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Resolution R-26-0308
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 19290 Final Action Date: 7/9/2026
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "URBAN
AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE ('UASI') GRANT PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2025"
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SAME IN THE
AMOUNT OF FOURTEEN MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-NINE
THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO AND 00/100 DOLLARS
($14,899,522.00) CONSISTING OF A GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASSED THROUGH THE STATE
OF FLORIDA'S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ("FDEM")
("GRANT AWARD") TO BUILD, SUSTAIN, AND DELIVER CAPABILITIES
NECESSARY TO PREVENT, PROTECT AGAINST, AND RESPOND TO ACTS
OF TERRORISM AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS OF MAN-MADE
ORIGIN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT SAID GRANT
AWARD, EXECUTE THE FEDERALLY -FUNDED SUBGRANT AGREEMENT,
IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, AND ADMINISTER THE
PROGRAM THROUGH THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") DEPARTMENT OF
FIRE -RESCUE ("MFR") AS A SUBRECIPIENT OF FDEM AND PASS -
THROUGH ENTITY TO ITS CONTIGUOUS PARTNERS; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY
AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE OF
AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANT AWARD; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXTEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 UASI GRANT PROGRAM,
AS NECESSARY; AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS TO MFR
AND TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES DESIGNATED FOR
HOMELAND SECURITY EXPENSES PURSUANT TO THE UASI GRANT
GUIDELINES; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT(S), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED
FORM(S), WITH ITS CONTIGUOUS PARTNERS SETTING FORTH THE
PARTIES' RESPONSIBILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
AND SUPPORT OF THE UASI PROJECT ADMINISTERED BY MFR,
CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING OF SAID PROJECT BEING SECURED.
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") is authorized
by the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003 to provide funds to states
for subsequent distribution to selected urban areas to address the unique equipment, training,
planning, exercise, and operational needs for large urban areas, and to assist states in building
an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts
of terrorism; and
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WHEREAS, the DHS, through the State of Florida's Division of Emergency Management
("FDEM"), has sub -granted an Urban Area Security Initiative ("UASI") Grant Program for Fiscal
Year ("FY") 2025 to the City of Miami ("City") in the amount of Fourteen Million, Eight Hundred
Ninety -Nine Thousand, Five Hundred Twenty -Two Dollars ($14,899,522.00) ("Grant Award");
and
WHEREAS, the City's Department of Fire -Rescue ("MFR") will use the Grant Award to
continue to address the unique equipment, training, planning, exercise, and operational needs
of the City and its contiguous partners and to continue building an enhanced and sustainable
capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the UASI Grant Program FY 2025, the attached
Memoranda of Agreements were established to accomplish Project objectives with various
agency partners of the City including Broward County Emergency Management, Broward
County Sheriffs Office, the City of Coral Gables, the City of Coral Springs, the City of Fort
Lauderdale, the City of Hialeah, the City of Hollywood, the City of Miami Beach, the City of
Miami Gardens, the City of Miramar, the City of Pembroke Pines, the City of Sunrise, Miami -
Dade County (Fire, Sheriffs Office, and Emergency Management), Monroe County (Fire, Police,
and Emergency Management), Palm Beach County Emergency Management, Palm Beach
County Sheriffs Office, the Village of Key Biscayne, and the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement (collectively, "Contiguous Partners"), and set forth the parties' responsibilities in
connection with the development and support of the FY 2025 UASI Grant Program administered
by Fire contingent upon funding of the Project being secured;
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 following new Special Revenue Project is established, and resources are
appropriated as described below:
FUND TITTLE: UASI Grant Program FY 2025
RESOURCES: USDHS directly to FDEM $14,899,522.00
APPROPRIATIONS: $14,899,522.00
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to accept the Grant Award and to execute
the federally funded sub -grant agreement, in substantially the attached form, for the Project.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all other
necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement the
acceptance of and compliance with the Grant.
Section 5. The City Manager is further authorized' to extend the FY 2025 UASI Grant
Program, as necessary.
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 6. The City Manager is authorized' to execute MOAs, in substantially the
attached form, with the Contiguous Partners of the City for the purpose of setting forth the
parties' responsibilities in connection with the development and support of the FY 2025 UASI
Grant Program administered by MFR, contingent upon funding of the Project being secured.
Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor2.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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