HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-26-0021 Exhibit ADamian Pardo
Board Chair
Omni
C R A
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Carlos I. Suarez
Executive Director
TO: Board Chair Damian Pardo and DATE: May 28th, 2026
Members of the CRA Board
FROM: Carlos I. Suarez SUBJECT: 4/5ths Bid Waiver
Executive Director 1st Take Youth Film Program
BACKGROUND:
The Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") is responsible for
executing community redevelopment initiatives and projects within its designated area in accordance
with the CRA's 2019 Redevelopment Plan ("Plan"). The Plan identifies job creation, job training,
employment opportunities, and upward job mobility as community benefits the CRA should seek to
advance within the Redevelopment Area.
Florida Film House International, Inc., a Florida Not -For -Profit Corporation ("Grantee"), submitted a
request for funding for the 1st Take Youth Film Program ("Program"), which operates at the historic
Dorsey Library located at 100 Northwest 17th Street, Miami, Florida 33136, within the CRA
Redevelopment Area. The Program provides job skills training, employment opportunities, youth
enrichment, and hands-on filmmaking instruction for young people in the Overtown portion of the
CRA.
The Board previously supported the Program through Resolution No. CRA-R-24-0045, adopted on
July 25, 2024, which allocated an initial amount not to exceed $150,000.00, and Resolution No. CRA-
R-25-0043, adopted on July 24, 2025, which allocated an additional amount not to exceed
$150,000.00. The Grantee has now requested funding in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 to
continue the Program and further support job skills training, employment opportunities, youth
enrichment, community connectivity, and cultural arts programming.
JUSTIFICATION:
Based on the foregoing, it is recommended that the Board of Commissioners adopt the attached
Resolution, by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote after an advertised public hearing, ratifying,
approving, and confirming the Executive Director's recommendation and finding that competitive
negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the CRA pursuant to
Sections 18-85 and 18-86 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, as adopted by the
CRA, and waiving the requirements for competitive sealed bidding. The Program advances the
objectives of the Plan by supporting job skills training, employment opportunities, youth enrichment,
professional mentorship, cultural arts programming, and community connectivity within the CRA
Redevelopment Area.
FUNDING:
$200,000 has been allocated from a Non-OMNI Tax Increment Revenue Source: Account No.
10040.920501.883000.0000.00000 - Other Grants and Aids.