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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-21-0018
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File Number: 9170 Final Action Date:6/10/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATIONS FOR FUNDING, TO UNDERWRITE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH ENHANCED POLICING SERVICES WITHIN THE
REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES FOR
TARGETED AREAS THAT POSE A RISK TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION
WITHIN THE REDEVELEOPMENT AREA, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$600,000.00; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE;
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM SEOPW INTER FUND TRANSFER —ACCOUNT
NO. 10050.920101.891000.00000.0000.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (the
"SEOPW 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 2018 Southeast Overtown/Park West Updated
Redevelopment Plan (the "Updated Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 163.335, of the Community Redevelopment Act, (the "Act"), 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, Section 163.340(23) of the Act further 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 2, Goal 6, on page 10 of the 2018 Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Updated Redevelopment Agency Plan (the "Updated Plan"), lists the "[i]mprove[ment of] the
[q]uality of [1]ife for residents" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 9, at page 10, further lists " [f]oster[ing] safe community initiatives
to provide for public safety through Community Policing Innovations" as a stated redevelopment goal;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners, has authorized funding for several prior community
policing innovation programs with the Redevelopment Area, including the Police Visibility Pilot Program
- CRA-R-08-0024 ($343,392.00), CRA-R-09-022 ($344,000.00), CRA-R-10-0047 ($500,00.00), and
CRA-R-11-0059 ($250,000.00); the ShotSpotter Flex Gunfire Alert Pilot Program - CRA-R-13-0067
($75,000.00); the CRA Police Camera Pilot Program - CRA-R-14-0069 ($275,000.00) and CRA-R-15-
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0011 ($1,025,000.00); and for Enhanced Policing Services - CRA-R-15-0057 ($900,000.00) and CRA-R-
17-0004 ($750,000.00); and
WHEREAS, negotiations with the Chief of the City of Miami Police Department will be for
funding for an enhanced baseline police services program for fiscal year 2021 -2022 ("FY 21 — 22) would
underwrite the costs associated with hiring two (2) full-time BEAT police officers assigned to Zone 5
which includes NW 5th Street to NW 14th Street and NW 1st Court to NW 3rd Court, as well as the costs for
new cameras and monitoring services; and
WHEREAS, this FY 21- 22 Program is meant to improve public safety by providing services,
including but not limited to, foot and/or motorized patrol, camera surveillance, and community policing
techniques; and
WHEREAS, negotiations with the City Manager for the City of Miami will be for funding for
additional safety measures, including additional lighting for targeted areas that pose a risk to the homeless
population within the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, these targeted areas are: under the I-395 on 1st Place between 13th Street and 14th
Street; under I-95 on llth Street between 3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue; under I-95 on loth Street between
3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, negotiations for the total funding for enhanced policing services and additional
safety measures for targeted areas that pose a risk to the homeless population within the Redevelopment
Area, shall be for an amount not to exceed $600,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wish to authorize negotiations for funding, in an
amount not to exceed $600,000.00, to underwrite costs associated with enhanced policing services within
the Redevelopment Area for fiscal year 2021 -2022 (the "FY 21-22 Program") and additional safety
measures for targeted areas that pose a risk to the homeless population 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 negotiations for funding, in an
amount not to exceed $600,000.00, to underwrite costs associated with enhanced policing services within
the Redevelopment Area for fiscal year 2021 — 2022 and for additional safety measures for targeted areas
that pose a risk to the homeless population within the Redevelopment Area.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all documents necessary for said
purpose.
Section 4. Funds are to be allocated from SEOPW Inter Fund Transfer — Account No.
10050.920101.891000.00000.0000.
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Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
Anna -Bo manuel, hief Legal Counsel 6/3/2021
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