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Resolution: R-16-0197
File Number: 16-00538
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 4/28/2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY
FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC
HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S
FINDING THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES
ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS, 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 5 SHARE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE PROGRAM, IN ATOTAL AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $150,000.00, TO MARTIN LUTHER KING ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR A KITCHEN INCUBATOR; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID
PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority to allocate grant funds from the City of
Miami ("City") District 5 Anti -Poverty Initiative Program to Martin Luther King Economic Development
Corporation ("MLKEDC") in a total amount not to exceed $150,000.00 for a Kitchen Incubator
("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program will assist new or low-income businesses by providing a shared
commercial kitchen space for a new business to be able to create its products at a lower expense
than the cost of having its own commercial kitchen space; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made findings that pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of
the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), competitive negotiation methods and
procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the City for obtaining said services, and has
recommended to the City Commission that the findings be adopted and that competitive bidding
methods and procedures be waived for the Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to negotiate and
execute a Grant Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with MLKEDC for said
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 as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City
Manager's finding that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or
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advantageous to the City pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended, and waiving the requirements for said procedures, is ratified, approved and confirmed.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized {1} to allocate grant funds from the District 5 share of
the City's Anti -Poverty Initiative Program, in a total amount not to exceed $150,000.00, to MLKEDC
for a Kitchen Incubator.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized to {1 } negotiate and to execute a Grant Agreement
with MLKEDC, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
Footnotes:
{1} 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 Code provisions.
{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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