Chairman, you have a quorum to proceed. I can take the roll call. Chairman Michael McDermade. Committee member Randy Grace, present. Committee member Blanco Kobo. Committee member Kenneth Each. Committee
member Claudia Revises, committee member Nami Blumir, Committee Member Ashaki Bronson Marcelus. Welcome to the North Miami CRA's advisory committees meeting on July um
7th, 2025. Chairman. Okay. All right. Can we have a pledge of allegiance? Uh Mr. Each, would you like to lead us? Sure. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one
nation under God indivisible and justice for all and justice for all. Okay. I don't think we have any items on the consent agenda. Am I correct? You do not today. Okay. Uh can we have a motion to approve the minutes um June 10th? So these would
be the CRA board minutes. We don't have your advisory minutes. So there is no consent agenda. We will just move straight into agenda item one under section five. Okay. All right. Um we begin with agenda item uh agenda item one uh recision of
tax increment recapture agreement with Redwood Development Company LLC. Yes. And before we continue for the record, we do have committee member Naomi Blair. Hey Naomi. So with this item at the last meeting it was tabled. Do we need to get any disclosures
council? Okay. Uh yeah I'd like to make a disclosure that I was uh at some point um employed with Redwood but um not not at this moment. Okay. Thank you. At the prior meeting on
June 10th, this item did come before the CRA board and was asked to be tabled until tomorrow evening's meeting. I do. Well, just to give you background on this um item, back in November, the
Redwood Development LLC was awarded an infrastructure agreement along with a TIFF agreement for the development of the Redwood project in District 4 from the CRA. And um subsequent to that award, they did also receive funding
from the city of North Miami. um they received an affordable housing subsidy in to the tune of $8 million to subsidize the um building two the accommodations in building two for senior housing. In order to get that
subsidy, the agreement was proposed that the tiff would now no longer be in effect from the CRA. So the position of the CRA is that since they did get the affordable housing subsidy from the city that we should go ahead for um to make
sure there's no hanging agreements out there resin the tiff agreement and then move forward with only the infrastructure. So I believe um the group is now dealing with the board on that matter but that is a CRA's position and that's why the item did come to the board.
Okay. Uh is there anyone representing Redwood here? They were not. And in all transparency, this was a um last minute meeting as you all do know. So everybody who was on the agenda was not able to make it tonight. But I don't believe it's any other reason than just last minute scheduling why they were not able
to make it. Okay. Uh we want to open public forum. Is there anybody in the public would like to come up and comment on the issue? Okay. Being none, closing public uh public hearing. Um, I'll start with my to my
right is Shaki. Any input from you, Commissioner H? Yeah, I have a couple of questions on this. Um, this is the project on 135th and 17th Avenue. Yes. Okay. And the 695 is supposed to 695,000.
Let just for my own clarity, the 695 is supposed to go to them every year. That was the affordable housing subsidy on the city side. that is not with the CRA. The CRA only did eight million um $8 million of infrastructure
money and a tiff agreement that happens at the end. So when you say 8 million, are we going to give them 8 million at one shot or or how? Well, yes, it's upfront for the building. You don't get one check for $8 million. It's done on a reimbursement basis for um eligible expenses that they
have defined in the scope of work. It is going towards the development of building one. So when they do the infrastructure, that's when we pay them. Correct. On a reimbursement basis in fees. The the other thing and we say we're taking back the tiff. In other words, they're going to be paying full tax.
That is what the agreement was in order for them to get the affordable housing. So when we came with the item to go ahead and resend that tiff agreement, there now are conversations that are happening with the developer and the board on that item. But the CRA's position is they received the affordable
housing subsidy from the city when we agreed that they would not pursue the tiff. So they're getting one from the city and two from the CRA. But in order to get the CR the city one, they were supposed to give up the tiff. So they have to pay tax.
That is correct. That's our position. The old agreement was they didn't have to pay, right? They they got a reduction or a rebate. They were going to get back 50% of their tax. Yes. Now it's 100% that they have. Correct. Okay. And they don't get a reimbursement on that that not on the taxes. The two grants that we have or what?
The infrastructure and the tiff. The the infrastructure and the tiff are the CRA concerns. The city did the affordable housing subsidy. Okay. So you say the the infrastructure and the tiff. Now now we're taking back the tiff. Correct. So they only getting one then just infrastructure.
Thank you. Yep. Appreciate that. Thank you. Okay. Commissioner Blair. I'm in support of staff. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I appreciate the comments of everybody on the board. Uh thank you so much for introducing this item to us. I don't have any additional comments.
