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Home My WebLink AboutSEOPW CRA 2025-06-17 MinutesCity of Miami 819 NW 2nd Ave 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33136 www.seopwcra.com Meeting Minutes Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 SEOPW Community Redevelopment Agency Christine King, Chair, District Five Miguel Angel Gabela, Board Member, District One Damian Pardo, Board Member, District Two Joe Carollo, Board Member, District Three Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Board Member, District Four X k k******WW W:Y:Y****iiiiiii SEOPW CRA OFFICE ADDRESS: 819 NW 2ND AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33136 Phone: (305) 679-6800 www.seopwcra.com Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 CALL TO ORDER Present: Chairwoman King, Commissioner Gabela, Commissioner Pardo and Commissioner Rosado Absent: Commissioner Carollo Note for the Record: Commissioner Gabela entered the meeting at 6:41 p.m. On the 17th day of June 2025, the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in special session at Miami City Hall located at 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chairwoman King at 6:35 p.m., and was adjourned at 6:43 p.m. ALSO PRESENT: James McQueen, Executive Director, CRA Vincent Brown, Deputy Executive Director, CRA Domini Gibbs-Sorey, Assistant City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, Clerk of the Board PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ALL ITEM(S) Chair King: At this time, I'm going to open the floor for public comment. If there's anyone here that would like to speak on any of the items that is before us, please step to the lecterns. Seeing none, public comment period is now closed. SEOPW CRA Page 1 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETING(S): 1. SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST CRA - REGULAR - APR 10, 2025 10:00 AM MOTION TO: Approve RESULT: APPROVED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Board Member, District Two SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Board Member, District Four AYES: King, Pardo NAYS: Rosado ABSENT: Gabela, Carollo Chair King: May I have a motion to approve the minutes? Board Member Pardo: So moved. Chair King: I have a motion. Do I have a second? Oh -- (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Chair King: Second. All in favor? The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. Todd B. Hannon (Clerk of the Board): It can carry 2-1. Chair King: Yes, it can. I know. 2. SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST CRA - REGULAR - APR 24, 2025 10:00 AM MOTION TO: Approve RESULT: APPROVED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Board Member, District Two SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Board Member, District Four AYES: King, Pardo NAYS: Rosado ABSENT: Gabela, Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 2, please see Item Number 1. SEOPW CRA Page 2 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 CRA RESOLUTION(S) 1. CRA RESOLUTION 17654 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($75,000.00) ("FUNDS"), TO THE LIBERTY CITY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION TRUST, A LIMITED AGENCY AND INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), CREATED PURSUANT TO CITY ORDINANCE NO. 12859 IN 2006 ("LIBERTY CITY TRUST"), TO UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2025 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ("PROGRAM"), WHICH PROVIDES EMPLOYABILITY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO LOW- INCOME AND AT -RISK YOUTH PURPOSE"); AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE 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, FROM ACCOUNT NO. 10051.920101.883000.0000.00000 — "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS / NON-TIF REVENUE FUND"; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0025 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Board Member, District Two SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Board Member, District Four AYES: King, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Gabela, Carollo Chair King: At this time, we are going to call to order the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) meeting for June 17th, 2025. Welcome, everyone. I'm going to allow my executive director, James D. McQueen, to open the meeting. James McQueen (Executive Director): Hello, Madam Chairperson. We are going -- I'm going to turn it over to Attorney Brown so that he can read into the record our items, including the deferral. Vincent Brown (Deputy Executive Director/Staff Counsel): Madam Chair, there are minutes from the April loth and April 24th meeting that needs to be approved. The first resolution is a resolution authorizing a grant in the amount not to exceed $75,000 to the Liberty City Trust for its 2025 Youth Employment Program. Item Number 2 is a resolution approving, with attachments, the sole response from WLS, doing business as NAI Miami -Fort Lauderdale, in response to RFP (Request for Proposal) 25-01 for property management services; further authorizing the executive director to execute a professional service agreement substantially in the form that's attached. Item Number 3 is going to be deferred until the July 24th, 2025 meeting. Item Number 4 is going to be deferred until the July 24th, 2025 meeting. Item Number- 5 is a resolution authorizing the executive