423-2002 RDA Reso
RESOLUTION NO. 423-2002
A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, RECOMMENDING
TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE
CITY CENTER HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE
REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION AREA PLAN, AN
APPROVED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTIONS 163.360, FLORIDA STATUTES; SAID
AMENDMENTS PROVIDING THAT THE PLAN INCORPORATE, BY
REFERENCE: A) THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF COMMUNITY POLICING INNOVATIONS WITHIN THE CITY
CENTER HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE DISTRICT, AS
PROVIDED FOR IN SECTIONS 163.340, 163.350, 163.356,
163.360,163.361, AND 163.370, FLORIDA STATUTES; AND B)
PARTICIPATION IN THE MIAMI BEACH BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUSINESS RECRUITMENT
WITHIN THE DISTRICT, TO THE EXTENT LEGALLY
PERMISSIBLE UNDER CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES,
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.
WHEREAS, on February 12, 1993, the Mayor and City Commission adopted
Resolution No. 93-20721, accepting and adopting the City Center Historic Convention
Village (City Center) Redevelopment and Revitalization Plan (Redevelopment Plan), in
accordance with Sections 163.360, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.361, Florida Statutes, provides that if at any time after
the approval of a community redevelopment plan by the governing body, it becomes
necessary or desirable to amend or modify such plan, the governing body may amend
such plan upon recommendation of the Redevelopment Agency; and
WHEREAS; the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency (RDA), believes it is
necessary to amend the Redevelopment Plan in order to reflect recent changes to
Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, enabling community redevelopment areas to implement
and fund "community policing innovations", defined as a lipolicing technique or strategy
designed to reduce crime by reducing opportunities for and increasing the perceived
risks of engaging in, criminal activity through visible presence of police in the community,
including but not limited to, community mobilization, neighborhood block watch, citizen
patrol, citizen contact patrol, foot patrol, neighborhood storefront police stations, field
interrogation, or intensified motorized patrol"; and
WHEREAS, the RDA believes it is necessary to amend the Redevelopment Plan
to include a community policing innovation program, which will provide an opportunity for
the RDA to shoulder the cost for current and enhanced levels of police services within
the City Center Area; and
WHEREAS, in response to a significant increase in the City's office vacancy rate,
the City Commission requested that the Administration evaluate the development of a
Business Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, staff has been developing such a program, which may provide up to
a maximum of $3,000 in direct cash incentives for each new job created; and
WHEREAS, the City Center Area contains approximately 55% of the City's
existing and future office space supply, of which 21.7% is projected to be vacant; and
WHEREAS, the RDA Administration is currently conducting research to
determine whether tax increment funding may be used to participate in the funding of
the Business Assistance Program to the extent that funding is available; and
WHEREAS, on May 10, 2002, the Administration presented the proposed
amendments to the Redevelopment Plan to Miami-Dade County's Tax Increment
Finance Committee, which voted in favor of recommending the proposed amendments
to the Board of County Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, the Mayor and City
Commission duly noticed and held a public hearing on May 29, 2002, to consider the
recommendation of the RDA regarding the proposed amendments to the
Redevelopment Plan.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, that the Chairman
and Members of the Redevelopment Agency, following a duly noticed public hearing by
the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, to consider same,
hereby recommend the following amendments to the City Center Historic Convention
Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area Plan, an approved Redevelopment Plan
under the provisions of Sections 163.360, Florida Statutes; said amendments providing
that the Plan incorporate by reference: A) the development and implementation of
community policing innovations within the City Center Historic Convention Village
District, as provided for in Sections 163.340,163.350,163.356,163.360,163.361, and
163.370, Florida Statutes; and B) participation in the Miami Beach Business Assistance
Program for the purpose of business recruitment within the District, to the extent legally
permissible under Chapter 163, Florida Statutes and to the extent that funding is
available.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 29th day of May, 2002.
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