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Resolution: R-15-0524
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 15-01490 Final Action Date: 12/10/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT
AWARD FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD D/B/A
CAREER SOURCE SOUTH FLORIDA ("SFWIB"), IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $150,000.00 ("GRANT"), TO IMPLEMENT THE CAREER SOURCE
SOUTH FLORIDA EMPLOY MIAMI-DADE INITIATIVE FROM AUGUST 20, 2015
THROUGH JUNE 30, 2016 ("INITIATIVE"); ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL
REVENUE PROJECT ENTITLED "CAREER SOURCE SOUTH FLORIDA EMPLOY
MIAMI-DADE", TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE THE GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $150,000.00; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A COST REIMBURSEMENT GRANT AGREEMENT
("AGREEMENT") WITH SFWIB, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, AND TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL OTHER NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO SAID AGREEMENT, AND
ANY RELATED AGREEMENTS, AS MAY BE NECESSARY, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE
ACCEPTANCE OF, AND COMPLIANCE WITH, SAID GRANT.
WHEREAS, the South Florida Workforce Investment Board d/b/a Career Source South Florida
("SFWIB"), a governmental agency and instrumentality of Miami -Dade and Monroe Counties, has
previously provided funding to the City of Miami's ("City") Career Center ("Center"), which provides an
integrated menu of workforce and training services to job seekers including vocational/occupational
skills training, on-the-job training, and entrepreneurial and self-employment training with the goal of
job placement; and
WHEREAS, the Center also provides services to business clients and local companies such as
conducting specialized recruitment events, listing job openings in the State of Florida's system,
providing information regarding on-the-job and paid -work experience programs, assisting in
downsizing situations, and matching job seekers to employers' needs; and
WHEREAS, SFWIB implemented the Employ Miami -Dade Initiative ("Initiative") to reduce
joblessness by providing the skills and training necessary to local talent in the fields and areas of high
employment growth in Miami -Dade County; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2015, SFWIB notified the City that it had been awarded funds in an
amount not to exceed $150,000.00 for the cost of up to four (4) staff for the Initiative; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authorization to accept and appropriate the Grant, to
negotiate and execute a Cost Reimbursement Grant Agreement ("Agreement") with SFWIB, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, and to negotiate and execute all other necessary documents,
amendments, and modifications to said Agreement, and any related agreements, as may be
necessary, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement the acceptance of, and
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compliance with, said Grant for the period commencing August 20, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
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 accept the Grant in the total amount not to exceed
$150,000.00 from the SFWIB to implement the Initiative.
Section 3. The following new Special Revenue Project is established and resources are
appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: Career Source South Florida
Employ Miami -Dade Initiative
RESOURCES: South Florida Workforce Investment Board $150,000.00
APPROPRIATIONS: $150,000.00
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized {1} to negotiate and execute a Cost
Reimbursement Grant Agreement with SFWIB, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, and to
negotiate and execute all other necessary documents, amendments, and modifications to said
Agreement, and any related agreements, as may be necessary, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, in order to implement the acceptance of, and compliance with, said Grant for the period
commencing August 20, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
Section 5. 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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