HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-24-0048 MemorandumOMNI Board of Commissioners Meeting
July 25, 2024
OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Board Chair Damian Pardo
and Members of the CRA Board
Isiaa Jones
Executive Director
Date: July 23, 2024
File: 16409
Subject: 4/5ths Bid Waiver - Prizm Art
Fair, LLC - 2024 Art Basel
Enclosures: 16409 Exhibit A
16409 Proposal
16409 Notice to the Public
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment
Agency ("CRA") is recommended to approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the
issuance of a grant in an amount not to exceed $50,000 to Prizm Art Fair LLC. This grant aims
to support a portion of the costs associated with the production of the Prizm 2024 Art Basel
event, with the goal of promoting safety, disseminating CRA information and providing additional
security, and enhancing the area's visual attractiveness.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Omni Redevelopment Plan ("Plan") lists the "[p]romotion and marketing of the community"
as a stated redevelopment goal. As per Section VII, page 63, one of the CRA's objectives is "to
encourage new regional cultural artistic attractions that will continue to boost the attractiveness
of the area as a regional designation."
The Art Basel and Prizm Art Fair 2024 is expected to attract thousands of residents to the Omni
Area, providing an ideal opportunity for the CRA to disseminate slum clearance and community
redevelopment information activities to the general public, in accordance with Florida Statute
163.370 (2)(b).
Additionally, the Executive Director is seeking the authority to negotiate and execute any and all
documents necessary to effectuate the grant, in a form acceptable to the General Counsel.
FUNDING:
$50,000 from OMNI CRA Budget- Other Grant and Aid - 10040.920501.883000.0000.00000
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Omni
C R A
City of Miami
Legislation
OMNI CRA Resolution
CRA-R-24-0048
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.miamicra.com
File Number: 16409 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 (4/5THS) 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 NON -TAX INCREMENT
FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.
10040.920501.883000.0000.00000 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00), TO PRIZM ART FAIR, LLC, A FLORIDA
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, TO UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE PRODUCTION, DISSEMINATION OF CRA INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES,
AND ADDITIONAL SECURITY TO THE PRIZM 2024 ART FAIR TO TAKE PLACE
FROM DECEMBER 2, 2024 TO DECEMBER 8, 2024, WITHIN THE CRA
REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL
COUNSEL FOR SAID PURPOSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency
("CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within
its Redevelopment Area in accordance with the CRA's 2019 Redevelopment Plan ("Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Prizm Art Fair LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, ("Grantee")
submitted a proposal to the CRA requesting assistance to underwrite a portion of the cost
associated with the production of the Prizm 2024 Art Fair from December 2, 2024, to December
8, 2024, which will provide local artists the creative spaces to showcase their talent ("Purpose"),
located within the boundaries of the CRA's redevelopment area; and
WHEREAS, the Art Basel and Prizm Art Fair 2024 is expected to attract thousands of
residents and visitors to the Omni Area, providing an ideal opportunity for the CRA to
disseminate slum clearance and community redevelopment information activities to the general
public, in accordance with Section163.370 (2)(b) Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, page 42 of the Plan lists the "promotion and marketing of the community" as
a stated redevelopment goal; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section V, at page 52 of the Plan, support for this production is
consistent with the improvements desired where it outlines that the CRA can undertake
"catalytic programs designed to trigger the redevelopment of the area"; and
WHEREAS, section VII, at page 63, of the Plan, lists encouraging new regional cultural
or artistic attractions will continue to boost the attractiveness of the area as a regional
destination; and
WHEREAS, the Board wishes to allocate funds in an amount not to exceed Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to Grantee for the Purpose stated herein; 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 Purpose in an amount
not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to be disbursed subject to the availability of
funding and the Executive Director's discretion; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director is requesting authority to negotiate and execute an
agreement with Grantee, including any and all documents necessary, all forms acceptable to
the General Counsel for the Purpose stated herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are
adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if 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. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to allocate grant funds from the
OMNI CRA Budget - Other Grant and Aid - 10040.920501.883000.0000.00000, subject to the
availability of funding, in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to
Grantee for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute an
agreement, including any and all documents necessary, all in forms acceptable to the General
Counsel, to effectuate the grant to Grantee for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
2ORGE . WYSON III. ENERAL COUNSEL
City of Miami
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