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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-25-0031I I `rr Omni CRA OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency Legislation OMNI CRA Resolution: CRA-R-25-0031 OMNI CRA 1401 N. Miami Avenue Miami, FL 33136 www.omnicra.com File Number: 17814 Final Action Date:6/26/2025 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("OMNI CRA"), APPROVING, ACCEPTING, AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ORDER OF BUSINESS AND RULES OF PROCEDURE, AS OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE II/SECTION 2-33/SUBSECTION (0) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION/ORDER OF BUSINESS AND RULES OF PROCEDURE," TO PROVIDE FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONTINUANCE OF AN OMNI CRA BOARD MEETING WHEN A MEETING IS CANCELLED OR NOT HELD DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM OR OTHER EMERGENCY; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency ("OMNI 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 2019 Omni Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan"); and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the OMNI CRA is composed of the Commissioner of the City of Miami, Florida ("City"), thereby providing unified oversight and policy consistency between the City and the OMNI CRA and further ensuring alignment between the legislative body of the City and the redevelopment objectives of the OMNI CRA; and WHEREAS, on occasion the OMNI CRA is unable to meet at its regularly scheduled time and date due to lack of quorum or other emergency; and WHEREAS, there presently is no mechanism for the OMNI CRA to address when the items that were on an agenda of a meeting that has been cancelled due to a lack of quorum or emergency should be properly heard; and WHEREAS, items on an OMNI CRA agenda typically have advanced notice requirement that must be fulfilled to ensure that procedural due process is afforded to interested parties; and WHEREAS, when an OMNI CRA meeting is cancelled due to a lack of quorum or other emergency those items must be re -advertised and sometimes at great expense due to the expedited nature of the notice requirement; and WHEREAS, the lack of clear procedures can attract subsequent challenges to the OMNI CRA's action relating to the amount and type of notice that was provided for the re -scheduled item; and WHEREAS, on September 13, 2022, the City of Miami ("City") adopted City Ordinance No. 14087, creating clear mechanisms for continuing items when a City Commission meeting is City of Miami Page 1 of 3 File ID: 17814 (Revision:) Printed On: 9/16/2025 File ID: 17814 Enactment Number: CRA-R-25-0031 unable to meet at its regularly scheduled time and date due to a lack of quorum or other emergency; and WHEREAS, the OMNI CRA, typically holds its Board of Commissioner's meetings on the same date and location as the City; and WHEREAS, adoption of City Ordinance No. 14087 will ensure that the public is provided with required notice and will prevent challenges based upon the amount of notice that was provided when items are rescheduled; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds it to be in the best interests of the citizens and residents within the OMNI CRA's Redevelopment Area to adopt the City's Order of Business and Rules of Procedure, as outlined in Section 2-33(0) of Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), to provide for a more efficient means of rescheduling OMNI CRA agenda meetings; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the OMNI CRA's redevelopment goals and objectives; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI 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. The OMNI CRA shall approve, accept, and adopt the City's Order of Business and Rules of Procedure, as codified in Section 2-33(0) of the City Code, as the formal Order of Business and Rules of Procedure process for the OMNI CRA, to provide for the automatic continuance of Board meetings when a meeting is cancelled or not held due to lack of quorum or other emergency. Section 3. Any reference to the City Commission meeting in Section 2-33(0) of the City Code shall be substituted with the Board of Commissioners of the OMNI CRA. Section 4. Any reference to the City Manager in Section 2-33(0) of the City Code shall be substituted with the Executive Director of the OMNI CRA. Section 5. Any reference to City Attorney or City Clerk in Section 2-33(0) of the City Code shall be substituted to General Counsel or Counsel, or Clerk of the Board, of the OMNI CRA, respectively. Section 6. Any reference to City in Section 2-33(0) of the City Code shall be substituted to OMNI CRA. Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. City of Miami Page 2 of 3 File ID: 17814 (Revision:) Printed on: 9/16/2025 File ID: 17814 Enactment Number: CRA-R-25-0031 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ge Wy j ng III, C1ty ttor' -y 6/20/2025 City of Miami Page 3 of 3 File ID: 17814 (Revision:) Printed on: 9/16/2025