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File ID: #18419
Date: 10/24/2025
Commission Meeting Date: 10/23/2025
Type: Resolution
Subject: Senior Rental Assistance Program
Budget Impact Analysis
Total Fiscal Impact:
City Commission
Legislative Division
Office of the Mayor
Office of the City Clerk
Office of the City Attorney
Office of Management and Budget
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Clerk
Requesting Department: Office of the City
Clerk
Sponsored By: Ralph Rosado
District Impacted:
Reviewed B
Maricarmen Lopez
Valentin J Alvarez
Mayor's Office
City Clerk's Office
Xavier Alban
Leon P Michel
Xavier Alban
George K. Wysong III
City Clerk's Office
Meeting Completed
Legislative Division Review Completed
Signed by the Mayor Completed
Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed
ACA Review Completed
Budget Review
ACA Review
Approved Form and Correctness
Rendered
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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10/29/2025 1:34 PM
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-25-0449
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 18419 Final Action Date:10/23/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 4 COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF THE
FUNDS APPORTIONED BETWEEN THE FIVE (5) COMMISSION DISTRICTS
PURSUANT TO THE ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE FORMULA FOR THE
COMMISSIONER OF EACH DISTRICT IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($500,000.00) FOR THE DISTRICT
SPONSORED "DISTRICT 4 SENIOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
("PROGRAM"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, SUBJECT TO
APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS,
INCLUDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AND
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ALL IN FORMS
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE; 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.
WHEREAS, on October 9, 2025, pursuant to Resolution No. R-25-0431, the City of
Miami ("City") apportioned 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 ("API") 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; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the District 4 Commissioner was apportioned One Million, One
Hundred Thirteen Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($1,113,000.00) for affordable housing and/or
senior rental assistance programs pursuant to the API Formula; and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2019, pursuant to Resolution No. R-19-0516, the City
Commission approved the creation of the permanent Senior Rental Assistance Program, as
amended from time to time ("Senior Rental Assistance Program"); and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Program is to alleviate the burden caused by rent increases
for the City's senior residents who are on a fixed income and find it difficult to afford rising rent;
and
WHEREAS, due to the high rents and cost of living in the City, the Office of the District 4
Commissioner wishes to allocate Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($500,000.00) of
its funds to support its "District 4 Senior Rental Assistance Program," to provide additional
funding to the Senior Rental Assistance Program to assist District 4 senior residents that require
and qualify for rental assistance prior to November 1, 2025 ("District 4 Program"); and
WHEREAS, the District 4 Commissioner ("Commissioner") wishes to provide funds in an
amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($500,000.00) ("Funds") for
the Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that this allocation is an allowable use and
complies with the provisions of Resolution No. R-25-0431; 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 Program; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2-33(f) of the City Code, the City Commission,
by a majority vote, hereby deems this Resolution to be of an emergency nature;
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. The City Manager is authorized' to allocate the Funds for the Program.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized1 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. 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.
Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wy ng III, C "y -ttar y 1/9/2026
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.