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Resolution R-23-0191
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File Number: 13744
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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Final Action Date: 4/27/2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT ALLOCATION FROM THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ("HUD"),
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING
("EDI-CPF") FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR ("FY2023 ACT"), IN THE AMOUNT
OF FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ($4,000,000.00), AS MORE PARTICULARLY
SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, TO ASSIST
WITH FLOOD MITIGATION AND RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPROVEMENTS IN MIAMI
JOSE MARTI PARK AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD, MANAGED BY THE CITY OF
MIAMI OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS,
EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, SUBJECT
TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE
OF SUCH FUNDS.
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Consolidation
Appropriation Act, 2023, (H.R.2617) into law, which included $2,982,285,641 for 1,616
congressionally directed Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding ("EDI-
CPF") Grants; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 2023, the City of Miami ("City") received a letter from U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") announcing a grant allocation to the
City of Miami ("City"), in the total amount of Four Million Dollars and 00/100 ($4,000,000.00)
("Funds"); and
WHEREAS, these allocations were authorized by the Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated
Appropriations Act (P.L. 117-328) (TY2023 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the allocated Funds will be used to fund Office of Capital Improvements
("OCI") Jose Marti Park and Neighborhood Flood Mitigation, Project No. 40-13193500, to assist
with flood mitigation and right-of-way improvements, including a hybrid of seawall and living
shoreline, rain garden, blue street and bioswales, in Jose Marti Park and its neighborhood ("OCI
Project No. 40-13193500"); and
WHEREAS, the funding guidelines allows for the reimbursement of all soft costs incurred
after December 29, 2022, meeting the eligibility criteria in 2 CFR 200.403; and
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WHEREAS, any balance remaining after all allowable soft and administrative costs have
been reimbursed shall be added to flood mitigation and right-of-way improvements costs of OCI
Project No. 40-13193500; and
WHEREAS, the City's Administration recommends the acceptance of the Funds and the
allocation of the Funds as specified in Exhibit "A" attached and incorporated, to assist with flood
mitigation and right -of way improvements in Office of Capital Improvements Jose Marti Park and
Neighborhood Flood Mitigation, Project No. 40-13193500;
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
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The acceptance, allocation, and appropriation of EDI-CPF funds from the
FY2023 Act in the amount of Four Million Dollars and 00/100 ($4,000,000.00), as specified in
Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated, to assist with the flooding and right -of way improvements
in Office of Capital Improvements Jose Marti Park and Neighborhood Flood Mitigation, Project
No. 40-Bl93500, is authorized.'
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
necessary documents, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purpose, subject to all
federal, state, and local laws that regulate the use of such funds.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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' 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.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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