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File Number: 14-01143 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ESTABLISHING A NEW
SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT ENTITLED: "MIAMI DUI CHECKPOINT AND
SATURATION PATROL OVERTIME PROJECT," AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS,
CONSISTING OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI DEPARTMENT OF POLICE, IN THE
AMOUNT OF $172,500.00, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT SAID GRANT AND TO
EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT ACCEPTANCE OF SAID GRANT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") submitted a grant application to the Florida Department of
Transportation ("FDOT"), to fund Driving Under the Influence ("DUI") checkpoints and DUI saturation
enforcement patrols in order to promote highway safety; and
WHEREAS, the FDOT has notified the City that its application for funding this project has been
approved, in an amount not to exceed $172,500.00; and
WHEREAS, funds from this grant will be used by the City Police Department for the purpose of
implementing the "Miami DUI Checkpoint and Saturation Patrol Overtime Project," in order to reverse
and deter the trend of impaired driving related traffic crashes and fatalities in the City; 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 $172,500.00
Overtime Project
RESOURCES: Florida Department of Transportation
APPROPRIATIONS: Highway Safety Program $172,500.00
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to accept said grant, and to execute the necessary
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documents, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement the acceptance of said
grant.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
7,
VICTOIrA MENDEZ
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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