HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit CSoutheast Overtown/Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
File Type: CRA Resolution
Enactment Number: CRA-R-26-0025
File Number: 19344 Final Action Date:5/28/2026
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW
CRA"), AUTHORIZING A GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($75,000.00) ("FUNDS"), TO THE
LIBERTY CITY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION TRUST, A LIMITED AGENCY AND
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), CREATED PURSUANT TO
CITY ORDINANCE NO. 12859 IN 2006 ("LIBERTY CITY TRUST"), TO UNDERWRITE
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2026 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
("PROGRAM"), WHICH PROVIDES EMPLOYABILITY AND FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO LOW-INCOME AND AT -RISK YOUTH (PURPOSE");
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DISBURSE 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, FROM ACCOUNT NO.
10051.920101.883000.0000.00000 — "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS / NON-TIF
REVENUE FUND"; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL;
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 2, Goal 4, of the Plan, encourages the "creat[ion of] jobs within the
community," as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Goal 6, of the Plan, focuses on "improv[ing] the quality of life for
residents," as a stated redevelopment goal; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 4, of the Plan, provides that "employment opportunities be
made available to existing residents ...," as a stated redevelopment principle; and
WHEREAS, Section 2, Principle 6, of the Plan, discusses "address[ing] and improv[ing] the
neighborhood economy and expand[ing] the economic opportunities of present and future residents," as a
stated redevelopment principle; and
EXHIBIT C
WHEREAS, the Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust, a limited agency and
instrumentality of the City of Miami ("City"), established in 2006 pursuant to City Ordinance No. 12859
("Liberty City Trust"), has implemented a Youth Employment Program ("Program") that imparts
financial empowerment to local youth through paid work assignments; and
WHEREAS, the Program provides an eight (8) week course tentative start date from June 15,
2026 through August 7, 2026 with twenty-two (22) participants from the SEOPW CRA Redevelopment
Area between the ages of fourteen (14) through nineteen (19), who will receive a stipend of Fifteen
Dollars and Zero Cents ($15.00) per hour; and
WHEREAS, the Program will engage with the youth demographic group from low-income and
at -risk families, providing an opportunity to develop employability and financial management skills and
allow Overtown participants to learn how to apply such skills that are essential to enhancing the quality of
life, personal relationships, and employment ("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to authorize the allocation of a grant to Liberty
City Trust, in an amount not to exceed Seventy -Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($75,000.00)
("Funds") for the Program; 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 allocate the Funds, at his
discretion, on a reimbursement basis or directly to vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory
documentation from the Other Grants and Aids— Non-TIF Account No.
10051.920101.883000.0000.00000 to Liberty City Trust to further the Purpose stated herein.
Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized to negotiate and execute an agreement,
including any and all necessary documents, and all -in forms acceptable to the Counsel, for said Purpose.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
V" cer, Br„ mp 'reffebunsel 5/21/2026