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Omni CRA Board Meeting
April 9, 2020 10:19 AM MDT
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Clarice Cooper
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3735 5-Omni CRA
Oak Redevelopment
cooperclarice@yahoo.com Avenue Plan and
Miami, Interlocal
FL 33133 Agreement
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To the Chairperson and Members of the Board of the
Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA): We,
the Executive Board of the Coconut Grove Village
West Homeowners and Tenants Association (HOATA),
are not in favor of your intention to cease the
negotiation process of expanding the CRA into
Coconut Grove Village West. From its inception,
HOATA resoundingly supported the proposal of then -
Chairperson of the Omni Community Redevelopment
Agency (CRA), District 2 Commissioner Ken Russell,
to expand the CRA into Coconut Grove Village West. It
was determined in the Findings of Necessity study in
accordance with Florida Statutes that Village West met
the criteria for the "slum" and "blight" designations.
The Miami City Commission thereafter unanimously
approved the proposed expansion We anticipated that
effectuating the expansion proposal would provide
more timely availability of and access to funding for
affordable housing, employment opportunities and
other vital infrastructure, which this community sorely
is in need of and which is long overdue. Therefore, in
the absence of a better suited alternative proposal that
has been fully collaborated with the community
stakeholders and, without which, Village West would
be completely left in limbo for an unknown period of
time, we cannot support scuttling the expansion plan.
7389 Submittal -Public Comments Submitted Online for the April 9, 2020 Virtual OMNI CRA Meeting
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Melissa Meyer msmeyer@ncsu.edu
Frank Schnidman Schnidmanf@earthLink.net
Frances
"Dolly"
Maclntyre macbirch@aoL.com
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3161
Ohio
Street
Coconut
Grove, FL
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Cherokee
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Deland,
FL 32724
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Melissa Meyer of 3161 Ohio Street in the Coconut
Grove Village West. My family has waited 25 years for
our neighborhood to be included in the Omni CRA
expansion — Item number 5. That's 25 years of
community meetings, 25 years of political rallying, and
25 years of commission meetings, to finally have the
opportunity for new substantial tax revenue generated
within our own neighborhood, stay within our own
neighborhood for rehabilitation, street and park
5-Omni CRA improvements, historic preservation, and desperately
Redevelopment needed affordable housing. To have this item heard
Plan and during middle of a global pandemic — when many of
Interlocat those who have worked so hard to expand the Omni
Agreement CRA cannot participate in a virtual Commission
meeting at this time because they are busy saving
Lives, at a time when we are facing the worst economic
calamity in the history of the United States — when
we know that even more displacement is on the
horizon, is absolutely unscrupulous, unjust and
immoral. This item must be tabled until we resume
normal working conditions and the community that
fought so hard for to expand the Omni CRA into the
Coconut Grove Village West can fully participle.
Dear Friends; Thank you for the opportunity to
comment. Please consider that perhaps it is the time
5-Omni CRA to Let the OMNI CRA sunset and not expand so that
Redevelopment the millions of dollars in tax increment that comes
Plan and from the County and City General Funds are no Longer
Interlocat diverted to the wealthiest district in Miami, and can be
Agreement allocated by the County Commission and the City
Commission as stretched County and City budget
needs require. Frank Schnidman
5-Omni CRA
409 Redevelopment Please approve the extension of the CRA to West
Viscaya Plan and Grove. It is one of the most underserved
Avenue Interlocat neighborhoods in Miami.
Agreement
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