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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-25-0070
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File Number: 18528 Final Action Date:11/20/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
("SEOPW CRA"), ESTABLISHING THE SEOPW CRA EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ("PROGRAM"), AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND
ZERO CENTS ($500,000.00) ("FUNDS"), FROM ACCOUNT NO.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 — "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," TO THE
PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR ("FY") 2025-2026 FOR THE PROVISION OF
RENT RELIEF TO RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SEOPW CRA
REDEVELOPMENT AREA DUE TO INCREASING HOUSING COSTS, AS AN
IMPROVED RENDITION OF THE FORMER PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN FY
2022-2024 ("PURPOSE"); AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
DISBURSE FUNDS AS A GRANT TO QUALIFYING APPLICANTS, AT HIS
DISCRETION, ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR DIRECTLY TO VENDORS,
UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY
DOCUMENTATION, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM
AND TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL AGREEMENTS AND
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL, FOR
SAID PURPOSE; 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, pursuant to Section 163.340(9), Florida Statutes, "community redevelopment means
projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a community redevelopment area for the
elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slum and blight"; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.335(6), Florida Statutes, of the Community Redevelopment Act (the
"Act"), found and declared that there exists "... a severe shortage of housing affordable to residents of
low or moderate income, including the elderly... [and] such [conditions] affect the health, safety and
welfare of the residents ... and retards their growth and economic and social development ...."; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6, of the Plan, supports "improv[ing] the quality of life [and]
creating housing ...," as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 2, of the Plan, proposes that the "neighborhood ... retain access
to affordable housing," as a stated redevelopment principle; and
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WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 3, of the Plan, discusses that there "must be variety in
[affordable] housing options," as a stated redevelopment principle; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 14, of the Plan, also provides to "restore a sense of community
and unify the area culturally... to do whatever is in [the CRA's] power to bring back... Overtown its...
sense of place [and] cultural distinctiveness" as a stated redevelopment principle; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the SEOPW CRA has previously allocated funds
toward initiatives designed to enhance sustainability and promote economic revitalization within the
Redevelopment Area; and
WHERAS, the SEOPW CRA Emergency Rental Assistance Program ("Program") is being
created in response to rent hikes in the Redevelopment Area over the years since the post -pandemic real
estate boom, and is anticipated to provide relief to the increasingly burdensome costs of housing for many
residents, during a projected, oncoming economic recession and further, a projected boost in evictions
throughout the Redevelopment Area ("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Program is an improved rendition of the former SEOPW CRA emergency rental
assistance program that occurred in Fiscal Year ("FY") 2022-2024, and is informed by the original
administering of that program; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director wishes to allocate funds, in an amount not to exceed Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($500,000.00), for FY 2025-2026, to establish the Program
and support housing sustainability for qualifying applicants ("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, Program applicants will complete an application in order to request funding; and
WHEREAS, funds are available from Account No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 for the
Program; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director is requesting authority to disburse funds from the Program to
qualifying applicants 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
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 Program is hereby established with funds in an amount not to exceed Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($500,000.00) from Account No.
10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 — "Other Grants and Aids."
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Section 3. The Executive Director is hereby authorized' to disburse the funds, at his
discretion as a grant, on a reimbursement basis, or directly to vendors upon presentation of invoices and
satisfactory documentation to eligible business applicants, subject to funding availability, for the Purpose
stated herein.
Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized' to administer the Program and to negotiate
and execute any and all agreements, and documents necessary, all in a form acceptable to Counsel, for the
purpose stated herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
ounsel 11/13/2025
' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be imposed,
including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable State law, City Charter and City Code provisions, as
adopted by the SEOPW CRA.
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