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Resolution R-25-0344
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 18005 Final Action Date: 9/11/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, BUDGET, ALLOCATE,
AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ("FDEP") BISCAYNE BAY WATER QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR 2024 — 2025 IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS
($900,000.00) ("GRANT FUNDS") AS SPECIFIED IN ATTACHMENT "A,"
ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FOR GLENCOE WATER QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY ("PURPOSE");
ESTABLISHING A CAPITAL FUND PROJECT 40-B233823 AND
APPROPRIATING THE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE STATED
HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS, AND
MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT FUNDS, ADMINISTRATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS,
RULES, AND REGULATIONS, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Damian Pardo
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") submitted grant applications to Florida Department
of Environmental Protection ("FDEP") for the Biscayne Bay Water Quality Improvement Grant
Program and was awarded one (1) 2024 — 2025 grant award; and
WHEREAS, FDEP has awarded the City the 2024-2025 grant award for an amount not
to exceed Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($900,000.00) ("Grant Funds"); and
WHEREAS, the Grant Funds will help with water quality improvement activities and low-
lying areas that frequently flood due to overwhelmed stormwater systems during heavy rain and
storm surges in the South Florida coastal community, adjacent to Biscayne Bay; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to accept, budget, allocate, and appropriate the Grant
Funds from FDEP as specified in Attachment "A," attached and incorporated by reference; and
WHEREAS, the Grant Funds will support improvements to the locations specified in
Attachment "A," attached and incorporated, by enhancing their resilience to future natural
disasters and water quality("Purpose"); and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the City Commission to authorize the City Manager to
accept, budget, allocate, and appropriate the Grant Funds, to establish a Capital Fund Project
Number, and to negotiate and execute any and all necessary documents, including but not
limited to, amendments, extensions, renewals, and modifications, all in forms acceptable to the
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File ID: 18005 Enactment Number: R-25-0344
City Attorney, for the acceptance, administration and implementation of, and compliance with all
applicable laws, rules, and regulations, for said Purpose;
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 hereby authorized' to accept, budget, allocate, and
appropriate the Grant Funds to be utilized for the Purpose stated herein.
Section 3. The Capital Fund Project Number 40-B233823 is established, and the Grant
Funds are appropriated as described in Attachment "A," attached and incorporated.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute any and all
necessary documents, including but not limited to, amendments, extensions, renewals, and
modifications, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the acceptance of the Grant
Funds, administration, implementation, and compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, for said Purpose.
Section 5. 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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