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Resolution R-18-0010
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Miami, FL 33133
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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:
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(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.
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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:
end e ezCiity Attor ey 1/26/2018
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.
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