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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Summary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM File ID: #17287 Date: 02/25/2025 Commission Meeting Date: 04/24/2025 Requesting Department: Department of Economic Innovation and Development Sponsored By: Francis Suarez District Impacted: All Type: Resolution Subject: Bid Waiver - FIU First Generation Scholarship Purpose of Item: The City of Miami wishes to donate $150,000 to FIU foundation for the First Generation Scholarship. This donation will be sent to the Bayside Foundation who will disperse the funds to the FIU foundation. Background of Item: The City of Miami is contributing to FIU Foundation $150,000 towards the City's First - Generation Scholarship. The Funds go to the City's First -Generation Scholarship for City residents attending FIU that demonstrate financial need based on the national Free Application for Federal Student Aid and be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant pursuant to the Department of Education's Pell Grant eligibility and requirement standards. Budget Impact Analysis Item has NOT an Expenditure Item is NOT Related to Revenue Item is NOT funded by Bonds Total Fiscal Impact: N/A City Manager's Office Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget City Manager's Office City Manager's Office City Manager's Office Legislative Division Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Attorney City Commission Legislative Division Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Attorney Office of the City Clerk Reviewed B Keith Carswell Aniska Elliott Marie Gouin Larry M. Spring Natasha Colebrook -Williams Arthur Noriega V Valentin J Alvarez Domini J. Gibbs George K. Wysong III Maricarmen Lopez Valentin J Alvarez Domini J. Gibbs George K. Wysong III City Clerk's Office Department Head Review Completed Budget Analyst Review Completed Budget Review Completed Assistance City Manager 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 Legislative Division Review Completed ACA Review Completed Approved Form and Correctness with Modification(s) Rendered Completed 03/12/2025 12:07 PM 03/13/2025 10:19 AM 03/13/2025 8:27 PM 03/18/2025 10:59 AM 03/18/2025 1:55 PM 03/18/2025 2:51 PM 03/19/2025 12:19 PM 04/15/2025 5:05 PM 04/15/2025 7:48 PM 04/24/2025 9:00 AM 04/30/2025 12:12 PM 05/08/2025 10:54 AM Completed 05/08/2025 2:34 PM City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-25-0152 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 17287 Final Action Date:4/24/2025 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDING AND RECOMMENDATION, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; ALLOCATING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000.00), FROM THE CITY'S MIAMI FOR EVERYONE ("MFE") PROGRAM TO THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("FIU FOUNDATION"), FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE ("INITIATIVE"); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE FIU FOUNDATION FOR THE INITIATIVE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. WHEREAS, on April 13, 2023, pursuant to Resolution No. R-23-0178, the City of Miami ("City") created the Miami For Everyone ("MFE") Program to assist communities facing the long- term complications resulting from declared emergencies and to address the specific needs of the most vulnerable residents and businesses, through a strategy of focusing the provision of support towards priority areas of need that will further stabilize economic conditions within City Districts; and WHEREAS, in 2023, the Florida International University Foundation, Inc. ("FIU Foundation") launched the Next Horizon Campaign ("Campaign") in support of Florida International University ("FIU") to put FIU at the forefront of discovery and innovation; health and society; environment and resilience; influence and enterprise; and community, arts and culture; and WHEREAS, the focus of the Campaign was to achieve the aforementioned by focusing two pillars — student success and research and excellence; and WHEREAS, the Campaign focused on attracting investments that increased scholarships and student support, optimized 21st century teaching, and advanced a vibrant and healthy Miami; and WHEREAS, the goal of the Campaign was to raise Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000.00); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-23-0112 adopted on March 9, 2023, the City of Miami ("City") contributed an amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) ("Initial Funds") to the FIU Foundation to establish the City's First Generation Scholarship Initiative ("Initiative"); and WHEREAS, the Initial Funds were allocated to support the Initiative for City residents attending FIU that demonstrate financial need based on the national Free Application for Federal Student Aid ("FAFSA") and be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant ("Pell Grant") pursuant to the Department of Education's Pell Grant eligibility and requirement standards ("Scholarship"); and WHEREAS, on November 21, 2024, pursuant to Resolution No. R-24-0468 for the year- end (2023-2024) close-out budget adjustments, the City Commission approved a general fund transfer of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) ("Funds") to the Miami For Everyone Program for the continuation of the Initiative (Project # 002-EIDAMFE, Account 15503.470000.882000.0000.00000); and WHEREAS, the FIU Foundation submitted an MFE grant application, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "B," in an effort to further support the Initiative; and WHEREAS, the Funds will further the Initiative by providing the same assistance to City residents attending FIU that demonstrate financial need based on the aforementioned standards; and WHEREAS, the City's contribution of Funds will be matched two (2) to one (1) by the FIU Foundation, thereby making the match a total amount not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for a total contribution of funds in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00) to the Initiative for eligible City residents; and WHEREAS, the City's contribution of Funds will be matched two (2) to one (1) by the FIU Foundation, thereby making the match a total amount not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for a total contribution of funds in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00) to the Initiative for eligible City residents; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a written finding and recommendation, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), that competitive bidding is not practicable or advantageous to the City; and WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the allocation of the Funds 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 of this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. Pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the City Code, by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City Manager's written finding, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "B," that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous for the City's provision of the Funds for the Project and waiving the requirements for said procedures, are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed. Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary, modifications, and amendments, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purpose. Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ge Wy j ng III, C y ttor -y 4/15/2025 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.