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Resolution R-25-0130
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 17393 Final Action Date: 4/10/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR
REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FUNDING TO THE FLORIDA INLAND
NAVIGATION DISTRICT ("FIND") WATERWAYS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED
NINETEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND ZERO
CENTS ($1,419,715.00) ("GRANT FUNDS") FOR THE DESIGN AND
PERMITTING OF SHORELINE STABILIZATION, BOAT SLIP, AND KAYAK
LAUNCH AT SEWELL PARK — PHASE 1 PROJECT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION;
FURTHER, IN THE EVENT OF AN AWARD, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE GRANT FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026
WITHOUT THE NEED FOR FURTHER CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL AND
TO ALLOCATE THE REQUIRED MATCHING FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND FIFTY
THREE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,498,053.00) TO BE BUDGETED
AND APPROPRIATED BY SEPARATE, FUTURE RESOLUTION AT THE TIME
OF NEED FROM CAPITAL PROJECT NUMBER B-193519 OR OTHER
LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES AND TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, GRANT OR
DEED AGREEMENTS, AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, RENEWALS, AND
EXTENSIONS THERETO.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") wishes to design and permit shoreline stabilization,
boat slip, and kayak launch at Sewell Park — Phase 1 Project ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the total cost of this phase of the Project is estimated not to exceed Three
Million Nine Hundred Seventeen Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Seven Dollars and Zero Cents
($3,917,767.00); and
WHEREAS, grant funding is potentially available from the Florida Inland Navigation
District ("FIND") Waterways Assistance Program for this Project pursuant to FIND Rule 66B-2,
Florida Administration Code ("F.A.C."); and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to apply for reimbursement grant funding from the FIND
Waterways Assistance Program in an amount not to exceed One Million Four Hundred
Nineteen Thousand Seven Hundred Fifteen Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,419,715.00), or fifty
percent (50%) of the total eligible Project cost ("Grant Funds"); and
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WHEREAS, in the event of the award of the Grant Funds, the City wishes to allocate
required matching funds in an amount not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Nineteen
Thousand Seven Hundred Fifteen Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,419,715.00), or fifty percent
(50%) of the total eligible Project cost, plus an additional amount not to exceed One Million
Seventy Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Eight Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,078,338.00)
towards non -reimbursable administrative costs, as defined in FIND Rule 66B-2.008, F.A.C.; for
a total amount not to exceed Two Million Four Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand Fifty Three
Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,498,053.00) ("City Match"); and
WHEREAS, in the event of the award, the appropriation of funds for both eligible and
non -reimbursable administrative costs shall be by separate, future Resolution from funds
available under capital project number B-193519 or other legally available funding sources;
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 authorized' to submit an application for the
reimbursement Grant Funds, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, to the FIND Waterways
Assistance Program for an amount not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Nineteen Thousand
Seven Hundred Fifteen Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,419,715.00) for the Project.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in connection with the
submission of the grant application.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized1 to accept the Grant Funds in the
event of an award for Fiscal Year 2025 — 2026 without the need for further City Commission
approval and to negotiate and execute, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, grant or
deed agreements, amendments, modifications, renewals, or extensions in order to implement
this Resolution.
Section 5. The City certifies to FIND the following matters:
(1) The City accepts the terms and conditions set forth in FIND Rule 66B-2 F.A.C., which
outlines the Waterways Assistance Program, and which will be a part of the Project
Agreement for any assistance under this proposal;
(2) The City is in complete accord with the proposal and agrees to carry out the Project in the
manner described in the proposal and any plan and specifications attached thereto unless
prior approval for any change has been received from FIND;
(3) The City has the ability and intention to finance its share of the cost of the Project and that
the Project will be operated and maintained at the expense of the City for public use;
(4) The City will not unlawfully discriminate against any person on basis of race, color, or
national origin in the use of any property or facility acquired or developed pursuant to this
proposal and shall comply with the terms and intent of the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
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1964, P.L. 88-352 (1964) and design and construct all facilities to comply fully with statutes
relating to accessibility by handicapped persons as well as other federal, state, and local
laws, rules, and requirements;
(5) The City agrees to maintain adequate financial records for the proposed Project to
substantiate claims for reimbursements; and
(6) The City will make available to FIND, if requested, a post -audit of expenses incurred on the
Project prior to, or in conjunction with, request for the final ten percent (10%) of the funding
agreed to by FIND.
Section 6. In the event of the award, the City Manager is authorized2 to accept, allocate,
and appropriate the Grant Funds without the need for further City Commission approval and to
allocate the required City Match to be budgeted and appropriated by separate, future Resolution
at the time of need from capital project number B-193519 or other legally available funding
sources.
Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.3
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
2 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and Code
provisions.
3 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten 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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