Okay. Do I hear a motion to approve the item? Second. Pardon? A motion. So move. Second. All right. And second. So a motion was made by um well by the chairman and then seconded by committee member Blure. All in favor?
I. None opposed. The motion passes with a 5-0 vote. Okay. All right. Agenda item two, approval of business attraction grant NMBB volleyball. Okay. So, this is um the staff is requesting
the board to approve a business attraction grant for in the amount of $200,000 to North Miami Beach Volleyball um academy for the proposed development of a centralized youth volleyball training facility located at 122000
Northeast 14th Avenue, North Miami, Florida 33161. As is in the name, this is a business that is coming to us from our neighbor North Miami Beach. There are a very they're an established um business since 2015 that helps with developing young
athletes in the area. They already service many of our um students and children who live within North Miami and they're going to a larger facility. If you look in your packet, you will see pictures of the proposed work. There is a large interior warehouse space that
they want to outfit as indoor courts. There is an even larger outdoor space that they are going to be using for fields and such. um and those kinds of events. They would also like to be able to offer community programming where they have coaching sessions and different training um opportunities for
the community. And staff does recommend approving the $200,000 attraction grant. Okay. They are here. The applicant are here if there is a question that you have for them. Okay. Uh can somebody come up and talk
to us? Oh, here we go. Hi, good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Your name and address, please. My name is Jose Pada. I live in Foy 3400 Northwest 38 Avenue Deli. So, you want to tell us a little bit about the program?
Of course. Um, NMBB volleyball academy was founded by Valerie Martinez and myself back in 2015. Uh we've been in business for now 10 years and we've been bouncing from North Miami Beach to Aventura to Miami to Miami Shores Havana
Little Havana. So and we want we serve most of our of our um kids are from here from this neighborhood and we wanted to find a home close to them so they don't have to travel. We um we developed players from
88 all the way to 18. We teach them how to play volleyball and we take them travel around the US. We have different levels from beginners to all the way advanced which are the ones that travel but also we we offer not just training
and volleyball. We train we teach them uh life skills. That's what we what we do. Um we like to serve the community. We give back to the community. And now it's time for us to settle in one location. And that's why we are um we found this location. Uh but we need help
um upgrading the facility and making sure that um that is up to standards for us to teach volleyball and to bring um volleyball to the community. We have a partner um with League One Pro volleyball which is the the professional
volleyball league which um they're in the process of expanding and we were chosen by them to be one of the of the clubs that they are sponsoring this year with the purpose of in the long run to be a professional volleyball league here in the area. uh love which is the the
the name of of um the volleyball league uh started this year with all the Olympic athletes sponsoring one club. We are going to be one of them. Uh so now we want to have a facility to accommodate all the kids that that we serve. We serve on over this year we
have 32 teams. That's over 400 kids in the neighborhood. We serve more than 250 families every year. We play around a thousand tournaments per year uh as a club. Uh we just came from nationals um last week where we have the teams that
qualify for nationals playing in Orlando. We travel all the way from Puerto Rico to Texas to Hawaii to different places. Okay. All right. Um want to open a public hearing. Anybody want to come up
and have any comments or questions? Going once, going twice. Okay. Thank you all very much. closed public hearing. Uh start at this end. Randy, do you any comments? Uh I'm excited about this uh potential opportunity having this uh business to
be a part of North Miami. So awesome. Naomi, great. I I too am excited about this. I just have a few questions about the location. 12200 Northeast 14th Avenue. Can you tell me a little bit about the space?
So it is pretty much right behind Greenwich Studios, right? And it is a large the indoor space is ex I mean it's huge. I went there and it is just an open warehouse so there's no separations or anything like that. I believe that their plans
are to make them into graded courts separated out for different sport activities and then outside you have an even larger outdoor area as well. So everything is just very open and vacant right now. It's a blank slate for them to be able to do whatever they want to do. But given that it's a sporting facility, there's not
it's not an overwhelming amount of work. We're not putting up walls or anything of that nature. They're really just outfitting that space for court use. And then upstairs there's a second level that they're going to be using for office use. Am I correct? Okay, great. Do you have any renderings of what you are proposing to do?
Yes, it's on Yeah, it's on your screen. Okay, great. So, you're right behind the enterprise, right? Yeah. Yeah. Correct. Yeah. Right behind the Enterprise. Yeah. So, Huh. Enterprise behind the car rental.
