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File Number: 13-00383 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,834, TO THE
FOLLOWING AGENCIES AS STATED HEREIN: THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 TO THE
TACOLCY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE AMOUNT OF
$5,834 TO WOMEN IN TRANSITION OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.; ALLOCATING
SAID FUNDS FROM THE POVERTY INITIATIVE PROGRAM, ACCOUNT NO.
14010.910101.882000; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH SAID
AGENCIES, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 12-0290, adopted July 26, 2012, the City Commission
approved the allocation of funds, totaling $190,500, including a reserve in the amount of $33,597 for
Districts 3 and 5, for public services activities from the Poverty Initiatives Program; and
WHEREAS, Women in Transition of South Florida, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that
empowers, educates and enhances the lives of women and girls (ages 16 and up) with the necessary
skills to become self-sufficient in today's society such as granting access benefits to work and
assisting with upgrading work skills; and
WHEREAS, their target market includes, but is not limited to, women and girls that live in homeless
shelters, high-school dropouts, seniors, those with HIV -AIDS and the disabled; and
WHEREAS, Tacolcy Economic Development Corporation ("TEDC") is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the development of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the City Administration recommends the allocation of funds, from the Poverty Initiative
Program, in the amount of $10,834, to the following agencies as stated herein: the amount of $5,000
to TEDC and the amount of $5,834 to Women in Transition of South Florida, Inc.;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The allocation of funds, in the total amount of $10,834, is authorized, to the following
agencies as stated herein: the amount of $5,000 to TEDC and the amount of $5,834 to Women in
Transition of South Florida, Inc, from the Poverty Initiatives Program, Account No.
14010.910101.882000.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized {1} to execute agreements, in a form acceptable to the
City Attorney, with said agencies, for said purpose.
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Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE 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 (10)
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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