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RESOLUTION NO. 02-1094
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO
REVIEW THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY ST. AGNES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFTER-SCHOOL COMPUTER
LABORATORY AND TUTORIAL PROGRAM, AND
COLLEGE -ORIENTATION AND JOB -SKILLS TRAINING
PROGRAM, AND TO RETURN TO THE CITY
COMMISSION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING
TO SUPPORT NEEDED FOR THE PROGRAMS BY THE
COMMISSION MEETING CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR
OCTOBER 29, 2002.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
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Section 1. The City Manager is directed to instruct the
Department of Community Development to review the proposal
submitted by St. Agnes Community Development Corporation for the
establishment of an after-school computer laboratory and
tutorial program, and college -orientation and job -skills
training program, and to return to the City Commission with
recommendations pertaining to support needed for the programs by
the commission meeting currently scheduled for October 29, 2002.
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Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.11
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of September , 2002.
J��EL�A. DIAZ, MAY,e
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
i� If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at
the end of ten 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 Commission.
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Honorable Mayor Diaz and
Members of the City Commission
POCKET ITEM 7
September 26, 2002
Pocket Item: Direction to the City
Manager to review proposal by
St. Agnes Community
®� Development Corporation
Arthur E. Teele, Jr.
Commissioner
By this memorandum, I am respectfully requesting to discuss the following resolution as a
pocket item;
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, TO REVIEW THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY ST. AGNES
COMMUNITY DEVELOMENT CORPORATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
AN AFTER-SCHOOL COMPUTER LABORATORY AND TUTORIAL PROGRAM,
COLLEGE -ORIENTATION AND JOB -SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM AND TO
RETURN TO THE BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SECOND
COMMISSION MEETING IN OCTOBER 29, 2002.
Thank you.
Cc: Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney
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St. Agnes Community Development Corporation, herein known as St. Agnes CIX%
petitions the City of Miami, in the State of Florida, for a grant of three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, ($350,000.00).
The funds requested will be used to establish an after-school Computer luborstory and
Tutorial Program for the youngsters in the community, plus a College -Orientation and
Job -Skills Training .program. Both programs would run year-round.
In 1990 St. Ashes CDC: partnered with The Rainbow Village Housing Project (Miami -
Dade I lousing) in Ove rtown, in a joint venture to upgrade the physical structures and
living conditions of the tenants. Rainbow Villages was renovated and refurbished and not
long afterward, a Day Care Center was established. The Summer of 2002 saw the full.
time operation of a Summer Camp Probnam wrving youngster from ages six through
fifteen. Campers enjoyed not only a fun -filled summer of recrcat.ion and ,ports, but also
benefited Crum lite -enhancing experiences such as educational bus trips out side their
community; increased social and communication skills, as well as improved s:lf e%tcem.
All of the youngsters and their parents expressed an interest in remaining connected with
a St. Agnes program operattxl throughout the year.
College preparation and labor -market readiness have been pinpointed as a gnat need in
the Overtown Community. St. Agnes can help answer that need with the out -lined after
school Computer Lab and Joh-Skills Training Center. It is a need that must he met.
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