HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-23-0031 MemorandumSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
July 27, 2023
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Christine King Date: July 28, 2023
and Members of the CRA
Board File: 14355
From: James McQueen
Executive Director
Subject: Authorizing the City of Miami Police
Department to roll over funds from
the SEOPW CRA in the amount
Enclosures: File # - 14355 - Backup
BACKGROUND:
A Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA"), authorizing the City of Miami Police Department to roll over
funds from the SEOPW CRA an aggregate amount not to exceed Nine Hundred Fifty -Five Thousand Two
Hundred Fifty -Two Dollars and Forty -Three Cents ($955,252.43) ("Funds") to the City of Miami
("City"), City's Police Department ("MPD") to provide enhanced policing services and additional safety
measures including additional lighting for targeted areas that pose a risk to the homeless population in the
Area (collectively, "Program"). The SEOPW CRA now wishes to extend the use period for the Funds to
ensure the Program is fully fulfilled and services will extend to Fiscal Year 2023-2024 ("FY 23-24").
The City, by and through the MPD, will utilize the subject Funds to administer the Program and provide
enhanced police services including increased patrols, special operations, traffic details, club checks,
criminal sweeps, prostitution details, and undercover narcotics details to address issues relating to the
quality of life within the Redevelopment Area.
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, of the 2018 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Updated Redevelopment
Agency Plan Update (the "Plan"), lists the "[i]mprove[ment of] the [q]uality of [1]ife for residents" as a
stated redevelopment goal.
Section 2, Goal 9, 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:
These funding allocations derived from the following approved earmarked of funds.
CRA-R-21-0018 passed and adopted on June 31d,2023, in the amount of $600,000.00 which $355,252.43,
remains unspent.
CRA-R-23-0003 passed and adopted on January 26th, 2023, in the amount of $600,000.00.
There is no fiscal impact in FY 2024's tax increment budget.
FACT SHEET:
Company name: The City of Miami (City's), by and through the City's Police Department
Roll over of funds request: $955,252.43
Term: 2023 — 2024 (1 year)
Scope of work or services (Summary): Provide enhanced police services including increased
patrols, special operations, traffic details, club checks, criminal sweeps, prostitution details,
and undercover narcotics details to address issues relating to the quality of life within the
Redevelopment Area.
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AGENDA ITEM
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORM
SEOPW CRA
CRA Board Meeting Date: July 27, 2023
CRA Section:
Brief description of CRA Agenda Item:
Authorizing the City of Miami to roll over funds from the SEOPW CRA in the amount of
$955,252.43 to provide enhanced policing services in the SEOPW CRA's area.
Project Number (if applicable):
YES, there are sufficient funds in Line Item:
Account Code:
Amount:
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: There is no fiscal impact in FY 2024's tax increment budget since funds
have already been earmarked pursuant to resolutions passed and adopted previously.
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Approved by:
Approval:
Miguel A Valcnt r , Finance Officer
Executive Director 7/20/2023
7/20/2023
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Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
File Type: CRA Resolution
Enactment Number: CRA-R-23-0031
File Number: 14355 Final Action Date:7/27/2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("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 GRANTS AND AIDS"
ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT TO
NOT EXCEED NINE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
TWO DOLLARS AND FORTY THREE CENTS ($955,252.43) ("FUNDS") TO THE CITY
OF MIAMI ("CITY"), CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT ("MPD") TO ROLL OVER FUNDS
ASSOCIATED WITH ENHANCED POLICE SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL SAFETY
MEASURES WITHIN THE SEOPW CRA REDEVELOPMENT AREA ("PURPOSE");
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 2018 Updated Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan Update
(the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is responsible for public safety throughout the City,
which includes the SEOPW CRA Redevelopment Area ("Area"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.370(2)(o), Florida Statutes, the CRA has the power to
develop and implement community policing innovations with the objective of remedying blighted areas
and the causes thereof within the Area; and
WHEREAS, the City's Police Department ("MPD") has an interest in continuing the SEOPW
CRA Detail, an innovative service -oriented police unit, in a problem -solving team capacity, to establish
and support working partnerships with the CRA, Neighborhood Enhancement Teams, residents, business
owners, and homeless outreach programs; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CRA Resolution No. 23-0003 adopted on January 26, 2023, the Board
of Commissioners of the SEOPW CRA approved the issuance of an allocation in an amount not to exceed
Nine Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Two Dollars and Forty Three Cents
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($955,252.43) ("Funds") to the City for enhanced police services, the purchase of two (2) new cameras,
and public safety measures including additional lighting for targeted areas that pose a risk to the homeless
population in the Area (collectively, "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the City, by and through the MPD, will utilize the subject Funds to administer the
Program and provide enhanced police services including increased patrols, special operations, traffic
details, club checks, criminal sweeps, prostitution details, and undercover narcotics details to address
issues relating to quality of life within the Area; and
WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA authorized the Funds to be disbursed throughout the Term on a
reimbursement basis to the City upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation; and
WHEREAS, no match is required of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the
SEOPW CRA redevelopment goals and objectives; and
WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA, and to authorize the Executive Director to negotiate and
executive any and all agreements necessary, all -in forms acceptable to the General Counsel, with City's
MPD;
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 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 3. Sections of this Resolution may be renumbered or re -lettered and corrections of
typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the Executive Director, or the
Executive Director's designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of same with the
City Clerk.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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ounsel 7/20/2023
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