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CRA Resolution: CRA-R-26-0002
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File Number: 18807 Final Action Date:1/22/2026
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ("BOARD") OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA"), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($100,000.00) ("FUNDS"),
FOR THE SEOPW CRA INNOVATION CRIME REDUCTION AND
INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 — 2026, FOR A TOTAL
ALLOCATION OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,515,000.00) ("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
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
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programming in order to support community policing initiatives and enhance public safety within the
Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2025, the Board of Commissioners (the "Board"), by Resolution No.
CRA-R-25-0063, approved the selection of qualified organizations, creating the SEOPW CRA Innovation
Crime Reduction and Intervention Program ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Board further approved the allocation of funds, in an amount not to exceed Two
Million Four Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,415,000.00), to support the
organizations and their respective programs, due to 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 and within the Executive Director's discretion, and upon the execution of
a grant agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director wishes to allocate additional funds, in a total amount not to
exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00) ("Funds"), to further assist the
organizations and their respective programming in Fiscal Year 2025-2026, for a total allocation of Two
Million Five Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,515,000.00) ("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Board wishes to authorize the allocation of additional funding 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 Executive Director is hereby authorized to disburse the additional 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 3. 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 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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1/15/2026
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