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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-25-0056 MemorandumOMNI Board of Commissioners Meeting September 25, 2025 OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM Board Chair Damian Pardo and Members of the CRA Board Isiaa Jones Executive Director Date: September 18, 2025 File: 18195 Subject: Miami Homes for All, Inc - Technical Assistance Initiative Enclosures: 18195 Exhibit A 18195 Exhibit B 18195 Notice to the Public BACKGROUND: The Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects within its redevelopment area in accordance with the 2019 CRA Redevelopment Plan ("Plan"). A key focus of the Plan is preserving and expanding access to affordable housing, particularly for workforce and lower - income households. Miami Homes For All, Inc. ("Grantee"), a Florida not -for -profit organization, has submitted a grant proposal to the CRA for its Connecting Capital and Community Initiative("3C Initiative"). This initiative, known as the Technical Assistance Initiative for Small & Emerging Developers, is designed to support minority developers and owners of small -to - medium scale affordable housing by providing critical technical assistance. Grantee aims to increase and preserve affordable housing options, especially for households earning up to 80% of the Area Median Income as published annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("AMI"). The assistance provided will include financial analysis, project management, funding strategies, and best practices in asset management. The Grantee's proposal advances the CRA's mission by promoting racial equity in housing and helping local developers overcome barriers that often hinder affordable development. JUSTIFICATION: The CRA's 2019 Redevelopment Plan identifies the need to find meaningful solutions to preserve housing affordability across all income levels, with an emphasis on workforce and lower -income households. Specifically, the Plan calls for the creation and implementation of programs to assist target -income households in maintaining or rehabilitating their homes, as well as initiatives to support housing providers in developing affordable units for these populations. The grantee's proposal is fully aligned with these directives and represents a strategic investment in addressing housing affordability and preventing displacement within the CRA's boundaries. The initiative also requires a match in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00) from the Grantee for the Program, further leveraging CRA funding to achieve community impact. RECOMMENDATION: In light of the aforementioned background information and the CRA's objectives to reduce slum and blight, and considering the Executive Director's commitment to allocate grant funding to further the Plan and activate the area, approval of a bid waiver is recommended. FUNDING: $150,000.00 allocated from Account No. 10040.920501.8830000.0000.00000 "Other Grants and Aids." City of Miami Page 2 of 5 File ID: 18195 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/7/2025 i Omni CRA City of Miami Legislation OMNI CRA Resolution CRA-R-25-0056 OMNI CRA 1401 N. Miami Avenue Miami, FL 33136 www.miamicra.com File Number: 18195 Final Action Date:9/25/2025 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S), RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. CRA-R-21-0038 ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 22, 2021, IN ITS ENTIRETY; AUTHORIZING 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 AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CRA PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18- 85 AND 18-86 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AS ADOPTED BY THE CRA; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING AS NOT BEING PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CRA THE ALLOCATION OF AN AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDS NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($150,000.00) , FROM THE CRA'S FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 BUDGET TO MIAMI HOMES FOR ALL, INC. ("GRANTEE"), A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("GRANTEE") TO PROVIDE HOUSING INCENTIVES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INITIATIVES FOR SMALL & EMERGING DEVELOPERS WITHIN THE CRA REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND REQUIRING A MATCH IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS FROM THE GRANTEE FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE FUNDS IN HER DISCRETION, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL AGREEMENTS NECESSARY AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") is tasked with reducing slum and blight within its Redevelopment Area; and WHEREAS, on September 13, 2016, the Board of Commissioners of the CRA ("Board") adopted Resolution No. CRA-R-16-0042 adopting the City of Miami's procurement ordinance as the process in which any and all services and goods are procured by the CRA; and WHEREAS, the 2019 Redevelopment Plan ("Plan") on page 4-32, lists the objectives of the CRA "to find ways to ensure housing remains affordable for all income levels within the district, but particularly for those households' meeting workforce or lower income guidelines"; and WHEREAS, the Plan on page 4-34, states the CRA can "create and implement programs to assist target income households rehabilitate, and/or maintain unit they currently City of Miami Page 3 of 5 File ID: 18195 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/7/2025 own" and "devise and implement programs to assist housing providers in creating affordable units for target households"; and WHEREAS, Miami Homes for All, Inc., a Florida Not for Profit Corporation ("Grantee"), specifically requests grant funding from the CRA to assist with the Grantee's partnership, Connecting, Capital, and Community Initiative ("3C Initiative") to Technical Assistance Initiative for Small & Emerging Developers in the CRA Redevelopment Area ("Area"), as proposed by Grantee in Exhibit "B," attached and incorporated herein; and WHEREAS, Grantee's proposal aims to provide technical assistance to minority developers and owners of small -to -medium scale affordable housing, thereby advancing racial equity and increasing the stock of affordable housing within the Area ("Program"); and WHEREAS, the proposed initiative will support developers in creating or preserving affordable housing units, primarily for households earning up to 80% of the Area Median Income as published annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("AMI"), with the remainder for households earning between 81-120% AMI; and WHEREAS, the CRA recognizes the importance of supporting minority -led, smaller developers and property owners in overcoming barriers to development, thereby preventing further displacement of residents; and WHEREAS, based on the recommendation and findings of the Executive Director, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," it is in the CRA's best interest for the Board to authorize, by an affirmative four -fifths (4/5ths) vote, a waiver of competitive sealed bidding procedures 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 CRA, the Executive Director to negotiate and execute any and all agreements necessary, all in forms acceptable to the General Counsel, with the Grantee for the provision of grant funds for the Program in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($150,000.00), subject to the availability of funds, and requiring a match of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars from the Grantee; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of the Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. Resolution No. CRA-R-21-0038, adopted on October 22, 2021, is hereby rescinded in its entirety. Section 3. 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 as Exhibit "A", that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the CRA pursuant to Sections 18-85 and 18-86 of the City Code, as adopted by the CRA. are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed and the requirements for competitive sealed bidding methods as not being practicable or advantageous to the CRA are waived. Section 4. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to allocate funding, at her discretion, subject to the availability of funding, in a total amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($150,000.00) from a Non-OMNI Tax Increment Revenue City of Miami Page 4 of 5 File ID: 18195 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/7/2025 Source: Account No. 10040.920501.8830000.0000.00000 "Other Grants and Aids," requiring a match in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00) from the Grantee for the Program. Section 5. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute any and all necessary agreements, amendments, and documents, all in a form acceptable to the General Counsel, for the purposes stated herein, including but not limited to technical assistance to small and emerging developers in the CRA Redevelopment Area, as outlined in Exhibit "B" attached and incorporated hereto. Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ORGE . WYSON III. ENERAL COUNSEL City of Miami Page 5 of 5 File ID: 18195 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/7/2025