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Resolution R-19-0059
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 5353 Final Action Date: 2/14/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 18-72 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM
THE DISTRICT 3 SHARE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ANTI -POVERTY
INITIATIVE ("API") IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($10,000.00) TO PRESIDIO POLITICO HISTORICO CUBANO, INC.,
A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, IN SUPPORT OF THE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PRESIDIO POLITICO HISTORICO
BUILDING AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FORMER POLITICAL
PRISONERS OF THE CUBAN COMMUNIST REGIME; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY
AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Joe Carollo
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") created the Anti -Poverty Initiative ("API") to
address poverty based on a strategy of focusing the provision of support towards the City's
residents achieving self-sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, Presidio Politico Historico Cubano, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation
("Presidio Politico"), is seeking support for the operation and maintenance of the Presidio
Politico Historico Buidling and to provide assistance to former political prisoners of the Cuban
Communist Regime ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project will educate residents and visitors about a specific period of the
history of Cuba and gain general historical background of the Cuban exile community in the
City; and
WHEREAS, the Project will further education, critical thinking, and empathy and will
shape individuals who are tolerant and reflective, thereby combining historical knowledge with
self -development to promote democratic values and social justice; and
WHEREAS, education and the provision of economic assistance to the needy are
aspects of addressing poverty; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-72 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"), the District 3 Commissioner wishes to provide grant funds from the
District 3 share of the City's API in an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)
("Funds") for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to
negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary, all in a form acceptable to the City
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File ID: 5353
Enactment Number: R-19-0059
Attorney, for the allocation of Funds for the Project;
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 herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Pursuant to Section 18-72 of the City Code, the City Manager is authorized'
to allocate the Funds from the District 3 share of the City's API to Presidio Politico for the
Project.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to execute any and all necessary
documents, all in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purpose.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City ttor ey ) 3/5/2019
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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