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Resolution R-22-0327
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 12338 Final Action Date: 9/13/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, BUDGET, ALLOCATE,
AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ("FDEP") RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT
PROGRAM FOR 2021 — 2022 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($50,539,224.00) & 2022 — 2023 IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED NINETEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS ($19,431,502.00) FOR A TOTAL
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY-NINE MILLION NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS ($69,970,726.00)
("GRANT FUNDS") AS SPECIFIED IN ATTACHMENT "A," ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED HEREIN, FOR FLOODING AND RESILIENCE ACTIVITIES
("PURPOSE"); ESTABLISHING A NEW CAPITAL FUND PROJECT AND
APPROPRIATING THE GRANT FUNDS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS,
RENEWALS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT FUNDS,
ADMINISTRATION, IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE OF ALL
APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") submitted grant applications to Florida Department
of Environmental Protection ("FDEP") for the Resilient Florida Grant Program and was awarded
six (6) 2021 — 2022 grant awards under the Resilient Florida Grants component and four (4)
2022 — 2023 grant awards under the Statewide Flooding and Sea level Rise Resilience Plan
component; and
WHEREAS, the 2021-2022 grant awards are for an amount not to exceed fifty million
five hundred thirty-nine thousand two hundred twenty-four dollars ($50,539,224.00) and the
2022-2023 grant awards are for an amount not to exceed nineteen million four hundred thirty-
one thousand five hundred two dollars ($19,431,502.00) for a total amount not to exceed sixty-
nine million nine hundred seventy thousand seven hundred twenty-six dollars ($69,970,726.00)
Grant Funds"); and
WHEREAS, the Grant Funds will help prepare coastal as well as inland areas for the
adverse impacts of flooding, sea -level rise, and storm surge; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to accept, budget, allocate, and appropriate the Grant
Funds from FDEP as specified in attachment "A" attached and incorporated herein; and
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WHEREAS, the Grant Funds will support improvements to the locations specified in
attachment "A" attached and incorporated herein by enhancing their resilience to future natural
disasters ("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the City to accept the Grant Funds, establish a Capital
Fund Project, and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute any and all necessary
documents, including but not limited to, amendments, extensions, renewals, and modifications,
all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the acceptance of the Grant Funds,
administration, implementation, and compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations,
for said Purpose;
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 hereby authorized1 to accept the Grant Funds to be
utilized for the replacement of seawalls and flood mitigation.
Section 3. The new Capital Fund Project is established, and the Grant Funds are
appropriated as described in Attachment "A" attached and incorporated herein.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
necessary documents, including but not limited to, amendments, extensions, renewals, and
modifications, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the acceptance of the Grant
Funds, administration, implementation, and compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, for said Purpose.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
sndez, City Attor
ey 11/21/2022
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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