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Resolution R-22-0339
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 12482 Final Action Date: 9/13/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY
MANAGER'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION
METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR
ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") PURSUANT TO SECTION
18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED
("CITY CODE"); WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES;
ALLOCATING AND APPROPRIATING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF
2021 ("ARPA") CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY
FUNDS, ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) ("GRANT")
TO THE OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT
CORPORATION ("OYC"), FOR ITS STEM TALENT FOR MIAMI PROJECT,
SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE
THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH OYC AND ANY AND
ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, AND
AMENDMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
FOR SAID PURPOSE.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez, Commissioner Joe Carollo, Commissioner
Christine King
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden signed the American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA") into law; and
WHEREAS, ARPA is a historic emergency financial relief and investment package that
addresses the unprecedented public health and economic crisis resulting from the Novel
Coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury issued the
final rule (31 CFR Part 35) to implement the Coronavirus State Fiscal and Local Fiscal Recovery
Funds ("ARPA Funds") established under ARPA ("Final Rule"); and
WHEREAS, the Final Rule establishes the guidance and eligible uses of the ARPA
Funds; and
WHEREAS, the Overtown Youth Center, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation
("OYC"), is an organization dedicated to providing comprehensive services to at -risk youth —
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from kindergarteners to 25-year-olds — and their families, all of whom live in some of the most
underserved neighborhoods in South Florida; and
WHEREAS, OYC submitted a funding request to the City of Miami ("City") for ARPA Funds for
its STEM Talent for Miami, which is an intergenerational, technology workforce readiness
initiative, which prepares youth and adults to engage in the anticipated Miami Technology Hub
("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the City's ARPA consultant has reviewed the funding request from OYC and
has determined that providing ARPA Funds to OYC in order to implement the Program is an
eligible use of ARPA Funds under the Final Rule, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A;" and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a written finding and recommendation, attached
and incorporated as Exhibit "B," pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended ("City Code"), that competitive bidding is not practicable or advantageous
to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to fund and enter into a grant agreement with OYC for a
total amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) ("Grant") in order to
implement the Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing,
the City Manager's finding and recommendation, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "B," that
competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the
City pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the City Code are ratified, approved, and confirmed and the
requirements for said procedures are waived.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to allocate and appropriate the Grant to
OYC in order to implement the Program on a reimbursement basis, subject to all federal, state,
and local laws that regulate the use of such funds for said purpose.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute a grant
agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with OYC, in order to implement the
Program.
Section 5. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
other necessary documents, modifications, and amendments, all in forms acceptable to the City
Attorney, for said purpose.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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 City Code
provisions.
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