HomeMy WebLinkAboutmemoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM
Joe Arriola
Chief Administrator/ City Manager
Barbara Gomez-Rodrigu
Community Developmen
DATE : March 16, 2005 FILE :
SUBJECT : Request for Waiver of Competitive
Bidding -Coalition to End Childhood
Lead Poisoning, Inc.
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
The Department of Community Development is requesting a Waiver of Competitive Bidding and
authorizing the negotiation and execution of a professional services agreement with Coalition to
End Childhood Lead Poisoning, Inc., a non profit entity, to provide technical assistance to the
Miami Unleaded program, in an amount not to exceed $225,000 for a period of three years.
On November 18, 2004, pursuant to Resolution No. 04-0756, the City Commission accepted a
grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), in the
amount of $3,000,000, for the Miami Unleaded program in which Coalition to End Childhood
Lead Poisoning, Inc ("The Coalition") was included as part of the proposal presented to and
approved by HUD.
The Coalition, founded in 1986 as Parents Against Lead, brings 18 years experience in the
design and implementation of community -based primary prevention programs, compliance
assistance and enforcement strategies, and leveraging resources. Since 1993, the Coalition has
provided direct services in Maryland to over 200,000 individuals or organizations, and has
reached over 2,000,000 through its outreach and education programs.
The Coalition's relentless pursuit of building sustainable partnerships focused on the elimination
of lead hazards has resulted in a 90% reduction of lead poisoning levels in Baltimore since 1994.
From the establishment of key commissions, to the design of meaningful public policies, to the
hands on provision of legal services, hazard reduction, training programs, relocation services and
education campaigns, the Coalition is a comprehensive service provider that has proven to
deliver.
The Coalition has helped to develop programs in Maryland, Delaware and Missouri that bring
key stakeholders from the communities, government and private business with assigned mission
responsibilities to act and communicate. It has also developed often small but meaningful
services that have been replicated nationally, such as the nation's first Lead Safe Housing
Registry, HEPA vacuum loan programs, and Section 8 local preferences for families with lead
poisoned children. Through Miami Unleaded, the Coalition will help Miami expand effective
comprehensive, community -based lead hazard control and prevention services.
The Coalition will provide technical assistance on program design including intervention
strategies, development and direct service delivery systems. They will assist in the
implementation of "Best Practices" that fit for the Miami community. The Coalition will offer
its technical assistance and training to Community Development, Miami Unleaded staff, and to
residents living in the seven targeted neighborhoods to ensure benchmarks are met, genuine
community -based partnerships are sustained, and that resources are engaged to most effectively
protect children and pregnant women in the Miami Unleaded communities.
Therefore, the Department of Community Development respectfully requests your approval to
seek a waiver of competitive bid . • cess, and the approval to negotiate and execute a
professional services agreement h Coalit n to End Chi . • , od Lead Poisoning, Inc.
Approved: 4
MAR 21 2005
Joe :, Chief Administrator/ City Manager Date