HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-25-0058 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
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Isiaa Jones
Executive Director
Date: September 17, 2025
File: 18193
Subject: Downtown Enhancement Team
(Purple Shirts Program) - FY'25-
'26
Enclosures: 18193 Backup
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners ("Board") of the Omni Redevelopment
District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution
authorizing the issuance of a grant, in an amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Forty -One
Thousand Nine Hundred Five Dollars ($741,905.00), to the Miami Downtown Development
Authority ("DDA") to expand the Downtown Enhancement Team ("Purple Shirts") within the
Omni Redevelopment Area. This expansion will increase hourly wages and add personnel to
provide jobs, skills training, and workforce opportunities while continuing to improve the physical
environment of the redevelopment area. The Executive Director is requesting authority from the
Board of Commissioners of the CRA to execute the grant agreement and distribute funds
accordingly.
JUSTIFICATION:
Pursuant to Florida Statute Chapter 163.350, the CRA is empowered to implement programs
that prevent and eliminate slum and blight, encourage needed community rehabilitation, and
provide opportunities for employment and upward mobility for residents. The DDA has
successfully operated the Downtown Enhancement Team ("Yellow Shirts"), which employs and
transitions formerly homeless individuals into the workforce while maintaining the cleanliness
and safety of the downtown area. The CRA has previously partnered with the DDA through the
Purple Shirts" expansion (Resolutions CRA-R-16-0057, CRA-R-18-0007, CRA-R-18-0036,
CRA-R-19-0042, CRA-R-23-001, CRA-R-24-0015), which has proven substantially effective in
meeting redevelopment objectives. Expanding this program for an additional year will further
address blight, improve public spaces, and provide meaningful employment opportunities within
the Omni Redevelopment Area, consistent with the goals outlined in the CRA's Redevelopment
Plan (2010, as amended).
RECOMMENDATION:
The Executive Director seeks authorization to negotiate and execute any and all documents
necessary to effectuate the Program, in a form acceptable to the General Counsel.
FUNDING:
$741,905.00 allocated from Omni 2025-2026 Tax Increment Fund Budget, Account No.
10040.920501.883000.0000.00000, titled "Other Grant and Aids."
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Omni
CRA
City of Miami
Legislation
OMNI CRA Resolution
CRA-R-25-0058
OMNI CRA
1401 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
www.miamicra.com
File Number: 18193 Final Action Date:9/25/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE OMNI
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT FROM OMNI TAX INCREMENT FUND
BUDGET ACCOUNT 10040.920501.883000.0000.00000 TITLED "OTHER GRANT
AND AIDS," IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIVE AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($741,905.00), TO THE
MIAMI DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE SERVICES OF
THE DOWNTOWN ENHANCEMENT TEAM, AND PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN
THE HOURLY RATE OF PAY AND PERSONNEL PROVIDING JOBS, SKILLS
TRAINING, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT AREA FOR AN
ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF ONE(1) YEAR ("PROGRAM") OR UNTIL THE ALLOCATED
AMOUNT OF FUNDING IS DEPLETED; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, TO EFFECTUATE THE
PROGRAM AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, 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 Omni CRA Redevelopment Plan ("Plan");
and
WHEREAS, page 4-46 and page 7-64 of the Plan, respectively, lists providing
employment opportunities and upward job mobility for residents, maximizing conditions for
residents to live in the area, and the elimination of conditions which contribute to blight as stated
redevelopment objectives; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Downtown Development Authority ("DDA") sponsors the
Downtown Enhancement Team ("Yellow Shirts") within the boundaries of the Downtown District,
which transitions formerly homeless individuals into the workforce while keeping the downtown
area beautiful; and
WHEREAS, the CRA through Resolution Nos. CRA-R-16-0057, CRA-R-18-0007, CRA-
R-18-0036, CRA-R-19-0042, CRA-R-23-001, CRA-R-24-0015 previously adopted and funded
the establishment and continuance of the DDA's Yellow Shirts into the CRA Redevelopment
Area, however, requiring participants sponsored by the CRA to wear purple shirts ("Purple
Shirts") in order to be distinguished from those participants sponsored by the DDA; and
WHEREAS, the Purple Shirts have proved to be a substantially successful program in
achieving the objectives of the CRA by providing training, jobs and elimination of the slum and
blighted conditions in the CRA area ("Program"); and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the CRA would like to continue the Purple
Shirts Program for an additional period of one (1) year or until the allocated amount of funding is
depleted, increasing the hourly rate of pay and personnel and services to further provide
enhanced jobs, skills training, and opportunities in the CRA area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the CRA wishes to allocate grant funds from
Account No. 10040.920501.883000, in an amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Forty -One
Thousand Nine Hundred Five and 00/100 Dollars ($741,905.00), to the DDA to continue the
Purple Shirts Program; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director is requesting authority from the Board of
Commissioners of the CRA to negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary to
effectuate the Program, in a form acceptable to the General Counsel;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICTCOMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are
adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Executive Director is authorized to allocate grant funds from the 2025-
2026 Omni Tax Increment Fund Budget Account No. 10040.920501.883000.0000.00000, titled
"Other Grant and Aids," in an amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Forty -One Thousand Nine
Hundred Five and 00/100 Dollars ($741,905.00), to the DDA for the Purple Shirts Program for
an additional period of one (1) year or until the allocated amount of funding is depleted,
providing for the increase in the amount of personnel and rate of hourly pay.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to execute any and all documents
necessary to effectuate the Program, in a form acceptable to the General Counsel.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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ORGE WYSON III, ENERAL COUNSEL
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