HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-24-0035 Bid Waiver MemoSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
May 23, 2024
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
4/5ths RECOMMENDATION INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Christine King and
Members of the SEOPW CRA Board
Date: May 23, 2024 File:
Subject: 4/5ths Bid Waiver to Mt. Zion Developments,
Inc., grant for 801 N.W. 3`d Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
From: James McQueen References:
Executive Director
Enclosures:
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 Fifty -Seven Thousand, Forty -Nine Dollars and No Cents
($57,049.00) ("Funds"), to support Mt. Zion Developments, Inc., a Florida not -for -profit corporation ("MZD").
MZD has requested Funds from the SEOPW CRA for exterior painting and awning replacement at the Carver
Apartments and Shoppes ("Carver Apartments") located at 801 N.W. 3' Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33136 (the
"Property").
RECOMMENDATION:
The Carver Apartments and Shoppes is a 3-story mixed -use building located at a prominent entrance gateway to
the Historic Overtown Culture and Entertainment District and will be the site of a future mural by a prominent
local artist to mark and beautify the area. For the Purpose stated herein the improvements funded by this grant,
will contribute to the impact of the planned mural and overall beautification of the gateway to the Historic
Overtown Culture and Entertainment District.
In light of the above stated, approval of a waiver of the formal requirements of competitive sealed bidding methods
as not being practicable or advantageous to the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment
Agency as set forth in the City Code of Ordinances, as amended, specifically Section 18-85 (A), and the
affirmation of these written findings and the forwarding the same to the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency by a four fifths vote is respectfully requested.
APPROVED
James M6Queen, Executive Director