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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Cover Page`rev oF�t AGENDA ITEM COVER PAGE File ID: #13575 Resolution Sponsored by: Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ALLOCATING AND APPROPRIATING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 ("ARPA") CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2022, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-22-0455, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) ("GRANT') TO CAMARA DE COMERCIO LATINA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS (CAMACOL), INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("CAMACOL"), WITH FUNDS TO BE DISBURSED PURSUANT TO A DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE AS FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT ITS YOUTH AND MINORITY EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL MEDIA SECTORS, SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH CAMACOL AND ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. of .�f City of Miami City Hall * INC IIf 6NAi10 * 3500 Pan American Drive .r;<. 11 eA Legislation Miami, FL 33133 Resolution www.miamigov.com Enactment Number: R-23-0118 File Number: 13575 Final Action Date:3/9/2023 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ALLOCATING AND APPROPRIATING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 ("ARPA") CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2022, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-22-0455, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) ("GRANT") TO CAMARA DE COMERCIO LATINA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS (CAMACOL), INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("CAMACOL"), WITH FUNDS TO BE DISBURSED PURSUANT TO A DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE AS FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT ITS YOUTH AND MINORITY EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL MEDIA SECTORS, SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH CAMACOL AND ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA") into law; and WHEREAS, ARPA is a historic emergency financial relief and investment package that addresses the unprecedented public health and economic crisis resulting from the Novel Coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic; and WHEREAS, the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury issued the final rule (31 CFR Part 35) to implement the Coronavirus State Fiscal and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ("ARPA Funds") established under the American Rescue Plan ("Final Rule"); and WHEREAS, the Final Rule establishes the guidance and eligible uses of the ARPA Funds; and WHEREAS, CAMARA DE COMERCIO LATINA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS (CAMACOL), INC., a Florida Not For Profit Corporation ("CAMACOL"), is an organization dedicated to providing outreach to a special segment of the community who are currently underserved and/or which have been affected by the post -pandemic business climate; and WHEREAS, CAMACOL submitted a funding request to the City of Miami ("City") for ARPA Funds in order to offer programs to develop employment opportunities for minorities and the disenfranchised to enter into the tech and digital media sectors; training programs for at -risk youth and minorities; other programs that will develop skills necessary to obtain employment for the City's minority community in these sectors; and will work with public and private sector partners in program implementation ("Program"); and WHEREAS, on November 17, 2022, after a properly advertised public hearing, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-22-0455, allocating and appropriating a total amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) ("Grant") in order to implement the Program on a reimbursement basis; and WHEREAS, the City's ARPA Consultant, Atkins, member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, or its successor ("ARPA Consultant"), has reviewed the funding request from CAMACOL and has determined that providing ARPA Funds to CAMACOL in order to implement the Program is an eligible use of ARPA Funds under the Final Rule, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A;" and WHEREAS, the City wishes to fund and enter into a grant agreement with CAMACOL for a total amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) ("Grant") in order to implement the Program and with the Grant to be disbursed in the amounts and pursuant to the following disbursement schedule: (1) a first payment in an amount not to exceed Two -Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be disbursed on or after April 1 2023; (2) a second payment in an amount not to exceed Two -Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be disbursed on or after October 1 2023; (3) a third payment in an amount not to exceed Two -Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be disbursed on or after April 1 st 2024; and (4) a fourth payment in an amount not to exceed Two -Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be disbursed on or after October 1 2024 ("Disbursement Schedule") in order to complete the Program activities by September 31, 2025, subject to any and all requirements and conditions that the City may implement for the disbursement and use of the Grant; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to allocate and appropriate the Grant, with funds to be disbursed pursuant to the Disbursement Schedule, to CAMACOL in order to implement the Program, subject to all federal, state, and local laws that regulate the use of such funds for said purpose. Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute a grant agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with CAMACOL, in order to implement the Program. Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary documents, modifications, and amendments, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purpose. Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption ' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code provisions. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: Vf ria i dez, ity ttor ey 2/2812023 Pursuant to the resolution, this item became effective immediately upon adoption by the Commission.