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File Number: 14-00094 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ESTABLISHING A NEW
SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT ENTITLED: "MIAMI DUI CHECKPOINTAND
SATURATION PATROL OVERTIME PROJECT," AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS,
CONSISTING OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$120,000.00, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD AND TO EXECUTE THE
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE
GRANT AWARD.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") submitted a grant application to the Florida Department of
Transportation, to fund highway safety; and
WHEREAS, the City received notification that said application was approved for funding in an
amount not to exceed $120,000.00; and
WHEREAS, funds from this grant will be used for overtime operations to reverse the trend of
impaired driving related traffic crashes and fatalities in the City and to enhance its enforcement efforts
and deterrence capability; and
WHEREAS, it would be appropriate for the City Manager to accept said grant and to establish a
new Special Revenue Project for the appropriation of said award;
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 following new Special Revenue Project is established and resources are
appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: Miami DUI Checkpoint and Saturation Patrol $120,000.00
Overtime Project
RESOURCES: Florida Department of Transportation
APPROPRIATIONS: Highway Safety Program $120,000.00
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized {1} to accept said grant award and to execute the
necessary documents, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement acceptance of
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said grant.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVE! AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VI ITORIA M
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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