8 - City Commission Resolution No. 2021-31596 (2-10-21) Create NBCRARESOLUTION NO. 2021-31596
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING THE NORTH BEACH
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("NORTH BEACH CRA")
PURSUANT TO SECTION 163.357, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND
DECLARING THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH TO BE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE NORTH BEACH
CRA ; FURTHER, DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH BEACH CRA, AND THE CITY
ATTORNEY AS THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE NORTH BEACH
CRA ; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Part 111, Florida Statutes, provides for community
redevelopment by the creation of a community redevelopment agency if certain conditions
of blight exist, as defined in Section 163.340, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, on July 17, 2019, via Resolution No. 2019-30892, the Mayor and City
Commission adopted a Finding a Necessity, declaring that a blighted area (as such term
is defined in Section 163.340, Florida Statutes) exists within the area generally bounded
by 87 Terrace to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, 65" Street to the south, and
Rue Notre Dame to the east, as set forth more particularly in Exhibit "A" hereto (the "North
Beach Redevelopment Area"); and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission further declared in Resolution 2019-
30892 that the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of
the North Beach Redevelopment Area is necessary in the interest of the public health,
safety, morals, or welfare of the City of Miami Beach and the residents within the North
Beach Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, on July 8, 2020, the Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade
County, Florida, adopted Resolution No. R-619-20, accepting the finding of necessity and
delegating to the City of Miami Beach the powers to create the North Beach Community
Redevelopment Agency (the "North Beach CRA") and to prepare and adopt a community
redevelopment plan for the North Beach Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission find that there is a need for a
community redevelopment agency to carry out community redevelopment and reverse
the economic decline in North Beach; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.357, Florida Statutes, authorizes the City's governing
body to declare itself to be the members of the community redevelopment agency; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission desire to create the North Beach
CRA pursuant to Section 163.357 of the Florida Statutes, with the members of the City
Commission to serve as the members of the North Beach CRA, in the same manner as
is currently structured for the City's existing community redevelopment agency, the Miami
Beach Redevelopment Agency; and
WHEREAS, if Miami-Dade County, in the to-be-negotiated lnterlocal Agreement
governing the North Beach CRA, determines that it desires a county commissioner to
serve as a voting board member of the North Beach CRA, as authorized pursuant to
Florida Statute 163.357(1 )(d), the membership of such county commissioner on the North
Beach CRA Board shall be automatically approved upon the adoption of the lnterlocal
Agreement by Miami-Dade County, the City, and the North Beach CRA, respectively,
without the need for any further action by the City Commission or the North Beach CRA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2. The Mayor and City Commission hereby create the North Beach
Community Redevelopment Agency.
SECTION 3. The Mayor and City Commission are hereby declared to be the
governing body of the North Beach Community Redevelopment Agency for the purposes
of the Community Redevelopment Act, Chapter 163, Part Ill, Florida Statutes, reserving
unto the City and the City Commission all statutory powers thereunder.
SECTION 4. The City Manager is hereby designated as the Executive Director for
the North Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, and the City Attorney is hereby
designated as the General Counsel for the North Beach Community Redevelopment
Agency.
SECTION 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED THIS /?_ day or Rebury_ 2021.
ATTEST:
RaafE. Granado, /'Clerk
Dan Gelber, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO
FORM & LANGUAGE
& FOR EXECUTION
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