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Resolution R-24-0471
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 16859 Final Action Date: 11/21/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PARTNER WITH MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY ("COUNTY") AS A CO -GRANTEE FOR THE APPLICATION AND
ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ("HUD") FOR THE
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS IMPLEMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY-NINE MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-
EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS
($39,968,424.00) ("GRANT"), TO BE AWARDED TO THE COUNTY AS LEAD
GRANTEE, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRANSFORMATION PLAN IN
THE OVERTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE CITY, FOR THE PERIOD
BEGINNING JULY 17, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2032; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND HUD FOR THE
ACCEPTANCE AND ALLOCATION OF THE GRANT, INCLUDING ANY AND
ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND
MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
FOR THE PURPOSE STATED HEREIN, SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE,
AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Christine King
WHEREAS, in 2010, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
("HUD") created the Choice Neighborhoods Program ("Choice Neighborhoods") to leverage
public and private dollars to support local strategies to address struggling neighborhoods with
distressed public or HUD -assisted housing through a comprehensive approach to transform
entire neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, through Choice Neighborhoods, local leaders, residents, and stakeholders
such as public housing authorities, cities, schools, police, business owners, nonprofits, and
private developers, come together to create and implement a plan that revitalizes distressed
HUD housing and address challenges in the surrounding neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Choice Neighborhoods' grants are highly competitive and awarded based
on quantitative and qualitative criteria; and
WHEREAS, Choice Neighborhoods require one -for -one replacement of all HUD -assisted
housing units, with a right -to -return requirement for all residents living on -site as of the date of
the grant award; and
WHEREAS, Choice Neighborhoods also requires matching funds in the amount of five
percent (5%) of each grant; and
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WHEREAS, Choice Neighborhoods provides two (2) types of grants, which include
planning grants and implementation grants; and
WHEREAS, Choice Neighborhoods implementation grants support communities who
have undergone comprehensive local planning and are ready to implement their plans to
transform a neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Choice Neighborhoods implementation grants requires that the local
government of jurisdiction where the property is located to be the Lead Applicant or Co -
Applicant; and
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County ("County") as lead -grantee and the City of Miami
("City") as co -grantee (collectively "Grantee") applied for, and on July 16, 2024, was awarded by
HUD the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant for fiscal year 2023 — 2024, for the
implementation of a Transformation Plan ("Transformation Plan") to enhance the Overtown
neighborhood in the District 5 area of the City into a more connected, opportunity -rich, climate -
resilient and safe community, in accordance with the Choice Neighborhood Implementation
Program ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, HUD agrees, subject to the terms of the Grant Agreement ("Agreement"),
attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A," to provide grant funds to the Grantee, in the
total amount no to exceed Thirty -Nine Million, Nine Hundred Sixty -Eight Thousand, Four
Hundred Twenty -Four Dollars ("$39,968,424.00") ("Grant") as per form HUD-1044, for the
activities described in the Transformation Plan as defined in Article IV of the Agreement,
attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A," for the period beginning July 17, 2024 and
ending September 30, 2032 ("Performance Period"); and
WHEREAS, the County, as lead -grantee will have sole access to the Grant funds and is
responsible for ensuring proper use of the Grant and to disburse the funds for eligible activities
as approved by HUD; and
WHEREAS, the County, as lead -grantee, will fulfill the matching funds requirement by
providing the Building Better Communities General Obligation Bonds funds in an amount of Two
Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for the Grant, and was previously approved by the County
pursuant to Resolution No. R-1148-20; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2024, the County adopted Resolution No. R-1000-24,
which retroactively authorizes the County Mayor or designee to apply for and accept the Grant,
among other things related to the implementation and acceptance of the Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is in the best interest of the City to
authorize the City Manager to partner with Miami -Dade County as Co -grantee for the application
and acceptance of grant funds, from HUD for the Program during the Performance Period, and
further authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement, including any and
all necessary documents, amendments, extensions, and modifications, all in forms acceptable
to the City Attorney, for acceptance and implementation of the Grant for the purpose stated
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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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 partner with the County as a co -grantee
for the application and acceptance of the Grant from HUD for the fiscal year 2023-2024 Choice
Neighborhood Implementation Grant Program for eligible activities under the Choice
Neighborhoods Program, during the Performance Period, to be awarded to the County as lead -
grantee.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute an agreement
between the City, County, and HUD, for the acceptance and allocation of the Grant, including
any and all necessary documents, amendments, extensions, and modifications, all in forms
acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purposes, subject to all federal, state, and local laws
that regulate the use of such funds.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
rge Wy ng III, C ty ttor -y 12/10/2024
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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