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Resolution R-20-0112
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 7354 Final Action Date: 4/9/2020
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RESCINDING IN ITS
ENTIRETY RESOLUTION NO. 19-0420 ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 24, 2019
AND DE -ALLOCATING ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE ("API") FUNDS IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000.00)
("FUNDS") THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED TO THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, INC., A
FOREIGN NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("NAACP"), ON BEHALF OF
THE MIAMI-DADE BRANCH OF THE NAACP IN SUPPORT OF THE NAACP'S
FREEDOM FUND; FURTHER, PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-72 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), RE-
ALLOCATING THE FUNDS FROM THE MAYOR'S SHARE OF THE CITY'S
ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE TO THE RESOURCE ROOM, A FOREIGN NOT
FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, ON BEHALF OF THE MIAMI-DADE BRANCH
OF THE NAACP FOR ITS FREEDOM FUND; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR
SAID PURPOSE.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez
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, pursuant to Resolution No. 19-0420 adopted on October 24, 2019, the City
Commission allocated funds from the Mayor's share of the City's API in an amount not to
exceed Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) to the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, Inc., a Foreign not for profit corporation ("NAACP"), on behalf
of the Miami -Dade Branch of the NAACP, in support of its Freedom Fund; and
WHEREAS, the City and the NAACP now wish to reallocate the aforementioned funds to
the Resource Room, a Florida Not for Profit Corporation ("Resource Room"); and
WHEREAS, the Resource Room, on behalf of the Miami -Dade Branch of the NAACP, is
seeking funding in support of its Freedom Fund ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program, as described in further detail in the API Funding Request
Form, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," will provide yearlong activities to impoverished
communities in the City including job training, hurricane preparedness, clean and sanitary
housing opportunities, and additional community related activities; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-72 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"), the Mayor wishes to provide grant funds from the Mayor's share of the
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City's API in an amount not to exceed Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) ("Funds") for
the Program; 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
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. Resolution No. 19-0420 adopted on October 24, 2019 is hereby rescinded in
its entirety and the API funds in the total amount of Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00)
that were previously awarded to the NAACP on behalf of the Miami -Dade Branch of the NAACP
in support of the NAACP's Freedom Fund are deallocated.
Section 3. Pursuant to Section 18-72 of the City Code, the City Manager is authorized'
to allocate the aforementioned Funds from the Mayor's share of the City's API to the Resource
Room for the Program.
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 said purpose.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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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