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Resolution R-23-0112
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 13487 Final Action Date: 3/9/2023
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 FINDING AND RECOMMENDATION, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION
METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR
ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-
85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED;
WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; ALLOCATING
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE VENTURE MIAMI INITIATIVE
ACCOUNT NO. 00001.150009.882000.0000.00000, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($150,000.00) TO THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
FOUNDATION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("FIU
FOUNDATION"), TO ESTABLISH THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FIRST
GENERATION SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE FIU
FOUNDATION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE 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
WHEREAS, the Florida International University Foundation, Inc. ("FIU Foundation")
launched the Next Horizon Campaign ("Campaign") in support of Florida International University
("FIU") to put FIU at the forefront of discovery and innovation; health and society; environment
and resilience; influence and enterprise; and community, arts and culture; and
WHEREAS, the Campaign will achieve the aforementioned by focusing two pillars —
student success and research and excellence; and
WHEREAS, the Campaign's focuses on attracting investments that will increase
scholarships and student support, optimize 21 st century teaching, and advance a vibrant and
healthy Miami; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Campaign is to raise Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars
($750,000,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") wishes to contribute an amount not to exceed One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) ("Funds"); and
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File ID: 13487 Enactment Number: R-23-0112
WHEREAS, the Funds will utilized to establish the City's First Generation Scholarship for
City residents attending FIU that demonstrate financial need based on the national Free
Application for Federal Student Student Aid ("FAFSA") and be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant
("Pell Grant") pursuant to the Department of Education's Pell Grant eligibility and requirement
standards ("Scholarship"); and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a written finding and recommendation, attached
and incorporated as Exhibit "A," 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 contribute the Funds to the Campaign and to enter into a
grant agreement with the FIU Foundation for the Scholarship;
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 "A," 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 Funds from
the Venture Miami Initiative Account No. 00001.150009.882000.0000.00000 to the FIU
Foundation in support of the Campaign to establish the Scholarship.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute a grant
agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with the FIU Foundation to establish the
Scholarship.
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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Attor
ey 2/27/2023
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.
City of Miami
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