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File Number: 07-00297 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),,
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXERCISE THE FIRST ONE-YEAR
OPTION TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN MEDICAL EDUCATION, PURSUANT TO
RESOLUTION NO. 05-0679, ADOPTED NOVEMBER 17, 2005, FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF FIRE -RESCUE, TO CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OF
THE DELIVERY OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM TRAINING
FOR THE MIAMI URBAN AREAS FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING
EQUIPMENT, COURSE DELIVERY, OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000; ALLOCATING
FUNDS FROM THE UASI GRANT PROJECT ACCOUNT; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXERCISE THE SECOND ONE-YEAR
OPTION TO EXTEND SAID CONTRACT, WITH FUNDS ALLOCATED FROM SAID
GRANT PROJECT ACCOUNT, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has a continued need for a qualified, professional to continue
without interruption of the delivery of the Emergency Response to Terrorism ("ERT") training for the
Miami Urban area's first responders; and
WHEREAS, the University of Miami Center for Research in Medical Education ("UMCRME") has
met the City's requirements for the purpose of providing Department of Homeland Security, Office of
Domestic Preparedness approved training courses for first responders in the Miami Urban areas
(designated municipal and county employees of the City, Miami -Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties,
jurisdictions within the counties and hospitals within these jurisdictions) who respond to terrorists and
weapons of mass destruction ("WMD") events; and
WHEREAS, the curriculum and methods offered by these courses provide the Miami Urban area's
first responders the necessary training and preparation needed to counter incidents or WMD, and the
ERT training meets the strategic objectives of the Miami Urban Area and will enhance the City's and
the surrounding jurisdictions' ability to respond to a terrorist threat or act; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has determined that it is advantageous and practical for the City to
continue this partnership with UMCRME, which provides an important ERT training for the first
responders of the Miami Urban Area in accordance with the Urban Area Security Initiative ("UASI")
Grant Project; and
WHEREAS, UMCRME has been designated as the lead institution to carry out first responder
anti-terrorist training statewide by the Florida Department of Health; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Division of Emergency Medical Services has certified the course for
continuing education credits and the Florida Department Security Oversight Board, the Florida
Domestic Security State Working Group and the Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training have
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approved the contents of said ERT Training;
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 exercise the first one-year option to extend the
contract with the UMCRME, pursuant to Resolution No. 05-0679, adopted November 17, 2005, for the
Department of Fire -Rescue, to continue without interruption of the delivery of the ERT training for the
Miami Urban Area's First Responders, including equipment, course delivery, outcomes assessment
and quality improvement, in an amount not to exceed $350,000, with funds allocated from the UASI
Grant Project Account, subject to budgetary approval.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized{1} to exercise the second one-year option to
extend said contract, with funds allocated from said grant project account, subject to budgetary
approval.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPRSVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JORG
CITY T ORNEY
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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