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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-11259J-95-•401 4/13/95 ORDINANCE N0. i1259 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ENTITLED: "SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 1995" AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME IN THE AMOUNT OF $337,413 CONSISTING OF A GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE GRANT,AWARD FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENT{S), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THIS PURPOSE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Education, Food and Nutrition Management Division, with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has agreed to allow the City of Miami to participate once again in its Summer Food Program; and WHEREAS, said State agency will reimburse the City at a rate of $2.2875 per summer lunch, and $0.5975 per supplement, which the City provides to children within the parks of the City of Miami; and WHEREAS, each $2.2875 reimbursement will provide $2.12 for operational and actual lunch cost, and $0.1675 for administrative costs of the program, and each $0.5975 reimbursement will provide 11259 $0.5550 for operational and actual supplement costs, and $0.0425 for administrative cost of the program; and WHEREAS, an estimated 114,661 lunches and 125,734 supplements will be served during the project period starting June 19 and ending August 18, 1995; and WHEREAS, an estimated $337,413 will be received from the State of Florida for carrying out said program; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the preamble to this Ordinance are hereby adopted by reference thereto and included herein as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. The following Special Revenue Fund is hereby established and resources are hereby appropriated as described herein: FUND TITLE: Summer Food Service for Children - 1995. RESOURCES: Grant Reimbursements from the United States Department of Agriculture through the Florida Department of Education. $ 337,413 APPROPRIATION: Summer Food Service Program for Children - 1995 $ 337,413 Section 3. This appropriation is contingent upon the approval of the City's application for said grant by the Florida Department of Education and the City Manager's acceptance thereof. 11259 - 2 - Section 4. The City Manager is hereby, authorized to accept the grant as set forth in the preamble to this Ordinance and to execute the necessary document(s)11 in a form acceptable to the City Attorney for said program. Section 5. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 6. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining.provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected. Section 7. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure on the grounds of urgent public need for the preservation of peace, health, safety, and property of the City of Miami, and upon the further grounds of the necessity to make the required and necessary payments to its employees and officers, payment of its debts, necessary and required purchases of goods and supplies, and to generally carry on the functions and duties of municipal affairs. Section 8. The requirements of reading this Ordinance on two separate days is hereby dispensed with an affirmative vote of not less that four-f'fths of the members of the Commission. Section 9. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. 1/ The herein author4_za.tion 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. 112 12 5 9 - 3 - PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of. May , 1995. MANOHAR S. SU A, DIRECTOR FINANCE DEPAR MEAT PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: k/L &jbq�,/j OUGAA RAMIREZ- IJA ASSIOTANT CITY ATTORNEY A &(�qQ4.1, EPHEN P. aLARK MAYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: At QWNN O , ITT CITY ATT 7 Y ' 11259 - 4 - CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO : Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission DATE : MAY - 3 )995 32 FILE : SUBJECT : Ordinance for the Summer Food Service Program for Children 1995 FROM : REFERENCES: Cesa dio City agar ENCLOSURES: RECOMMENDATION: It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached ordinance to create a new Special Revenue Fund and to appropriate grant funds in the maximum amount of $337,413 to be received from the United States Department of Agriculture to conduct a summer food service program for youth aged 18 and under from June 19, 1995 through August 18, 1995. BACKGROUND: Each year since 1968, the Department of Parks and Recreation has sponsored a Summer Food Service Program for Children. Under this program, the City provides nutritional meals in conjunction with its comprehensive recreational program featuring arts and crafts, sporting activities, field trips and special events. Based on last year's program figures,the City of Miami plans to serve an estimated 114,661 lunches (average 2,606 lunches/day x 44 days) and 125,734 snacks (average 2,858 snacks/day x 44 days) to eligible children at twenty-nine (29) sites throughout the City in conjunction with the 1995 Summer Recreation Program. The Florida Department of Education will reimburse the City at a fixed rate of $2.2875 per lunch, and $0.5975 per snack. This rate will provide sufficient funds to cover the meal cost and to hire the necessary temporary, part-time recreation aides to operate the program. Based upon the estimated number of participants and 44 service days in the program, the total grant amount may be as high as $337,413. This Ordinance is being presented as an emergency item because the department was just recently informed of the availability of grant funds, the need to meet the State of Florida. established time constraints and. deadlines for contract execution and to ensure that .funds are in place prior to the start of the Summer Program on June 19, 1995. This item is companion to a resolution which would authorize the purchase of food through a Metro Dade County bid. 11259 5Z- f