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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Summary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM File ID: #12201 Date: 06/27/2022 Commission Meeting Date: 07/19/2022 Requesting Department: Office of Capital Improvements Sponsored By: District Impacted: District 3 Type: Resolution Subject: Accept - Jose Marti FDEO Hazard Mitigation Grant 40-B193500 Purpose of Item: A resolution of the Miami City Commission to authorize the City Manager to accept, allocate, and appropriate a Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG- MIT) grant award in the not to exceed amount of Thirteen Million Four Hundred Ninety Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Forty -Three dollars and Zero Cents ($13,497,843.00) from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to be utilized for flooding mitigation efforts designed to harden the Jose Marti Park as part of OCI Project (40- B193500) with no matching funds. Background of Item: The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has awarded the City of Miami CDBG Mitigation funding in the amount of Thirteen Million Four Hundred Ninety -Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Forty -Three dollars and Zero Cents ($13,497,843.00) to be utilized for shoreline stabilization and drainage improvements to Jose Marti Park so it may act as a both buffer and sponge for incoming water. Project activities are a part of the adaptive redesign of the Jose Marti Park, which will increase the resilience of the park and the East Little Havana neighborhood that surrounds it against flooding, natural hazards, and climate change. This project will consist of retrofitting existing seawalls in some locations, building new seawalls in other locations, constructing living shorelines/living seawalls, creating a floating boardwalk and view platforms on the river, developing a Riverwalk and parking lot with pervious pavement and underground water retainment infrastructure, refurbishing an existing building into a community gathering pavilion, sculpting uplands and integrating native tree canopy with proper subtraction to maximize the capture and filtration of water into the rive/water table. Budget Impact Analysis Item is Related to Revenue Total Fiscal Impact: $13,497,843.00 CIP Project No: 40-B193500 Reviewed B Office of Capital Improvements Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget City Manager's Office City Manager's Office Legislative Division Department of Resilience and Public Office of the City Attorney City Commission City Commission Office of the Mayor Office of the City Clerk Legislative Division Department of Resilience and Public Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Clerk Hector L Badia Asher Jacques Lai -wan McGinnis Marie Gouin Nzeribe Ihekwaba Arthur Noriega V Valentin J Alvarez Works Victoria Mendez Nicole Ewan Nicole Ewan Mayor's Office City Clerk's Office Valentin J Alvarez Works Victoria Mendez City Clerk's Office Department Head Review Budget Analyst Review Budget Analyst Review Budget Review Deputy City Manager Review City Manager Review Legislative Division Review Joseph Murray Approved Form and Correctness Meeting Meeting Completed Skipped Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed ACA Review Completed Completed Completed Signed by the Mayor Completed Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed Legislative Division Review Completed Joseph Murray ACA Review Approved Form and Correctness with Modification(s) Rendered Completed 06/28/2022 6:42 PM 06/29/2022 8:43 AM 06/30/2022 8:58 AM 06/30/2022 2:12 PM 06/30/2022 2:29 PM 07/01/2022 9:01 AM 07/01/2022 11:33 AM Completed 07/04/2022 5:49 PM 07/14/2022 9:00 AM 07/19/2022 9:00 AM 07/21/2022 12:16 PM 07/21/2022 12:20 PM 07/20/2022 1:13 PM Completed Completed 07/22/2022 11:04 AM City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-22-0254 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 12201 Final Action Date:7/19/2022 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ACCEPTING, ALLOCATING, BUDGETING, AND APPROPRIATING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION AWARD ("GRANT AWARD") IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-THREE DOLLARS ($13,497,843.00) FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ("FDEO") TO BE UTILIZED FOR FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORTS DESIGNED TO STABILIZE THE JOSE MARTI PARK ("PARK") SHORELINE AND MAKE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK SO IT MAY ACT AS A BUFFER AND SPONGE FOR INCOMING WATER AS PART OF THE ADAPTIVE REDESIGN THAT WILL INCREASE THE RESILIENCE OF THE PARK AND THE EAST LITTLE HAVANA NEIGHBORHOOD AGAINST FLOODING, NATURAL HAZARDS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE, WITH NO MATCHING FUNDS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH FDEO, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE ACCEPTANCE, ADMINISTRATION OF, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANT AWARD IN SUPPORT OF OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 40-B193500. WHEREAS, the City of Miami (City) has been awarded a Community Development Block Grant Mitigation grant ("Grant Award") from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity ("FDEO") in a total amount not to exceed Thirteen Million Four Hundred Ninety - Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Forty -Three Dollars ($13,497,843.00) to be utilized for flood mitigation efforts designed to stabilize the shoreline of the Jose Marti Park ("Park") located at 351 Southwest 4 Avenue, Miami, and to make drainage improvements to the Park so it may act as a buffer and sponge for incoming water as part of the adaptive redesign that will increase the resilience of the Park and the East Little Havana neighborhood against flooding, natural hazards, and climate change, with no matching funds; and WHEREAS, qualifying mitigation activities are those activities that increase resilience to disasters and reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of loss of life, injury, damage to and loss of property, and suffering and hardship by lessening the impact of future disasters; and WHEREAS, the Grant Award will fund improvements to this critical area of shoreline in the East Little Havana neighborhood by enhancing its resilience and the resilience of the surrounding community to future natural disasters by retrofitting existing seawalls in some locations, building new seawalls in other locations, constructing living shorelines/living seawalls, creating a floating boardwalk and view platforms on the river, developing a Riverwalk and parking lot with pervious pavement and underground water retainment infrastructure, refurbishing an existing building into a community gathering pavilion, sculpting upland, and integrating native tree canopy with proper subtraction to maximize the capture and filtration of water into the river/water table; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the City to accept the Grant Award, authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute the a corresponding grant agreement ("Grant Agreement"), in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, and to negotiate and execute any and all necessary documents, in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the acceptance, allocation, budgeting, appropriation, administration of, and compliance with the Grant Agreement, in support of Office of Capital Improvements ("OCI") Project No. 40-6193500. 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 fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized' to accept the Grant Award to be utilized for the flood mitigation designed efforts to stabilize the shoreline and make drainage improvements to the Park. Section 3. The Grant Award shall be allocated, budgeted, and appropriated to be used in support of OCI Project No. 40-B193500. Section 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized1 to negotiate and execute the Grant Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with FDEO for drainage improvements and stabilization of the shoreline of the Park with no reference to mangroves in Attachment A, Section 4(C)(6), titled "Landscapes". Section 5. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments, and any other necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the acceptance, allocation, budgeting, appropriation, administration of, and compliance with the Grant Agreement. Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.2 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ndez, City Attor ey 7/4/2022 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 Code provisions. 2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten 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.