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4/23/98
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION AWARDING FUNDING TO EIGHT (8)
SPONSORS (SERVICE PROVIDERS) FOR THE PROVISION OF
HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING RELATED SERVICES
TO VERY LOW INCOME PERSONS WITH HIV/AIDS;
ALLOCATING FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,210,831.00
FROM THE FY 1997 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PERSON WITH AIDS (HOPWA) PROGRAM GRANT
(ACCOUNT NO. 194005.590605.6860.94654); FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, AND ANY AMENDMENTS
THERETO, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program
was created under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act, and revised under the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992; and
WHEREAS, Section 606(d)(2) of the House and Community Development Act of 1992
stipulates that the City of Miami, being the most populous unit of general local government in an
eligible metropolitan statistical area (EMSA), not including county government, must be the
applicant for the HOPWA Grant and be allocated the related funding; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Miami has received funding from the U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (U.S. HUD) for the implementation of the 1997 HOPWA
Program; and
WHEREAS, on April 20, 1997, the City Commission, adopted Ordinance No. 11477,
which established a special revenue fund entitled "Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
(HOPWA) Grant Program FY 1997," and appropriated $8,832,000.00 in funding from U.S. HUD
for the implementation and administration of the 1997 HOPWA Program; and
WHEREAS, the HOPWA Advisory Board, at its regularly scheduled and duly
advertised March 16, 1998 meeting, recommended funding for eight (8) agencies to provide
WHEREAS, HOPWA Program funding is available from the City's 1997 HOPWA
Program Grant in order to fund said purpose;
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 City Commission hereby approves the allocation of funding from the FY
1997 HOPWA Program Grant (Account No. 194005.590605.6860.94654) to the following
sponsors (servicce providers) for service(s) to very low income perons living with HIV/AIDS
throughout the entire Miami -Dade County geographic area, in the amounts listed below:
Sponsor
South Florida Jail Ministries/
Agape Women's Center
Douglas Gardens Community
Mental Health Center, Inc.
Service
Operations assistance
Long term, provider based
housing assistance
Amount
$100,000.00
$200,000.00
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Haitian American Foundation, Inc. Long Term, sponsor base $200,000.00
housing assistance
Housing & Services of South Fla. Planning & Coordination $163,311.00
Lock Towns Community Mental Rehabilitation assistance $171,000.00
Health Center, Inc.
Miami -Dade Housing Agency Housing quality standards inspections $100,000.00
Miami-Dade's Department Emergency housing assistance $231,520.00
Of Human Services
Shelbourne Apartment Building Rehabilitation assistance $45,000.00
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized' to execute the necessary documents,
in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with the aforementioned service providers, to
implement said program, with funds therefrom hereby allocated from the 1997 HOPWA Program
Grant.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of April , 1998.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
In accordance with Miami Code Sec. 2-36, since the Mayor did not indirate a.pprovni of
this legislation by signing it in the designated place prmilelgc, , s:. °: ;.slats r; rfOIN
becomes effective with the elapse of ten (t 0) days from the date of Commission action
ATTEST: regarding same, without the Mayor exerc' ' veto.
Waite oeman, City Clerk
WALTER J. FOEMAN
CITY CLERK
-'/ The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including, but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City
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DEP=NT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
REVI I AND AEPIKOVAL:
GWENDOL" C. WARREN, DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT
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DIPAK PAREKH, IRECTOR
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT
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FROM
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA 17
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The Honorable Mayor, Joe Carollo and
Members of the City Commission
Jose Garcia -Pedro
City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
DATE : April 1, 1998
FILE:
SUBJECT: Resolution Awarding Funding to
Various Agencies from FY 1997
HOPWA Program Grant
REFERENCES:
City Commission Agenda Item
ENCLOSURES: April 28, 1998
It is respecffully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached resolution,
authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary agreements and amendments thereto, with
eight (8) sponsors (service providers) for the provision of housing assistance and housing related
services to very low income persons with HIV/AIDS, throughout the entire Miami -Dade County
geographic area, in connection with the implementation of the 1997 Housing Opportunities for
Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program. Funding is being provided from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from the FY 1997 HOPWA Program Grant.
BACKGROUND:
At the March 16, 1998 meeting of the HOPWA Advisory Board, the Board recommended that
the following eight (8) agencies be awarded funding for the following service(s) to very low
income persons living with HIV/AIDS in the amounts specified, from the FY 1997 HOPWA
Program Grant.
Sponsor
South Florida Jail Ministries /
Agape Women's Center
Douglas Gardens Community
Mental Health Center, Inc.
Haitian American Foundation, Inc.
Service
Operations assistance
Long term, provider based
housing assistance
Long term, sponsor based
housing assistance
Housing & Services of South Fla. Planning & Coordination
Lock Towns Community Mental Rehabilitation assistance
Health Center, Inc.
Amount
$ 100,000.00
$ 200,000.00
$ 200,000.00
$ 163,311.00
$ 171,000.00
The Honorable Mayor, Joe Carollo and
Members of the City Commission
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Sponsor
Miami -Dade Housing Agency
Miami -Dade County Department
of Human Services
Shelbourne Apartment Building
Service Amount
Housing quality standards inspections $ 100,000.00
Emergency housing assistance $ 231,520.00
Rehabilitation assistance _ $ 45,000.00
The City Administration agrees with the HOPWA Advisory Board's abovementioned
recommendations, and recommends that the City Manager be authorized to execute all the
necessary agreements and amendments thereto, to implement said recommendations.
City Commission ratification of the attached resolution is recommended.
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