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Resolution: R-21-0436
File Number: 10720
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 10/28/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS,
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ("PSA") BETWEEN THE CITY OF
MIAMI ("CITY"), THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE -RESCUE
("DEPARTMENT") AS THE SPONSORING AGENCY OF FLORIDA TASK
FORCE 2 UNDER THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY'S NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH & RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM,
ACTING THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY,
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND EACH OF THE CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED
STRATEGIC INDIVIDUALS ON EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, SUBJECT TO
CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE
ANY FUTURE AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND/OR SUPPLEMENTS TO
THE PSA, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND
SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED.
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Homeland Security's National Urban
Search & Rescue ("USAR") Response System since 1989 has annually funded the South
Florida USAR Task Force, Florida Task Force 2 ("FL-TF2"), which is coordinated by the City of
Miami's ("City") Department of Fire -Rescue ("Department") as the sponsoring agency
("Sponsoring Agency") through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, State of Florida
(TEMA"), for the operation of its USAR program by FL-TF2; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-01-484 adopted May 24, 2001 and Resolution
No. R-05- 0212 adopted April 14, 2005, the City Manager entered into Memorandum of
Agreements ("MOAs") with participating agencies setting forth those agencies' responsibilities in
connection with the development and support of USAR FL-TF2, with all costs to be reimbursed
by state and/or federal funding sources; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0382 adopted September 23, 2021, the
City Commission authorized (1) the Department's earlier list of participating agencies to be
updated to take into account not only long-standing participating agencies but also anticipated
new participating agencies and (2) the City Manager, through the Department as the
Sponsoring Agency, to enter into the revised MOA with the participating agencies; and
WHEREAS, accordingly, (1) the Department's earlier list of strategic individuals, such as
doctors and forensic engineers, also need to be updated to take into account not only long-
standing strategic individuals but also anticipated new strategic individuals indicated on Exhibit
"A," attached and incorporated (collectively, "Strategic Individuals"), and (2) the City, through the
Department as Sponsoring Agency, desires to enter into the revised PSA, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "B"; and
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WHEREAS, Strategic Individuals serve the USAR FL-TF2 at their leisure, volunteering
when their schedules permit, and may go through periods in which they are unavailable and
their expertise must be replaced for continued uninterrupted response readiness; and
WHEREAS, in order to continue the ongoing operation of the USAR FL-TF2 Program
without interruption, the City Commission finds it is in the City's best interest to authorize the
City Manager to enter into a PSA, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "B," with the Strategic
Individuals indicated on Exhibit 'A" attached and incorporated, and future strategic individuals
not currently anticipated;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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 City Manager is hereby authorized' to execute, in substantially the
attached form, a PSA between the City, through the Department as the Sponsoring Agency of
FL-TF2 under the USAR Response System, acting through FEMA, and each of the Strategic
Individuals on Exhibit 'A" attached and incorporated, in addition to future unanticipated
strategic individuals required to ensure the continued ongoing operation of the USAR FL-TF2
Program without interruption.
Section 3. The City Manager, subject to consultation with the Department, is authorized'
to negotiate and to execute any future amendments, extensions, and/or supplements to the
PSA, subject to approval of legal form and correctness by the City Attorney and subject to
budgetary approval at the time of need.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
i t6ria i nde` z, City Attor iey 10/15/2021
' 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.
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