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Resolution R-19-0175
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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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
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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."
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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 ttor 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.
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