Sweetwater CRA — Project Review
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The engagement between the City of Sweetwater and BusinessFlare® to create a Community Redevelopment Agency — delivered in two coordinated phases.
BusinessFlare® leads the City through the full statutory process under Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes — first establishing eligibility with a Finding of Necessity, then preparing the Community Redevelopment Plan that guides investment once the CRA is created.
Establishes that slum/blight conditions exist and that redevelopment is necessary — the statutory prerequisite for CRA designation.
The full plan: existing conditions, goals, priority projects, TIF projections, and the documents needed for adoption.
Preparatory meetings with City staff and a formal data request — crime statistics, code violations, and fire/emergency call data for the study area and citywide.
Preliminary assessment of physical, infrastructure, real-estate, and socio-economic conditions against Chapter 163, F.S. and Miami-Dade County criteria. Informs Task 3.
Statutory and county-criteria analysis supporting a slum/blight determination, with data, observational and photo documentation, and a pre-plan summary of priorities.
Deliverable: Draft Finding of Necessity (within 4 weeks of data receipt)Review with City and (if needed) County staff, optional one-on-one Commissioner debriefs, and edits from feedback.
Deliverable: Final Finding of Necessity (within 5 days of comments)Draft resolution for CRA approval and draft notices to taxing authorities; present the Finding to the City Commission and Miami-Dade County BCC as directed.
Preparatory meetings and evaluation of physical, infrastructure, land-use, market, regulatory, and socio-economic conditions.
Deliverable: Existing Conditions Summary (by statutory criteria)Up to 20 stakeholder meetings; priority objectives; a full CRA Plan with goals, neighborhood impact statements, policy recommendations, priority projects, TIF revenue projections and a conceptual financial plan; plus a Chapter 163 / Miami-Dade checklist and 7-year TIF projections.
Deliverable: Statutorily-Compliant Draft CRA PlanReview with City and County staff, CRA board debriefs, edits, local planning agency review, and final adjustments with City staff.
Deliverable: Final CRA PlanAssist with resolutions, bylaws, and the trust fund ordinance; present the Plan to the CRA Board, City Commission, and Miami-Dade County BCC.
Timeline anchors from the executed scope. Dates shown are contractual targets measured from execution / Notice to Proceed (NTP).
Snapshot as of September 1, 2026. Statuses are indicative for review and will be kept current as the engagement progresses.
Draft Finding completed (Mar–Apr 2026), documenting the qualifying slum and blight conditions.
Baseline assessment delivered 03.24.26, organized by statutory criteria.
Draft CRA Plan issued 06.30.26 and circulated to the City for review. Next steps on the engagement are pending City Council approval.
Finalized after City (and, if needed, County) comments on the draft.
Finalized following City & County staff review, CRA board debriefs, and local planning agency review.
Resolutions, bylaws, trust fund ordinance, and presentations to the CRA Board, City Commission, and County BCC.
A few items sit with the City to keep the schedule on track: