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RESOLUTION NO. 9 3 r 4
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ACCEPT AND EXPEND FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$6,575,858 FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA
"HURRICANE ANDREW RECOVERY AND REBUILDING
TRUST FUND" AS FINANCIAL RELIEF FROM THE
IMPACT OF HURRICANE ANDREW; AUTHORIZING THE
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY
MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE
TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO IMPLEMENT ACCEPTANCE
AND EXPENDITURE OF SAID FUNDS.
WHEREAS, Hurricane Andrew produced disastrous weather
conditions which had a devastating impact upon South Florida; and
WHEREAS, the severity of the damage loss has caused critical
financial difficulty for the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature created the Hurricane
Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund") to
channel the additional state sales tax revenues associated with
the hurricane recovery to provide funding relief to adversely
affected local governments, state agencies and the judiciary; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami submitted an application
totalling $15,029,000 for disaster assistance from the Trust
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Fund; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1804 authorizes the Governor to
transfer funds from the Trust Fund to the City of Miami for
relief of unreimbursed expenditures, revenue loss and other
recovery activities due to Hurricane Andrew; and
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WHEREAS, the Governor's Office will be initiating several
Memoranda of Agreements, as necessary, for the purposes of
disbursement of appropriated funds;
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 Manager is hereby authorized to
accept and expend funds in the amount of $6,575,858 from the
State of Florida Department of Community Affairs "Hurricane
Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust Fund" as financial relief
from the impact of Hurricane Andrew.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized-`' to
execute the necessary Memoranda of Agreement, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, with the State of Florida, to
implement acceptance and expenditure of said funds.
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.
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Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of July , 1993.
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XAVIER L. UARE , MAYOR
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MATTY HIRAI
CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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JULIE 0. BRU
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNESS:
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