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File Number: 08-00287 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAM( CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
ENTITLED: "FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
PROJECT" TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE A GRANT FUNDED BY THE
CHILDREN'S TRUST AND ADMINISTERED BY LEAD AGENCY AND FISCAL
AGENT, COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF
$26,764.80, TO PROVIDE THE GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROJECT,
FOR THE GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT SAID GRANT AND TO
EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, IN SUBSTANTIALLY
THE ATTACHED FORM ("MOU"), AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO
ACCEPT SAID GRANT AND TO IMPLEMENT AND COMPLY WITH SAID
MOU FOR SAID PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has a strong interest in providing Gang Resistance
Education and Training ("GREAT") Program to elementary schools in the Little Haiti
neighborhood of the City; and
WHEREAS, Communities In Schools Inc., as lead agency and fiscal agent (the "Lead
Agency and Fiscal Agent"), submitted a Violence Intervention Project (the "VIP") application to
The Children's Trust (the "Trust") for the GREAT Program in connection with the Trust's Child
Murder and Youth Violence Prevention Initiative; and
WHEREAS, said grant is awarded for a period of twelve (12) months, beginning February
1, 2008, through January 31, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the City through its Department of Police's Juvenile Investigations Unit was
selected by the Trust and the Lead Agency and Fiscal Agent to provide the GREAT program for
the VIP Project to 300 elementary youth in Little Haiti; and
WHEREAS, the City, under a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Lead
Agency and Fiscal Agent, in substantially the attached form, will be paid Twenty -Six Thousand,
Seven Hundred and Sixty -Four Dollars and Eighty Cents ($26,764.80), to provide the GREAT
Program for the VIP Project; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department Juvenile Investigation Unit has determined that it does
not presently need any matching funds or in -kind services to provide the GREAT Program, but
the Department will return to the City Commission for approval if any matching funds or in -kind
services become necessary for the Department to provide during the grant award period;
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File Number: 08-00287
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 following new Special Revenue Fund is established and resources are
accepted and appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Violence Intervention Project
RESOURCES: Children's Trust through Communities $26,764.80
In Schools, Inc. as Lead Agency and Fiscal Agent
APPROPRIATIONS: GREAT Program for VIP Project $26,764.80
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute a MOU, in substantially the attached
form, and any other necessary documents, in a form acceptable to the City Attomey, to accept
said grant and to implement and comply with said MOU for said purposes.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU Nriff
CITY ATTORNEY
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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