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File Number: 11-00596 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND TO EXECUTE,
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF LEGAL FORM AND CORRECTNESS BY THE CITY
ATTORNEY, A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ("MOA"), BETWEEN THE CITY
OF MIAMI ("CITY") THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE -RESCUE
("DEPARTMENT"), AS THE SPONSORING AGENCY OF FLORIDA TASK FORCE 2
UNDER THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S
NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH & RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM, ACTING
THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, THE STATE
OF FLORIDA, WITH EACH OF THE CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES ON "EXHIBIT A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, SUBJECT TO CONSULTATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY FUTURE AMENDMENTS,
EXTENSIONS, AND/OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THE MOA, SUBJECT TO THE
APPROVAL OF LEGAL FORM AND CORRECTNESS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY,
AND SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED.
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Homeland Security's National Urban Search &
Rescue Response System ("USAR") since 1989 has annually funded the South Florida Urban Search
and Rescue Task Force, Florida Task Force 2 ("FL TF 2") which is coordinated by the City of Miami
("City") Department of Fire Rescue ("Department") as the sponsoring agency ("Sponsoring Agency")
through Federal Emergency Management Agency, State of Florida (collectively, "FEMA") for the
operation of its USAR program by FL TF 2; and
WHEREAS, FEMA and the FL TF 2 operate under a longstanding memorandum of agreement
most recently updated in September, 2008 (the "Sponsoring Agency MOA"), pursuant to City
Commission Resolution No. 08-0504, adopted September 11, 2008, making several operational, legal
and regulatory changes, and FEMA is requiring all of its sponsoring agencies to revise their related
earlier memoranda of agreement with participating agencies and certain strategic individuals to update
a new standard form of Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA") that has been developed, subject to
some state statutory differences for sponsoring agencies and participating agencies in the various
states; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 01-484, adopted May 24, 2001, and Resolution No. 05-
0212, adopted April 14, 2005, the City Manager entered into an original MOA with participating
agencies setting forth those agencies' responsibilities in connection with the development and support
of a local USAR FL TF 2 coordinated by the City's Department with all costs to be reimbursed by state
and/or federal funding sources; and
WHEREAS, accordingly, (1) the. Department's earlier listof participating agencies needs to be
updated to take into account not only long-standing participating agencies but also anticipated new
participating agencies as indicated on "Exhibit A", attached and incorporated (collectively, the
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"Participating Agencies"), and (2) the City through the Department as Sponsoring Agency needs to
enter into the revised MOA with the Participating Agencies in accordance with the Sponsoring Agency
MOA and FEMA's updated guidelines for USAR; and
WHEREAS, separate future legislation will be presented to the City Commission to authorize the
updated list of strategic individuals such as doctors and forensic engineers in a newly formatted form
of professional services agreement with those individuals; and
WHEREAS, the MOA is necessary to continue without interrupting the operation of the ongoing
USAR FL TF 2 Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY 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 negotiate and to execute, subject to approval of
legal form and correctness by the City Attorney, a MOA, between the City, through the Department, as
the Sponsoring Agency of FL TF 2 under USAR, acting through FEMA, with each of the current and
anticipated participating agencies on "Exhibit A", attached and incorporated.
Section. 3. The City Manager, subject to consultation with the Department, is authorized{1} to
negotiate and to execute any future amendments, extensions, and/or supplements to the MOA,
subject to the approval of legal form and correctness by the City Attorney and subject to budgetary
approval at the time of need.
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
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, if shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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