discussion this item will be recorded as individually numbered item adopted unanimously by the following motion that the consent agenda comprised of tab a be adopted do I hear a motion for the consent agenda so move think that was there a second by
BRS you need to turn your mic on oh yes turn on your mic please thank you I have a motion made by board member Charles to approve the consent agenda comprised of tab a the motion was second by board member Burns all in favor any opposed the motion
carries with a 30 vote agenda item number one presentation for fiscal year 24 North Miami CRA audit by HCT agenda item one your name and address for the record sir good afternoon everyone my name is
Roderick Harvey partner with HCT we are the CPA firm of record for North Miami CRA we are Happ to be presenting the audit results for the year ended September 30 2024 hopefully you all have had a chance to read your audit book it makes for
great late night reading we have performed our audit in accordance with our engagement letter which was dated November 25th of 2024 I am proud to announce announc at this time and we'll go through some more granular detail as a result of our audit and testing we have issued an unmodified
or clean audit report with an audit date of February 12th 2025 over the next few minutes we will look at or discuss audit results we'll go through some supplementary slides and talk about the tripod of responsibilities the scope of our audit
was to audit the financial statements of the north Miami CRA to ensure that the financial statement ments are presented in accordance with gap generally accepted accounting principles and we audit in accordance with gas generally accepted auditing standards there were
no changes to our planned audit risk or our plan strategy again we have completed and issued all audit reports there are no outstanding matters and all significant accounting policies and procedures are noted in note one of the
financial statement significant accounting estimates are deemed as allowance for doubtful account and depreciation risk significant risk as review viewed by us as Auditors management overrides of control Revenue recognition and there were three gasby
pronouncement that were in effect for the year gasby 99 gby 100 and gby 101 looking at some required Communications we as Auditors must should present to you there are no
uncorrected financial statement issues no all corrected items nothing to report and financial presentation and disclosure omissions no items to report moving further on control deficiencies we noted none no significant issues to
report as relates to related party issues and if our financial statements are used in any other document we ask that the CRA make us aware we are required again to provide to you this deck one of the things you
can quickly glance and see that based on our audit and our testing we have no matters to report in the several areas that we are required to communicate to you as those charged with governance we are deemed independent
based on gby standards over the next few minutes we will discuss financial reporting expenses revenue and capital assets jumping to expenses first for the period ended September 30
2024 expenses total 17.4 million as compared to 9.6 for 2023 we selected a sample of significant expenditure items and tested those items for completeness accuracy and presentation we also
additionally tested to ensure that the expenses were in accordance with Florida statute 163 387 subsection 6 Revenue again for the 24th period 14.8 as compared to 10
million for the 23 period we tested those revenue streams for existence accuracy and presentation Capital assets remain relatively flat over the 2-year periods 549,000 as compared to 599,000
for the same period we evaluated the control environment how does the CRA do what it does we do not issue an opinion on it but we do evaluate and look for any control defici icies there are two types of deficiencies that could be
noted uh if we were to find any a significant deficiency is a effic deficiency in control environment that is less severe than a material weakness yet important enough to be brought to the attention of those charged with with management or governance uh and a
material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies that there exists a reasonable possibility that a materialist statement in the financial statements will not be detected or corrected on a timely basis we are happy to report that there are no management
letter comments or findings in the prior year and the current year as relates to the tripod of responsibility management is responsible for the financial statements for making any corrections management is responsible for the design and
implementation of the control envirment uh the audit committee or those charging governance are over the establishment and maintenance of programs and designs to ensure that the financial statements either prevent detect or uh pick up on
any fraud or any irregularities our responsibility is to report any of those findings to management and to the board again we have covered our require required Communications to you and at
this time Madam chair if you will allow I will do my very best to any questions that yourself or the other elected officials may have of me thank you thank you Mr Harvey um question how long have
