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File ID: #16739
Date: 10/03/2024
Commission Meeting Date: 10/24/2024
Requesting Department: Office of Resilience
and Sustainability
Sponsored By: Christine King
District Impacted: All
Type: Resolution
Subject: Execute Agrmt - The Miami Foundation - EPA Environmental and Climate
Justice Community
Purpose of Item:
A resolution of the Miami City Commission, with attachment(s), authorizing the City
Manager to execute a Statutory Partnership Agreement with The Miami Foundation as
required as part of the 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 of Miami
Parks and Recreation community centers, to be designated as Resilience Hubs
("project"); establishing a new special revenue project; 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.
Background of Item:
The Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant program (Community
Change Grants) offers an opportunity to transform disadvantaged communities across
the United States into healthy, climate resilient, and thriving communities for their
current and future residents. The Community Change Grants will fund community -driven
projects that address climate challenges and reduce pollution while strengthening
communities through thoughtful implementation. The Office of Resilience and
Sustainability in coordination with the Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of
Capital Improvements, Office of Grants Administration, and The Miami Foundation has
developed a proposal to use grant funds to retrofit selected Parks and Recreation
community centers and designate them as Resilience Hubs. These Hubs will be
hardened to provide services to meet community needs in an emergency and also
serve as Cooling Centers during extreme heat events. The City assessed each of these
facilities and determined each would receive retrofits to include impact windows and
doors, efficient HVAC systems, lighting upgrades, Wi-Fi enhancements, backup
generator, low -flow fixtures, air quality assessments, roof replacement, and solar panels
with battery storage. Programming will also be developed for each Resilience Hub
which will include advancing education through workshops, informational sessions, and
trainings in areas of disaster preparedness, energy efficiency, and pollution control.
The Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant requires a signed
Statutory Partnership Agreement as part of the application. In addition, the grant period
is 3 years so we would like to preemptively grant the City Manager authority to execute
a grant agreement, if awarded, so they City can move forward with grant activities as
quickly as possible. Authority to accept grant funds, set up a special revenue account,
and appropriate funding are included as part of this resolution.
Budget Impact Analysis
Item is Related to Revenue
Item is NOT funded by Bonds
Item has NOT an Expenditure
Total Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Reviewed B
Office of Resilience and Sustainability
Review Completed 10/03/2024 12:07 PM
Office of Management and Budget Luis Hernandez -Torres
Office of Management and Budget Leon P Michel
Office of Grants Administration Lillian P Blondet
Department of Risk Management Ann -Marie Sharpe
City Manager's Office Asael Marrero
City Manager's Office
City Manager's Office
Legislative Division
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
City Commission
Office of the Mayor
Office of the City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
Natasha Colebrook -Williams
Arthur Noriega V
Valentin J Alvarez
Domini J. Gibbs
George K. Wysong III
Maricarmen Lopez
Mayor's Office
City Clerk's Office
City Clerk's Office
Sonia Brubaker Department Head
Budget Analyst Review
Budget Review
Grant Review
Risk Review
Assistant City Manager Review
Deputy City Manager Review
City Manager Review
Legislative Division Review
ACA Review
Approved Form and Correctness
Meeting
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Unsigned by the Mayor Completed
Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed
Rendered Completed
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-24-0426
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
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.
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
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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
g III, C y`attor ey J10/15/2024