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RESOLUTION NO. 24-005 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LIBERTY CITY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION TRUST ("LIBERTY CITY TRUST") APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FY2024-2025 MASTER PLAN AND ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE LIBERTY CITY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION TRUST ("TRUST"), IN THE AMOUNT OF $843,882.00 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. EMMA LADSON, CHAIR Approved by the Board of Directors of the Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust at its meeting of June 27, 2024. ELAINE H. BLACK PRESIDENT/CEO STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE ) Subscribed and sworn to before me by ELAINE H. BLACK, President/Chief Executive Officer, as the official recordkeeper for the Liberty City Trust, who is My Commission expires: personally known to me or who as identification, on the Notary Public, State of Florida EXHIBIT A produced day of Liberty City Trust FY25 Annual Budget Revenues General Fund Fund Balance CIO Off -Street Parking Parrot Jungle (2025) Revenue Grand Total $ 500,000 $ 291,882 $ 17,000 $ 35,000 $ $ 843,882 Expenditures Regular Salary and Wages Other Salaries Fringe Benefits FICA Taxes Retirement Contributions Life and Health Insurance Workers' Compensation Unemployment Insurance - General Liability Professional Services Accounting and Auditing Other Contractual Services Other Contractual Services - Grants Travel and Per Diem Communications and Related Services Postage $ 500,000 3,500 $ 38,250 $ 39,678 $ 65,000 $ $ 5,000 $ 10,842 $ 17, 000 $ 12,000 $ 90,000 $ 35,000 $ 400 Rentals and Leases Repair and Maintenance Services Maintenance -Landscape Printing and Binding Outsource Promotion Expense Advertising and Related Costs Other Current Charges & Obligation Office Supplies Operating Supplies Motor Fuel Uniforms/clothing Landscape Related Supplies Subscriptions, Memberships, and Licenses Equipment & Furniture Improvement other than building All other Expenditure Budget Reserve Expenditure Grand Total $ 3,000 $ $ 1,500 $ 1,500 $ 6,500 8,462 5,500 750 843,882 EXHIBIT B LIBERTY CITY TRUST LIBERTY Cal COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION TRUST "Setting the Pace for Growth" LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN 20242025 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW VISION STATEMENT The vision of the Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust is to empower those who live, learn, work, and play in Liberty City by reclaiming, transforming and rebuilding our community. MISSION STATEMENT To facilitate the development of affordable housing, commercial businesses, quality education, and ensure full-time employment for students at a livable wage by working together. HISTORY The City of Miami City Commission approved Ordinance No. 12859 that created and established the Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust (Liberty City Trust) on October 12, in 2006. The Liberty City Trust is responsible for the oversight and facilitation of the revitalizations and redevelopment efforts in the Liberty City/Model City jurisdictional boundaries, which 1-95 west to the City of Miami boundary and SR 112 north to the City of Miami boundary. Page 1 of 14 GOALS The Liberty City Trust in cooperation with the City of Miami and our strategic partners will: 1. facilitate the development of affordable housing -- homeownership, rental and supportive services; 2. ensure full employment for residents at a living wage or greater; 3. facilitate residential and commercial development in the area; 4. facilitate technical and financial assistance for businesses; 5. attract new businesses to the area; 6. facilitate area beautification programs involving home owners and rental property owners to upgrade and maintain the appearance and value of properties in the community; 7. work with Miami Dade County Public Schools located within our boundaries and youth programs to improve student services, student performance, parent involvement and increase student's awareness of their civic and social responsibilities for where they live; 8. ensure that senior citizens have access supportive programs designed for them; and 9. improve safety and security in the area. PARTNERSHIPS Strategic partnerships have been established with various developers, businesses and organizations in the community, and in close association with City of Miami and Miami Dade County to ensure that the quality of life, services and safety for our residents, businesses, and institutions is commensurate with that of other well attended areas throughout the city and county. (Please view our "Partners" section of the website.) The Liberty City Trust will measure its goals by collecting quantitative data that will detail: 1. the number of commercial and residential properties built / rehabilitated; 2. the level of increased participation by residents in community -based activities; 3. the reduction of litter and illegal dumping in the area; 4. our effectiveness in addressing crisis situations in the community; and 5. main legacy of persons who have lived in the area. Page 2 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) SERVICE BOUNDARIES The service boundaries for the Liberty City Trust are as follow: Lit�r-ty City 1.73(-)tz ry ey Vista 15th Ava Corridor 17th Ave Corridor Transpc,rtation Ar®a PEiri4S Parcols Schools raniall +CityF�City ary Liberty City Trust 0 750 7.soo A. 1 ,c- C i �r ` an rK Ni.0 L. Phm/y= aa..ay. ■fir••r••r=i11/0 tar. Age - IC fhrat-r...ry Ern, 'Shah ..r1 vr/o, Nlpfl Soh©o/ fw4v.7.1ar: r. • ftiai «,. w .i4...aar� ea tim.aar.ry Ta v -rye �wrizner, aT 1-r i. e.wr a- IDoana. QMm.01ra+y a Page3of14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) SNAPSHOT CU Cr)CU 4.0 4.0 cu .,. 