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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-25-0063
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File Number: 18341 Final Action Date:10/23/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("SEOPW CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING THE SELECTION
COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO SELECT THE ENTITIES, AS SET
FORTH IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, AS THE
TOP RANKED PROPOSERS TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ("RFP NO. 25-
04") TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY POLICING INNOVATIONS, THROUGH
COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 163.370(2)(0),
FLORIDA STATUTES, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
ALLOCATE FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION FOUR
HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,415,000.00)
("FUNDS"), TO ASSIST THE ENTITIES LISTED IN EXHIBIT "A" IN PROVIDING
SAID INNOVATIONS, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THEIR
RESPECTIVE PROPOSALS, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS
EXHIBIT "B," WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 —
2026 ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
DISBURSE THE 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, ALLOCATED FROM SEOPW TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER
GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS AND
EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, FOR THE
PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF
RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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 in accordance with the 2018 Updated Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment
Plan ("Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Section 163.340(9), Florida Statutes, defines "redevelopment" as "undertakings,
activities, or projects" in a Redevelopment Area "for the elimination and prevention of the development
or spread of slums and blight, or for the reduction or prevention of crime"; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.340(23), Florida Statutes, defines " [c]ommunity policing innovation[s]"
as strategies created to reduce, as well as make aware the perceived risks of engaging in, criminal activity,
which includes, but is not limited to, "community mobilization"; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.370(2)(o), Florida Statutes, authorizes the SEOPW CRA to develop and
implement said strategies for community policing innovations, as defined herein, in accordance with the
Plan; and
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WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6, of the Plan, lists "improving the quality of life for residents," as a
stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2025, the SEOPW CRA issued a Request for Proposals ("RFP No. 25-
04"), inviting qualified organizations to propose innovation crime reduction and intervention
programming in order to support community policing initiatives and enhance public safety within the
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, upon request, the top ranked proposer(s) may receive financial assistance, subject to
funding availability, for the implementation of said programming, between October 2025 and September
2026 (i.e., FY 2025-2026), further subject to the execution of a grant agreement; and
WHEREAS, on August 12, 2025, the final submission date for RFP No. 25-04, a total of thirteen
(13) proposals were received; and
WHEREAS, on September 5, 2025, a selection committee consisting of: Ms. Maya Jackson,
SEOPW CRA; Mr. Miguel Valentin, SEOPW CRA; and Ms. Danyel Rolle, SEOPW CRA
("Committee"), met at a publicly noticed meeting to discuss and evaluate the proposals; and
WHEREAS, the Committee selected eleven (11) entities, as set forth in Exhibit "A," attached and
incorporated herein (the "Entities"), as the top ranked proposers to RFP No. 25-04; and
WHEREAS, the Entities, as the top ranked proposers, are each eligible to receive funding in FY
2025-2026 for the implementation of their respective programming for innovation crime reduction and
intervention within the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with RFP No. 25-04, each of the Entities provided budgets and the
cost effectiveness of said programming, as more particularly described in their respective proposals,
attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "B"; and
WHEREAS, in order to maintain funding eligibility, each will be required to: 1) meet monthly
with the City of Miami ("City") Police Department to review progress, coordinate strategies, and ensure
alignment with public safety goals; and 2) engage in ongoing community activities in partnership with the
City Police Department, including, but not limited to, youth engagement programs, public safety forums,
and trust -building initiatives in FY 2025-2026; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director finds that these requirements will strengthen accountability,
reinforce community policing principles, and ensure that the SEOPW CRA's community mobilization
efforts, pursuant to Section 163.370(2)(o), Florida Statutes, remains responsive to the needs of the
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director wishes to allocate funds, in a total amount not to exceed Two
Million Four Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,415,000.00) ("Funds"), to assist the
Entities, which shall be disbursed as a grant, on a reimbursement basis, or directly to vendors upon
presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation without the need for further approval from the
Board of Commissioners and within the Executive Director's discretion, and upon the execution of a
grant agreement ("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to accept the Committee's recommendation to
select the Entities as the top ranked proposers to RFP No. 25-04; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize the allocation of the Funds from
SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000
for the Purpose stated herein; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that authorizing this Resolution would further the
SEOPW CRA redevelopment goals and objectives;
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. The Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Executive Director to select
the Entities as the top ranked proposers to RFP No. 25-04 and award a grant to each of the Entities for the
implementation of their respective programming, as more particularly described in Exhibit "B."
Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to disburse the Funds, at his
discretion, on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon the presentation of invoices and
satisfactory documentation, subject to the availability of funding, from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund,
"Other Grants and Aids," Account No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is hereby further authorized to negotiate and execute
agreements, including any and all necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to Counsel, for said
Purpose.
Section 5. Each agreement shall include provisions requiring monthly meetings with the
City Police Department and mandatory participation in community engagement activities in partnership
with local law enforcement.
Section 6. Sections of this Resolution may be renumbered or re -lettered and corrections of
typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the Executive Director, or the
Executive Director's designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of the same with
the City Clerk.
Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
ounsel
10/16/2025
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