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Resolution R-19-0180
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 5836 Final Action Date: 5/9/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE ASSESSMENT OF NEED/FINDING OF
NECESSITY ("AON") PREPARED BY PMG ASSOCIATES, INC., ATTACHED
AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," FOR THE EXTENSION OF LIFE OF
THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ("OMNI CRA"); FINDING THAT THE STUDY AREA CONSTITUTES A
SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREA AS DEFINED IN SECTION 163, FLORIDA
STATUTES; FINDING THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING
AFFORDABLE TO RESIDENTS OF LOW OR MODERATE INCOME,
INCLUDING THE ELDERLY; FINDING THAT THE REBUILDING,
REHABILITATION, CONSERVATION, AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE
STUDY AREA IS NECESSARY AND IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THAT THE LIFE OF
THE OMNI CRA SHOULD BE EXTENDED AS PROVIDED HEREIN; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OMNI CRA TO
TRANSMIT A COPY OF THE AON TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency
("Omni CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects
within its Redevelopment Area in accordance with the 2009 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.356, Florida Statutes, the City of Miami ("City") and
the Miami -Dade County ("County") created the Omni CRA; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 86-868 adopted on October 23, 1986, the City
Commission approved the Omni CRA's Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-825-87 adopted on July 7, 1987, the Miami -
Dade County Board of County Commissioners ("County Commission") approved the Omni
CRA's Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, on December 31, 2007, the City, the County, the Omni CRA, and the
Southeast Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA") entered
into an Interlocal Agreement providing for, among other things, the expansion of the Omni
CRA's Redevelopment Area and the extension of its life to 2030; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.355, Florida Statutes, requires a Finding of Necessity by a
county or municipality, supported by data and analysis, which makes a legislative finding that
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conditions in the area meet the criteria of a slum area or a blighted area as defined by Section
163.340(7) or (8), Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.355(1), Florida Statutes, one or more slum or
blighted areas or one or more areas in which there is a shortage of housing affordable to
residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, exist in the Omni CRA's
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.355(2), Florida Statutes, the rehabilitation,
conservation, redevelopment, or a combination thereof of such area or areas, including, if
appropriate, the development of housing which residents of low or moderate income, including
the elderly, can afford is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare
of the residents of the Omni CRA Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-611-15 adopted on June 30, 2015, the County
Commission established guidelines identifying the data and analysis required for the Omni CRA
requesting an extension of its life and that of the Omni CRA Redevelopment Area to provide an
Assessment of Need Study; and
WHEREAS, PMG Associates, Inc. and the Omni CRA prepared an Assessment of Need
Report/Finding of Necessity, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A" ("AON"), in accordance
with Section 163.355, Florida Statutes, and County Commission Resolution No. R-611-15; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Omni CRA Resolution No. CRA-R-19-0004 adopted on
February 19, 2019, the Board of Commissioners of the Omni CRA approved the AON; and
WHEREAS, the AON supports the findings that within the Omni CRA Redevelopment
Area, there are (1) deteriorated structures, (2) taxable value lagging behind the City's, (3)
unsanitary or unsafe conditions, (4) deterioration of site or other improvements, (5) incidence of
crime in the area higher than the City, (6) fire and emergency medical service calls to the area
proportionately higher than the City, (7) a greater number of violations of the Florida Building
Code, and (8) diversity of ownership or defective/unusual conditions of title and faulty lot layout;
and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to accept and approve the AON, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A," and authorizes the Executive Director of the Omni CRA to transmit
a copy of the same to the County to make a legislative finding that the conditions in the Omni
CRA Redevelopment Area meet the criteria described in Section 163.340(7) or (8), Florida
Statutes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission accepts and approves the AON, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A," for the extension of life of the Omni CRA.
Section 3. The City Commission finds that there are still existing slum or blighted
conditions in the Omni Redevelopment Area as defined in Section 163.340, Florida Statutes.
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Section 4. The City Commission finds one or more slum or blighted areas in which there
is a shortage of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly
in the Omni Redevelopment Area.
Section 5. The City Commission finds that the rehabilitation and development of
housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, is necessary
and in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City
and the County.
Section 6. The City Commission finds that the AON, attached and incorporated as
Exhibit "A," supports the findings that within the Omni CRA Redevelopment Area, there are (1)
deteriorated structures, (2) taxable value lagging behind the City's, (3) unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, (4) deterioration of site or other improvements, (5) incidence of crime in the area
higher than the City, (6) fire and emergency medical service calls to the area proportionately
higher than the City, (7) a greater number of violations of the Florida Building Code, and (8)
diversity of ownership or defective/unusual conditions of title and faulty lot layout.
Section 7. The City Commission finds that it is necessary and in the interest of the
public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City and the County to extend
the life of the Omni CRA.
Section 8. The Executive Director of the Omni CRA is authorized to transmit a copy of
this Resolution and said AON, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," to the County
Commission to make a legislative finding that the conditions in the Omni CRA Redevelopment
Area meet the criteria described in Section 163.340(7) or (8), Florida Statutes.
Section 9. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor ey ) 4/30/2019
1 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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