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Home My WebLink AboutSEOPW CRA 2025-09-25 MinutesCity of Miami 819 NW 2nd Ave 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33136 www.seopwcra.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, September 25, 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 September 25, 2025 CALL TO ORDER Present: Chairwoman King, Commissioner Gabela, Commissioner Pardo, Commissioner Carollo and Commissioner Rosado On the 25th day of September 2025, the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in regular session at Miami City Hall located at 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chairwoman King at 12:22 p.m., and was adjourned at 12:29 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 CRA PUBLIC COMMENTS Chair King: At this time, I'm going to open the floor for public comment. Is there anyone here that would like to speak on any items that are on this agenda? Seeing none, public comment period is closed. SEOPW CRA Page 1 Printed on 10/27/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes September 25, 2025 CRA RESOLUTION(S) 1. CRA RESOLUTION 18204 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), APPOINTING JAMES D. MCQUEEN ("MCQUEEN") AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0049 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Board Member, District Three SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Board Member, District One AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Carollo, Rosado Chair King: Welcome to the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) meeting for September 25th, 2025. I am your chair, Christine King. I am joined with my executive director, Mr. James D. McQueen, and our Deputy Director, Mr. Vincent T. Brown, along with nay colleagues: Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Rosado, Commissioner Gabela, and Commissioner Pardo. At this time, I'm going to ask our executive -- our deputy director to read the items that are before us today. Vincent Brown (Deputy Executive Director/Staff Counsel): Thank you, Madam Chair. The first item for consideration is a resolution, appointing James D. McQueen as the executive director for the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA. The second resolution is a resolution with attachments authorizing the executive director to donate equipment described in Exhibit A to Urgent Inc. (Incorporated) as surplus property no longer suitable for CRA use. Item Number 3 is a resolution authorizing the executive director to accept a donation in the amount of $30,000 from the Kaufman Lynn Construction Company, a Florida for profit corporation, to be used for non -tax increment financing purposes. Article 3 is a resolution with attachments authorizing the executive director to negotiate and execute the development agreement in substantially the same form as attached in Exhibit A, Coral Rock Developers, and the disposition of CRA property at a below market rate, in furtherance of the development on 12th Avenue, affordable housing development project, located at 1141 Northwest 3rd Avenue, 242 Northwest 12th Street, 234 Northwest 12th Street, and 224 Northwest 12th Street, all in Miami, Florida; further allocating and appropriating proceeds from the series 2025 bond issuance in an amount not to exceed $15 million. Item Number 5 is a resolution with attachments by a four fifth vote, ratifying approving, and confirming the executive director recommendation and findings that competitive negotiations and methods and procedures are not practical or advantageous, waiving the requirements for competitive bidding, approving a grant request in the amount of $325, 000 to Bendixen and Amandi International, a Florida for profit corporation to underwrite critical costs associated with the expansion of Howard University to the CRA development area. Item Number 6, is a resolution authorizing the executive director to engage William Bloom as special counsel to the Community Redevelopment Agency to handle complex real estate and development transactions. [Later...] SEOPW CRA Page 2 Printed on 10/27/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes September 25, 2025 Chair King: Gentlemen, are there any items on this agenda that you would like to pull for discussion? Board Member Gabela: Yeah, I'm thinking about Number 1. No, I'm just kidding. Board Member Carollo: I'm not. We have ribs today, Mr. McQueen? James McQueen (Executive Director): Commissioner, at 6 o'clock today, I will be providing ribs and fixings during your meeting this evening, okay? Board Member Carollo: Okay, Mr. McQueen. I guess we can move forward. Chair King: May I? Vincent Brown (Deputy Executive Director/Staff Counsel): Caveat, he didn't cook them. Board Member Carollo: I do -- I do have a question. Let's see the -- which is the one here, okay, on Item 5, I think it is. This is for Bendixen Amandi, not Bendixen Amandi, little Billy Corben too, right? Mr. McQueen: No, no little Billy Corben is involved in this at all. Board Member Carollo: Okay. Thank you know of Mr. McQueen: Yeah, well, if I found out little Billy was involved, then it wouldn't be on the agenda. Board Member Carollo: All right, my only other question is, look, I don't think anybody here would not be in agreement that, you know, we could certainly use Howard University to come down to this CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) and that the economic impact and visibility will be there. I'm just wondering on the amount that we're paying for this study, if it could be less. It's a lot of money for something that we all know how it's going to come back. Mr. McQueen: Let me -- let me explain the item just a little bit. What we are going to try, to do is not going to be limited to Howard University. We -- once we started talking about this study, we found that there are state universities, Florida A&M (Agricultural and Mechanical) University in Tallahassee, that are also interested, and local universities, FIU (Florida International University), Florida Memorial. So, this will not be limited. We're really looking toward having, for lack of a better term, a campus of universities. And I will go back and talk with the people at the consulting firm and see if we can get them to adjust the amount. And I'll bring it back at the next meeting. Board Member Carollo: Okay. Mr. McQueen: All right? Board Member Carollo: That's fine. Chair King: May I have a motion -- Board Member Carollo: Move. Chair King: -- for RE.