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Resolution R-24-0426
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 16739 Final Action Date: 10/24/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A STATUTORY
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE MIAMI FOUNDATION AS
REQUIRED AS PART OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY'S") APPLICATION TO
THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ("EPA")
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE COMMUNITY CHANGE GRANT
PROGRAM; FURTHER IN THE EVENT OF AN AWARD, AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FOR AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($20,000,000.00)
("GRANT FUNDS"), WITHOUT THE NEED FOR FURTHER CITY COMMISSION
APPROVAL, FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IMPROVEMENTS AND
PROGRAMMING TO SELECTED CITY PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO BE DESIGNATED AS RESILIENCE HUBS
("PROJECT"); ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT FUND
AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING
AGREEMENTS, AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN
FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT
THE ACCEPTANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH SAID GRANT; PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Christine King
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is submitting an application to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") Environmental Justice and Climate Justice
Community Change Grant ("ECJCCG") program to enhance selected City Parks and Recreation
Community Centers to function as Resilience Hubs and build the capacity of community -based
organizations ("CBOs") to improve their ability to provide disaster preparedness and response
programming; and
WHEREAS, the EPA ECJCCG Program provides a reimbursement grant, and the City
will be requesting an amount not to exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) ("Grant
Funds"); and
WHEREAS, awards for this grant are expected to be between ten million dollars
($10,000,000.00) and twenty million dollars ($20,000,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to establish a Resilience Hub Network and, through this
grant, if awarded, will retrofit and designate selected City Parks and Recreation community
centers as Resilience Hubs to provide services to meet community needs in an emergency and
serve as cooling centers during extreme heat events ("Project"); and
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WHEREAS, the City's Office of Resilience and Sustainability has established a standard
for the base set of components a Resilience Hub should contain; and
WHEREAS, to support implementation of this Project, the City will enter into a Statutory
Partnership Agreement with The Miami Foundation, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation
("The Miami Foundation"), to provide resources to residents and stakeholders as outlined in the
Statutory Partnership Agreement to be approved in a form acceptable by the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, it is an EPA requirement that the City execute a Statutory Partnership
Agreement with The Miami Foundation prior to submitting the grant proposal to demonstrate
readiness in the event of an award; and
WHEREAS, in the event of the award, The Miami Foundation will be responsible for the
engagement and education of community members, advancing environmental and climate
justice through workshops, informational sessions, and trainings in areas of disaster
preparedness, energy efficiency, and pollution control; and
WHEREAS, the City would like to grant the City Manager authority to accept, allocate,
and appropriate the Grant Funds for the Project and negotiate and execute a grant agreement
with the EPA, in the event of an award, to ensure grant activities move forward expeditiously;
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 City Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute a Statutory
Partnership Agreement with The Miami Foundation, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, to
submit as part of the City's application to the EPA ECJCCG Program.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized to accept the Grant Funds, in the
event of an award, in an amount not to exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00), without
the need for further City Commission approval and to negotiate and execute, all in forms
acceptable to the City Attorney, grant agreements, subaward agreements, amendments,
modifications, renewals, or extensions in order to implement this Resolution.
Section 4. A new Special Revenue Fund Project Fund is hereby establish for the Purpose
stated herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City 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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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wy j ng III, C1ty -ttor -y 10/15/2024
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