Southeast Overtown Park West CRA Meeting - April 9, 2026
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Southeast Overtown Park West CRA Meeting - April 9, 2026
The Southeast Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) held its regular meeting on April 9, 2026, at 5:30 PM. The board approved multiple grants, accepted a donation, and adopted the annual audit, while one item was deferred and another withdrawn.
Consent Calendar
- Resolution 1: Accepted a $61,000 donation from various community partners for the annual Historic Overtown Holiday Toy Giveaway.
- Resolution 2: Awarded a grant not to exceed $627,550.85 to the National Church of God (a Florida not-for-profit), waiving competitive bidding requirements.
- Resolution 3: Awarded a grant not to exceed $310,000 to Smoothie Girls for FL LLC for the design and construction build-out of a Tropical Smoothie Cafe at 249 Northwest 6th Street, Suite 102, Miami, Florida, waiving competitive bidding requirements.
- Resolution 6: Retroactively approved and adopted the Southeast Overtown Park West audit for fiscal year 2024-2025 (attached as Exhibits A and B).
Public Comments & Testimony
- A member of St. John Missionary Institutional Baptist Church approached the podium to speak, but the item regarding that church (Item 4) had been deferred, so no comment was taken.
Discussion Items
- No board members requested discussion on any agenda items. All actions were taken without debate, based on the executive director's recommendations.
Key Outcomes
- Votes: All items on the consent calendar (Resolutions 1, 2, 3, and 6) were approved by a unanimous voice vote (motion and second, all in favor).
- Withdrawal: Item 5 (a resolution for a grant not to exceed $3.5 million to 6th Street Miami Partners LLC) was withdrawn by a unanimous vote.
- Deferral: Item 4 (a resolution for a grant not to exceed $975,000 to St. John's Institutional Missionary Baptist Church) was deferred to the May 28, 2026 meeting, after a unanimous vote. Note: The initial reading listed Item 4 as withdrawn, but the board later corrected this by voting to defer it.
- Minutes: The minutes of the January 22, 2026 meeting were approved unanimously.
- The meeting then adjourned, and the board proceeded to the Virginia Key Beach Trust meeting.
Meeting Transcript
The Virginia Key Beach Trust meeting, and then we'll break for lunch. And it will be two hours from that last break. The latest one break. Oh, okay. Flips. Good afternoon, everyone. At this time, we are going to start the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting. Mr. Executive Director, are you ready to begin? Yes, madam Chair. Mr. Brown will read into the record our items for the day. Also he'll uh make a make or make you a will to withdrawal and deferral. You read about it. Yes, ma'am. Item one. Is the resolution ratifying or authorized executive direct to accept donation and amount of sixty-one thousand dollars from various community partners with the annual historic overtown holiday toy giveaway? Item number two by four fifths of voting. A resolution with attachments, ratifying, approved and confirming executive records recommendation and finding in exhibit A, that competitive negotiating methods and procedures are not practical or advantageous, waiving the requirements of competitive bid sealed bidding, awarding a grant in the amount not to exceed six hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars and eighty-five cents to the National Church of God, a Florida not-for-profit. Uh a resolution with attachments, ratifying approving and affirming executive records recommendation and finding exhibit A that competitive negotiations methods and procedures are not practical or advantageous, waiving the requirements for competitive SEAL bidding, awarding a grant in the amount not to exceed $310,000 to Smoothie Girls for FL LLC, a forward limited liability corporation underwrite costs associated with the design and construction build out phase of a tropical smoothie cafe located at 249 Northwest 6th Street, suite 102, Miami, Florida, 3313. Item number four will be withdrawn, which is a resolution by four fifth vote ratifying and approving the executive director's recommendation of finding the competitive negotiation methods and procedures not practical that were advantageous, waiving competitive requirements and sealed biddings awarding a grant not to exceed $975,000 to St. John's Institutional Missionary Baptist Church. Item number four number five, I'm sorry, will be withdrawn, which is a resolution by four or fifth vote approved and confirming executive records recommendation and findings that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are practical or advantageous, waiving the requirements of competitive seal bidding, awarding a grant and amount not to exceed 3.5 million dollars to 6th Street Miami Partners LLC item number six, which is a resolution with attachments to retroactively approve and adopt the Southeast Overtown Park West audit for fiscal year 2425, which is attached as exhibit A and B. Thank you. At this time, we'll open the floor for public comment. Is there anyone here that would like to speak on any of the items before us today? Come on. Good morning, good afternoon. Good afternoon. I am a member of the St. John Missionary Institutional Baptist Church. If we could have a few minutes, I had some uh actually that item has been deferred. Oh, excellent, thank you. Okay. Anyone else? Seeing none, public comment period is now closed. Gentlemen, are there any items on this agenda that you would like to pull for discussion? No. No. Seeing none, may I have a motion for RE1, RE2, RE3, and RE6? So move. I have a motion and a second. All in favor. I also need a motion for the withdrawal for items number four and five. Okay. Um Madam Chair. For clear. I know it's I I know. I have a motion and a second. All in favor.
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