HomeMy WebLinkAboutNotice to the PublicCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Hannon DATE: April 09, 2025
City Clerk
FROM: Keith Carswell, Director
Economic Innovation & ev1opment
SUBJECT: Advertisement for
Public Hearing
REFERENCES: 10 Day Notice
ENCLOSURES: Advertisement
Enclosed you will find an advertisement for a Public Hearing to be held by the City
Commission on April 24, 2025, for the purpose to 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, for
the City of Miami First Generation Scholarship 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.
Please place the ad in accordance with the public hearing requirements of the City
Commission.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
NI APPROVED:
Miriam M. Santana
Agenda Coordinator
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida on
Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. at City Hall, located at 3500 Pan American
Drive, Miami, Florida, 33133 for the purpose of granting the following:
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.
All interested persons are invited to appear at the meeting and may be heard with
respect to the proposed resolution. Should any person desire to appeal any decision
of the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting,
that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including
all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105).
Pursuant to Miami City Code Section 2-33(o), whenever a scheduled City Commission
meeting is cancelled or is not held due to a lack of a quorum or other emergency, a
special City Commission meeting will be automatically scheduled for the Tuesday
immediately following the cancelled meeting. In the event of one of the
aforementioned circumstances, the special meeting would be held on April 29, 2025,
at 9:00 a.m. in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan
American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133. All of the scheduled agenda items from that
cancelled meeting shall automatically be scheduled as an agenda item at the special
City Commission meeting.
The City Clerk shall notify the public of the special meeting that is to take place by
placing a notice of the special City Commission meeting at the entrance of City Hall
and the City's main administrative building, placing a notice on the City's website, and,
if feasible, placing an ad in a newspaper of general circulation before the special
meeting on the immediately following Tuesday. There shall be no additional notice by
publication required for any such scheduled agenda item that is moved to the special
City Commission meeting.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing
special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Office of
the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than five (5) business days prior to
the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no later than five
(5) business days prior to the proceeding.
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Ad No. 43694