HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-24-0008 MemorandumSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
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: 15448
Subject: 4/5ths Bid Waiver to Touching Miami
With Love Ministries, Inc., for Fiscal
Year 2023-2024.
Enclosures: File # - 15448 -
Memo
File # - 15448 -
the Public
Bid Waiver
Notice to
BACKGROUND:
A Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA"), by a four -fifths (4/5ths) 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 sections 18-85 and 18-86 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 allocation of grant funds in an amount not to exceed
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($200,000.00) ("Funds"), to support Touching Miami
With Love Ministries, Inc., is a Florida not -for -profit Corporation ("Touching Miami With Love").
Touching Miami With Love has requested funds from the SEOPW CRA to help participants with training
programs which, among other things include, health and wellness enrichment, financial literacy, work
readiness and job skills training to youth residents within the redevelopment area preparing for college
and the workforce in Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
JUSTIFICATION:
Pursuant to Section 163.340(9), Florida Statutes, (the "Act") community redevelopment means
"undertakings, activities, or projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a community
redevelopment area for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums and
blight...."
Section 2, Goal 4 of the 2018 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency Plan
Update (the "Plan") lists the "creati[on of] jobs within the community..." as a stated redevelopment goal.
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, Principle 4, of the Plan provides that "employment opportunities be made available to existing
residents ... " as a stated redevelopment principle.
Further, Section 2, Principle 6, of the Plan Update provides that to "address and improve the
neighborhood economy and expand economic opportunities of present and future residents ..."
163.370, Florida Statue Powers; Counties and Municipalities; Community Redevelopment Agencies. - (b)
To disseminate slum clearance and community redevelopment information.
FUNDING:
$200,000.00 allocated from account 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 — SEOPW - Other Grant and
Aids.
FACT SHEET:
Company name: Touching Miami With Love Ministries, Inc.
Address: 711 N.W. 6th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136
Number of participants: Targeting 30 participants
Funding request: $200,000.00
Age range of participants: 14-24 years old
Scope of work or services (Summary): Assist Redevelopment Area Residents with job employment
assistance and training certifications.
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AGENDA ITEM
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORM
SEOPW CRA
CRA Board Meeting Date: January 25, 2024
CRA Section:
Brief description of CRA Agenda Item:
Authorizing a grant in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 to Touching Miami with
Love Ministries, Inc. for a Youth Job Training Program.
Project Number
YES, there
Account Code:
(if applicable):
are sufficient funds in Line Item:
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 Amount: $200,000.00
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:
Approved by:
Approval:
Executive Director 1/18/2024
Miguel A Valentin, ririarice Off;cer 1/18/2024
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Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
File Type: CRA Resolution
Enactment Number: CRA-R-24-0008
File Number: 15448 Final Action Date:1/25/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW
CRA"), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) 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 SECTIONS 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 DISBURSE 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 CRA TAX INCREMENT FUND,
"OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS" ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, IN
AN AMOUNT TO NOT EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO
CENTS ($200,000.00) ("FUNDS"), TO TOUCHING MIAMI WITH LOVE MINISTRIES,
INC., A FLORIDA NOT -FOR -PROFIT CORPORATION ("TOUCHING MIAMI WITH
LOVE"), TO ASSIST WITH A TRAINING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN FISCAL
YEAR 2023-2024 ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY
AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO
THE GENERAL COUNSEL, WITH TOUCHING MIAMI WITH LOVE FOR THE
PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; 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 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan Update (the
"Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 4 of the Plan lists the "creation of jobs within the community ... " as
a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6, of the Plan, lists the "improvement of the quality of life for
residents"; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 4, of the Plan provides that "employment opportunities be made
available to existing residents ... " as a stated redevelopment principle; and
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WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 6, of the Plan provides that to "address and improve the
neighborhood economy and expand economic opportunities of present and future residents ... "; and
WHEREAS, Touching Miami With Love Ministries, Inc., a Florida not -for -profit Corporation
("Touching Miami With Love"), will help participants with training programs, which, among other
things, includes health and wellness enrichment, financial literacy, work readiness and job training for
youth residents to prepare them for college and the workforce ("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners ("Board") desires to authorize funding in an amount
not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($200,000.00) ("Funds") to Touching
Miami With Love for said Purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the
SEOPW CRA redevelopment goals and objectives; 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 and 18-86 of
the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), as adopted by 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 Touching Miami With Love for the Purpose stated herein
and subject to the availability of funds;
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. By a four -fifths (4/5'h) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the
Executive Director's recommendation and written findings that competitive negotiation methods and
procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the SEOPW CRA, pursuant to Section 18-85 and 18-86
of the City Code, as adopted by the SEOPW CRA, and waiving the requirements for said procedures is
ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized' to disburse the Funds, at his
discretion, on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation from the SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, entitled "Other Grants and Aids" Account No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 to Touching Miami with Love or its vendors for the Purpose stated
herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute an agreement,
including any and all other necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the General Counsel, with
Touching Miami with Love for said Purpose.
Section 5. 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
' 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.
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Executive Director's designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of same with the
City Clerk.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
inV•e Br , ounsel 1/18/2024
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