you been our CRA auditor I want to say it was fair long it's been a while no and I just want to thank you for your service um I remember back 2015 2016 when we were still doing paperwork we were bringing the invoices downstairs so I know it's been quite a
while so I wanted to thank you for that but before I bring it up here for questions I'll open it up for public hearing public hearing is open on agenda item number one seeing none public hearing is now closed discussion gentlemen no questions from up here
councilman Charles microphone your microphone uh yeah better huh seems like we spent some money on sounds good uh just just quickly um thank you for your
service and um just want to say thank you to uh know that everything is stable in here it comes financial and everything uh on the um sub subject matter of um expenses I see that uh in um
2024 there was a jump like let's say 17.4 million for that fiscal year compared to um 2023 9.6 million so would you be able to uh you know explain or help me
understand what um because that such a big jump like almost double mhm I would have to provide you the uh detailed explanation I can provide that at a later time of why the increase over the 2-year period from uh to 17.4
million I provide that to you by tomorrow thank you very much sir I think that's a Ved for me all right thank you councilman councilman vers do you want to I'm sorry I think management can help me sure um it's uh because of the loan
we were able to get a 50 52 million um dollar bond for that fiscal year and from 9 million we were able there was an increase to almost um 15 million for the um revenues from both our the city and
the county okay does doeses that also account for when we renegotiate our interlocal as well yes okay thank you no problem Council Burns no questions Madam chair may I ask a questions chair please thank you very
much as always for your report um also on expenses you mentioned that the um expenses were tested for compliance with Section 163 387 subsection 6 of far statute I just want to confirm on the record that the expenses of the CRA um
were in compliance with Florida Statutes correct correct yes sir thank you thank you Mr Senor attorney all right seeing no more discussion do we have a motion on the item is this a motion or is this just a
presentation okay perfect all righty all righty moving over to agenda item number two agenda item two advisory committee appointments of Kenneth each for District 1 a resident this would be a reappointment Michael mcer made for District 1 at large appointment he is a
resident and it is a also a reappointment thank you approval second I have a motion made by board member Burns to approve appr I'm sorry she was asking question do we have to open it for public hearing you can it's
we took a vote we're taking a vote I'm sorry before that um public hearing is open on agenda item number two seeing none I know there was a motion in a second I have a motion made by board member Burns to approve the item at Agenda item two the motion was seconded
by board member Charles all in favor I any opposed motion carries with a 30 Z vote agenda item three a resolution approving agreement for green era resolution number 2025 -001 a resolution of the chair and board members of the north Miami community redevelopment
agency authorizing the executive director and North Miami CRA attorney to negotiate and finalize an amendment to the agreement with green era sustainable Consulting Inc to continue to provide quality control and inspection services for the housing Rehabilitation grants program on an as needed basis for an
amount not to exceed $2,300 per each project and an estimated total amount not to exceed $557,500 based on an anticipated total number of 25 housing Rehabilitation projects authorizing the executive
director to execute the amendment to the agreement with green a sustainable Consulting Inc authorizing the executive director take all action necessary to implement the terms of the amendment to the agreement and providing an effective date agenda item three do we have presentation no we do
not have a presentation we do have a a a staff member okay uh again this is just uh the um the housing consultant we have been working with for the past 3 years uh we started working with um green era in
2022 uh where the price was at 22 uh 20 ,000 per property last year there was a renewal for um the property the rehab that we were doing for the residential uh there was an increase from uh 2000 to 2250 and this year we are we are
requesting the uh the approval of a renewal for the contract for the 25 properties that we're hoping to do this fiscal year and there is an increase from 2250 to 2300 thank you um before we begin discussions
up here I'll open up agenda item number three for public hearing public hearing is now open for agenda item number three seeing none discussion councilman Burns do you have any questions I have none councilman Mo for oh before Oh question
just one question um Madame executive director um do we have a not to exceed amount on this contract yes yes we do so I recall when we had um the discussion a couple of meetings ago we discussed maybe opening up reopening up the housing rehab and
when we do that we would you know open up another application maybe in the springtime so I just want to make sure maybe we amend it and not to remove to remove the not to exceed amount because if we do open up the housing rehab I'm I'm assuming that you're going to have more houses to inspect no well the
