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OMNI CRA Resolution: CRA-R-18-0005
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.miamicra.com
File Number: 2974 Final Action Date:1/17/2018
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 ENHANCED
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 EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL
COUNSEL; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM 2018 TIF REVENUES —
10040.920501.891000 — INTERFUND TRANSFERS.
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 of Commissioners 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
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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, 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 Board of Commissioners by Resolution No. CRA-R-16-0063,
passed and adopted on December 14, 2016, 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 Police Department now requests additional funds for enhanced
police services previously covered by the Police Visibility grants; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department proposes to modify the program to allow for
a more targeted approach to crime prevention including but not limited to increased
patrols, special operations, traffic details, club checks, criminal sweeps, prostitution
details, and undercover narcotics details; 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:
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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 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 are to be allocated from 2018 TIF Revenues —
10040.920501.891000 - Interfund Transfers.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Barnaby I_. Min, Deputy City Attorney 9/28/2017 Barnaby I_. Min, Deputy City Attorney 1/4/2018
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