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Resolution: R-08-0166
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 08-00287 Final Action Date: 3/27/2008
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI 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 Enactment Number: R-08-0166
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 Attorney, 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}
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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