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Resolution R-21-0020
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 8339 Final Action Date: 1/14/2021
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, BY A FOUR FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE,
AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND
CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION
METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR
ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"); WAIVING THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER
OF FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 3 SHARE OF THE CITY'S ANTI -POVERTY
INITIATIVE ("API") PROGRAM IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
THREE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVEN
DOLLARS AND FORTY-SEVEN CENTS ($320,407.47) FOR THE DISTRICT 3
FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM TO THE DISTRICT 3 DISCRETIONARY
ACCOUNT FOR EXPENDITURES CONSISTENT WITH THE API PROGRAM.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Joe Carollo
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 goal of
having the City's residents achieve self-sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, currently, the District 3 Commissioner provides and distributes food
products and supplies for the benefit of low-income and underprivileged residents in District 3
using District 3 Discretionary Funds ("Food Distribution Program"); and
WHEREAS, the provision and distribution of the food products as part of the Food
Distribution Program is consistent with and furthers the API program within the City; and
WHEREAS, the District 3 Commissioner desires to continue the Food Distribution
Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("Code"), the City Manager has made a written finding, attached and incorporated as
Exhibit "A," that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or
advantageous for the City's provision of funds for the Food Distribution Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to
execute any and all documents necessary for said transfer of Funds for the Food Distribution
Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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File ID: 8339 Enactment Number: R-21-0020
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as 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 "A," that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not
practicable or advantageous for the City's provision of funds for the Food Distribution Program
and waiving the requirements for said procedures are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 3. The City Manager' is authorized to transfer grant funds from the District 3
share of the City's API program in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Twenty Thousand
Four Hundred Seven Dollars and Forty -Seven Cents ($320,407.47) to reimburse the District 3
discretionary account for the Food Distribution Program.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor
ey
1/4/2021
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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