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HomeMy WebLinkAboutexhibit 1 - previous legislationJ-03-545 06/23/03 RESOLUTION NO. 0 3- 7 0 9 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(5), APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2003-2004 HOPWA PROGRAM FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,617,000, AND FISCAL YEAR 2002-2003 UNALLOCATED HOPWA PROGRAM FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,200,000, FOR A TOTAL OF $15,817,000, TO THE AGENCIES SPECIFIED IN "ATTACHMENT A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND RELATED SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH AIDS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH EACH AGENCY FOR LONG TERM ASSISTANCE SERVICES, WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR AT A RENEGOTIATED FEE, AT THE CITY MANAGER'S DISCRETION. WHEREAS, the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS ("HOPWA") Program was created under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act, and revised under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992; and WHEREAS, since 1994 the City of Miami ("City") has received HOPWA Program funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") and is responsible for the implementation of programs designed to provide housing and related services to individuals living with AIDS in the City EC._ ��a L 4' Il i i 1• CCTALED tt CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JUN2LI2003 liapolutiats No. 03- 709 and the cities of Hialeah and Miami Beach, and throughout Miami -Dade County ("Miami -Dade"); and WHEREAS, HUD has advised that the Program Year 2003-2004 funding to implement the HOPWA Program will be $10,617,000; and WHEREAS, unallocated HOPWA funds, $5,200,000 from Program Year 2002-2003, distribution; and WHEREAS, the Perspectives, Inc. to conduct a needs process, in the amount of are available for City retained the services of Apple Tree assessment and planning with the participation of the Miami -Dade HIV/AIDS Partnership, through its Housing Committee; and WHEREAS, the needs assessment and planning process was designed ,to assist the (1) identifying the living with HIV/AIDS City and the housing needs and in Miami -Dade Partnership by: preferences of persons and (2) determining the best use of available resources, including HOPWA funds, to address such housing needs; and WHEREAS, the needs assessment and planning process ncorporated a review of: (1) findings of' consumer and prcrider surveys and focus groups; (2) Miami-Dade's continuum of care for persons with AIDS, current housing including funding sources, with comparison of continuum of care leveraging practices to other communities; (3) demographic profile of current HOPWA clients ("Attachments C," attached and Page 2 'of 5 03- 709 incorporated); (4) allocation practices of other HOPWA grantee communities which receive substantial HOPWA dollars; and (5) anticipated direction of HUD funding policies for the HOPWA program; and WHEREAS, on April 14, 2003, the Miami -Dade HIV/AIDS Partnership accepted the funding recommendations of its Housing Committee for the allocation of HOPWA funds for Fiscal Year 2003-2004, which incorporated a distinction between City responsibilities from those that would be contracted out to community -based agencies through a competitive process and directed these recommendations to the City for consideration ("Attachment A" and "Attachment B," attached and incorporated); and WHEREAS, the Administration held three public comment meetings on the proposed funding recommendations; and WHEREAS, on April 28, 2003, the Administration issued a Request for Proposals to solicit proposals for services and projects in accordance with the funding recommendations and subsequently held two application workshops; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Page 3 of• 5 03- '709 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 allocation of Fiscal Year 2003-2004 HOPWA Program funds, in the amount of $10,617,000, and Fiscal Year 2002-2003 unallocated HOPWA Program funds, in the amount of $5,200,000, for a total of $15,817,000, is approved, to the agencies specified in "Attachment A," attached and incorporated, to provide housing assistance and related services to low-income individuals living with AIDS. Section 3. The City Manager is authorized!c to execute individual HOPWA Program Agreements ("Agreements"), in substantially the attached form, with each agency for long-term assistance services, with an option to renew the Agreements for one additional year at a renegotiated fee, at the City Manager's discretion. 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. Page 4 of 5 03- 709 Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.= PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of June , 2003. /MANUEL A. DIAZ, MAYOR ATTEST: PR.ISCILLA A. THOMPSON CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:L. ALEJA TDRO, T.ILARELLO CITY ATTORNEY ,,/W7312: tr:AS:BSS 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. Page 5 of 5