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Resolution R-21-0323
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 9336 Final Action Date: 7/22/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FUNDS
FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S DIVISION OF THE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ("STATE") ADMINISTERING FEDERAL FUNDS ON BEHALF
OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
("FEMA") IN THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED NINETY ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTEEN CENTS
($391,502.13) FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF SEVEN
HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO DOLLARS
AND TWENTY EIGHT CENTS ($707,362.28) ("GRANT"); FURTHER
APPROPRIATING THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") MATCHING FUNDS IN THE
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND FORTY TWO CENTS
($235,787.42) ("CITY MATCH"), BOTH TO FUND THE COST OF
RETROFITTING THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING
ASSOCIATED WITH MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN PROJECT NO. 40-B183902
("PROJECT"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A FEDERALLY -FUNDED SUBAWARD AND
GRANT AGREEMENT ("GRANT AGREEMENT"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE
TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE ON
BEHALF OF FEMA AND TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS,
EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS, AND MODIFICATIONS TO SAID GRANT
AGREEMENT, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN
ORDER TO INSTITUTE THE ACCEPTANCE, IMPLEMENTATION, AND
ADMINISTRATION OF SAID GRANT AND THE CITY MATCH FOR THE
PROJECT.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-18-0014 adopted on January 11, 2018, the
City Commission accepted a Federally -funded Subaward and Grant Agreement ("Initial Grant")
between the State of Florida's Division of Emergency Management ("State") which administered
federal funds on behalf of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA")
and the City of Miami ("City"), appropriated reimbursement grant funding in an amount not to
exceed Three Hundred Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Dollars and Fifteen Cents
($315,860.15), and allocated City matching funds in an amount not to exceed One Hundred
Five Thousand Two Hundred Eighty -Six Dollars and Seventy -Two Cents ($105,286.72); and
WHEREAS, the City's Department of Solid Waste ("Department") began utilizing said
funds for a Pre -Disaster Mitigation Grant Program project to retrofit the Department's building
located at 1290 Northwest 20th Street, Miami, Florida associated with Multi -Year Capital Plan
Project No. 40-B183902 ("Project"); and
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WHEREAS, the initial term of the Initial Grant expired August 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Department submitted a request to the State to extend the term of the
Initial Grant; and
WHEREAS, the State has approved the extension of the term of the Initial Grant and
increased the federal fund amount by Three Hundred Ninety -One Thousand Five Hundred Two
Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($391,502.13) for a total not to exceed amount of Seven Hundred
Seven Thousand Three Hundred Sixty -Two Dollars and Twenty -Eight Cents ($707,362.28)
("Grant"); and
WHEREAS, due to the increase of the Grant, the required City matching funds also
needs to increase to an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thirty -Five Thousand Seven
Hundred Eighty -Seven Dollars and Forty -Two Cents ($235,787.42) ("City Match"); and
WHEREAS, the Grant funding will enable the Department's building to be protected and
prepared to withstand the impact of future natural disasters; and
WHEREAS, the Grant funds from the State on behalf of FEMA shall be used solely for
costs associated with the work for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Match has been previously allocated and included in the City's
Multi -Year Capital Plan funding for the Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA,
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to accept and appropriate the Grant from the
State on behalf of FEMA and to appropriate the City Match, both to fund the cost of retrofitting
the Department's Building associated with the Project.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute a Grant
Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, between the City and the State on behalf
of FEMA and to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary documents, including
amendments, extensions, renewals, and modifications to said Grant Agreement, all in forms
acceptable to the City Attorney, to institute the acceptance, implementation, and administration
of the Grant and the City Match for the Project.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
1 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.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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