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Resolution: R-10-0139
File Number: 10-00250
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 3/25/2010
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDING TO THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES,
DIVISION OF FORESTRY'S 2010 URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT
PROGRAM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000, FOR THE ARBOR DAY
2011 CELEBRATION ("PROJECT"); AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI'S REQUIRED MATCHING FUNDS FOR FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF
THE PROJECT COSTS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000, FROM THE
TREE TRUST FUND ACCOUNT NO. 11500.152000.663000.0000.00000; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF SAID GRANT APPLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") adopted a Tree Master Plan, on February 22, 2007, which
aims to increase the City's tree canopy to thirty percent (30%) by 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to apply for an Urban and Community Forestry Grant which would
provide monies to help fund the City's 2011 Arbor Day Celebration ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, if the City is awarded the grant funds, the City wishes to enter into an Urban and
Community Forestry Grant Memorandum of Agreement between the City and the Florida Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services; and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the Project is estimated not to exceed $20,000; and
WHEREAS, the City is allocating the required matching funds for fifty percent (50%) of the total
Project costs, in an amount not to exceed $10,000 from the Tree Trust Fund, Account No.
11500.152000.663000.0000.00000;
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 City Manager is authorized {1} to submit an application for grant funding to Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry's 2010 Urban and Community
Forestry Grant Program, in an amount not to exceed $10,000, for the Project.
Section 3. The allocation of the City's required matching funds for fifty percent (50%) of the
Project costs, in an amount not to exceed $10,000, from the Tree Trust Fund Account Number No.
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Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized{1} to execute any necessary documents for the
submission of said grant application.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} 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} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten 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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