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Board Member Gabela: Second. SEOPW CRA Page 3 Printed on 10/27/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes September 25, 2025 Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in -- Todd B. Hannon (Clerk of the Board): Chair, my apologies, we're going to pass Item Number 5 today or do you want to defer that? Board Member Carollo: No -- Mr. Hannon: No. We'll pass. Board Member Carollo: -- it's being passed. He'll bring it back if he can get a better deal. Mr. Hannon: Understood. Chair King: So, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Board Members (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimous. Thank you all for your advocacy. This concludes the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA meeting for September 25 -- for September 25, 2025. Mr. McQueen: And I'll see you at 6 o'clock. Board Member Rosado: Congratulations, Mr. McQueen. Mr. McQueen: Thank you so much. SEOPW CRA Page 4 Printed on 10/27/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes September 25, 2025 2. CRA RESOLUTION 18205 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-82(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), AS ADOPTED BY THE SEOPW CRA, CLASSIFYING TWO (2) PIECES OF MULTIMEDIA EQUIPMENT ("EQUIPMENT"), AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, AS "CATEGORY A" SURPLUS STOCK, AND DONATING SAID EQUIPMENT TO URGENT, INC., A FLORIDA NOT -FOR -PROFIT CORPORATION, LOCATED AT 1000 NORTHWEST AVENUE, SUITE 100, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136, IN SUPPORT OF ITS YOUTH COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING ("PURPOSE"); THIS DONATION BECOMING EFFECTIVE UPON THE EXECUTION OF THE APPROPRIATE RELEASE DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0050 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Board Member, District Three SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Board Member, District One AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Carollo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 2, please see Item Number 1. SEOPW CRA Page 5 Printed on 10/27/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes September 25, 2025 3. CRA RESOLUTION 18206 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($30,000.00) FROM KAUFMAN LYNN CONSTRUCTION, INC., A FLORIDA FOR -PROFIT CORPORATION ("KAUFMAN"), FOR THE USE OF NON -TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PURPOSES AND THE BENEFIT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PLACE DONATION INTO ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.469000.0000.00000 - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0051 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Board Member, District Three SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Board Member, District One AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Carollo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 3, please see Item Number 1. SEOPW CRA Page 6 Printed on 10/27/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes September 25, 2025 4. CRA RESOLUTION 18207 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ("BOARD") OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY RESOLUTION CRA- R-24-0074, ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2024, ACCEPTING THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE SEOPW CRA AND CORAL ROCK ST. AGNES PARTNERS, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ("DEVELOPER"), AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," TO REDEVELOP FOUR (4) CONTIGUOUS LAND PARCELS, LOCATED AT 1141 NORTHWEST 3RD AVENUE, 242 NORTHWEST 12TH STREET, 234 NORTHWEST 12TH STREET, AND 224 NORTHWEST 12TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 ("PROPERTY") INTO A 0.68-ACRE ASSEMBLAGE FOR A MIXED -USE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A," WITH DEVELOPER, AS THE TOP RANKED PROPOSER TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ("RFP") NO. 24-01 ("PURPOSE"); AUTHORIZING THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROPERTY AT OR BELOW MARKET RATE TO DEVELOPER, SUBJECT TO A REVERTER; ALLOCATING AND APPROPRIATING A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SERIES 2025 BOND ISSUANCE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($15,000,000.00), FOR PROJECT COSTS, FROM ACCOUNT NO. 300000.920101.883000.0000.00000 — "SEOPW CAPITAL PROJECTS GRANT AND AIDS" FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN, SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE, AND SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING; FURTHER DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PRESENT ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT TO THE SEOPW CRA BOARD FOR ITS CONSIDERATION AND, IF SATISFACTORY, APPROVAL; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TO BE RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR SAID PURPOSE; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0052 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Board Member, District Three SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Board Member, District One AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Carollo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 4, please see Item Number 1. SEOPW CRA Page 7 Printed on 10/27/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes September 25, 2025 5. CRA RESOLUTION 18209 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, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($325,000.00) ("FUNDS"), TO BENDIXEN & AMANDI INTERNATIONAL, INC., A FLORIDA FOR -PROFIT CORPORATION ("BENDIXEN"), WITH A PRINCIPAL ADDRESS AT 3543 LOQUAT AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33133, FOR AN ECONOMIC IMPACT AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS STUDY IN SUPPORT OF ESTABLISHING A BRANCH CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY, IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA ("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 THE CORRESPONDING ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS"; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0053 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Board Member, District Three SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Board Member, District One AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Carollo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 5, please see Item Number 1. SEOPW CRA Page 8 Printed on 10/27/2025 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Meeting Minutes September 25, 2025 6. CRA RESOLUTION 18210 A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-72(B)(16) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), AS ADOPTED BY THE SEOPW CRA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENGAGE WILLIAM "BILL" BLOOM, ESQ. ("BLOOM"), FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF THE SEOPW CRA IN COMPLEX REAL ESTATE MATTERS ("PURPOSE"), AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ENGAGEMENT, WITH FUNDS ALLOCATED FROM ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.531010.0000.00000; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SEOPW CRA AND BLOOM; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ADJOURNMENT ENACTMENT NUMBER: CRA-R-25-0054 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Board Member, District Three SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Board Member, District One AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Carollo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number 6, please see Item Number 1. The meeting adjourned at 12:29 p.m. SEOPW CRA Page 9 Printed on 10/27/2025