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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Summary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM File ID: #3993 Date: 04/13/2018 Commission Meeting Date: 05/10/2018 Requesting Department: Office of Grants Administration Sponsored By: District Impacted: All Type: Resolution Subject: Accept Funds - Summer Youth Employment Program Expansion 2018 Purpose of Item: A Resolution of the Miami City Commission authorizing the acceptance and appropriation of funds from the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Fund, Inc., A Delaware Non -stock, Non -Profit Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $367,500 and establishing a new Special Revenue Project entitled "Summer Youth Employment Program Expansion 2018" for the purposes of expanding and supporting up to 100 additional summer youth employment opportunities with local businesses and entities and continue to adhere to established program components to connect participants to financial counseling and banking opportunities; further authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute the award agreement, amendments and extensions in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement said grant award. Background of Item: The CFE Fund works to promote economic progress in communities around the world and focuses on initiatives that expand financial inclusion and has partnered with 7 cities in the US, including Miami to implement and now expand the summer youth initiative. The grant's goal is to replicate and implement in the City of Miami existing pilot program model to facilitate a coordinated national effort to affect and improve the self-sufficiency of its low/moderate income youth and increase their access to the financial tools and education that are fundamental to economic prosperity and success. Since the inception of the program the City has employed over 600 youth and has generated over $1.5 million in economic impact. The CFE Fund has awarded the City a grant in the amount of $367,500 to expand the existing program to other local businesses and entities and hire up to 100 additional youth ages 16-19 residing in low to moderate income areas in the City of Miami. Budget Impact Analysis Item is Related to Revenue Item is an Expenditure Item is NOT funded by Bonds Total Fiscal Impact: $367,500 Special Revenue Account No: TBD Office of Grants Administration Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget City Manager's Office City Manager's Office Legislative Division Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Attorney City Commission Legislative Division Office of the City Attorney Office of the Mayor Office of the City Clerk Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Clerk Reviewed B Lillian P Blondet Jacques Joseph Christopher M Rose Fernando Casamayor Nikolas Pascual Valentin J Alvarez Valentin J Alvarez Victoria Mendez Nicole Ewan Valentin J Alvarez Barnaby L. Min Mayor's Office City Clerk's Office Victoria Mendez City Clerk's Office Department Head Review Budget Analyst Review Budget Review Assistant City Manager Review City Manager Review Legislative Division Review Deputy City Attorney Review Approved Form and Correctness Meeting Legislative Division Review Deputy Attorney Review Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Skipped Completed Completed Completed Completed Signed by the Mayor Completed Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed Approved Form and Correctness with Modification(s) Rendered Completed 04/13/2018 1:37 PM 04/20/2018 2:20 PM 04/27/2018 11:10 AM 04/27/2018 1:46 PM 04/30/2018 5:09 PM 05/01/2018 11:31 AM 05/01/2018 11:31 AM 05/01/2018 6:51 PM 05/10/2018 9:00 AM 05/17/2018 2:56 PM 05/17/2018 3:16 PM 05/18/2018 3:21 PM 05/18/2018 3:45 PM Completed 06/04/2018 11:25 PM City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-18-0189 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 3993 Final Action Date:5/10/2018 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING, (1) WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-86 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, (2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND, INC., A DELAWARE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ("CFE FUND"), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($367,500.00) ("GRANT") FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT EXPANSION PROGRAM 2018 ("CITY PROGRAM") FOR THE PURPOSES OF EXPANDING AND SUPPORTING UP TO ONE HUNDRED (100) ADDITIONAL SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ENTITIES AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO ADHERE TO ESTABLISHED CITY PROGRAM COMPONENTS CONNECTING PARTICIPANTS TO FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND BANKING OPPORTUNITIES; AND (3) AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S IN -KIND CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLICITY MEDIA EVENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) ("CITY IN -KIND CONTRIBUTION"); ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT FUND, ENTITLED "SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT EXPANSION PROGRAM 2018," AND APPROPRIATING THE GRANT AND THE CITY IN -KIND CONTRIBUTION, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT TIME OF NEED; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, MODIFICATIONS, AND EXTENSIONS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT AND COMPLY WITH SAID GRANT FROM THE CFE FUND FOR THE CITY PROGRAM. WHEREAS, ACCESS Miami stands for "Assets Capital, Community, Education, Savings and Success", an initiative that unites City of Miami ("City") resources with similar resources available in public, private, and non-profit sectors to offer tools and education that enable