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Table of Contents for the
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan
September 2018
Section ONE
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Section TWO
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Introduction
This Document
Topics Frequently Asked from Neighborhood Stakeholders
Historical Context
21st Century Context
The Potential: A Livable City
History of the CRA
Extending the Life of the CRA
Revisions from the Original CRA Redevelopment Plan
Findings of Necessity
Assessment of Need
Legal Boundary Description
Goals and Guiding Principles
Redevelopment Goals
#1 Preserve Historic Buildings & Community Heritage
#2 Expand the Tax Base using Public -Private Principles
#3 Provide and Retain Housing Affordability
#4 Create Jobs within the Community
#5 Promote & Market the Community as a Cultural & Entertainment Destination
#6 Improve the Quality of Life for Residents
#7 Promote Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations
#8 Ensure Strategic Transportation Routes & Effective Parking
#9 Foster Safe Community Initiatives
Guiding Principles
1. The community must be livable. Land uses and transportation systems
must be coordinated with each other.
2. The neighborhood must retain access to affordable housing even as the
neighborhood becomes more desirable to households with greater means.
3. There must be variety in housing option
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Section THREE
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4. There must be variety in job options.
5. Walking within the neighborhood must be accessible, safe, and pleasant.
6. Local cultural events, institutions, and businesses are to be promoted.
7. The City and County must provide access to small parks and green spaces of
an urban character.
8. Older buildings that embody the area's cultural past should be restored.
9. Newer buildings must respond to our climate and reflect the community's
cultural heritage
10. Streets and buildings must be attractive.
11. Twenty -four-hour environments are to be encouraged.
12. Identifiable neighborhood centers are to be established in a distributed
pattern within Overtown and Park West.
13. The zoning and other development regulations must be reworked to yield
the results envisioned in this Redevelopment Plan.
14. Restore a sense of community and unify the area culturally.
Land Use Regulations, Tranportation and Parking
Conceptual Plan Diagram
o Land Uses & Residential Units
o Publicly Owned Land for Public Improvements
o Open Spaces: Parks, Plazas, and Green Spaces
o Transportation System: Smart Plan, Brightline and Tri-Rail Plans
❑ Reestablishing the Traditional Urban Network of Streets
❑ Pedestrian Friendly Street Improvements
❑ Promoting the Return of Two-way Streets
❑ Rail and Transit Routes
SMART Plan
Tri-Rail Expansion
o Parking
❑ Providing and Retaining On -street Parking
❑ Off-street Parking
o Land Development Regulations
Zoning Map
o Physical Plan
❑ Changes to I-395
Section FOUR Projects and Programs
Page 38 • Project Areas and Program Initiatives, An Overview
38 • Criteria for Physical Improvements
38 • Project Areas - Stakeholders Roles
Page 40 o Project Area A. Park West/Downtown
Page 43 o Project Area B. Overtown (including the Overtown Cultural and
Entertainment District
Page 48 o Project Area C. Overtown Communities, Town Park, St. Agnes and
Rainbow Housing
Page 50 o Project Area D. Historic Overtown Priority Business Corridor
Page 52 o Project Area E. Overtown Culmer Community
Page 55 • Programs
55 I. Community Heritage and Historic Preservation
Page 60 II. Promotion and Enhancement of Overtown and Park West as a Business
61 Location
Page 64 III. Planning, Development, Technical Assistance and Program Compliance
Page 65 IV. Street Improvements, Utility Infrastructure and Transportation
65 V. Home Ownership Pre -qualification and Counseling
65 VI. Grants to Small Businesses
65 VII. Public Safety / Policing Innovations
Page 67 VIII. Summary Chart of Projects and Goals
Section FIVE
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Section SIX
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Section SEVEN
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Capital Improvement Costs and Timeline
• Introduction
• Capital Improvement Goals
• Prioritizing Capital Improvements
• Potential Funding Sources
• Capital Improvement Costs by Project Area
• Timeline and Capital Improvement Costs — Summary
Residential Uses and Neighborhood Impact of Redevelopment
• Neighborhood Overview
• Housing Policy
• Relocation Policy
• Traffic Circulation
• Environmental Quality
• Community Facilities and Services
• Physical and Social Quality
Transit Oriented Development
Plan Management
Powers of the CRA
Powers Not Assigned to the CRA
Authority to Undertake Redevelopment
Future Amendments to this Redevelopment Plan
State of Florida Statutory Requirements
Safeguards and Assurances
Land Acquisition
Section EIGHT
Section NINE
Section TEN
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Definitions
Directory of Local Organizations
Appendices
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F.
Previous Planning Work for the Area
Acknowledgments
1982 Resolution adopting the SEOPW CRA
Resolution Adopting the Extension of the Life of the CRA
Assessment of Need Study
Advertisements of Public Notice to Accept the Plan Update
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION
This Document
This is a 2018 update to the 2009 Amend-
ment of the 1982 Southeast Overtown/
Park West Community Redevelopment
Plan (referred to as "Redevelopment Plan"
or "Community Redevelopment Plan"),
and was commissioned by the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevel-
opment Agency ("CRA" or "SEOPW CRA"),
and the CRA's governing bodies, the City
of Miami ("City") and Miami -Dade County
("County") to provide an updated planning
document for the redevelopment of the
Park West and Overtown neighborhoods in
accordance with the Community Redevel-
opment Act of 1969 ("Act").
The 1982 Redevelopment Plan has not
been effective in the Redevelopment Area,
due to the lack of financing ability by the
CRA and private enterprises. The need to
update the 1982 Plan and provide a financ-
ing strategy for the implementation of the
CRA's activities in the Redevelopment Area
has become imminent due to the contin-
ued existence of "Slum and Blight" within
the Redevelopment Area boundaries. It is
the intent of this extensive amendment of
the 1982 Redevelopment Plan to address
ways in which the CRA can maximize op-
portunities presented by current initiatives
and trends and transform Southeast Over-
town/Park West into a thriving mixed -use
neighborhood and commercial hub in the
heart of downtown, as provided for by this
revised Community Redevelopment Plan.
This update reflects the extension of the
CRA's term to include the remaining years
allowed by Florida Statute 163.385(1) (A) to
2042.
Topics Frequently Asked by
Neighborhood Stakeholders
Every Redevelopment Area has certain
urgent concerns and problems that the
community wants addressed. While a num-
ber of these issues can be resolved through
local government, some of these issues
need to be remedied by members of the
community.
Adopting Redevelopment Plans and cre-
ating community redevelopment agencies
are not solutions in themselves, but only
vehicles to get to solutions. There needs to
be grass -root efforts to further stimulate
interest in, education of, and visions for the
revitalization of the redevelopment neigh-
borhoods. Overtown and Park West stake-
holders frequently ask questions about:
• Affordable housing for existing
residents.
• Places to work and creation of new jobs
for current residents in Overtown and
Park West.
• Quality of Life; Shopping, entertain-
ment, restaurants and attractiveness of
community.
• Public Safety.
Historical Context
The Southeast Overtown/Park West Rede-
velopment Area encompasses one of the
oldest residential and commercial areas of
the City of Miami, although few structures
of historic or cultural significance remain.
Overtown and Park West each have their
own historic past, but for practical rea-
sons and proximity, their futures are linked
together.
OVERTOWN
"Overtown" is one of the oldest neigh-
borhoods in Miami settled by Bahamians
about the time that Miami was founded in
the 1890s. They were not allowed to live
in the other developing areas of Miami.
Jobs available to Overtown residents were
mostly associated with Henry Flagler's
Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad Company,
the burgeoning tourist service industry, and
agriculture. Like in many southern Ameri-
can towns, the African American commu-
nity lived on the other side of the railroad
tracks from most white families, closer to
the citrus and pineapple farms. The name
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"Overtown" came from people saying that
they were going "over town" to this neigh-
borhood. It was also referred to in the past
as "Colored Town."
The area grew and developed into a
vibrant community. African Americans
became business owners and established
a viable economic community by con-
structing schools, homes, churches, hotels,
apartments, theaters, night clubs and small
neighborhood markets.
In the 1920's and 1930's, NW 2nd Avenue
was known as "Avenue G," and was a major
corridor for entertainment, retail stores,
and hotels. Dr. W.B.. Sawyer built the first
African American owned hotel in the area
in 1921.
The population continued to grow until the
early 1960's. Desegregation, urban renewal,
the Neighborhood Development Program,
and construction of the SR-836/I-395 and
I-95 expressways significantly changed
the character of the neighborhood and
tragically, residents from Overtown were
scattered and relocated. Economic, physi-
cal and social decay became pronounced
and has progressively contributed to the
decline in the area.
Various planning efforts have taken place
over the last few decades. For a list of
these planning studies, see Appendix A,
entitled
"Previous Plan Studies."
PARK WEST
Most of the area currently referred to as
Park West was part of the original "Miami"
Subdivision platted in 1896 by the principal
developers of the early City of Miami, Mary
and William Brickell, Julia Tuttle, Henry
Flagler, and the Fort Dallas Land Company.
While the initial development of Park West
focused on residential projects, it soon
established a commercial character, in the
form of warehouses, associated with its
downtown location and proximity to the
Port of Miami, when formerly located at
the site of present day Bicentennial Park.
The name "Park West" derives from this
area being located "west" of the "park."
Before 1964, this area was basically a ware-
house and wholesale district related to the
old port. When the port moved, so did the
wholesale businesses and storage facilities.
Few of the remaining businesses have any
functional relation to the port now locat-
ed on Dodge Island in Biscayne Bay. New
warehouses and container storage areas
are provided on Dodge Island and areas
west of the Miami International Airport.
21st Century Context
The 1982 Southeast Overtown/Park West
Redevelopment Area encompassed ap-
proximately 279 acres of land generally
bounded by Biscayne Boulevard on the
east; I-95 on the west; I-395 on the north;
and NW 5th Street on the south. In 1986,
the boundaries were expanded to include
the areas bounded by NW 1st Street
on the south, Metrorail right-of-way on
the west, NW 5th Street on the north,
and North Miami Avenue on the east.
In 2009 this Plan expanded the SEOPW
CRA boundary. In 2018 the plan is being
updated to consider additional solutions
that will potentially affect the continued
existence of "Slum and Blight and the max-
imum amount of time allowed by law to rid
the area of the conditions that contribute
to the existence of "Slum and Blight".
In preparation of this planning effort, an
evaluation of the existing slum and blight
conditions was conducted in the CRA
areas. This evaluation revealed that slum
and blight conditions persist throughout,
providing further justification for extending
the SEOPW CRA term.
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Addressing and improving these con-
ditions is a key purpose of this plan.
A summary of the evaluation of slum
and blight conditions are set forth in
Appendix G, entitled "Assessment of
Need Study.
Despite its challenges, Southeast Over-
town/Park West is advantageously sit-
uated between Downtown Miami and
the Omni area, Motion Picture/Media
("Media") District, and the Entertainment
District, and is near Miami Beach, Miami
International Airport, and the regional
transportation system. What happens in
the larger context will, therefore, shape
and be shaped by what happens in
Southeast Overtown/Park West.
Located directly north of Overtown and
Park West, the Omni Media and Entertain-
ment Districts are still undergoing a rapid
transformation into a regional epicenter of
the cultural and performing arts.
North East 14th Street just east of the
CRA and next door to what is to become
the new Miami Innovation district is the
regional Adrienne Arsht Center for the
Performing Arts of Miami -Dade County a
regional center for the theatrical perform-
ing arts. The center includes a 2,200-seat
symphony hall, a 2,480- seat ballet/opera
house, a 200-seat black box theater, and
ancillary support and educational services.
The completion of this exciting complex
has served as a strong catalyst for rede-
velopment, a phenomenon that has been
further enhanced by a concerted effort
to attract media, arts, and entertainment
related businesses and facilities to the
neighborhood.
South of Overtown and Park West, Down-
town Miami's central business district
is a flourishing center of international
business, finance, telecommunications,
government and trade. With over 131,000
workers, 4,000+ hotel rooms, and attrac-
tions, such as the Bayside Marketplace,
the American Airlines Arena, and the
Miami -Dade Cultural Center, Downtown
Miami is a dynamic destination that has
the potential to positively impact adja-
cent neighborhoods such as Southeast
Overtown/Park West. Despite its dyna-
mism, Downtown Miami once lacked the
residential component that was necessary
to transform it into a true 24-hour city
center. With the latest development boom
of 2011-til now, several new residential
and mixed -use development projects have
been constructed along Biscayne
Boulevard and the core of the Park West
area of the SEOPW CRA. Most of these
developments are viewed as market rate
and luxury rate properties with limited
accommodation for the middle class or
working-class citizens desiring an urban
residence. With its advantageous location
and untapped redevelopment potential,
Southeast Overtown/Park West presents
perhaps the best opportunity to develop a
livable downtown core.
The City of Miami is proactively planning
its neighborhoods, and there are several
current initiatives that will have a direct
impact on the Southeast Overtown/
Park West Redevelopment Area. Plan-
ning efforts, such as the "Baylink Draft
Environmental Impact Statement" (DEIS),
"Bicentennial Park Master Plan," "Down-
town Transportation Master Plan," and
"Overtown Greenprint Plan" are integral
to the redevelopment of the area, and
coordination between these efforts is
key. Some of the more specific planning
projects include: the Flagler Marketplace
development in Downtown Miami; rede-
velopment of the Omni Mall into a retail,
entertainment and office complex; rede-
velopment of the Overtown Cultural and
Entertainment District as the cornerstone
of the planned Folklife Village in South-
east Overtown. This plan presents the
best opportunity to integrate these initia-
tives into a cohesive vision for the area.
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The Potential: A Livable City
Well -located at the confluence of the
Americas, Miami has emerged as the West-
ern Hemisphere's international trading
center and one of the world's most vibrant
and dynamic metropolises. Founded in
1896, Miami quickly established itself as
one of the nation's premier tourist desti-
nations with its world-renowned climate
and natural beauty. Tourism defined the
economy for much of the last century and
remains a major industry. Nonetheless,
the last thirty years have seen an unprece-
dented diversification of Miami's economy,
as its strategic location, excellent trans-
portation linkages, and culturally diverse
population have led to its ascent as the
"gateway to Latin America" and one of the
nation's true international business centers.
Greater Miami today is a cosmopolitan
metropolis of over two million people, and
a leading center of finance, trade, tourism
and telecommunications.
Despite these advantages, Miami has
lacked one of the most important charac-
teristics of great world cities — a walkable,
mixed -use center that is a desirable place
to work, play and live. Bathed in decorative
neon light, the Downtown Miami skyline
beckons at night, which belies the fact that
its streets are virtually deserted. Few of the
approximately 131,000 people who work
in downtown actually live there. At the
close of each business day, they disperse
to points north, east, south and west of
Miami. While in the recent past, it is true
that many would choose a suburban loca-
tion regardless, it is also true that Down-
town Miami has a shortage of affordable
housing and neighborhood services that
would make it a viable alternative for those
who would otherwise find it a desirable
place to both live and work.
In the past few decades, Miami has made
a concerted effort to take advantage of
the new economic realities of globalization
and the rise of information technology.
Its location provides a competitive advan-
tage, as does a relatively well -developed
privately initiated and funded technology
infrastructure. While that may not have
been enough, recent studies indicate that
the businesses and workers of the new
economy seek out and thrive in mixed- use
environments that foster accessibility, so-
cial interaction, and the exchange of ideas.
This has resulted in a reversal of trends of
the 1970's and 1980's, which saw econom-
ic activity centers move from city centers
to suburban office parks and "edge cit-
ies" that sprang up overnight. In contrast,
the economic activity centers of the new
economy are increasingly located in central
city neighborhoods like San Francisco's
Multimedia Gulch, the Digital Harbor in
Baltimore, and downtown San Jose.
With its strategic location and untapped
redevelopment potential, the Southeast
Overtown/Park West neighborhood pres-
ents the best opportunity for the develop-
ment of a thriving, mixed -use economic
and activity center in Miami's downtown.
This plan charts a course to fully realizing
Southeast Overtown/Park West's possibil-
ities.
History of the CRA
On July 29, 1982, the Miami City Commis-
sion, by Resolution No. 82-755, approved
the Southeast Overtown/Park West Com-
munity Redevelopment Plan. On December
7, 1982, the Board of County Commission-
ers of Miami -Dade County, by Resolution
No. R-1677-82, approved the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevel-
opment Plan. On March 31, 1983, the City
and the County executed an Interlocal
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Agreement which provided for the delega-
tion of redevelopment powers to the City
and the establishment of the redevelop-
ment trust fund to receive tax increment
revenues. In 1985 the Park West area was
included in the CRA's then -existing bound-
aries. During the summer of 2002, the
SEOPW CRA Board proposed to expand
the boundaries to include some of the ar-
eas of Overtown west of Interstate 95 and
areas surrounding NW 3rd Avenue north
of Interstate 395. This boundary expan-
sion was later adopted by the Miami City
Commission on July 28, 2002, pursuant to
Ordinance No. 12247. Notwithstanding, no
action was taken by the Board of County
Commissioners of Miami -Dade County on
this boundary expansion.
On December 31, 2007, the City, the
County, the SEOPW CRA, and the Omni
Redevelopment District Community Rede-
velopment Agency entered into an Inter-
Iocal Agreement to provide for, among
other things, the expansion of the South-
east Overtown/Park West Redevelopment
Area and the extension of its life. Pursuant
to the Interlocal Agreement, the parties
agreed that the CRA would cause a Find-
ing of Necessity report to be prepared in
which the conditions of slum and blight
within the Redevelopment Area would be
documented, and to cause an update to
the 2009 Amendment to the Redevelop-
ment Plan to be prepared.
Extending the Life of the CRA
Section 163.361(3)(a), Florida Statutes,
provides that the CRA may recommend a
change in the boundaries or extend the
time set forth in the Redevelopment Plan
it becomes necessary to amend or modify
the Redevelopment Plan. The advantages
to extending the term of the SEOPW CRA
is to continue its efforts to rid Slum and
Blight in the area as evidenced by the As-
sessment of Need Study of 2018 and use
the SEOPW CRA's resources to incentivize
and facilitate redevelopment in the more
disadvantaged areas of the CRA.
Revisions from the Original CRA Re-
development Plan
The Southeast Overtown/Park West Com-
munity Redevelopment Plan, Revised
December 1982 (sometimes referred to
as "the '82 Plan") was prepared for two
primary reasons:
1) To establish the need for a CRA; and
2) To guide the SEOPW CRA's redevelop-
ment activities.
This document is the extensive 2018
amendment to the Southeast Overtown/
Park West Community Redevelopment
Plan. This document replaces the previous
2009 amendment to the Redevelopment
Plan and the "82 Plan" and is hereafter
referred to as the "Community Redevel-
opment Plan amendment and update" or
"Redevelopment Plan Update"
Findings of Necessity
Section 163.355, state that "[n]o county or
municipality shall exercise the community
redevelopment authority ..., until after the
governing body has adopted a resolution,
supported by data and analysis, which
makes a legislative finding that the condi-
tions in the area meet the statutory defini-
tion of "slum" and "blight."
In 1969, the Board of County Commission-
ers of Miami -Dade County, by Resolution
No. R-1117-69 approved the Central
Miami Renewal Plan ("CMRP"). The CMRP
examined the area south of NW 20th
Street; west of the FEC Railroad, with an
extension to NE. 2nd Avenue; east of
I-95; and north of the Miami River. It was
amended on January 20, 1981, to include
the areas bounded on the west and south
by the FEC tracks; on the east by Biscayne
Boulevard; and on the north by I-395, as
well as the area bounded on the south by
I-395; on the east by Biscayne Boulevard;
on the north by NW 17th Street in part,
and the City of Miami Cemetery in part;
and on the west by the FEC tracks.
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While the areas were found to meet the
definition of "slum" and "blight," only a
portion of this area was included in the
original SEOPW CRA Redevelopment Area.
Most of the conditions described in the
1982 Plan are still prevalent today in the
existing Redevelopment Area, in that, there
is still a decline in population, marginal
retail facilities, and an excessive amount
of vacant and underdeveloped properties.
Most of the multi -family buildings, single
family houses, and duplexes suffer from
structural deterioration. Most of retail
buildings are vacant, making the vacancy
rate of commercial uses greater than fifty
percent.
In June 2018, in accordance with Section
163.355, and as required by the Interlo-
cal Agreement dated December 31, 2007,
the SEOPW CRA caused an Assessment of
Need Study (Assessment) ("2018 Assess-
ment") to be prepared in which the area
was examined to determine whether condi-
tions of slum and blight were present.
The 2018 Assessment provided evidence of
the following:
• Predominance of defective or inade-
quate street layout, parking facilities,
roadways, and public transportation;
• Faulty lot layout in relation to size,
• Adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness;
• Unsanitary or unsafe conditions due to
environmental contamination;
• Site and structural deterioration;
• Existence of crime; and
• Physical and economic conditions
conducive to disease, infant mortali-
ty, poverty, and crime because of the
predominance of dilapidated, deteri-
orating, antiquated and obsolescent
buildings and the existence of condi-
tions that endanger life and property by
fire and other causes. The 2018 Assess-
ment concluded that the existence of
slum and blight conditions within the
Redevelopment Area, if left unattend-
ed, would persist. These conditions will
lead to an economic and social liability
to the City of Miami and could con-
sume additional County and municipal
resources to address the myriad of
issues outlined above, while reducing
the local tax base.
Assessment of Need Study
On June 26, 2018, the CRA board accepted
and adopted an Assessment of Need Study.
This Assessment of Need Study (Asess-
ment) prepared pursuant to Miami -Dade
County Resolution No. R-611-15, which
established the guidelines policy for the
preparation and submission of an assess-
ment whenever a Community Redevelop-
ment Agency "CRA" petitions to extend the
life of the CRA.
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Legal Boundary Description
The Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Area is
hereafter described as follows:
The legal description of the Study Area is physically defined as
beginning near the southeast corner of Lummus Park; at the south-
west corner of the intersection of NW 2nd Street and NW 3rd
Court; continue north to the north side of NW 5th Street; then west
along the north side of NW 5th Street to the east side of NW 7th
Avenue; then north along the east side of NW 7th Avenue to the
north side of NW 22nd Street; then east along the north side of NW
22nd Street to the east side of NW 5th Avenue; then south on the
east side of NW 5th Avenue to the North Side of NW 22nd Street;
then east on the north side of NW 22nd Street to the west side of
NW 2nd Avenue; then north on the west side of NW 2nd Avenue
to the north side of NW 22nd Street; then east on the north side of
NW 22nd Street to the east side of NW lst Place; then south on the
east side of NW 1st Place to the north side of NW 14th Street; then
east along the north side of NW 14th Street to the east side of NW
1st Avenue; then south along the east side of NW 1st Avenue to
the southern edge of the I-395 ROW; then east along the southern
edge of the I-395 ROW to the western side of Biscayne Boulevard;
then south along the west side of Biscayne Boulevard to the north
side of NE 5th Street; then west along the north side of NE 5th
Street to the west side of North Miami Avenue; then south along
the west side of North Miami Avenue to the north side of NW 1st
Street; then west along the north side of NW 1st Street past NW lst
Avenue, to include properties abutting the west side of NW 1st Av-
enue; then north along the western edge of said properties to the
north side of NW 5th Street; then west along the north side of NW
5th Street to the east side of NW 3rd Avenue; then south along the
east side of NW 3rd Avenue to the south side of NW 2nd Street;
then west along the south side of NW 2nd street to the southwest
corner of the intersection of NW 2nd Street and NW 3rd Court.
