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Resolution R-20-0070
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 7233 Final Action Date: 3/12/2020
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS,
PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), BY A FOUR FIFTHS (4/STHS)
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING,
RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S
FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," THAT
COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT
PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND
WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING
THE ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT TWO
COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF THE CITY'S ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE
("API") IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($180,000.00) TO THELMA GIBSON HEALTH
INITIATIVE, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("TGHI"), IN
SUPPORT OF THE TGHI COMMUNITY "PASSPORT" TO HEALTH AND
HOUSING PROGRAM; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL
IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
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 having the
City's residents achieving self-sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, Thelma Gibson Health Initiative, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation
("TGHI"), is seeking funding in support of the TGHI Community "Passport" to Health and
Housing Program ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program, as described in further detail in the API Funding Request
form, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," aims to promote healthy living, self-sufficiency,
and job skills training using a roadmap of sixty (60) tasks and workshops and developing an
individualized plan that incorporates on -site and home services in order to organize and develop
proactive behaviors while creating a path to financial stability for seventy-two (72) families; and
WHEREAS, the City's District Two Commissioner ("Commissioner") wishes to provide
grant funds from the Commissioner's share of the City's API in an amount not to exceed One
Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00) ("Funds") for the Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City Miami, as amended
("City Code"), the City Manager has made a written finding, attached and incorporated as
Exhibit "B," that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or
advantageous for the City's provision of said Funds for the Program; and
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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
Attorney, for the allocation of Funds for the Program;
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 18-85(a) of the Code, by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative
vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City Manager's written findings, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "B," that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not
practicable or advantageous for the City's provision of Funds for the Program and waiving the
requirements for said procedures are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to allocate Funds from the Commissioner's
share of the City's API to TGHI in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Eighty Thousand
Dollars ($180,000.00) for the Program.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to execute any and all documents
necessary, all in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purpose.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Httor ey 3/3/2020
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.
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