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OMNI CRA Resolution: CRA-R-24-0046
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.omnicra.com
File Number: 16406 Final Action Date:7/25/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/STHS) 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
THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,100,000.00) FOR
A MIXED -USE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CONSISTING OF NINE (9) MICRO UNITS AT 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME
("AMI") AND TWO (2) AT 100% AMI AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2003
NORTH MIAMI AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33127, LOCATED IN THE CRA
REDEVELOPMENT AREA, TO KUSH PROPERTY LLC ("GRANTEE");
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE FUNDS IN HER
DISCRETION; FURTHER 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
THIRTY (30) 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, Kush Property LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company ("Grantee"),
submitted a request for funding to rehabilitate the property located at 2003 North
Avenue Miami, Florida 33127 consisting of commercial space, and eleven (11) total
units which after completion will be rented at nine (9) units at eighty (80%) AMI and two
(2) units at one hundred percent (100%) AMI ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Redevelopment Plan ("Plan") on page 4-32, lists "to find
ways to ensure housing remains affordable for all income levels within the district, but
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particularly for those households' meeting workforce or lower income guidelines," as an
objective of the CRA; and
WHEREAS, the Plan on page 4-34, states the CRA can "create and implement
programs to assist target income households rehabilitate, and/or maintain unit they
currently own" and "devise and implement programs to assist housing providers in
creating affordable units for target households"; and
WHEREAS, the Grantee requests grant funding for the Project in an amount not
to exceed three Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,100,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the grant funding for the Project will not be disbursed until
verification of the total project funding structure is complete; 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 Three Million One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($3,100,000.00) to be disbursed subject to the availability of funding and the
Executive Director's discretion;
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 as Exhibit "A", 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. Funds in an amount not to exceed Three Million One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($3,100,000.00) for the Project are allocated, subject to the
availability of funding and the Executive Director's discretion, from CRA Fiscal Year
2023-2024 budget, to assist with the Project as requested.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute any and
all agreements and amendments, including any and all necessary documents, all in
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forms acceptable to the General Counsel, for the purposes stated herein, including but
not limited to a restrictive covenant, with rents being restricted for a period of Thirty (30)
years, detailing rent restrictions 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:
g Wy ng III, C y or y 7/22/2024
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