Yeah. So, it looks like it'll be a big enough space for you. Yeah. All right. Um, Mr. Each, any comments from you? Yeah, I have quite a few here. uh to the staff on that building. We have delinquent tax
certificate and you guys put it in there for um 122,000. Yes. So that is for the property owner. So when if if this item were to be approved, they can get the award. However, they're not able to receive the
actual funding until all things are brought to um they're closed out. So in other words, they have to pay this before any the property owner will have to pay that first before we are able to go ahead and render any actual reimbursements to them. Okay.
I have a couple of questions for the excuse my lack of knowledge on before you continue member each just as a these are the business owners and not the property owners. So I just want to make that distinction for you. Yeah, no problem. I want to No problem. Thank you. No, I I I read the packet
today and um I went by the property. Last time I played volleyball, I think it was in the army, so forgive my lack of knowledge on the professional side of u you said you you put 5,000 children through your program. Five around 500 per year.
500 per year. And you've been in business 10 years. 10 years. Okay. And you had five locations, you said. Do you have them right now at one time or We have them all around. We have adapt we have yeah all of them are running at the same time.
So you would be consolidating to to the one location. All righty. And and I noticed that you had you said 26 employees. Correct. Okay. Uh with that I was looking at the lease and I was really taken back by the
amount of uh rent that's on the place. Um wasn't over I think what the heck was it? um $35,000 a month. Now, you're going to be able to afford that or I don't know how this works. Is this a league or people pay dues? Please
forgive my say I'm not trying to browbe or anything. I I just don't understand the uh so concept. Each player depending on the level that they're that they that they play uh has a package. the package is the amount of dollars that they have to pay and what
include um for example for travel for travel players um it's around $5,000 with for the season and that include the money not just the training but also the money that we used to pay the rent. Okay. So so and so 35 it came out I
think $35,20 a month. So that's quite a league in my book. Good luck to you. And you had to put a security deposit down of 105,000. Okay. All righty. And um I just noticed that when I was looking
at the uh the cost of the remodeling, you went anywhere from 395,000 to 816,000. That was quite a big gap in between between the first proposal and the second proposal. Okay. Uh the one other thing I wanted to ask you about parking. You're going to
have adequate parking. You're going to use the field. I went over there today. You're going to use that as a soccer field. We have where you going to put your parking or do you have additional parking or how you going to do that? In the back of the building, there's space for 103 parking spaces.
Oh, there 103. Holy smokes. No kidding. Yeah. Geez. Wow. A lot. Good for you. I know. I've seen the field in front of the building, but I I Yeah. In the back of the building is basically the same by parallel with the traction.
Uhhuh. Yeah. Okay. The same space you see in the front, you see it in the back. Okay. Well, thank you. You cleared up a lot of my uh my questions, especially give you the rent. All right. Thank you. I was just wondering, you know, look and I'm looking at the uh
you know, the delinquency on the tax and I'm saying, what the heck is going on? and uh my suspicious nature of being a former cop for 33 years. That's what I was looking at this and saying, "Okay, let me find out what's going on." Thank you for answering those questions and good luck to you.
You're welcome. Thank you very much. So, just just one question actually to take back. You want to turn on your mic? No, it's on now. Yes. Yes. Okay. Sorry. um the construction cost because there is a big gap in what you'll be getting if we if we go ahead
with the with the motion to what the estimated construction cost is going to be. So where where else is that going to be coming from a partnership with love uh they are giving us um money to to repair. They're giving us $200,000 to
replace to to repair and then if we get the the grant from here that will also help. And then whatever we have saved, okay, will will cover the expenses. So you'll be able to make sure that you'd be able to fill in that gap. I guess that's what my question. We are we are counting on the facility
to be up and running by November. I I I thought I read it someplace. How much were you you all going to put into the building for the remodeling? I'm sorry. How much were you how much cash were you putting into the project? Log the the professional volleyball
league is giving us $200,000. So two and we're giving 200. Okay. like you do with the other ones. That would be if we get the ground from here 400,000 and the rest will come from whatever we have. Yeah. So the the total that is going to go
into it is say between six and eight Yeah. Yeah. 200,000 is what they're asking for. Okay. Mr. chairman with the project. I'm sorry. Just for the board's um edification and and to make them feel more comfortable,
the grant agreement is very clear that when before the CRA makes any dispersements to the grantee that they have to provide information that they have the remaining funds to finish the project each time. So you read we don't get out quote in front of them, right?
Um you know with any funding. Yeah, that's what I would be concerned that we would get the money. understand the concern. So, I'm sure the legal thing that I I saw and I I checked earlier was um the person that found you this place, he
gets 2% or 58,000. Is that that's normal, I guess, in the business, right? As a as a broker. Yeah, if it's a broker, I'm sure. Yeah, I think it was um big 57,120 or 2% and that's paid by the person that
owns the building. Yeah. Thank you. I was just No problem. I'm retired, but I'm still suspicious. Yeah. Okay. All right. Uh do I have a motion to approve the item? So moved. All right. Is moved by Ashi. Second. Second.
Second by Commissioner each. All in favor say I. I. Opposed. Okay. Thank you. Thank you and good luck. Um, okay. Moving on to agenda item three, which is approval of business rehab rehabilitation grant um for Nomi
Village. Director. So, the Nomi Village LLC is currently operating a thriving entertainment hub that is located on Northwest 7th Avenue and it northwest 7th Avenue is designated as a priority corridor within the North Miami CRA. The applicant is
currently seeking $1.2 2 million over the term of three years of grant funding to be able to more than double their occupational their operational footprint at the current location. This funding will help to enhance their operations and bring additional economic development opportunities to the area.
The projected total cost of the project is $3 million and the scope is to include the buildout of a culinary incubator container. Um an event pavilion tent with a modular bar, perimeter fencing, a lighting system, entrance features, landscaping
enhancements, and more. Again, we do have the um the business owners who are here to answer any other questions. And as a reminder, as a prior to corridor within the CRA, Northwest 7th Avenue does has it have its own dedicated source of funding. So, this would not be
paid out of the commercial grant um money. It will be coming out of the Northwest 7th Avenue's allocation. Okay. Mr. Sor. Hello, Arthur Sor 1195 Northwest 127th
Street representing Nomi Village. Um we are definitely we've been in business about three years. Um of course we all remember how Nomi Village got there was a project that was spearheaded by the city and a bid went out and Nomi Village
is the individuals that won the bid. Um we've already invested about $1.3 million in the site. I think everybody's probably been there at some point and knows somebody who's been there and um we're looking to expand at this point. We do have an additional n and a half
years left on the current lease agreement. Um, right now we're rat locked in for four and a half of those. And I'm positive we'll get locked in for the last five of the year, five years. And um, again, we're looking to expand.
Um, most of the stuff is um, and I'm not positive. I didn't get to see the um, the document you have, but we're trying to move our our business to a daytime, you know, 7-day a week um, operation. Right now, most of the time our events
take place at night, go to about two o'clock in the morning. We're trying to move that up. That's the purpose of the big tent to get these events over by 11 pm, but we can start earlier because, you know, the sun is brutal here in South Florida. So, um that's it. We have
incubator containers that we will actually partner with the CRA also to bring in um chefs, you know, that are here that are learning to get in the business. They'll be able to come and cook at our incubator containers. um on the days we're operating and also you
know for Uber Eats and things like that. Um the lighting of course will also benefit 7th Avenue if you do pass by in the evening time. It is a dark corridor so the lighting is actually a benefit both to us as well as the 7th Avenue corridor as well as the perimeter
fencing. The perimeter fencing will dress up 7th Avenue. Uh, one important thing to make, um, and we've been, you know, saying it the whole time, um, the CRA has money for 7th Avenue. The only thing the city controls on 7th Avenue is
Nomi Village. So, this is easy win-win for both parties because you guys can get it fixed up where, you know, somebody's going to fix it up who has to be there. Um, and we're going to be benefiting from it of cleaning up Seventh Avenue and attracting more business the same way. So, that's um
pretty much the long and short of it. Um again, we're 1.3 million already invested in. We're looking at that going as our match. Um and our original grant request was about 1.7 million. Um I was um beat down by
the director and um so we're at 1 two right now, but we're here to answer any questions. We do have the owners here as well um to answer any questions. Um but that's it. Okay. Uh before we open public hearing,
two questions to staff. Uh Mr. Direct, Madame Director. Um is the city still paying the lease on that? Is the city at North Miami, not the CRA, but the city still paying for the lease on that? So the city has a lease with the
property owner and then in turn the city then subleasases it out to Nomi Village. So each tenant has their rent obligations. Okay. Um the second question under the LDRs that are going forward um on 7th
and that includes Nomi village as well. Correct. Yes. Okay. And Nomia village will not be adversely affected by those LDR changes. Um except perhaps the hours. No, they won't affect them. the LDR the hours of operation only were speaking
towards businesses that had closed door oper it didn't speak to it anything that's already in existence for open air activities has remained untouched by the current changes this the LDR changes only affected operating businesses with closed spaces so Nomi village it's not
helped by it but it's not hurt by it either it's not affected okay so I'm going to open a public hearing anybody want to come Copy all came. No. Anybody want to come up and Okay. Going once, going twice. Okay. Um
uh close public hearing. Um Ashi, any comments from you? Um no, not at this time. Okay. Commissioner each. Yeah. Um, I got a couple of questions and um, your client there's we I've been to
numerous homeowner meetings and so forth and so on on the LDRs and the complaint that's I mean universal is the noise that comes out of Nomi Village after 11:00 and the other
complaint that is uh, parking. Uh, is there any remedy to this? in this proposal that your client is making, uh, is there any kind of way you going to be able to mitigate the noise? I I don't know how you do that stadium open.
Yeah, as stated, um, we are looking to move our operations up to start earlier in the evening times. That's why we are, and it does that, I'm sure it does say that in our U packet. Um, because we need we need the tent actually to move
the hours up. um that takes away from us going until two o'clock in the morning. Um as far as parking, we have interlocal, we have actually agreement in place with um the tri rail station with Miami Day County. So when we do
have big events, we bus, we have shuttles that we shuttle people over to our events. We have a parking agreement with Trinity Church and as well a parking agreement with Javon Lumber. So we utilize all three of those. The tri rail station. Where is that dude? 151st Golden Glades. The Golden Glade station.
Golden Glades. So you would have to bush back and on on a couple occasions we've had very big events. We've actually rented the Pepper Park parking lot from the city as well, Peppa Park and Ben Franklin. So we've taken that. Um, but again, a lot of our
customers do Uber and I know it's it's not a great thing, but I think um the economic um boost does happen to those residents that live around there. Um, if you do go there in the evening times, the residents are charging people $50 to
park in their parking lot parking spaces. Is that right? Yeah. Over to me. I'll charge you my You're missing out. Okay. But we do recognize the noise. um is an issue. Um we did um we've been experimenting with moving the stage
around on occasions and I think um when we had Compa Fest which was um you know I think last month in May actually May um was the loudest system we had and we didn't get no complaints. We had moved it a certain way and it didn't go. It
just bounced back and forth between the two buildings. So I think we've kind of figured that out through trial and error. Um but yeah, but we are looking to move up earlier operations. Okay. The other question I have um how about the impact fees to the county? How how does that work?
Well, we've um that was our biggest issue. Our biggest hurdle was impact fees in the WASA. So apparently they had us down as a 48,000 square foot restaurant and we're trying to charge us about $260,000
in water and sewer fees. U also another $200,000 in impact fees. We fought that fight for about two and a half years. We finally got it re uh reduced. Um they reduced the water fees to about 100 60
62,000 and the impact fees were dropped down to 56,000. Um I believe we paid the impact fees today. Um so we we should be getting our release from the county if we haven't already gotten it by tomorrow. Okay. All right. Um
couple other questions. I I I had on that. Um when I look at you you um the total cost of the project is 2.5 and you uh your clients asking for 1,222,000.
Then when I look at the estimates for the construction of the place here here again I I'm I'm wondering what's going on. I'm seeing um regos engineering services 1,391,000
uh metro contract is 1,256,000 and then I see the other guy the last one here sustainable design and construction service 1,272,000 and we requested 1,222,000 for the construction and coming back
I I want to think our I'm not sure maybe if I'm wondering where Duke where where that 200 2,500,000 is going if we're covering most of the construction cost. Well, again I I think um we are requesting we've already invested $1.3
million um that we've invested already. If you go to the site when we did get the site we had a blank canvas. So what what you're saying is out of that 2.5 you guys already invested 1.3. Yes, sir. Okay. So, that's included in that.
So, what we're doing is actually we're covering the cost. The CRA is covering the cost of the uh the balance. Well, covered about half the cost of what it cost. Well, actually, all the construction that there. Yes. Is that is that how this works? Are we supposed to be doing that?
