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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW CRA 2026-01-22 AdvertisementMcClatchy The Beaufort Gazette The Belleville News -Democrat Bellingham Herald Centre Daily Times Sun Herald Idaho Statesman Bradenton Herald The Charlotte Observer The State Ledger -Enquirer Durham I The Herald -Sun Fort Worth Star -Telegram The Fresno Bee The Island Packet The Kansas City Star Lexington Herald -Leader The Telegraph - Macon Merced Sun -Star Miami Herald El Nuevo Herald AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION The Modesto Bee The Sun News - Myrtle Beach Raleigh News & Observer Rock Hill 1 The Herald The Sacramento Bee San Luis Obispo Tribune Tacoma I The News Tribune Tri-City Herald The Wichita Eagle The Olympian Account # Order Number Identification Order PO Cols Depth 49472 Legal Ad - IPL0305284 43889 3.0 129.OL ATTENTION: CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK IP 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE MIAMI, FL 33133 mclopez@miamigov.com;thannon@miamigov.com SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PLEASE ALL TAKE NOTICE, the Board of Commissioners ("Board") meeting of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA") is scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, at 10:00 AM or thereafter, at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133. Pursuant to CRA-R-24-0071, whenever a scheduled SEOPW CRA meeting is cancelled or is not held due to a lack of a quorum or other emergency, a special SEOPW CRA meeting will be automatically scheduled for the Tuesday immediately following the cancelled meeting. In the event of one of the aforementioned circumstances, the special meeting would be held on January 27th, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133. All of the scheduled agenda items from that cancelled meeting shall automatically be scheduled as an agenda item at the special SEOPW CRA meeting. The Clerk of the Board shall notify the public of the special meeting that is to take place by placing a notice of the special SEOPW CRA meeting at the entrance of City Hall and the City of Miami's main administrative building, placing a notice on the SEOPW CRA's website, and, if feasible, placing an ad in a newspaper of general circulation before the special meeting on the immediately following Tuesday. There shall be no additional notice by publication required for any such scheduled agenda item that is moved to the special SEOPW CRA meeting. All interested persons are invited to attend. For more information, please contact the SEOPW CRA office at (305) 679-6800 Ad No. 43889 James D. McQueen, Executive Director Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency PUBLISHED DAILY MIAMI-DADE-FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE Before the undersigned authority personally appeared, the under- signed, who on oath says that he/she is Custodian of Records of The The Miami Herald, a newspaper published in Miami Dade County, Flor- ida, that the attached was published on the publicly accessible website of The Miami Herald or by print In the issues and dates listed below. Affiant further Says that the said Miami Herald website or newspaper complies with all legal requirements for publication in chapter 50, Florida Statutes. 1.0 insertion(s) published on: 01/15/26 Print Print Tearsheet Link Marketplace Link Aw 1 Rahhi. -5R Amy Robbins s C% �caSierAz Sworn to and subscribed before me on SHERRY I CH/STEIN flPC•AONIC NOTARY PUaLLC STATE Or 1E45 COMMISSION a 1.2522NS2' ,n Jan 15, 2026, 8:18 AM EST Online Notary Public This notarial act involved the use of online audio/video communication technology. Notarization facilitated by SIGNiX SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PLEASE ALL TAKE NOTICE, the Board of Commissioners ("Board") meeting of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA") is scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, at 10:00 AM or thereafter, at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133. Pursuant to CRA-R-24-0071, whenever a scheduled SEOPW CRA meeting is cancelled or is not held due to a lack of a quorum or other emergency, a special SEOPW CRA meeting will be automatically scheduled for the Tuesday immediately following the cancelled meeting. In the event of one of the aforementioned circumstances, the special meeting would be held on January 27th, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133. All of the scheduled agenda items from that cancelled meeting shall automatically be scheduled as an agenda item at the special SEOFW CRA meeting. The Clerk of the Board shall notify the public of the special meeting that is to take place by placing a notice of the special SEOPW CRA meeting at the entrance of City Hall and the City of Miami's main administrative building, placing a notice on the SEOPW CRA's website, and, if feasible, placing an ad in a newspaper of general circulation before the special meeting on the immediately following Tuesday. There shall be no additional notice by publication required for any such scheduled agenda item that is moved to the special SEOPW CRA meeting. All interested persons are invited to attend. For more information, please contact the SEOPW CRA office at (305) 679-6800 Ad No. 43889 James D. McQueen, Executive Director Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency THUa10ar LOW 2026 . tribal lfRMMO Florida state senator says he has a fix for dirty waters BY SEMMANY■ ANI., AND NAM VartALURU rr.q a4 Time A