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Resolution: R-15-0484
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 15-01273 Final Action Date: 11/19/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ADOPTING THE MIAMI-DADE
LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER,
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE -RESCUE, DIVISION OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, TO APPLY FOR, RECEIVE, EXPEND, AND SUB -AWARD
MITIGATION GRANT PROJECT FUNDS.
WHEREAS, in 1998, the State of Florida ("State") funded an initiative to help communities
develop local mitigation strategies to mitigate the effects of natural disasters and to identify sources of
funds to address those needs; and
WHEREAS, on March 31, 1998, the Miami -Dade County Board of County Commissioners
adopted Resolution No. R-362-98 which approved the execution of a Hazards Mitigation Strategy
Agreement with the State; and
WHEREAS, this action allowed Miami -Dade County ("County"), through the Office of Emergency
Management ("OEM"), to establish a working group to oversee the development of the Miami -Dade
Local Mitigation Strategy ("LMS"); and
WHEREAS, the LMS working group includes County departments, several municipalities, state
and federal agencies, and various private entities; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA"), which provides the majority
of mitigation funding, and the State require that projects be listed in the County's LMS in order to be
eligible and considered for funding under a variety of mitigation grant programs; and
WHEREAS, the State and FEMA require local governments to adopt an approved LMS every five
(5) years in order to apply for, receive, expend, and sub -award grant funds under various mitigation
grant funding projects; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has 78 projects in the LMS plan; and
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission desires its projects be listed in the County's LMS and,
therefore, wishes to adopt the same;
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 LMS is hereby adopted.
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Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1}, through the Department of Fire Rescue, Division of
Emergency Management, to apply for, receive, expend, and sub -award mitigation grant project funds
under various state and federal mitigation project funding programs under the purview or the LMS.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
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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