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PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK
ROOTS IN THE CITY LANDSCAPE TRAINING INSTITUTE
AND BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM
Roots In The City proposes to begin a modified Landscape Training Institute and Beautification Program
for enhancement of the Third Avenue corridor in Overtown by hiring and training unemployed
Overtown residents in urban gardening and specialty food growing and marketing. Using the sites
designated in Attachment 1 as the on-the-job training sites and the FDOT Overtown office for classroom
training, participants will participate in at least 82 hours of classroom training and 90 hours of
supervised field training to attain a certificate of graduation.
We propose to deliver the full training module to at least eight participants, and at least eight other
participants will be offered the full program if they and Roots agree that the program is a "good fit" for
each. This approach allows for drop -outs and administrative dismissals, which are a common
occurrence in this program. Each dismissed probationary or accepted trainee will be replaced so that
the full complement of graduated trainees may be attained. Roots will aim to graduate four trainees in
each of four training cycles, but experience teaches that half of the recruited trainees do not complete
the program. Allowing a probationary period will give Roots staff an opportunity to achieve the goal of
sixteen graduates within the year.
Trainees will be recruited from the Overtown community, assessed during a three-week probationary
period, and upon acceptance to the Institute will be documented and trained in the course outlined in
the Roots In The City Training Manual. Upon graduation, Roots In The City will provide assistance with
job referrals and provide documentation of same to the CRA.
Training will be provided by Roots in The City staff as well as invited speakers from other agencies and
businesses. The field training will be delivered using the existing beautification beds along Third Avenue
as well as the expanded vegetable garden area on lots to be cultivated for growing vegetables and herbs
on land loaned by the Collins Center.
Roots In The City will continue the community engagement component of the Institute by donating
available fresh produce to community residents, schools and service agencies. Additionally, Roots In
j]pard Members
The City annually hosts community volunteers from all walks of life. During their service the volunteers
are given an brief orientation to Overtown, the urban gardening program, and the Landscape Training
Institute. This influx of visitors to Overtown not only provides free labor in the program, it also expands
the opportunity for Overtown businesses to serve new customers, establishes a comfortable
atmosphere for visitors, enhances their knowledge of Miami history, and provides a brief experience in
urban gardening, the benefits of which can be spread to other neighborhoods. The community
engagement coordinator will engage the external Overtown community by obtaining and coordinating
volunteers, soliciting donations, involving residents in the work of the farm, extending outreach to
schools and educational programs, and tapping the existing market for potential sales outlets as well as
job referrals.
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BUDGET
ROOTS IN THE CITY LANDSCAPE TRAINING INSTITUTE
AND BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM
'CATEGORY. DESCRIPTION No. RATE GRANT EN -KIND TOTAL
Program Manager 130 days $ 400/day $ 52,000 $ 52,000
Field supervisor/transportation/recruitment 1 $ 24.86/hr $ 51,709 $ 51,709
Trainer 1 $ 17.78/hr $ 36,982 $ 36,982
Community engagement coordinator 1 $ 7.50/hr $ 15,600 $ 15,600
Trainee payroll 16 $ 9.04/hr $ 75,213 $ 75,213
Plants & maintenance material $ 20,000 $ 5,000 $ 25,000
(including training material and additional sites)
Water meter and water usage (for additional sites) $ 6,300 $ 6,300
Equipment (power tiller and hand tools) $ 2,000 $ 2,000
Transportation (equipment, materials & trainees) 9100mi. $ .55/mi $ 5,005 $ 5,005
Volunteer labor 8000 hrs $ 7.25/hr $ 58,000 $ 58,000
FIU graduate student intern 832 $ 20/hr $ 16,640 $ 16,640
Land use value 12 $20,250/mo $ 243,000 $ 243,000
Administrative cost $ 1700/mo $ 20,400 $ 52,000 $ 72,400
(records management, reporting, communication)
Total $ 233,209 $ 426,640 $ 659,849
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Karen Cartwright Samuel Ludovic)ur Anjenys Gonzalez-Lilert, M.5. ancirea Loring, M.,j.
12/10/2009 15:53 4048740770
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE
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BEFORE ME, this day personally appear .d Marvin Dunn, President of Roots in the City, Inc, who upon being
first duly sworn, states and deposes the fallowing:
1. The Hoard of Conunissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
("CRA"), pursuant to the resolutions listed below, authorized grants totaling $21 O,OOO, to Roots in the City, Inc., for the
program cycles listed below, for ieamfcat on, landscape training, signage, purchase of king and refrigeration.
equipment, and cumulatively, three years of landscape maintenance services, at various locations throughout the Southeast
Overtown/.park West Redevelopment Area.
Program Cycle Resolution(s) Awarded Dollars
January I -December 31, 2009 CRA-R-O$-0071, CRA-R- $110,000
O9-Q046
January 1 December 31, 2008 �CRA-R-07-01495 $100,0OO
2. 1 certify that, in accordance with the grant agreements between the CRA and Roots in the City, Inc., that
S50,518 of the total CRA grant funds awarded to Roots in the City, Inc., have been utilized for the Landscape Training
Institute program activities.
3. I further certify that the chart below accurately reflects the anan ieulation and graduation, rate of students
participating in the Landscape Training Institute, the job placement 'c.-fe.idis by Roots in the City, Inc., and the
employment status of the graduate trainees tracked by .Roots in the City, Inc., since the establishment of the Landscape
Training Institute program in 2008.
Program
Start
Year
N umber of
Registered
Partkipanty
Year 14
2009
Year
2008
Actual
Number of
Trainees
Number
'of
Graduates
Number of
Graduates
Referred for
Employment
19 6 5
Number of Total MA Grant
Graduates Funds Awarded
Employed
Funds Allocated for
the Landscape
Training Program
5110,000
$33,082
5100,000
517,436
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4. I understand that the representations made herein are a material inducement for the CRA's issuance of the
aforementioned Grants,
true,
5. Under penalties of perjury, I declare that 1 have read the foregoing affidavit and the facts stated in it are
FURTHER. SAYETH THE AFFIANT NAUGHT,
R t]tc C' , Inc,, a Florida iron -profit corporation
By:
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Miriam
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF
SWORN TO (OR AFFIRMED) AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME this A 1 day of ` , 2009, by Marvin Dunn.
Personally Known
OR Produced Identification
-Type of Identification Produced
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(Seal)
Signature:
Print Name:
Notary Public, State of Florida
My Commission. Expires:
„wu,,, DOLORES WORTHINGTON
,Y / Notary Public - State of Florida
r , _ My Commission Expires Dec 14, 2010
sr�r Commission # DD 622620
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