Meeting #1: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 from 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Topic: North Beach CRA Advisory Board Meeting

Time: Mar 31, 2021 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting #2: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Topic: North Beach CRA Advisory Board Meeting

Time: Apr 7, 2021 04:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting #3: Wednesday, April 14^, 2021 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Topic: North Beach CRA Advisory Board Meeting

Time: Apr 14, 2021 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting #4: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

NBCRA Advisory Committee

Topic: North Beach CRA Advisory Board Meeting

Time: Apr 28, 2021 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Full Meeting Recording - 3.8.2021

NBCRA Plan Public Meeting Presentation

Please click the links below to review the recording of the meeting and download the presentation PDF.

Kick-Off Meeting

North Beach CRA Kick-Off Meeting - 1/11/21 - VIDEO
North Beach Beach CRA Charrette Kick-Off - Presentation PDF 

Open Design Studio Sessions

Open Design Studio #1 – 1/12/21 - VIDEO

Open Design Studio #2 – 1/12/21 - VIDEO

Open Design Studio #3 – 1/14/21 - VIDEO

Open Design Studio #4 – 1/14/21 - VIDEO

Work-in Progress

North Beach CRA Charrette Work-in-Progress – 1/15/21 - VIDEO
North Beach CRA Charrette Work-in-Progress – Presentation PDF

North Beach Community Redevelopment Agency Public Meeting
View the recording below from the December 15 public meeting, as well as project materials. If you have any questions or comments, please via the comment box below.

 

North Beach CRA Public Meeting Recording 12/15/20

North Beach CRA Presentation 12/15/2020

Plan NoBe - North Beach Master Plan (2016)

LTC 456-2020 North Beach Community Redevelopment Agency Redevelopment Plan Update 

What is a CRA district?

A CRA district is a geographical area described in a Finding of Necessity (a legislative/legal evaluation that provides the evidentiary support for a CRA’s establishment, following evaluation criteria that have been set at the state level). Future increases in property values within the district are set aside to support economic development projects and programs within that district. The main purpose of a CRA is to benefit the entire community by building wealth, eliminating blight, and addressing the quality & inclusiveness of growth. There are over 220 CRAs in Florida.

Where is the NBCRA district?

The North Beach CRA district is located within the following area (outlined in orange):

What is a Redevelopment Plan?

Any project or program a CRA wishes to undertake must be outlined in the Community Redevelopment Plan (CRP) and in the CRA district. It is a living document that can be updated to meet the changing needs within the Community Redevelopment Area. The local CRA Trust Fund can fund activities authorized by an approved Redevelopment Plan.

 

What powers does a CRA generally have?

A CRA has the legal ability to do the following types of activities:

• Make & execute contracts
• Disseminate information
• Undertake and carry out redevelopment and related activities
• Solicit requests for proposals
• Invest CRA funds, borrow money
• Have surveys and plans made to carry out the purposes of the Act
• Develop methods to provide housing, relocation assistance
• Appropriate funds & expenditures to carry out the purposes of the Act
• Community policing

 

Does the CRA permit eminent domain?

The CRA has no eminent domain powers. It is prohibited by the CRA statute.

 

Who would govern the CRA?

The CRA would be governed by the Miami Beach City Commission and a County Commissioner. Florida law requires procedural transparency for all CRA accounting, operations and meetings.

 

How can the CRA’s money be spent?

Money in the redevelopment trust fund may be expended for undertakings of a CRA as described in the community redevelopment plan (i.e. capital improvement projects, promotion, marketing, events, incentives, and grants) only pursuant to an annual budget adopted and only for the purposes specified including:

1. Administrative and overhead to implement the plan (Executive Director, staff, technical experts, educational/professional development, legal counsel)
2. Planning, surveys, financial analysis, and reimbursement of money expended before the CRA plan is approved and adopted
3. Affordable housing within the CRA

 

What can a CRA’s money NOT be spent on?

There are legal limits on what a CRA can spend money on. Examples below show what a CRA is not allowed to spend its money on:

• Construction / expansion administrative buildings for public bodies/police/fire facilities
• Publicly owned capital improvements if scheduled in city or county capital improvement plan until removed from schedule or plan and 3 years have elapsed.
• General government operating expenses unrelated to the planning & carrying out of a community redevelopment plan
• Activities/projects not covered in plan
• Board Members/Commissioners payment for service as CRA Board member
• Project or program outside of the redevelopment area

In limited cases, there may be legal uses of funds outside the CRA Area and not in plan, but they are not the primary use of funds.

 

What is a Finding of Necessity?

A Finding of Necessity is a legislative finding that identifies conditions of blight defined in Florida Statutes within a targeted area and establishes the area boundary.  When the Finding of Necessity determines that the required conditions exist, the local government may create a Community Redevelopment Area to provide the tools needed to foster and support redevelopment of the targeted area.

 

What is a Charrette?

A charrette is an intensive planning session where citizens, community leaders, and technical experts collaborate on a vision for future growth and development. The charrette focuses community input over a short period of time, through various means, to reach consensus. The unprecedented COVID-19 global emergency has pushed the City to move this public process entirely online and we will be using a Virtual Charrette for the North Beach CRA Plan.

The charrette method has worked successfully in North Beach with past initiatives and you are invited to participate in the North Beach CRA Plan project by engaging in the Virtual Charrette. This is your opportunity to offer your feedback on the work as it is being produced by expressing your vision for North Beach. Please join us!

 

When and how will the charrette take place?

The Virtual Charrette is scheduled for the week of January 11, 2020. There will be public events on January 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th. The City of Miami Beach will create a website page that will act as a “charrette hub” with information on how to attend Public Design Studios and talk with plan authors. At the end of the Virtual Charrette the plan team will present the ideas they heard from the public. These ideas will become the basis of the North Beach CRA Plan.

