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OMNI CRA Resolution: CRA-R-18-0025
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.omnicra.com
File Number: 4045 Final Action Date:4/18/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AGREEING WITH THE FINDING OF
NECESSITY REPORT PREPARED BY PMG ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE NON-
CONTIGUOUS EXPANSION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CRA TO THE
WEST GROVE AREA ("STUDY AREA"), MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
EXHIBIT "A;" FURTHER AGREEING WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE MIAMI CITY
COMMISSION THAT THE REBUILDING, REHABILITATION, CONSERVATION,
AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY AREA IS NECESSARY AND IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND
WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AND MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY; FURTHER AGREEING THAT THE STUDY AREA CONSTITUTES A
SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREA AS DEFINED IN SECTION 163, FLORIDA
STATUTES; DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT A COPY
OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS STATED HEREIN.
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, on April 13, 2017, pursuant to Resolution No. 17-0171, the Miami City
Commission directed the City Manager to begin the process for the creation of a Community
Redevelopment Area for the City of Miami ("City") neighborhood commonly referred to as the
"West Grove" ("Study Area"); and
WHEREAS, PMG Associates, Inc. ("Consultant") prepared a report for the City pursuant
to the criteria of Chapter 163, Florida Statues, assessing the necessity of expanding CRA into
the West Grove; and
WHEREAS, the established criteria for a finding of necessity entails finding that an area
is a "slum" and is "blighted"; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, defines a "slum area" as "an area having
physical or economic conditions conducive to disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency,
poverty, or crime because there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether
residential or nonresidential, which are impaired by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or
obsolescence, and exhibiting one or more of the following factors:
(a) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces;
(b) High density of population, compared to the population density of adjacent areas
within the county or municipality; and overcrowding, as indicated by government -
maintained statistics or other studies and the requirements of the Florida Building Code;
or
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(c) The existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire or other causes";
and
WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, defines a "blighted area" as "an area in which
there are a substantial number of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; in which conditions, as
indicated by government -maintained statistics or other studies, endanger life or property or are
leading to economic distress; and in which two or more of the following factors are present:
(a) Predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, parking facilities, roadways,
bridges, or public transportation facilities.
(b) Aggregate assessed values of real property in the area for ad valorem tax purposes
have failed to show any appreciable increase over the 5 years prior to the finding of such
conditions.
(c) Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness.
(d) Unsanitary or unsafe conditions.
(e) Deterioration of site or other improvements.
(f) Inadequate and outdated building density patterns.
(g) Falling lease rates per square foot of office, commercial, or industrial space
compared to the remainder of the county or municipality.
(h) Tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land.
(i) Residential and commercial vacancy rates higher in the area than in the remainder of
the county or municipality.
(j) Incidence of crime in the area higher than in the remainder of the county or
municipality.
(k) Fire and emergency medical service calls to the area proportionately higher than in
the remainder of the county or municipality.
(I) A greater number of violations of the Florida Building Code in the area than the
number of violations recorded in the remainder of the county or municipality.
(m) Diversity of ownership or defective or unusual conditions of title which prevent the
free alienability of land within the deteriorated or hazardous area.
(n) Governmentally owned property with adverse environmental conditions caused by a
public or private entity"; and
WHEREAS, the Consultant concluded that the Study Area's boundaries, as provided,
met two (2) of the three (3) criteria for a slum designation and eight (8) of the fourteen (14)
criteria for blight designation as described in Chapter 163, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City, through Resolution No. R-18-0010 adopted January 11, 2018,
accepted and approved the Consultant's Finding of Necessity Report ("Report"); and
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 Board of Commissioners of the CRA agrees with the Report prepared by
the Consultant, attached and incorporated, for the expansion of the boundaries of the CRA into
the Study Area.
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Section 3. The Board of Commissioners of the CRA further agrees with the findings of
the Miami City Commission that the rebuilding, rehabilitation, conservation, and redevelopment
of the Study Area is necessary and in the best interest of the public health, safety, morals, and
welfare of the residents of the City and Miami -Dade County.
Section 4. The Board of Commissioners of the CRA further agrees that the Study Area
constitutes a slum or blighted area as defined in Section 163, Florida Statutes.
Section 5. The Executive Director is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to
Mayor Francis Suarez, the members of the Miami City Commission, City Manager Emilio T.
Gonzalez, Mayor Carlos Gimenez, and the members of the Board of County Commissioners.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Barnaby I_. Min, Deputy City Attorney 4/19/2018
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