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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-23-0003 MemorandumSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting January 26, 2023 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Board Chair Christine King and Members of the CRA Board From: James McQueen Executive Director Date: April 15, 2025 File: 13357 Subject: City of Miami Police Department Enclosures: File # 13357 - Backup BACKGROUND: The attached Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA") authorizes a grant, in an amount not to exceed $955,252.43, to the City of Miami Police Department ("City") to underwrite costs associated purchasing license plate readers and hiring at least two police officers to assist with enhanced policing services and within the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Area. In an effort to enhance the general patrol services provided by the City of Miami Police Department within the Redevelopment Area, the SEOPW CRA has funded several prior community policing innovation programs within the Redevelopment Area, including the Police Visibility Pilot Program, the ShotSpotter Flex Gunfire Alert Pilot Program; the SEOPW CRA Police Camera Pilot Program; and for Enhanced Policing Services. The general policing services will provide enhanced police services by hiring at least two (2) full-time BEAT police officers assigned to Zone 5, which includes N.W. 5th Street to N.W. 14th Street and N.W. 1st Court to N.W. 3rd Court. This FY 22 - 23 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. The SEOPW CRA will also negotiate with the City Manager for additional safety measures, including additional lighting for targeted areas that pose a risk to the homeless population within the Redevelopment Area. The targeted areas are: under the I-395 on 1st Place between 13th Street and 14th Street, under I-95 on 1 lth Street between 3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue, under I-95 on loth Street between 3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue. JUSTIFICATION: Section 163.335 of Florida Statutes, (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. In response to the existence of slum and blight within the State of Florida, Section 163.340(9) of the Act allows for the creation of community redevelopment agencies to address these conditions by engaging in "community redevelopment", defined as "undertakings, activities, or projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a community redevelopment area ... for the reduction or prevention of crime". 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." 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. 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. The goal of the Program is to reduce and prevent crime within the Redevelopment Area, thereby enhancing the quality of life of its residents and encouraging growth and development in the area in accordance with the Plan. FUNDING: $955,252.43 funds to be allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, entitled "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000. Page 2 of 7 AGENDA ITEM FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORM SEOPW CRA CRA Board Meeting Date: January 26, 2023 CRA Section: Brief description of CRA Agenda Item: Authorization to enter into negotiations with the City of Miami Police Department for Enhanced Policing Services within the Redevelopment Area for the fiscal year 2023- 2024 for additional safety measures for targeted areas in an amount not to exceed $955,252.43. Project Number YES, there Account Code: (if applicable): are sufficient funds in Line Item: 10050.920101.891000.0000.00000 Amount: $ 9 5 5, 2 5 2 .4 3 NO (Complete the following source of funds information): Amount budgeted in the line item: $ Balance in the line item: $ Amount needed in the line item: $ Sufficient funds will be transferred from the following line items: ACTION ACCOUNT NUMBER TOTAL Project No./Index/Minot Object From $ To $ From $ To $ Comments: Page 3 of 7 Approved by: Approval: Miguel A Valcnt r , Finance Officer Executive Director 1/23/2023 1/23/2023 Page 4 of 7 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency File Type: CRA Resolution Enactment Number: CRA-R-23-0003 File Number: 13357 Final Action Date:1/26/2023 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ("SEOPW CRA"), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR ENHANCED POLICING SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA ("PROGRAM"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ALLOCATE FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO DOLLARS AND FORTY-THREE CENTS ($955,252.43) ("FUNDS"),FOR THE PROGRAM; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE PROGRAM; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM SEOPW CRA'S TAX INCREMENT FUND, ENTITLED "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.10050.920101.883000.0000.00000; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 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 of 1969, (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 Updated Plan lists the " [i]mprovement of the quality of life for residents" as a stated redevelopment goal; and Page 5 of 7 WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 9, at page 10 of the Updated Plan further lists, " [f]ostering 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 within the redevelopment area, including the Police Visibility Pilot Program, the ShotSpotter Flex Gunfire Alert Pilot Program, the CRA Police Camera Pilot Program, and for Enhanced Policing Services; and WHEREAS, the Executive Director wishes to begin negotiations with the City of Miami ("City") regarding enhanced baseline police services for fiscal year FY 22 — 23 to potentially hire at least two (2) full-time police officers assigned to areas which include N.W. 5th Street to N.W. 14th Street and N.W. 1st Court to N.W. 3'd Court, and the purchase of new cameras and monitoring services ("Program"); and WHEREAS, the Program's intent is 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, these targeted areas are: under the I-395 on 1st Place between 13th Street and 14th Street, under I-95 on 1 lth Street between 3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue, and under I-95 on loth Street between 3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wish to authorize funding for the Program in an amount not to exceed nine hundred fifty-five thousand two -hundred fifty-two dollars and forty-three cents ($955,252.43)("Funds") for the Program; and WHEREAS, the Executive Director is requesting authority from the Board of Commissioners to negotiate and execute an agreement, included all documents necessary, all in forms acceptable to the General Counsel for the Program; 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 Executive Director is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute an agreement, in a form acceptable to the General Counsel, with the City for the Program. Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to allocate the Funds from the SEOPW CRA Tax Increment Fund, entitled "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 to the City for the Program. Section 4. The Executive Director is further authorized to execute all documents necessary, all -in forms acceptable to the General Counsel for the Program. Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: Page 6 of 7 1 ce Br is ounC sel 1/27/2023 ' e Br ounsel 1/23/2023 Page 7 of 7