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Home My WebLink AboutOMNI CRA 2022-02-28 MinutesCity of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com liZ Omni C R A Meeting Minutes Monday, February 28, 2022 11:00 AM City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Chair, District One Joe Carollo, Vice Chair, District Three Ken Russell, Board Member, District Two Manolo Reyes, Board Member, District Four Christine King, Board Member, District Five OMNI CRA OFFICE ADDRESS: 1401 N. Miami Avenue, 2"d Floor, Miami 33136 Phone: (305) 679-6868 www.miamicra.com OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes February 28, 2022 CALL TO ORDER Present: Chair Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner Reyes and Commissioner King Absent: Vice Chair Carollo and Commissioner Russell On the 28th day of February 2022, the Board of Commissioners of the OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in special session at Miami City Hall located at 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chair Diaz de la Portilla at 11:11 a.m., and was adjourned at 11:15 a. in. ALSO PRESENT: Isiaa Jones, Chief Legal Officer, CRA Victoria Mendez, General Counsel, CRA Todd B. Hannon, Clerk of the Board INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Good morning, everyone. Board Member Reyes: Good morning, sir. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: I expect the meeting to be very short, but we still want to do what we do in every Commission meeting, or every meeting, is we say a prayer, led by you, Commissioner Reyes. Board Member Reyes: By me? Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Always. You 're the prayer guy. Board Member Reyes: Oh, my. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: You make our day a better day, sir. Board Member Reyes: Okay. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Please stand up. Board Member Reyes: It's going to be very short and (INAUDIBLE). Invocation and pledge of allegiance delivered. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Thank you, Commissioners. OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Page 1 Printed on 3/2/2023 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes February 28, 2022 OMNI CRA RESOLUTION(S) 1. OMNI CRA RESOLUTION 11574 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA") APPOINTING BARNABY L. MIN ("MIN") AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL MARCH 11, 2022 OR UNTIL A PERMANENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD, WHICHEVER IS SOONER; AUTHORIZING MIN TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY ON BEHALF OF THE CRA WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, IN ORDER TO ALLOW MIN TO BE PLACED ON LOAN FROM THE CITY TO THE CRA. ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-22-0009 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Manolo Reyes, Board Member, District Four SECONDER: Christine King, Board Member, District Five AYES: Diaz de la Portilla, Reyes, King ABSENT: Carollo, Russell Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Okay, Isiaa. You're recognized to briefly explain Agenda Item 1. Isiaa Jones (Chief Legal Officer, CRA): Agenda Item 1 is a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency), appointing Mr. Barnaby Min as the interim executive director until March 11 th, 2022, or until a permanent executive director is appointed by the Board, whichever is sooner; authorizing Mr. Min to negotiate and execute any documents necessary on behalf of the CRA with the City of Miami, in forms acceptable to the general counsel in order to allow Mr. Min to be placed on loan from the City to the CRA. Board Member Reyes: I move it. Board Member King: Second. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Moved by Commissioner Reyes, seconded by the Chairwoman. Are there any comments from the Commissioners? Is there any public comment? Opening up public comment. Seeing none, public comment is now closed. Let's take a vote. All those in favor, say "aye." The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Opposed, "nay." OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Page 2 Printed on 3/2/2023 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes February 28, 2022 NA - NON -AGENDA ITEM(S) 1. OMNI CRA DISCUSSION 11584 DIRECTION BY CHAIR DIAZ DE LA PORTILLA TO INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BARNABY L. MIN, TO SCHEDULE A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING OF THE OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022, AT 10:00 A.M. OR THEREAFTER. rRESULT: DISCUSSED Barnaby Min (Interim Executive Director, CRA): Mr. Chair, may I suggest that a meeting be scheduled in order to appoint a permanent executive director so that the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) can send out notices? Chair Diaz de la Portilla: We would then like to have -- is that -- would that be a pocket item or how would we describe it? Mr. Min: You could just give me the directive and I can go ahead and send out the notices. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: All right. We'll issue a directive to Mr. Min, our new acting executive director, to have a special meeting on the 9th of March. Mr. Min: At what time, 10 a.m.? Chair Diaz de la Portilla: When the Commission breaks, we'll have a special meeting that day. So, when we break -- to appoint a permanent executive director. What we're doing now is sort of going through an interview process over the next week or so. We have qualified candidates coming in and interviewing with us and then we make a determination to have a permanent because I don't think Mr. Min wants to remain here for a long time. Although if you want to, you're more than welcome. I think the pay is better. No? It's not? Okay, it's not better. So, we'll wait to appoint a permanent on the 9th. So, the directive's issued, okay. No more business to discuss? I have lunch in my office later on. Todd B. Hannon (Clerk of the Board): Chair, just for the record, there's a special meeting scheduled for 9: 30 and then a special meeting for 10 a.m. Mr. Min: Okay. We'll work on the notice for 10:30. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: We're scheduling a special meeting when we break from either one of those. Mr. Hannon: No, understood. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Right. Mr. Hannon: So just letting you know. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Okay. Board Member Reyes: Okay. OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Page 3 Printed on 3/2/2023 OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes February 28, 2022 ADJOURNMENT Mr. Min: And also, Mr. Chair, if I may. 1'd like to introduce Elizabeth Hernandez. She'll be filling in as the attorney for the Board now that I'm serving as the interim director. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Our pleasure. Okay, awesome. So, you already hired somebody. You weren 't even named yet and you already hired somebody. Mr. Min: Baby steps. Chair Diaz de la Portilla: Okay. We'll talk about that later. We're adjourned. Thank you. The meeting adjourned at 11:15 a.m. OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Page 4 Printed on 3/2/2023