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Resolution R-22-0333
Legislation
City Hall
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 12487 Final Action Date: 9/13/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ACCEPTING AND
APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE PLACED IN THE SPECIAL
REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "2022 MIAMI HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM CHALLENGE GRANT" IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
TWENTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS
AND TWENTY TWO CENTS ($21,878.22) ("GRANT AWARD") CONSISTING
OF A GRANT FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES ("DCF") THROUGH THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HOMELESS
TRUST ("TRUST") FOR A TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO ENHANCE THE
HOMELESS HELPLINE AND OUTREACH SERVICES PROVIDED TO
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND ANY AND ALL OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS,
EXTENSIONS, AND RENEWALS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE AND
ALLOCATION OF SAID GRANT AWARD.
WHEREAS, in Fiscal Year 2021-2022, The Miami -Dade Homeless Trust ("Trust")
desired to direct additional State funding to the City of Miami's ("City"), Homeless Assistance
Program and its management of the homeless resource line to improve the homeless resource
line's effectiveness and customer service levels ("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida had designated the Trust as the lead agency for
Continuum of Care ("CoC") for Miami -Dade County; and
WHEREAS, Florida Department of Children and Families' ("DCF") Office on
Homelessness provides funding to the Trust for CoC services; and
WHEREAS, the CoC solicits and subcontracts with other community partners to fund the
direct services provided to the homeless population; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, DCF's Office on Homelessness entered into three (3) year unified
funding contracts with each CoC agency for eligible grants; and
WHEREAS, these Unified Homelessness Grants combine all applicable funds which
include: the Emergency Solutions Grant, the Homelessness Prevention Grant, the Challenge
Grant, and the Staffing Grant, into a single contract for each CoC agency and will expire on
June 30, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Challenge Grant specifically allows the Trust's CoC to fund any service
named in its homeless plan; and
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File ID: 12487 Enactment Number: R-22-0333
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2022, the City Commission adopted Resolution R-22-0097 in
which the City accepted and allocated a total amount not to exceed One Hundred Twelve
Thousand Eight Hundred Forty -Six Dollars and Twenty -Five Cents ($112,846.25) ("Initial
Grant") which includes Twenty -Two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty -Nine Dollars and Twenty -
Five Cents of City In -Kind Services; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the for the City Manager to accept the additional amount
not to exceed Twenty -One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy -Eight Dollars and Twenty -Two
Cents ($21,878.22) ("Grant Award), and to negotiate and execute an Agreement, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, and any and all other related documents, extensions, and
renewals all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement the acceptance and
allocation of said Grant Award;
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 Award
into the special revenue project titled "2022 Miami Homeless Assistance Program Challenge
Grant" for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized) to negotiate and execute an
agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, and any and all other related documents,
extensions, and renewals, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement and
allocate the acceptance of said Grant Award .
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Httor ey 8/29/2022
1 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
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