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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION
AUTHORIZING THE REALLOCATION OF THE REMAINING
$88,000 OF A $100,000 ALLOCATION FROM
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACCOUNT
NOS. 799302.452423-010 AND 799210.459018-010
FOR THE PURPOSE OF HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF TO
ASSIST IN IMPLEMENTING THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE
PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 98-636, the City Manager was
authorized to participate in the preparation of the Federal
Empowerment Zone Round II application with Miami -Dade County
("County") to include: (1) assigning and/or hiring additional
staff to provide assistance to the County in connection with the
Empowerment Zone planning and designation process and (2)
engaging professional consultants to provide additional support;
and allocating Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") funds
in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for professional consultant
fees and CDBG funds in the amount of $100,000 to hire additional
staff; and
WHEREAS, the application was successful and an Empowerment
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Zone was designated on January 13, 1999; and
WHEREAS, $88,000 of the funds allocated remain unspent; and
WHEREAS, additional staffing is required for the
implementation of the Empowerment Zone mandates;
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 hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The reallocation, for the purpose of hiring
additional staff to assist in implementing the Empowerment Zone,
of unspent Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") funds from
accounts 799302.452423-010 and 799210.459018-010 in the amount of
$88,000 allocated for the purpose of assigning and/or hiring
additional staff to assist in the implementation of the
Empowerment Zone Round II Program, is hereby approved.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
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immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of April , 1999.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
In accordance with Miami Code Sec. 2-36, since the Mayor did not indicate approv^I of
this legislation by signing it in the designated place provided, s^id ! :c '; y:.., nc:v
becomes effective with the elapse of ten (10) days froryAc date f C;cnim ss'-` r,;'or
regarding same, without the Mayor exercising v t
ATTEST: (/
Walter eman, Cio Clerk
WALTER J. FOEMAN
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l� 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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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and DATE : FILE:
Memb of the City Commission Empowerment Zone
fSUBJECT: Implementation
Ronald H. Warshaw For City
. Commission
FROM: City Manager REFERENCES: Meeting of April 27, 1999
ENCLOSURES:
Resolution
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution
reallocating the remaining $88,000 of the $100,000 allocated for hiring additional staff to
assist in the implementation of the Empowerment Zone program. Reallocated funds will
be used to hire additional staff to assist in implementing the Empowerment Zone.
BACKGROUND:
Resolution 98-636, adopted by the City Commission on June 23, 1998, authorized and
directed the City Manager to pursue a joint Empowerment Zone application with Miami -
Dade County and further directed the City Manager to assign and/or hire additional staff
and to engage professional consultants to provide additional support. An amount of
$100,000 for hiring additional staff and an amount not to exceed $100,000 for
professional consultant fees was allocated from Community Development Block Grant
funds.
On January 13, 1999, Vice President Gore announced the designation of a Miami/Miami-
Dade Empowerment Zone. At this time, $88,000 of the funds allocated for hiring
additional staff on June 23, 1998, remain unspent. Now, in light of the successful
application and resulting designation of the Empowerment Zone, additional staffing is
required to assist in implementing the Empowerment Zone. Therefore, it is requested that
the remaining $88,000 be reallocated for this purpose.
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