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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-93-0126J--93-283 2/2S/93 �e r RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, IN A FORD ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE HISPANIC COALITION, INC. ("COALITION") TO PROVIDE A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,59B FOR ITS JOB PLACEMENT AND IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE PROJECT; DIRECTING THAT FUNDING THEREFOR BE REQUESTED FROM THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL ("PIC") AND IF NOT GRANTED BY PIC, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE SAID FUNDS FROM ANY AVAILABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING. WHEREAS, the City previously provided a grant to the Coalition to oonduot a trial program for job placement and immigration assistance to persons seeking jobs; and WHEREAS, the Coalition has been successful in said endeavor, and the City desires to continue funding this program for the period of February 1, 1993 through July 31, 1993; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Seotion 1. The recitals and findings oontained in the Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Seotion. Section 2. The City Manager is authorizedI/ to enter into an agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with the Coalition to provide a grant in the amount of $39,695 for its job placement and immigration assistance projeot. Section 3. Directing that funding for this project be requested from PIC, and if not granted by PIC, the City Manager is authorized to allocate said funds from any available source of funding. Section 4. This Resolution shall beoome effective Immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of abruarn, 1993. XAVISR LSUAREZ, MAYOR =- ATT MATTY HIRAI CITY CLERK PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: APPROVED AS TO FORM AND _ CORRECTNESS: CAREEN L . LBO A . QU j, N , III - ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CITY ATTO CLL : osk : M3 547 _ 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. - -2- 9 3 - 126 `°A t+l r, CISPANIC CO ION "5TAENOfiNiwNtNG GdAt.1i1©NS AMONG ALL. NiBPARtIGS NATIONWIDE" ,�i;•.� ESTAELIS"EU 1907 00#A 6. W. WASBE Pr -"Won! HISPANIC COALITION. INC. 308 PLACEMENT AND IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE PR03ECT PROPOSE EMERGENCY BUDGET February 01, 1993 to July 31, 1993 Due to the destruction created by Hurricane Andrew in South Dade County, added to the already devastated ,lob market, the Hispanic Coalition along with Dade County Commissioner Charles Dueseau , i ►► Octobor of,1992, created a pilot project to provide a vehicle whereby the targeted group of unemployed low. to moderate income minority individuals, displaced and now living in the City of Miami, who were in need of assistance in accessing the job market and the employers in need of workers can have their needs satisfied through the JOE PLACEMENT SERVICE provided by *ur organization. The problem was more then just findivio jobs for those in the target population but a bigger factor was transportation. moving the target population into the affected area. This was resolved by placing buses and minivans (through a contract the County had with FEMA) at certain sites to pick up and transport those in the target population to the job sites and theiv return them to the specific sites after work. This program has, proven to be a big success. ® The first month of the program we received approximately 260 applications and placed approximately 124 people on jobs. As the affected area became more accessible by telephone, we began to receive more Inquiries from businesses in South Dade. in November apprised, by City Manager Cesar Odlo, of a big problem the City of Miami was having with a group of people congregating on street corners in an area called 'the canal`. which is located"in the Flagaml District of the City from the Palmetto to 74th Avenue on S.W. Sth Street. waiting to be picked up by prospective employors. These corners became known as pick up and drop off points, by not only the those lookl►►a for jobs but also to the bmployers. The the majerlty (go%) of this group live in the target neighborhoods and travel to the Canal site to find work. This made an ideal situation for both the+ prospective job seekere, as most of them were either unemployed low income minorities, horneJless and/or undocumented aliens. and the employes 010 were in need of day labor. 