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SECTION TWO: GOALS AND PRINCIPLES
Redevelopment Goals
The redevelopment goals set forth in this
2018 updated Redevelopment Plan serve
as parameters for the SEOPW CRA Board
and staff members when making decisions,
taking actions, and strategizing for projects
and programs for the Redevelopment Area.
They guide the agency's public policy, ap-
propriation of funds, and priorities in elim-
inating the conditions of slum and blight
within the Redevelopment Area.
The goals are:
1. Preserve Historic Buildings and Cultural
Heritage; by incorporating the Cultural
Arts as a critical component of Econom-
ic Development through public private
partnerships .
2. Expand the Tax Base using Public -Pri-
vate principles; by following the current
land use policies for sound real estate
acquisitions, assemblage, development,
and creating viable commercial corri-
dors within the SEOPW CRA through
Public -Private Partnerships.
3. Provide and Retain Housing Afford-
ability; working with the City of Miami,
Miami -Dade County and the private
sector to encourage and create a sound
balance of very low-income housing, af-
fordable, workforce and mixed -income
housing within the CRA.
4. Create jobs within the community;
by targeting commercial and cultural
ventures that will provide life sustain-
able jobs to residents in the Overtown
community.
5. Promote and Market the Community
—as a Cultural and Entertainment Desti-
nation rich in history with a distinctive
and strong sense of place that is at-
tractive to families and individuals of all
backgrounds making the SEOPW area a
unique community.
6. Improve the Quality of Life for resi-
dents; creating housing, recreation and
work environments where healthy out-
comes are the result of a planned and
sustainable effort designed to improve
the quality of life for Overtown resi-
dents in the CRA.
7. Promote Entrepreneurship and Tech-
nology Innovations; by working with the
private sector to encourage the creation
of opportunities through new technol-
ogy for service delivery, and public &
private partnerships that will assist in
helping small businesses build capacity.
8. Ensure that Transit connects to the
Employment Centers of Miami Dade
County and Parking is efficient.
9. Foster safe community initiatives to
provide for public safety through Com-
munity Policing Innovations.
This Redevelopment Plan identifies four-
teen guiding principles. The numbering
of goals and principles in this plan is not
intended to imply a prioritization of impor-
tance. All goals and principles are of equal
importance to the revitalization of the
SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agen-
cy. The matrix on the next page shows
that all the Guiding Principles work toward
more than one goal. Following the Matrix,
each of the Guiding Principles are further
explained.
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GOALS AND GUIDING
PRINCIPLES
Goal #1
Preserve
Historic
Buildings&
Community
Heritage
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Expand
the Tax
Base using
Public-
Private
Principles
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Provide
and Retain
Housing
Affordability
Goa1#4
Create Jobs
within the
Community
Goal#5
Promote &
Market the
Community as
aCultural&
Entertainment
Destination
Goal#6
Improve the
Quality of Life
for Residents
Goa1#7
Promote
Entrepreneurship
and Technology
Innovations
Goal #8
Ensure
Strategic
Transportation
Routes&
Effective
Parking
Goal # 9
Foster Safe
Community
Initiatives
Principle 1:
Livable Community
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Principle 2:
Access to Affordable Housing
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Principle 3:
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Job Variety
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Principle 5:
Walkable Streets
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Principle 6:
Promotion of Cultural Events and
Business
Principle 7:
Access to Green Space/Parks
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Principle 8:
Historic Preservation
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Principle 9:
Buildings Reflect Cultural Heritage
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Principle 10
Attractive Streets & Buildings foster
strong identity
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Principle 11:
24-Hour Environment
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Principle 12:
Neighborhood Centers
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Principle 13:
Revised Zoning reflected in designs
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Principle 14
Restore distinctive community
identity
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Guiding Principles
All actions affecting the Redevelopment
Area by a government entity, agency,
service provider, or private property owner
are to be judged according to the Guiding
Principles and the Land Use Regulations
described in Section 3. If any new projects
or efforts are being proposed that are not
identified in Section 4, then their relevance
should be judged by the goals and the
following principles.
Principle 1: The community must be
livable. Land uses, and transportation
systems must be coordinated with each
other.
The most important combination to make a
community livable is to have land uses and
transportation systems working together
in concert. Ideally, a successful neighbor-
hood will offer the opportunity to reside,
work, and carry out the other activities of
daily life (i.e., shopping, recreation, enter-
tainment, religious and cultural events,
education, etc.) all within an area of com-
fortable walking distance. To achieve this, a
thoughtful mix of residential, employment,
commercial and community- serving uses
should be promoted by the City and CRA
in a densely developed and well- designed
urban fabric. Neighborhood -serving com-
mercial uses, such as pharmacies, grocery
stores, bank branches, dry cleaners, restau-
rants, day care facilities, and entertainment
establishments (i.e. bowling alleys, cinemas,
etc.) should be incorporated into the neigh-
borhood fabric to serve the population
and reduce automobile dependency. Also,
civic buildings and community -serving uses
such as schools, libraries, police stations,
fire stations, and parks should be provided
and located in such a manner as to create
community focal points and strengthen
neighborhood identity. Great cities are built
up from groups of such neighborhoods.
Transportation modes must be balanced
and varied too, so that one can choose to
walk, drive, take a taxi, or ride a bike, a bus,
or community transit in the form of Metro -
rail or Metromover.
Overtown and Park West can be thought of
as a group of neighborhoods. To reposition
Southeast Overtown/Park West as a livable
area, a mixture of housing types, service es-
tablishments, and employment centers must
be provided within each of these neighbor-
hoods.
Though no two neighborhoods are exactly
alike, neighborhoods are traditionally about
one -quarter mile from center to edge, for
several reasons. This is thought by scholars
to be a dimension within which residents
can come to know many of their neighbors
well and form a detailed "mental map" of
their daily territory. This helps explain why
the ten-minute walk diameter can be ob-
served in historical settlements from many
time periods, and in cultures all around the
world.
Perhaps more importantly today, most
people are willing to walk distances ap-
proximately ten minutes away before
choosing another mode of transportation,
provided they are presented with a pedes-
trian- friendly, safe environment. To reduce
unnecessary car trips and dependence on
the automobile, the most livable neighbor-
hoods in modern cities include an array of
residential, business, retail, and neighbor-
hood -serving uses within that ten-minute
area. While today's technology offers mul-
tiple means of transportation, "walkability"
remains a key component of the vibrant and
healthy neighborhood and an important de-
terminant of neighborhood boundaries.
Superimposing a ten-minute walking diam-
eter on Southeast Overtown/Park West, and
a review of historic development patterns,
reveals that the area is comprised of five
distinct neighborhoods: Park West/Down-
town, Overtown, including the Overtown
Cultural Entertainment District, Overtown
Communities, Historic Overtown Business
Corridor and Overtown Culmer Community.
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Determining how to improve infrastructure
services and the provision of uses in each of
these smaller neighborhoods is the most ef-
fective strategy for improving the area. The
vision of this Redevelopment Plan is, there-
fore, to improve the Redevelopment Area
by transforming it into a group of healthy
mixed -use neighborhoods and connect-
ing those neighborhoods with a variety of
transportation options.
Principle 2: The neighborhood must
retain access to affordable housing even
as the neighborhood becomes more
desirable to households with greater
means.
Based on comments and discussions made
at various community meetings in Overtown
and Park West, it is quite clear that there is
consensus among existing residents, former
residents, CRA and City staff, and elected
officials that Overtown must retain afford-
able housing, and our priority to affordable
housing and job opportunities must be
given to existing and former residents of
Overtown. The SEOPW CRA's Housing Poli-
cy is stated in this Redevelopment Plan and
can be found in Section 6.
Principle 3: There must be variety in
housing options.
Affordable housing in Downtown Miami and
the neighborhoods of Southeast Overtown/
Park West is extremely limited. The exist-
ing inventory consists of two main options,
lower -priced substandard houses and apart-
ments and luxury rate housing. This lack of
residential alternatives inhibits efforts to
foster a 24-hour downtown and limits op-
tions for those who would otherwise choose
to reside in a center city location.
A mix of market rate and affordable housing
units and types, including rental units, own-
ership units, multi -family units, single- fami-
ly units, and accessory apartments, is nec-
essary to accommodate the diversity and
lifestyles of existing and future residents.
The Overtown and Park West of the future
will take advantage of their urban character
and infrastructure and provide an attrac-
tive array of residential choices for current
and new residents. The neighborhoods
must ensure the integration of different
economic sectors to stimulate a positive
shaping of the urban space.
Principle 4: There must be variety in
employment opportunities.
Employment options should be located
within the neighborhoods to accommodate
those who wish to reduce dependence on
the automobile and long commutes. As with
access to affordable housing, there appears
to be consensus in the community that em-
ployment opportunities be made available
to existing residents of Overtown as a high
priority.
Principle 5: Walking within the neigh-
borhood must be accessible, safe, and
pleasant.
Streets have many responsibilities. They
act as a system for movement, providing
mobility and ways to move around the City.
Even more importantly, their right-of-way
serves as the "front door" to private proper-
ties. The character and design of the street,
and thus the resulting "curb appeal," have
a direct correlation to the type and quality
of development projects, real estate val-
ues, and economic potential that exist in a
community.
Providing a range of choices for moving
safely and comfortably throughout the
neighborhood is an integral function of the
city street network. Neighborhood streets
should therefore be designed to accommo-
date several transportation choices, includ-
ing walking, bicycles, mopeds, automobiles,
and mass transit. The provision of a con-
tinuous, two-way street grid in Southeast
Overtown/Park West will increase acces-
sibility and reduce congestion, while the
provision of wide shaded sidewalks, walk-
able block sizes, on -street parking, bicycle
paths, and transit services increases the
range of choices for moving to, from, and
within the Redevelopment Area. Creating
pedestrian- friendly streets encourages the
development of street -level businesses and
natural surveillance.
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development of street -level businesses and
natural surveillance.
Principle 6: Local cultural events,
institutions, and businesses are to be
promoted.
For Southeast Overtown/Park West to
achieve its full potential, it is necessary
to address and improve the neighbor-
hood economy and expand the economic
opportunities of present and future res-
idents and businesses. This entails both
the support and enhancement of existing
businesses and local entrepreneurs and the
attraction of new businesses that provide
needed services and economic opportu-
nities. New economy business centers are
characterized by concentrations of com-
peting but complementary businesses that
are driven by the advantages of co -loca-
tion. Redevelopment efforts should actively
identify opportunities for Southeast Over-
town/Park West to capitalize on this trend.
Principle 7: The City and County must
provide access to small parks and green
spaces of an urban character.
Access to public parks and green spaces
is a key element of quality of life in urban
neighborhoods, as natural environments
provide essential respite in an urban envi-
ronment. Therefore, it is vital that a series
of green spaces and parks, preferably
linked by greenways, be developed with-
in each neighborhood and that existing
green spaces and parks be enhanced to
provide a genuine amenity to the quality
of life for existing and future residents.
These green spaces, parks, and greenways
will be an important element in develop-
ing and maintaining community aesthetics
and identity, providing recreational and
social opportunities for residents and
visitors, and attracting new residents and
businesses.
Principle 8: Older buildings that em-
body the area's cultural past should be
restored.
Older buildings in the Redevelopment Area
are physical reminders of the communi-
ty's heritage and enhance the experience
of giving it a richness that cannot easily
be obtained once the buildings are lost.
Unfortunately, far too many of the historic
buildings identified in the 1982 Plan have
been demolished despite the efforts of The
Black Archives History and Research Foun-
dation of South Florida, Inc. and other local
initiatives.
Principle 9: New and rehabilitated
buildings must respond to our climate
and reflect the community's cultural
heritage.
Established neighborhoods are distin-
guished by architecture that is indicative
of their history, climate, and function.
Successful redevelopment efforts capitalize
on these elements rather than imposing
development that is disconnected from
what has come before. South Beach pro-
vides an excellent example of this concept
in action; its redevelopment was predicat-
ed on its rich architectural heritage and
history, and as a result, has been wildly
successful. The five (5) neighborhoods
that comprise Southeast Overtown / Park
West Redevelopment Area boast unique
features and architecture that reflect their
history and function. The redevelopment of
these neighborhoods should occur with-
in the context of these histories and new
development should acknowledge the past
traditions and further their future. When-
ever possible, buildings of architectural
merit should be adapted to new needs and
creatively reused.
Principle 10: Streets and buildings must
be attractive.
Neighborhoods are defined by their public
realm, the spaces between buildings. The
streets, sidewalks, parks, greenways, and
civic uses bring the community together
and link it to the outside world fostering
a distinctive community. A vibrant and
engaging public realm serves as the neigh-
borhood's canvas and lifeblood, a means
for inspiring and captivating residents and
visitors.
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Sound urban design, attractive buildings,
and streetscapes are essential to having
streets that are both functional and visually
attractive. Looks are important to current
residents who will feel community pride
when receiving pleasant comments about
where they live. Looks are important to at-
tracting investors to make other improve-
ments to the neighborhood.
To have attractive, pedestrian -friendly
urban streets, buildings must be set close
together, and building heights and road
widths must be compatible. Building walls
with their windows and doors, that open to
the street, should come together to form a
continuous facade.
Maintenance of public streets and spaces
must occur in a consistent manner. Private
property owners must do their part too,
paint buildings when they start to peel or
fade and clean up yards or vacant proper-
ties. If the owners are not inspired to make
improvements or repairs when the need
becomes visually obvious, then it is Code
Enforcement's job to deliver a citation to
them.
Principle 11: 24-hour environments
should be encouraged.
A common feature of prosperous metro-
politan cores is a "24-hour environment":
a broad and diverse offering of cultural,
entertainment, and recreational options
that attract and engage residents and
visitors on weekends and after the workday
ends. This environment encourages social
interaction and is a catalyst for economic
vitality and attracting businesses and resi-
dents. Southeast Overtown and Park West
provide an excellent opportunity to create
the 24-hour environment that Downtown
Miami lacks.
Principle 12: Identifiable
neighborhood centers are to be
established in a distributed pattern
within Overtown and Park West.
Cohesive neighborhoods have strong cen-
ters, identifiable from their concentration
of higher density residential, commercial,
and civic uses, and/or a signature public
open space such as a park, square or plaza.
The neighborhood center helps ensure the
provision of various uses within a walkable
area and is essential to the establishment
of neighborhood identity. Neighborhood
centers should be developed in each of
the five neighborhoods that comprise the
Redevelopment Area.
Principle 13: The zoning and other
development regulations should pro-
mote walkability, connectivity, mixed -
use and density of housing products and
commercial space.
The current code adopted in 2009, Miami
21 focuses on a method of regulating
development to achieve a specific urban
form. This form would allow the SEOPW
CRA to have development that takes into
consideration the relationship between
streets, pedestrians and public space. This
would yield the results envisioned in this
Community Redevelopment Plan.
Principle 14: Restore a sense of
community and unify the area
culturally.
The SEOPW CRA needs to do whatever is
in its power to bring back the vitality that
once gave Overtown its character, sense of
place, and cultural distinctiveness.
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SECTION THREE: LAND USE REGULATIONS,
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING
Project Area Diagram
The Project Area Diagram to the right shows the basic
framework used to shape the Redevelopment Plan. Sever-
al public and private groups have studied the same areas
either prior to or in parallel with this Redevelopment Plan.
Many concepts set forth in these plans have been incor-
porated or consolidated into the diagrams that follow and
have contributed to shape this Community Redevelop-
ment Plan. These plans include the following:
• The Overtown Greenway Plan
• The Overtown Greenprint Plan
• Miami Downtown Transportation Master Plan
• Miami: The Downtown Master Plan
• The Historic Overtown Folklife Village Plan
• Bicentennial Park Plan
• Biscayne Blvd Special Area Plan
• Performing Arts Center Site Plan
A summary of the many ideas raised by various planning
efforts over the last few decades is provided in Appendix
A, entitled "Previous Planning Work for the Areal".
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Land Uses & Residential Units
As described throughout this Redevelopment Plan, the intent
is to mix land uses within the Redevelopment Area as much
as possible. The exceptions will be where there are large
areas of government offices and facilities or where there are
concentrations of single-family detached houses. A wide
range of residential types is sought with this Redevelopment
Plan. Measures must be put in place to retain affordability
while encouraging market rate housing in the area
SEOPW CRA EXISTING LAND USE
EXISTING LAND USE DESCRIPTION
I Single -Family. Med-Densely (2-5 DU/GrossAcre).
I Single -Family, High Density (Over 5 DU/Gross Acre, other Man Townhouses. Duplexes and Mobile Hanes'
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- Multi -Family High Density (Ova 25 DU/GreesAcre).
▪ Private Recreational Facilities Associated with private Residential Developments, except marinas/ye'
- Municipal Operated Parka
- Sales and Services (Spot commercial, strip commercial, neighborhood shopping centers/plazas). Exclu'
_ Hotel/Motel
▪ Public Schools, Including Playgrounds (K-12, Vocational Ed., Day Care and Child Nurseries).
- Private Schools, Including Playgrounds (K-12. Vocational Ed , Day Care and Child Nurseries).
Colleges and Universities, Including Research Centers, Public and Private.
- Cultural (auditoriums, convention centers, exhibition centers. museums, art galleries. libraries).
- Governmental/Public Administration (Other than Military or Penal)
- Penal and Correctional.
- Communications (Radio, TV, Cable, and Phone), excluding Antenna Arrays.
Electric Power (Generator and Substation, and Service Yards).
- Houses of Nbrshlp and Religious.
_ Office Building
- Office and/or Business and other services (ground level) / Residential (upper levels). Low -density'
- Other Industnal Extensive, ran -noxious.
- Other Induetnal Intensive non -noxious.
- Social Services, Fraternal, Charitable (Shriners, Elks, Moose, Lions Club).
Sports Stadiums, Arenas, and Tracks.
Railroads - Terminals. Trackage, and Yards
Parkdng - Public and Private Garages and Lots.
I Paved Highways, Expressways and Ramps
Highways and Expressways right-of-way and associated open and landscaped areas excluding paved mar'
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Street right-of-way and entrance features both public and private, and utility easements.
I 1 Streets and Roads, except Expressways and Pr rate Drives.
Vacant MajorApproved Projects
Vacant. Non -Protected. Government -Owned a controlled.
Vacant, Non -Protected, PnwatelyOwned.
I Other Inland water bodies (Lakes, Ponds, Watercourses other then rivers and canals), including road'
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Publicly -Owned Land
Each of the properties shown on the map to the right,
either owned by the CRA, City of Miami, County or State
agencies, are considered suitable for public improve-
ments or public -private redevelopment initiatives.
This map shows a "snapshot" of the current ownership
and should not be viewed as an end result. (To obtain
a copy of the most updated property ownership map,
contact the City of Miami's Planning Department). Addi-
tional properties may need to be purchased and some
currently owned may need to be sold to reach the goals
of this Redevelopment Plan.
Properties that would be ideal for the CRA to purchase
are purposefully not identified in the plan, to avoid
costly problems in time and money associated with land
speculation. These problems have already hindered the
CRA's performance over the past twenty years.
Required CRA Actions:
1. Continue to evaluate and negotiate future land
purchases to meet the goals of the Redevelopment
Plan.
2. Evaluate and advertise public -private development
opportunities, utilizing the land owned by the CRA in
furtherance of the goals set forth herein.
3. Coordinate with other private and public entities for
the development of surplus real property within the
Redevelopment Area that will further the goals set
forth herein.
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Open Spaces: parks, plazas, and green spaces,
and greenways.
Urban dwellers do not have the luxury of large amounts of
private open space in their rear gardens and back yards.
Instead, urban living highlights the enjoyment of pedestri-
an- friendly streets and public spaces (parks, squares, greens,
greenways, and plazas). Creating and maintaining high -qual-
ity public spaces is necessary for the Redevelopment Area
to achieve its potential. Of the five neighborhoods that have
been identified, only Overtown, west of the Interstate, has
adequate open space. The acquisition of land to create these
public spaces and the necessary construction and mainte-
nance is possible through a variety of means.
Required CRA Actions:
1. Acquire more land for publicly accessible green space for
active and passive recreational use.
2. Coordinate with the City of Miami's Planning & Zoning
Departments to improve public safety with natural sur-
veillance; requiring that neighboring buildings front all
public spaces with doors and windows.
3. Coordinate with the City of Miami's Parks Department on
the installation and maintenance of public spaces.
4. Require development projects within the Redevelopment
Area to maintain green spaces within project scope.
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Ways to acquire more land:
Land Swaps
The City and CRA can directly exchange
properties with property owners. For ex-
ample, if property that is in a good location
for a park is privately owned, and the CRA
owns land that is a suitable development
site, then the CRA could swap land with the
private property owner. The community
gets a park where it makes sense and the
original owner gets a good development
opportunity.
Revolving fund for public lands
The County, City, and CRA can create a re-
volving fund for public lands. For example,
suppose the CRA needed to consolidate
several properties to make an adequate-
ly large green space. It already owns or
recently purchased a few of the parcels,
but one or two remaining owners hold out
and refuse to sell. To avoid the need to use
eminent domain, the CRA could give up
and decide to sell the land recently pur-
chased. The revenue from the sale could
be put into a fund and used later in an-
other location for acquiring land for green
space. This may require specific transaction
controls.
Purchase the land outright
The CRA Board can, as it has in the past,
purchase the land outright for a fair market
value. Assistance can be sought from the
County, City, State, and the Trust for Public
Land to expedite the purchase of land.
Matching grants can be pursued.
Land Pooling
Land pooling is the consolidation of small
landholdings for their unified planning,
servicing, subdivision and redistribution.
This method for land assemblage provides
many opportunities including the shared
cost and returns of land subdivision be-
tween the landowners in an equitable
way at no cost to the CRA and the or-
derly design of the subdivision layout for
the planned urban land use. This process
would counter excessive land speculation
and ensure an adequate supply of land for
development purpose.
Ask for donations
The CRA can ask property owners to
donate their land for public use. The old
expression still holds true, "It doesn't hurt
to ask."
Proper maintenance of public spaces
New public spaces are best maintained
through taxing districts applied to the
neighborhood and adjacent properties.
These plazas and green spaces will be
relatively small in comparison to other City
of Miami parks. Maintenance, including
grass, tree, and shrub planting, landscape
mowing and clipping, emptying of garbage
cans, litter cleanup, and pressure cleaning
paved surfaces should be
provided by the City of Miami. These
services can also be provided by locally
owned businesses through an incentive
program. Recreational facilities and func-
tions should also be provided as part of
City or County programs.
