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Resolution: R-21-0005
File Number: 8230
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 1/14/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "FY 2021
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY INITIATIVE OVERTIME PATROL PROJECT";
APPROPRIATING FUNDS CONSISTING OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("FDOT") FOR THE MIAMI
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000.00, WITH NO
MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR HIGHWAY
SAFETY ("GRANT"); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE
GRANT AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH
FDOT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE THE
CHIEF OF POLICE OR ANY OTHER DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF REIMBURSEMENT
FUNDS AND COMPLIANCE WITH ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") submitted a grant application to the Florida
Department of Transportation (TDOT") and requested $80,000.00 to fund highway safety
initiatives ("Grant"); and
WHEREAS, the City received notification that the Grant application was approved for
personnel services; and
WHEREAS, funds from the Grant will be used to continue the Miami Police
Department's ("MPD") efforst to decrease hazardous driving incidents involving motorcyclists,
establish a campaign to bring awareness to pedestrian safety and lawful operation of
motorcycles, and to enhance enforcement efforts and deterrence capabilities to reduce
motorcycle related crashes and fatalities in the City ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the implementation of this Project's cost will be allocated towards personnel
services which will cover overtime salaries and benefits to include those provided pursuant to
the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and Fair Labor Standards Act; and
and
WHEREAS, the covering period for the Grant is October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021;
WHEREAS, there are no matching funds for the Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authorization to accept the Grant and to
establish a new Special Revenue Project for the appropriation of the Grant;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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File ID: 8230
Enactment Number: R-21-0005
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The following new Special Revenue Project is established and resources are
appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: FY 2021 Motorcycle Safety Initiative
Overtime Patrol Project
RESOURCES: FDOT $80,000.00
APPROPRIATIONS: Motorcycle Safety $80,000.00
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to execute the grant agreement with
FDOT, in substantially the attached form, for the purposes stated therein.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to designate the Chief of Police or
any other designee to execute any and all other necessary documents to implement the
acceptance and administration of the Grant.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption
and signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
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' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City of Miami Commission.
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