So, it's not all of the construction. We do have itemized on the staff memo that you see. Those listed items are the items that the CRA will be covering and that does come up to the 1.2 million. There are other items that they will be taking care of that the CRA is not covering. They will use that as a match
for our money. Well, I I notice I see a lot of exclusions to the contract there that uh the contractors won't cover uh such as dust control and stuff of that nature. And I'm just wondering, are they going to come back with a change order? And do
we have to pay for that change order? No, no, no, no. So, whenever you do get an award, your award is the award. So there are change orders. Those change orders are they're dealt with on the applicant's end, not on the CRA's end. Our budget, we have to budget with C um numbers that
are certain. So when we allocate the $1.2 million, we've allocated $1.2 million. If their costs increase, they would have to come back before the board to get another approval to go above the amount that was done. And that has happened with every
So right now we're we're we're the CRA is partners with uh Duke's clients. Well, well, the city of North Miami is already a partner with the Could you explain to me this was Denmark's property at one time, right? Uh and then they are the current property owner
was condemned and I don't know why. I understand we we're paying so much money to that estate or that. Is that right? What do we pay a month? Do we know? I have the paper. I mean, I don't know that number off the top of my head. The CFO is the one who
your client pays the city. Yes, that is correct. And how does that work? How does is there a uh there's a lease agreement? Sub lease. Yeah, but I mean a subleasase agreement. We get so much for every function that you have there. So, there is a rental there
there's a rental term and then there's a revenue sharing um per um part to that agreement. And so, those are just the terms that happen. Well, what what I'm trying to get at is I mean is the CRA and the city subsidizing this or are we No, no, no. So, and that's why I want to
keep the conversations very separate. There is a city component and there's a CRA component and I know the same faces make it very difficult to keep them separate but what happens on the city side is completely separate and apart from what's happening on the CRA side. The CRA investment, this will be the
first time the CRA is investing in Nomi Village and that investment if approved will be $1.2 $.2 million over the course of three years. And that over over the course of three years. Over three. That is correct. And that money will be going to what is in the staff memo here,
those line items that are delineated right here, the culinary incubator container, the event pavilion tent, all the way down to the to the site um utility upgrades. It will not go towards the contingency or the permitting. Those are not CRA eligible expenses. So, CRA
eligible expenses, think of them as the things that you can see or infrastructure throughout the ground. You brought up Thank you because I seen that on there that they weren't going to pay. No, no, no. So, that's not what a CRA, we are not even able to pay for that. We can't pay for your contingency. We have
to put the dirt in the ground. We have to put the things that you will see that cannot be moved because we're improving the CRA boundaries, not the particular business. So the movable elements, those soft costs, the um applicant will pay for those themselves. And that's why we
have to go through and get a scope of work, identify the eligible expenses and things that are beneficial and well, first of all, eligible and then beneficial towards the CRA. Those are what we cover and we have identified those costs and they've come up to $1.2 million. Okay.
Question. Um you brought up uh Den Denmark. I didn't. Um Okay. Committee member. Yes. Um I know there were some problems with him. Is the city current with their lease agreement and and is is Nomi
Village current with the uh Miami? Sorry. So I am reticent to respond to city obligations at the CRA meetings. I mean I I have to do my best to try and keep them very separate. I will say that the CRA will not pay out
any monies to any recipient unless they are meeting all of their obligations. So, in order to receive their reimbursements, they do need to show that they're in compliance with all of the city requirements and with their lease and things of that nature. So, we will pay out this and that's where the
CRA focuses. City questions will need to be responded to in a city setting. It's very important for us to keep them very separate which is why I constantly it's sort of difficult at this moment. It's not difficult for me it's difficult for other people. I separate them very very easily but the same face makes it
harder for us. It's hard to wear two hats. Mhm. So I understand that. So the city Well technically you you shouldn't be answering that now. That is correct when you're sitting on the city. Well, it doesn't come up tomorrow in the city context. It comes up tomorrow in the CRA context. So I will not be able to answer it then. But what what I will
be able to say and be able to comfort the CRA interested parties is that CRA dollars will not be spent unless the applicant is in full compliance with all of our requirements. And that means that they need to be able to show that they have whatever licenses that they need to
have and they are permitted to be where they're um permitted to be. And at that point, they will be able to receive funding. So if you approve an award tonight and the board goes along with your recommendation and approves the award, that means that then the award is done. But they don't get the actual money until they show that they are in
compliance with they need to be in compliance with you. You you can't answer the question. Yeah. Yeah. You establish that. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. You wouldn't know if the sub you you would be considered your client would be considered a subleas, right? Yes.
