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Resolution R-19-0237
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 6019 Final Action Date: 6/13/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ACCEPTING THE AMENDED 2019 OMNI REDEVELOPMENT PLAN,
ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED ("2019 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN"), AS
PREPARED BY PMG ASSOCIATES, INC.; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
EXTENSION OF LIFE OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("OMNI CRA") TO 2047;
AUTHORIZING THE NON-CONTIGUOUS EXPANSION OF THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE OMNI CRA TO INCLUDE THE WEST GROVE; FURTHER FINDING
THAT THE REBUILDING, REHABILITATION, CONSERVATION, AND
REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA INCLUDING
THE EXPANDED WEST GROVE AREA IS NECESSARY AND IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND WELFARE OF
THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY;
FURTHER AGREEING THAT THE OMNI AND THE WEST GROVE
REDEVELOPMENT AREAS CONSTITUTE A SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREA AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 163, FLORIDA STATUTES; AUTHORIZING THE OMNI
CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT THE 2019 REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN, THE OMNI CRA'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL, AND THIS
RESOLUTION TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR REVIEW, APPROVAL, AND ACCEPTANCE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell, Mayor Francis X. Suarez
WHEREAS, pursuant to Part III, Chapter 163, Florida Statues, there was created by
action of Miami -Dade County ("County") and the City of Miami ("City") the Omni Redevelopment
District Community Redevelopment Agency ("Omni CRA"); and
WHEREAS, the Omni CRA is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment
activities and projects within the Redevelopment Area in accordance with its approved
Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, on December 31, 2007, the City, the County, the Southeast Overtown/Park
West Community Redevelopment Agency, and the Omni CRA entered into an Interlocal
Agreement, which provided, among other things, for the expansion of the boundaries of the
Redevelopment Area and the extension of the Omni CRA's life ("Interlocal Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Omni CRA had previously engaged PMG Associates, Inc. ("PMG") to
prepare an Assessment of Need Report ("AON") and provide an update to the 1986 Omni
Redevelopment Plan that was previously amended in 2010; and
WHEREAS, the Omni CRA adopted Resolution No. CRA-R-19-0004 on February 19,
2019 approving the AON as required by the County pursuant to Resolution No. R-611-15; and
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WHEREAS, both the Omni CRA and the City have previously approved and adopted the
Finding of Necessity Report ("FON") finding the West Gove Area to be slum and blighted and
that (1) 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
West Grove Area; and (2) the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, or a combination
thereof of the West Grove Area, 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 West Grove Area,
the City, and the County; and
WHEREAS, the Omni CRA has also prepared an updated 2019 Amended
Redevelopment Plan, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A" ("2019 Redevelopment Plan"),
outlining projects to be completed throughout the current life and proposed extension of life of
the Omni CRA to 2047; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to authorize the non-contiguous expansion of
the boundaries of the Redevelopment Area to include the West Grove Area; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Redevelopment Plan, attached and incorporated, was created by
PMG in cooperation with the Omni CRA and input of stakeholders of the Redevelopment Area;
and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Redevelopment Plan, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A,"
addresses the requirements of Section 163.362, Florida Statutes, including but not limited to
general design standards, zoning and planning changes, land uses, demolition and removal of
structures, improvements, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and identification of funding through
possible public and/or public/private partnerships; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has reviewed the 2019 Redevelopment Plan, attached
and incorporated as Exhibit "A," and pursuant to Section 163.361, Florida Statutes, adopts and
approves the 2019 Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission further authorizes the Omni CRA Executive Director to
transmit the 2019 Redevelopment Plan, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," the CRA's
recommendation for approval, and this Resolution to the County for appropriate action;
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 the 2019 Redevelopment Plan, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A," authorizing the extension of life of the Omni CRA to 2047.
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Section 4. The City Commission further authorizes' the non-contiguous expansion of the
boundaries of the Redevelopment Area to include the West Grove Area.
Section 5. The Omni CRA Executive Director is authorized to transmit the 2019
Redevelopment Plan, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," the Omni CRA's
recommendation for approval, and this Resolution to the County for appropriate action.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
_ndez, ity Attor
ey 6/27/2019
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 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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