amount of houses to inspect will be based on the lottery so for instance if we know that we have a budget to do x amount of houses that's what gives us the number of houses so she um the contractor won't have more houses to inspect it's just whether or not we have additional contractors to work on the same number of houses and get those
numbers done quicker okay just wanted to ensure that that was for the record so I know we discussed maybe reopening the housing rehab program so I wanted to make sure that this didn't Camp it out okay no problem I know it was motioned by councilman PI from Charles do I have a second second I have a motion made by
board member Charles to approve agenda item three the motion was second board member Burns all in favor any opposed motion carries with 30 Z vote agenda item number four agenda item four resolution approving interlocal agreement to purchase a vehicle
resolution number 2025-the elopment agency authorizing the executive director and North Miami CRA attorney to negotiate and finalize an interlocal agreement with the city of North Miami to reimburse the city of North Miami in the amount of 60 $1,000 for the purchase of a sport utility
vehicle for the north Miami CRA utilizing contracts issued through the Florida sheriff's Association FSA and the State of Florida Department of Management Services DMS pursuant to The Cooperative purchasing provisions of section 7169 of the city's code of ordinances
authorizing the executive director to execute the interlocal agreement with the city of North Miami authorizing the executive director to take all action necessary to implement the terms of the interlocal agreement and providing an effective date agenda item four agenda item four do we have a brief
presentation we do oh okay all right good evening uh thank you Madame Vice chair and board members for the record Alberto EST purchasing director the item before you is a request um to authorize the north Miami C executive director and
CRA attorney to negotiate and finalize an interlocal agreement with the city of North Miami authorizing the cra's reimbursement uh for the purchase of a sport utility vehicle uh these this is using utilizing contracts that were
issued through the Florida sheriff's Association which is a Cooperative a purchasing cooperative and also State of Florida Department of Management Services uh the not to exceed amount as was uh so uh clearly eloquently mentioned by the city clerk is a not to
exceed $61,000 and attached uh to the item is a copy of the actual uh quote or invoice from the vendor and you'll have it you should have it there in your records thank you Mr dist um I'll Now
open up public hearing for agenda item number four seeing none public hearing is now closed move approval second all right Madam Vice chair yes before you take the vote I have a one one question for um Mr distr Mr Str can you confirm for the
record police that the vehicle will be titled in the name of the north Miami CRA uh yes it would all right that's important for insurance purposes since CRA employees will be driving we had an issue another CRA where a vehicle remain
titled in the city got into an accident there was no insurance coverage so um I just wanted to make sure that that was going to be the case thank you thank you thank you I have a motion made by board member Burns to approve agenda item four the motion was second board member Charles all in favor I any opposed the
motion carries with a 30 vote thank you agenda item five a resolution approving extension of agreement with mellin housing Inc resolution number 20253 a resolution of the chair and board members of the north Miami community redevelopment agency approving
the Second Amendment to infrastructure Grant agreement between the North Miami CRA and mellan housing LLC authorizing the executive director to execute the Second Amendment to infrastructure Grant agreement authorizing the executive director to take all action necessary to implement the terms of the Second Amendment to infrastructure Grant
agreement and providing an effective date agenda item five thank you presentation briefly this item is just um an extension request by the grantee mellan hson was already granted a grant agreement with the north
Miami CR for the development of what is normally known as Ro parks and the RO Park development it is a 174 multif family unit project with 100% affordable housing they have well part of the agreement mentioned that we were going
to fund the cleanup of the site for $2 million and then the rest of it would go towards infrastructure improvements they have been diligently working with miam County durm through several rounds of cleanup at this point they have now come to an agreement with durm however that process has slowed them down into when
they're able to begin and so because of that they're requesting an extension to begin their project and to extend all the timelines by an additional 6 months do we think 6 months is feasible or I think 12 months maybe we do have a representative hair and that was through the chair
wouldn't um if I mean um yes I was thinking along the same line that you probably are that uh it's probably more feasible to to go ahead and give a little buffer of nine months or even 12 months because durm at the county is is backed up there's a lot of things and we
know this this property very well on the city the city went around and around around for years and years and every time you think you got somewhere there was an expansion of something and so um for the sake of pressuring everybody and everybody to get back here um I would be
