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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-23-0024
File Number: 13887 Final Action Date:5/25/2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("SEOPW CRA"), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/STHS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER
AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND
CONFIRMING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION AND
FINDING THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES
ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-
85 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AS
ADOPTED BY THE SEOPW CRA, WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING AS NOT BEING PRACTICABLE OR
ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE SEOPW CRA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TO DISPERSE FUNDS, AT HIS DISCRETION, ON A
REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON
PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION,
SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING, FROM THE SEOPW TAX
INCREMENT FUND, ENTITLED "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS" ACCOUNT,
ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($139,227.00) ("FUNDS") TO
BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH, INC., A FLORIDA NOT -FOR -PROFIT CORPORATION
("BETHEL"), FOR STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND
IMPROVEMENTS ("PURPOSE"), TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 245 N.W. 8TH
STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 ("PROPERTY"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN
FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL; FOR THE ALLOCATION
OF THE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; SUBJECT TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF
RECITALS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
("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 SEOPW CRA 2018
Redevelopment Plan Update ("Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 1, on page 10 of the Plan lists the "preservation of historic
buildings and community heritage", as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 8, on page 11 of the Plan states that "older buildings
that embody the area's cultural past must be restored"; and
WHEREAS, on August 24, 2007, the City of Miami, acting as General Counsel to the
SEOPW CRA, issued Formal Legal Opinion No. 07-014, opining that the SEOPW CRA may use
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TIF funds to repair or renovate churches within the redevelopment area for the purpose of
improving the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, Bethel AME Church, Inc. ("Bethel"), a Florida not -for -profit corporation has
requested funding assistance for structural and electrical improvements and repairs to the
building located at 245 N.W. 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33136, Folio #0101030501150 (the
"Property"); and
WHEREAS, in 2008, the SEOPW CRA Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution
No. CRA-R-07-0047, which authorized the issuance of a grant in the amount of Ninety
Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($90,000.00) for exterior renovations to the Property; and
WHEREAS, in 2014, the SEOPW CRA Board of Commissioners, adopted Resolution
No. CRA-R-14-0044, which authorized the issuance of a grant in the amount of Twenty
Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($20,000.00) for the installation of an air conditioning system
for the Property; and
WHEREAS, based on the recommendation and findings of the Executive Director, it is in
the SEOPW CRA's best interest for the Board of Commissioners to authorize, by an affirmative
four -fifths (4/5ths) vote, a waiver of competitive sealed bidding procedures pursuant to Section
18-85 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), as adopted by the
SEOPW CRA, the issuance of funds to Bethel, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thirty -
Nine Thousand Two Hundred Twenty -Seven Dollars and Zero Cents ($139,227.00) ("Funds"),
to assist with repairs to the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would
further the aforementioned redevelopment goals and objectives; and
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. Pursuant to Section 18-85 of the City Code, as adopted by the
SEOPW CRA, by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the
Executive Director's recommendation, and written finding that competitive negotiation methods
and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the SEOPW CRA's provision of the
Funds for assistance with repairs to the Property and waiving the requirements for said
procedures are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to disperse funds, at his
discretion, on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and
satisfactory documentation, subject to the availability of funding, from the SEOPW Tax
Increment Fund, entitled "Other Grants and Aids" Account No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, to Bethel for assistance with repairs to the Property.
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Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute an
agreement, including any and all necessary documents, and all -in forms acceptable to the
General Counsel, for said purpose.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
ounsel 5/18/2023 ce Br ounsel
4/20/2023
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