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October 24, 2024
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Christine King Date: October 28, 2024
and Members of the CRA
Board File: 16828
From: James McQueen
Executive Director
Subject: Execute Sublease - 249 NW 6th
Street, Suite 108
Enclosures: File # 16828 - Exhibit A
File # 16828 - Exhibit B
AGENDA ITEM
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORM
SEOPW CRA
CRA Board Meeting Date: October 24, 2024
CRA Section:
Brief description of CRA Agenda Item:
Project Number (if applicable):
YES, there are sufficient funds in Line Item:
Account Code:
Amount:
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:
Ja
Approval:
Executive Director 10/17/2024
Miguel A Valentin, Officer l 10/17/2024
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Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
File Type: CRA Resolution
Enactment Number: CRA-R-24-0066
File Number: 16828 Final Action Date:10/24/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW
CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH
THE PROSPECTIVE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SUBLEASE
AGREEMENT ("SUBLEASE") WITH THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A," FOR 1,000 SQUARE
FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RETAIL USE ("PURPOSE") AT 249 N.W. 6TH
STREET, SUITE 108, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33136, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO
COUNSEL, SUBJECT TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE 30-DAY NOTICE OF
DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY AND REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "B", AND AT LEAST THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE SEOPW CRA NOTIFIES THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SEOPW CRA'S RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THE WINNING PROPOSAL,
PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 163.380 3(A); PROVIDING FOR THE
INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND 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 Updated Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment
Plan ("Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 163.380, Florida Statutes authorizes the SEOPW CRA to "sell, lease,
dispose of, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest therein" acquired within the Redevelopment
Area "to any private person ... and may enter into contracts with respect thereto for ... commercial .. .
use[s]," in accordance with the Plan only after the approval by the SEOPW CRA Board of
Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.380 3(a), Florida Statutes further requires the SEOPW CRA to provide
"public notice of such disposition by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the
community, at least 30 days prior to the execution of any contract to ... [sub]lease ... real property" and
to invite proposals from "private redevelopers or any persons interested" within thirty (30) days after the
date of publication; and
WHEREAS, Goal 2 of the Plan lists "creating viable commercial corridors within the
C[ommunity] R[edevelopment] A[rea] through Public -Private Partnerships" as a stated redevelopment
goal; and
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WHEREAS, Goal 4 of the Plan lists "targeting commercial ... ventures that will provide life
sustainable jobs to residents..." as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Principle 4 of the Plan provides that a variety of employment options "should be
located within the neighborhoods" and "made available to existing residents of Overtown" as a stated
guiding principle; and
WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA is currently pursuing tenancy at 249 N.W. 6th Street, Miami,
Florida 33136 ("Property"), and will have access to approximately 1,000 leasable square feet of
commercial space within the Property ("Premises"); and
WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA intends to issue Request for Proposal No. 24-03 and publish a
Public Notice and the issue Request for Proposal No. 24-03 for the sublease of the Premises by
publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the community thirty (30) days prior to the
execution of the sublease contemplated herein; and
WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA wishes to negotiate and execute a sublease on the Premises, in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit "A," with the the sucessful bidder, for retail use at Unit 108 of
the Property ("Purpose"), pursuant to Florida Statute 163.380 (3)(a), subject to expiration of the Public
Notice and Request for Proposal No. 24-03, attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit `B," and at least
thirty (30) days after the SEOPW CRA notifies the Board of Commissioners of the SEOPW CRA's
recommendation to accept the winning proposal; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the
SEOPW CRA's 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 prospectively authorize the Executive
Director to sublease the Premises, and negotiate any and all documents necessary, on or after December
7th, 2024, for which terms may be amended by the Executive Director, all -in forms acceptable to Counsel,
for the Purpose stated herein.
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. The Board of Commissioners hereby grants the Executive Director with the
prospective authority to sublease the Premises, and negotiate and execute any and all documents
necessary, with the the sucessful bidder„ in substantially the form attached as Exhibit "A,", all in forms
acceptable to Counsel, for the Purpose stated herein, subject to the expiration of Public Notice and
Request for Proposal No. 24-03, attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit `B," and at least thirty (30)
days after the SEOPW CRA notifies the Board of Commissioners of the SEOPW CRA's recommendation
to accept the winning proposal.
Section 3. The Executive Director shall bring back to the Board of Commissioners at least
thirty (30) days after the SEOPW CRA notifies the Board of Commissioners of the SEOPW CRA's
recommendation to accept the winning proposal.
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Section 4. 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
Executive Director's designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of the same with
the City Clerk.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
1 ce Br ounsel 10/17/2024
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