Florida state senator has filed legislation aimed at cutting water pollution and improving efforts to restore tainted waterways after contending that lawmakers have ignored obvious fixes for years. The bill fled last week by Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando Demo- crat, would task the De- partment of Environ- mental Protection with implementing an inspec- tion program for septic tanks, among other mea- sures. It would also call for monitoring to ensure that the state's pollution reduc- tion projects work. The proposal is built on recom- mendations from Florida's Blue -Green Algae Task Force, a panel of scientists convened by Gov. Ron DeSants at the start of his first term. Smith vowed to consid- er introducing legislation after a Tampa Bay Tines sum a A dead eel floats on the surface of the water after a fish kill in Biscayne Bay on Aug 12, 2020. investigation last year revealed how pollution imperils hundreds of Flor- ida waterways, including the Indian River Lagoon, where manatees starved to death when eeagrass disappeared. "It is past time for the Legislature to act on the findings of the Blue -Green Algae Task Fora," Smith said in a statement to the Times. "Our waterways continue to be choked by algae, killing fish and wildlife, threatening drinking water, harming public health and devas- tating tourism and local economies that depend on dean water." Similar billa have failed to advance before. Nearly 1 in 4 Florida waterways show signs of contamination from nitro- gen or phosphorus, the Times showed last spring. Even places where reg- ulators have reported progress have bun getting dirtier instead of cleaner, reporters found, including parts of the Lagoon and several treasured springs. Lawmakers have sty- mied solutions that ex- perts say would reduce the chemical load, such as an inspection program to identify old, faulty septic tanks. Florida's approach for policing water contam- ination amounts to an honor system that protects polluting industries — including agriculture and development, whose rep- resentatives lobby heavily in Tallahassee, the Times found. DeSantis created the Blue -Green Algae Task Force to help limit the damage from pollution - fueled algae blooms. The group made a round of recommendations in 2019 and met for yearn to dis- cuss improvements, re- cords show. Their work has appar- ently dropped off; mem- bers haven't convened since June 2024. Law- makers and regulators have implemented some — but not all — of the task forces recommendations. Task force member James Sullivan, executive director of Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, previously told the Times he would like to see another muting scheduled. The sessions, he said, allow scientists to hear straight from reg- ulators and to ask ques- tions that foster account- ability. A Department of Envi- ronmental Protection spokesperson did not answer questions by email about why the task force halo t met or whether the agency will sag another meeting soon. She said the department plans to track Smith's bill during the legislative session. As of Monday, no com- panion Mg had been filed in the Florida House. Authorities charge Florida Keys man with starving his three parasite -infested dogs at DAVm 0000110E tr•^tawptaiurih aim. A Florida Keys man faces felony animal - abuse charges after investigators found three malnourished, dehydrated and para- site -infested dogs were living in outdoor ken- nels on his property, according to the Mon- roe County Sheriff s Office. The investigation into the alleged abuse began when one of his dogs, a male, was found blood- ied while walking down the street an Big Coppitt Key earlier this month. County Animal Control officers took the dog to an emergency veter- inary hospital, where doctors determined he was "significantly un- derweight" and de- hydrated and required immediate care, in- cluding intravenous Fluids, according to a sheriff's office report. it was also infested with hookworms, ac- cording to the report. The dog's owner, Donald Ray Sargent, 49, arrived at the hospital, and Animal Control officers told him the dog would not be re- leased to him and an investigation would be opened. "Sargent was upset, but eventually left," a detective wrote in his report. Veterinarians deter- mined the dog was like- ly bloodied after an altercation with a cat. The doctors found a cat claw in is face. Deputies went to Sargent's house on Ed Swift Road the neat day and found two more dogs that were also malnourished, dehy- drated and full of worms, according to the report. They were living in outdoor kennels that were dirty with feces, the detective wrote in the report. One of the dogs was ao thin that its spine, hips and ribs were easily visible, according to the report. One of the dogs had pressure sores on all of its limbs, indicat- ing inactivity, the detec- tive wrote. He said this was unusual for such a young dog, estimated to be 22 months old. Both dogs also had hookworms, the report states. Deputies arrested Sargent last Thursday on two felony animal - cruelty counts and one misdemeanor count. He was being held in a Monroe County jail on Stock Island near Key West on a 525,000 bond, according to his warrant. Broward County Animal Care cites progress; shelter is less overcrowded BY NAN Wail WLRN Public Ma In 2024, annul shelters across South Florida experi- enced overcrowding. They were receiving too many pets and not enough of them were being adopted. Shelters across the country continue to straggle with an overflow of pets. Broward