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Resolution R-20-0141
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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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.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez, Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla,
Commissioner Ken Russell, Commissioner Manolo Reyes
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
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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 authorized1 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.
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