8572 S.W. 8Ih Stew , vatenono v ente Maq • Mte,mt, t=1ar :►fit 44 Phone: (305) 262-0060 ' (305) 262-2061 • Fax. (305) 26- 7,16 93- 126 T I W, I A The area businesses avid residents began complaining ,and looking for a solution.. it wLts decided that the Hispanic Goal.ikion could possibly provide sa solution to this problem as we were already had a successful ,fob program and we also gave assistance with immigration problems. With a small grant of $4.500 from the City of Miami the 1.5th of December of 1992 we opened an office within the City of Miami, in the most affected area and begun to conco nt:rate on those people that were congrepativtg on the corners by the "Canal" and passing out flyers and gelling them about our job placesmelht service and assistance with immiuration problems. Since the start of the program we had received approxiinately'55 applicants in our ottice Tor permanenL jobs and approximately 18 for immigration assistance. To date the total program has placed approximately 310 Hlspanic,1R ano 125 Haitians from the target areas in permanent positions. our first concentration was with the nurseries and farms to provide the Madly needed labor for our agricultural market. Our concentration now is construction and roofing positions. The target group is low to moderate income minority residents. who live within the areas of Allapatteh, Downtown, Little Havana, Model CitY, avertown, Wynwood and Coconut Grove. We do hot limit our services to residents and citizens of the United States as those that are undocumented pose a big problem and may have a chance of becoming productive residents if their immigration papers were in order. Therefore we offer a unique service assisting both in locating employment and assistance with obtaining work permits and legal status for those undocumented aliens. There is a tremendous need for this type of comprehensive program. As long as those in the targeted group are working from the street corners 1. They are not paying taxes for the work that they are doing. 2. The employer is not paying tuxes. 3. They are causing a loss in dollars to the area businesses and loss in tax dollars from area residents and businesses. 4. They are causing the decline of the area both in property reutels/sales and reduction in property taxes. S. The higher crime rate such as sile of drugs. public drunkenness. vagrancy. homeless living under the bridge, fighting and a higher coast to the taxpayer for the excessive amount of police who have to patrol the area. 6. Those that are homeless are living under the bridge at the palmetto ated S. W. eth Street posing other problems. 7. There is a large undocumented population as t1jese site* are known to the,employers and the target population as a place to get o good Paying Job and whore it does not matter if you have working permits. 93- 129 I f We have been working clomely with the busine*sahas, the police" In the area and Mr. Edward Blanco, Administrator of Flagami N4at to insure that the targeted population come into our office to find pae-manent work and receive the assistance needed to aocess the ,fob market and Immigration. The biggest problem is not the target population but the employers who choose not to pay takes and abuse the laws. ©ettina them to change will be the challenge. We do riot foresee much problem in corit-acting the employers and letting them know Lhat this is causino a crisis In an already overburdened ar®a. we have been at the site when the employers pick up the workers starting a 6:00 In the Morning and have gotten the names of some Of those employers and they r#i.11 be contacted by our staff. We also received a complete list of all registered contractors working within 'bade County and are in the process of contracting all Of them. This personal, contact has proved to be a sucessful Method of obtaining more ,Jobs for those in the targeted population. We undertook this project because we understand the great need to assist those in the targeted population to become responsible taxpaying residents of South Florida. The small grant of $4,SOO that was given to us through City Manager Cesar Odio will not last until we can obtain a grant from Community DevelopmenL in July. We have signed a one (1) year lease on the office and hired two people to run it. What is left of the $4.500 will pay the rent through March. We need this emergency funding to continue with the program. The total amount that we are asking for to get us through July, 1993 is: 039.595.00 93- 126 W P . F3 2 t HISPANIC 701. ,::TIAIJ IM . �H Pi.l'��f tit=.�1 %� IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE PROQRAI a BoUitM It"trJ4,IMe aa•'► iti ry 07, 1993 ► CVVkl Use Fet)rit3.::e 0 t . ..!)!?:i 1;e 0u1.y J ► I')93 1Y.i°1Sti ATUIM 096•t:tt1PT-013 WID %1Ul3't'.1Lr1Ci!'C1't:11 )ject Director, a'►a tworsee �c�.j�:<c�t., p)-t ill -I j►,cciloor tapot t9 ind Boob AMOUBVI, 91100.00 _rotary# Tq cc=nt:3c:1: IMployelts, 1;0:e at�j�'.:.�;,�t'.o�e 6,500.00 to migration SpecJ a.tint . (2) To prepi! r :!t :icn of imni.jjr u z L,3n Coil :�• and :•r vl:-twining mart; ;)o:mit. netito SOci;tl S 11 j ri :y rat:c:tt • or3rk#ccE:' comptfnvitt i 3tt, uneur:.¢:yell'it Virk: nto 5 M0111-hn q► 4a•I.CC •lephone 5 Mo.i 'hi .ilitiex, 5 mo•►-Jim 'face Supplies °fice Equipment, Coipj:utwr. it, IpiJuter S: fe:t .inti.ng )cal Travel (3 1,2op tt! :>20.01) j)Er :counteat• parts 3:L r9l.Mo. »t �!13: tti.cit iscel.laineoua, l i-von arts, E-tc TOTAL 7,Boo. 00 2,230.00 2,255.00 2,100.00 750.00 11200.00 1, 400.00 1,200.00 1,560.00 3,1000.00 500.00 39,595.00 l'