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Resolution R-24-0501
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 16972 Final Action Date: 12/12/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RESCINDING, IN ITS
ENTIRETY, RESOLUTION NO. R-20-0108 ADOPTED ON APRIL 9, 2020;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A
GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ("TNC") FOR THE MORNINGSIDE
PARK STORMWATER AND SHORELINE PROTECTION PROJECT, OFFICE
OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 40-B173511A ("PROJECT")
FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT IN AN
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND NINETY-THREE
CENTS ($236,445.93) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO
HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE
DOLLARS AND THIRTEEN CENTS ($288,321.13) ("GRANT") FOR THE
PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 2024 AND ENDING MAY 31, 2025;
APPROPRIATING THE GRANT FOR SAID PROJECT, SUBJECT TO
BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT TIME OF NEED; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER
NECESSARY AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS, AND
MODIFICATIONS TO THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AND ALL OTHER
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE OF AND COMPLIANCE
WITH THE GRANT AWARD.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Damian Pardo
WHEREAS, on April 9, 2020 the City of Miami ("City") previously adopted Resolution No.
R-20-0108 accepting a reimbursement grant for the execution of design and permitting of a
Morningside Park Stormwater and Shoreline Protection Project, Office of Capital Improvements
("OCI") Project No. 40-B173511A ("Project") for an amount of four hundred thousand dollars
($400,000.00) ("Initial Grant") to be paid to the City in phases by The Nature Conservancy
("TNC"); and
WHEREAS, the Project integrates nature -based solutions for stormwater, seasonal high
tides, storm surge, and sea level rise and develops an approach for expanding nature -based
solutions for coastal resilience throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, since adoption of Resolution No. R-20-0108 the City has received a
reimbursement amount of fifty-one thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars and twenty
cents ($51,875.20) from the TNC for the preparation of thirty percent (30%) Design Plans,
pursuant to the Initial Grant ; and
WHEREAS, the costs associated with the Project have been reevaluated and the
amount of the Initial Grant requires a reduction; and
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WHEREAS, TNC still wishes to provide the City grant funds in an amount not to exceed
Two Hundred Thirty -Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty -Five Dollars and Ninety -Three Cent
($236,445.93) for a total amount not to exceed Two Hundred Eighty -Eight Thousand Three
Hundred Twenty -One Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($288,321.13) ("Grant") for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute a revised grant agreement for the Project;
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. Resolution No. R-20-0108, adopted on April 9, 2020, is hereby rescinded in
its entirety.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to accept the reimbursement Grant for Fiscal
Year 2024-2025 from TNC for the Project and to appropriate said funds for the Project, subject
to budgetary approval at time of need.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute a grant
agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with TNC for said purpose.
Section 5. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
other necessary amendments, extensions, renewals, and modifications to the grant agreement,
subject to budgetary approval at time of need, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, to
implement the acceptance of and compliance with the Grant award.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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.
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