The CRA can also coordinate with local
churches, civic groups, or organizations
that are willing to donate the time and
resources to maintain public spaces.
Successful Small Urban Parks & Squares:
The following are qualities that make small
parks and squares safe and usable:
1. Design matters more than acreage or
uses or luxury.
2. Natural surveillance is essential.
3. Enliven the place with regular activity.
4. Shape the public space with carefully
placed trees and buildings surrounding
its edges.
5. Open and frame the views into and
from within the space.
6. Pedestrian access is all-important.
7. Calm the traffic, beautifully.
8. Provide shade.
9. Provide flexible open space for diverse
functions; do not fill up the park with
excess equipment.
10. Reserve places for symbols of civic
pride and uniqueness.
11. Plan for sustained care and mainte-
nance.
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Transportation System:
SMART Plan, Brightline and
Tri-Rail Plans
Successful urban environments are sup-
ported by a variety of mobility choices,
thereby affording residents the freedom
to move about comfortably, whether on
foot, bicycle, via transit or automobile. In
contrast, areas designed primarily around
the automobile do not provide the level
of mobility and access necessary to create
vibrant places with an active street life.
Part of the challenge of redeveloping Park
West and Overtown is poor mobility and
access. Mobility is the ability to travel over
distances. Access is the ability to get to a
destination —to get to the door. This con-
dition has been created through a com-
bination of barriers such as the Interstate
Highways and the elevated Metrorail, and
further compounded by the system of one-
way streets. The one-way streets discour-
age motorists from comfortably circulating
within the area. These streets also create
"straight- aways" that encourage motorists
to speed and make it unsafe for pedestri-
ans to cross streets.
Although rail cargo and the elevat-
ed transit facilities of Metrorail and the
Metromover are positive features in the
neighborhood, there are some specific
negative effects that these have on adja-
cent properties and streets. The physical
plan attempts to suggest ways to dimin-
ish these negative effects and maximize
the positive ones through the location of
buildings and public spaces.
Required CRA Actions:
Restoring the urban fabric and mitigating
some of the negative impacts of previous
transportation improvements are possible
through a set of changes carried out in
concert. These include:
1. Advocate, fund, and/or facilitate the re-
establishment of the traditional urban
network of streets and restoration of
missing links in the street grid.
2. Advocate, fund, and/or build pedestri-
an- friendly street improvements.
3. Promote the return of two-way streets.
4. Advocate, facilitate, and construct on -
street parking.
5. Assist with solutions to any noise,
access, and privacy problems associ-
ated with properties along the rail and
transit routes.
6. Develop pedestrian compatible com-
munity transit system to link all South-
east Overtown, Park West, and the
nearby Central Business District and
Omni area.
7. Explore the possibility of a pedestrian
zone adjacent to the Overtown Met-
rorail Station to enhance intermodal
transfers. Re-establishing the tradition-
al urban network of streets.
Throughout the Redevelopment Area, the
traditional urban block structure has been
altered. In several locations, streets have
been eliminated, and the network com-
promised. This has created super -blocks,
some of which are 1,100 feet long or even
longer. These blocks are unusually large
and do not fit with the established grain
and size of the original street system and
blocks, making navigation needlessly diffi-
cult. Super -blocks limit both vehicular and
pedestrian access, causing an unnecessary
waste of time and fuel for motorists and
longer distances to travel for pedestrians.
Newly created or connected streets should
generally do the following:
1. Be designed as two-way streets with
on -street parking;
2. Be of a similar right-of-way width to
the segments of existing streets with
which connections are being re-estab-
lished; and,
3. Provide pedestrian -friendly street
improvements in this section.
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Reestablishing the Traditional Urban
Network of Streets
There are some locations within the Redevelop-
ment Area where streets are fenced off or blocked
by highways, rail lines, and the Metrorail. If for
some reason vehicular access cannot be achieved
in these locations, then every effort needs to be
made to at least open them up for safe pedestrian
access.
In contrast to the large super -blocks, there are
several locations where existing blocks are ex-
tremely small. On a very limited basis, it may be
advisable to close some of the intermediate streets
to form blocks of a size more conducive to infill
development. This should be evaluated on a case -
by -case basis and not adopted as an overall policy.
The merits of enlarging a block include:
• Selling the rights -of -way and using the pro-
ceeds toward the purchase of public green
space or for rights -of -way needed elsewhere.
• Increasing the legibility of the major streets.
• Directing and organizing routes of travel with-
out diminishing the primary street system.
• Providing a larger development site for con-
temporary buildings that may need more room
for mid -block parking.
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Pedestrian Friendly Street
Improvements
In an urban setting, street level business-
es need a comfortable pedestrian envi-
ronment, as they are reliant on a walk-in
customer base. Strategies to make streets
pedestrian friendly include:
•Create a two-way street system. Two-way
streets have calmer traffic than one-way
streets, because drivers are more cautious
when adjacent to oncoming traffic.
•Provide on -street parking to create a
safety buffer between pedestrians on the
sidewalk and moving vehicles, and assist
ground level retail, restaurants, and busi-
nesses.
•Create narrow travel lanes to discourage
speeding, and conserve the much -need-
ed space for on -street parking and wider
sidewalks.
•Maintain and create small curb radii,
which will require motorists to slow down
when turning at intersections.
•At neighborhood centers and intermodal
pedestrian zones provide a rough road
surface (bricks or cobble stones, etc.) that
discourage speeds beyond 20 mph)
Creating continuity on the streets is also a
top priority. Sidewalks should be designed
to encourage ground level businesses and
pedestrian activity from block to block. In
particular:
•Create wide sidewalks that allow pedes-
trians to walk side -by -side as well as pass
each other and allow outdoor dining to be
part of the street scene.
•Shade pedestrian paths. This is an
absolute necessity in the South Florida
climate. While shade trees should be in-
stalled wherever practical, in general shade
trees are not as effective in providing
shade as projecting elements on buildings
such as awnings and colonnades. There-
fore, these features should be facilitated by
zoning and mandated as part of CRA-fund-
ed projects.
•Minimize crosswalk distance to limit the
amount of time when pedestrians are
walking in the travel lanes.
Promoting the Return of Two -Way
Streets
The existing street system within the Re-
development Area contains a multitude
of one-way streets. These are unfavorable
to the future success of the area for sev-
eral reasons. One-way streets increase the
speed of traffic, thereby reducing pedestri-
an activity. Retail has great difficulty thriv-
ing on one-way streets— not only is their
drive -by volume cut in half, but each street
is traversed primarily by either the morning
or the evening commuters, and therefore,
hours of high visibility are limited.
Creating a two-way street system will
alleviate these problems and help to orient
those traveling within the street system.
Conversion to two-way streets must be
treated as a priority.
All three scenarios in the Downtown Trans-
portation Master Plan include improving
the streets into a two-way street system.
The Downtown Transportation Master
Plan's study area is east of I-95. Areas of
Overtown west of I-95 are currently set up
as one-way streets. To extend and com-
plete the system of two-way streets, the
following streets should be converted as
well: loth Street, llthStreet, 5th Street,
and 6th Street between I-95 and NW 7th
Avenue.
Rail and Transit Routes
Rail:
The Brightline rail line that runs along NW
1st Avenue north to Ft Lauderdale and
West Palm Beach serves a useful purpose,
but the tracks themselves form a formida-
ble barrier physically separating the Park
West and Overtown neighborhoods.
To diminish the physical separation be-
tween Overtown and Park West, more
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pedestrian friendly crossings are needed
at 8th, 10th, and llth Streets. Preferably
these crossings will be for both pedestrians
and vehicles; however, priority should be
given to pedestrian crossings.
Transit Routes
In November 2002, the People's Trans-
portation Plan ("PTP") was approved by
the voters of Miami -Dade County. The
new transportation Plan added numerous
rapid transit corridors to the existing Met-
rorail system, which currently serves only
a limited area, linking the remainder of the
greater metropolitan region.
Having the convenience of Metrorail in
Overtown is advantageous for the resi-
dents; however, the physical structure of
the elevated rail has a negative impact
on the neighborhood with the following
problems:
The elevated tracks further break up
the neighborhood into little pieces by
separating neighbors and commercial
streets.
The space underneath the rail lines is
generally unlit and unsupervised,
making it unsafe, especially at night
The noise from the trains makes the
adjacent properties Tess desirable as
places to live.
Although the appearance isn't un-
sightly, it isn't beautiful either.
Strategic Miami Rapid Transit Plan
A key idea from the SMART PLAN initiative
would be for the CRA to seek a partnership
with Miami Dade County under the Trans-
portation initiative to explore the funding
opportunities and options for linking the
EAST -WEST Corridor and/or the Beach
Corridor through Park West to the Over-
town/Downtown transportation hub.
Required CRA Actions:
The CRA needs to immediately consider
and approve these transportation projects
as intermodal projects and seek the
"SMART PLAN"
support for these projects from the Miami
City Commission, the Board of County
Commissioners of Miami -Dade County,
and the Miami -Dade Transportation Plan-
ning Organization ("TPO"),
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opment Plan for reference. The details of
the routes, systems, and parking garage
locations may change as the system is
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Tri-Rail Expansion
To increase mobility options for the residents of Overtown
and Park West to have better access to employment cen-
ters throughout the region. Brightline has partnered with
the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority's Tri-
Rail with funding from the SEOPW CRA to begin service
in 2019 from the Miami 79th Street Metromover transfer
station to the Brightline Miami Central station in Over -
town. The expanding transportation connectivity options
strengthen the economy and interconnectivity across the
region for residents in the CRA Redevelopment Area.
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Parking
Having more than enough spaces in sur-
face parking lots can fragment the urban
environment and looks unsightly, while
having too few spaces can frustrate resi-
dents and patrons. However, if individual
property owners maximize the amount
of parking that can be created on each
private lot, and meet 1970s-style parking
ratio expectations, the result would be
at best a blighted, unsuccessful aspiring
suburb rather than a pleasant, walkable
urban environment. More commonly, high
parking requirements make small -scaled
infill developments too difficult and costly.
Therefore, the CRA should promote a
balanced strategy that seeks to use space
efficiently and facilitate a system -wide ap-
proach. Parking should be treated among
matters of public infrastructure rather than
just as a private endeavor on private prop-
erties. The CRA should not enter the busi-
ness of parking but can help implement
projects that can be managed privately or
by the Miami Parking Authority.
Required CRA Actions:
1. Advocate, fund, and/or build on -street
parking spaces in any future redevel-
opment efforts within public rights -
of -way.
2. Support a reform of off-street parking
regulations to be adopted by the City of
Miami to reduce the unnecessary burden
on private developers. To jumpstart re-
development, new businesses in existing
buildings should be exempt from parking
requirements to reduce their startup costs
and therefore their financial risks.
Providing and Retaining On -Street
Parking
On -street parking provides motorists with
access to street level businesses. These
businesses can capture the attention of
both pedestrians and drive -by motorists.
On -street parking also creates a comfort-
able pedestrian environment by buffering
pedestrians from vehicles in the travel
lanes. Sidewalks automatically become
active with pedestrians because of people
getting in and out of their cars parked in
the on -street spaces.
Existing on -street parking throughout the
Redevelopment Area should be main-
tained. The potential for adding on -street
parking to streets where it is not currently
provided should be explored when road-
way improvements occur over time. All
new and improved streets within the Re-
development Area should be designed to
include on -street parking.
Off-street Parking
In overly car -dependent regions such as
South Florida, each development will com-
monly attempt to provide for their own
parking on -site with a parking structure
or parking lot. In urban areas, some of the
negative effects of storing large quantities
of cars on each site are:
•Experiencing gaps between buildings,
from parking lots, when walking down a
sidewalk is disruptive for retail environ-
ments. Shoppers are easily turned off by
these gaps and will often stop shopping or
pause and turn around if it looks like there
are not any worthwhile destinations down
the street.
•Parking structures greatly increase the
costs to develop a building. This makes
market rate and workforce housing, for
example, more difficult to find in central
urban areas, where such housing is pri-
marily needed. Luxury apartment dwellers
more easily absorb the cost of the parking
garages.
•Development that includes parking
structures require larger parcels to create
functional structures and financially via-
ble projects. This generally requires the
projects to be large in scale, and therefore
harder to finance and harder to fit within
the fabric of the neighborhood.
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•Parking structures associated with
one building do not necessarily create
a "shared" situation, which can reduce
the overall needed parking spaces. The
concept of shared parking means that
at night an apartment resident can use
the same parking space used by an
office employee during the day. In the
suburban model, office buildings and
residential buildings are not typically
designed to share parking; nor is the
building management company in the
business of managing parking.
Without shared parking, the inefficient
result is that more money is spent, and
more land is utilized for parking than is
necessary.
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Making shared parking work
As shared parking facilities are built, and the
area becomes more developed, livable, in-
teresting, and walkable, with daily needs and
services present, some households may opt to
do without an automobile or share fewer cars
among family members. Developers of new
buildings will not have to provide as much of
their own parking as they did in the past. The
CRA can do its part by participating in pub-
lic -private ventures to build shared parking
facilities. This will take the burden off local
property owners interested in redeveloping or
improving their properties and buildings.
Reducing the Impact of Parking Garages:
To diminish the visual and negative impact of
parking garages, these guidelines should be
followed:
• No blank walls of parking garages or
walls with openings to the parking garage
should directly face public streets.
• A "liner" of habitable space with a
minimum depth of twenty feet should be
constructed between the street and the
garage portion of the building. Ground
floors of garages may contain lobby en-
trances, entrances to parking, and should
also contain retail space. Recommended
liner building depths are thirty to forty feet
for residential and office, fifty to sixty feet
for retail. First floor residential uses should
be raised a minimum of two feet above the
average sidewalk grade.
• Gates or payment kiosks should be atleast
forty feet from the sidewalk if the entrance
is on a street.
• Wherever possible, entrances to the park-
ing garage should be from an alley or side
street.
• For safety reasons, garages should be well
lit during all hours of operation and pa-
trolled by security officers.
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Land Development Regulations
Since the first adoption of the Southeast
Overtown Park West Redevelopment Plan
in 1982 and amended in 1985 and 2007,
the City of Miami has adopted three (3)
Zoning Ordinances:
1. Zoning Ordinance 9500 adopted in
1982 introduced the mixed -use con-
cept in land development.
2. Zoning Ordinance 11000 adopted in
1990 replaced Zoning Ordinance 9500
to simplify the Ordinance and clarify
parking and set back requirements
for residential developments. The new
ordinance increased parking require-
ments for new developments, such as
apartments, doubled the minimum lot
size to address additional parking for
businesses. It allowed developers to
raze adjacent properties to provide the
additional parking needs of their de-
velopments. It also increased setbacks
requirements for front yards of new
homes from loft. to 20 ft.
Zoning Ordinance 11000 introduced
the concept of zoning bonuses to allow
an increase in the size of projects by
25%, paying a fee of $6.67 for each
extra square foot toward a city fund to
assist in financing subsidized housing.
Through these incentives projects were
developed in the SEOPW Redevelop-
ment Area. Zoning Ordinance 11000
has been amended several times to ad-
dress the new demands of the market.
3. MIAMI 21 Zoning Ordinance- "New Ur-
banism", adopted in 2009 has created
opportunities for walkable, neighbor-
hood -based development to provide
an alternative to urban sprawl. The new
code as amended promotes walkability;
connectivity; mixed -used and diversity,
i.e. mixture of shops, offices, apart-
ments; mixed -housing; quality archi-
tecture and urban design within the
SEOPW Redevelopment Area.
The SEOPW CRA shall continue to adhere
to the Miami Comprehensive Neighbor-
hood Master Plan and Miami 21 Zoning
Code as amended from time -to -time. The
new Miami 21 Zoning Code is a form -
based code that allows more flexibility in
design and development. The majority of
the SEOPW Redevelopment Area is cur-
rently zoned T-5 and T-6 Urban Center
Zones.
The T-5 zones emphasis is on limited
mixed -use and multi -family residences.
The T-5 creates a small-town center feel
and encourages pedestrian activity with
the options for tourist -driven businesses
and small lodging.
In the T-6 zones mixed -use development
is highly encouraged. T-6 zones has the
greatest number and variety of uses such
as, single, and multi -family, entertainment
establishments, general commercial, office,
hotel permitted by Right.
The Land Development code will allow
development to occur with reasonable
certainty and encourage the development
community to deliver a variety of building
types to provide housing, entertainment
and services needed to support the future
development of the SEOPW CRA.
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Physical Plan
The Physical Plan shows the physical and geographic conditions of public and private buildings. The plan identifies civic buildings, private
buildings, streets, highways, and mass transit lines. Various colors for areas between buildings identify parks and open spaces, parking loca-
tions, sidewalks, street trees, and yards.
Within the Miami 21 Zoning Code, each transect zone regulates the following:
• Building disposition —where the building sits in relation to the lot or parcel
• Building Configuration —how the building is molded (its shape and form)
• Function and intensity —Uses allowed in each transect zone and the percentage of the building that may accommodate that use
degrees of that use
• Landscape Standards
• Parking standards
• Standards that integrate individual property with the public realm —Such as pedestrian orientation, landscape standards,
building frontages, etc.
• A successional (sequential) relationship between transects—Prior and subsequent transects are related and increase in
ensuring a smooth succession of environments.
These elements help regulate the creation of a human environment, rather than simply regulating use.
and/or varying
parking liners,
their intensity,
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Changes to 1-395
This Public Private Partnership (P3) project is
a partnership between FDOT and the Mi-
ami -Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) and
involves three projects that will be con-
structed concurrently by the AW-dMG Joint
Venture to minimize impacts to the public.
The three projects include:
1-395 Improvements
The limits on I-395 are from the SR 836 /
I-95 / I-395 (Midtown) Interchange to the
MacArthur Causeway, approximately 1.4
miles long. The project will completely re-
construct the existing interstate and create
a signature bridge that will span 1,025 feet
over NE 2 Avenue and State Road (SR) 5/
Biscayne Boulevard redefining the Miami
skyline with its six sweeping arches. The sig-
nature bridge with its high vertical clearance
will transform the area beneath I-395 into
55 acres of vibrant open communal spaces
for the enjoyment of Overtown residents,
nearby communities and visitors. The proj-
ect will add additional capacity to I-395 with
a total of three through lanes in each direc-
tion and provide separate connector ramps
for traffic to and from I-95. The existing
I-395 eastbound off -ramps at NE 2 Avenue
will be moved west to North Miami Ave-
nue, and the westbound on -ramps at NE 1
Avenue will be shifted to the west to North
Miami Avenue. NW 2 Avenue will also be
reconnected under I-395 providing residents
greater access.
SR 836 Improvements
The limits on SR 836 are from NW 17 Av-
enue to the Midtown Interchange. This
project is a continuation of MDX's work
program to modernize the SR 836 corridor.
The improvements on SR 836 include the
construction of a Viaduct (elevated bridge)
that begins just east of the toll gantry at NW
17 Avenue, rising over the center of SR 836
allowing drivers to bypass the I-95 Inter-
change touching down at I-395 west of I-95.
The Viaduct will have two lanes in each di-
rection and will allow drivers continuing east
to Watson Island, Port of Miami and Miami
Beach to entirely bypass the Midtown inter-
change and its ramps. The existing SR 836
roadway and bridges will serve as a collector
distributor system to allow drivers to enter
and exit from the existing local roads and
I-95. This collector distributor system will
reduce the existing weaving movements re-
sulting in enhanced safety and better traffic
operations on SR 836. In addition, the exist-
ing eastbound SR 836 ramp to northbound
I-95 will be widened to include an additional
lane greatly reducing the congestion that
drivers currently experience.
1-95 Concrete Replacement Project
The limits for the improvements on I-95
are from NW 8 Street to NW 29 Street and
include the total replacement of the con-
crete pavement for both the northbound
and southbound travel lanes. The AW-dMG
team has also added a seventh lane in the
northbound direction to receive the addi-
tional lane from eastbound SR 836 ramp to
northbound I-95 and enhance the flow of
traffic through the Midtown Interchange.
This portion of the project will also enhance
safety, rideability and durability of I-95
along the project limits.
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SECTION FOUR: PROJECTSAND PROGRAMS
Projects Areas and Program Initiatives: An Overview
This section is organized into two pri-
mary subsections, "Project Areas," and
"Program Initiatives." The Project Areas are
numbered "A" through "E" and as a group
encompass the entire Redevelopment
Area. They should be thought of as various
"starting points" for projects within the Re-
development Area. The purpose of having
the Project Areas is to focus expenditures
and efforts in small areas to totally trans-
form them, creating as dramatic and visible
an impact as possible. By concentrating
the efforts, people will experience what the
larger area will look, feel, smell, and sound
like as revitalization spreads, inspiring ad-
ditional private reinvestment.
The boundaries for Project Areas are not
intended to be treated as finite boundaries.
If a redevelopment proposal is adjacent
to the area and it meets the urban design
solutions of the project, then it should be
considered part of the Project Area.
The current projects and programs to be
facilitated by the CRA are listed and de-
scribed in the second half of this section,
following the description and intent of the
Project Areas. These projects may need to
be updated from time to time as the proj-
ects evolve and components are imple-
mented. Some may need to be removed
from the plan when they are sufficiently
completed. New projects may need to be
added. This section can be supplemented
by another document or documents revis-
ing the list of projects or describing them
in greater detail.
Criteria for Physical Improvements
The following are criteria for any physical
improvement project to be endorsed by
the CRA:
•It produces a total, outdoor environment
of exceptional beauty, which exudes safety
and optimism, and which stands out in
marked contrast to blight.
•It involves a combination of adaptive
re -use of existing (or better, historic) struc-
tures with new buildings and improved
public spaces.
•It involves a completion of the public
space; for example, both sides of the
street, all corners of an intersection, or all
sides of a park or green space should be
built out or renovated.
•It includes a significant residential
component, preferably owner -occupied;
one desire is to repopulate the area and
to correct an imbalance of renters versus
owners.
•It lures residents of moderate incomes
or varied incomes; these are "colonists"
who will demonstrate the viability of close -
in convenient neighborhoods and whose
discretionary income will help support
businesses.
•It suggests what the larger neighborhood
will be like as revitalization spreads, and it
inspires private reinvestment.
•Its purpose meets the principles and
goals described in Section 2 of this Rede-
velopment Plan
Project Areas Stakeholders' Roles
Specific roles for each of the stakeholders
appear below and with the Project Area
descriptions. In the spirit of teamwork,
the stakeholders can each do their part to
revitalize the area. The roles for stakehold-
ers other than the CRA should be consid-
ered as suggestions. Approval of this plan
should in no way require agencies or indi-
viduals outside of the CRA to perform the
suggested actions. Stakeholders include:
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CRA: Perform actions as sanctioned under
the Redevelopment Act of 1969 and iden-
tified in this Community Redevelopment
Plan.
City of Miami: Continue support for the
CRA and make changes to the zoning and
other land development regulations for
properties in this part of the City. The City
should maintain and improve its properties
in Overtown and use its resources to pro-
vide a safe and attractive community.
