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January 25, 2024
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: February 12, 2024
File: 15445
Subject: City of Miami, Code Compliance
Office
Enclosures: File # 15445 - Exhibit A
BACKGROUND:
A Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA"), with attachment(s), the SEOPW CRA and the City of Miami,
Code Compliance Office ("Licensee"), located at 444 S.W. 2nd Avenue Miami, Florida 33130 and the
SEOPW CRA ("Licensor") (collectively the "Parties"). The Licensee will have access to 1490 N.W. 3rd
Avenue, Unit 112-B, Miami, FL 33136, 2,286 square feet (the "SEOPW CRA Property"). The Agreement
confers no exclusive possession of the SEOW CRA Property. The Parties desire and intend to enter into
the License Agreement ("Agreement") (Exhibit "A"), for the use of the SEOPW CRA Property in
substantially the attached form ("Purpose").
JUSTIFICATION:
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 1 on page 11 of the Plan lists the "preserv[ation of] historic buildings and
community heritage" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 8 on page 15 of the Plan states that " [o]lder buildings that embody the
area's cultural past must be restored"; and
FUNDING:
None.
FACT SHEET:
Company name: The City of Miami, Code Compliance Office
Address: 1490 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Unit 112-B, Miami, FL 33136
Scope of work or services (Summary): The officer ensures that businesses and people follow public
health, safety, public works, consumer protection, business activities, building standards, municipal
affairs, and more.
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AGENDA ITEM
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORM
SEOPW CRA
CRA Board Meeting Date: January 25, 2024
CRA Section:
Approved by:
Executive Director 1/18/2024
Approval:
1
Miguel A Valentin, :,lance Off;cer 1/18/2024
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Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
File Type: CRA Resolution
Enactment Number: CRA-R-24-0006
File Number: 15445 Final Action Date:1/25/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW
CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S) AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ("MOU")
(EXHIBIT "A"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, WITH THE
CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), FOR THE USE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX (2,286) CONTIGUOUS SQUARE FEET OF CRA-
OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1490 NORTHWEST THIRD AVENUE, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE OVERTOWN SHOPPING CENTER, FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE CITY TO OPERATE A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICE,
COMMENCING FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE, AT NO COST TO THE CITY
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE QUITCLAIM DEED RECORDED AT BOOK
28222, PAGE 4315-4324 OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, WITH ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO BE MORE
PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN SAID MOU; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to City of Miami Resolution No. R-12-0114, adopted on March 22, 2012
the City of Miami ("City") conveyed the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment
Agency ("SEOPW CRA") the property located at 1490 Northwest Third Avenue, Miami, Florida, also
known as the Overtown Shopping Center ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, in the furtherance of said conveyance to the SEOPW CRA, the City executed and
record a quitclaim deed at Book 28222, Page 4315-4324 of the official records of Miami -Dade County,
conveying at no cost to the SEOPW CRA, the Property, so long as the City reserved certain portions
(reserved and temporary space) on the Property for exclusive use of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City now wishes to re-enter and use approximately 2,286 contiguous square feet
of the Property to operate a Code Compliance Office at no cost to the City; and
WHEREAS, upon receiving possession of the Property, the City shall be responsible for all
necessary utilities, and all repairs and maintenance to the interior of the space; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the SEOPW CRA and the City desire to enter into a
Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") (Exhibit "A") memorializing the City's use of the Property;
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:
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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 a MOU, in a form
acceptable to the General Counsel, with the City for the City's exclusive use of approximately 2,286
contiguous square feet of the Property to operate a Code Compliance Office, at no cost to the City
pursuant to the terms of the Quitclaim deed recorded at Book 28222, Page 4315-4324 of the official
records of Miami -Dade County, with additional terms and conditions to be more particularly set forth in
said MOU, Exhibit "A".
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 the same with
the City of Miami City Clerk.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
e Br ounsel 1/18/2024
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be imposed,
including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code provisions, as adopted by the
SEOPW CRA.
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