HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-25-0012 MemorandumSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
April 10, 2025
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Christine King Date: April 4, 2025
and Members of the CRA
Board File: 17451
From: James McQueen
Executive Director
Subject: First Amendment to the Enhanced
Police Services Agreement with the
City of Miami
Enclosures: File # 17451 - Exhibit A
File # 17451 - Backup
BACKGROUND:
A Resolution of the Board of Commissioners ("Board") of the Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency ("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 ("Agreement"), in substantially the attached form, attached and incorporated herein as
Exhibit "A," with the City of Miami ("City") for Enhanced Policing Services and Additional Safety
Measures within the 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") to carry
out the Program ("Purpose").
It is recommended that the Board of the SEOPW CRA approve and adopt the attached Resolution,
authorizing the Executive Director to negotiate and execute a First Amendment to the Agreement with the
City for the Purpose stated herein.
JUSTIFICATION:
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 ...."
Section 163.340(9), Florida Statutes defines means for "community redevelopment" as "undertakings,
activities, or projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a community redevelopment area for
the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums and blight...."
Section 163.340(23), Florida Statutes defines means for "community policing innovation," as "policing
technique[s] or strateg[ies] 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."
Section 2, Goal 6 of the 2018 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency Plan
Update (the "Plan") lists " [i]mprov[ing] of quality of life for residents" as a stated redevelopment goal.
Section 2, Goal 9 of the Plan further lists " [f]oster[ing] safe community initiatives to provide for public
safety through Community Policing Innovations" as a stated redevelopment goal.
FUNDING:
$955,252.43 - from Other Grants and Aids - Account No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.0000.
FACT SHEET:
Entity name: City of Miami, Florida ("City"); attn: Chief of Police, City Police Department
Address: 400 N.W. 2nd Avenue, 4th Floor, Miami, FL 33128
Funding request: $955,252.43
Scope of work or services (Summary): To clarify contract term provision and execute a First
Amendment to the Agreement with the City for the Program.
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AGENDA ITEM
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORM
SEOPW CRA
CRA Board Meeting Date: April 10, 2025
CRA Section:
Brief description of CRA Agenda Item:
Authorizing the Executive Director to continue allocating funds on an annual basis to the
City of Miami in an amount not to exceed $955,252.43.
Project Number
YES, there
Account Code:
(if applicable):
are sufficient funds in Line Item:
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 Amount: $ 9 5 5, 2 5 2 .4 3
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: Funds were already allocated upon adopting resolution number CRA-R-23-
0003.
Approved by:
Approval:
Executive Director 4/3/2025
Miguel A Valentin, ririarice Of;cer 4/3/2025
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Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
File Type: CRA Resolution
Enactment Number: CRA-R-25-0012
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
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patrol, citizen contact patrol, foot patrol, neighborhood storefront police stations, field interrogation, or
intensified motorized patrol"; and
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.
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Section 2. Resolution No. CRA-R-23-0003, adopted on January 26, 2023, is hereby
rescinded in its entirety.
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:
V ce Br i ounsel 4/3/2025
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