For -Profit Developers, Community De-
velopment Corporations, and Investors:
Continue redeveloping properties, adding
more jobs and housing options within the
community.
Residents in the Community: As most
are aware, revitalization takes a long time.
Spend the effort and money to improve
the appearance of homes and yards.
Sometimes little tasks that do not cost too
much can make a big difference, such as
repainting, adding a tree or shrubs, and
picking up litter that might be on your
street or in your or your neighbor's yard.
Rental or Commercial Property Own-
ers and Business Operators: Maintain or
improve the appearance of your buildings.
Grants and low -interest loan programs
are available to accelerate improvements.
Property owners who do not intend to
make improvements should consider
selling their properties or partnering with
others who have greater resources.
Overtown Community Oversight Board:
Continue monitoring and guiding the var-
ious activities within Overtown, including
implementation strategies and creating
new alliances.
The Black Archives, History & Research
Foundation of South Florida, Inc.: Con-
tinue the efforts to promote and preserve
the cultural heritage of the community.
Community Churches: Stay involved and
stay aware of the revitalization activities in
the community. Help the CRA distribute
information as needed from time to time.
Sponsor activities to improve the visual
appearance of the neighborhoods and
continue to promote the area as a proud
community that cares.
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Project Area A: Park West/Downtown
General Boundaries:
North: I-395 Overpass
South: NW 1st Street
East: properties that face Biscayne Blvd
West: properties that face NW 1st Avenue
Challenges
• The area continues to house many va-
cant commercial buildings that can be
used for commercial use and resulting
job creation.
• Planned projects should be supported
that emphasize the greatest impact on
job creation for the area.
• There is a general lack of sense of place
resulting from low building heights in
proportion to the existing buildings
that exist in the east portion of the area.
New Opportunities
There are several opportunities that an
enhanced Park West area will afford the
neighborhood. One of these is the incre-
mental number of jobs that can be created
from potential commercial activity pro-
posed from the Miami Innovation District,
the Miami Innovation Tower, the Miami
Worldcenter and the Convention Hotel and
Exposition Center project in the Park West
neighborhood.
The Miami Innovation District is comprised
of approximately 10.4 acres technolo-
gy -based start-ups, middle -market and
international corporations in an innovative
mixed -use development that complements
the local community while driving produc-
tive, inclusive and sustainable economic
growth creating a home for the burgeoning
movement of innovation and entrepreneur-
ship in South Florida.
Envisioned as "a dynamic urban core of
diversity and excitement," Miami Worldcen-
ter proposed to be a "blend of exceptional
retail, restaurant, entertainment, hotel,
residential, and commercial offerings in
one unique location with up to 20 million
square feet of buildable area across nearly
30 acres of prime real estate. In addi-
tion to the Miami Worldcenter project the
SEOPW CRA will seek to assist in the fund-
ing of a Conference and Convention Hotel
with an Expo Center to serve the area and
create additional jobs to support the hospi-
tality industry.
Better pedestrian routes and improved
walking conditions will allow residents
and visitors alike to circulate between the
two areas. Another opportunity is that the
railroad right- of -way can accommodate a
new light rail system, the Baylink. A station
along this section of the avenue will bring
people to Park West and serve as a Zink
to Downtown Miami and Miami Beach for
neighborhood residents.
Park West can become a mixture of office,
commercial and residential buildings which
would be the best choice to serve both the
Overtown and Park West areas.
Urban Design Solutions
1. With both retail and commercial activity
proposed and a high degree of poten-
tial transportation options available
new projects should be encouraged to
take advantage of wider sidewalks and
lit corridors that interconnect building
and projects for high walkability.
2. Legitimize parking on all streets in the
area by marking on -street spaces and
installing parking meters.
3. Several changes and improvements are
proposed in the Physical Plan to create
a more pedestrian -friendlier environ-
ment in the area. Improvements to
sidewalks and the addition of street
lights and shade trees along all the
streets will provide a more enjoyable
walking environment always.
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4. Taller building heights, when combined
with the landscape improvements, will
increase the definition of the public
space in the area, and will contribute to
creating a sense of place. The natural
surveillance that occurs when peo-
ple can watch the streets through the
windows of their homes or offices will
make the street corridors much safer
places.
5. A parking structure in some location
in the area, perhaps in Overtown, will
service the parking need generated by
the influx of visitors and daily inhabi-
tants to the area. Any proposed parking
structures must be lined with habitable
spaces (such as offices, apartments,
or hotel rooms) facing the streets or
avenues.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
CRA:
•Make sure there are Credit Counseling
Services available for existing Overtown
residents, to help them qualify for home-
ownership.
•Make sure there is an organization set up
that can offer basic financial literacy train-
ing, job training, education and other sup-
portive services for people with extremely
low incomes that cannot qualify for home
ownership.
City of Miami:
The Planning Department put forth a new
code called Miami 21 that took in consid-
eration new development regulations for
properties along Biscayne Boulevard in
Park West to create rules that will provide
an attractive and safe pedestrian environ-
ment facing Biscayne Boulevard.
Residents in the Community:
Residents should participate in programs
to better prepare them to take advantage
of home ownership and opportunities that
arise from redevelopment.
Developers:
Provide residential units in the Park West
area that meet the goals and principles of
this Redevelopment Plan.
Commercial Property Owners:
Look for opportunities for apartments or
condominiums to increase the number of
patrons for the local businesses.
Overtown Community Oversight Board:
Continue to monitor and offer recommen-
dations on activities.
The Black Archives, History & Research
Foundation of South Florida, Inc.:
Continue the efforts to promote and pre-
serve community's cultural heritage.
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Project Area B: Overtown (Cultural and Entertainment District)
General Boundaries:
North: NW llth Street
South: NW 5th Street
East: NW 1st Avenue
West: NW 3rd Avenue
Challenges
• The historic cultural life of arts and en-
tertainment and expression of heritage
in this area needs to be regenerated.
Many of the historic buildings have
been demolished.
• There is a need for a safe public gath-
ering space associated with the re-
stored and expanded Lyric Theater.
• Ensuring the economic viability of the
Lyric Theater as the cultural anchor of
Historic Overtown
• Once the Lyric Theater and surround-
ing businesses become successful,
there will be a perceived shortage
of parking spaces, and new parking
spaces will be needed for infill redevel-
opment.
Residential population household
incomes have decreased in year 2016
from year 2000 according to the Amer-
ican Community Survey 5 year estimat-
ed from the Federal Census Bureau,
explaining the decrease in viable business
that offer services to the residents.
New Opportunities
The Project Area called "Overtown" is
intended to be the central core of Over -
town. SEOPW is proactively planning to
revive Overtown, creating a "destination of
choice." The Overtown Cultural and Enter-
tainment District is a tourist destination
that celebrates Miami Dade County's Black
heritage for the twenty-first century. The
themes for Cultural and Entertainment
District: the history and culture of Black
people including Africa, the Caribbean and
the United States; and the Harlem Renais-
sance, the self definition of the Black ex-
perience through entrepreneurial ventures
and through self expression in the literal,
visual and performing arts.
The Overtown Cultural and Entertainment
District is an economic revitalization proj-
ect, evolving from the Historic Overtown
Folk Life Village Master Plan and City of
Miami ordinances establishing the Over -
town Cultural and Entertainment District.
The Overtown Cultural and Entertainment
District shall consist of retail corridors with
mixed -use facilities including housing;
rehearsal and performing spaces for artists,
artisans and craftspeople; spaces for incu-
bator businesses, residents and others of
all ages, colors and creeds.
The intent of the art and theatre based
Overtown Cultural and Entertainment dis-
trict is to allow cultural related venues such
as galleries, museums, night clubs, supper
clubs, hotels and adult drinking establish-
ments (bars) to benefit the patron traffic
from the proximity to one another within
the Cultural and Entertainment District.
The Lyric Plaza will be the focal public
open space for cultural and entertainment
activities. The Black Archives, History &
Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc.
has restored the Lyric Theater and rents it
out for activities and events. The Lyric The-
ater will also attract business to the area
from performances associated with the
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing
Arts of Miami -Dade County. Additionally,
the International Longshoreman's Associa-
tion, chartered in 1936 to serve the Port of
Miami and a critical part of the Overtown
business community headquarters' rede-
velopment for members, retirees and the
community will be a significant contributor
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to the business and cultural development
of Overtown and the SEOPW CRA.
An Economic Programming Study pre-
pared in 2002 for Overtown that made
recommendations based on the CRA's
guiding principles for programs and proj-
ects should be updated to incorporate the
many changes that have occurred in the
area and the planned future projects.
The Overtown Cultural and Entertainment
District will serve as the cultural anchor
of "Historic Overtown," and can serve to
significantly enhance efforts to create a
tourist destination. The long-term viability
of the Lyric Theater as the cultural anchor,
and future Overtown Cultural & Enter-
tainment District and commercial retail
and residential developments are critical.
Keeping the theater open and active may
require additional public- private partner-
ships.
Urban Design Solutions
1. The Lyric Plaza should be surrounded
on three sides by mixed -use buildings,
with the fourth side being the planned
addition to the theater. The ground
level of these buildings should con-
tain restaurants, bars, clubs, and shops
offering unique merchandise with
cultural appeal. These establishments
will complement the theater -going
experience and will encourage people
to come early and linger after perfor-
mances at the Lyric Theater and other
future clubs in the area.
2. Offices and/or apartments should oc-
cupy the upper floors around the Lyric
Plaza.
3. Vehicular access should be provided
on the west and north sides of the Lyric
Plaza, providing a drop-off location for
patrons and providing access to mid -
block parking facilities.
4. The city blocks between NW 2nd Ave-
nue and 3rd Avenue should follow the
Folk Life Village Plan in character, with
two to four story buildings.
5. Taller buildings should be built fac-
ing NW 1st Avenue and the Metrorail
tracks. Integrated into these buildings
should be garages that provide shared
parking spaces to theatergoers, the
businesses, residents, and visitors on
NW 2nd Avenue and in the Folk Life
Village area.
Folk Life Village Culture and Entertain-
ment District Capital Improvement Plan
for the Redevelopment Plan.
The proposed Folk Life Village Cultural and
Entertainment District will be the catalyst
redevelopment area for mixed -use retail,
commercial and residential projects and
serve as the new (and historic) heart of
Overtown.
Streetscape improvements.
Specifically, NW 3rd Ave, NW 2nd Court
and NW 2nd Ave (from 8th Street to loth
Street); NW 9th & l0th Streets (from I-95
to NW 1st Ct) and the 9th Street Pedestri-
an Mall Plaza.
NW 3rd Avenue: Update paving, wayfin-
ding.
NW 2nd Court: Restore Gary Moore pav-
ing at NW 9th Street; create a pedestrian
friendly, "curb -less" street that may be
opened/closed to vehicular traffic as ap-
propriate to facilitate pedestrian oriented
retail and activity.
NW 2nd Avenue: Replace on street park-
ing with strategically located loading/
unloading areas, valet parking areas and
clustered, shade providing seating and
landscape areas; update paving, wayfind-
ing and branding.
NW 9th Street: Restore Gary Moore pav-
ing, extend paving treatment across NW
3 Ave to new plaza in front of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church.
NW loth Street: Update paving, wayfind-
ing and branding.
9th Street Pedestrian Plaza: restore Gary
Moore paving; update wayfinding and
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branding.
Streetscape Improvements.
Specifically, NW 3rd Avenue and NW 2nd
Avenue (from loth Street to 12th Street);
NW 11th Street, NW llth Court and NW
12th Street (from I-95 to NW 1 Ct) and the
Pathway beneath the Metro -Rail.
NW 3rd Avenue: Update paving, wayfind-
ing and branding.
NW 2nd Avenue: Replace on street parking
with strategically located loading/unload-
ing areas, valet parking areas and clustered,
shade providing seating and landscape
areas; update paving, wayfinding and brand-
ing.
NW llth Street: Update paving, wayfinding
and branding.
NW llth Terrace: Update paving, wayfind-
ing and branding.
NW 12th Street: Update paving, wayfinding
and branding.
Metro -Rail Pedestrian Walkway: Extend
Gary Moore paving, update wayfinding and
branding.
The SEOPW CRA proposes the development
of four mixed -use parking structures each
containing between 400 and 700 parking
spaces for a total of 2,500 to 3,000 parking
spaces. At +/- $30k/space the total parking
investment is between $75M and $90M.
Parking structures are required as part of the
initial development of the Overtown Cultural
and Entertainment District to provide the re-
quired parking for the new, proposed public
and private development uses (within 1,000
feet) to be implemented as part of an overall
parking strategy.
South (9th Street) Parking Structure: 400
spaces @ $30k/space = $12 M may require
land acquisition by the CRA may include a
museum/gallery of African American art at
the ground floor.
West (I-95) Parking Structure: 560 spaces
@ $30k/space = $16.8Mmay be built on
land already owned by the CRA, may include
arts and film studio may allow for mixed -
use project (hotel) at NW 3 Ave frontage to
screen parking
Central (loth Street) Parking Structure: 650
spaces @ $30k/space = $19.5M may require
land acquisition by the CRA, may allow for
mixed -use project (residential) at street
frontages to screen parking
North (llth Street) Parking Structure: 700
spaces @ $30k/space = $21M
may require land acquisition by the CRA,
may allow for mixed -use project (hotel) at
street frontages to screen parking
• parking structures associated with redevel-
opment projects to be built as the projects
are implemented.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
CRA:
• Offer land as part of public —private joint
development projects, and coordinate
County efforts to do the same.
• Make sure there are Credit Counsel-
ing -services available for existing Over -
town residents, to help them qualify for
homeownership.
• Make sure there is an organization set
up that can offer basic financial litera-
cy training, job training, education and
other supportive services for people
with extremely low incomes that cannot
qualify for home ownership.
• Help existing and future commercial
property owners attract quality tenants,
and national retailers, by assigning a Sr
Staff of the CRA to focus on the effort.
City of Miami: The implementation of
Miami 21 changed the Land Development
Regulations for the City of Miami in its
entirety to promote more walkable neigh-
borhoods and density in areas that would
promote the use of transit. Overtown, and
the area around the Lyric Theater including
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the proposed Entertainment District, and
it's new businesses will receive the same
incentives that businesses in parts of
Park West receive.
Residents in the Community: Residents
should participate in programs to better
prepare them to take advantage of home
ownership and opportunities that arise
from redevelopment.
Developers: Provide residential units in
Overtown that meet the goals and princi-
ples of this Redevelopment Plan.
Overtown Community Oversight
Board:
Continue to monitor and offer recom-
mendations on activities.
The Black Archives, History & Re-
search Foundation of South Florida,
Inc.:
• Carry out the plan to expand the
Lyric Theater and manage the Lyric
Plaza.
• Continue to maintain the Lyric The-
ater and rent it for events.
• Continue with art and heritage ex-
hibits showcasing African American
cultural contributions at the Lyric
Theater to provide a destination in
Overtown.
Continue the efforts to promote the
Folklife Village and Overtown Cul-
tural and Entertainment District.
• Assist in the development of com-
plementary uses along the NW 2nd
Avenue corridor
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Project Area C: Overtown Communities: Town Park, St. Agnes, Rainbow Housing
General Boundaries:
North: NW 22nd Street
South: NW llth Street
East: NW 1st Place
West: NW 7th Avenue
Challenges
• Buildings that once opened toward the
street with doors and windows have
been closed, presumably due to crime
or the perception of vulnerability to
crime.
• Neighborhood -serving retail has been
reduced to a handful of bars, small
markets, hair salons and barber shops,
and Laundromats.
• The Culmer Center building is far
from the street fenced off, poorly lit at
night, and the property is significantly
underutilized.
Existing apartment buildings in the
area are at best plain and, in many
cases, aging and unattractive.
New Opportunities
NW 3rd Avenue could become a thriving
mixed -use commercial street with busi-
nesses that better support the daily needs
of both longtime residents and newcom-
ers. New residential developments, such as
Courtside Apartments, the rehabilitation
of Town Park North and South and subse-
quent conversion co -ownership with HUD
to private homeownership as Homeown-
ership has been a major theme among
residents in encouraging redevelopment
in the Overtown Community. As well, the
revitalization of Miami -Dade County pub-
lic housing community Rainbow Village
will increase the variety of housing choices
and diversify the household types and in-
comes, and return the customers needed
for the businesses in Overtown. The Cul-
mer Center could be rebuilt and expanded
as an impressive street- oriented building,
with a courtyard for certain outdoor activi-
ties. The corner at NW 17th Street and NW
3rd Avenue has large trees that will en-
hance what could be turned into a public
green square. Vehicular traffic around the
new green square will make it safer than
the property currently appears.
Urban Design Solutions
1. Use the Culmer Center property as a
redevelopment site.
• The existing facility should be replaced
with a new structure built at the corner
of NW 17th Street and NW 4th Av-
enue. The new building should be
oriented to the street, with an open-air
courtyard.
• An unfenced public green or park
should be built at the corner of NW
17th Street and NW 3rd Avenue where
currently there are large trees. The
front entrance of the new Culmer Cen-
ter should face the new green square.
• The remaining portion of the Culmer
Center property along NW 3rd Ave-
nue should be redeveloped as 2- to
4-story flexible -use buildings, oriented
toward the street like those on the
east side of NW 3rd Avenue.
• The remaining portion of the Culmer
Center Property along NE 4th Avenue
should be redeveloped for residential
or office uses. Live/work combinations
should be encouraged.
2. Properties on the eastern side of NW
3rd Avenue should be refurbished or
redeveloped into 2- to 4-story mixed -
use buildings. Windows and doors
must face NW 3rd Avenue to make
walking along the sidewalk safe and
worthwhile.
3. Implement the Trust for Public Land's
Overtown Greenway Plan (the portions
for North Overtown, in particular). NE/
NW 14th Street is the main pedestrian
connection into the Omni Area.
4. Sidewalks should be repaired where
broken and trees planted where there
are gaps. This segment of NW 3rd Av-
enue currently has a nice mature street
tree canopy that should be retained
during any future streetscape project.
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Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
CRA:
• Make sure there are Credit Counseling
Services available for existing Over -
town residents, to help them qualify for
homeownership.
Make sure there is an organization set
up that can offer basic financial literacy
training, job training, education and
other supportive services for people
with extremely low incomes that can-
not qualify for home ownership.
• Initiate a streetscape improvement
project for Overtown Communities.
• Help attract new businesses to NW 3rd
Avenue to complement the renovation
of the Overtown Shopping Center and
in anticipation of new residents mov-
ing into Courtside Apartments making
those businesses more viable than with
the current population.
• Provide assistance through facade
improvement program or rehabilita-
tion grant r loan program for existing
commercial building/business owners
to upgrade the existing stores on NW
3rd Avenue.
• Request the County to redevelop the
Culmer Center or seek a third party
to enter into a joint venture with the
County.
City of Miami:
Assist with streetscape improvements for
Overtown Communities and request the
County to redevelop the Culmer Center.
Residents in the Community:
Residents should participate in programs
to better prepare them to take advantage
of home ownership and opportunities that
arise from redevelopment.
Developers:
Continue to provide more residential units
in Overtown Communities that meet the
goals and principles of this Redevelopment
Plan.
Commercial Property Owners: Make
improvements to buildings and look for
opportunities for apartments or condo-
miniums to increase the number of patrons
for the local businesses.
Overtown Community Oversight Board:
Continue to monitor and offer recommen-
dations to activities in North Overtown.
The Black Archives, History & Research
Foundation of South Florida, Inc.: Con-
tinue the efforts to promote and preserve
the cultural heritage of the community.
Community Churches:
• Evaluate your building and grounds
to see if changes can be made to the
appearance to help beautify NW 3rd
Avenue.
• Study the possibility of developing
excess church property for housing
or commercial uses.
• Host or sponsor community events to
attract tourists or visitors to Overtown.
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Project Area D: Historic Overtown Priority Business Corridor
General Boundaries:
North: 14th St
South: NW 8th Street
East: properties that face NW 3rd Avenue
West: properties that face NW 3rd Avenue
On June 9th, 1998, the Miami City Commis-
sion, by Resolution No. R-98-592, designat-
ed NW 3rd Avenue from approximately NW
8th Street to approximately NW 14th Street,
and NW 8th Street from NW 2nd Avenue
to NW 3rd Avenue, as the Historic Over -
town Priority Business Corridor. This general
designation gave the CRA the ability to
start planning activities, to assist the overall
commercial revitalization of Overtown.
Challenges
More buildings require renovation.
The community has criticized the con-
struction of parking lots, because they
appear to remain empty and decrease
the sense of a built-up neighborhood.
The street has many churches, each
needing additional parking during
church events and funerals that occur
on days other than Sundays. These
events further reduce the parking avail-
ability for business patrons.
• There is a lack of shade for pedestrians.
• Sidewalks are narrower than those
for typical main streets, making it less
comfortable for shoppers and other
pedestrians.
New Opportunities
The potential for a thriving NW 3rd Avenue
has not been lost. The segment near NW
8th Street is quite visible for people get-
ting on I-95, and it is somewhat visible for
northbound motorists on I-95. More notice-
able improvements between NW 8th and
NW 14th Streets will attract people to stop
there who might otherwise pass by, or who
might be interested enough by a passing
glance to want to return when they have
more time.
Urban Design Solutions
1. Do not build any more parking lots until
the demand for the area increases to
the point where there is a real parking
problem. The project entitled Planning
and Development of Parking Facilities
for the Historic Priority Business Corri-
dor, should be considered complete un-
til more parking is needed in the Priority
Business Corridor. The surface park-
ing lots constructed by the CRA were
intended to be an interim use. The CRA
is interested in development proposals
for those properties, provided parking
is included that is also accessible for
existing neighboring buildings.
2. Shade for pedestrians is urgently need-
ed. This can be accomplished by plant-
ing trees between the on -street parking
spaces, or with awnings, canopies, roof
overhangs, balconies, colonnades, or
arcades attached to the buildings.
3. Vehicular travel lanes should be nar-
rowed so that the extra space can be
added to the sidewalk width. On -street
parking must remain in any future
streetscape project, to help the busi-
nesses along the street, and to add a
safety barrier between the moving cars
and the pedestrians.
4. Landscaping along the embankments of
the Interstate Highways and the Metro -
rail should be continued.
5. Improve the appearance of Church -
owned parking lots. These are mostly
empty except during Sunday services
and other events and they could be
landscaped better. Better yet, develop
new buildings to house church pro-
grams, community outreach services,
subsidized housing or for generating
revenue through renting and leasing.
Any new buildings will likely have to
include parking structures and mini-
mize the view to parking from NW 3rd
Avenue.