director to negotiate a purchase -sale agreement with Shirlene Ingraham, SEOPW CRA Page 3 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 as trustee under the Shirlene Ingraham Family Trust and J.E.J. Properties, Inc. (Incorporated), collectively, the sellers, for the property located at 936 Northwest 3rd Avenue and 950 Northwest 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida, to develop properties to enhance the quality of life in the surrounding areas in an amount not to -- to be amended, that item to be amended, in an amount not to exceed $3.5 million and/or the appraised value. Those are our items, Madam Chair, for consideration. [Later...] Chair King: Okay, next item, I don't have -- Vincent Brown (Deputy Executive Director/Staff Counsel): The items that were read into the record, Madam Chair? Chair King: Pardon? Mr. Brown: The items that were read into the record? Chair King: Yeah, tell me the next one, because -- Mr. Brown: 1, 2, and 5. Chair King: 1, 2, and 5. May 1 have a motion for Items 1, 2 and 5? Board Member Pardo: So moved. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Todd B. Hannon (Clerk of the Board): With 5 as amended. Mr. Brown: Yes, sir. Chair King: With 5 as amended. Mr. Brown: And Items 3 and 4 are deferred to the July 24th, 2025 meeting. Chair King: I can't get a commissioner out here to get my four-f fths? No? Negative? (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Chair King: Okay. Think I can wrangle one commissioner out here for a four -fifths vote? I have a -- I have four now. We have a -- James McQueen (Executive Director): Can I ask the clerk, do we have to read the fourth item that we announced it deferred? Chair King: Do we --? Yes. SEOPW CRA Page 4 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 2. CRA RESOLUTION 17656 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), SELECTING WLS, L.C., D/B/A/ NAI MIAMI-FORT LAUDERDALE, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AS THE SOLE PROPOSER IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ("RFP") 25-01, TO SERVE AS PROPERTY MANAGER OF THOSE CERTAIN PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE SEOPW CRA, AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED, WITH THE SOLE PROPOSER, FOR WHICH TERMS MAY BE AMENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALL -IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0026 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Board Member, District Two SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Board Member, District Four AYES: King, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Gabela, Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 2, please see Item Number 1. SEOPW CRA Page 5 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 3. CRA RESOLUTION 17655 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18-85 AND 18-86 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), AS ADOPTED BY THE SEOPW CRA, AND WAIVING SAID PROCEDURES FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING, ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,700,000.00) ("FUNDS"), FOR A TOTAL PROGRAM COST OF FOUR MILLION DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($4,000,000.00), FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE SEOPW CRA FAQADE BEAUTIFICATION AND WORK TRAINING PROGRAM ("PROGRAM"), FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLETING THE FAQADE ENHANCEMENT OF EIGHTY-FIVE (85) TOWNHOMES BETWEEN NORTHWEST 5TH AVENUE TO NORTHWEST 7TH AVENUE, AND FROM NORTHWEST 10TH STREET TO NORTHWEST 11TH STREET ("CULMER TOWNHOMES"), AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR TARGET ZONE OF NORTHWEST 3RD AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROPERTIES"), UTILIZING THE APPRENTICESHIP LABOR PROVIDED BY GRADUATES OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY'S MOSS SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, A FLORIDA PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTION ("FIU") ("PURPOSE"); AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE 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, FROM ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 — "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS"; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AGREEMENT(S), INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABL ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0027 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Board Member, District Four SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Board Member, District Two AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number 3, please see Item Number 1. Vincent Brown (Deputy Executive Director/Staff Counsel): So, Item Number -- Number 3 was going to be deferred because it's a four -fifths item. Chair King: So, we have to redo it. Did we defer it already? SEOPW CRA Page 6 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 Mr. Brown: No. Todd B. Hannon (Clerk of the Board): There was no motion. It was -- Chair King: Okay. Mr. Brown: Okay. Chair King: Okay so just read the two items that are four -fifths now. Mr. Brown: It's only one item, Madam Chair. Chair King: Oh, the one item. Mr. Brown: Okay. Item Number 3, a resolution with attachments approving an allocation of funds in the amount not to exceed $2.7 million to continue a program to complete the facade enhancement program for Culmer Townhouse and the Northwest 3rd Avenue