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File Number: 15-01131 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BYA FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS)
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, ALLOCATING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 4
SHARE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE PROGRAM,
ACCOUNT NO. 00001.98000.882000.0000.00000, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
$90,000.00; ALLOCATING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000.00 TO THE
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, ALLOCATING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$30,000.00 TO THE ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.,
FLORIDA EAST COAST CHAPTER, ALLOCATING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $30,000.00 TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS JOB
TRAINING PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY
AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, TO EFFECTUATE THE DONATION.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 14-0362, adopted September 23, 2014, the City
Commission approved an allocation of funds in the amount of $1.25 million for the newly created City
of Miami ("City") Anti -Poverty Initiative; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 15-0106, adopted March 12, 2015, the City Commission
approved the establishment of Accounts for the five (5) City Commission districts, for the sole purpose
of allocating Anti -Poverty Initiative Funds to said districts, utilizing the proportionate percentage of
poverty levels based on the five (5) year poverty rate determined by the American Community Survey,
as adjusted annually; and
WHEREAS, it is desired that grant funds from the District 4 share of the City's Anti -Poverty
Initiative Program, Account No. 00001.98000.882000.0000.00000, assist local job skills training
agencies as part of District 4 Anti -Poverty Initiative; and
WHEREAS, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ("IBEW") provides an apprenticeship
program for job skills training in Miami; and
WHEREAS, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. ("ABC"), Florida East Coast Chapter,
provides classes and programs for job skills training in Miami; and
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County Public Schools ("M-DCPS") provides pathways into
industrial/technical, health/medial, business/computers, family and consumer sciences careers through
its vocational job skills training programs offered to adults in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to donate financial resources to these job training
programs in order to provide increased access to job training programs to the residents of the City;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted by
reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, grant funds from the District 4 share of the
City's Anti -Poverty Initiative Program, Account No. 00001.98000.882000.0000.00000, are hereby
allocated to IBEW in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, ABC, Florida East Coast Chapter, in an
amount not to exceed $30,000.00, and M-DCPS in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00 in the form of
donations to the respective job training programs.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute any and all documents necessary, in a
form acceptable to the City Attorney, to effectuate the donation.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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TORIA MiENDEZ
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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