fine if my my board members would uh I would extend it to 9 months or even 12 months you know so before um there is commentary from melan the only concern that the CRA would have is this is a loan funded project and we do need to spend all the monies within a certain
time frame with the 6 month extension we're still within the time frame with with which we can spend the funds 9 to 12 months is really cutting it very close so I think that was why the parties decided that 6 months was fine but if the development company can
guarantee that they will complete their project within the loan period Then it is up to the board to decide how much time that they are comfortable giving them okay before I'm sorry before you let me just open it up to the Public Public hearing is open on agenda item
number five seeing none public hearing is now closed your name and address for the record sir hello uh troman my name is Ryan grindler with mellan housing 2035 North Miami Avenue okay and you were going to H happy to be here thank
you so much for your continued support of this really important project uh rcks Park as you know is a great challenge there are multiple different types of contamination uh we have done a very very deep dive into this alongside durm
and our environmental consultants and attorneys uh we have engaged in a significant back and forth and we have uh spent uh hundreds of thousands of dollars testing retesting and trying to
determine exactly how this project can be built uh we have come a long long way there are no guarantees with Derm but we have have an a class Blue Chip team working on this every single day and we feel confident that we'll be able to
break ground within the extension that we've requested um certainly we'd come back if we needed a little bit more time a little buffer we wouldn't turn it down but it's in our interest to get this project done I know that the city and the CRA wants
this project done I can assure you we're going to move as fast as we possibly can for for everybody and just another question in terms of the funding I know you guys were waiting for ship tax credits or tax credits from the state were you guys able to secure those uh so
we are pursuing uh 4% low-income housing tax credits through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation and uh we uh we've received indications that we will receive those tax credits uh they're not
actually dispersed until we until we F actually finish the project that's when when we moved everyone in that's when the tax credits are actually issued um but we have assurances from Florida housing that there is plenty of tax credits available for this project okay
just wanted to ensure that all righty um so are you saying you're okay with the six months because this is your time to make your plea if you you know the you know councilwoman if you're willing to give nine months I I think that would be fantastic uh but certainly we we'll
we'll do the best we can with six so so I think we'll I'll make a motion to amend it to six months um no n month sorry I'll I'll second up thank you I have a motion made by Vice chair Timothy to extend the to make the
extension to 9 months there's two days okay in in the um resolution correct there's the 6 months for one of the deadlines and then the other one is what it's pushing all the deadlines back by 6
months okay so we're going to p all the deadlines back by 9 months I just want to clarify all in favor I any opposed motion carries with a three Z vote thank you so much we appreciate your continued support thank you very much thank you I think the city looks forward to getting
this project done yeah agenda item number six there was no okay so this is there's no resolution I believe this is going to be done by a board action Oh I thought you had to just read into the record an item six election for prop
okay is there anything to read to The Madam clerk no I'm sorry let me finish with one thing so I'm going to have it recorded as an approval of agenda item five and not just an extension on the 9 months because the motion was for 9 months
extension not an approval of the item correct all the item agenda item six election for property disposal Madame executive director we are here before you again for the
property disposals this is coming from the well the beginning of it since I've been here let me speak for what I know May 14 2024 we came before the board where you um the board did approve the revision of the real property guidelines
in July of 2024 we did put out the notice of property disposal we received nine submissions there were properties in those nine submissions we had seven qualified submissions based on the guidelines and one person had submitted
for each of the properties when we came back and presented it I believe in November in November of 2024 the board did request that staff reopen only to those who had already applied the opportunity to amend
their um submissions with more robust financial information and development contct Concepts we did that and everybody had until the end of January 2025 to do so only four of the people who had originally applied um who had um
submitted decided to amend their proposals those four proposals that were amended were re were was shared with the board and now we're here today to get direction from the board as