4 bA C!) Strategic Priority 1: Strategic Priority 2: Commercial Youth Development 1 Commercial Facade Program 2. Commercial Permitting & Development Assistance 3. Target Corridors for Development 4. Miami Dade College — Advisor Committee Strategic Priority 4: Housing 1. Housing Rehabilitation 2. New City of Miami Home Construction - lnfill 3. Affordable/Low Income Housing 4. Qualification for Infill Housin Strategic Priority 7: Public Safet 1. Police Services 2. Code Enforcement 3. Malicious Mischief 1. Youth Advisory Council 2. Youth Employment Program 3. Referrals to Human Resources Strategic Priority 5: Hurricane Preparedness & Recovery . Hadley Park Designated a Point of Distribution (POD) Site Strategic Priority 8: Legacy 1. Liberty City Historic Places Tour 2. Historical Designation 3. Naming of Building 4. Create Ongoing Legacy of Former Residents Strategic Priority 3: Seniors 1 Transportation — Trolley & Other Transportation 2. Services through Senior Networks 3. Outreach to Search Program Strategic Priority 6: Marketing & Outreach 1 Resident Communications 2. Business Communications 3. Communication Platforms & Collateral Local Business Promotion 4. Strategic Priority 9: Administration 1. Planning 2. Organizing 3. Finance 4. Governance Page 4 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) SNAPSHOT October 2024 Activities 1. October 11— Mrs. Dawkins 100th Birthday Celebration 2. October - RIP Runway for Cancer 3. October 24 — Heirs Property Workshop January 2025 Activities 1. January 2. April 2025 Activities 1. April 2. July 2025 Activites . July November 2024 Activities 1. November 11 Veterans Day Breakfast 2. November 28 — Christmas Tree Lighting February 2025 Activities 1. February 2. May 2025 Activities . May August 2025 Activities . August December 2024 Activities 1 Transportation — Trolley & Other Transportation 2. Services through Senior Networks 3. Outreach to Search Program March 2025 Activities 1. March 2. June 2025 Activities une September 2025 Activities 1. September Page 5 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1 : COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOAL: The Liberty City Trust will build community power and repair ongoing harms caused by centuries of racism and extractive development. STRATEGY 1: Miami Dade College - Carrie P. Meek Center Advisory Committee -Expand existing partnership with Miami Dade College Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Center by establishing a Community Advisory Committee that: Ensure community voice is represented on behalf of educational excellence for all students. - Provide support and advice to academic programs, assist in the development of new programs, and identify best -practice standards to meet the diverse needs of its student population. Serve as ambassadors to the center, providing a connection to and ongoing exchange of information and ideas with MDC. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE STRATEGY 2: NOTES STATUS Commercial Development Guidance & Technical Assistance - Provide commercial development guidance and technical assistance to developers to ensure projects reflect the area's economic, social, and cultural needs and preferences (including 551 NW 71 Street, 1302 NW 54th Street, & 5245 NW 7'h Avenue). ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSONAS) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 3: Small Business and Business Corridors Guidance & Technical Assistance - Provide guidance and technical assistance to small businesses and the business corridors in Liberty City to preserve community -serving businesses, build community wealth, and promote community -led economic develo i ment. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 PERSON(S) 2025 RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Page 6 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) GOAL: STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2 : YOUTH The Liberty City Trust will engage young people, ages 14-19 through community -based education, employment readiness, and enrichment programming to help them develop life readiness skills and strengthen ties to family and community. STRATEGY 1: Youth Empowerment - Maintain a Youth Empowerment Program that engages youth in the decision making of the community and prepares them to make their voices heard and recognize the power they have. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE PERSON(S) NOTES 2024 2025 RESPONSIBLE STATUS STRATEGY 2: Youth Employment - Maintain a Youth Summer Employment Program that assist youth between the ages of 14 through 19 to gain an understanding of the workplace and appropriate employment skills through job preparation classes and paid on -site work experience. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) NOTES STATUS RESPONSIBLE Page 7 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) GOAL: STRATEGY 1: STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3 : SENIORS The Liberty City Trust will address the issues affecting the growing number of older adults living in Liberty City to ensure older adults can stay active, engaged and age in place with dignity. Senior Agency Network - Increase awareness of and access to programs, activities and resources that are designed to meet the varying needs of the older adult population living in Liberty City through a Senior Agency Network. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE PERSON(S) 2024 2025 RESPONSIBLE STRATEGY 2: NOTES STATUS Senior Outreach - Conduct outreach services to ensure older adults living in Liberty City are aware of and access the programs, activities and resources they need and want. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Page 8 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) STRATEGIC PRIORITY 4 : HOUSING GOAL: The Liberty City Trust will guide housing development as a tool for repairing longstanding harms and promoting just development without displacement through reshaping relationships between people, place, power, and property. STRATEGY 1: Housing Rehabilitation - Assist income eligible owner occupants with accessing funding for the rehabilitation of their owner -occupied properties to achieve decent, safe, and sanitary conditions through the City of Miami/Miami Dade County Rehab Program. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 2: New Home Construction - Increase the supply of homes and improve housing affordability by facilitating the construction of 14 new affordable homes in Liberty City. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS . Site readiness . Identify potential homes owners and assist with qualifying them as buyers though BAC and other lendin• institutions STRATEGY 3: Advocate for the development of Affordable /Low Income Housing and make the housing development process more efficient and inclusive in the Liberty City area. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Page 9 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) STRATEGIC PRIORITY 5 : HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS & RECOVERY GOAL The Liberty City Trust will assist with the preparation as well as work with local officials to coordinate a response in the aftermath of a serious storm or other disaster. STRATEGY 1: Resilient Liberty City - Work with the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County to support the implementation of a unified resilience strategy and advance resilience to sea level rise, extreme heat, and hurricanes through internal planning, community engagement, and policy. TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 2: Post Disaster Recovery - Advocate for a post disaster Point of Distribution (POD) to be located in Liberty City. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(5) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Page 10 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) STRATEGIC PRIORITY 6 : MARKETING & OUTREACH GOAL: The Liberty City Trust will increase organizational awareness and visibility, STRATEGY 1: Resident Communications - Increase communication and engagement with local residents utilizing a balanced blend of digital, in -person and traditional rassroots communication and outreach strate ies. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 2: Business Communications Increase communication and engagement with local businesses utilizing a balanced blend of digital, in -person and traditional grassroots communication and outreach strategies. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 3: Communications Platforms & Collateral - Enhance the Liberty City Trust's communications platforms including website, marketing materials, and social media . resence. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 STRATEGY 4: PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Local Business Promotion - Develop a database of Liberty City businesses to promote local businesses, help close the racial wealth gap and strengthen the local economy. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 5: Liberty City Trolley - Work with the City of Miami Transit to increase trolley ridership and provide connection to regional transit routes, improve the mobilit and the +uali of life of residents and visitors alike. ACTION STEPS: Advocate for additional stops at senior building TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Page 11of14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) GOAL: STRATEGY 1: STRATEGIC PRIORITY 7 : PUBLIC SAFETY The Liberty City Trust will improve the overall safety of the community by advocating for safety initiatives, raising community awareness of safety concerns, and serving as a forum for community input on matters of public safety. Police Services - Work with the City of Miami Police Department to coordinate services and encourage, collect, and present resident and stakeholder input regarding public safety service levels, policies, procedures and priorities. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 STRATEGY 2: PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Code Enforcement - Work with the City of Miami and local officials and local businesses owners to coordinate efforts to address the environmental factors (parking, removal of graffiti, abandoned buildings, lack of maintenance) that impact the customer experience. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Page 12 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) GOAL: STRATEGIC PRIORITY S : LEGACY The Liberty City Trust will conduct educational and community development activities involving the preservation, conservation, and protection of tangible and intangible historic and cultural paces and resources in Liberty City. STRATEGY 1: Liberty City Historic Places - Recognize and acknowledge Liberty City as a Legacy Community by identifying and marking historic places in the community. ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE PERSON(S) 2024 2025 RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Page 13 of 14 LIBERTY CITY TRUST ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2024-2025) STRATEGIC PRIORITY 9 : ADMINISTRATION GO A L: Office management STRATEGY 1: Planning — Find out what the Liberty City Trust needs are and solve it ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE PERSON(S) 2025 RESPONSIBLE 2024 NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 2: Organizing — Defining policies and procedures on hand to best plan for the success of the organization ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 3: Finance — Find and evaluate potential funding sources ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS STRATEGY 4: Governance — Role and function of governing body who makes decisions for the Liberty City Trust ACTION STEPS: TIMELINE 2024 2025 PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE NOTES STATUS Page 14 of 14