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File ID: #12390
Date: 07/29/2022
Commission Meeting Date: 07/28/2022
Requesting Department: City Commission
Sponsored By: Alex Diaz de la Portilla
District Impacted:
Type: Resolution
Subject: Direction to City Manager - Homeless Sites
Budget Impact Analysis
Total Fiscal Impact:
City Commission
Legislative Division
Office of Management and Budget
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Clerk
Nicole Ewan
Marta Gomez
Marie Gouin
Domini J. Gibbs
Victoria Mendez
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-22-0308
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 12390 Final Action Date:7/28/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO PREPARE A STUDY TO INCLUDE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
COMMENCING A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TINY HOME TRANSITONAL
HOUSING TO THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") HOMELESS POPULATION; FURTHER
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO CONSIDER AT LEAST THREE (3)
ADDITIONAL SITES (TO INCLUDE VIRGINIA KEY AND PEACOCK PARK, AMONG
OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTINAL LIMITS OF THE
CITY, SO LONG AS NEITHER SITE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
REDEVELOPED) FOR TINY HOME TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND TO PRESENT
THE COSTS AND FEASIBILITY OF EACH LOCATION AT THE SEPTEMBER 22,
2022, CITY COMMISSION MEETING; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTING A PILOT PROGRAM AT THE
VIRGINIA KEY SITE DISCUSSED DURING DISCUSSION ITEM DI. 2 AT THE JULY
28, 2022 CITY COMMISSION MEETING WHEREIN THE CITY WILL PROVIDE FIFTY
(50) TO ONE HUNDRED (100) TINY HOMES AND SERVICES TO THE CITY'S
HOMELESS POPULATION.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is facing extreme sanitary challenges due
to scattered encampments occupied by individuals experiencing homelessness that are
shelter -resistant; and
WHEREAS, the City has invested significant funds and resources to provide
shelter and services to individuals experiencing homelessness; and
WHEREAS, on April 8, 2021, the City Commission considered strategies
regarding citywide clean-ups at locations known to have recurring homeless
encampments; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2021, the City Commission adopted Resolution
R-21-0372 directing the City Manager to designated area(s) in the City to provide for
permitted temporary encampments or other shelter options in an effort to improve the
City's homeless conditions; and
WHEREAS, a new approach is necessary to reduce homelessness and new
resources must be created by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to explore a pilot transitional tiny home housing site
which will include fifty (50) to one hundred (100) tiny homes at a designated area ("Pilot
Program") as part of the City's latest efforts in reducing homelessness; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2-33(f) of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended, the City Commission, by a majority vote, hereby deems this
Resolution to be of an emergency nature;
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 prepare a study to include the costs associated with
commencing a pilot program to provide tiny home transitional housing to the City's homeless
population.
Section 3. The City Manager is further directed to consider at least three (3) additional
sites (to include Virginia Key and Peacock Park, among other locations within and outside the
jurisdictional limits of the City, so long as neither site is in the process of being redeveloped) for
tiny home transitional housing and to present the costs and feasibility of each location at the
September 22, 2022 City Commission meeting.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized to proceed with implementing a pilot program
at the Virginia Key site discussed during Discussion Item DI. 2 at the July 28, 2022 City
Commission meeting wherein the City will provide fifty (50) to one hundred (100) tiny homes
and services to the City's homeless population.
Section 5. The Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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