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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Summary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM File ID: #5681 Date: 03/28/2019 Commission Meeting Date: 05/09/2019 Requesting Department: Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Sponsored By: District Impacted: District 5 Type: Resolution Subject: Accept Need Study - Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan Purpose of Item: A request for the City of Miami Board of Commissioners to approve the attached Resolution accepting Southeast Overtown/ Park West Community Redevelopment Agency's Assessment of Need Study finding that it is necessary and in the best interest of public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County to extend the life of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency from 2030 to 2042. Background of Item: On June 26, 2018 the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency Board of Commissioners approved and accepted the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency's Assessment of Need Study. Budget Impact Analysis Item has NOT an Expenditure Item is NOT Related to Revenue Item is NOT funded by Bonds Total Fiscal Impact: N/A Reviewed B Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA and Legal Sufficiency Completed Office of Management and Budget Luis Hernandez -Torres Office of Management and Budget Christopher M Rose City Manager's Office Nzeribe Ihekwaba City Manager's Office Nikolas Pascual Legislative Division Valentin J Alvarez Office of the City Attorney Valentin J Alvarez Office of the City Attorney Victoria Mendez City Commission Maricarmen Lopez Office of the Mayor Mayor's Office Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Cornelius Shiver 04/03/2019 1:43 PM Budget Analyst Review Budget Review Assistant City Manager Review City Manager Review Legislative Division Review Deputy Attorney Review Approved Form and Correctness Meeting Signed by the Mayor Approved as to Form Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Skipped Completed Completed Completed Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed Rendered Completed 04/08/2019 8:18 AM 04/08/2019 3:03 PM 04/16/2019 3:45 PM 04/19/2019 3:46 PM 04/23/2019 10:22 AM 04/23/2019 9:47 AM 04/24/2019 5:28 PM 05/09/2019 9:00 AM 05/20/2019 2:37 PM 05/20/2019 3:12 PM 05/20/2019 3:12 PM City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-19-0175 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 5681 Final Action Date:5/9/2019 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING THE ASSESSMENT OF NEED/FINDING OF NECESSITY, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A"; AND MAKING FINDINGS THAT THERE EXIST ONE OR MORE SLUMS OR BLIGHTED AREAS IN WHICH THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO RESIDENTS OF LOW OR MODERATE INCOME, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY; THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO RESIDENTS OF LOW OR MODERATE INCOME, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY, AND THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST AND PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AND MIAMI- DADE COUNTY THAT THE LIFE OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA") BE EXTENDED AS PROVIDED HEREIN; FURTHER DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT OF NEED STUDY/FINDING OF NECESSITY REPORT TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION. WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its Redevelopment Area, in accordance with the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") and Miami -Dade County ("County") sought to create the CRA, pursuant to Section 163.356, Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 82-755, adopted on July 29, 1982, the City Commission approved the CRA's Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-1677-82, adopted on December 7, 1982, the County's Board of County Commissioners ("County Commission") issued its approval of the CRA's Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, on December 31, 2007, the City, the County, and the SEOPW CRA entered into an Interlocal Agreement to provide for, among other things, the expansion of the SEOPW CRA's Redevelopment Area and the extension of the SEOPW CRA's life to 2030; and WHEREAS, Chapter 163.355, Florida Statutes, requires finding of necessity by a county or municipality, supported by data and analysis, which makes a legislative finding that conditions in the area meet the criteria of a slum area or a blighted area as defined by Sections 163.340(7) or (8), Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.355(1), Florida Statutes, one or more slum or blighted areas, or one or more areas in which there is a shortage of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, exist in such county or municipality; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.355(2), Florida Statues, the rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such area or areas, including, if appropriate, the development of housing which residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, can afford, is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such county or municipality; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-611-15, adopted on June 30, 2015, the County Commission established a policy requiring, at the sole expense of the SEOPW CRA, the preparation and submission of an assessment of need study that demonstrates that slum or blight still exists within a designated community redevelopment area whenever a Community Redevelopment Agency seeks approval from the Board of County Commissioners to extend its life and that of the Community Redevelopment Area; and WHEREAS, E.L. Waters and Company, LLC and the SEOPW CRA have prepared an Assessment of Need/Finding of Necessity, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," in accordance with Chapter 163.355, Florida Statutes, and County Resolution No. R-611-15 ("Assessment"); and WHEREAS, the Assessment supports the findings that within the Redevelopment Area, there is the following: (1) prevailing poverty and unemployment, (2) disadvantaged housing conditions, (3) public safety issues (Higher Crime and Health Disparities), (4) predominance of defective streets and sidewalks, (5) faulty lots layout and (6) vacant, damaged, and abandoned buildings; and WHEREAS, on June 26, 2018, the SEOPW CRA Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution CRA-R-18-0030 accepting the Assessment and making findings that there exists one or more slums or blighted areas in which there is a shortage of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, that there is a need for rehabilitation and development of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, and it is in the best interest and welfare of the residents of the City and County that the life of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency be extended until 2042; and WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to accept the Assessment, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," and direct the Executive Director to transmit a copy of the same to the County Commission to make a legislative finding that the conditions in the Redevelopment Area meet the criteria described in Chapter 163.340(7) or (8), 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 accepts the Assessment, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A." Section 3. The City Commission finds that the Redevelopment Area constitutes a slum or blighted area, as defined in Section 163.340, Florida Statutes. Section 4. The City Commission finds one or more slum or blighted area in which there is a shortage of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, exists. Section 5. The City Commission finds that the rehabilitation and development of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly is necessary and in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City and the County. Section 6. The City Commission finds that the Assessment supports the findings that within the Redevelopment Area, there is the following: (1) prevailing poverty and unemployment, (2) disadvantaged housing conditions, (3) public safety issues (Higher Crime and Health Disparities), (4) predominance of defective streets and sidewalks, (5) faulty lots layout and (6) vacant, damaged, and abandoned buildings. Section 7. The City Commission finds that is necessary and in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City and the County to extend the life of the CRA to and including 2042. Section 8. The Executive Director is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution and the Assessment to the County Commission to make a legislative finding that the conditions in the Redevelopment Area meet the criteria described in Chapter 163.340(7) or (8), Florida Statutes, and to the County Mayor and Clerk of the County Commission. Section 9. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.' APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ndez, City Attor ey 4/24/2019 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.