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Miami
FL
OMNI CRA Resolution
CRA-R-16-0063
ADOPTED
Dec 1420165.00p
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) TO THE CITY OF MIAMI TO
UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXPANDED POLICE PROGRAM
WITHIN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO DISBURSE FUNDS ON A REIMBURSEMENT
BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND
SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF
SAID GRANT SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDING; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM OMNI TAX
INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10040.9 20101.883000.0000.00000.
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Agenda Summary and Legislation
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WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") is
responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its
Redevelopment Area in accordance with its approved Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 4.4, D., at page 42 of the 2009 Omni Redevelopment Plan, lists the
elimination of conditions which contribute to blight as a stated redevelopment objective: and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.370(2)(o), Florida Statutes, the CRA has the power to
develop and implement community policing innovations with the objective of remedying slum and
blighted areas and the causes thereof, within the CRA community; and
WHEREAS, in February 2008, the City of Miami ("City") Police Department presented to the
CRA Board the Police Visibility Pilot Program, an innovative community policing plan to address
issues related to quality of life within the Redevelopment Area; and
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WHEREAS, the Police Visibility Program consisted of enhanced police services including
increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, club checks, criminal sweeps, prostitution details,
and undercover narcotics details; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0024, passed and
adopted on April 28, 2008, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of Three
Hundred Forty Three Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($343,392.00), for the Police
Visibility Pilot Program within the Southeast Overtown/Parkwest and Omni Redevelopment Areas;
and
WHEREAS, upon further presentation by the Police Department, the Board of
Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-09-0022, passed and adopted on April 27, 2009,
authorized an additional grant to the City for a one-year extension of the Police Visibility Program;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-10-0052, passed and
adopted on June 28, 2010, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), for the Police Visibility Program within the Omni
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-14-0049, passed and
adopted on July 23, 2014, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of One Million
Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($1,275,000.00), for the Police Visibility Program within
the Omni Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-15-0043, passed and
adopted on October 22, 2015, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of Seven
Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($710,000.00), for the Police Visibility Program within the Omni
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department now requests additional funds for enhanced police
services previously covered by the Police Visibility grants; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize a grant, in an amount not to
exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) to the City to underwrite costs associated with
enhanced police services throughout the Omni Redevelopment Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 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 issuance of a grant in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00) to the City of Miami to underwrite costs associated with enhanced police
services within the Omni Redevelopment Area is authorized.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized, at his discretion, to disburse grant funds on
a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to execute any and all documents
necessary for said purpose, in a form acceptable to General Counsel.
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Section 5. Funds to be allocated from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and
Aids," Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.[1]
[1] The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by the General
Counsel.
Meeting History
Dec 14, 2016 5:00 PM
OMNI
Community Regular Meeting
Redevelopment
Agency
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Francis Suarez, Vice Chair
SECONDER: Frank Carollo, Board Member, District 3
AYES: Keon Hardemon, Frank Carollo, Francis Suarez, Ken Russell
ABSENT: Wifredo (Willy) Gort
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