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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-24-0073Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency Legislation 819 NW 2nd Ave 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33136 www.seopwcra.com CRA Resolution: CRA-R-24-0073 File Number: 16958 Final Action Date:11/21/2024 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. CRA-R-23-0021, ADOPTED ON MAY 25, 2023, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "A," AND ENACTING THIS NEW RESOLUTION, 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 HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "B," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18-85 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), AS ADOPTED BY THE SEOPW CRA, TO ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAMA HATTIE'S HOUSE, A MIXED -USED DEVELOPMENT WITH ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SOFT COSTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($500,000.00) ("SOFT COSTS"), AND WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING AS NOT BEING PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE SEOPW CRA; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISPERSE FUNDS, AT HIS DISCRETION, ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING, ALLOCATED FROM OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS, ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($5,000,000.00) ("FUNDS"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND FOR 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, through Resolution No. CRA-R-23-0021, attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A," the Board of Commissioners authorized the Executive Director to disperse funds to Girl Power Rocks, Inc., a Florida For Profit Corporation ("Grantee") to assist with the development of Mama Hattie's House, a mixed -use development with administrative space on the ground floor ("Project"); and WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA would like to rescind the previous resolution, in its entirety to clarify the terms; and City of Miami Page 1 of 3 File ID: 16958 (Revision:) Printed On: 9/15/2025 File ID: 16958 Enactment Number: CRA-R-24-0073 WHEREAS, on January 22, 2010, the Miami -Dade County ("MDC"), the City of Miami (the "City"), and the SEOPW CRA entered an Amendment to the 1983 Interlocal Cooperation Agreement ("Amendment"); and WHEREAS, as part of the Amendment, the parties agreed on specific projects; and WHEREAS, Mama Hattie's House is listed as one of the specific projects within the Amendment; and WHEREAS, for over twenty-two (22) years, Grantee has operated within the SEOPW CRA redevelopment area; and WHEREAS, Grantee focuses on fostering positive social life skills, positive behavior, and emotional awareness, monitoring and providing academic performance, teaching workforce skills, providing job training in science, technology, engineering, art, and math ("STEAM"), and offering field trip opportunities; and WHEREAS, Grantee's mission continues to align with the SEOPW CRA's redevelopment goals and principles; and WHEREAS, the Project will run as a five -story mixed use facility that will operate twenty -four - hours to include retail, support for start-ups businesses, as a permanent home base for females ages 11- 21 who will soon age out of foster care, neglected, abused, transitioning from homelessness, exiting detention, and females enrolled in the Grantee's youth and work training programming; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize funding in the amount not to exceed Five Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,000,000.00) ("Funds") to Girl Power Rocks, Inc., for the Project; and WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA wishes to clarify that the Funds shall include for soft costs, such as legal fees, consultant fees and professional architectural/engineering fees associated with the Project, in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($500,000.00); 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, attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "B," it is in the SEOPW CRA's best interest for the Board of Commissioners to authorize the Executive Director to negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary, including any and all amendments, 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. Resolution No. CRA-R-23-0021, adopted on May 25, 2023 is hereby rescinded in its entirety. City of Miami Page 2 of 3 File ID: 16958 (Revision:) Printed on: 9/15/2025 File ID: 16958 Enactment Number: CRA-R-24-0073 Section 3. Pursuant to Sections 18-85 and 18-86 of the City Code, as adopted by the SEOPW CRA, by a four -fifths (4/5th) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the Executive Director's recommendation and written findings, attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "B," that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the SEOPW CRA, to allocate the Funds to the Grantee for the Purpose stated herein, and waiving the requirements for said procedures is hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed. Section 4. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to disperse the Funds, at his discretion, on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation from Other Grants and Aids - Account No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 to the Grantee for the Purpose stated herein. Section 5. The Executive Director is authorized' to negotiate and execute an agreement, including any and all necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to Counsel, for said Purpose. Section 6. 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 for public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of same with the City of Miami City Clerk. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: e Br 44;17.8taTt Counsel 11/14/2024 1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be imposed, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable State law, City Charter and City Code provisions, as adopted by the SEOPW CRA. City of Miami Page 3 of 3 File ID: 16958 (Revision:) Printed on: 9/15/2025