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Home My WebLink AboutR-77-0121R C/rb 2/10/77 'Slt,`O TtV DOCUMENTS FOLLOW, WHEREAS, RESOLUTION NO.77''I l__ A RESOLUTION AUTHORI2INO THE "CITY MANACsER TO ACCEPT THE "Off;ER OP GRANT" DATED JANUARY 27, 1977 PROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OP COMMERCE, IN AN AMOK NOT TO EXCEED $2,710,050 f b1 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE CONSTRUC- TION O' A HEADY EQUIPMENT SERVICE FACILITY WITHIN THE CITY Off` MIAMI. the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, has been authorized to offer a grant not to exceed $2,710,050 to the CITY Of MIAMI to provide financial assistance for the construction of a heavy equipment service facility; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid authority has been exercised by the "Offer of Grant" dated January 27, 1977, a copy of which is attached hereto; and WHEREAS, the interest of the CITY OF MIAMI would best be served by acceptance of the aforesaid Grant; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF "DOCUMENT INDEX ITEM NO Section 1. The City Manager is hereby aluthorized THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: to accept the "Offer of Grant" dated January 27, 1977 from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, in an amount not to exceed $2,710,050 for financial assistance in the construction of a heavy equipment service facility within the CITY OF MIAMI, PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of February, 1977, ATTEST; CITY CLERK 1t4*WU F A�....EI=RRE _CITY.COMMISSIO 10E A. FMEETING OF MAYOR FE6.01977 RtSUL U 1ION NO „�„�.. l �t REMARKS; PREPARED AND APPROVtb BY: ROEERT P . CI,ARi ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY API) - AS TO FORM ANID CORRECTNESS GEORGE P. ''a Ox, JR. CITY ATTO EY "SUPPORTIVE' DOCUM[NTS FOLLOW" UNITED Milt DEPARTMENT' OP COMMERCE The Assistant Secretary for tebnarnie Development Washifigttli , f .C. 2000 Project No.: 04' 51-01066 Offer Late: OFEEB.. QE O;1A` Pursuant to its authority under the Local Public Work Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976.(P.L. 94-369) and subject to the Special Conditions (Exhibit "A") and the Standard Terms and Conditions (Exhibit "B-LPJ", dated rovember 1, 1976) which are herein incorporated by reference, the Economic Development Administration) U.S. Department of Commerce ((government) offers a Grant not to exceed $ 2,710,050 to the City of Miami, Dade County, Florida, (Grantee) to provide financial assistance for the construction of a heavy equipment service facility, (Project) presently estimated to cost 5 2,710,050. This Offer, the Acceptance) the Special Conditions, and the Standard Terms and Conditions shall constitute the Grant Agree- ment. Acceptance of this Offer must be returned to the Economic Development Administrationprior to FEB14 Iqi7 ECO:OMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMIIIISTR.TIOI; The a accepte Date: By: stant Secretary Economic Development Offer of Grant is hereby • February 10, 1977 Jos'egi''R.:^Gras s ie / Signature' and Printed rad4e 'g t5r3ORT1 V DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" City of Miami Legal I:arne of Grantee City manager of Accepting Official CERTIFICATION (by authorized Official other than AcceptingOfficial) c al) i i The prr on si.gr_ing,�this accepta .ce aswso a:;t%:orized by the Gove »1g Body oq oard of the Recipient. / Signature Printed I;are Form ED-1029 mayor Tile of Certifying Officii:l u '."w 1-rn y�lfi •tH1 °^� VnIr1*'11ary �rY o tst�ht. rLJr 1bA 1Ntt 2•o t t McMOIlAiybUNI io: Joseph R, Grassie City Manager s, istant}Zit ,t�tat aer r r' t Tt- February 9 ► 1977 511tilr:C:Tc R:=4:FtYCt1� r; ReaVy E uipth t t Maihtetiat7oe Facility Grant In this morning's trail, the City received its grant offer for the ieaVy EquipmentMaintenance Facility to be located at N.W. 20 Street and 14 Avenue. This afternoon 4r, Cox and Myself attended a workshop Session ih Sunrise, Florida, to discuss with representatives of E.b.A. from Atlanta what requirements the City will have to meet in Order to assure grant funds, Most critical is time. The clock started running for the City on January 27, which was the date the grant offer was mailed from Washington. WE MUST HAVE ONSITE LABOR WITHIN 90 naYS. This means we must have contracts awarded and work being performed on the site by April 27. IN MY JUDGMENT, THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS 90 DAY REQUIREMENT. Over 1,000 grant applications were filed for the State of Florida and only slightly over 100 were granted. The entire success of this program and any future programs will rely on how well these 100 grant applications are carried out. In order to accomplish these object- ives, the City will have to award multiple contracts. Fast -tracking will not be allowed because it was not included as part of our grant application. To avoid problems with awarding contracts because of Commission scheduling, it is essential that the Manager be given blanket authority to award contracts as soon as they are ready for award. It is essential that the City take a firm stand that the site sub- mitted in the application will be used for the type of facility proposed, and that although a public hearing will be required, any suggestion to relocate the facility to some other location will, in my opinion, cause the City to lose the grant. The City of Miami will be held as an example for contractors to comply with the Miami plan for Affirmative Action. This will mean- that all contractors and subcontractors working on this project will have to have between 20% an 24% minorities as part of their organization. It is my recommendation that the Manager Le authorized to accept the grant offer, appoint Mr. Co;: as the City's Project Coordinator and to have Mr. Cox personally deliver the grant offer papers to the Atlanta office so that the City nay sit down on a face-to-face basis to have definite answers for some of the ve.cy critical questions we have. An example of which is wheth.e he City may use outside cor.- sultarits where the application ;aid t *n be done inhouse.