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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Item Summary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM File ID: #13529 Date: 02/16/2023 Commission Meeting Date: 03/23/2023 Requesting Department: Office of Resilience and Sustainability Sponsored By: District Impacted: All Type: Resolution Subject: Accept FDEP Funds - Critical Facilities and Assets Vulnerability Assessment Purpose of Item: To authorize the City Manager to accept, budget, allocate, and appropriate reimbursement funds from Florida Department of Environmental Protection ("FDEP") Resilient Florida Program Grant for FY 2022 — 2023 in an amount not to exceed $197,574.81 to conduct a City -Wide Critical Facilities and Assets Vulnerability Assessment. This is a reimbursement grant, no matching funds are required, and a new Capital Project 40-B233802 will be established. This Vulnerability Assessment is required to receive Resilient Florida Implementation Grant funding beginning in 2024. Background of Item: The City of Miami was awarded a $197,574.81 reimbursement grant from Florida Department of Environmental Protection Resilient Florida Program Planning Grant Awards for the "City of Miami Critical Facilities and Assets Vulnerability Assessment" to assess the city's critical and regionally significant assets as defined in Section 380.093, Florida Statute (F.S.). This project will outline critical facilities and assets to 1) determine the impacts of current and future flood risks on these facilities, 2) understand community needs as they relate to critical facilities and assets being able to function under various flood conditions, and 3) develop a process for ensuring that retrofitted and new facilities withstand future climate impacts. Beginning in 2024, a Vulnerability Assessment meeting the requirements of section 380.093, F.S., will be required to receive Resilient Florida Implementation Grant funding. Budget Impact Analysis Item is Related to Revenue Item is an Expenditure Item is NOT funded by Bonds Total Fiscal Impact: $197,574.81 TBD (temporary expense that will be reimbursed) Reviewed B Office of Resilience and Sustainability Review Completed 02/16/2023 9:58 AM Office of Management and Budget Luis Hernandez -Torres Office of Management and Budget Marie Gouin City Manager's Office Nzeribe Ihekwaba City Manager's Office Arthur Noriega V Legislative Division Valentin J Alvarez Office of the City Attorney Domini J. Gibbs Office of the City Attorney Victoria Mendez City Commission Maricarmen Lopez Office of the Mayor Mayor's Office Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Sonia Brubaker Department Head Budget Analyst Review Completed Budget Review Completed Deputy City Manager Review Completed City Manager Review Completed Legislative Division Review Completed ACA Review Completed Approved Form and Correctness Completed Meeting Completed Signed by the Mayor Completed Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed Rendered Completed 03/03/2023 10:09 AM 03/10/2023 9:37 AM 03/10/2023 1:20 PM 03/13/2023 4:02 PM 03/13/2023 4:10 PM 03/14/2023 1:48 PM 03/14/2023 3:52 PM 03/23/2023 9:00 AM 03/30/2023 1:14 PM 03/30/2023 1:19 PM 03/30/2023 1:20 PM City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-23-0141 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 13529 Final Action Date:3/23/2023 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, BUDGET, ALLOCATE, AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FROM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ("FDEP") RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 — 2023 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-ONE CENTS ($197,574.81) ("GRANT AWARD") TO BE UTILIZED FOR CONDUCTING A CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") WIDE CRITICAL FACILITIES AND ASSETS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT WITH NO REQUIRED CITY MATCHING FUNDS; ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "CITY OF MIAMI CRITICAL FACILITIES AND ASSETS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT GRANT"; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE REIMBURSEMENT GRANT AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH FDEP INCLUDING ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE ACCEPTANCE, IMPLEMENTATION OF, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANT AWARD AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has been awarded a Resilient Florida Program reimbursement grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection ("FDEP") in a total amount not to exceed One Hundred Ninety -Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy -Four Dollars and Eighty -One Cents ($197,574.81) ("Grant Award") to be utilized for conducting a city- wide critical facilities and assets vulnerability assessment ("Purpose"), with no matching funds required of the City, as specified in Attachment "A," attached and incorporated; and WHEREAS, critical and regionally significant assets and facilities will be identified in accordance with the definitions in Section 380.093, Florida Statutes (F.S.); and WHEREAS, beginning in 2024, a vulnerability assessment meeting the requirements of section 380.093, F.S., will be a requirement to receive Resilient Florida Implementation Grant funding; and WHEREAS, the goal of the vulnerability assessment project is to 1) determine the impacts of current and future flood risks on critical City and regionally significant assets and facilities, 2) understand the community needs as they relate to critical facilities and assets being able to function under various flood conditions, and 3) develop a process for ensuring that retrofitted and new facilities withstand future climate impacts; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the City Commission to accept, budget, allocate, and appropriate the reimbursement Grant Award, establish a Special Revenue Project, and authorize the City Manager to execute a grant agreement, and to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the acceptance, administration and compliance with the grant agreement; 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 authorized' to accept the Grant Award to be utilized for conducting a City-wide critical facilities and assets vulnerability assessment. Section 3. The following new Special Revenue Project is established and resources are appropriated as described below: FUND TITLE: City of Miami Critical Facilities and Assets Vulnerability Assessment Grant RESOURCES: FDEP Resilient Florida Grant Program $197,574.81 APPROPRIATIONS: FDEP Resilient Florida Grant $197,574.81 Program Funding Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to execute the reimbursement grant agreement with FDEP for conducting a city-wide critical facilities and assets vulnerability assessment. Section 5. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the acceptance, administration of, and compliance with the Grant Agreement. Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.2 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ndez, ity Attor ey 3/14/2023 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. 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.