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File Number: 16-00231 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BYA
FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC
HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S
FINDING THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES
ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS, PURSUANT TO SECTION
18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED;
WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE
ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 4 SHARE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE PROGRAM, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $13,000.00, TO VENTURE HIVE, LLC ("VENTURE"), FOR
SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE VENTURE HIVE FULL-TIME
SPRING BREAK TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAMP AT CITY PARKS WITHIN
DISTRICT 4; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE
A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH VENTURE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority to allocate grant funds from the City of Miami
("City") District 4 Anti -Poverty Initiative Program, Account No. 00001.980000.896000, to Venture Hive,
LLC ("Venture"), in a total amount not to exceed $13,000.00, for services to be provided through the
Venture Hive Spring Break Full -Time Prep -Tech Entrepreneurship Camp ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program will train twenty-five (25) middle school students in the fields of
technology and entrepreneurship through career and technical education; and
WHEREAS, participants will be selected from those attending summer camps at City Parks within
District 4, for a period of a full week starting March 21, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made findings that pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of
the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), competitive negotiation methods and procedures
are not practicable or advantageous to the City for obtaining said services, and has recommended to
the City Commission that the findings be adopted and that competitive bidding methods and
procedures be waived for the Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to negotiate and
execute, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, a Grant Agreement with Venture, for said Program;
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 and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City
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Manger's findings that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or
advantageous to the City pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended, and waiving the requirements for said procedures, is ratified, approved and confirmed.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized {1} to allocate grant funds from the District 4 share of
the City's Anti -Poverty Initiative Program, in a total amount not to exceed $13,000.00, from Account
No. 00001.980000.896000, to Venture Hive, LLC ("Venture"), for services to be provided to twenty-five
(25) middle school students through the Venture Hive Prep -Tech Entrepreneurship Camp.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized to {1 } negotiate and to execute a Grant Agreement with
Venture, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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