HomeMy WebLinkAboutAttachment ACITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager
FROM: Milton Vickers, Senior Advisor
to the City Manager on behalf
of the Mayor
BACKGROUND
DATE: November 16, 2016
SUBJECT: $10,000.00 from Mayor's
Anti -Poverty Initiative funds to Common
Threads, Inc.
The City of Miami ("City") created the Anti -Poverty Initiative to address poverty and focus on providing
support to its residents.
Common Threads, Inc., (the organization), is a non-profit that delivers cooking and nutrition education,
along with healthy food, to over 300 children and adults. The funds from this allocation will be used to
partner with Lotus House, Frederick R. Douglass, and Eneida M. Hartner elementary schools in the City of
Miami to implement 13 sessions of cooking and nutrition education programs, including: Small Bites
nutrition education, Parent Workshops, Grocery Store Tours, and our afterschool Cooking Skills and World
Cuisine program. Providing a total of 2,290 hours of hands-on education and 2,275 nutritious meals and
snacks to 311 child and adult residents of the high -poverty, high -need neighborhoods of Wynwood and
Overtown in the City of Miami. The participants will learn the importance of and what constitutes a healthy
diet; gain the cooking skills and recipes to make healthy, affordable meals, and snacks for the family;
strengthen their social and emotional skills, including communication, teamwork, and decision-making, by
creating recipes with their families and peers; and, improve their math, language arts, and science skills by
connecting these concepts to cooking and nutrition.
As they are familiar with the needs of the community and requirements imposed by the City, it would be
advantageous to the City to expedite the allocation and waive procurement requirements at this time.
Providing these funds to the organization will allow more youth to obtain these services immediately, with
no added time for the procurement process, which could take over 30-40 days.
RECOMMENDATION
In light of the above stated, approval of a waiver of the formal requirements of competitive sealed bidding
methods as not being practicable or advantageous to the City as set forth in the City Code of Ordinances, as
amended, specifically Section 18-85 (A), and the affirmation of these written findings and the forwarding of
the same to the City Commission for ratification by a four-fifths vote is respectfully requested.
APPROVE DISAPPROVAL: