the developer would have the right
to terminate, because he didn't get --
Board Member Suarez: Of course.
Mr. Bloom: -- the 9 percent credits, or he could elect to continue; in which case, his
deposit at that point would be -- $20, 000 would be at risk if he didn't complete the
transaction within a year after that time period had elapsed.
Board Member Suarez: Okay. So you're saying is, for two years, he gets the right to go
for 9 percent tax credits. If he doesn't -- if he's not able to do it in two years, then he can
either cancel or he gets another year to finance it on his own?
Mr. Bloom: Well, he's -- but in that other year, he's got to design it and get a building
permit, and be ready to close.
Board Member Suarez: And otherwise, his deposit is in jeopardy?
Mr. Bloom: Correct.
Board Member Suarez: Okay.
Mr. Bloom: And he'd also at that point, obviously, be expending significant dollars,
preparing the plans and specs, which won't have occurred at this point.
Board Member Suarez: That's fine. I just want to make sure that when I read here that
he has an option to do "X" --
Mr. Bloom: Right.
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Board Member Suarez: -- that there's a good reason. If we're not -- we don't have the
same option, then there should be a reason why we don't have that option. And you're
explaining that the reason why is because we're giving him an additional year, and he's
putting his deposit, subject to forfeiture.
Mr. Bloom: Correct.
Board Member Suarez: Okay. That's fine.
Chair Hardemon: Commissioner Gort.
Vice Chair Gort: I'll wait till —
Chair Hardemon: Commissioner.
Board Member Russell: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I apologize if I missed this in the
introduction of this item. Are we naming the developer in this, as of today --
Mr. Woods: Yes.
Board Member Russell: -- as a floor amendment today?
Mr. Woods: Yes, yes.
Board Member Russell: Have we listed that already?
Mr. Woods: It's Magellan Housing.
Mr. Bloom: No. It's Residents [sic] Point Apartments, LLC (Limited Liability
Company).
Mr. Woods: Oh, I'm sorry. Well, the developer is -- So you're asking for the developer
or the actual project name?
Board Member Russell: The -- no. The RFP winner; the one who will be in the contract
with this.
Mr. Woods: It's Renaissance Point Apartments.
Board Member Russell: All right. So we're doing that as a floor amendment today?
Mr. Woods: Yes, right.
Board Member Russell: Okay.
Vice Chair Gort: Let me ask a question. Wasn't this part of the project that was
presented to us about two, three years ago, where it's going to be two components; phase
one and phase two?
Mr. Woods: This is a scattered -site deal. You're going to have 24 units on 16th and 3rd;
and then the remain -- the 36 behind the Overtown Shopping Center. Right.
Chair Hardemon: So --
Board Member Suarez: I move --
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Chair Hardemon: -- some of those business terms -- I mean, the -- you know, I would like
to see that our community -- which today is the CRA -- we represent the community in a
lot of the properties that we own, so we have our community, which, of course, is the
CRA, within -- all this property will probably end up going back to the City of Miami, but
the whole idea is to continue to have affordable housing in this community. And so, I
think one of the ways we do that is by retaining some sort of ownership in the land that
we have. So I think, in a deal like this, it would make good sense for us to retain some
form of ownership. So, Commissioner Suarez, I don't know if you were here when I
initially said this, but what I see that as is giving them a long-term lease of 75 years, 99
years; something that's akin to ownership, but not quite that. So 100 years from now, 75
years from now, they'll still have an opportunity for people who say, "'Towners for Life,"
will would actually have the opportunity to stay there, if they choose to rent.
Mr. Woods: Let me -- One of the reasons that not only this developer, but developers
that we've worked with in the past prefer a fee simple transaction as opposed to a long-
term lease is the financing. I think may -- Commissioner Gort may be the only one that
was here when we were doing Jazz Village, and we could not get the project done,
because we had a long-term lease, and the bank was not -- wouldn't get their debt
financing. This project, one of the best things about this is that it wouldn't require any
financing from the CRA, but I think he would have to get some sort -- some debt. And
sometimes, banks will give a hard time when there isn't a fee simple ownership. And
that's not to say that that'll be the case in this situation, but that's why they usually prefer
to have fee simple transaction as opposed to a leasehold.
Chair Hardemon: Sir.
Nick Inamdar: Commissioners, how are you? Good afternoon. Nick Inamdar; address
is at 445 Northwest 4th Street, Miami, Florida. Thank you for the opportunity. So a little
background, Commissioners. As the executive director mentioned, this is a once -a -year
opportunity with Florida Housing Finance Corporation. They used to just have a lottery -
based system for 9 percent credits. A couple years ago, they started targeted RFPs, and
one of the RFPs that they created is called a 'Revitalization RFP." As the director
mentioned, the RFP is, unfortunately, due on Thursday, so time is of the essence. But
interestingly, they have not received an application from Miami -Dade County --
anywhere in the County -- the previous two years. And so, as I was evaluating
opportunities to get this project funded, this certainly stood out, with all the great things
that the CRA is doing. Unlike the lottery system, this RFP is more specific to -- it's essay -
based, it's point -based, so they want you to tell them the story, you know, what's been
happening in the community, and I think if we have the opportunity to tell that story, you
know, we should have a pretty good shot of winning, because I personally don't think that
there's a revitalization entity anywhere in the State that's done as much as the Southeast
Overtown/Park West CRA. So our proposal is for 60 units. It is a scattered site. 20
percent of the units would be market; 70 percent of the units would be at 60 percent area
median income or below. The remaining 10 percent of the units would be ELI units,
extremely low income, for 30 percent of residents or below. And then half of those ELI
units are set aside for folks with disabilities. There's a lot of programming that's -- it's
not before you today, but that will be part of this project. For instance, the disabled ELI
units, their credit won't be used as a factor for tenant selection. We will be waiving
security deposits. When the tenants move in, there's going to be a welcome gift provided
to them in the amount of at least $300, which will include pots and pans, and glasses,
because a lot of these folks, even if you provide a roof over their head, they may not
necessarily have the furniture and accessories to furnish their house. In addition, they'll
receive a thousand dollar gift certificate to go buy furniture, which they can keep, even if
they move out. And then, there's numerous educational programs and other benefits,
such as during Christmastime, they receive gift certificates to go and buy kids toys and so
forth. And so, unlike a lot of what we've done in the past, the typical 9 percent lottery
system, this is a much more in-depth application to the State. And Commissioner, to get
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to your question, the equity purchasers of the tax credits -- I'm certainly open to doing a
lease if that's the preference of the Board. It does complicate the deal, though. It
complicates the structure of the deal. It makes -- A lot of equity purchasers of the 9
percent credits, it takes them off the table, because they don't want to do these deals. And
so, it would be our strong preference to do a fee simple. But again, if it's the will of the
Board, you know, we'll adjust. It's our --
Chair Hardemon: I will say, certainly, that, you know, I want to see our CRA have some
of that type of decision -making when we move forward on projects. This may not
necessarily be it, especially if we're not giving dollars. Land is valuable, yes; but we've
given -- we've had projects where we've given land and dollars, and I think that makes a
big difference with things. Commissioner Suarez.
Board Member Suarez: Yeah. I was just going to say I'm not aware of any 9 percent
deals where there haven't been a transfer -- a fee simple; I mean, you may have. I've
never heard -- I've never seen one before. I don't know if it has or it hasn't happened.
Mr. Inamdar: I'm sure they're out there, but again --
Board Member Suarez: I'd like to know more about it.
Mr. Inamdar: -- you know, they're far and few between, and a lot of the investors that we
shop these credits to, you know
Board Member Suarez: And your affordability covenants on the 60 percent below are
is 50 years, correct? Because --
Mr. Inamdar: 50 years, yes.
Board Member Suarez: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) to put that for the record.
Chair Hardemon: I don't, but I'm sorry to --
Mr. Inamdar: And it's our anticipation -- I'm sorry, Commissioner. It's our anticipation
that the amount of equity that we'll receive and be able to bring in the community is $15.8
million.
Chair Hardemon: You know, I'm comfortable moving forward without it.
Board Member Suarez: I'll move it.
Chair Hardemon: I know this is just something that I want us to be aware of especially
when you're talking about -- like I said, in the past, we've had tremendous projects, but
we've given land and a significant amount of dollars to go towards it. With that kind of
money, then we can bait our own fish, if you will, to take a bite, so that's not this. You
know, we're certainly out there trying to attract dollars to make this project happen, so
we don't have to spend CRA dollars to bring about major changes within the area. So if
we could spend someone else's money to make the reality happen for the people that live
here, I think that's the best thing that we can do, so we can spend our dollars that we
have on other projects that make sense for this area. So I appreciate the motion by
Commissioner Suarez. Is there a second? The Chair will second -- oh, seconded by
Commissioner Gort. Further discussion? Commissioner.
Board Member Russell: One last question. Thank you. And the reason I asked about the
name of the developer was because it obviously wasn't in the draft, so I asked my staff to
reach out to the executive director and just kind of get the story on that, and I was
satisfied with that story. But for the sake of transparency with the public, because
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nobody's been able to see, by having seen the draft or the published draft who it is that
won the bid that we are contracting with at this point, can you tell the story of why we're
in a time crunch at this point to -- floor amendment -- add the developer's name in the
agreement now?
Mr. Woods: Again, when we spoke, we talked about the possibility of being able to go
after this special RFP --
Board Member Russell: Yep.
Mr. Woods: -- the timing was critical, so our thing was to go ahead and put out the
Request for Proposals from the CRA's perspective. We put it out, and, truthfully, we
didn't know how many people would actually respond. So we didn't want to put anything
-- obviously, we didn't put anything in here specific, because we didn't know who would
actually respond and whether they would come back with something that was more
compelling when it comes to actually financing this development, so we left everything
blank, intentionally, so that once we got responses and we were able to put together a
review committee -- which was not necessary, because we only got one response back --
we would do our deliberations, and then we would be able to hear on the floor, talk about
that, and say, you know, who we actually were able to select as the preferred developer
to go after or fund the development of the 16 [sic] units, plus the additional 36 units on
the back side of the shopping center.
Board Member Russell: Thank you.
Chair Hardemon: Is there any further discussion? Commissioner Carollo.
Board Member Carollo: Mr. Chairman.
Chair Hardemon: Yes.
Board Member Carollo: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We still haven't addressed our
initial mention with regards to "substantially in the attached form." So are you planning
on voting on this --
Chair Hardemon: Right.
Board Member Carollo: -- the new language or --?
Chair Hardemon: The business terms that -- well, the terms -- the business terms, really
Mr. Woods: He's going to put it on the record.
Mr. Bloom: Can I just chime --?
Board Member Suarez: Go ahead.
Mr. Bloom: You know, assuming, again, the Board is fine with a fee simple, we'll revise
the draft to reflect this fee simple. It will reflect a deposit of $10,000, due two business
days after the agreement is signed. It'll give a 90-day inspection period, and the
inspection period -- the developer will have to put up an additional $10,000 within two
days if he doesn't cancel. The developer will have to sign off on title and survey within
90 days of the effective date. The developer will have to get all land use and zoning
approvals to be able to develop the property for its intended use within one year of
signing the agreement. The developer will have until October 1, 2018 to obtain the 9
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percent tax credit to allow the developer to develop a project. If he doesn't, he'll get his
deposit back.
Mr. Woods: Yes, yes.
Board Member Suarez: That's one year.
Mr. Woods: That's one year, right.
Board Member Suarez: I thought you said he had two years.
Mr. Woods: He'll get -- he'll get -- this cycle -- this year and next year.
Board Member Suarez: Ah, this cycle, which is about to --
Mr. Bloom: Right.
Board Member Suarez: -- start.
Mr. Bloom: It will reflect not less --
Board Member Suarez: Understood.
Mr. Bloom: -- than 60 units with 20 percent of those units being at market; 70 percent of
those units being at 60 percent ofAMI (Average Median Income) or below; 10 percent of
those units being at 10 percent -- 10 percent of those units being at 30 percent of AMI or
below; and was it 10 percent of the units being for ELI units?
Mr. Inamdar: Yeah. 20 at market; 70 at 60 percent AMI; and the remaining 10 at -- ELI
units, 30percent AMl.
Mr. Bloom: 30 percent, right. We'll get schematic design documents within 120 days of
the execution of the agreement. The design development documents, which require a lot
more labor to put together, will be 30 days after the tax credit approval has been
obtained; construction documents, 60 days after the design development documents have
been approved by the executive director; closing within a hundred -- within one year
from the tax credit approval being obtained. The guarantors for the project will be
Jeanette Chapman, Nick Inamdar and M.A. Inamdar, so, you know, the -- Nick and his
brother.
Board Member Suarez: But do you need any more investment -- I mean any more
negotiation flexibility? I'm sorry to jump in on your question.
Board Member Carollo: No, I --
Board Member Suarez: I guess my question is, do you need any more negotiation
flexibility, or is --? You know, I --
Mr. Bloom: I -- do you think -- substantially in that form, with the terms read into the
record being incorporated into the agreement.
Chair Hardemon: Right. So the motion then will reflect, "in substantially the attached
form," as the -- and also with the comments as --
Board Member Suarez: As described on the record.
Unidentified Speaker: For the additional terms.
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Chair Hardemon: That is correct. Any further discussion?
Board Member Suarez: Yeah --
Chair Hardemon: Have you finished your business -- you finished the terms? You
finished reading your terms?
Mr. Inamdar: I think that's it.
Board Member Suarez: Yeah, and I agree. I just want to say that -- you know, and I
appreciate you finding this opportunity and coming to us with this; and obviously, you
guys working fast and bringing this to us. I think the -- you know, the consternation on --
and I know this is like sort of how many angels can you fit on the head of a pin? I love to
debate these things, you know. "Substantially the attached form," that's, you know, to be
later discussed. But I -- we've had deals that we've approved here, just as an FYI (for
your information) to the Board, that a year later, when we did a "substantially attached
form," a year later, still weren't approved. And so, the key is the debate that we're having
here, which is, do we feel like it's ready to go in substantially the attached form, or do we
want to give more latitude so that we can actually get the deal done without having to
come back here a hundred times or whatever?