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Implementation Strategies
The 1998 Study for the Historic Overtown
NW 3rd Avenue Priority Business Corridor
recommended that an economic study
was needed, that a business capacity and
identification program be created, and a
"theme" be adopted. We recommend that
an updated study be performed for Over -
town, to estimate the magnitude of com-
mercial and residential development that
Overtown can sustain. The study would
assess the success of future residential
development and its dependence upon the
success of commercial uses. The CRA will
have to work on the Priority Commercial
Corridor in a coordinated manner with the
FolkLife Village and the Entertainment and
Cultural district intended for Overtown. A
"theme" is not so important but position-
ing the Overtown neighborhood properly
in an advertising and marketing campaign
will be important to its success.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
CRA:
• Continue to plan and coordinate im-
provements for this Project Area.
Coordinate efforts with Urban Philan-
thropies the Overtown Civic Partner-
ship.
Help existing, and new commercial
property owners attract quality tenants,
and national retailers.
Make sure there is an organization set
up that can offer basic financial literacy
training, job training, education and
other supportive services for people
with extremely low incomes that can-
not qualify for home ownership.
City of Miami: The City of Miami changed
the all land development and land use
regulations by the implementations of
Miami 21 that would include revisions and
upgrade the appearance and facilities at
Athalie Range #1 Mini Park.
Residents in the Community:
• Patronize the businesses on NW 3rd
Avenue.
• Residents should participate in pro-
grams to better prepare them to take
advantage of home ownership and
opportunities that arise from redevel-
opment.
• Appeal to FDOT and the City of Miami
to renovate Athalie Range #1 Mini Park
consistent with the goals to revitalize
Overtown.
Commercial Property Owners and
Developers:
Continue making improvements and look
for opportunities for apartments or condo-
miniums to increase the number
of patrons for the local businesses.
Overtown Community Oversight Board:
Pay close attention to NW 3rd Avenue
while focusing on the Overtown efforts.
Look for actions that can benefit NW 3rd
Avenue.
The Black Archives, History & Research
Foundation of South Florida, Inc.:
Continue the efforts to promote the
Folklife Village.
Continue efforts to secure funding and
organize businesses consistent with the
Main Street Program that the Founda-
tion currently oversees.
Community Churches:
Evaluate your building and grounds
to see if changes can be made to the
appearance to help beautify NW 3rd
Avenue.
Study the possibility of developing
excess church property and surface
parking Tots for housing or commercial
uses.
Host or sponsor community events to
attract tourists or visitors to Overtown.
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Project Area E: Overtown Culmer Community
General Boundaries:
North: NW 11th Street
South: NW 5th Street
East: I-95
West: NW 7th Avenue
Challenges
• Streets were closed off near Reeves
Park, and in turn, create large blocks,
referred to as "superblocks." These
sometimes are difficult for pedestri-
ans to cross, and make motorists drive
farther, consuming time and expensive
fuel.
• The two blocks of neighborhood serv-
ing retail blocks on NW 5th Avenue
might be difficult to revive in the near
term.
New Opportunities
The location of this area between down-
town and the Miami River will become
desirable as a neighborhood in which to
live once the apartments and neighbor-
hood amenities become more attractive
and functional. The revitalization of the
Miami -Dade County public housing com-
munities Culmer Gardens and Culmer Place
will also serve to increase the housing op-
tions for residents of SEOPW and provide
more attractive facilities in the project area.
The revitalization of these Miami Dade
County public housing communities will
increase the variety of housing choices and
diversify the household types and incomes
and return residents needed for the busi-
nesses of Overtown.
The one-way streets in this neighborhood
could be returned to two-way, shortening
car trips and removing confusion for mo-
torists. Apartments could be quite desir-
able facing all four sides of Reeves Park.
Opening the superblock so that streets will
surround all four sides of Reeves Park and
will make the park appear to be safer.
The Culmer Community does have indus-
trial uses along NW 7th Avenue. Those
that are compatible to the neighborhood
should not be discouraged. Special atten-
tion will need to be given to the transition
from industrial to residential uses. These
businesses provide jobs for residents in
Overtown at wage levels higher than retail
jobs and likely high enough to support a
family.
Urban Design Solutions
1. To break up the superblocks, former
streets will need to be restored, espe-
cially the superblock bordered by NW
8th Street and NW loth Street between
NW 5th Avenue and NW 7th Avenue.
2. Apartment buildings must vary in form
and color to enhance the visual ap-
pearance of the neighborhood.
3. The fronts of new apartment buildings
facing Reeves Park shall have their
front doors facing the Park.
4. Neighborhood serving commercial
land uses shall be encouraged on NW
5th Avenue between NW 7th Street
and NW loth Street, except on the
Reeves Park property.
5. Provide on -street parking, especially
near neighborhood serving commercial
buildings and around Reeves Park.
6. Implement the Trust for Public Land's
Overtown Greenway from the Miami
River to Overtown.
Stakeholders' Roles for Redevelopment
CRA:
• Help the Trust for Public Land imple-
ment their Overtown Greenway.
• Make sure there are Credit Counseling
Services available for existing Over -
town residents, to help them qualify for
homeownership.
• Make sure there is an organization set
up that can offer basic financial literacy
training, job training, education and
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other supportive services for people
with extremely low incomes that can-
not qualify for home ownership.
• Help promote neighborhood serving
retail for Culmer Community in a simi-
lar manner to Historic Overtown Priori-
ty Business Corridor.
• Encourage the City to change the one-
way streets in the Culmer Community
back to two- way streets.
• Assist residential developers to provide
• additional quality housing in the Cul-
mer Community.
• Help existing, and future commercial
property owners attract quality tenants,
and national retailers.
City of Miami:
• The Public Works Department should
turn the one-way streets to two-way
streets which is recommended for
Overtown and Park West in the Down-
town Transportation Master Plan.
• Contribute to changes to Reeves Park
as new development opportunities
arise on surrounding properties.
• Upgrade the appearance and facilities
at Athalie Range #1 Mini Park.
• Encourage buildings that face Reeves
Park and Athalie Range #1 Mini Park
to provide natural surveillance of the
parks and provide incentives for cre-
ative architectural designs that blend
residential buildings with the culture of
the neighborhood.
Developers:
Continue to provide more residential units
in the Culmer Community that meet the
goals and principles of this Redevelopment
Plan.
Residents in the Community:
• Residents should participate in pro-
grams to better prepare them to take
advantage of home ownership and
opportunities that arise from redevel-
opment.
• Appeal to FDOT and the City of Miami
to renovate Athalie Range #1 Mini Park
in accordance with the goals to revital-
ize Overtown.
Commercial Property Owners:
Make improvements to buildings as
necessary, and paint or clean building
facades on a frequent basis.
• Overtown Community Oversight
Board: Continue to monitor and offer
recommendations to activities in West
Overtown.
The Black Archives, History & Research
Foundation of South Florida, Inc.:
• Continue the efforts to promote and
preserve the cultural heritage of the
community.
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Program Strategies:
The Programs for the CRA are organized
into the following headings:
I. Community Heritage and Historic
Preservation
II. Promotion and Enhancement of Over -
town as a Cultural and Entertainment
Destination
III. Planning, Development, Technical
Assistance and Program Compliance
IV. Street Improvements, Utility Infrastruc-
ture and Transportation
V. Home Ownership Pre -Qualification
and Counseling Program
VI. Grants for Existing Businesses and for
fostering new businesses
The ordering and numbering of these
programs are not intended to reflect a
prioritization. The programs identified
here should change over time as projects
are completed and new projects become
important. Each of the programs has un-
derneath them check marks that illustrate
which of the goals set forth in Section 2
they are supporting.
I. Community Heritage and
Historic Preservation
1. Renovation of Historically Significant
Buildings
✓#1-#6 supports all the goals
Overtown
The CRA proposes to build on the historic
character of the area by preserving and re-
vitalizing historically significant structures
in the Redevelopment Area. Projects will
be implemented following the completion
of the designation of the significant histor-
ic structures for rehabilitation. The Black
Archives, History & Research Foundation of
South Florida, Inc.'s Master Plan identifies
the following objectives as a guide in the
redevelopment process:
• Effectively communicate information
and develop broad based awareness
and appreciation of historic achieve-
ments of the African -American com-
munity through exhibits, special events,
tours, and the media.
• Develop a magnet area within the
target community for the purposes of:
(1) re- establishing a special identity
for Overtown by focusing on one era
in its history, the "Little Broadway" jazz
era; (2) to establish interest in the Af-
ro -Caribbean heritage by encouraging
tourism, trade and cultural exchanges.
The development of the Cultural and
Entertainment District will promote
these themes to attract night clubs
and restaurants; programming special
cultural events, designing signs, street
furniture and public plaza spaces; and
creating promotional literature for
tourism and local marketing.
• Preserve, where feasible, surviving
buildings which represent important
links to persons, activities or events of
major significance in the past.
• Encourage new development to incor-
porate uses which would contribute to
the vitality of the district such as stores,
nightclubs, restaurants, theaters.
• Encourage new buildings to incorpo-
rate selected design elements from
the past which reflect special cultural
or thematic feelings which are relevant
today and should be re-established.
Consideration will be given to the preser-
vation of all the identified historic build-
ings, wherever structural conditions and
cost of rehabilitation might be favorable.
However, recognizing that overall econom-
ic revitalization plans for Overtown require
extensive new development, emphasis
should be placed on preservation of the
following historic structures, which are of
major importance, located within the Re-
development Area:
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Churches
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church,
245 NW 8th St
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 301 NW 9th
Street
St. John's Baptist Church, 1328 NW 3rd
Avenue
St. Agnes Episcopal Church, 1750 NW
3rd Avenue
Businesses
X-Ray Clinic, 171 NW 9th Street -Stirrup
Building, the corner of NW 8th Street
and 3rd Avenue
Longshoreman's Hall, NW 2nd Avenue -
and NW 8th Street
Stewart -Scott Building, NW 2nd Ave-
nue and NW 10th Street
Dr. Davis' Office Building, NW 2nd Ave-
nue and NW 10th Street
Judge L. E. Thomas' Office NW 2nd
Avenue and NW loth Street
Ward Rooming House, NW 9th Street
and NW 2nd Court
Clyde Killens' residence & business,
corner, NW 2nd Avenue and NW llth
Street
Clyde Killens' Recreation Hall, NW 2nd
Avenue and NW loth Street
Residences
Dorsey House, 250 NW 9th Street
Killens House, corner, NW 2nd Avenue
and NW llth Street
Possible preservation strategies must be
studied for each of the above buildings
individually. Among the factors to be con-
sidered are: ownership, need for repairs,
economic productivity, potential for new
uses, eligibility for federal tax benefits,
location and relationship to planned rede-
velopment sites, potential for moving to a
new site, potential sources of funding.
Buildings to be of priority concern because
of imminent threats of demolition, deterio-
ration or vandalism include:
Stirrup Building
Stewart -Scott Building
Thomas Building
Ward Rooming House (only front
remains with temporary structural
support)
X-Ray Clinic
Buildings that should be considered for
reconstruction (due to previous demolition
or neglect) include:
Ward Rooming House
Cola Nip Building, formerly at 233-5 NW
9th Street
Divine Mission Building
Brown House
Park West
Older structures located in Park West that
have historic and cultural significance to
the overall Miami Community should be
preserved when economically feasible.
Special attention will be given to the Free-
dom Tower.
Properties of major architectural, historical
and/or contextual significance include:
500 NE 1st Avenue, Central Baptist
Church
505 NE 2nd Avenue
521 NE 2nd Avenue
545 NE 2nd Avenue, Valencia (Gibson)
Hotel
135 NE 5th Street
49 NE 5th Street, Salvation Army Citadel
These buildings reflect the wide variety of
architectural styles common to Miami, par-
ticularly Mediterranean Revival and frame
and masonry vernacular structures. Two
of the buildings, however, are examples of
styles unusual to Miami: Venetian Gothic
(Salvation Army Citadel) and Neo-Palladian
(Central Baptist Church). The preservation
of these structures should be included in
any redevelopment project.
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2. Historic Designation
✓#1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
The City of Miami's Planning and Zoning
Departments have evaluated Overtown
and Park West as a possible historic district
and have determined that it is not eligible.
However, significant buildings have been
designated Historic or listed in the Na-
tional Register for Historic Places, or both,
through the efforts of the Planning and
Zoning Departments. The following prop-
erties have been designated by the City of
Miami as historic sites:
Dorsey House, 250 NW 9th Street
X-Ray Clinic, 171 NW 9th Street
• Chapman House, 526 NW 13th Street
Cola Nip Building, 233-5 NW 9th Street,
building demolished
Lyric Theatre, 819 NW 2nd Avenue
St. John's Baptist Church, 1328 NW 3rd
Avenue
Ebenezer Methodist Church, 1042 NW
3rd Avenue
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 301 NW 9th
Street
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, 245 NW
O 8th Street
o St. Agnes Episcopal Church, 1750 NW
3rd Avenue
Black Police Precinct and Courthouse,
1009 NW 5th Avenue
The properties listed above as historic
sites may utilize the Historic Preservation
"HP" Zoning Overlay District permits, that
provide certain modification to zoning and
building code regulations where necessary
to make preservation economically or
architecturally feasible.
The following properties have been listed
on the National Register of Historic Places:
Dorsey House, 250 NW 9th Street
X-Ray Clinic, 171 NW 9th Street
Cola Nip Building, 233-5 NW 9th Street,
building demolished
St. John's Baptist Church, 1328 NW 3rd
Avenue
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 301 NW 9th
Street
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, 245 NW
8th Street
There may come a time when more struc-
tures will become eligible. Should that
occur, the CRA will work with The Black
Archives, History & Research Foundation
of South Florida, Inc. and the City of Miami
to further designate properties of historic
value in the community.
3. Promote and/or Organize Activities
and Events That Recreate the Former
Vitality and Atmosphere of the Commu-
nity
✓#1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓#5 Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
An African-American/Caribbean theme is
recommended to recreate the feeling and
atmosphere of "Historic Overtown". The
establishment of an annual Historic Over -
town Cultural Arts Festival reminiscent of
the jazz era will provide the setting for jazz
concerts to be held within the proposed
district.
The establishment of an international
cultural complex featuring activities remi-
niscent of the nineteen thirties, forties, and
fifties will provide artists with the opportu-
nity to receive training as well as to per-
form in concert.
Events that would aid in attracting people
into the community include a national or-
atorical competition, hair styling contests,
tennis tournaments and other sporting
events, culinary contests specializing in
soul food from the Caribbean and South-
ern States, and the establishment of a hall
of fame with annual recognition of national
figures. Families from all over the world will
be encouraged to hold annual family re-
unions in Miami -Dade County, particularly
in the Historic Overtown district.
The establishment of specialty shops which
feature products of Africa, the Caribbean
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and the Southern States including restau-
rants, caterers, photographer's studios
specializing in passports, bookstores and
art galleries would help attract visitors to
the area.
A "Saturday Marketplace" where vendors
can set up in a designated street block or
public plaza, featuring ethnic foods, crafts,
fresh produce, artwork, a VIP Convention
Center for local organizations with national
and international chapters, and a perma-
nent center to exhibit ongoing collections
unique to the black experience would also
increase the number of visitors to the area
throughout the year.
4. Provide Incentives for Revitalization
in "Historic Overtown"
✓ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓ #2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles
✓ #3 Housing: Infill, Diversity, & Retaining
Affordability
✓ #4 Job Creation
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
Incentives or requirements may be provid-
ed to attract retail stores at the ground lev-
el on selected commercial blocks, and to
attract jazz clubs, permit -controlled street
vendors, and outdoor markets.
Special zoning incentives in the HP Overlay
Ordinance may be used for the preserva-
tion of existing historic structures. Design
guidelines for new construction that
would encourage selected elements of
historic building forms to be incorporated
into the design of new buildings should be
considered.
5. Establish a First -Class Residential
Village Containing a Cluster of
Restored Buildings — The Folklife
Village and the Overtown Cultural
and Entertainment District
✓ #1-#6 supports all the goals
The placement of distinctive street furni-
ture wherever Redevelopment Plans call for
new improvements to sidewalks and plaza
spaces such as paving, benches, signs,
trash cans, landscaping, etc., and the devel-
opment of landscaping standards utilizing
historical and thematic plant materials can
aid in achieving this goal. Public plaza,
street, sidewalk and park improvements
should be designed to accommodate the
special cultural events the area will attract.
As a complement to the Historic Folk Life
Village Master Pan, the CRA shall pro-
mote public private partnerships including
partnerships with non-profit organization
and/or development entities located and
operating within "Historic Overtown" to
develop the first-class residential village in
a manner consistent with "Historic Over -
town".
5a. Provide Planning, Coordination, and
Technical Assistance to the Overtown
Cultural and Entertainment District De-
velopment
The Overtown Cultural and Entertainment
District and Historic Folklife Village is
Dade County's proposed African American
heritage tourist destination. Plans were
proposed in 1997 and 1998 to guide the
redevelopment of the tourist site by em-
phasizing reestablishment of mixed uses.
The CRA will assist The Black Archives,
History & Research Foundation of South
Florida, Inc. in providing a detailed survey,
a complete economic and functional eval-
uation of all the land uses and proposed
development within the Historic Folklife
Village and initiate any environmental as-
sessments to assist in the efforts of devel-
oping the area.
5b. Technical Assistance to the
Overtown Cultural and Entertain-
ment District Redevelopment
The Lyric Theater is a performing arts
theater that was the center of local night-
life in its heyday. Located at NW 2nd Ave.
and NW 8th St., it is has been completely
restored by The Black Archives, History
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& Research Foundation of South Florida,
Inc. Their primary objective is to use the
theater as a venue for cultural program-
ming, community meeting facilities and an
anchor for the Overtown Cultural & Enter-
tainment District and Historic Overtown
Folklife Village. The CRA will assist in the
redevelopment of the Overtown Cultural
& Entertainment District through support
services that entail assistance with ensuring
businesses, cultural venues, restaurants
and services that support the District are
financially equipped to do so.
5c. Planning, Design and Development
of Infrastructure Improvements in
the Overtown Cultural and Entertain-
ment District and the Historic Folk -
life Village
As a complement to the Overtown Cultural
& Entertainment District Master Plan and
the Historic Folklife Village Master Plan,
the CRA will assist in providing technical
assistance for the provision of infrastruc-
ture improvements, such as streetscape
improvements and landscaping.
5d. Planning, Design and Development
of Parking Facilities to Support the
Lyric Theater, the Folklife Village and
the Overtown Cultural and Enter-
tainment District
The CRA proposes to assist with the de-
velopment of parking facilities to support
the increasing use of the Lyric Theater and
the eventual development of the Overtown
Cultural and Entertainment District.
6. Promotion of "Historic Over
town" as a Tourist Destination
in "Historic Overtown"
/ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓#5 Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
/ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The establishment of a Tourist informa-
tion center which would direct tourists to
attractions, restaurants, hotel accommo-
dations, and historical sites throughout
Miami -Dade County would serve to mark
"Historic Overtown" as a tourist destina-
tion. The placement of historic markers
delineating historic sites (including sites
now vacant or redeveloped) and the estab-
lishment of tours of local historical sites in-
cluding bus tours to visit sites county -wide
and mini -tours for sites within the district
are among several strategies that can be
used to generate interest.
"Historic Overtown," especially those areas
along the historic NW 2nd Avenue cor-
ridor, should be developed in a manner
to create a tourist destination in suitable
sites for commercial/tourist/cultural uses.
As suitable sites for commercial/tourist/
cultural uses continue to diminish within
"Historic Overtown," the need to insure the
economic vitality of existing uses becomes
more critical. Therefore, economic conflicts
between existing land uses must also be
viewed from a perspective of improving
and redeveloping existing commercial/
tourist/cultural uses, where appropriate.
The strategic objectives for the promotion
of "Historic Overtown" as a tourist destina-
tion are:
1. Increase the number of commercial
and cultural attractions, restaurant,
hotel accommodations and historical
sites offering information and memo-
rabilia about "Historic Overtown's" rich
heritage to visitors;
2. Increase public visitation to historical
resources within "Historic Overtown;"
3. Provide public accessibility to cultural
events within "Historic Overtown;"
4. Increase the number of Overtown
residents and visitors benefiting from
cultural activities each year; and
5. Coordinate with the Miami -Dade
County African -American Tourist Site
Task Force Board, and similar board,
entities and organizations to locate
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and develop business opportunities
for tourist attractions within "Historic
Overtown," especially along the NW
2nd Avenue corridor.
7. Establishment of Artists' District by
Legislation
V #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓ #4 Job Creation
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA will petition for the designation of
an Artists' District for Overtown. The Over -
town area possesses a fascinating history
as a center of black culture and the focal
point of area entertainment. This legacy is
still seen in its buildings, plazas and the-
aters. The establishment of an Arts Dis-
trict -would capitalize on these resources by
directing future growth in a manner com-
patible with its history. The establishment
of legitimate theater, writers, and artists'
workshops; and first-class night clubs and
restaurants should be encouraged based
on the guidelines of the Historic district.
The establishment of manufacturing as well
as other related businesses for the arts, i.e.
manufacturing and distributing equipment
and supplies for dancing, music, art, etc.
should also be encouraged.
8. Periodically Update Housing Policy
V #3 Housing: Infill, Diversity, & Retaining
Affordability
The Housing Policy should be reviewed
at least every two years. Changes will be
made to the policy that increase, support,
or maintain affordability in the CRA as new
outcomes are discovered by the current
policy or as issues arise from new develop-
ment in the neighborhood.
II. Promotion and Enhancement
of Overtown and Park West
as a Business and Invest-
ment Location
1. Seeking Public/Private Develop-
ment Opportunities
✓ #1-#6 supports all the goals
The CRA will search for, evaluate, and
advertise public -private development
opportunities that will utilize the land
owned by the CRA to further the goals
of the Redevelopment Plan. This may
include tasks associated with:
Coordinating with other private and
Public entities for the development of
surplus real property within the CRA.
Offering land as part of public —private
joint development projects.
Coordinating efforts with Miami -Dade
County to do the same.
Request the County to redevelop the
Culmer Center to improve the facili-
ty and help improve NW 3rd Avenue or
seek a third party to joint venture with the
County.
2. Investigation into Technology Real
Estate Ventures
✓ 2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnerships
✓ #4 Job Creation
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The Miami Innovations District has identi-
fied in its research to the CRA that there is
potential in setting up an environment and
attracting a new business market in inno-
vative technologies to Park West. This is
identified in Project Area A, of this section.
3. Establish an "Priority Team for Pro-
curement" to enlarge the Business
Community
✓ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓ #2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles
✓ #4 Job Creation
✓#5 Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
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The CRA will create strategies and establish
a Priority Team for attracting new busi-
nesses to Overtown. The CRA may elect
to call the committee by a name different
from Priority Team." To start, the Priority
Team will focus on NW 3rd Avenue from
22nd Street south to NW 8th Street, the
area identified in this plan as the core of
Overtown, and the Folklife Village and the
Cultural and Entertainment district along
NW 2nd Avenue from I-395 south to NW
5th Street, and along 11th Street. The CRA
will keep the Priority Team informed of
new residential projects as they are being
proposed to help in the effort to attract
new businesses.
