HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-16-0062 Bid Waiver MemoKen Russell
Board Chair
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Jason Walker
Executive Director
TO: Board Chair Ken Russell and
Members of the CRA Board
FROM: Jason Walker
Executive Director
DATE: November 13, 2016
SUBJECT: Recommendations and
findings to waive competitive
negotiation procedures per City
Code, authorizing the allocation of
grant funds to Legido Management
Services, Inc. for the administration
and management of the CRA's
Building Rehabilitation Grant
Program
BACKGROUND
The Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment
Agency ("CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects
within its redevelopment area in accordance with the 2009 CRA Redevelopment Plan ("Plan").
The CRA approved and adopted Resolution No. CRA-R-16-0040, authorizing the Executive
Director to implement the findings of the Grand Jury Report for Miami -Dade County
recommending that tax increment funds ("TIF") received by the CRA, be used primarily for
removal of slum and blight, and assisting with affordable housing for families and individuals of
low or moderate income.
LEGIDO MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. ("Legido"), possess unique and highly specialized
expertise in the implementation and administration of new business initiatives, rehabilitation of
existing businesses and job creation opportunities, intended to reduce blighting neighborhood
conditions. Through their expertise in implementing varying scopes, specifically by managing
business rehabilitation programs in and around targeted urban areas, Legido provides the
administrative and management service capacity critical in the successful implementation and
administration of the CRA's "Building Rehabilitation Grant Program" goals and objectives.
Legido requested aid from the CRA in the amount of $905,000 in grant funding, towards fully
implementing and managing the CRA's Program, and furthering the CRA's efforts in rebuilding the
business corridor of the area. The Executive Director reviewed and vetted Legido's request, in
accordance with Plan objectives.
OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
1401 N. Miami Ave 1 2"d Floor [ Miami, FL 33136
Tel (305) 679-6868
LEGIDO MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
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RECOMMENDATION
In light of the above mentioned, in addition to Legido's expertise in building and rehabilitating
businesses for the purposes identified in the CRA's Plan, and in consideration of the Executive
Director's pledge to allocate grant funding to Legido prior to the CRA adopting Resolution No.
CRA-R16-0042 on September 13, 2016, approval of a waiver of the formal requirements of
competitive sealed bidding methods as not being practicable nor advantageous to the CRA as
set forth in the City Code of Ordinances, as amended, specifically Sections 18-85 (a), and the
affirmation of these written findings and the forwarding of the same to the Board of Commissioners
of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency for ratification by a four -
fifths (4/5th) vote is respectfully requested.
OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
1401 N. Miami Ave 1 2"d Floor 1 Miami, FL 33136
Tel (305) 679-6868