to who staff is to to negotiate with well the ranking and then who staff the person who has the highest ranking will be the one that staff is able to negotiate with getting the proposal okay Madam Vice chairs of 603 board member as
the mayor of V is present thank you one moment councilman so I know the last time we were here we all received a disposal score sheet yes so at that point what the process would be that we score and we pass pass the score sheet
to you on to tally is is that still taking place or that's yeah that's fine okay and with the other submissions you did rece everybody has received the guidelines and the score sheets so those should be there and you can just submit
to us what they are and we will be able to let you know who the successful applicant was okay um I know council member you had a question you're question for the staff the highest ranked the are all the applicants willing to
take any one of or just some air Mark just one particular house they wanted or would the four applicants take either one of the houses no when they applied they specified which property they were app for okay any other questions that's
it no that's it any questions from the days um councilman I know this is your on the um topic of the um scoree um with all the information that I have in
here uh the only place that I saw a score sheeet is in this document do we have a score sheeet for each and every one of them yeah in the original packet each proposal had a score sheet that was attached to that proposal in the original not dis packet not the new
packet not the new packet the original packet had because those original packets weren't scored then score sheets weren't used so the ones that were the proposal basically that the four people who decided to amend their proposal their original proposal is being replaced with the revised proposal so
that score sheet that was attached to the original proposal should still be available to I got I got to go deep can we just get copies of the new sure this for 10 minutes please no problem I don't have that
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we go name yeah we have to put the name of each one good evening everyone um we are now resuming our North M community redevelopment agency meeting we the time is now
6:16 do you have to do roll call again Madam Secretary yes chairman desme Vice chair Timothy here board member Burns board member ese Irvin present board member Charles present Vice chair you have a quum to
proceed thank you so now we will proceed with one moment now we will proceed with the property disposal yes and right now each um each board member will tally up each number and we'll hand it over to you for scoring yes okay um questions up
here yes point of privilege yes um just got some bad news that yes yeah that the um the mayor's mother passed away oh wow yeah just want to we just take a brief moment of silence for the mayor and his
mom thank you um we our thoughts our prayers are with mayor D whose mother um has tragically passed pass away um we know that he did not make it to the meeting cuz he is by her side this evening and our prayers are with him and
his family and his sister Madam executive director so if you can guide us through this process okay so now that you have been provided with the score sheets you would evaluate each submission that is before you rank accordingly there are several categories
you would then do that for each proposal and then submit your scoree sheets so I guess we'll start with one by one if we can start with Carl Bon sure Carl B like and we'll each score
and hand it over to you that's fine okay okay so the score sheets is development concept is 25 points feasibility of financial plan and realistic ability to complete the project within the proposed schedule and with the fewest Financial contingencies is 20 points
qualifications and experience of development team including experience with project of similar scale and complexity is 15 points city of North Miami residence is 15 points city of North Miami city of North miam CRA
employee is 15 points or res is yeah North miam resident is 25 and if you're employee you get an additional 15 points um can you let us know was this applicant a North Miami resident and which property is this and can you tell us yeah which and which
property applied for okay believe they are for the Disposable of real property at 975 Northwest 132 Street North B Florida 33168 so this is Carl B if we can just did you guys verify that they're a North Miami resident or employee to ensure
that we wouldn't know if we had to give them those points so Mr B is not an employee um but I do I don't have that packet with me I only have the resubmission packets based on his I'd be able to tell you whether or not he was a North Miami resident so you want that one C can I get
your okay I think I found awesome okay this is not a North Miami resident so Mr so Mr Carl be is not a North Miami resident nor is he a city employee that is correct so those scores were not apply
okay okay I will pass my oh weing no I don't have your score yes once you do that I yes so if you guys are prepared to
give the score sheets for Mr Carl B is it be there you go you done there you go did we not going to let the uh people make comments remember the presenters oh
open oh that's when we already started well we let yeah let's finish this okay the next next person is Stephanie oh I'm going to busher this last name Eun Kanye okay and that's for each
