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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-26-0002 MemorandumSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting January 22, 2026 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Board Chair Christine King Date: January 15, 2026 and Members of the CRA Board File: 18807 From: James McQueen Executive Director Subject: Additional Funding for SEOPW CRA Innovation Crime Reduction and Intervention Programming for FY 2025 Enclosures: BACKGROUND: 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 ("Purpose"). It is recommended that the Board of the SEOPW CRA approve and adopt the attached Resolution, authorizing the allocation of the Funds for the Purpose stated herein. JUSTIFICATION: Pursuant to Section 163.340(9), Florida Statutes (the "Act") community redevelopment means "undertakings, activities, or projects of a ... community redevelopment agency in a community redevelopment area for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums and blight...." 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 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 2018 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency Plan Update (the "Plan"). Lastly, Section 2, Goal 6, of the Plan, lists "improving the quality of life for residents" as a stated redevelopment goal. FUNDING: Funding request: $100,000.00 Total funding. $2,515,000.00 allocated from SEOPW Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000. FACT SHEET: Entity names/addresses: Community Work Training Program, Inc., a Florida For Profit Corporation 1490 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 106, Miami, Florida 33136 Transition, Inc., a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 1550 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136 Suited for Success, Inc. a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 1600 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 111, Miami, Florida 33136 Urgent Inc. a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 1000 N.W. 1st Avenue, Suite 100, Miami, Florida 33136 Do Good 41, Inc. a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 9610 Conch Shell Manor Plantation, FL 33324 Overtown Youth Center, Inc. a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 450 N.W. 14th Street, Miami, Florida 33136 Touching Miami with Love Ministries, Inc. a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 711 N.W. 6th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136 Abundant Living Health & Wellness Resulting Services, Inc. a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 20542 N.E. 2" Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136 City of Miami Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum, Inc. a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 480 N.W. l lth Street, Miami, Florida 33136 Girl Power Rocks, Inc. a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 1600 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 100, Miami, Florida 33136 Overtown Optimist Club, Inc. Page 2 of 7 a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation 350 N.W. 12th Street, Miami, Florida 33136 Total Allocation Innovation Crime Reduction and Intervention Programming Grants: $2,515,000.00 Scope of work or services (Summary): Request for additional funding for ongoing community activities in the Redevelopment Area, in partnership with the Police Department, including but not limited to youth engagement programs, public safety forums, trust -building initiatives, strengthen accountability, reinforce community policing principles, and ensure that the grant -funded programming remains responsive to the needs of the Overtown community and residents within the Redevelopment Area. Page 3 of 7 AGENDA ITEM FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORM SEOPW CRA CRA Board Meeting Date: January 22, 2026 CRA Section: Brief description of CRA Agenda Item: Authorization the allocation of additional funding, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, for the Crime Reduction and Intervention Program FY 2025-2026. Project Number YES, there Account Code: (if applicable): are sufficient funds in Line Item: 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 Amount: $1 0 0 , 0 0 0.0 0 NO (Complete the following source of funds information): Amount budgeted in the line item: $ Balance in the line item: $ Amount needed in the line item: $ Sufficient funds will be transferred from the following line items: ACTION ACCOUNT NUMBER TOTAL Project No./Index/Minot Object From $ To $ From $ To $ Comments: Approved by: Approval: Executive Director 1/15/2026 Miguel A Valontiri, Off;cer 1/15/2026 Page 4 of 7 Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency File Type: CRA Resolution Enactment Number: CRA-R-26-0002 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 Page 5 of 7 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 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: Page 6 of 7 ounsel 1/15/2026 Page 7 of 7