City residents to improve their quality of life; and WHEREAS, ACCESS Miami has, as one of its four (4) cornerstones, the goal of assisting City residents with access to benefits and the opportunity to reach financial self- sufficiency through financial education; and WHEREAS, the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc., a Delaware Non -Profit Corporation ("CFE Fund"), supports municipal efforts to improve the financial stability of households by leveraging opportunities unique to local governments; and WHEREAS, the CFE Fund is launching the 5th year expansion of its Summer Jobs Connect Program ("Summer Jobs"), thereby supporting the expansion of the City's 2018 Summer Youth Employment and Financial Empowerment Programs ("City Program") with a purpose to financial education, one-on-one coaching, empowerment, and banking access initiatives; and WHEREAS, since the inception of the City Program, the City has employed over six hundred (600) youth throughout the City and has generated over One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) in economic impact; and WHEREAS, the CFE Fund desires to leverage the City's investment in the City Program by providing additional grant funding necessary to expand the City Program for 2018 to hire up to an additional one hundred (100) youth at local businesses and continue to adhere to the established program components of financial counseling and banking opportunities; and WHEREAS, the CFE Fund works to promote economic progress in communities around the world and focuses on initiatives that expand financial inclusion and has partnered with (7) cities in the United States to implement Summer Jobs by providing grants to those partner cities; and WHEREAS, the grant's goal is to expand, replicate, and implement the City's Program and continue to facilitate a coordinated national effort to affect and improve the self-sufficiency of low/moderate income youth and increase their access to the financial tools and education that are fundamental to economic prosperity and success; and WHEREAS, the CFE Fund has awarded a grant to the City in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Sixty -Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($367,500.00) ("Grant") to expand the City Program for 2018 and to hire up to an additional one hundred (100) youth between the ages of 16-19 residing in low to moderate income census tracts in the City and place them in local businesses and entities; and WHEREAS, the Grant will allow the additional participants to receive saving incentives and coaching to improve their banking access, financial education, and financial habits; and WHEREAS, the Grant will provide the City with access to (1) participate in a learning community convened under Summer Jobs by the CFE Fund and (2) develop a plan for the City's Program to implement expanded financial education and access to banking for youth participants; and WHEREAS, through participating in the Summer Jobs, the City Program can better leverage and take advantage of its existing financial literacy and individualized financial coaching program components currently offered by ACCESS Miami; and WHEREAS, the Grant agreement ("Grant Agreement") requires the City to contribute publicity, social media, and media events in connection with the inclusion of the City Program in Summer Jobs; and WHEREAS, the City desires to provide such in -kind contribution in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) ("City In -Kind Contribution"), subject to budgetary approval at time of need; and WHEREAS, the Grant and the City -In -Kind Contribution will total a not to exceed amount of Three Hundred Sixty -Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($369,500.00) for costs for the City Program; and WHEREAS, in order to accept the Grant and to comply with the Grant's requirements by providing the City's In -Kind Contribution of publicity, social media, and media events, it is in the best interests of the City to waive competitive bidding pursuant to Section 18-86 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after a duly noticed public hearing; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals contained in the Preamble to 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 a duly noticed public hearing, (1) the competitive bidding requirements of Section 18-86 of the City Code are waived; (2) the City Manager is authorized to accept the Grant from the CFE Fund for the City Program for the purposes of expanding and supporting up to one hundred (100) additional summer youth employment opportunities with local businesses and entities as well as continuing to adhere to established City Program components connecting participants to financial counseling and banking opportunities; and (3) the City's In -Kind Contribution is authorized.' Section 3. The following new Special Revenue Project Fund is established and resources are appropriated as described below: PROJECT TITLE: Summer Youth Employment & Financial Empowerment Expansion Program 2018 RESOURCES: CFE Fund, Inc. City In -Kind Contribution APPROPRIATIONS Summer Youth Employment & Financial Empowerment Expansion Program 2018 City In -Kind Contribution TOTAL: $367,500.00 $2,000.00 $367,500.00 $2,000.002 $369,500.00 Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, the Grant Agreement and any and all other documents, amendments, renewals, modifications, and extensions in order to implement and comply with said Grant from the CFE Fund for the City Program. Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.3 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 City Code provisions. 2 Subject to budgetary approval at time of need. 3 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. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: