HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-25-0053 Master ReportSoutheast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
Master Report
Enactment Number: CRA-R-25-0053
819 NW 2nd Ave
3rd Floor
Miami, FL 33136
http://miamicra.com
File Number: 18209
Revision:
File Type: CRA Resolution Status: ADOPTED
Controlling Body: Southeast
Overtown/Park West CRA
File Name: 4/5th Vote: Grant to Bendixen & Amandi Introduced: 9/18/2025
International, Inc.
Requesting Dept: Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Final Action Date: 9/25/2025
Title: 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/STHS) 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.
Notes:
Links:
Attachments: File # 18209 - Notice to the Public (DOCX)
File # 18209 - Exhibit A (PDF)
File # 18209 - Backup (PDF)
History of Legislative File:
Revision: Acting Body: Date: Action: Result:
Miguel A Valentin 9/18/2025 Finance Review Completed
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Southeast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
Master Report
Enactment Number: CRA-R-25-0053
James McQueen
Vincent T. Brown
Southeast Overtown/Park
West CRA
Southeast Overtown/Park
West CRA
City Clerk's Office
9/18/2025
9/18/2025
9/25/2025
9/25/2025
9/25/2025
Department Head Review
Approved to Form and Legal
Sufficiency
Meeting
ADOPTED
Rendered
819 N W 2"d Ave
3rd Floor
Miami, FL 33136
http://miamicra.com
Completed
Completed
Completed
Passed
Completed
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