HomeMy WebLinkAboutSummary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM
FILE ID: O - OD1 ! 7
PH.4
Date: 01/17/2008 Requesting Department: Community Development
Commission Meeting Date: 02/14/2008 District Impacted:
Type: ® Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item
❑ Other
Subject: Waiving A Conflict of Interest: Association for the Development of the Exceptional, Inc.
Purpose of Item:
WAIVING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 2-612 OF THE CITY
CODE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
("DCD") TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
EXCEPTIONAL, INC. ("ADE"), FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO COMPLETE
CONSTRUCTION ON A TRAINING KITCHEN FACILITY.
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Background Information:
The Association for the Development of the Exceptional, Inc. ("ADE") is a non-profit Florida
corporation that provides vocational training to developmentally disabled adults.
ADE desires to enter into an agreement with the City of Miami Department of Community
Development ("DCD") to provide public facilities and improvements to complete construction on a
kitchen training facility which would allow the agency to teach persons with disabilities the skills
necessary to obtain gainful employment.
Said agreement is in the amount of $72,000.00.
Helena Del Monte is the Executive Director of ADE.
Helena Del Monte is a member of the City of Miami Community Relations Board.
Article V, Sec. 2-611 and Sec. 2-612 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended,
states in part, that no member of any City board shall enter into any contract or transact any
business with the City.
Article V, Sec. 2-614 establishes a waiver provision of Sec. 2-611 and Sec. 2-612 by permitting
waiver of a transaction(s) by an affirmative vote of four -fifths of the members of the City
Commission after a public hearing and only after findings by four -fifths of the members of the City
Commission that, among others, the property or services to be involved in the proposed
transaction are unique and the City cannot avail itself of such property or services without
entering into a transaction which would violate this section but for waiver of its requirements and
the proposed transaction will be to the best interest of the City.
The services being provided by ADE are unique due to its experience and familiarity with the
skills, training techniques and job placement expertise as they relate to assisting developmentally
disabled adults obtain gainful employment.
This transaction is in the best interest of the City because it supports DCD's mission of, among
other things, providing services to low and moderate income people.