 

What is Plan NoBe? Is this different than the Redevelopment Plan?

Plan NoBe is a Master Plan, it is not a Redevelopment Plan. Plan NoBe helps guide policy along with various other plans like the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Park and Recreation Plans, Urban Forestry Master Plan, Resiliency Plans and so forth.

Direct community input shaped the ideas and recommendations found in Plan NoBe. The public process began in November 2015 with a kickoff session to introduce the community to the project and the consultant team. In February 2016, the team set up a week-long Open Design Studio. Over the course of a week, the team met with more than 1,000 interested residents and stakeholders including property owners, neighbors, merchants, developers, environmental specialists, historic preservationists and community leaders. Plan NoBe was adopted by the City of Miami Beach in February of 2017.

What is a CRA district?

A CRA district is a geographical area described in a Finding of Necessity (a legislative / legal  evaluation that provides the evidentiary support for a CRA’s establishment, following evaluation criteria that have been set at the state level). Future increases in property values within the district are set aside to support economic development projects and programs within that district. The main purpose of a CRA is to benefit the entire community by building wealth, eliminating blight, and addressing the quality & inclusiveness of growth. There are over 220 CRAs in Florida.

 

Where is the NBCRA district?

The North Beach CRA district is located within the following area (outlined in orange):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is a Redevelopment Plan?

Any project or program a CRA wishes to undertake must be outlined in the Community Redevelopment Plan (CRP) and in the CRA district. It is a living document that can be updated to meet the changing needs within the Community Redevelopment Area. The local CRA Trust Fund can fund activities authorized by an approved Redevelopment Plan.

 

What powers does a CRA generally have?

A CRA has the legal ability to do the following types of activities:

• Make & execute contracts
• Disseminate information
• Undertake and carry out redevelopment and related activities
• Solicit requests for proposals
• Invest CRA funds, borrow money
• Have surveys and plans made to carry out the purposes of the Act
• Develop methods to provide housing, relocation assistance
• Appropriate funds & expenditures to carry out the purposes of the Act
• Community policing

 

Does the CRA permit eminent domain?

The CRA has no eminent domain powers. It is prohibited by the CRA statute.

 

Who would govern the CRA?

The CRA would be governed by the Miami Beach City Commission and a County Commissioner. Florida law requires procedural transparency for all CRA accounting, operations and meetings.

 

How can the CRA’s money be spent?

Money in the redevelopment trust fund may be expended for undertakings of a CRA as described in the community redevelopment plan (i.e. capital improvement projects, promotion, marketing, events, incentives, and grants) only pursuant to an annual budget adopted and only for the purposes specified including:

1. Administrative and overhead to implement the plan (Executive Director, staff, technical experts, educational/professional development, legal counsel)
2. Planning, surveys, financial analysis, and reimbursement of money expended before the CRA plan is approved and adopted
3. Affordable housing within the CRA

 

What can a CRA’s money NOT be spent on?

There are legal limits on what a CRA can spend money on. Examples below show what a CRA is not allowed to spend its money on:

• Construction / expansion administrative buildings for public bodies/police/fire facilities
• Publicly owned capital improvements if scheduled in city or county capital improvement plan until removed from schedule or plan and 3 years have elapsed.
• General government operating expenses unrelated to the planning & carrying out of a community redevelopment plan
• Activities/projects not covered in plan
• Board Members/Commissioners payment for service as CRA Board member
• Project or program outside of the redevelopment area

In limited cases, there may be legal uses of funds outside the CRA Area and not in plan, but they are not the primary use of funds.

 

What is a Finding of Necessity?

A Finding of Necessity is a legislative finding that identifies conditions of blight defined in Florida Statutes within a targeted area and establishes the area boundary.  When the Finding of Necessity determines that the required conditions exist, the local government may create a Community Redevelopment Area to provide the tools needed to foster and support redevelopment of the targeted area.

 

What is a Charrette?

A charrette is an intensive planning session where citizens, community leaders, and technical experts collaborate on a vision for future growth and development. The charrette focuses community input over a short period of time, through various means, to reach consensus. The unprecedented COVID-19 global emergency has pushed the City to move this public process entirely online and we will be using a Virtual Charrette for the North Beach CRA Plan.

The charrette method has worked successfully in North Beach with past initiatives and you are invited to participate in the North Beach CRA Plan project by engaging in the Virtual Charrette. This is your opportunity to offer your feedback on the work as it is being produced by expressing your vision for North Beach. Please join us!

 

When and how will the charrette take place?

The Virtual Charrette is scheduled for the week of January 11, 2020. There will be public events on January 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th. The City of Miami Beach will create a website page that will act as a “charrette hub” with information on how to attend Public Design Studios and talk with plan authors. At the end of the Virtual Charrette the plan team will present the ideas they heard from the public. These ideas will become the basis of the North Beach CRA Plan.

 

What is Plan NoBe? Is this different than the Redevelopment Plan?

Plan NoBe is a Master Plan, it is not a Redevelopment Plan. Plan NoBe helps guide policy along with various other plans like the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Park and Recreation Plans, Urban Forestry Master Plan, Resiliency Plans and so forth.

Direct community input shaped the ideas and recommendations found in Plan NoBe. The public process began in November 2015 with a kickoff session to introduce the community to the project and the consultant team. In February 2016, the team set up a week-long Open Design Studio. Over the course of a week, the team met with more than 1,000 interested residents and stakeholders including property owners, neighbors, merchants, developers, environmental specialists, historic preservationists and community leaders. Plan NoBe was adopted by the City of Miami Beach in February of 2017.