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CRA Resolution:
File Number: 3131 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,000 TO THE
CITY OF MIAMI TO UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENHANCED
POLICING SERVICES WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE FUNDS, AT HIS
DISCRETION, ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS,
UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY
DOCUMENTATION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE;
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM SEOPW, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS,"
ACCOUNT CODE NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
("CRA") is a community redevelopment agency created pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida
Statutes, and is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects
within its Redevelopment Area in accordance with the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West
Redevelopment Plan ("Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 163.335, Florida Statutes, states that the existence of slum and
blighted areas greatly contributes to the spread of disease and crime causing economic and
social burdens to the community, thereby negatively affecting the tax base and impairing sound
growth within the community; and
WHEREAS, in response to the existence of slum and blight within the State of Florida,
Section 163.356, Florida Statutes allows for the creation of community redevelopment agencies
to address these conditions by engaging in "community redevelopment;" and
WHEREAS, Section 163.340(9), Florida Statutes, defines "community redevelopment" in
part as "undertakings, activities, or projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a
community redevelopment area ... for the reduction or prevention of crime;" and
WHEREAS, Section 163.340(23), Florida Statutes provides a means for community
redevelopment agencies to address crime through "community policing innovations" which is
defined as "policing technique or strategy designed to reduce crime by reducing opportunities
for, and increasing the perceived risks of engaging in, criminal activity through visible presence
of police in the community, including, but not limited to, community mobilization, neighborhood
block watch, citizen patrol, citizen contact patrol, foot patrol, neighborhood storefront police
stations, field interrogation, or intensified motorized patrol;" and
WHEREAS, Section 163.387(1)(a), Florida Statutes, states that redevelopment trust
funds "shall be used by the agency to finance or refinance any community redevelopment it
undertakes pursuant to the approved community redevelopment plan;" and
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WHEREAS, Section 163.387(6)(h), Florida Statutes, states "[m]oneys in the
redevelopment trust fund may be expended from time to time for undertakings of a community
redevelopment agency as described in the community redevelopment plan for ... [t]he
development of `community policing innovations';" and
WHEREAS, the Plan at page 128, states that the CRA shall be empowered "to establish,
implement, and fund community policing innovations" and has incorporated therein the statutory
definition of community policing innovations, stated above, at page 135 of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6, at page 11, of the Plan lists the "[i]mproving quality of life
for residents of the Redevelopment Area", as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 5, at page 14, of the Plan provides that "[w]alking within
the neighborhood must be accessible, safe, and pleasant" as a stated redevelopment principal;
and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 1, at Page 14 of the Plan states that "walkability" is "a
key component of the vibrant and healthy neighborhood;" and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-15-0011, CRA-R-
15-0057, and CRA-R-17-0004 has previously authorized grants to the City of Miami to
enhanced policing services within the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Area
("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the CRA now seeks to provide a grant to the City to continue the Program
for fiscal year 2017-2018; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wish to authorize a grant, in an amount not to
exceed $750,000, to the City to underwrite costs associated with enhanced policing services
within the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that the adoption of this Resolution would
further the aforementioned redevelopment objectives;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST 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 Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes a grant, in an amount not
to exceed $750,000, to the City of Miami to underwrite costs associated with enhanced policing
services within the Redevelopment Area.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to disburse funds, at his discretion,
on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all documents necessary
for said purpose.
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Section 5. Funds are to be allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, entitled
"Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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Re,lee Jadusingh, Staff Lounsel 1G/23/2017
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