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File ID: #7438
Date: 05/07/2020
Commission Meeting Date: 05/07/2020
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Subject:
Requesting Department: City Commission
Sponsored By: Francis Suarez, Alex Diaz de
la Portilla, Ken Russell, Manolo Reyes
District Impacted:
Resolution
Allocation of API Funds to Farm Share
Budget Impact Analysis
Total Fiscal Impact:
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Office of Management and Budget
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
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Office of the City Clerk
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Valentin J Alvarez
Christopher M Rose
Domini J. Gibbs
Barnaby L. Min
Victoria Mendez
Nicole Ewan
City Clerk's Office
Legislative Division Review
Budget Review
ACA Review
Deputy Attorney Review
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-20-0141
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 7438 Final Action Date:5/7/2020
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-72 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) FROM THE
DISTRICT 1 COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") ANTI-
POVERTY INITIATIVE ("API"), FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) FROM THE
DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF THE CITY'S API, FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($5,000.00) FROM THE DISTRICT 4 COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF THE
CITY'S API, AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) FROM THE MAYOR'S
SHARE OF THE CITY'S API FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000.00) TO FARM SHARE INC., A FLORIDA NOT
FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS OF
LOW OR MODERATE INCOME, SPECIFICALLY INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY WHO
HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS ("COVID-19") PANDEMIC; 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.
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, Farm Share, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation ("Farm Share"), was
established in 1991 based on the simple idea of distributing fresh food free of charge to families,
children, seniors, and individuals in need throughout Florida; and
WHEREAS, this simple but innovative idea has now grown into an organization that
feeds millions of people and distributes more than 88 million pounds of healthy and nutritious
food annually; and
WHEREAS, Farm Share is seeking funding to provide much needed distribution of
food to families and individuals who are of low or moderate income or persons in the City who
have been otherwise negatively impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic ("Program"), as more
particularly described in the API Funding Request Form, attached and incorporated as Exhibit
"A"; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-72 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"), District 1 Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, District 2
Commissioner Ken Russell, and District 4 Commissioner Manolo Reyes wish to provide from
each respective office's share of the City's API grant funds an amount not to exceed Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and Mayor Francis Suarez wishes to provide from his office's API
share an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for a combined total amount
of API funds not to exceed Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) (collectively, "Funds")
for the Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority 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. The City Manager is authorized' pursuant to Section 18-72 of the City Code to
allocate Funds in the amounts herein stated from the District 1 Commissioner's, District 2
Commissioner's, District 4 Commissioner's, and the Mayor's share of the City's API to Farm
Share for the Program.
Section 3. 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 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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'The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.