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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-25-0012
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File Number: 17451 Final Action Date:4/10/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI ("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), RESCINDING
RESOLUTION NO. CRA-R-23-0003, ADOPTED ON JANUARY 26, 2023, IN ITS
ENTIRETY AND ENACTING A NEW RESOLUTION TO CLARIFY CONTRACT
TERM PROVISION, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED
HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "A," WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FOR THE
PROVISION OF ENHANCED POLICE SERVICES WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST REDEVELOPMENT AREA ("PROGRAM"); FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO CONTINUE ALLOCATING
FUNDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO THE CITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-
TWO DOLLARS AND FORTY-THREE CENTS ($955,252.43) ("FUNDS") FROM
THE SEOPW CRA'S TAX INCREMENT FUND, ENTITLED "OTHER GRANTS
AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO.10050.920101.883000.0000.00000, SUBJECT
TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING, TO CARRY OUT THE PROGRAM
("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN
FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF
RECITALS AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (the
"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 Redevelopment
Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 163.335, Florida Statutes, states that there exists slum and blighted areas
that greatly contribute to the spread of crime, causing economic and social burdens to the community,
thereby negatively affecting the tax base and impairing sound growth within the community; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.335(3), Florida Statutes, declares "that the powers conferred ... are for
public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and police power exercised"; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.340(23), Florida Statutes, defines a means for "community policing
innovation," which are policing techniques designed to reduce crime by reducing opportunities for, and
increasing the perceived risks of engaging in, criminal activity through visible presence of police in the
community, including, but not limited to, community mobilization, neighborhood block watch, citizen
patrol, citizen contact patrol, foot patrol, neighborhood storefront police stations, field interrogation, or
intensified motorized patrol"; and
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WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6 of the Plan lists the "[i]mprovement of the quality of life for
residents" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 9 of the Plan further lists "[f]ostering safe community initiatives to
provide for public safety through Community Policing Innovations" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, through Resolution No. CRA-R-23-0003, adopted on January 26, 2023, the Board of
Commissioners authorized the Executive Director to negotiate and execute an agreement with the City of
Miami ("City") for the Provision of Enhanced Police Services ("Program") for the safety and protection
of residents and visitors specifically within the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director desires to rescind Resolution No. CRA-R-23-0003, in its
entirety, and enact this Resolution to clarify the contract term provision and continue the Program
("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has authorized funding for several prior community
policing innovation programs within the Redevelopment Area, including the Police Visibility Pilot
Program, the ShotSpotter Flex Gunfire Alert Pilot Program, and the SEOPW CRA Police Camera Pilot
Program; and
WHEREAS, the existing Program continues to assist in improving public safety via police
services supplemental to general patrol within the Redevelopment Area, including but not limited to, foot
and/or motorized patrol, camera surveillance, community policing techniques, etc.; and
WHEREAS, these targeted areas are: under the I-395 on 1st Place between 13th Street and 14th
Street, under I-95 on 11th Street between 3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue, and under I-95 on 10th Street
between 3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director finds it in the best interest of the SEOPW CRA to negotiate
and execute a First Amendment to the Agreement, in substantially the attached form, attached and
incorporated herein as Exhibit "A," and continue allocating funds toward the Program in an amount not to
exceed Nine Hundred Fifty -Five Thousand Two -Hundred Fifty -Two Dollars and Forty -Three Cents
($955,252.43) ("Funds"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize the Executive Director to negotiate
and execute a First Amendment to the Agreement and continue allocating Funds toward the Program for
the Purpose stated herein; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the
SEOPW CRA's redevelopment goals and objectives.
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-23-0003, adopted on January 26, 2023, is hereby
rescinded in its entirety.
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Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to allocate the Funds, at his
discretion, subject to the availability of funding from the SEOPW CRA Tax Increment Fund, entitled
"Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 to the City for the
Program, and further the Purpose stated herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is further authorized to negotiate and execute any and all
documents as necessary, all -in forms acceptable to Counsel, for said Program.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
yeega-TNEE.Q.wprrerarrounsel 4/3/2025
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