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Resolution R-17-0610
File Number: 3330 Final Action Date: 12/14/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY
MANAGER'S FINDING, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS ATTACHMENT
"A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE
NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"),
PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID
PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM
THE DISTRICT 2 COMMIHE CITY'S ANTI-POVERTY
INITIATIVE IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($50,000.00) TO THELMA GIBSON HEALTH INITIATIVE, INC., A
FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE ORGANIZATION
MODEL PROGRAM INVOLVING HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES SUPPORT,
LIFE SKILLS AND SOCIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND MONEY
MANAGEMENT SKILLS NECESSARY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
RESIDENTS AND THOSE AT-RISK RESIDENTS IN VARIOUS CITY
COMMUNITIES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, Thelma Gibson Health Initiative, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit corporation
education, job training, and social skills leading to obtaining and keeping affordable housing,
thereby reducing and stopping poverty, crime, and violence in the affected communities; and
life, social, and money management skills development is vital for affordable housing residents
and those at-
WHEREAS, the Program utilizes care coordination, culinary skills training, literacy
support, and incentive based behavior motivation to provide high-risk individuals who lack
foundational resource support, an array of educational and social skills enrichment
opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the Program also provides these individuals vocational completion
certificates which facilitates the obtaining of sustainable jobs within their community as well as
assists with employability and housing placement upon Program graduation; and
-Poverty Initiative in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a written finding, attached and incorporated as
-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
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amended ("City Code"), that competitive bidding is not practicable or advantageous for the City;
and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to
negotiate and execute an agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for the allocation
of Funds for the Program;
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. By a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing,
ompetitive
negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the City pursuant to
Section 18-85(a) of the City Code and waiving the requirements for said procedures is ratified,
approved, and confirmed.
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Section 3. The City Manager is authorized to allocate Funds from the District 2
-Poverty Initiative to TGHI in an amount not to exceed
$50,000.00 for the Program.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized to execute any and all necessary documents,
in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purposes.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
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signature of the Mayor.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
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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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