property so you're going to have to separate so she has one for two okay she has one for each yes okay so Stephanie so we have to score for both yes separately so for 975 you're going to submit those sheets and then for
12505 you'll submit those sheets so was this one that resubmitted or no there was a re they could provide the same score for each property correct however they choose okay but it's separate score are we doing particular property
first do you want these no we can do the 975 first okay M okay but you guys have to keep where's the oh and for the record is Stephanie IUN Kanye is she a North Miami resident or city employee she's not a
city she's not a city employee I'll have to see the address submitted to see if she is a resident okay she's not this app did not provide a residential or a business address for her company so I cannot verify if she is
a North Miami resident I can have a member of staff contact her and ask her right now so they're not in the Resident is not the applicant is not in the audience no were they given the opport were they told to be at this meeting were they adved they were invited to the meeting and you want to purchase a
house okay invited but not required invited but not required I can't require anybody to attend a meeting I used to have Suba power I don't anymore so the first one is going to be
for the 975 and then I'm going to hand over both of mine okay and please indicate on your scoring sheet for the property as well the the property address you may have to write the property address on there as well um just for the record on top of mine for
Stephanie next 97541 and then 12505 for the other one I do it that way I just put the name all right board members if you're done you can make sure the the name and
and the and the address on there C for both 975 and 12505 front page just just a SC yeah although we should give them
back their packets this is 125 this is I need one more I need a 12 there's one more I need this for go 12505 I need Stephanie for oh she yeah she's not done yeah she's not done last one yes
here's the last one thank you for 125 the next one up is Veronica Guzman can you confirm that their North M resident or or employee Miss Guzman is a North Miami resident she is not an city of North Miami employee however I would
like to direct your attention there is a packet on your desk of letters of support for Miss Gman that did come in through my email CRA secretary has a copy of them they're just a part of your packet we're not reading them into the record but they're for they're there and was this this applicant did they
resubmit their financial feasibility yes they did and they are present tonight so we will give each applicant present um a few minutes to speak one well not not at this moment at the once we're done
deliberating and this is for 12505 Northwest 11th Avenue yes give me a second's the concept I mean I don't know okay is it right so wait okay thank
you thank you but they're paper clips so please do not waste me please please inside you go thank you anyone done with Miss Veronica Gman this is for the 12 this is for one
to 5 are you done oh it's up there thank you here you go and we have three more remaining Nancy go corre Ellie and P that is correct thank
you Gman for 12505 is that all five or all four yes the next one is Nancy Lor and are they a city of North Miami resident or employee not on employee I need to see the address to see if they're a resident they are oh they are
okay we she's a okay let me just finish and this is for which property this is for the same one 12505 no that's 9
975 oh 9 75 mhm did this one submit a reapplication yes yes okay okay I think this is vice um C okay check here's there's two right
here what happened we just need to address check one thing okay I have to look at it you once we done with this one our last two is Arthur Ellie and Paul Bazil that is correct okay so we can in the inum we
can score in those as well while we wait I still need two nanor I still need two sheets for n thank you Arthur Ellie is [Applause] next and this applicant didn't send an
email saying that they were out of the country okay yes I need your I'm so sorry no just fine can we verify if Arthur Ellie is a North Miami resident and city of North Miami employee oh they address he's not an
employee but he is a resident but yeah the address is listed they picture of by ID okay that's what I and then I need
after Ellie thank you did Mr Ellie submit um documentation he did not okay there's another one for Arthur I'll tell you in a second I think it's 9 I'll
for Arthur Ellie yes 1255 not North Mii resident both north Mii resident and then his wife no just resident this is [Applause]
yes I have the all I just want to confirm that my math is correct with a second but but then that's you have to have your computer oh that's so
fancy so fancy see I would never say anything like that I would never come up my mouth and say something like that as you know lawyers don't like to do M that's why we're law Arthur
Ellie and then the last one is Paul Bazil yes hold on can we just get everybody's for Arthur Ellie please please no this is that's Paul oh that's Paul yes we're just waiting for one more AR though [Applause]
okay L TR I know the environmentalist in is not this is for Arthur Ellie that's rather healthy and then the last one is Paul Bazil for is it
12505 Northwest yeah 11000 Mr Bazil is both a resident and a city north north Miami employee is that why I see all this yellow councilman you're don't want pause and did Mr Brazil submit a Rec um yes
