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Resolution R-18-0326
Legislation
City Hall
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 4344 Final Action Date: 7/26/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY
MANAGER'S FINDING AND RECOMMENDATION, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION
METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR
ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), PURSUANT TO
SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID
PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATION BY
THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") OF GRANT FUNDS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.00) ("GRANT")
FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR FROM JULY 26, 2018 THROUGH JULY 26, 2019
("2018-2019 PROGRAM YEAR") TO CITY YEAR, INC., A UNITED STATES
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) NOT -FOR -PROFIT
ORGANIZATION ("CITY YEAR"), FOR ITS CITY YEAR MIAMI PROGRAM
WITHIN THE CITY ("PROGRAM"), WITH AN OPTION FOR THE CITY
MANAGER TO RENEW FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL FUTURE YEAR OF CITY
SPONSORSHIP GRANT FUNDING UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND
CONDITIONS, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT TIME OF NEED;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, A GRANT AWARD
AGREEMENT WITH CITY YEAR AND ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO COMPLETE THE GRANT
ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATION, AND TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOR THE 2018-2019 PROGRAM YEAR
ONLY.
WHEREAS, City Year, Inc., a United States Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)
not -for -profit organization ("City Year"), focuses on helping students and schools succeed by
bridging the gap between what students need and what schools are designed to deliver; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a written finding and recommendation,
attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City
of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), that competitive bidding is not practicable or
advantageous to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") wishes to fund and to enter into a award grant
agreement with City Year for a total amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00) ("Grant") for the July 26, 2018 through July 26, 2019 Program Year ("2018-2019
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Program Year") to sponsor a City Year Team comprised of eight (8) to twelve (12) AmeriCorps'
members who tutor students one-on-one, provide additional support in classrooms, and lead
school -wide initiatives for the City Year Miami Program within the City ("Program"), with an
option for one (1) additional future year of City sponsorship funding to be renewed by the City
Manager upon the same terms and conditions, subject to budgetary approval at time of need,
for the two (2) years total not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00);
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, after an advertised public hearing,
the City Manager's finding and recommendation, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," that
competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the
City pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the City Code, as amended, are ratified, approved, and
confirmed, and the requirements for said procedures are waived.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to allocate and appropriate the Grant for the
2018-2019 Program Year to City Year for the Program, with an option for the City Manager to
renew for one (1) additional future year of City sponsorship funding for the Program under the
same terms and conditions, subject to budgetary approval at time of need.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, a grant award agreement with City Year and any and all other
necessary documents, modifications, and amendments, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, to complete the Grant allocation and appropriation, and to implement the City's
participation in the Program for the 2018-2019 Program Year only.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor
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 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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