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The Southeast Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) met on October 8, 2026, at 5:00 PM. The board considered six agenda items presented by Executive Director James D. McQueen and read into the record by Attorney Brown. All items were approved unanimously without discussion.
Overtown Park West CRA meeting. Today is October 8th. Today is October 8th. I will turn the um mic over to our esteemed colleague. Executive director, James D. McQueen. And I'd like to take a liberty. My student is here from FIU. I want to recognize him. Say hello to everyone. He's studying Miami politics, and he is getting an education. Sorry for him. He is getting an education. So are we all in Miami politics? And literally, my Miami Politics class. I love that he's here. And um I'm gonna turn it over to Mr. McQueen. Mr. McQueen. Good afternoon. We have six items that we're read into the record by attorney Brown. And uh I'll turn it over to him. The first item is a resolution with attachments by four-fifth vote, ratifying approving, confirming the executive director's recommendation, and finding exhibit a awarding a grant and the amount not to exceed $25,000 in support of the Urban Film Festival. A second item is a resolution with attachments authorizing the executive director to negotiate and execute a license agreement and substantially the attached form exhibit A to access Southeast Overtown Park West CA property 30 345 Northwest 10th Street with Tammy Overtown LLC, a limited liability corporation and allied demolition. Item number three is a resolution with attachments authorized the executive direct to negotiate an interlocal agreement, substantially in the form of tax exhibit A with the Miami Parking Authority for the development of a public garage, designated the MPA and as the CREA's owner's representative for a fee not to exceed two and a half percent or four hundred thousand dollars. Item number four is a resolution authorizing the funding of programs in FY2627 in the amount not to exceed two million four hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Item number three is a resolution acceptance like committee's recommendation for the top rank proposer, acre communities LLC, a Florida limit liability company to RFP 25-10, a multifamily affordable housing unit with a fire station at the base. Item number six is a resolution of detachments, authorized executive records to negotiate the executive development agreement, and subsets the same form as exhibit A with Mount Zion Development Associates limited, a limited liability corporation in accordance with the proposal for a mixed use development project in response to RFP 21-01 and authorized conveyance of CRE property owned for four contiguous parcels at 318 Northwest 10th Street for 1,043,263. At this time, I shall open the floor for public comment. If anyone wishes to speak on behalf of any of the items that are before us, please come forward. Um 11th Street, City of Miami Block, police precinct courthouse museum. Um I want to um extend an appreciation to the board and the commission for our recent um renegotiate renegotiation of funds supporting uh crime reduction, and as you heard from the chief, the impact of that crime reduction continues to exist because of the community partnerships that we've been able to increase. But uh, they had a celebration at Charles Hatley Park, and one of the things she reminded us is if we are ever going to see the shift and change in Miami that we desire to see, it is always gonna require us to connect back with the organizations and the businesses and the community. And so with that, I want to um give appreciation and acknowledgement to our um CRA director, um our um Mr. McQueen and his team and his staff for their work and effort and as well to our uh commissioner uh Christine King for making sure that these allocated funds remain uh accessible to the City of Miami Black Police Precinct Courthouse Museum. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to speak on behalf of any item before us? Seeing none, public comment is closed. Gentlemen, would you like to pull any of the items for discussion? Seeing none, may I have emotions?