County Animal Care was one of those shelters. The overflow of dogs made it difficult to provide them with medical treatment or rehabilitation. During the 2025 fiscal year —from Oct 1, 2024, to Sept 30, 2025— 3,894 pets were adopted. That is an increase of more than 160 animals compared to the previous final year. Last year brought sweep ing changes and improve- ments to BCAC. Doug Brightwell, the annul shelters director, said he and Ina team fo- cused on improving their internal services, which help facilitate their return - to -owner programs and rescue partnerships. Those are the two main avenues other than adoption for the animals to leave the facil- ity. They increased their return -to -owner rue of Ion pets. That rate went up to more than 17% for dogs, with 568 pets being re- united with their owners. "You've gotta get the animals Bowing out as they're Bowing in, or you just stagnate," Brightwell said. "Our dogs were stay- ing with us over a month and now they're staying with us on average about 2054 days, which is a signif- icant reduction." When WLRN last spoke SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PLEASE ALL TAKE NOTICE the Board of Commissioners ("Board') meeting of the Southeast Orenom/ParkWest Conununty Redevekp enldaency CSEOPNCAA") le ededuled to take pace on Thursday, January R4w4, 2026, at 10100 AM or tlnww3Rar, at Miami Chip Had, 3500 Pan Amwloaa Drive, Mlawi Plc lda 33133. Foment to CRAM-24-0071, wherever a scheduled SEOTV CRA meeting is cancelled or is not held due to a lack of a quorum or other emergency, a medal SEOPW CRA nmti g will automatically scheduled Ur the Tuesday Mrstliatey ingrowing the cancelled meeting. Pre event of one d the aforementioned circumstances, the special Meeting wold be held January 27th, 2026, at 1090 am. n the City Commission chambers boated at Miami C' , 3500 Pan American Drive, MIaM, Florida 33133. At ot the scheduled agenda gems from eatcelled meedg shall aulamaecey be scheduled as an agenda Item at ere special CRA meeting. The Clerk of the 0 end step notify the public of the special meeting u to take place by placing a notce of the spacial SEORV CRA meeting at the enhance Hest and the City of Miami's main aknniaraeve building, pacing a notice on the a webalte, and, 6 feasible, placing an ad in a newspaper of general circulation before the special meeting on the Mneduley following Tuesday. There shall be no additional notice ray pnbkeatbn required for any such ardednded Wanda item that is moved to the special SE meeting. interested persons are Invited to attend. For more iniormaton, please contact the SEO •- office at (305) 679-6800 No.43889 D. McQueen. Executive Director Overlonm/Park Wed y Redevelopment Agency to BCAC in June 2024, the she was sheltering a dog for almost two years. It is now living in Ohio. Constant community support is an important pan of the shelter's succes0. Adoption rates have gone up and more volunteers are fostering pets fora few days, doing hands-on work and pamidpatiog in the Broward Buddies program. "It's the day -out program for dogs, where you can come in and take a dog out just for the day to spend time with it, help it get more socialised, give it a break from the shelter for the day," Brightwe6 said. The strides made in 2025 haven't fully elim- inated the challenges that BCAC faces in 2026. Even though the staffers have sun more community engagement and adoptions, they still face being over- capacity day to day, espe- cially with dogs. "We try to work with folks who have found strays ... and provide re- sources before they come in so they don't have to bring those animals in," Brightwell said. "Because if we're full and we're over capacity, we can't provide the assistance for those dogs trying to come in." Miami Herald news partner WLRN Public Media. This report tsar produced by A Broward County Animal Care team beats a patient during a Pet Wellness Clinic in 2024. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 376.80, FLORIDA STATUTES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SECOND PUBLIC HEARING will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hap, 3rd Floor, 501 Palm Avenue, Hialeah, Florida, in order to consider adoption of the following resolution: RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CRY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIALEAH, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3821 W. 104TH STREET, 3610 W. 108TH STREET, 3620 W. 104TH STREET AND 10100 W. 36TH AVENUE, HIALEAH, FLORIDA 33010 AND IDENTIFIED BY FOLIO NUMBERS 04-2017-002-0020 and 04-2017-002-0030, AS A GREEN REUSE AREA PURSUANT TO SECTION 376.80(2)(a), FLORIDA STATUTES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REHABILITATION, JOB CREATION, AND PROMOTING ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT, AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO NOTIFY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF SAID DESIGNATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, any person desiring to appeal any decision made by the Council with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and it will be their responsibility to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal Is to be based. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding should contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 881 5820 for assistance no later then two (2) days prior to the meeting. O hearing impaired, telephone the Florida Relay Service numbers (800) 955-8771 (TDD), (877) 955-8773 (SPANISH) or (800) 955-8770 (VOICE).