4. Identification, Marketing and Ne-
gotiation of a National Franchiser as
a Pioneer Project for the Historic
Priority Business Corridor
✓ 2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnerships
✓ #4 Job Creation
✓#5 Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Resident
The creation of strategic partnerships
between franchisers and minority urban
based businesses represents a market
of untapped consumers, investors, and
entrepreneurs. Location of these busi-
nesses along the corridor and impact area
will give impetus for the expansion and
location of other businesses. The CRA will
continue its efforts to identify, negotiate,
and market the Historic Overtown Priority
Business Corridor to potential franchisers
by offering favorable direct or indirect
development incentives.
5. Planning, Design, and Development
of a Job Creation Plaza
✓ 2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnerships
✓ #4 Job Creation
To help create critical mass along the
Historic Priority Business Corridor, the CRA
is making plans to develop ajob creation
plaza that will serve the local community
and other users. The plaza will be a pedes-
trian friendly environment incorporating
open space, landscaping, a much -needed
plaza or meeting area suited for passive
gathering and socializing, retail restaurants
and other businesses uses and services.
6. Development of a Professional Office
Building
✓ 2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnerships
✓ #4 Job Creation
The CRA proposes to develop a profes-
sional office building within the Historic
Priority Business Corridor or its impact
area. If the building is constructed within
the Overtown Cultural & Entertainment
District or the Historic Overtown Folklife
Village, it should follow the design guide-
lines of the Historic Overtown Folklife
Village Master Plan.
7. Development and relocation of new
Businesses to Overtown and Park
West
✓ 2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles
V #4 Job Creation
✓#5 Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA will provide marketing and assis-
tance for new and compatible businesses
to relocate to Overtown and Park West.
III. Planning, Development,
Technical Assistance and
Program Compliance
1. Facilitation of the improvements
identified in each of the Project Areas
/ #1-#6 supports all the goals
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Efforts regarding the Project Areas, as
described elsewhere in this section, will
take precedence over other efforts being
undertaken by the CRA. The Project Areas
are:
Park West/ Downtown
Overtown (including the Overtown Cul-
tural & Entertainment District and His-
toric Folklife Village)
Residents of Overtown
Historic Overtown Priority Business
Corridor
Culmer Community
7th Avenue Business Corridor
2. Increase Parking Supply
✓ 2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnerships
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA will examine ways to increase the
supply of parking within its boundaries.
Tasks may include:
Advocating, funding, and/or building
on -street parking spaces in any future
streetscape or redevelopment efforts
within public rights -of -way.
Funding, and/or building off-street
parking spaces in any future redevelop
ment efforts within the CRA boundaries.
Coordinating and facilitating efforts
with the City of Miami that support
the reform of off-street parking regula-
tions to reduce the unnecessary burden
on private developers. For example, to
jump-start redevelopment, new busi-
nesses in existing buildings should be
exempt from parking requirements to
reduce their startup costs and therefore
their financial risks
3. Miscellaneous Land Acquisition
✓ #1-#6 supports all the goals
The CRA proposes to acquire land, as nec-
essary, to support the implementation of
the projects described in this Redevelop-
ment Plan within the Redevelopment Area.
Additionally, in acquiring land, funding
support will be required to mitigate and
perfect ownership of land including ie. En-
vironmental and title issues for properties
that will support the implementation of
the projects described in this Redevelop-
ment Plan within the Redevelopment Area.
Acquiring more land for publicly accessible
green space for active and passive recre-
ational use will also be a priority.
4. Support for Greenways
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA will assist, where possible, the
Trust for Public Land with implementation
of their Overtown Greenprint Plan and
Greenway Plan within the Redevelopment
Area.
5. Create and Design an Overlay of
Special Fencing for all CRA-owned
properties and other governmental
and non-profit institution owned
properties within its jurisdiction in
Overtown
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
Historically, public agencies that own land
maintain the properties vacant while rede-
velopment occurs or is proposed, and this
does not give redeveloping communities a
look that is pleasing and does not do much
for the image of the area. The CRA pro-
poses to create and design an overlay of
special fencing in the Bahamian, Caribbean
style for all CRA owned properties and for
other properties within its jurisdiction to
transform an otherwise challenging situ-
ation into an opportunity to provide the
Historic Business Corridor and its impact
areas with a linking element that will pro-
vide character within a historic framework.
The fencing should be compatible with the
design parameters specified in the Historic
Overtown Folklife Village Master Plan.
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6. Technical Assistance/Liaison to
Optimist Club Activities
✓ #4 Job Creation
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA proposes to continue to aid and
support to the Optimist Clubs in terms of
policy guidance, assistance with local gov-
ernmental organizations, and other techni-
cal assistance.
7. Plan Improvements of the Over -
town Parks: Gibson Park, Williams
Park, Reeves Park, Dorsey Park and
Athalie Range #1 Mini -Park
V #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
According to a report by the Trust for
Public Land, parks and recreational oppor-
tunities are important to all communities.
The lack of adequate recreational space
has been an element of contention in the
studies of urban violence. Inadequate
parks ranked above unemployment and
difficulties with police amongst the most
significant problems within the inner-city
neighborhoods. This realization was behind
the creation and support of the Safe
Neighborhoods Parks Bond Program.
Unfortunately, neighborhoods such as
Overtown have the least park land and the
fewest facilities with the most difficulty in
improving and maintaining the existing
areas. The CRA will coordinate efforts with
the City of Miami's Parks and Planning
Departments to provide for incentives to
allow for the creation of additional park/
green space and for the maintenance of
such recreational areas. The CRA may
produce schematic designs for facility
improvements and public safety measures
within the parks.
8. Development of a "Gateway" Project
into the Omni and the Overtown/
Park West Areas
✓ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓#5 Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
The CRA proposes to study and evalu-
ate the potential of entry features for the
entrances into the Omni Area at the I-395
exit, 11th Street and Biscayne Boulevard
and into the Southeast Overtown Area at
NW 14th St. and connections with I-395,
I-95, and NW 3rd Ave., at NW 3rd Ave and
NW 8th St. and at NW 4th Ave. and NW
8th St. Specific entry features for the Park
West Area will also be determined. Entry
features for Overtown should be in accor-
dance with the Historic Overtown Folklife
Village Master Plan. Efforts to be coor-
dinated with the Trust for Public Land in
implementing their Greenway/Greenprint
Plan, and with The Black Archives, History
& Research Foundation of South Florida,
Inc., Urban Philanthropies and the City of
Miami in implementing these gateways
and preserving the historic context of the
area.
9. Periodically Update the Housing
Policy
✓ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓ #3 Housing: Infill, Diversity, & Retaining
Affordability
The CRA will adopt a new housing policy
and will update it periodically as changes
occur in the market places and as property
values shift from time to time.
10. Promote the Development of
Affordable Housing to Developers
✓ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓ #3 Housing: Infill, Diversity, & Retaining
Affordability
The CRA will meet with developers of proj-
ects within the Redevelopment Area prior
to their permit application submissions to
the City. The purpose of the meeting is for
the CRA to encourage and negotiate for
as much affordable housing as possible in
each new development. The CRA will not
offer aid of any kind to developers unless
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the developers comply with the CRA's
Housing Policy.
IV. Street Improvements, Utility
Infrastructure, and Trans-
portation
1. Streetscape Projects
✓ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓#5 Promotion & Marketing of the
Community
V #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA has begun or completed street-
scape design and construction in a few of
the Project Areas. The CRA will continue
the efforts to conclude those projects that
have not begun or been completed. The
streetscape projects include:
1. 8th Street Streetscape
2. 10th Street Streetscape
3. llth Street Streetscape
4. NW 3rd Avenue (south of I-395) for the
Historic Priority Business Corridor
5. NW3rd Avenue (north of I-395)
6. NW 8th-llth Street (Cultural & Enter-
tainment District)
7. NW 10th & NW 11th Street FEC/Bright-
line Pathways & Rail spur.
Additional streetscape projects may be
included in the future. Related tasks may
include:
regular maintenance of lighting, street
furniture, landscaping, and paving ma-
terials.
acquiring the services of engineers or
landscape architects.
2. Coordination of Infrastructure
Improvements with City of Miami &
Miami Public Works Departments,
Miami Dade Water and Sewer Depart-
ment, FDOT, Miami Parking Authority
and Other Relevant Agencies
✓ #2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnerships
V #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
CRA efforts are concentrated on planning
infrastructure improvements in the Rede-
velopment Area, such as street improve-
ments, landscaping, lighting, parking and
pedestrian amenities, and enhancements.
Coordination with local and state agen-
cies responsible for implementing these
infrastructure improvements, as well as
private developers and community mem-
bers, becomes paramount to set priorities,
coordinate and avoid duplication of efforts,
and find new avenues to pursue resources.
Tasks may include:
Upgrades to water mains and sewer
mains, by implementing actual recon-
struction or by subsidizing the upgrades
performing others.
Collaborating with the MPO to return
one-way streets back into two-way
streets.
Improving pedestrian features such as
crosswalks that are more visible to
motorists or securing easements or ac-
cess for pedestrian routes separated
from the roadways.
Influencing the decision to subdivide
larger blocks into smaller ones with the
creation of new streets.
Increasing public on -street parking in
rights -of -way.
Assisting with solutions to any noise,
access, and privacy problems associated
with properties along the rail and transit
routes
3. Pedestrian Compatible Community
Transit System
V #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA will review, and act accordingly
towards the work of Thomas Gustafson
and Nova Southeastern University related
to the development of a pedestrian com-
patible community transit system to link all
Southeast Overtown, Park West, and the
nearby Central Business District and Omni
area, The Report also describes the possi-
bility of a large pedestrian zone adjacent
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to the Overtown/Arena Metrorail Station to
enhance intermodal transfers.
4. Pilot Infrastructure Improvement and
Maintenance Program
✓ #2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnerships
✓ #4 Job Creation
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA will establish for Overtown and
Park West a pilot street cleaning, sweep-
ing program and a grass cutting program,
primarily for security reasons, for the areas
of the CRA and maintain a closer coordina-
tion with existing property owners and the
Downtown Development Authority, and
the City of Miami.
5. Plan, Coordinate, and Design Special
Lighting; Security District (Pedestrian
Enhancements)
✓ #2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnershi ps
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
Security is an important issue in the area.
The CRA proposes to provide pedestrian
enhancements, special lighting, and create
a more pedestrian friendly atmosphere in
the Redevelopment Area by developing
and implementing a Security and Lighting
District and a Police Enhancement Pro-
gram, including the Entertainment District,
the 9th Street Pedestrian Mall, and Sawyers
Walk. Within the Overtown Cultural and
Entertainment District lighting should be
consistent with the character identified in
the Historic Folklife Village Master Plan.
V. Home Ownership Pre -Quali-
fication and Counseling
Program
✓ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓ #3 Housing: Infill, Diversity, & Retaining
Affordability
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA will coordinate efforts with the
City of Miami, local real estate organiza-
tions, mortgage lenders and community
bankers, community development corpo-
rations, faith- based institutions, consumer
advocates, and residents to implement
a home ownership pre -qualification and
counseling program which will provide
homeownership training sessions, market
public sector assistance programs, and as-
sist in pre -qualifying home buyers. Services
will be accessible to existing Overtown res-
idents. The program is intended to provide
basic financial literacy training, job training,
education and other supportive services
for people with extremely low incomes that
cannot qualify for home ownership.
VI. Grants for Existing Business-
es and for Fostering New
Businesses
✓ #1 Preserving Historic Buildings &
Community Heritage
✓ #2 Expanding the Tax Base using Smart
Growth Principles and Public -Private
Partnerships
✓ #4 Job Creation
✓ #6 Improving the Quality of Life for
Residents
The CRA proposes to assist in creating jobs
by providing technical assistance with a
revolving loan pool, which will make low
interest, low down payment, long terms
loans in the amount of $25,000 to $1 mil-
lion for business improvement projects to
area businesses. Tasks may include:
facilitating grants,
technical assistance to business owners
architectural and design services for
building or facade renovation or new
construction
VII. Public Safety - Policing
Innovations
✓ #6 Improving the quality of Life for
Residents
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The City of Miami Police department Real
Time Crime Center will use a mesh of
state — of — the art technology i.e., video
surveillance cameras, automatic license
plate readers, crime analytics and social
media monitoring to help combat crime
in real time. The unit should form part of
an SEOPW Community Policing Initiative.
The Unit will be staffed by a mix of crime
analysts and sworn personnel that special-
izes in collecting, analyzing and utilizing
criminal activity and criminal intelligence to
enhance operational effectiveness.
The Unit's objective is to utilize technol-
ogy to safeguard the well-being of our
community and to use a collaborative and
proactive approach to forecast and prevent
threats to the City of Miami and ultimately
residents in the SEOPW, while ensuring the
protection of people's civil rights and civil
liberties.
Comparison Chart: Goals and Supporting
Projects
The charts on the next four pages list each
of the projects and programs and identify
which of the goals they primarily support.
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Comparison Chart:
Goals and Supporting Projects
Program Names
Goal #1
Preserve
Historic
Buildings
&
Community
Heritage
Goa1#2
Expand
the Tax
Base using
Public-
Private
Principles
Goal#3
Provide
and Retain
Housing
Affordability
Goa1#4
Create Jobs
within the
Community
Goal#5
Promote &
Market the
Community as
a Cultural &
Entertainment
Destination
Goal#6
Improve
the Quality
of Life for
Residents
Goal#7
Promote
Entrepreneurship
and Technology
Innovations
Goal #8
Ensure
Strategic
Transportation
Routes &
Effective
Parking
Goal # 9
Foster Safe
Community
Initiatives
I. Community Heritage and Historic Preservation
1. Renovation of Historically Significant Buildings
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2. Historic Designation
*
*
3. Promote and/or Organize Activities and
Events That Recreate the Former Vitality and
Atmosphere of the Community
*
*
*
4. Provide Incentives for Revitalization in "Historic
Overtown"
*
*
*
*
*
*
5. Establish a First -Class Residential Village Containing
a Cluster of Restored Buildings, The Folklife Village.
*
*
*
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*
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*
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*
5a. Provide Planning, Coordination, and
Technical Assistance to the Black Archives
Historic Folklife Village Development and the
Entertainment and Cultural District
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*
*
*
*
*
*
*
5b. Technical Assistance to the Entertainment
and Cultural District Redevelopment
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*
*
*
*
*
*
*
5c. Planning Design and Development of
Infrastructure Improvements in the Historic
Folklife Village and the Cultural Entertainment
and Cultural District
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*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
5d. Planning, Design and Development of
Parking Facilities to Support the Lyric Theater
and the Folklife Village Historic Preservation
*
*
*
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*
*
*
*
6. Promotion of "Historic Overtown" as a
Tourist Destination
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*
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7. Establishment of Artists District by Legislation
*
*
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8. Update Housing Policy, Periodically
Comparison Chart:
Goals and Supporting Projects
Program Names
Goal #1
Preserve
Historic
Buildings &
Community
Heritage
Goal#2
Expand
the Tax
Base using
Public-
Private
Principles
Goal#3
Provide
and Retain
Housing
Affordability
Goa1#4
Create Jobs
within the
Community
Goal#5
Promote &
Market the
Community as
a Cultural &
Entertainment
Destination
Goal#6
Improve
the Quality
of Life for
Residents
Goa1#7
Promote
Entrepreneurship
and Technology
Innovations
Goal #8
Ensure Strategic
Transportation
Routes &
Effective Parking
Goal # 9
Foster Safe
Community
Initiatives
II. Promotion and Enhancement of Overtown and Park West as a Business and Investment Location
1. Seeking Public/Private Development
Opportunities
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
2. Investigation into Technology -related
Real Estate Ventures
*
*
*
*
*
*
3. Establish a "Priority Team for
Procurement" to enlarge the Business*
Community
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*
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*
4. Identification, Marketing and
Negotiation of a National Franchiser as a
Pioneer Project for the Historic Priority*
Business Corridor
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*
*
*
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*
5. Planning, Design and Development of a
Job Creation Plaza
*
*
*
*
6. Development of a Professional Business
Office
*
*
*
*
7. Development and relocation of
new Businesses to Overtown and
Park West including Small Business;
Kiosks
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*
*
*
*
*
Comparison Chart:
Goals and Supporting Projects
Program Names
Goal #1
Preserve
Historic
Buildings &
Community
Heritage
Goal#2
Expand the
Tax Base
using Public-
Private
Principles
Goal #3
Provide
and Retain
Housing
Affordability
Goal#4
Create Jobs
within the
Community
Goal#5
Promote &
Market the
Community as
a Cultural &
Entertainment
Destination
Goal#6
Improve the
Quality of Life
for Residents
Goa1#7
Promote
Entrepreneurship
and Technology
Innovations
Goal #8
Ensure Strategic
Transportation
Routes &
Effective Parking
Goal # 9
Foster Safe
Community
Initiatives
III. Planning, Development, Technical Assistance and Program Compliance
1. Facilitation of the improvements identified
in each of the Project Areas
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*
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*
*
*
*
*
*
2. Changes to Land Development Regulations
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*
*
*
*
*
3. Increase Parking Supply
*
*
*
*
4. Miscellaneous Land Acquisition
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
5. Support for Greenways
*
*
7. Create and Design an Overlay of Special
Fencing for all CRA owned properties and
others governmental and non- profit institution
owned properties within its jurisdiction in
Overtown
*
8. Technical Assistance/Liaison to Optimist Club
Activities
*
*
*
9. Plan the Improvements of the Overtown
Parks: Gibson Park, Williams Park, Reeves Park,
Dorsey Park and Athalie Range #1 Mini -Park
*
10. Development of a "Gateways" Project into
the Omni and the Southeast Overtown Park
West Areas
*
*
11. Update the Housing Policy*
12. Promote Affordable Housing to Developers
Comparison Chart:
Goals and Supporting Projects
Program Names
Goal #1
Preserve
Historic
Buildings
&
Community
Heritage
Goal#2
Expand
the Tax
Base
using
Public-
Private
Principles
Goal#3
Provide
and Retain
Housing
Affordability
Goa1#4
Create Jobs
within the
Community
Goal#5
Promote &
Market the
Community as
a Cultural &
Entertainment
Destination
Goal#6
Improve the
Quality of Life
for Residents
Goa1#7
Promote
Entrepreneurship
and Technology
Innovations
Goal #8
Ensure Strategic
Transportation
Routes &
Effective Parking
Goal # 9
Foster Safe
Community
Initiatives
IV. Street Improvements, Utility Infrastructure, and Transportation
1. Streetscape Projects
*
*
*
2. Coordination of Infrastructure
Improvements with City of Miami and Miami
Public Works Departments, Miami Dade
Water and Sewer Department, FDOT, Miami
Parking Authority and Other Relevant
Agencies
*
*
*
3. Pedestrian Compatible Community Transit
System
*
*
4. Pilot Infrastructure Improvement and
Maintenance Program
*
*
*
*
5. Plan/Coordinate/Design Special Lighting,
Security District (Pedestrian Enhancements)
V. Home Ownership Pre -Qualification and Counseling Program
1. Housing: Infill, Diversity & Retaining
affordability
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*
*
VI. Grants to Existing Businesses Program and Fostering New Business
1. Job Creation & Small Business Kiosk
Program
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*
*
*
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VII. Public Safety- Real Time Virtual Crime Center
1.Support for Community Policing
Innovations
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SECTION FIVE: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS AND TIMELINE
Introduction
This section identifies the primary capital
improvements, their costs, and timeframe
for implementation. It is not the intent of
this section to serve as an implementation
plan or as an operations budget. Capital
Improvements are defined as improve-
ments in the infrastructure which encom-
passes upgrading of sidewalks, water and
sewer upgrades and road repairs, all neces-
sary items that are the responsibility of the
municipality. The CRA has an independent
operation strategy and budget that will
identify capital improvements among its
other projects and expenses. The known
and desired capital projects listed in this
plan are prioritized. It should be expected
that this section will become obsolete over
time as projects get completed and new
ones become important to the community,
which is the reason for a separate budget
strategy.
Capital Improvement Goals
The goals for making capital improvements
within the Redevelopment Area are:
1. Eradicate the visual blight seen from
streets and public places within the
CRA .
2. To upgrade the infrastructure to attract
new investors and development.
3. Protect the health and safety of the
residents by improving the perfor-
mance of the City's infrastructure
systems.
4. Remove or diminish negative impacts
caused by existing or inadequate infra-
structure.
Prioritizing Capital Improvements
The approach to prioritizing improvement
projects focuses on key Project Areas
described in Section 4. These Project Areas
are characteristically unique and show the
greatest potential for immediate positive
change.
The Project Areas set forth in Section 4
encompass the entire Redevelopment
Area, and investment in capital improve-
ment and public infrastructure, should
attract interest in the community and spark
additional private investment within the
Redevelopment Area. The idea behind con-
centrating efforts in small areas is to totally
transform them, creating as dramatic and
visible an impact as possible. When mon-
ey is spent evenly throughout the entire
CRA, it is difficult to see where the money
has gone. By focusing the efforts, people
will see what the larger area will be like as
revitalization spreads, inspiring additional
private reinvestment.
Priority should go towards efforts within
the Project Areas. The CRA Board will de-
cide if certain projects rank higher than
others,as they will with their 5-year im-
provement plan.
Potential Funding Sources
It is important for the CRA staff to coor-
dinate with the City and County staff to
leverage or match tax increment funds
with Federal, State, and locally available
funds. Sources include but should not be
limited to:
Capital programs for the City, County
other local governmental entities.
Community Development Block Grants.
Federal, State, and local Transportation
Trust Funds
People's Transportation Plan funded
through the local option half -penny
sales tax and overseen by the Citizens
Independent Transportation Trust.
Federal, State, and Local Park Funds.
Partnerships with educational institu-
tions.
New Market Tax Credits
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Capital Improvement and Infrastruc-
ture Costs by Project Area
Each Project Area has improvements item-
ized as:
1. Streetscape Improvements
Streetscape improvement estimates
include costs associated with pave-
ment, curbs, sidewalks, concrete
pavers, drainage, landscaping, utilities,
signage, and pavement markings. The
construction costs were prepared
from information in the Draft Report
for the Southeast Overtown / Park
West Redevelopment Plan dated Sept
ember 2018. The costs exclude struc-
tures and any right of way acquisition.
2. Water Main
Water Main estimates include costs for
upgrading underground mains that
provide water service to the properties.
Hookup fees are not included.
3. Sewer
Sewer estimates include costs for
upgrading underground sewer pipes
that provide solid waste disposal from
adjacent properties. Hookup fees are
not included.
4. Projects budgeted for FY 2018-2019
Projects budgeted for the Fiscal Year
2018 — 2019 have been added to the
Project Area they serve. Some currently
budgeted projects affect multiple proj-
ect areas and are listed under the cate-
gory of "Other Capital Improvements."
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Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project Area A: Park West/Downtown
The visual nature of the street needs improvement
since the railroad right-of-way is rather unsightly.
