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Resolution R-19-0408
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 6409 Final Action Date: 10/24/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS,
BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY
MANAGER'S WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS, ATTACHED
AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT THE OVERTOWN
YOUTH CENTER, INC. ("PROVIDER") IS A QUALIFIED FIRM WITH THE
REPUTATION, EXPERTISE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPLEMENT THE
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT & FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
("PROGRAM") AND 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; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AN
AMENDMENT TO THE 2019 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
("2019 AGREEMENT") EXECUTED WITH THE PROVIDER, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "B," TO INCREASE THE FUNDING IN
THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED
THIRTY DOLLARS ($10,530.00) AND TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL
OPTION TO RENEW THE PROGRAM, SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF
FUNDS, FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING APRIL 1, 2020 THRU NOVEMBER
30, 2020 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE
THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($353,364.00),
UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE 2019 AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") was awarded a grant for Three Hundred Sixty -
Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($367,500.00) ("Grant") from the Cities for Financial
Empowerment Fund, Inc. ("CFE") for the purpose of expanding and supporting up to one
hundred (100) additional summer youth employment opportunities with local businesses and
entities and to continue to adhere to established program components to connect participants to
financial counseling and banking opportunities; and
WHEREAS, this additional funding enabled the City to expand its Summer Youth
Employment & Financial Empowerment program ("Program") by partnering with an experienced
local provider of summer programs; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-17-0195 adopted on April 27, 2017, among
other things, created a Special Revenue Project for the Program in an amount not to exceed
Three Hundred Forty -Two Thousand, Eight Hundred Thirty -Four Dollars ($342,834.00); and
WHEREAS, the Overtown Youth Center, Inc. ("Provider") is a well -respected and
recognized non-profit entity who is presently serving the local community and has been
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providing the services required by the Program to aid in the hiring of additional local
disadvantaged youth for summer job placement and oversight; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Provider exercised their second and final option to renew
the Agreement and executed a Professional Services Agreement ("2019 Agreement") on June
6, 2019 for Three Hundred Forty -Two Thousand, Eight Hundred Thirty -Four Dollars
($342,834.00) to implement the Program in 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Provider's cost associated with salaries, background screening,
transportation, and other administrative functions, all necessary expenses for the
implementation of the Program, have increased since the inception of the Program in 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Provider continues to be the most advantageous non-profit organization
with the reputation, expertise, and infrastructure in summer youth programs to provide
implementation, oversight, and staffing to ensure the Program implementation as required by
the Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting for the City Commission to authorize the
allocation of additional funding in the not to exceed amount of Ten Thousand, Five Hundred
Thirty Dollars ($10,530.00) for the 2019 Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a written finding, attached and incorporated
herein as Exhibit "A," pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"), that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not
practicable or advantageous for the City and has recommended to the City Commission that the
recommendations and findings be adopted and that competitive bidding methods and
procedures be waived for the Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting for the City Commission to authorize the
negotiation and execution, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, of an amendment to the
2019 Agreement, attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "B," to increase the funding in the
not to exceed amount of Ten Thousand, Five Hundred Thirty Dollars ($10,530.00) and to allow
for an additional option to renew the Program, subject to availability of funds, for the period
commencing April 1, 2020 through November 30, 2020 ("2020 Option") in an amount not to
exceed Three Hundred Fifty -Three Thousand, Three Hundred Sixty -Four Dollars ($353,364.00)
under the same terms and conditions as the 2019 Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISION 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 Manager's written findings and recommendations that the Provider is a qualified firm
with the reputation, expertise, and infrastructure to implement the Program, attached and
incorporated herein as Exhibit "A," that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not
practicable or advantageous pursuant to Section18-85(a) of the City Code, and waiving the
requirements for said procedures are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
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Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' negotiate and execute, in a form acceptable
to the City Attorney, an amendment to the 2019 Agreement, attached and incorporated herein
as Exhibit "B," to increase the funding in the not to exceed amount of Ten Thousand, Five
Hundred Thirty Dollars ($10,530.00) and to allow for an additional option to renew the Program,
subject to availability of funds, for the 2020 Option in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred
Fifty -Three Thousand, Three Hundred Sixty -Four Dollars ($353,364.00) under the same terms
and conditions as the 2019 Agreement.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Attor ey 9/17/2019
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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