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Resolution R-23-0118
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 13575 Final Action Date: 3/9/2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ALLOCATING AND APPROPRIATING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF
2021 ("ARPA") CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY
FUNDS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2022, PURSUANT TO
RESOLUTION NO. R-22-0455, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) ("GRANT") TO CAMARA DE COMERCIO
LATINA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS (CAMACOL), INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR
PROFIT CORPORATION ("CAMACOL"), WITH FUNDS TO BE DISBURSED
PURSUANT TO A DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE AS FURTHER DESCRIBED
HEREIN, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT ITS YOUTH AND MINORITY
EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE TECHNOLOGY
AND DIGITAL MEDIA SECTORS, 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 CAMACOL AND ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS, ALL IN FORMS
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla
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 the American Rescue Plan ("Final Rule"); and
WHEREAS, the Final Rule establishes the guidance and eligible uses of the ARPA
Funds; and
WHEREAS, CAMARA DE COMERCIO LATINA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
(CAMACOL), INC., a Florida Not For Profit Corporation ("CAMACOL"), is an organization
dedicated to providing outreach to a special segment of the community who are currently
underserved and/or which have been affected by the post -pandemic business climate; and
WHEREAS, CAMACOL submitted a funding request to the City of Miami ("City") for
ARPA Funds in order to offer programs to develop employment opportunities for minorities and
the disenfranchised to enter into the tech and digital media sectors; training programs for at -risk
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youth and minorities; other programs that will develop skills necessary to obtain employment for
the City's minority community in these sectors; and will work with public and private sector
partners in program implementation ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, on November 17, 2022, after a properly advertised public hearing, the City
Commission adopted Resolution No. R-22-0455, allocating and appropriating a total amount not
to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) ("Grant") in order to implement the Program on a
reimbursement basis; and
WHEREAS, the City's ARPA Consultant, Atkins, member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, or
its successor ("ARPA Consultant"), has reviewed the funding request from CAMACOL and has
determined that providing ARPA Funds to CAMACOL 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 wishes to fund and enter into a grant agreement with CAMACOL for
a total amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) ("Grant") in order to implement
the Program and with the Grant to be disbursed in the amounts and pursuant to the following
disbursement schedule: (1) a first payment in an amount not to exceed Two -Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be disbursed on or after April 1 2023; (2) a second payment
in an amount not to exceed Two -Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be disbursed
on or after October 1 2023; (3) a third payment in an amount not to exceed Two -Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be disbursed on or after April 1st 2024; and (4) a fourth
payment in an amount not to exceed Two -Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be
disbursed on or after October 1 2024 ("Disbursement Schedule") in order to complete the
Program activities by September 31, 2025, subject to any and all requirements and conditions
that the City may implement for the disbursement and use of the Grant;
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. The City Manager is authorized' to allocate and appropriate the Grant, with
funds to be disbursed pursuant to the Disbursement Schedule, to CAMACOL in order to
implement the Program, subject to all federal, state, and local laws that regulate the use of such
funds for said purpose.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute a grant
agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with CAMACOL, in order to implement the
Program.
Section 4. 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 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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