This visual separation can be mitigated by similar
uses on both sides of the track, so that the two ar-
eas become more unified in character
Project Area A - Park West/ Downtown
OVERALL EST. COST:
209,415
Future Items:
ITEM
COST
North Miami Avenue Roadway Improvements
$209,415
Water Main
Sanitary Sewer Upgrades
TOTAL:
$188,474
10% Contingency
$20,941
TOTAL:
$209,415
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Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project Area B: Overtown-Cultural and
Entertainment District
Overtown is the heart of the African- American
community. The CRA will reinforce its previous invest-
ments in the neighborhood by focusing its present
efforts and resources here to get results.
Project Area B - Overtown
Cultural and Entertainment
District
OVERALL EST. COST:
$none
Future Items:
Streetscapes / Roadway
Improvements
COST
Water Main
-
Sanitary Sewer Upgrades
-
SUBTOTAL:
-
10% Contingency
-
TOTAL:
-
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Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project Area C - Overtown Residents,
Town Park, St. Agnes and Rainbow
Housing
This project provides streetsscape improvements
under the Overtown Greenway Project, to include
road improvements such as drainage system instal-
lations, milling and resurfacing, new sidewalk re-
placement, striping, signs, landscaping, handscape,
decorative street and pedestrian lighting, and ADA
compliant ramps.
Project Area C - Overtown Residents,
Town Park, St. Agnes and Rainbow
Housing
OVERALL EST. COST:
$8,782,367
Future Items:
ITEM
COST
NW 11th Terrace - Greenway Project
$1,804,667
NW 14th Street Streetscape
$1,977,700
Williams Park Enhancement
$5,000,000
Water Main
Sanitary Sewer Upgrade
SUBTOTAL:
$7,904,130
10% Contingency
$878,237
TOTAL:
$8,782,367
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Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project Area D - Historic Overtown
Priority Business Corridor
This corridor is the historic main street along NW 3rd
Avenue. Portions of this area also fall within the Over -
town Cultural and Entertainment District. The CRA will
reinforce its previous investments in the neighborhood
by focusing its present efforts and resources here to
get results.
Current Improvements identified in the budget for
FY2018:
Project Area D - Historic Overtown
Priority Business Corridor
OVERALL EST. COST:
$none
Future Items:
COST
Streetscapes/Roadway
Improvements
$0
Water Main
$0
Sanitary Sewer Upgrades
SUBTOTAL:
-
10% Contingency
-
TOTAL:
-
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Capital Improvements by Project Area
Project Area E - Culmer Community
Culmer Community is the Redevelopment Area west
of I- 95, but east of NW 7th Avenue.
Project Area E - Culmer
Community
OVERALL EST. COST:
$2,200,000
Future Items:
COST
Reeves Park Enhancements
$2,000,000
Henry Reeves Park Lights
$200,000
Streetscapes / Roadway
Improvements
Water Main
Sanitary Sewer Upgrades
SUBTOTAL:
$1,980,000
10% Contingency
$220,000
TOTAL:
$2,200,000
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Capital Improvements by Project Area
Capital Improvement Costs -District Wide
There are capital improvement projects within the
Redevelopment Area that address problems within
the Redevelopment Area as a whole. These typical-
ly connect or "link" the city infrastructure and mobil-
ity of people living, working, shopping, and visiting
the Redevelopment Area.
Other Capital Improvements
OVERALL EST. COST:
$1,770,797
Future Items:
COST
Increase Overtown Lighting
$200,000
Overtown Pump Station Upgrades
$1,570,797
SUBTOTAL:
$1,593,717
10% Contingency
$159,372
TOTAL:
$1,770,797
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Capital Improvements Costs - Summary
Breakdown of the item:
Timeline for Improvements
Everyone familiar with the area will express the
concern that time is of the essence. Every project is
important. Projects in the 2018 Budget should be
completed by the year end of 2020. Substantial ac-
complishments to the projects deserving the high-
est priority should be completed by 2020.
All of the remaing projects, provided efforts to
obtain additional funding are successful, should be
completed by 2022.
Capital Improvement Summary
OVERALL EST. COST:
$12,962,579
Future Items: By Project Area
COST
Project Area A
$209,415
Project Area B
$0
Project Area C
$8,782,367
Project Area D
$0
Project Area E
$2,200,000
Subtotal
$11,191,782
Capital Equipment Cost -District Wide
Other Capital Improvement
$1,770,797
TOTAL:
$12,962,579
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SECTION SIX: RESIDENTIAL USES AND
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT OF REDEVELOPMENT
Neighborhood Overview
The Redevelopment Area has a wide range
of land uses.
Park West, the eastern part of the Redevel-
opment Area, once populated by a few old
warehouses that once contained businesses
that relied on the proximity of the Port of
Miami, when it was located at what is now
Museum Park, Park West is now home to
the American Airlines Arena (Miami Arena
was— demolished in September 2008), the
Network Access Point (NAP) facility that
provides computer data storage relat-
ed services, five large residential towers
along Biscayne Blvd, an expansion of the
Wolfson Campus of Miami -Dade Commu-
nity College, several new nightclubs cater-
ing to the "after hours" market, the newly
planned Miami Innovation District, Miami
Innovation Tower and the long planned Mi-
ami World Center Complex and Convention
Hotel and Exhibition Center.
Most of the existing residents in Park West
reside in the luxury residential towers locat-
ed on Biscayne Blvd. that were completed
during the recent real estate boom from
2007-2016. This represents an increase in
new middle to upper income residents to
the Park West area. The Southeast
Overtown residents reside in largely low-
rise, older rental developments scattered
throughout the community. There con-
tinues to be a large homeless population
in the Redevelopment Area although the
homeless feeding facility in Park West was
relocated from Park West to a new location
bordering the western boundary of the
Redevelopment Area by the City of Miami.
The existing population in Southeast Over -
town is considerably younger and poorer
than the City of Miami and Miami- Dade
County and reflects a slightly higher medi-
an household size. The existing households
in Southeast Overtown are more likely to
be headed by a single head of household
than the City of Miami as a whole. Un-
employment rates in the community are
also higher than the rates for the City and
County.
Overtown is comprised of small neighbor-
hood businesses, churches, single family
homes and apartment buildings, with the
latter being the most dominant. According
to a review of the U.S. Census Bureau's;
American Community Survey 5- year es-
timate, 2012-2016 homeownership data
indicated that the rate in Overtown was
still very low at approximately 12.5%. This
low homeownership rate reflects the low
household incomes in the community and
the lack of affordable homeownership
development in the community. In compar-
ison, 37% of the City of Miami's residential
unit's are owner -occupied. In 2016, almost
57 percent of Overtown's households
earned less than $17,500 per year. The
population of the SEOPW CRA area has
increased by 2.9% between 2000 (6,599)
and 2016 (6,792).
The following are residential characteristics
in surrounding areas:
Northeast of the Redevelopment Area is
the Omni Redevelopment Area. The
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Perform
ing Arts of Miami -Dade County ("PAC")
was completed in 2006 and serves as
a catalyst to draw new people, business
es and residents into that area. North
of the PAC between Biscayne Bou-
levard and Biscayne Bay are several new
multi -family residential towers under
construction and/or recently completed.
North of the Redevelopment Area, the
conditions are like Overtown. Redevel-
opment efforts within the Redevelop
ment Area can only have a positive
effect on its northern neighbors.
Southwest and West of the Redevel
opment Area is the Miami River and the
Spring Garden neighborhood. The river
has mostly industrial uses, but future loft
style apartments and mixed -use devel
opments have been advertised on
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signs posted at various properties.
Spring Garden is a stable residential
neighborhood primarily of single family
homes, separated from western Over
town by the Seybold canal.
To the south is the Central Business
District with mostly government related
buildings on the southern edge of the
Redevelopment Area.
Northwest of the Redevelopment Area
is the University of Miami Medical Cam
pus at Jackson hospital district com
prised of several hospitals, doctors' of
fices, and related businesses and re
search facilities.
To the East are properties facing Bis
cayne Bay, including Bicentennial Park
and the American Airlines Arena. Two
museums have been completed and
Bicentennial Park has been renamed
"Museum Park".
Housing Policy
The following items constitute the CRA's
Policy toward Housing, both market rate
and affordable:
1) The CRA endorses, supports, encour-
ages, assists and initiates housing
initiatives that will do the following:
a) Improve living conditions for all
residents of the neighborhoods
b) Incorporate a variety of options
to target the severe shortage of
housing affordable to residents of
low or moderate income, including
the elderly.
Further the development of "work
force" housing through public/pri
vate partnerships.
d) Includes design features and con
siderations that contribute to the
livability and walkability of the com
munity
2) A goal for the level of affordable
housing that should be made available
in the Redevelopment Area of, at least,
20% of any new development or reha
bilitation of existing housing stock, to
be periodically reviewed for results.
3) Affordability can be achieved by:
a) Working with both non-profit and
for -profit developers to find
redevelopment opportunities
and to assist them with overcoming
obstacles they often encounter.
b) Developing and supporting pro
grams that will assist in the devel
opment of housing that is afford
able to lower- income families by
providing developer incentives
such as density bonuses, parking
concessions and project subsidies.
c) The zoning code Miami 21 has
established incentives and inclu
sionary zoning policies that will
require a percent-
age of the units for new rental and
c)
homeownership developments to
be affordable and made available
for rent or purchase to low and
very low-income families, with best
efforts being made to serve existing
Overtown residents.
d) Assisting developers, who provide
rental housing serving families,
including seniors, earning below
80% of the area median income, to
secure project -based assistance for
those units.
e) Ensuring that existing supportive
housing is better integrated into
the community and expanding
supportive housing models to
address the unmet needs of exist
ing residents.
f) Ensuring adequate funding of and
access to mortgage subsidy pro
grams for existing families who
seek homeownership opportunities
in the community.
Relocation Policy
As stated in this Redevelopment Plan's
Housing Policy, it is the CRA's goal and
intent to retain, improve and increase the
housing stock in the Redevelopment Area
and not to replace it with a non-residential
use.
In the future, if any unforeseen redevelop
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ment project involving the CRA requires
the involuntarily displacement of anyone
from either a rented or owned housing
unit, the project proposal must contain a
Project Relocation Plan which adheres to
all applicable laws and regulations. The
Project Relocation Plan must be approved
by the CRA Board in a publicly noticed CRA
Board meeting prior to any final approval
of the project.
If any future projects were to require
relocation and CRA funding were to be
"partnered" with Federal funds, the CRA
shall make it a condition of its participation
that all provisions of the Uniform Reloca-
tion Assistance Act are met. This strategy
adheres to the requirements of Chapters
163 and 421, Florida Statues.
Through the Housing Policy and Reloca-
tion Policy described in this Redevelop-
ment Plan, the existing residents within the
Redevelopment Area who may be tempo-
rarily or permanently displaced because of
redevelopment activities directly supported
by the CRA will have access to safe, sani-
tary and decent replacement housing.
Traffic Circulation
The network of streets within the Redevel-
opment Area is the typical Miami "grid."
The older portions of Overtown have
smaller blocks. The I-95 and I-395 High-
ways have created some real and psycho-
logical barriers; however, there are several
locations where the city streets pass under
or over the highway. The Brightline Rail-
road, which runs along NW 1st Avenue,
interrupts circulation for both pedestrians
and motorists in several locations.
For this Redevelopment Plan's proposed
traffic changes, see Section 3, "Trans-
portation System: Re-establishing the
traditional urban network of streets." The
primary change proposed is returning
many of the streets from a one-way con-
figuration back to two-way streets. The
current conditions appear to make it easy
for visitors to enter Overtown, but confus-
ing to leave. The current roadways should
handle the projected increase in residential
units, since the same city streets accom-
modated a former population of 40,000 in
1960. The population in 2016 was 6,792, an
increase from 6,599 in 2000. Also, public
transit serves Overtown rather well, which
did not exist in 1960.
Further community transit and transit ac-
cess improvements will be explored related
to Airport to Sea Port Metrorail linkages
through the Overtown/Arena Station and
other possible livable community inter -
modal system improvements, under Miami
Dade County's SMART PLAN.
FDOT proposed changes for the Port of
Miami traffic, which will include a tunnel
to relieve the traffic to NE/NW 5th and
6th Streets have been implemented and
east -westbound traffic on SR836, The Dol-
phin Expressway will begin implementation
in 2019(see changes to I-395/SR-836).
Transportation capacity is controlled by the
downtown's DRI agreement (Development
of Regional Impact). The local circulation is
addressed on a project by project basis in
the Major Use Special Permits (MUSP).
Environmental Quality
Redevelopment will improve environmen-
tal quality due to existing provisions in the
City's building permit process. Miami -Dade
County's Department of Environmental
Resource Management reviews all new
construction permits to insure health
standards are followed. Asbestos testing is
required for existing buildings that are to
undergo renovation. The County's Health
Department must also approve any water
and sewer changes, restaurants, hospitals,
clinics, and schools.
Miami Dade Water and Sewer Department
("M-DWASD") provides water and sewage
services and runoff drainage forthe Rede-
velopment Area. M-DWASD has upgraded
their standards which means that nearly all
new construction and renovations within
the Redevelopment Area will require up-
grades to the water service lines, given the
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the age and smaller diameter of the exist-
ing water lines.
Locations of concern within the Rede-
velopment Area are those locations that
once had industrial uses and gas stations,
which once existed primarily along NW 7th
Avenue.
Community Facilities and Services in the
Redevelopment Area:
Parks / Public Spaces
• Gibson Park
• Athalie Range Park
• Lyric Plaza
• Culmer Center's grounds
• Williams Park
• Rainbow Village Park
• Henry Reeves Park
• Camilus House
• Lotus House
Service, Meeting, & Recreational
Centers
• Culmer/Overtown Neighborhood
Center,
• The Overtown Youth Center
• Freedom Tower
• Action Community Action Agency
Service Center (CAA), 858 West Flagler
Street, (305) 547-4892
Churches
• Central Baptist Church
• Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
• Mount Zion Baptist Church
• St. Johns Baptist Church
• St. Agnes Episcopal Church
• St. Peter's Catholic Church
Educational
• University of Miami Medical Campus
(Jackson Hospital)
• Miami -Dade Community College,
Wolfson Campus
• The Culmer/Overtown Branch Library,
Miami -Dade County Library System
• Entertainment Venues
• Historic Lyric Theater
• Public Transit
• Metrorail (two stations)
• Metromover (five stations)
• Metrobus, (many routes)
• Brightline (one station)
• Tri-Rail (one station proposed)
Physical and Social Quality
Until recently, Park West and Overtown
have been overlooked as a desirable place
to live and work. With the attraction of the
Park West Entertainment District during
evening and early morning hours, and
with the anticipated spill -over effect of
the Performing Arts Center, Miami World
Center, Miami Innovation District and
Miami Innovation Tower, the expansion
of the Historic Lyric Theater and Entertain-
ment District, and new proposed market
rate and affordable housing, the physical
character of the Redevelopment Area is
about to change.
Recent projects from the CRA have been
geared toward beautification of the public
rights -of -way with sidewalk improvements
and tree planting.
The City of Miami adopted a new zoning
code, Miami 21 in 2009. The new zoning
regulations come with new design guide-
lines. The intention of the design guide-
lines is to ensure that both publicly and
privately constructed buildings are attrac-
tive and support the need for pedestrian
access, comfort, and safety.
Proposed new developments at the time
of writing this amendment all provide a
mix of uses including residential, making
it possible to live and work within walking
distance or transit.
The greatest asset of this community is
its location. The Central Business District
is within walking distance, it is served by
public transit, and it is centrally located in
Miami- Dade County.
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Transit Oriented Development
By enactment of the City of Miami new
zoning code Miam21 in 2009 a new set
of regulation governed the development
of neighborhoods. With continued traffic
congestion and the need to connect em-
ployees with labor markets a new designa-
tion was created and called Transit Orient-
ed Development. This designation gave
way to land owners and property rights to
increase density for their properties. The
designation recognized transits impact on
the daily lives of residents but most impor-
tantly its effect on housing development.
Now transit stations on both the Met-
ro -rail and Metro -mover lines and highly
trafficked arteries of the City designated as
traffic corridors were benefited by increas-
ing densities for affordable and workforce
housing development through the Transit
Oriented Development. This designation
allowed for more units and less parking so
that the cost of delivery resulted in more
affordable housing options.
Residents in the SEOPW CRA will benefit
from landowners and property develop-
ers that own property near the numer-
ous transit stations and transit corridors
that will gain additional rights to develop
more units through a formula created by
Miami 21.
See Map of TOD stations and Corridors
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SECTION SEVEN: PLAN MANAGEMENT
The Redevelopment Plan shall be managed
through the items specified in this section.
The CRA shall conform to all requirements
and standards as designated by the Com-
munity Redevelopment Act of 1969. The
CRA is entitled to undertake all activities
under the Act, as it may be modified from
time to time.
Powers of the CRA
The CRA shall be empowered to engage in
the activities set forth in Section 163.370,
Florida Statutes, which include the follow-
ing:
1. To write and execute contracts and
other implementation means that may
be necessary or timely to exercise its
powers under the Community Redevel-
opment Act.
2. To distribute information regarding
community redevelopment to the com-
munity's residents, property owners,
elected officials, and activists.
3. To commence with community rede-
velopment and related activities within
the Redevelopment Area, which may
include:
a. Acquisition of property by pur
chase, lease, option, gift, grant,
bequest, devise, or other voluntary
method of acquisition.
b. Disposition of property at its fair
market value in accordance with Section
163.380, Florida Statute;
c. Demolishing and removing existing
structures, landscaping, or previous
improvements to real property or facil
ities; and
d. Installing, constructing, or rebuilding
streets, sidewalks, utilities, parks, play
grounds, and public spaces.
4) Within the Redevelopment Area:
a. To make inspections, surveys, ap-
praisals, soundings, or test borings
on private property;
b. To conduct environmental tests and
surveys on private property;
c. To purchase, lease, option, gift,
grant, or bequest, any real prop-
erty together or without any other
improvements;
d. To hold, improve, clear or prepare
for redevelopment any acquired
real property;
e. To mortgage, pledge, hypothecate
or otherwise encumber or dispose
of any property;
f. To enter into contracts that are
necessary for any redevelopment
activities, projects or programs;
To solicit requests for proposals,
requests for qualification, and bid
solicitation for redevelopment ac-
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tivities;
h. To apply for financing and to
borrow money from the Federal
Government, the State, the Coun-
ty, the City or other public body or
from any public or private sources
in the form of loans, bonds, grants,
contributions, and any other form
of financial assistance to be used for
redevelopment activities;
i. To acquire air rights which shall be
used for implementing rede-
velopment projects;
To appropriate funds and pay ex-
penditures as necessary to perform
the actions identified in this plan;
To organize, coordinate, and direct
the administration of redevelop-
ment activities, projects, and pro-
grams the City of Miami and/or
Miami -Dade County;
I. To establish community parking
projects;
m. To fund pilot programs to market
activities within the Redevelopment
Area; and,
n. To establish a community develop-
ment entity under the U.S. Treasury
New Market Tax Credit Program;
o. To establish, implement and fund
community policing innovations.
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5. The CRA shall be permitted to issue re-
development revenue bonds and other
financial instruments in accordance
with Section 163.385, Florida Statutes.
Bonds issued under this section do
not constitute indebtedness within
the meaning of any constitutional or
statutory debt limitation or restrictions
as they apply to the City of Miami or
Miami -Dade County.
6. The CRA may exercise all or any part in
combination of redevelopment powers
as prescribed in the Community Rede-
velopment Act.
Powers not assigned to the CRA
The following activities may not be paid
for or financed by increment revenues,
but may be purchased through alternative
funding sources:
1. Construction or expansion of admin-
istrative buildings for public bodies or
operational police and fire buildings,
unless each taxing authority agrees to
such method of financing for the con-
struction or expansion, or unless the
construction or expansion is contem-
plated as part of a community policing
innovation.
2. Installation, construction, recon-
struction, repair, or alteration of any
publicly owned capital improvements
or projects which are not an integral
part of or necessary for carrying out
the community Redevelopment Plan
if such projects or improvements are
normally financed by the governing
body with user fees or if such projects
or improvements would be installed,
constructed, reconstructed, repaired, or
altered within 3 years of the approval
of the community Redevelopment Plan
by the governing body pursuant to a
previously approved public capital im-
provement or project schedule or plan
of the governing body which approved
the community Redevelopment Plan,
3. General government operating ex-
penses unrelated to the planning and
carrying out of a community Redevel-
opment Plan.
Regarding zoning and land development
regulations, the CRA shall not have the
power to:
a. Independently zone or rezone proper-
ty; however, the CRA can recommend
and advocate zoning changes to the
City of Miami;
b. Grant variances or exceptions from
zoning, building regulations, or life -
safety codes.; however, the CRA can
request such variances and exceptions
to the City on behalf of an applicant; or
c. Independently close or vacate public
rights -of -way.
The CRA Board shall not have the power to
grant final approval of this Redevelopment
Plan and future revisions.
Authority to Undertake Redevelopment
This Redevelopment Plan has been pre-
pared in accordance with the Florida Com-
munity Redevelopment Act, Chapter 163,
Part III of the Florida Statutes. The adop-
tion of this Redevelopment Plan and any
later modifications or amendments shall
follow the procedures set forth in Chapter
163, Part III.
By adopting this Redevelopment Plan, the
CRA is authorized to perform "communi-
ty redevelopment" as defined in Section
163.340(9), Florida Statutes.
The CRA is the government agency that
oversees and monitors development within
the Redevelopment Area, and as such, all
development projects proposed within
its boundaries must be presented before
the CRA Board prior to the City of Miami
granting approval of the project.
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Future Amendments to this Redevelop-
ment Plan
This Redevelopment Plan is an amend-
ment and update to the 2009 Plan Update.
In the future, this Redevelopment Plan
may need to be amended as new, inno-
vative projects eligible for tax increment
revenues are proposed for the area.
Amendments to the Plan shall be in ac-
cordance with Section 163.361, Florida
Statutes. The CRA Board will initiate any
amendment action by adopting a resolu-
tion recommending that the Miami City
Commission adopt the proposed amend-
ment to the Plan and requesting transmit-
tal to Miami -Dade County for approval by
the Board of County Commissioners.
The original "Findings of Necessity" should
be reaffirmed an Assessment of Need
Study.
Should any provision of the Communi-
ty Redevelopment Plan, including later
revisions, be found to be invalid, unconsti-
tutional or illegal, such provision shall not
affect the remaining portions of the Plan.
State of Florida Statutory
Requirements
The Community Redevelopment Act of
1969 requires that specific elements be
included in every Redevelopment Plan. The
chart to the right identifies the location for
each of those elements within this Master
Plan Report.
Safeguards & Assurances Safeguards to
Ensure Redevelopment Activities Follow
the Redevelopment Plan.
TECHNICAL ITEM 1
Section
Legal Description
1
Diagram Showing Open Space
3
Diagram Showing Street Layout
3
Limitations on Massing, Intensi-
ty and Density
3
Properties for Parks and other
Public Use
3
Neighborhood Impact
6
Publicly Funded Capital Im-
provements
5
Safeguards and Assurances
7
Retention of Controls and RE-
strictions with Land Sales
7
Residential Use Affordability
2
&
6
Costs
5
Timeline
5
Safeguards & Assurances Safe-
guards to Ensure Redevelopment
Activities Follow the Redevelop-
ment Plans
1. The CRA shall file an annual financial
report by March 31 of each year with
Miami -Dade County, and the City of
Miami. This annual report shall contain
a programmatic overview of the public
and/or private funded activities of the
CRA as allowed by the Redevelopment
Plan.
