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Resolution R-19-0496
Legislation
City Hall
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 6736 Final Action Date: 12/12/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "FY 2020
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY INITIATIVE OVERTIME PATROL PROJECT";
APPROPRIATING FUNDS CONSISTING OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("FDOT") FOR THE MIAMI
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000.00, WITH NO
MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR HIGHWAY
SAFETY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH FDOT;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE THE CHIEF OF POLICE
OR ANY OTHER DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") submitted a grant application to the Florida
Department of Transportation ("FDOT") to fund highway safety; and
WHEREAS, the City received notification that said application was approved for funding
in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 for personnel services; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of this project's cost will be allocated towards personnel
services which will cover overtime salaries and benefits to include those provided pursuant to
the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and Federal Labor Standards Act; and
WHEREAS, funds from this grant will be used to continue the City's effort to decrease
hazardous driving incidents involving motorcyclists, establish a campaign to bring awareness to
pedestrian safety and lawful operation of motorcycles, and to enhance the Miami Police
Department's ("MPD") enforcement efforts and deterrence capabilities to reduce motorcycle -
related crashes and fatalities in the City; and
and
WHEREAS, the covering period for this grant is October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020;
WHEREAS, there are no matching funds for this grant; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authorization to accept the Grant and to
establish a new Special Revenue Project for the appropriation of said award;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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File ID: 6736 Enactment Number: R-19-0496
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The following new Special Revenue Project is established and resources are
appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: FY 2020 Motorcycle Safety Initiative
Overtime Patrol Project
RESOURCES:
FDOT $50,000.00
APPROPRIATIONS: Motorcycle Safety $50,000.00
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to execute the grant agreement, in
substantially the attached form, with FDOT.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to execute any and all necessary
documents, all in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for the purposes stated herein.
Section 5. The City Manager is authorized' to designate the Chief of Police or any other
designee to execute the necessary documents to implement the acceptance of reimbursable
funds in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), with no City matching
funds required, for the overtime reimbursement of MPD's members conducting motorcycle
safety checkpoints.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption
and signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor
ey
12/3/2019
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 of Miami Commission.
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