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RESOLUTION NO. 0 3 709
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION,
WITH ATTACHMENT(S), 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 $15,617,000, 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
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and the cities of Hialeah and Miami Beach, and thzoughout
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, in the amount' of
$5,200,000 from Program Year 2002-2003,, are available for
distribution; and
WHEREAS, the City retained the services of Apple, Tree
Perspectives, Inc. to conduct a needs assessment and 'planning
process, 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 City and the Partnership by:
(1) identifying the housing needs and preferences of persons
living with HIV/AIDS in Miami -Dade 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
incorporated a review of: (1) findings of consumer and provider
surveys and focus groups; (2) Miami-Dade's current housing
continuum of care for persons with AIDS, 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
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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; an4
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:
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Section 1.
Preamble t
The recitals and findings contained in the
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 •$1,0,617,000, 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 authorized1e 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.
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 and signature of the Mayor.'.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of June , 2003.
ANUEL A. DIAZ, MA
ATTEST:
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PR1?SCILLA A. THOMPSON
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:/
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z/ 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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