And they in turn would pay the city and then the city would pay them. That's okay. You don't you wouldn't know if the sub leash Yeah. the CRA is not involved in that and then the city so we don't know if we're making money on this losing money if the city the CRA is not involved in that portion
okay um city thank you thank you commissioner commissioner right oh me uh thank you so much uh for presenting before us today I really wish that on this property you guys could build a big grand parking lot because
parking is an issue noise is an issue uh that's obviously ongoing So hopefully in the future things will kind of get better with that. I wanted to touch on economic impact. Do we have any numbers about how this uh location has improved
the economic impact when it comes to North Miami that corridor area? Uh I believe I mean we don't have anything you know with us. No we don't. Um we maybe we'll be able to pull something together for tomorrow. Um but I think we're the
only thing that drives stuff. the only destination right now on Northwest 7th Avenue, one of the rare destinations in the city of North Miami. Um, so I think not only for economic impact, but for just overall um, would you call it on
the map impact, I guess, on the map, but we do draw that for the city of North Miami. um businesses, you know, across the street. Yes, they are going to see more business when it comes to us having events, fingerlicking across the street. Other people are charging people to
park. Um but they're also visiting those restaurants, you know, that are around there, too. Um we've seen, I think since we've been there, the Eat Your Way Miami has popped up since we've been there. Um we have Chef Creole across the street that's just come also. So, some of those
are going to definitely reap the benefit of Anomi Village um continuing to operate there. And I mean, again, this project was done, you know, to to bring, you know, of I to 7th Avenue for other businesses to come and participate. So,
I think right now it's working because, you know, I guess before those last couple of businesses did come to North Miami, it's been like that since I was a kid on Northwest 7th Avenue. So, I think what we're doing is working. Um, it's working slow, but again, we're only three years in on a 14-year lease.
So, I think, you know, over the course with these definite upgrades that we're going to put together, I think it takes us to the next level and also takes the city to the next level. Sure. Okay. One question. uh with the business incubator aspect of
uh that's projected. Are these new business owners or you guys are teaching people to become business owners or teaching people uh to become chefs and cooks and operate their own thing, giving them an opportunity, you know, a fully built out container and you come in if you're cooking out of your house
right now, you know, we're giving you the stage to come and cook for people, you know, to tell your people, "Hey, I'm going to be there cooking to see if you can actually do it." you know, and I think that actually will lead to more people actually coming to the CRA looking for grants once they come and
they've seen that they can operate, you know, um, at that stage and at that level during our events. All right. Thank you. No problem. Thank you. Thank you so very much for your presentation. Um, Mr. Story, um, correct me if I'm wrong. Is there any
other open space like this in Miami Day County? Um, not really. Not anymore. No, the Warf closed and I believe the Urban is closing now. So, we will and that's why we're here now because we recognize the opportunity for us to capitalize on the
market. Um, we've actually had calls from South Beach Food and Wine Festival. We're doing Brewfest now. We've had UFC. We've had Art Basle. Um, we just aren't set up for it yet. we're here now to make sure that we get set up for it for the future to make
sure that we can host those activities and those type of things. So, thank you so very much. Um because I I did know that to be a fact that this is the only wide open space in Miami Day County to hold this amount of people and
it is here in the city of North Miami. Also, I know that the director uh wants to keep things separate and I I I respect that. But just for clarity, I want to put on the record that prior to
Nomi Village, the city was in a contract to pay uh this individual on a monthly basis for to to to curate something that the city has no
business doing. So I think that Nomi Village actually came and assist us because we were in a contract and we had to fulfill that contract talking about with Denmark. Yeah. that the estate in the market that's in it's in the uh in the
so so just to clarify things uh Nomi Village came and assist they brought value because we were already under contract and we had to meet those obligations for to curate uh an
an entire business model that we don't do. And so when they came in and they took over as subleasasers, correct? And they came into contract with the city, to my knowledge, they invested money and
turned it into an outdoor space, which is what the city would have had to do in order to meet their obligation with the individuals that they that they were in in this lease agreement with. And they could not they were not able to do it.
They didn't have the capacity to do it. And so I I just wanted to lay that as a foundation for us to understand what is going on here from the standpoint that we were in a bind and we needed someone to take on this responsibility as a
subleasaser because we had to make these payments monthly. And so had they not come three years ago, the city was would have been paying out thousands of dollars every month for a space that that was not even they were they were not even able to utilize it. I don't
think we unders I I just want to make that clear. Well, let me just ask your question with that. That's that's a good point you brought up and I I when we did the Super Bowl, was that under the third the sub lease? No. Or was that specific? That was under the regular lease of the
city. That was under the regular lease. Yeah. The city paid. Yeah. That city. Exactly. Course I understand the neighborhood of a million bucks. Yeah. And the city never broke even on it. No. So then they came up with this idea of subleasased it out. So the city doesn't spend any more money on it.
