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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Summary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM File ID: #2916 Date: 11/06/2017 Commission Meeting Date: 01/11/2018 Type: Resolution Subject: Finding Necessity - OMNI CRA Purpose of Item: Requesting Department: Office of Management and Budget Sponsored By: District Impacted: District 2 A resolution accepting and approving the Finding of Necessity report, prepared by PMG Associates, for the non-contiguous expansion of the boundaries of the OMNI Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to the West Grove area. Background of Item: The City Commission directed the City Manager to hire a consultant to prepare a Finding of Necessity report required for the creation of a Community Redevelopment Area for the City of Miami neighborhood referred as the "West Grove". Budget Impact Analysis Item is Related to Revenue Item is NOT funded by Bonds Total Fiscal Impact: N/A Office of Management and Budget City Manager's Office Legislative Division City Manager's Office Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Attorney City Commission Legislative Division Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Attorney City Commission Legislative Division Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Attorney City Commission Legislative Division Office of the City Attorney Office of the Mayor Office of the City Clerk Office of the City Attorney Reviewed B Christopher M Rose Fernando Casamayor Valentin J Alvarez Daniel J. Alfonso Valentin J Alvarez Victoria Mendez Nicole Ewan Valentin J Alvarez Barnaby L. Min Victoria Mendez Nicole Ewan Valentin J Alvarez Barnaby L. Min Maricarmen Lopez Nicole Ewan Valentin J Alvarez Barnaby L. Min Mayor's Office City Clerk's Office Victoria Mendez Department Head Review Completed Assistant City Manager Review Completed Legislative Division Review Completed City Manager Review Completed Deputy City Attorney Review Skipped Approved Form and Correctness Completed Meeting Completed Legislative Division Review Completed Deputy Attorney Review Completed Approved Form and Correctness Completed Meeting Completed Legilslative Division Review Completed Deputy Attorney Review Completed Approved Form and Correctness Skipped Meeting Completed Legislative Division Review Completed Deputy Attorney Review Completed Signed by the Mayor Completed Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed Approved Form and Correctness with Modification(s) 11/06/2017 4:36 PM 11/06/2017 4:45 PM 11/06/2017 5:12 PM 11/06/2017 7:44 PM 11/06/2017 7:48 PM 11/06/2017 7:58 PM 11/16/2017 9:00 AM 11/21/2017 1:52 PM 11/21/2017 4:31 PM 12/04/2017 11:21 AM 12/14/2017 9:00 AM 01/09/2018 10:56 AM 01/09/2018 11:07 AM 01/11/2018 9:32 AM 01/11/2018 9:00 AM 01/18/2018 1:43 PM 01/18/2018 1:58 PM 01/22/2018 4:39 PM 01/22/2018 4:49 PM Completed Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Rendered Completed 01/26/2018 12:29 PM City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-18-0010 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 2916 Final Action Date:1/11/2018 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE FINDING OF NECESSITY REPORT PREPARED BY PMG ASSOCIATES, INC., ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FOR THE NON- CONTIGUOUS EXPANSION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") TO THE WEST GROVE AREA; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE CRA'S EXPANSION INTO THE WEST GROVE, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND THE CODE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, on April 13, 2017, pursuant to Resolution No. 17-0171, the City Commission directed the City Manager to identify funding to hire consultants to prepare a Finding of Necessity Report ("Report") required for the creation of a Community Redevelopment Area for the City of Miami ("City") neighborhood commonly referred to as the "West Grove"; and WHEREAS, the City entered into an Expert Consultant Agreement with PMG Associates, Inc. ("Consultant") on August 14, 2017 for the Consultant to prepare the Report pursuant to the criteria of Chapter 163, Florida Statues, assessing the necessity of expanding the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") into the West Grove; and WHEREAS, the established criteria for a finding of necessity entails finding that an area is a "slum" and is "blighted"; and WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, defines a "slum area" as "an area having physical or economic conditions conducive to disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, poverty, or crime because there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential, which are impaired by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence, and exhibiting one or more of the following factors: (a) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces; (b) High density of population, compared to the population density of adjacent areas within the county or municipality; and overcrowding, as indicated by government -maintained statistics or other studies and the requirements of the Florida Building Code; or (c) The existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire or other causes"; and WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, defines a "blighted area" as "an area in which there are a substantial number of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; in which conditions, as indicated by government -maintained statistics or other studies, endanger life or property or are leading to economic distress; and in which two or more of the following factors are present: (a) Predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, parking facilities, roadways, bridges, or public transportation facilities. (b) Aggregate assessed values of real property in the area for ad valorem tax purposes have failed to show any appreciable increase over the 5 years prior to the finding of such conditions. (c) Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness. (d) Unsanitary or unsafe conditions. (e) Deterioration of site or other improvements. (f) Inadequate and outdated building density patterns. (g) Falling lease rates per square foot of office, commercial, or industrial space compared to the remainder of the county or municipality. (h) Tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land. (i) Residential and commercial vacancy rates higher in the area than in the remainder of the county or municipality. (j) Incidence of crime in the area higher than in the remainder of the county or municipality. (k) Fire and emergency medical service calls to the area proportionately higher than in the remainder of the county or municipality. (I) A greater number of violations of the Florida Building Code in the area than the number of violations recorded in the remainder of the county or municipality. (m) Diversity of ownership or defective or unusual conditions of title which prevent the free alienability of land within the deteriorated or hazardous area. (n) Governmentally owned property with adverse environmental conditions caused by a public or private entity"; and WHEREAS, the Consultant has completed the Report and has concluded that the West Grove boundaries, as provided, meet two (2) of the three (3) criteria for a slum designation and eight (8) of fourteen (14) criteria for blight designation as described in Chapter 163, Florida Statutes; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION 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 City Commission hereby accepts and approves the Report prepared by the Consultant, attached and incorporated, for the expansion of the boundaries of the CRA to the West Grove area. Section 3. The City Manager is directed to take all administrative actions necessary to effectuate said expansion into the West Grove, pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida statutes, and the Code of Miami -Dade County, Florida. Section 4. The City Administration's recommendation that the City's portion of tax increment financing contribution be equal to the percentage of the Miami -Dade County's ("County") tax increment financing contribution for this expansion, is approved. Section 5. The City Clerk is directed to transmit the Report and this Resolution to the County to continue the prescribed process of expansion. Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.' APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ez, ity ttor 11/6/2017 .riaif=-dez, oty ttor 12/4/2017 1 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.