CRA Resolution 002-2021 RESOLUTION NO. 002-2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE
NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
APPOINTING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH MAYOR AS THE
CHAIRPERSON OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; AND FURTHER, ADOPTING THE RULES
AND PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE II,
SECTIONS 2-11 — 2-14 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CODE TO
GOVERN THE CONDUCT OF MEETINGS OF THE NORTH BEACH
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Part III, 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 87th Terrace to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, 65th Street to the south, and
Rue Notre Dame to the west; 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, 2021, 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, on March 17, 2021, pursuant to Resolution No. 001-2021, the
Members of the North Beach CRA transmitted its 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; and
WHEREAS, at the March 17, 2021 CRA meeting, the members of the North Beach
CRA unanimously appointed the City of Miami Beach Mayor as the Chairperson of the
North Beach CRA, and further, unanimously adopted the procedures and rules set forth
in Chapter 2, Article II, Sections 2-11 — 2-14 of the City Code to govern the conduct of
meetings of the North Beach CRA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY 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 appoint the Mayor of the City of Miami Beach as the Chairperson for the North
Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, and further, adopt-the procedures and rules
set forth in Chapter 2, Article II, Sections 2-11 — 2-14 of the City Code to govern the
conduct of meetings of the North Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
PASSED and ADOPTED THIS /7 day of Mt 2021.
ATTEST:
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RAFAEL E. RANAD , SECRETARYDAN GELBER, CHAIRPERSON
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Approved as to Form and
Legal Sufficiency:
North Beach CRA General Counsel ��