commercial corridor targeted zone, bringing the total project cost to $4 million. That's Item Number 3, a four fifths item. Chair King: Do I have a motion? Board Member Pardo: So moved. Board Member Rosado: So moved. Chair King: So, I have -- Board Member Gabela: Second. Chair King: -- motion and a second. All in favor? Members of the Board (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. SEOPW CRA Page 7 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 4. CRA RESOLUTION 17730 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 TO EXECUTE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ("PSA"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "B," WITH HOOD DESIGN STUDIO, INC. ("H.D.S."), A FOREIGN PROFIT CORPORATION AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, FOR MAJOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL, REDESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT SERVICES ("PURPOSE") FOR THE NORTHWEST 9TH STREET PEDESTRIAN MALL, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 ("PROPERTY"), AUTHORIZED UNDER RESOLUTION NO. CRA-R-24-0031, INCREASING THE EXISTING CONTRACT VALUE, TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,932,312.00) ("FUNDS"), FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,232,312.00), SUBJECT TO FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND PROCEEDS FROM THE SERIES 2025 BOND ISSUANCE; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.531000.0000.00000 - "SEOPW PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (OTHER)"; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, SUBJECT TO ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGETARY APPROVALS HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ("CITY CODE"), INCLUDING, THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Board Member, District One SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Board Member, District Four AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item 4 was deferred to the July 24, 2025, SEOPW CRA Meeting. Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number 4, please see Item Number 1. Vincent Brown (Deputy Executive Director/Staff Counsel): And then the motion to motion to defer -- Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): No, we still have -- yes, sorry. My apologies -- Mr. Brown: It's okay. SEOPW CRA Page 8 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 Mr. Hannon: -- Mr. Executive Director. Mr. Brown: We -- we work well together. Item Number 4 is a -- will be deferred to the July 24th meeting, and that is the first amendment to the HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) -- Hood Design Studios agreement. That item will be deferred until July 24. Chair King: May I have a motion? Board Member Gabela: Motion. Chair King: I have a motion. Board Member Rosado: Second. Chair King: Second. All in favor? The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: The item is deferred. And that shall conclude the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) for June 17th, 2025. Thank you. SEOPW CRA Page 9 Printed on 8/26/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 5. CRA RESOLUTION 17731 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, BETWEEN THE SEOPW CRA AND SHIRLENE INGRAHAM, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE SHIRLENE INGRAHAM FAMILY TRUST, AND J.E.J PROPERTIES, INC. (COLLECTIVELY, THE "SELLER"), FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE REAL PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 936 NORTHWEST 3RD AVENUE AND 950 NORTHWEST 3RD AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 (FOLIO NO. 01-3137- 035-0010) (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROPERTIES"), CONTAINING AN APPROXIMATE TOTAL ADJUSTED AREA OF 3,826 SQUARE FEET, AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED, FOR A TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE NOT TO EXCEED THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES, CONTINGENT UPON THE SEOPW CRA OBTAINING A WRITTEN APPRAISAL FROM A LICENSED FLORIDA APPRAISER, PLUS THE COST OF A SURVEY, ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT, TITLE INSURANCE, AND RELATED CLOSING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACQUISITION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 163.370, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND THE SEOPW CRA REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, WITH THE OPTION TO RE -PURCHASE THE PROPERTIES AT A LATER DATE ("PURPOSE"); AUTHORIZING COUNSEL TO ENGAGE MARLON A. HILL OF WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN COLE & BIERMAN, P.L., AS OUTSIDE COUNSEL, FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF THE SEOPW CRA ON ALL MATTERS RELATED TO A TITLE COMMITMENT AND POLICY, A PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT REPORT (AND PHASE II, IF REQUIRED), A SURVEY, AND REPRESENTATION AT CLOSING; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ADJOURNMENT ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0028 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Damian Pardo, Board Member, District Two SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Board Member, District Four AYES: King, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Gabela, Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 5, please see Item Number 1. The meeting adjourned at 6:43 p.m. SEOPW CRA Page 10 Printed on 8/26/2025