9 - NBCRA Resolution No. 001-2021 (3-17-21) Referring Draft Plan to City's Planning BoardRESOLUTION NO. 001-2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE
NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
TRANSMITTING THE DRAFT NORTH BEACH REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
TO THE CITY'S PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO ITS CONFORMITY WITH THE CITY'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 163.360(4) OF
THE FLORIDA STATUTES.
WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Part Ill, 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; 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, on February 10, 2020, pursuant to Resolution No. 2021-31596, the
Mayor and City Commission created the North Beach CRA pursuant to Section 163.357
of the Florida Statutes, declaring that the members of the City Commission shall 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, the City has prepared a draft North Beach CRA redevelopment plan
with public input and guidance from several existing planning documents, including the
North Beach Master Plan, which draft redevelopment plan is attached as Exhibit "A"
hereto (the "draft Redevelopment Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the Chairperson and Members of the North Beach CRA Board desire
to transmit the draft Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to Section 163.360 of the Florida
Statutes, to the City's Planning Board, acting as the local planning agency, for review and
recommendations as to the draft Redevelopment Plan's conformity with the City's
comprehensive plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DUL Y RESOLVED BY THE CHAIRPERSON AND
MEMBERS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, that
the Chairperson and Members of the North Beach Community Redevelopment Agency
hereby transmit the draft Redevelopment Plan for the North Beach CRA to the City's
Planning Board for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the City's
Comprehensive Plan, as required by section 163.360(4) of the Florida Statutes.
7 parch PASSED and ADOPTED THIS ' day of 2021.
ATTEST:
Approved as to Form and
Legal Sufficiency:
Eo
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