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Resolution R-25-0431
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 18261 Final Action Date: 10/9/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RESCINDING
RESOLUTION NO. R-23-0207 IN ITS ENTIRETY; APPORTIONING FIVE
MILLION, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE
AND 19/100 DOLLARS ($5,250,251.19) BETWEEN THE FIVE (5)
COMMISSION DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO THE ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE
FORMULA FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF EACH DISTRICT TO ALLOCATE
AND APPROPRIATE BY FUTURE RESOLUTION(S) TO DISTRICT SPECIFIC
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND/OR SENIOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS; THE USE, ALLOCATION, AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
FUNDS REFERENCED HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE,
AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS AND THE
RECEIPT OF ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND APPROPRIATE THE
CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET, FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, STRATEGIC
PLAN, MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AS
NECESSARY AND APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
RESOLUTION; AUTHORIZING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE
DESIGNATED CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT
FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES,
AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION HEREWITH.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Joe Carollo, Commissioner Ralph "Rafael" Rosado,
Commissioner Christine King
WHEREAS, Resolution No. R-22-0082, adopted on February 24, 2022,
established the Miami For Everyone Rental Assistance Program, which was intended
for middle class families who do not have guardrails and are not financially able to
absorb large rent increases, with priority given to seniors and families with children; and
WHEREAS, Five Million, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty -One
and 19/100 Dollars ($5,250,251.19) was allocated to the Miami For Everyone Rental
Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-23-0207 adopted on April 27, 2023,
the City Commission rescinded Resolution No. R-22-0082 in its entirety and reallocated
and apportioned the Five Million, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty -One
and 19/100 Dollars ($5,250,251.19) in available funds as follows:
• Two Million and 00/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00) was allocated, budgeted,
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and appropriated to provide supplemental funding to the City's Senior
Rental Assistance Program, and
• Three Million, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty -One and
19/100 Dollars ($3,250,251.19) was apportioned equally between the five
(5) Commission Districts for the Commissioner of each District to allocate
and appropriate by future resolution(s) to district specific affordable
housing and/or rental assistance programs; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is in the best interest of the City to
rescind Resolution No. R-23-0207 in its entirety and apportion the Five Million, Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty -One and 19/100 Dollars ($5,250,251.19) in
available funds between the five (5) Commission Districts pursuant to the Anti -Poverty
Initiative Formula for the Commissioner of each District to allocate and appropriate by
future resolution(s) to district specific affordable housing and/or senior rental assistance
programs;
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-23-0207 is rescinded in its entirety.
Section 3. The City Commission hereby apportions Five Million, Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty -One and 19/100 Dollars ($5,250,251.19) between
the five (5) Commission Districts pursuant to the Anti -Poverty Initiative Formula for the
Commissioner of each District to allocate and appropriate by future resolution(s) to
district specific affordable housing and/or senior rental assistance programs.
Section 4. The use, allocation, and appropriation of the funds referenced herein
is subject to all federal, State, and local laws that regulate the use of such funds and the
receipt of all necessary approvals, including, but not limited to the City Attorney.
Section 5. The City Manager is authorized' to make any changes to adjust,
amend, and appropriate the City's Operating Budget, Five -Year Financial Plan,
Strategic Plan, Multi -Year Capital Plan, and any other documents as necessary and
applicable, pursuant to the provisions of this Resolution.
Section 6. Certain necessary actions by the City Manager and the designated
City Departments to update the relevant financial controls, project close-outs,
accounting entries, and computer systems in connection herewith are hereby
authorized', ratified, approved, and confirmed.
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.
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Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption
and signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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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