okay and at this time if you are an applicant and you will like to speak you can begin making your way to the front if you are an applicant and would like to speak on this item if you applied if you're one of the applicants we're going to give each applicant an opportunity to
speak oh Madam manager if we can have we'll give you guys each two minutes how two minutes you say yes oh executive director I forget minutes if you need more time you can let us know
okay lman address for the record good evening Veronica Gusman 540 Northwest 127th Street good evening CRA board members Madam director Madam clerk attorney ztz um I have for the better part of 10 years have been trying to
purchase the property on 12505 Northwest uh 11th Avenue I thank you for giving me the opportunity I've spoken about this at nauseum to present my case today um and for providing me with the guidelines
as to showing that I do qualify as a bidder um I did want to state that there are two biders per the documentation that was provided that are not eligible um I move that Carl beas and Arthur Eli um
be disqualified based on the fact and you have the documentation that was provided to everyone based on the fact that they're using the same bank account to purchase both properties Mr beas although he has an apartment in Sky Lake he also owns a five-bedroom home in
Miami Gardens and Mr Eli is directly related to a city of North Miami um attorney uh assisting attorney I believe does that qual disqualify them no I didn't so well it shows a conflict of
interest and you and but we allow employees to apply employes we allow employees to apply so I don't believe that's a conflict okay but going back to the financing you had to show that you you had adequate financing and the One bank account isn't enough for both properties um apart from that I have
been a resident of North Miami for 35 years I'm actively involved in the community um I serve on many boards and volunteer in many events I want to purchase the home as my primary resident so that I can stay near my elderly
mother um I'm very close to her I lost my father about 6 years ago on my birthday and this was the Catalyst for me to get more involved with the city more involved with my community as my parents did it all for our neighbors and now it's me as the the translator for
the neighborhood um I'm act I'm active member of our crime watch active member of our HOA associations I attend more than one not just the one in my in my um neighborhood I'm constantly here at the council meetings constantly involved in
other community events just to get become aware and get knowledge and bring it back to the neighbors and the residents who aren't don't have that ability to come and attend the meetings or don't do it because of a language barrier um I am not the highest bidder I
will admit that feasibly it's just me I can't afford what is out there I can't even afford a condo at this point with the way the maintenance fees are so I implore that you take into consideration my proposal my proposal I do want to get
because I know that that is an issue with the city um finding qualified contractors finding qualified um subcontractors so I do want to get more Tradesmen involved in in this project um in order to bring work to um our local
community thank you thank you any additional applicants who would like to come up and speak you can make your way to the front there's two podiums you can come two minutes right if it could be shorter the
better uh good evening chair Vice good evening Vice shair of board members Paul Brazil 1185 uh Northwest 132nd Street so as I line in my proposal uh the the opportunity to acquire this property is not only is not to acquire and make
financial gain but simply to invest and redevelop in the same Community I've been for the past 20 21 years um I know you guys were concerned about the financial ability and whoever applies the ability to go through with the process um so because of the commitment
to the pro to the project I even took a a step further and I went through a tentative underwriting process which I'm sure board MERS you're very familiar with uh with two lenders in order to show their trust in my financial capabilities with this project of all the proposals I am the only applicant Who provided a a price tag of $50,000
and then recently reduced it to $25,000 all of the other applicants have proposed either no price or a dollar in addition my proposal is the highest number when it comes to the commitment of the commitment of redeveloping the property for the to for a total of minimum $350,000 in renovations so when
you add those two up that's a total commitment of 275 $375,000 that I'm committing I'm putting on the record here tonight uh my proposal also is not asking for any waver of the guidelines nor does it include a proposal to sell the property within the next 5 years I understand
that the decision is not a like decision but I can assure you that if my prop my proposal is selected I promise to hold true to my commitment to develop the property to the C guidelines to eliminate sliming SL slum and blight as part of their master plan and initiatives I look forward to hearing
the decision being made tonight thank you thank you and I believe there's one more applicant me my name is nilu I've been living in nor Miami more than 35 years I got five kids in notth