2. The CRA shall file a Five -Year Capital
Program budget with the City of Mi-
ami, for inclusion in the City's Five Year
Comprehensive Plan, and update this
budgeting document annually.
3. The CRA Board shall be fully subject to
the Florida Sunshine Law and meet at
least monthly in a public forum.
4. The CRA shall provide adequate safe-
guards to ensure that all leases, deeds,
contracts, agreements and declarations
of restrictions relative to any real prop-
erty conveyed shall contain restrictions
and covenants running with the land
and its uses, or other such provisions
necessary to carry out the goals and
objectives of the Redevelopment Plan.
The CRA shall further ensure that such
conveyance comply with the require-
ments of Section 163.380, Florida
Statutes.
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5. The CRA shall continue to acquire
property and to convey such interest to
developers and investors for redevel-
opment.
6. The CRA shall promote the use of land
pooling to provide existing property
owners with an opportunity to partici-
pate in the redevelopment as an equity
partners in return for the use of the
private owner's land for such develop-
ment.
7. The CRA shall present a Regulatory
Plan to the City of Miami for adoption
and continue to recommend zoning
changes consistent with the Redevelop-
ment Plan.
8. The CRA shall request to the City that
all proposals for new development,
once reviewed by the City administra-
tion, shall be forwarded to the CRA for
review and consistency with the Rede-
velopment Plan.
9. The CRA shall request specific goals
and objectives from developers that
utilize Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
funds.
10. The CRA shall require a Local Partici-
pation Agreement for all development
projects occurring within the Redevel-
opment Area.
11. The CRA shall, or will require the devel-
oper to provide existing business
owners and business tenants within the
Redevelopment Area preference for reen-
try into business, provided the business is
compatible with the uses, theme and qual-
ity of development in the Redevelopment
Area and that the business owner or tenant
has the financial ability to operate the busi-
ness consistent with the overall integrity of
the redevelopment district.
Safeguards to Ensure Financial Account-
ability
1. The CRA shall maintain adequate
records to provide for an annual ex-
ternal audit which shall be conducted
by a knowledgeable Certified Public
Accountant. The findings of the audit
shall be presented at a public meeting
of the CRA Board and such findings
shall be forwarded to the City of Miami
and Miami -Dade County by March 31
of each year for the preceding fiscal
year which shall run from October 1
through September 30. The annual
Audit Report shall be accompanied by
the CRA's Annual Financial Report and
shall be provided to the City of Miami,
and Miami -Dade County and shall be
made available for public review. Legal
notice in newspapers of general circu-
lation shall be provided to inform the
public of the availability for review of
the Annual Audit and Annual Financial
Report.
2. All CRA tax increment financing (TIF)
funds shall be held in a Redevelopment
Trust Fund separately from other funds
as required by Florida Statutes.
3. The SEOPW CRA shall request specific
goals and objectives from developers
that utilize Tax Increment Financing
(TIF) funds.
Safeguards to Ensure Proper Implemen-
tation and Project/Program Account-
ability
1. The CRA shall establish measurable
goals and objectives for each activity it
administers and/or funds.
2. The CRA shall coordinate with related
agencies, entities, community -based
organizations and stakeholders, spe-
cifically including the Water and Sewer
Authority (WASA), the City and County
Public Works, Capital Improvement
Projects, and Planning departments to
ensure the proper planning, budgeting
and implementation of projects.
3. The CRA shall hold public hearings
on the following at its monthly Board
Meetings:
a. Report and status on its programs
and projects (the "Activities").
b. Gather input from property owners,
citizens and interested parties re
garding redevelopment activities;
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and
c. Discuss strategies to resolve local
redevelopment issues
Providing for a Time -Certain and
Severability
The term of the CRA shall be through the
year 2042, or through the end of the fiscal
year in which any outstanding bonds are
retired, whichever is later.
Land Acquisition
Section 163.370, Florida Statutes, provides
that the CRA may acquire land. In Section 4
of this Redevelopment Plan, under District
Wide Program #9, Miscellaneous Land Ac-
quisition, the CRA objective states that the
CRA proposes to acquire land, as neces-
sary, to support the implementation of the
projects described in this Redevelopment
Plan within the Redevelopment Area."
The CRA cannot acquire property through
eminent domain proceedings. The City of
Miami has the sole authority to commence
eminent domain proceedings on behalf of
the CRA. The CRA shall recommend that
the City resist resorting to such proceed-
ings, because of its costly nature which is
further typically perceived as a non- col-
laborative action by property owners in the
Redevelopment Area. If property owners
are unwilling to participate in the redevel-
opment, despite the provision of financial
and technical assistance, the CRA shall rec-
ommend to the City of Miami that eminent
domain proceedings commence.
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SECTION EIGHT: DEFINITIONS
Definitions
The following terms, wherever used or
referred to in this part, have the following
meanings:
Blighted Area
An area in which there are a substantial
number of deteriorated, or deteriorating
structures, in which conditions, as indicat-
ed by government -maintained statistics
or other studies, are leading to economic
distress or endanger life or property, and in
which two or more of the following factors
are present:
a. Predominance of defective or inad
equate street layout, parking facilities,
roadways, bridges, or public transporta
tion facilities;
b. Aggregate assessed values of real
property in the area for ad valorem tax
purposes have failed to show any ap
preciable increase over the 5 years prior
to the finding of such conditions;
c. Faulty lot layout in relation to size, ade
quacy, 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 coun
ty 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 re
mainder 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 pre
vent the free alienability of land within
the deteriorated or hazardous area; or
n. Governmentally owned property with
adverse environmental conditions
caused by a public or private entity.
o. A substantial number of percentage of
damaged by sinkhole activity which
have not been adequately repaired or
stabilized.
However, the term "blighted area" also
means any area in which at least one of the
factors identified in paragraphs (a) through
(n) are present and all taxing authorities
subject to F. S. 163.387(2)(a) agree, either
by interlocal agreement or agreements
with the agency or by resolution, that the
area is blighted. Such agreement or reso-
lution shall only determine that the area
is blighted. For purposes of qualifying for
the tax credits authorized in chapter 220,
"blighted area" means an area as defined in
this subsection.
Governing Body
The City of Miami Commission sits as the
governing body in a separate and distiinct
role independent from the City of Miami
Commission and the Miami -Dade County
Board of Commissioners.
Community Policing Innovation
A policing technique or strategy designed
to reduce crime by reducing opportunities
for, and increasing the perceived risks of
engaging in, criminal activity through vis-
ible presence of police in the community,
including, but not limited to, community
mobilization, neighborhood block watch,
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citizen patrol, citizen contact patrol, foot
patrol, neighborhood storefront police sta-
tions, field interrogation, virtual strategies
using the latest technology or intensified
motorized patrol.
Community Redevelopment Agency
(CRA) A public agency created by, or
designated pursuant to the Community
Redevelopment Act of 1969 per Florida
Statute 163.330.
Community Redevelopment Area
A slum area, a blighted area, or an area in
which there is a shortage of housing that is
affordable to residents of low or moderate
income, including the elderly, or a coastal
and tourist area that is deteriorating and
economically distressed due to outdat-
ed building density patterns, inadequate
transportation and parking facilities, faulty
lot layout or inadequate street layout, or a
combination thereof which the governing
body designates as appropriate for com-
munity redevelopment.
Community Redevelopment Plan
A plan, as it exists from time to time, for a
community Redevelopment Area.
Housing authority
A housing authority created by and es-
tablished pursuant to Chapter 421, Florida
Statutes.
Increment Revenue
The amount of tax revenue received by the
CRA subsequent to the base amount of
taxable value established upon creation of
the CRA and calculated pursuant to Section
163.387, Florida Statutes.
Mixed -Mode Corridor
A street limited to pedestrian, bicycle and
transit movements for all or part of the day
and night.
Public officer
Any officer who oversees any department
or branch of the government of the coun-
ty or municipality relating to health, fire,
building regulations, or other activities
concerning dwellings in the county or mu-
nicipality.
Real Property
All lands, including improvements and fix-
tures thereon, and property of any nature
appurtenant thereto or used in connection
therewith and every estate, interest, right,
and use, legal or equitable, therein, includ-
ing but not limited to terms for years and
liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or
otherwise.
Redevelopment or Community
Redevelopment
Undertakings, activities, or projects of a
county, municipality, or community rede-
velopment agency in a community rede-
velopment area for the elimination and
prevention of the development or spread
of slums and blight, or for the reduction or
prevention of crime, or for the provision of
affordable housing, whether for rent or
for sale, to residents of low or moderate
income, including the elderly, and may in-
clude slum clearance and redevelopment in
a community Redevelopment Area or reha-
bilitation and revitalization of coastal resort
and tourist areas that are deteriorating and
economically distressed, or rehabilitation
or conservation in a community Redevel-
opment Area, or any combination or part
thereof, in accordance with a community
Redevelopment Plan and may include the
preparation of such a plan.
Related Activities
Either:
1. Planning work for the preparation of a
general neighborhood Redevelopment
Plan or for the preparation or com-
pletion of a community wide plan or
program pursuant to Section 163.365,
Florida Statutes.
2. The functions related to the acquisition
and disposal of real property pursuant
to Section 163.370, Florida Statutes.
3. The development of affordable housing
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for residents of the area.
4. The development of community polic-
ing innovations.
Slum Area
An area having physical or economic con-
ditions conducive to disease, infant mortal-
ity, juvenile delinquency, poverty, or crime
because there is a predominance of build-
ings 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 municipal-
ity; 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 en-
danger life or property by fire or other
causes.
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SECTION NINE: DIRECTORY OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Directory
Updating this directory from time to time
does not constitute a revision to this
Redevelopment Plan.
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency
Cornelius Shiver, Esq., Executive Director
819 NW 3rd Ave. 3rd floor, Miami, FL 33136
Telephone: (305) 679-6800
E-mail: cshiver@miami.gov
Miami -Dade County
Board of County Commissioners
Audrey Edmonson, District 3
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, Florida 33128
Telephone (305) 375-5393
E-mail: district3@miamidade.gov
Esteban L. Bovo„ Jr., District 13 Chairperson,
Board of County Commissioners
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320
Miami, Florida 33128
Telephone (305) 375-4831
E-mail: district13@miamidade.gov
CRA Board of Commissioners
Commissioner Keon Hardemon, Chairperson,
Telephone: (305)250-5390
E-mail: Khardemon @miamigov.com
Commissioner Wilfredo "Willy" Gort Vice -Chairperson
Telephone: (305)250-5430
E-mail: wgort@miamigov.com
Commissioner Ken Russell, Board Member
Telephone: (305)250-5333
E-mail: krussell@miamigov.com
Commissioner Joe Carollo, Board Member
Telephone: (305)250-5380
E-mail: jcarollo@miamigov.com
Commissioner Manolo Reyes, Board Member
Telephone: (305)250-5420
E-mail: mreyes@miamigov.com
City of Miami
Emilio Gonzalez, City Manager
3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133
Telephone: (305)250-5400
E-mail: egonzalez@miamigov.com
Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
Mil SW 2nd Avenue, Suite 945
Miami, Florida 33130
Telephone (305) 416-1800
E-mail: vmendez@miamigov.com
City of Miami Department of Community Development
Main Number (305) 416-2080
George Mensah, Director
Telephone: (305) 416-2099
Email: gmensah@miamigov.com
Cityof Miami Planning Department
Francisco) Garcia, Director
Main Number: (305) 416-400
Fax: (305) 416-1435
Telephone: (305) 416-1435
City of Miami Public Works Department
Main Number (305) 416-1200
Alan M. Dodd, Director
E-mail: adodd@miamigov.com
City of Miami Building Department
Main Number (305) 416-1100
Jose S. Camera, Director
E-mail jcamero@miamigov.com
City of Miami Office of Capital Imprvements
Main Number: (305)416-1280
Steven C. Williamson, Director
E-mail: swilliamson@miamigov.com
The Black Archives, History & Research Foundation of
South Florida, Inc. and The Historic Lyric Theater
Patricia Braynon, Chair
819 NW 2 Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
Telephone: 305-636-2390
Fax: (305) 636-2391
BAME Development Corporation of South Florida
245 NW 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
Telephone: (305) 373-7233
Fax: (305) 373-8915
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St. Johns CDC
1324 NW 3 Avenue, Miami FL 33136
Telephone: (305) 372-0682
St. Agnes CDC
2031 NW 4th Court Miami FL 33136
Telephone: (305) 573-6885
Mt. Zion CDC
301 NW 9 St, Miami, FL 33136
Telephone: (305) 379-4147
The Overtown Youth Center
Tina Brown, Executive Director
450 NW 14th Street, Miami FL 33136
Telephone: (305) 349-1204
tina.brown@overtownyouth.org
Florida Department of Transportation
District VI Secretary
1000 NW 111th Avenue Miami, FL 33172
Telephone: (305) 470-5197
Fax (305) 470-5610
General Information:
(305) 470-5349
www.dot.state.fl.us
Girl Power, Inc.
Thema Campbell President/CEO
1600 NW 3rd Avenue, Suite 100, Miami, FL 33136
Telephone: (305)756-5502
Overtown Optimist Club, Inc.
350 NW 12 Street, Miami, FL 33136
Ultrina Harris, President
The Historic Overtown Folklife District Improvement
Association
Dorothy J. Fields, PhD, President
819 NW 2 Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
ILA Longshoreman of Dade County, Inc.
Ellis Canty, President
816 NW Second Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
Overtown Children and Youth Coalition Inc.
Graylyn Swilley Woods
1951 NW Seventh Avenue, Suite 600 Miami, FL 33136
Urgent, Inc.
Saliha Nelson, Director
1000 NW First Avenue, Suite 100 Miami, FL 33136
Camillus House, Inc.
Hilda M. Fernandez, CEO
1603 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
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SECTION TEN: APPENDIX
Appendix A
Previous Planning Work for
the area
1973
Urban Development and Zoning Plan.
This report recommended redevelopment
of the area north of the port access road
to I-395 between N.W. 1st Avenue and Bis-
cayne Boulevard, later designated as Park
West. This recommendation was incorpo-
rated within the MCNP in 1976.
1976
Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood
Plan (MCNP)
A Comprehensive Plan is required by the
State of Florida for every municipality.
Miami's Comprehensive Plan provides the
framework for the overall development of
the City of Miami. This plan is periodically
updated and continues to guide the City's
decisions. In 1976 Development opportuni-
ties were identified for the CRA area within
this document including the establishment
of an in -town residential community and
redevelopment opportunities made possi-
ble by the expanded transit system.
1979-1980
Overtown Redevelopment Plan
Prepared by the City of Miami Planning
and Zoning Department with extensive
citizen review, this plan was for the larger
Overtown community, not just the CRA
boundaries. This plan was adopted by
both the City of Miami and Miami -Dade
County. Portions of this plan that referred
to Southeast Overtown were incorporated
into the original SEOPW Community Rede-
velopment Plan.
1979 - 1981
Miami Park West, A Redevelopment
Program for Downtown Miami
Prepared by Wallace, Roberts and Todd
(WRT), American Cities Corporation, and
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Doug-
las, this plan called for land purchase of
a 16-block area, extensive clearance and
redevelopment of the industrial area into
a residential and commercial community.
The focal point of the plan was a large
linear green space linking Overtown to Bi-
centennial Park. This plan was incorporated
into the 1982 SEOPW Community Redevel-
opment Plan.
1981-82
SEOPW Community Redevelopment
Plan
Prepared by the City of Miami Planning
and Zoning Department, this plan stated to
the State of Florida the need for a Commu-
nity Redevelopment Agency, and speci-
fied projects and operations for the CRA.
Although the plan was modified over the
following few years, it is now out of date,
which has led to the Community Redevel-
opment Plan to which this appendix is at-
tached. The 1982 Redevelopment Plan was
reviewed and modified over a six-month
period by the Southeast Overtown/Park
West Ad Hoc Committee that included
representatives of the Overtown and Park
West communities and provided a forum
for community concerns.
1986-87
Omni Area Redevelopment Plan, Sep-
tember 1986
Prepared by the City of Miami Planning
Department, this is the Community Rede-
velopment Plan for the Omni Area CRA.
August 1984
Design Standards and Guidelines for the
Southeast Overtown / Park West Rede-
velopment Project
This document was prepared by the
Downtown Development Authority for
the SEOPW CRA. These standards contain
many common sense practices for treat-
ing pavement and landscaping on public
streets. The guidelines however reinforce
a plan that is heavily dependent upon a
wide landscaped pedestrian mall, an idea
since widely discredited nationally. The
small segment of the pedestrian mall that
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was constructed on NW 9th Street in the
late 1980's has already been re -opened to
traffic.
February 1989
The Historic Overtown Folklife Village,
Master Plan / Urban Design Guidelines.
This plan and accompanying guidelines
were prepared for the Black Archives,
History and Research Foundation of South
Florida, Inc. by Ronald E. Frazier & Associ-
ates. The plan surveys a three -block area
of historic buildings and offers architectur-
al guidelines for buildings.
1989
Downtown Miami Master Plan 1989
This document was prepared by the City
of Miami Department of Planning, Build-
ing, & Zoning and the Downtown Devel-
opment Authority. This plan was officially
adopted by the City Commission in 1989
and continues to guide decision making
for the downtown.
May 1997
Master Plan for Historic Overtown Folk -
life Village, May 1997.
This plan was prepared by Duany, Plater-
Zyberk & Company as an update to the
1989 plan for the Black Archives. It offers
new implementation strategies for the pre-
vious plan.
1998 NW 3rd Avenue Priority Business
Corridor.
This document prepared by Bermel-
lo-Ajamil & Partners, Inc for the SEOPW
CRA examines the physical existing con-
ditions along this historic commercial
corridor. Recommendations are 'so
included to stimulate business.
September 1999
City of Miami Community Redevel-
opment Agency, Fiscal Year 2000 and
5-Year Plan 2000-2004,
Budgeted Projects and Programs Prepared
by the SEOPW CRA, this document lays out
the current five-year plan of programs and
expenditures. Projects and programs from
this document have been included in the
SEOPW Community Redevelopment Plan.
March 2000
Overtown, Redevelopment Area Design
Charrette Report
This document was prepared by Trea-
sure Coast Regional Planning Council
and produced through a grant from the
Florida Department of Community Affairs
to the South Florida Regional Planning
Council for Eastward Ho initiatives. SFRPC
brought in the Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council to provide a community
design charrette workshop and produce a
detailed plan for all Overtown. Many local
architects and planners participated along
with local property owners and residents.
The plan showed how the community can
redevelop over time with small incremen-
tal improvements and reinvestment, unlike
typical grand schemes. Unfortunately,
the plan failed to capture the excitement
needed in the investment community and
official circles and is perceived by some
members of the community as the latest in
a string of broken promises.
March 2000
Housing Needs and Potential of the
Overtown / Park West Area
This document was prepared by Reinhold
P. Wolff Economic Research, Inc. for South
Florida Partnership Office Fannie Mae. It is
a market housing study.
Spring 2000
History of the City of Miami,
A summary of its past in pictures, maps
and writings. This was prepared by stu-
dents at the University of Miami School
of Architecture under the directions of
professors Allan Shulman and Adolfo Al-
baisa. This is not a planning document but
rather a summary showing how Downtown
Miami has changed over the years.
2002
Miami River Corridor Urban Infill and
Redevelopment Plan
This document was prepared by
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Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc for the
Miami River Commission, City of Miami and
Miami -Dade County.
2002
Park West Club District Streetscape Mas-
ter Plan. This plan was prepared by Wallace
Roberts & Todd for the CRA. It identifies
parking areas and streetscape improve-
ments along Eleventh Street.
August 2002
Overtown Greenway Plan
This document was prepared by Trust for
Public Land and Wallace Roberts & Todd.
This document identifies the various plan-
ning efforts taking place in the area and
offers greenway alignments and landscap-
ing and streetscape guidelines.
October 2002
Overtown Greenprint Plan
Prepared by the Trust for Public Land, The
Greenprint Steering Committee, and Glat-
ting Jackson Kerscher Anglin Lopez Rine-
hart Inc. The Greenprint Plan is a strategic
plan to design and build an interconnected
system of urban open spaces, including
parks, greens, gardens, plazas, bikeways
and sidewalks.
December 2002
Overtown: A Look Back, Connections to
the Future
This plan was prepared by Urban Design
Associates on behalf of the Collins Center
for Public Policy, Inc and the Overtown Civic
Partnership. The document analyzes the
existing conditions and shows design alter-
natives for "Downtown Overtown," the core
area of Overtown.
November 2003
Miami at Midnight
This report was prepared by Thomas F.
Gustafson, P.A. to examine the use of
narrow gauge rail modality in the SEOPW
and OMNI CRA areas and to suggest loca-
tions for liner buildings and related parking
structures. The report provides a basis for
requesting transportation trust funds and to
develop such improvements as a communi-
ty intermodal system.
June 2018
Assessment of Need Study
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Appendix B
Acknowledgements
The Southeast Overtown — Park West
Community Redevelopment Plan, update
2004 was prepared initially by Dover Kohl
O Partners, Town Planners, with the 2009
Update modified by City of Miami Planning
Department, and the 2018 Update modi-
fied by EL Waters and Company Incredible
support, ideas and information for the entire
plan was received from:
O City of Miami Commissioners and
O CRA Board Members:
O Commissioner Keon Hardemon, Chair
District 5
O Commissioner Wilfredo "Willy" Gort,
District 1
O Commissioner Ken Russell,
O District 2
O Commissioner Joe Carollo,
O District 3
O Commissioner Manolo Reyes, District 4
O County Commissioner,
Audrey Edmonson, District 3
O City Manager, Emilio Gonzalez
O CRA Executive Director, Cornelius Shiver
O CRA consultants:
O EL Waters and Company, LLC
O VJ Varki Consulting
O City of Miami's Planning and Zoning
Departments
O Many residents, property owners, and
O business owners within and near the
Redevelopment Area
O Overtown Community Oversight Board
O The Black Archives, History & Research
Foundation of South Florida, Inc.
O The Trust for Public Land
O The Overtown Youth Center
O Perkins & Will
O B/Adaptable
Several Community Development Corpora-
tions, including:
BAME CDC
St. Agnes CDC
St. John's CDC
Florida Department of Transportation
Several Community Churches including:
• Central Baptist Church
• Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
• Mount Zion Baptist Church
• St. Johns Baptist Church
• St. Agnes Episcopal Church
• St. Peter's Catholic Church
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This Redevelopment P/an was prepared by
Dover, Kohl & Partners in, October2003,
and updated by the City of Miami's Plan-
ning Department in May 2009 and finally
updated by EL Waters and Company LLC in
August 2018
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