Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE ALL TAKE NOTICE, the Board of Commissioners ("Board") of the Southeast Overtown / Park West Community Redevelopment Agency ("SEOPW CRA") will hold a Public Hearing meeting on Thursday, September 25th, 2025, at 10:00 A.M., or
anytime thereafter, in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133.
The Board will consider the allocation of funding to Bendixen & Amandi International, Inc., a Florida Profit Corporation ("Grantee"), to underwrite costs to support critical efforts to expand Howard University, a historically Black university, into the Overtown neighborhood. In accordance with the SEOPW CRA 2018 Redevelopment Plan
Update ("Plan") and Section 163, Florida Statutes, the Board will consider awarding a grant to Grantee in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Twenty-Five thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($325,000.00).
All comments and questions with respect to the meeting and public participation should be addressed to James D. McQueen, Executive Director, or Vincent T. Brown, Esq., Staff Counsel/Deputy Director, at 819 N.W. 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor, Miami,
Florida 33136 or (305) 679-6800.
This action is being considered pursuant to Sections 18-85 and 18-86 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida as amended ("City Code"). The recommendation and
findings to be considered in this matter are set forth in the proposed resolution and will be available as with the scheduled SEOPW CRA Board meeting or anytime
thereafter in the City Commission chambers.
The Board requests all interested parties be present or represented at the meeting, and may be heard with respect to any proposition before the Board in which it may take action. Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the Board with
respect to any matter considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure that a
verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105).
Pursuant to CRA-R-24-0071, whenever a scheduled SEOPW CRA meeting is
cancelled or is not held due to a lack of a quorum or other emergency, a special SEOPW CRA meeting will be automatically scheduled for the Tuesday immediately following the cancelled meeting. In the event of one of the aforementioned
circumstances, the special meeting would be held on September 30th, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., or anytime thereafter, in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133. All of the scheduled agenda items from that cancelled meeting shall automatically be scheduled as an agenda item at the special SEOPW CRA meeting. The Clerk of the Board shall notify the public of the special meeting that is to take place by placing a notice of the special SEOPW CRA meeting at the entrance of City Hall, placing a notice on the SEOPW CRA's website, and, if feasible, placing an ad in a newspaper of general circulation before the special meeting on the immediately following Tuesday. There shall be no additional notice by publication required for any such scheduled agenda item that is moved to the special SEOPW CRA meeting.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice), not later than two (2) business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call 711 (Florida Relay Service), not later than two (2) business days prior to the proceeding
Ad No. 43795
Todd B. Hannon
Clerk of the Board