And you guys came and then you put a 1 million tree in there. Yes. And because I remember didn't the city they they had the artificial turf that they put that everybody stoleed. Yeah. Disappeared. I never got my statues and and just to also
Yeah. Yeah. I I have just one question. What? Well, before you ask your question, Mr. Ech, I just would like to close. It was I just would like to close. And so, you know, I want to thank the owners of Nomi Village for bringing this concept to the
city of North Miami. I have been at your location several times and even whether it's just for outdoor events or for children events on Sundays and I think that it was a a space that we were not
utilizing but was paying for and you came and you activated that space and as a resident who's been here for the past 10 years I see a lot of great value um in that space operating and I see great value in you finding different ways to
expand it and to mitigate some of the issues that I have heard concerns about which is the noise. And so I am happy to support this project knowing that you will continue to develop the space and you are considerate of the fact that
there are individuals who are homeowners who are concerned about the late nights and so thank you so very much. I fully support this. Okay, Mr. reach you. Duke, what the heck is a kitchen incub incubator? I said, what the heck are we doing? Making little stoves or what the
hell is that? Well, it'll be a fully built out container that'll be a full-fledged kitchen that somebody come in. Yes. And you're having You got three of them? Yeah. I I I What the heck? Yeah. So, you could come and cook your pasta right there. Yeah. In our space. You don't You don't need to bring That's what they call Okay. Yeah. I was
wonder and and one important thing that I just would like to add um Nomi Village took over during the middle of CO. So I mean that's I think a lot of people forget that part that CO happened when they made their bid for the city and they were the only people to bid
and nobody else wanted to take a chance and pay the rent and they were like you know it'll end we'll step up and we'll we'll take it now. My Okay, with with regard to that rent are we're up to date on the rent to the city? Well, we're behind. We've been closed for the last u couple months. Um
we've had some back and forth go on. Um but we'll be back. We're working on a amended lease agreement on the city side. Um that'll take care of it. So, we'll be fine. So, in other words, the city isn't going to get stiffed and you're not going to get picked up. We're not going nowhere. I mean, we
have 1.3 invested. We can't go nowhere. We haven't got our money back. I just wonder there's there's a You know what? There's a lot of rumors going on and and I'd rather be above board than below board because all that does when we go below board, it just increases the rumors. I got you. Uh you know, if you guys are
up to date on the rent and everybody's making money and everybody's happy, fine. And and if we're not, we're going to make up the rent. We're going to get it back to the city. We want to be clear on that. The other thing, too, is with the permits. There was a lot of scuttlebutt out there about the permits. And I think we got to get it above board. Yeah.
Mike, you have a I'm sure. Thank you, D. No problem. Thank you. Um Okay. Anybody else for anything? Um okay. Um my only comment is Duke, I got to chime in with everybody else. Okay. Um every time you have a party, my phone
starts ringing the next morning. So, uh, we we appreciate the addressing the noise, um, and hours issue because, um, our good friend Charlie Ernst always, you know, you know, you know, where Charlie lives and he can hear the music
all the way where he lives. So, um, my phone starts ringing from the people, the friends I know on the west side. So, we appreciate you addressing that. No problem. Thank you. Okay. Uh, do we have a motion to approve? Moved by Naomi Blumier. Second.
Second. Second by um actually um all in favor say I. I. Okay. Opposed. Okay. No. Huh? No. Opposed. You opposed? Yeah. Okay. All right. So um four yays, one
opposed. Um okay. So now I think we're down to the CRA attorney's report. No report tonight, sir. Okay. And the executive director's report. Just a quick reminder, we are on recess
until September. Well, your committee will meet again September 8th. And then the next board meeting is scheduled for September 9th. Thank you. Enjoy your summer. You too. I'd like to make a comment if I may.
You have done one hell of a job. Thank you. Nine months ago, I I mean that uh not not too many people could I've been a government a long time and not too many people would take on the responsibility and work as hard as you did. Okay. You are the city manager and
the executive director and you did both jobs excellently. Yeah. You really Thank you. And I I I don't put my nose into a lot of business, but I do hear from the employees that you've been one hell of a great boss to work for. and I thank you as a citizen for doing the job you did
and I think all of us collectively thank you. And I I'd like to I'd like to second that plus the fact that I've heard from many employees who like you a lot and when you're a city manager and you have employees who like you that's a
big accomplishment, right? So that's a real big accomplish. So um you know accolades to you and absolutely. Yeah. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Good. So okay. Do I have um any any final public comments?
None said. Um, do I have a motion to adjurnn? So move. So move. All in favor? I I