HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-25-0063 MemorandumSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
October 23, 2025
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Christine King Date: October 21, 2025
and Members of the CRA
Board File: 18341
From: James McQueen
Executive Director
Subject: Approval of Award of RFP No. 25-04
— Innovation Crime Reduction and
Intervention Program
Enclosures: File # 18341 - Exhibit A
File # 18341 - Exhibit B
File # 18341 -
Backup_Sunbiz Entities
File # 18341 -
Backup_Scoring Sheet
RFP 25-04
File # 18341 -
Backup_Memo-
Rankings_RFP25-04
File # 18341 -
Backup_Final RFP 25-04
File # 18341 - Backup_Bid
Security List
File # 18341 - Notice to the
Public
File # 18341 - Submittal-
SEOPW CRA-Financial
Information Form
BACKGROUND:
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)(o), 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").
It is recommended that the Board of the SEOPW CRA approve and adopt the attached Resolution,
authorizing the allocation of the Funds to the Entities for the Purpose stated herein.
JUSTIFICATION:
Pursuant to Section 163.340(9), Florida Statutes (the "Act") community redevelopment means
"undertakings, activities, or projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a community
redevelopment area for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums and
blight...."
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."
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 2018 Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency Plan Update (the "Plan").
Lastly, Section 2, Goal 6, of the Plan, lists "improving the quality of life for residents," as a stated
redevelopment goal.
FUNDING:
$2,415,000.00 allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account No.
10050.920101.883 000.0000.00000.
FACT SHEET:
Entity names/addresses:
Community Work Training Program, Inc.,
a Florida For Profit Corporation
1490 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 106, Miami, Florida 33136
Transition, Inc.,
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
1550 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136
Suited for Success, Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
1600 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 111, Miami, Florida 33136
Urgent Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
1000 N.W. 1st Avenue, Suite 100, Miami, Florida 33136
Do Good 41, Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
9610 Conch Shell Manor Plantation, FL 33324
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Overtown Youth Center, Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
450 N.W. 14th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
Touching Miami with Love Ministries, Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
711 N.W. 6th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136
Abundant Living Health & Wellness Resulting Services, Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
20542 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136
City of Miami Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum, Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
480 N.W. l lth Street, Miami, Florida 33136
Girl Power Rocks, Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
1600 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 100, Miami, Florida 33136
Overtown Optimist Club, Inc.
a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation
350 N.W. 12th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
Funding request(s):
Overtown Youth Center, Inc. $200,000.00
Urgent, Inc. $200,000.00
Transition, Inc. $750,000.00
Girl Power Rocks, Inc. $100,000.00
Community Work Training Program, Inc. $220,000.00
Overtown Optimist Club, Inc. $150,000.00
Touching Miami with Love, Inc. $160,000.00
City of Miami Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum, Inc. $275,000.00
Abundant Living Health & Wellness Resulting Services, Inc. $140,000.00
Suited for Success, Inc. $145,000.00
Do Good 41, Inc. $75,000.00
Total Allocation Innovation Crime Reduction and Intervention Programming Grants: $2,415,000.00
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Scope of work or services (Summary): Successful proposers will be required to meet monthly with the
City of Miami Police Department ("Police Department") to review progress, coordinate strategies, and
ensure alignment with public safety goals; and the successful bidders will also be required to engage in
ongoing community activities in partnership with the Police Department, including but not limited to
youth engagement programs, public safety forums, trust -building initiatives, strengthen accountability,
reinforce community policing principles, and ensure that the grant -funded programming remains
responsive to the needs of the Overtown community and residents within the Redevelopment Area.
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AGENDA ITEM
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORM
SEOPW CRA
CRA Board Meeting Date: October 23, 2025
CRA Section:
Brief description of CRA Agenda Item:
<Insert Description Here>
Project Number (if applicable):
YES, there are sufficient funds in Line Item:
Account Code:
Amount:
NO (Complete the following source of funds information):
Amount budgeted in the line item: $
Balance in the line item: $
Amount needed in the line item: $
Sufficient funds will be transferred from the following line items:
ACTION
ACCOUNT NUMBER
TOTAL
Project No./Index/Minot Object
From
$
To
$
From
$
To
$
Comments: <Insert Comments Here>
Approved by:
Approval:
fo
Miguel A Valentin, Finance Officer 10/16/2025
Executive Director 10/16/2025
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Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
File Type: CRA Resolution
Enactment Number: CRA-R-25-0063
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
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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
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
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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
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:
e Br ounsel 10/16/2025
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