Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency - Regular Meeting

We are going to begin the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for September 11th, 2025. I see the Deputy Executive Director. Good morning.

Good morning, Madam Chair.

You may begin. Oh, I see the executive director. I didn't see him there. Good morning, Mr. McQueen.

Good morning, Commissioner. How are you?

I am doing wonderfully. You may begin your meeting.

Good morning.

Please brief us, read the agenda items.

Good morning. I'm going to allow Attorney Brown to read the agenda items.

Okay.

THE FIRST ITEM IS A RESOLUTION WITH ATTACHMENTS APPROVING THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN PARK WEST SERIAL OPERATING BUDGET AND TAX IMPLEMENT FUND WITH ATTACHMENTS AS EXHIBIT A, THE AMOUNT OF $280,997,692 IN NO CENTS. FURTHER REVISING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN PARK WEST EMPLOYEES HANDBOOK EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2023 WITH ATTACHMENTS AS EXHIBIT B. Item number two is a resolution authorizing executive director to engage the law firm of Kosiak Tropin Brock Morton LLP to act as special counsel in representing the CRA in a housing subsidy agreement matter between us and the Avante Housing Group. And item number three will be withdrawn.

Okay, at this time, I'd like to open the floor for public comment. If there's anyone here that would like to speak on any of the items before us.

Chairwoman, commissioners, yes, I have a public comment for the Overtown CRA. I wanted to thank you for hosting your Constituent Tuesdays at the CRA. There's a project that I'd like to highlight that's been led by a professor, Professor Vasquez at Miami-Dade College, redrawing, based on all tax cards, historic Overtown. I want to include and reintroduce take this historic Overtown experience to make it more widely available for the general public. Also, the Miami-Dade Heritage Trust is working on getting a historic designation for historic Overtown. And I believe that taking the work that Miami-Dade College has done, making it more widely available, making it a virtual reality, an augmented reality experience people can experience in person or from their homes, would really help elevate the opportunity here in the Overtown area. And what we would like to do is not just do that, but take it a step further, Director, and think about how we might be able to highlight specific areas in Overtown CRA, like the police district, the police precinct, the historic theater, some of the hotels, and actually bring them back to life, including with historic characters and personas. So I'd like to support the historic Overtown CRA and give a public comment in support of this particular initiative to see how we might be able to make this work. Thank you.

Thank you.

I look forward to any opportunity to highlight what's going on in Overtown and look forward to the opportunity to talk to you about how we can work collaboratively.

Seeing no one else for public comment, public comment period is now closed. May I have a motion to approve the minutes? I have a motion. Second. All in favor? Aye. Thank you. And may I have a motion to withdraw? Which one do you want to withdraw?

Second.

I have a motion and a second to withdraw item three. All in favor?

Aye.

May I have a motion to approve items one and two, one as amended?

So moved. Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Motion carries unanimously.

That was $280,000, right? $280,000.

Could you repeat the question, Commissioner? Yeah, that was $280,997. It's supposed to be $280 million. $280,997.

At this time, the Southeast Overtown Parkway CRA meeting is concluded. Thank you all for your advocacy. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Commissioners.