HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-24-0040 MemorandumOMNI Board of Commissioners Meeting
June 18, 2024
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Board Chair Damian Pardo
and Members of the CRA Board
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Isiaa Jones
Executive Director
Date: June 13, 2024
File: 16204
Subject: 4/5ths Bid Waiver Grant Funding
Request - 1437 NW 1st Place
Project
Enclosures: 16204 Exhibit
16204 Proposal
16204 Property Search
16204 Notice to the Public
16204 Notice to the Public 2024-
06-13
BACKGROUND:
The Omni Community Redevelopment Agency ("Omni CRA") is responsible for executing
community redevelopment initiatives and projects within its designated area in accordance with
the 2019 CRA Redevelopment Plan ("Plan").
1437 NW 1st Place, a 4-unit 2-bedroom multi -family apartment building in Overtown, Miami, built
in 1952, falls within the Omni CRA's area. The building has suffered from deferred maintenance
over the years, resulting in less than full occupancy. It has recently served the local community
by providing affordable housing.
The 2019 Redevelopment Plan emphasizes the importance of affordable housing, the creation
of affordable housing units and includes provisions for collaborating with private entities to
revitalize blighted properties. Section 4-33 of the Plan outlines that the Omni CRA can "Grant
funds to assist in rehabilitation of an existing housing project." This project aligns with the Plan,
which focuses on the rehabilitation of the much needed housing affordability in the area.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the aforementioned background, the need for renovation, and community
enhancement, it is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Community
Redevelopment Agency adopt the attached resolution. This resolution, approved by a four -fifths
(4/5ths) affirmative vote, ratifies, confirms, and approves the Executive Director's finding that it
is most beneficial for the Omni CRA to provide funding to Gwendolyn L. Johnson, as a Co -
Trustee of the Overtown Family Land Trust for renovation and community enhancement.
FUNDING:
$500,000.00 has been allocated from the Omni Tax Increment Fund, Account No.
10040.920501.883000.0000.00000 - Other Grants and Aids.
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Omni
C R A
City of Miami
Legislation
OMNI CRA Resolution
CRA-R-24-0040
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.miamicra.com
File Number: 16204 Final Action Date:6/18/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"),
WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER
AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING, ATTACHED
AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION
METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO
THE CRA PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18-85 AND 18-86 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AS ADOPTED BY THE CRA; WAIVING THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING AS NOT BEING
PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CRA; ALLOCATING GRANT FUNDS
FROM THE CRA'S FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 BUDGET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) FOR AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CONSISTING OF ONE (1)
UNIT AT FIFTY PERCENT (50%) AREA MEDIAN INCOME ("AMI"), TWO (2) UNITS
AT EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) AMI, AND ONE (1) UNIT AT CURRENT MARKET RATE
AT THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 1437 NORTH WEST 1ST PLACE, MIAMI,
FLORIDA 33136, WITHIN THE CRA REDEVELOPMENT AREA, TO THE OVERTOWN
FAMILY LAND TRUST ("GRANTEE"); AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
TO DISBURSE FUNDS IN HER DISCRETION; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL AGREEMENTS
NECESSARY AND AMENDMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE
GENERAL COUNSEL, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN; ALL BEING
SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING AND THE RENTS BEING
RESTRICTED FOR TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS AS MORE PARTICULARLY
DETAILED IN A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TO BE RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency
("CRA") is tasked with reducing slum and blight within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Overtown Family Land Trust ("Grantee"), submitted a request for
funding to rehabilitate the property located at 1437 North West 1st Place, Miami, Florida 33136
(the "Project") consisting of four (4) total units which after rehabilitation will be rented at one (1)
unit at fifty percent (50%) of Area Median Income ("AMI"), two (2) units at eighty percent (80%)
AMI, and one (1) unit at current market rate as one unit is owner -occupied; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the grant shall also be used to assist with additional costs of the
building during construction; and
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WHEREAS, the 2019 Redevelopment Plan ("Plan") on page 4-32, lists the objectives of
the CRA "to find ways to ensure housing remains affordable for all income levels within the
district, but particularly for those households' meeting workforce or lower income guidelines";
and
WHEREAS, the Plan, also on page 4-34, states the CRA can "create and implement
programs to assist target income households to rehabilitate, and/or maintain the unit they
currently own" and "devise and implement programs to assist housing providers in creating
affordable units for target households"; and
WHEREAS, the Grantee requested grant funding for the Project in an amount not to
exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the success of the Project will result in accomplishing the stated objectives
of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, based on the recommendation and finding of the Executive Director,
attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," it is in the CRA's best interest to authorize, by an
affirmative four -fifths (4/5ths) vote, a waiver of competitive sealed bidding procedures pursuant
to Sections 18-85 and 18-86 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), as adopted by the CRA, for the allocation of grant funds for the Project in an amount not
to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) to be disbursed subject to the Executive
Director's discretion, subject to the availability of funding;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of the Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the
Executive Director's recommendation and written finding, attached and incorporated, pursuant
to Sections 18-85 and 18-86 of the City Code, as adopted by the CRA, are ratified, approved,
and confirmed and the requirements for competitive sealed bidding methods as not being
practicable or advantageous to the CRA are waived.
Section 3.Grant Funds in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000.00) for the Project are allocated, subject to the availability of funding, from CRA's
Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget, to fund the costs as requested by the Overtown Family Land
Trust located at 1437 NW 1st Place Street, Miami, Florida 33136.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute any and all
necessary documents and amendments, all in forms acceptable to the General Counsel, for the
purposes stated herein, including but not limited to a restrictive covenant detailing rent
maximums per units for a period of 25 years which is to be recorded in the public records of
Miami -Dade County, Florida.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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GEORGE K. WYSONG III, GENERAL COUNSEL
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