Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency - Regular Meeting

Thursday, July 24, 2025

The Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Board unanimously approved four resolutions, including establishing a $200,000 public art grant program, authorizing a $3.5 million grant for the I-395 Heritage Trail, and increasing a landscape architecture contract for the NW 9th Street Pedestrian Mall. The board also approved a contract for security guard services.

About this meeting

Government Body
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
Meeting Type
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
Location
Miami, FL
Meeting Date
July 24, 2025

Transcript

15 sections

0:00 – 1:32Christine King

Southeast Overtown Parkway CRA meeting for in 60 seconds they have to flip the tape thank you Let me know when you're ready. You ready? Okay. Welcome back everybody to the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting. I am joined by my with my colleagues Commissioner Ralph Rosado myself chairwoman Christine King Commissioner Miguel Gabella and Commissioner Pardo our executive director James D. McQueen and our deputy executive director Vincent T. Brown and our attorney Miss Gibbs. How are you today. I'm going to turn the mic over to our executive director, Mr. McQueen.

1:33Speaker 2

Thank you, Madam Chair. We have, before the board, four items. I'm going to ask Mr. Brown to read those into the record.

1:39 – 3:13Speaker 1

The first item, Madam Chair, for consideration of the resolution with attachments authorizing the accessing of the City of Miami contract provisions of security guard services for the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA pursuant to Section 18-19. of the Code of the City of Miami. Item two, with an amendment, a resolution establishing a public arts activation and beautification grant and approving funding of the program in the amount not to exceed $200,000. Exhibit A is the actual application to the grant. Item number three is a resolution authorizing the executive director to meet funding commitment the City of Miami for the development and coordination of the I-395 Underdeck Greenway Project, also known as the Reverend Edward T. Graham Heritage Trail Project, in an amount not to exceed $350,000. I'm sorry, $3.5 million. I missed them zeros. Item number four was previously deferred as a resolution with attachment authorizing the Executive Director to amend the PSA with hood design and the allocation of additional funds in an amount not to exceed $2.6 million, increasing the existing capacity of the contract for additional landscape architectural services for the 9th Street Pedestrian Mall, authorizing... RFP 23-01, Resolution CRE 23-0063, and more particularly described as Exhibit B, for a total amount not to exceed $2.9 million. This item will also be amended to update the proposal that was attached to the resolution. Those are your four items for consideration, Madam Chair.

3:13 – 3:35Christine King

Thank you. At this time, we'll open the floor for public comment. If there's anyone that would wish to speak on the items that are before us today, please step forward. Seeing none, public comment period is now closed. Gentlemen, are there any items on this agenda that you would like to pull for discussion?

3:42Christine King

May I have a motion to pass the items?

3:46Speaker 4

So moved. Second.

3:47Christine King

I have a motion and a second. All in favor?

3:51Speaker 4

With item number two and item number four as amended.

3:54Christine King

With item number two and number four as amended, motion carries unanimously. Thank you all.

4:00Speaker 1

Thank you all. Thank you.

4:01Christine King

This shall conclude the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for July 24, 2025. Thank you.

4:14Speaker 4

Just need a moment to flip the tape.

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