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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-97-0095J-97-95 2/12/97 RESOLUTION NO. 9 7 W 95 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY AGREEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH SOUTH FLORIDA JAIL MINISTRIES/AGAPE WOMEN'S CENTER, INC. (AGAPE) TO PROVIDE HOUSING, DRUG REHABILITATION AND COUNSELING TO LOW INCOME PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, AND WITH CURE AIDS NOW, D/B/A FOOD FOR LIFE NETWORK, TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FOR AGAPE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000, AND FOR CURE AIDS NOW, IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,280, FROM FISCAL YEAR 1996 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (I-IOPWA) PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS. 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 Housing 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 i WHEREAS, in March, 1996, the City of Miami submitted a Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for funding the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA), CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF FEB 2 B 1997 Iiecolution No. 97- 95 Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Programs from Fiscal Year 1996 federal funding; and WHEREAS, in April, 1996, the City Commission, pursuant to Ordinance No. 11355, established a special revenue fund entitled "Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Grant Program FY 1996," and appropriated eight million, three hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars ($8,359,000) from U.S. HUD funding for the implementation and administration of the 1996 HOPWA Program; and WHEREAS, AGAPE, was specifically identified and recommended in the City's 1996 Consolidated Plan to receive funding in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the City's 1996 HOPWA Grant to provide housing, drug rehabilitation and counseling to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS; and WHEREAS, Cure AIDS NOW, Inc., d/b/a Food for Life Network, was specifically identified and recommended in the City's 1996 Consolidated Plan to receive funding in the amount of twenty-nine thousand, two hundred eighty dollars ($29,280) from the City's 1996 HOPWA Grant to provide home delivered meals (nutritional services) to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS; 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, - 2- 9'7- 95 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized" to execute an agreement and any amendments thereto, with South Florida Jail Ministries/AGAPE Women's Center, Inc. ("AGAPE") for the provision of housing, drug rehabilitation and counseling services to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS, with funds therefor hereby allocated, in the amount of $100,000, from Fiscal Year 1996 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program Grant funds. Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized/ to execute an agreement and any amendments thereto, with CURE AIDS NOW, Inc. d/b/a Food for Life Network, for the provision of nutritional services (home delivered meals) to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS, with funds therefor hereby allocated, in the amount of $29,280, from fiscal Year 1996 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program Grant funds. i Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of February , 1997. J�,�TAROLLO, MAYOR ATTEST: WALT R.J.._F E AN 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 Charter and Code provisions. -3- 97- 95 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTINET REVIEW: ELBER . WATERS, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/NET PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: LINDA KELLY KEARSON ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY LKK/BSS/pb/W I455 IKIE REVIEWED AS TO ACCOUNTING, BUDGETARY AND TREASURY REQUIREMENTS: MICHAE AVIN, DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: A. QUVd 1O F , II CITY ATTO/ T�i Y 97- 95 CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA30 INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM - TO : Honorable Mayor and DATE : FER-- I • I : 1:3W! FILE Members of the City Commission SUBJECT : Resolution Allocating Fiscal Year 1996 HOPWA Program Funding FROM: REFERENCES: AGAPE and CURE AIDS NOW, Inc. Edward Jez City Mana ENCLOSURES: City Conunission. Agenda Item February 13, 1997 RECOMMENDATION: It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached resolution, allocating $100,000 to South Florida Jail Ministries/AGAPE Women's Center, Inc. and $29,280 to CURE AIDS NOW, Inc., from the City's Fiscal Year 1996 - 1997 Housing Opportunities For Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Grant Program, for the provision of housing, drug rehabilitation and nutritional services to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS. The attached resolution further authorizes the City Manager to execute a memorandum of agreement and any amendments with the aforementioned local AIDS service providers, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. BACKGROUND: In March, 1996, through Resolution No. 96-208, the City Commission authorized the City Manager'to submit the City's Fiscal Year 1996 - 1997 Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for funding, under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program ($13,709,000); HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) ($4,038,000); Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) ($494,000); and the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program (HOPWA) ($8,359,000). The said resolution further authorized the City Manager, upon approval of the City's Consolidated Plan by U.S. HUD, to accept the aforementioned formula program grants and execute the necessary implementing agreements, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and subject to applicable City Code provisions. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission Page 2 The Consolidated Plan included an Action Plan which reflected specific projects to be implemented by the City of Miami through the Fiscal Year 1996 - 1997 Housing Opportunities For Persons With AIDS Program Grant funding of $8,359,000 from U.S. HUD. The Action Plan recommended and identified the following two (2) projects designed to provide services to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS: South Florida .Tail Ministries/AGAPE Women's Center, Inc —This agency is being recommended for funding at a level of $100,000 to provide housing, drug rehabilitation and counseling services to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS. Cure AIDS NOW, Inc. —This agency is being recommended for funding at a level of $29,280 to provide nutritional services (home delivered meals) to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS. The aforementioned local AIDS service providers are being recommended by both the 1996 HOPWA Advisory Board and the City Administration for 1996 HOPWA Program funds, because of the critical need for housing assistance and related services by low income persons with HIV/AIDS in the community. The proposed resolution further effectuates the intent of the City's approved Consolidated Plan by allocating $129,290 in Fiscal Year 1996 HOPWA Program funding to the aforementioned previously approved agencies and further authorizes the City Manager to execute the necessary agreements with the said agencies, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. In an effort to expedite the provision of housing and related services to low income persons living with HIV/AIDS, City Commission ratification of the attached resolution is recommended. a <shared-memosvh>mayorcc2