Chair Hardemon: And Commissioner, that's partly why --
Board Member Suarez: Yeah.
Chair Hardemon: -- when we have certain details that I think are outstanding that are
important for us to discuss, I like to have those things ironed out before we get to a place
like this, because, if not, then -- and you've seen where --
Board Member Suarez: I know.
Chair Hardemon: -- there are some deadlines that are pressing, and someone says,
"Well, we want it on the agenda," but I don't think it's ready to be on the agenda --
Board Member Suarez: Right.
Chair Hardemon: -- because we don't have enough discussion about the items that are
important to the community being put into those documents. So I think this one is not --
this one, they've come to the table with a lot of the things that we've considered in the
past with our RFP that we've done, and so, this one seems to be ready.
Mr. Bloom: The plan -- and the only way that the developer can reach the schedule is we
negotiate, make the revisions, agree upon them, and the agreement gets signed tomorrow
so it can be in on Thursday.
Board Member Suarez: Done. Let's do it. Good luck.
Chair Hardemon: Any further discussion?
Board Member Suarez: Good luck.
Vice Chair Gort: Can you give me the breakdown again; the breakdown of the
apartments?
Mr. Inamdar: 20 percent market --
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Board Member Suarez: Right.
Mr. Inamdar: -- 70 percent at 60 percent AMI or below; and 10 percent ELI, which is 30
percent AMI or below; and then half of those ELI units will be set aside for individuals
with disabilities.
Vice Chair Gort: That's it. Okay. Good mix.
Board Member Suarez: Right.
Chair Hardemon: Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, say "aye."
The Board (Collectively): Aye.
Chair Hardemon: All against? Motion passes.
Mr. Inamdar: Commissioners, thank you. There's sunglasses up here.
Chair Hardemon: The meeting has concluded. Thank you very much. Thank you,
everyone.
2. CRA RESOLUTION
1974 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
$112,000, TO SUITED FOR SUCCESS, INC. TO UNDERWRITE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVISION OF JOB TRAINING AND OTHER
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES TO JOB SEEKERS FROM THE
REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE;
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; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM
SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND, ENTITLED "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS,"
ACCOUNT CODE NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
File # 1974 Backup
ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-17-0015
MOTION TO: Adopt
RESULT: ADOPTED
MOVER: Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner
SECONDER: Frank Carollo, Commissioner
AYES: Hardemon, Gort, Carollo
ABSENT: Russell, Suarez
Chair Hardemon: Is there -- I mean, this body can do one of two things: We can move
the entirety of the agenda at one time, or you can actually -- you can hear them
individually. Or is there an item that we wish to discuss? Is there an item that anybody
wants to discuss?
Vice Chair Gort: RFP (Request for Proposals) [sic] number 1.
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Chair Hardemon: Okay. Then, let's do this: Then is there a motion to approve RE.2, 3,
and 4?
Vice Chair Gort: Move it.
Board Member Carollo: Second.
Chair Hardemon: It's been properly moved and seconded to approve item -- agenda
items 2, 3, and 4. Is there any further discussion on those items? Hearing none, all in
favor, say "aye."
The Board (Collectively): Aye.
Chair Hardemon: Motion passes on items 2, 3, and 4.
3. CRA RESOLUTION
1975 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
$225,000, TO HEADLINER MARKET GROUP, INC. TO UNDERWRITE
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THE 2017 OVERTOWN
MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON JULY 15, 2017;
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE; 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; FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FROM SEOPW TAX
INCREMENT FUND, ENTITLED "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT
CODE NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Note for the Record: DO NOT CERTIFY. SCRIVENER'S ERRO PENDING
CORRECTION BY STAFF COUNSEL.
File # 1975 Backup
ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-17-0016
MOTION TO: Adopt
RESULT: ADOPTED
MOVER: Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner
SECONDER: Frank Carollo, Commissioner
AYES: Hardemon, Gort, Carollo
ABSENT: Russell, Suarez
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 3, please see Item Number
2.
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4. CRA RESOLUTION
1977 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
$200,000, TO NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, INC., TO
UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTINUED OPERATION
OF THE BUSINESS INCUBATOR AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
("PROGRAM"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE;
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; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM SEOPW, "OTHER
GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
ADJOURNMENT
File # 1977 Backup
ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-17-0017
MOTION TO: Adopt
RESULT: ADOPTED
MOVER: Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner
SECONDER: Frank Carollo, Commissioner
AYES: Hardemon, Gort, Carollo
ABSENT: Russell, Suarez
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 4, please see Item Number
2.
The meeting adjourned at 4:41 p.m.
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