Miami I've been waiting for this proi n I'm living a n nor West 13 second 33168 the propy is like 7975 Northwest 1 30 seconds 2 3168 I've
been waiting for more than 3 years I know more than years paper paper paper everything my family getting big I got five kids seven Grand children I would like to get another house please I ask favor for me happen if you can help me
to get I mean more glad and happy to see thank you thank you that was good good evening my dear brothers and sisters name and address for the record I was just want to have an additional uh name and address for the record please 985
nor West Second Street that's where I live as well with my wife oh thank you and um I was just want to say that uh when the ex prop property owner were was living there and I have the the the the
house was uh um an abundant it wasn't uh occupied so I asked him if I could buy the property from him and his name is Jerry and he told that was back in 1992 and I asked him and he said uh my
brother you should go and pray hard for me to sell you the property and I said why why do I have to go to pray hard to get the property and then after a while he passed away and I have I didn't have a chance to really to to proceed with uh the process to buy the property from him
so that's when I start you know I mean start believing and pray that uh uh you know even though that I wasn't able to get the chance from him when he was alive but I said that God is able to do all things so thank you for giving such opportunity to to apply for this
property and I think that uh it will serve us uh for for to enlarge our our family because what we have right now is small and and we have a single house and we'll have to to see if we can have a better uh um house to to to comfort the
family thank you and can you also state your name for the record please my name is Maxim lur Maxim Lor thank you sir thank you so much um at this time I will open up public hearing for the item if you're here if you just like to wave in support for someone just wave in
support good evening Virginia Gilmore 1635 Northwest 120th Street I'm here to support M go she is a longtime resident she's involved in the community and it's been the last 8 10 years she's trying to get
this house and another thing I would like to say I'm very disappointed the way things are handling tonight they're not organized they need to be more organized when they come to meeting like this thank you thank you public hearing
is still open on the item hi Deborah Davies 1165 Northeast 127th Street hi happy birthday thank you councilwoman vice mayor Timothy Aquarius okay P actually Pisces
I'm here in support of Veronica Gman she is the best person you could have in this city she cares about everybody she's lived here for 35 years she cares about Northwest 7th Avenue Redevelopment she cares about the tennis courts in s
suusi and the 17 story tape building I mean she really when you are mentioning rux Park she wanted to know where that was and looking it up I mean she's really here for everybody and I think this is the kind of Resident that that we need in North Miami you know somebody
who's really committed to being here and staying and really cares about everybody and and she has shown up for a lot of these meetings which I give people credit for um so I hope you take that into consideration and um thank you very much thank you Miss Davies seeing no
more public hearing is now closed on the item um this is agenda item six our property disposable item this is a process that has been long overdue as you know for years and years and years the board has approved guidelines there was scores each board member has
provided their score tally and Madame executive director are you ready to State the are you going to just State the highest no or you're going to State each score yes I am okay okay being mindful of time I don't know what point we want to recess and doing no no it's okay we're just going to keep
going let's go Madam at seven we have five minutes all right so I'll hurry up so on property 975 Northwest 130 let me look at that 132nd Street
sorry the um Carl B's score was 131 Stephanie ekun score was 148 and nanc Lor score was 302 so nanc Lor is the top ranked applicant for 97 Northwest 975
Northwest 1 32nd Street and so for 12505 for 12505 Northwest 11th Avenue Stephanie Eun Kanye scored 145 Arthur Eli scored 249
Veronica Gman scored 275 and Paul basil scored 375 so Paul basil is the top ranked scorer for 1255 Northwest 11th Avenue so at this point do we have to motion do we have to make a motion or is it via the score part the guidelines the
top ranked people are the ones that the executive um director and and C attorney will negotiate with so the guideline it's it's automatic it's automatic okay correct and at this point do we have to give you you guys instruction how to negotiate or that's based on you all no
okay all righty one moment let's see where we are with the agenda now C attorney report CR executive director report none for move for approval I mean one moment
um we do have a the staff report um for February 2025 deputy director please take over for two seconds okay for two seconds I mean I'm sure we'll have a an uh opportunity to discuss it at the briefings um it's just the report for
February 2025 thank you and at this point motion to adjourn second I have a motion to adour by made by Vice chair Timothy seconded by board member Charles all in favor I any opposed the motion carries with a 40
vote the time is now 6:57 p.m.