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OMNI CRA Resolution: CRA-R-16-0063
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.miamicra.com
File Number: 1356 Final Action Date:12/14/2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) TO THE CITY
OF MIAMI TO UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXPANDED
POLICE PROGRAM WITHIN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA;
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION, TO
DISBURSE FUNDS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO
VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY
DOCUMENTATION; AUTHORIZING THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF SAID
GRANT SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDING; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM
OMNI TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT
CODE NO. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
WHEREAS, 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 its approved Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 4.4, D., at page 42 of the 2009 Omni Redevelopment Plan, lists the
elimination of conditions which contribute to blight as a stated redevelopment objective; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.370(2)(o), Florida Statutes, the CRA has the power
to develop and implement community policing innovations with the objective of remedying slum
and blighted areas and the causes thereof, within the CRA community; and
WHEREAS, in February 2008, the City of Miami ("City") Police Department presented to
the CRA Board the Police Visibility Pilot Program, an innovative community policing plan to
address issues related to quality of life within the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Police Visibility Program consisted of enhanced police services
including increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, club checks, criminal sweeps,
prostitution details, and undercover narcotics details; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-08-0024, passed
and adopted on April 28, 2008, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of
Three Hundred Forty Three Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($343,392.00), for the
Police Visibility Pilot Program within the Southeast Overtown/Parkwest and Omni
Redevelopment Areas; and
WHEREAS, upon further presentation by the Police Department, the Board of
Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-09-0022, passed and adopted on April 27, 2009,
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authorized an additional grant to the City for a one-year extension of the Police Visibility
Program; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-10-0052, passed
and adopted on June 28, 2010, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), for the Police Visibility Program within the Omni
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-14-0049, passed
and adopted on July 23, 2014, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount of
One Million Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($1,275,000.00), for the Police
Visibility Program within the Omni Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-15-0043, passed
and adopted on October 22, 2015, authorized the issuance of a grant to the City, in the amount
of Seven Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($710,000.00), for the Police Visibility Program within
the Omni Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department now requests additional funds for enhanced police
services previously covered by the Police Visibility grants; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize a grant, in an amount not
to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) to the City to underwrite costs
associated with enhanced police services throughout the Omni Redevelopment Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 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 issuance of a grant in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00) to the City of Miami to underwrite costs associated with enhanced police
services within the Omni Redevelopment Area is authorized.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized, at his discretion, to disburse grant funds
on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to execute any and all documents
necessary for said purpose, in a form acceptable to General Counsel.
Section 5. Funds to be allocated from Omni Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and
Aids," Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.'
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by the General
Counsel.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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