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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-25-0010
File Number: 17276 Final Action Date:2/27/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("SEOPW CRA"), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/STHS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER
AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND
CONFIRMING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION AND
FINDING 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 SUPPORT SERVICES
PROVIDED BY HUMAN RESOURCES OF MIAMI, INC., A FLORIDA PROFIT
CORPORATION ("HRM"), LOCATED AT 915 N.W. 1ST AVENUE BAY 3A MIAMI,
FL 33136, 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 FROM ACCOUNT NUMBERS NO.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF
FUNDING, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($600,000.00) ("'FUNDS") TO HRM TO ASSIST
WITH ANTI -LITTERING SERVICES WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA
("PURPOSE"); 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 PROVIDING 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 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan Update (the
"Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goals 4, of the Plan, "creat[ion of] jobs within the community" as stated
redevelopment goals; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goals 6, of the Plan, "improving quality of life for residents" as stated
redevelopment goals; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 4, of the Plan provides "that employment opportunities be made
available to existing residents ... " as a stated redevelopment principle; and
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WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 10, of the Plan also lists "[m]aintenance of public streets and
spaces must occur" as a stated redevelopment principle; and
WHEREAS, since 2011 the Human Resource of Miami, Inc., a Florida profit corporation
("HRM") which provides the Redevelopment Area with landscaping facade maintenance and slum and
blight redress, through its second -chance job program designed to give Overtown residents an opportunity
to work in Overtown (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize funding in an amount not to exceed
Six Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($600,000.00) ("Funds") to Human Resources of Miami,
Inc., for the Purpose stated herein; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the
SEOPW CRA 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 authorize, by an affirmative four -fifths
(4/5ths) vote, a waiver of competitive sealed bidding procedures, pursuant to Section 18-85 of the Code of
the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), as adopted by the SEOPW CRA, and to authorize
the Executive Director to negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary, all in forms acceptable
to the General Counsel, with Human Resources of Miami, Inc., for the provision of grant Funds for the
Purpose stated herein and subject to the availability of funds;
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. By a four -fifths (4/5th) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the
Executive Director's recommendation and written findings that competitive negotiation methods and
procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the SEOPW CRA, pursuant to Section 18-85 of the
City Code, as adopted by the SEOPW CRA, are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed and the
requirements of competitive sealed bidding methods as not being practicable or advantageous to the
SEOPW CRA are waived.
Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized' to disperse funds, at his discretion,
on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation, allocating Six Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($600,000.00) from Account
No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 (TIF funds — Other Grants and Aids) in a total amount not to
exceed Six Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($600,000.00) ("Funds") to Human Resources of
Miami, Inc., for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized' to negotiate and execute an agreement,
including any and all necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the General Counsel, for said
Purpose.
' 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.
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Section 5. 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.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
Ice Br ounsel 2/28/2025 a Br ounsel 2/20/2025
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