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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-25-0027
File Number: 17655 Final Action Date:6/17/2025
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
FACADE 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
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 ("Redevelopment Area") in accordance with the 2018 Updated Southeast Overtown/Park West
Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan"); and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.340(9) Florida Statutes, "community redevelopment means
projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a community redevelopment area for the
elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slum and blight"; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 1 of the Plan lists the "preserv[ation] of historic buildings and
community heritage" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 4 of the Plan encourages the "creat[ion of] jobs within the
community" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6 of the Plan encourages "[i]mprov[ing] the quality of life for
residents" as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 10 of the Plan proposes that "[s]treets & buildings must be
attractive" as a stated redevelopment principle; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 14 of the Plan emphasizes efforts to "[r]estore a sense of
community and unify the area culturally" as a stated redevelopment principle; and
WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA determined that there was a need for facade enhancement of older
one-story to three-story residential buildings within the Redevelopment Area in order to improve the
overall landscape and quality of life for residents; and
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2023, the Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution No. CRA-R-23-
0032, authorizing the Executive Director to allocate funds, in an amount not to exceed One Million Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,300,000.00), to Florida International University's Moss
School of Construction Management, a Florida Public Research Institution ("FIU") to implement and
manage the SEOPW CRA Facade Beautification Program ("Program"), a focused -area building facade
improvement/beautification program, which included a community workforce development component,
where workers would be trained on construction -specific industry skills, and gain nationally recognized
certifications in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 30 in Construction and National
Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) upon graduation; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary Program scope of work targeted eighty-five (85) townhomes
between Northwest 5th Avenue to Northwest 7th Avenue, and from Northwest 10th Street to Northwest 11th
Street, Miami, Florida 33136 ("Culmer Townhomes"); and
WHEREAS, the preliminary Program costs did not account for the severe lack of structural
integrity of the Culmer Townhomes and the costs necessary to address the accompanying common area
renovations that became slum and blighted over time; and
WHEREAS, the Program's new scope of work includes construction costs for the necessary
exterior painting and related improvements to the residential and common area structures in order to
complete the Culmer Townhomes, as well as the additional target zone of the Redevelopment Area's
commercial business corridor along Northwest 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136 (collectively, the
"Properties"), including labor and payroll costs; and
WHEREAS, the SEOPW CRA seeks additional funding to continue the Program and utilize
apprenticeship labor from the local certified graduates of FIU's Construction Trades Program
("Purpose"); and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize additional grant funds in an amount
not to exceed Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,700,000.00) ("Funds")
for a total project cost of Four Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($4,000,000.00) for the Purpose stated
herein; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that adopting this Resolution would further the
redevelopment goals and objectives of the SEOPW CRA; and
WHEREAS, based on the recommendation and findings of the Executive Director, attached and
incorporated herein as Exhibit "A," 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 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, to allocate said Funds, subject to availability,
and to authorize the Executive Director to negotiate and execute any and all agreements necessary, all in
forms acceptable to Counsel, for said Purpose;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
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. 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 "A," that
competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the SEOPW CRA,
and waiving the requirements for said procedures are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized' to allocate 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
Program for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized' to negotiate and execute agreement(s),
including any and all necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to Counsel, for said Purpose.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
ounsel 6/5/2025 ounsel 5/15/2025
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
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