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Resolution: R-16-0514
File Number: 1043
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 10/27/2016
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 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 ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE PROGRAM
ACCOUNT NO. 00001.98000.882000.0000.00000, IN AN AMOUNT UP TO
$50,000.00, FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS TO RESIDENTS OF
DISTRICT 5 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE
PROGRAM, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
SPONSOR(S): Chair Keon Hardemon
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 14-0362, adopted September 23, 2014, at a
public hearing, the City Commission approved an allocation of funds in the amount of $1.25
million for the newly created City of Miami ("City") Anti -Poverty Initiative Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 15-0106, adopted March 12, 2015, the City
Commission approved the establishment of accounts for the five (5) City Commission districts,
for the sole purpose of allocating Anti -Poverty Initiative Funds to said districts, utilizing the
proportionate percentage of poverty levels based on the five (5) year poverty rate determined by
the American Community Survey, as adjusted annually; and
WHEREAS, the District 5 Commissioner wishes to allocate grant funds from the District
5 share of the City's Anti -Poverty Initiative Program, Account No.
00001.98000.882000.0000.00000, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 ("Funds"), to a
scholarship program for higher education assistance to individual District 5 Residents; and
WHEREAS, the recipients of the Scholarship Program ("Program") will be awarded
based on criteria, described in Attachment "A", attached and incorporated, common to all
applicants; and
WHEREAS, the scholarships will be paid to the school directly for recipients of the
Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a written determination pursuant to Section 18
85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), that competitive
bidding is not practicable or advantageous for the City in this instance because it is highly
impracticable or impossible to identify the recipient schools for these funds which will solely be
used to further their individual educations; and
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WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to
negotiate and execute agreements with the schools of the awarded recipients of the
Program in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, 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 thereto 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,
the City Manger's finding that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not
practicable or advantageous to the City pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the City Code, as
amended, and waiving the requirements for said procedures, is ratified, approved and
confirmed.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to allocate grant funds, from the District 5
share of the City's Anti -Poverty Initiative Program, Account No.
00001.98000.882000.0000.00000, in an amount up to $50,000.00, for scholarships to residents
of District 5 of the City in the amount of $2,000.00 each.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to execute any and all documents necessary
to effectuate the Program, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.Z
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
i ria i ndez, City Attor ey 10/3/2016
' 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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