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Home My WebLink AboutR-18-0189opCity of Miami 1 i.RR cl Legislation alldl 1 l + Resolution: R-18-0189 File Number: 3993 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Final Action Date: 5/10/2018 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING, (1) WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-86 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, (2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND, INC., A DELAWARE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ("CFE FUND"), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($367,500.00) ("GRANT") FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT EXPANSION PROGRAM 2018 ("CITY PROGRAM") FOR THE PURPOSES OF EXPANDING AND SUPPORTING UP TO ONE HUNDRED (100) ADDITIONAL SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ENTITIES AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO ADHERE TO ESTABLISHED CITY PROGRAM COMPONENTS CONNECTING PARTICIPANTS TO FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND BANKING OPPORTUNITIES; AND (3) AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLICITY MEDIA EVENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) ("CITY IN- KIND CONTRIBUTION"); ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT FUND, ENTITLED "SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT EXPANSION PROGRAM 2018," AND APPROPRIATING THE GRANT AND THE CITY IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT TIME OF NEED; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, MODIFICATIONS, AND EXTENSIONS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT AND COMPLY WITH SAID GRANT FROM THE CFE FUND FOR THE CITY PROGRAM. WHEREAS, ACCESS Miami stands for "Assets Capital, Community, Education, Savings and Success", an initiative that unites City of Miami ("City") resources with similar resources available in public, private, and non-profit sectors to offer tools and education that enable City residents to improve their quality of life; and WHEREAS, ACCESS Miami has, as one of its four (4) cornerstones, the goal of assisting City residents with access to benefits and the opportunity to reach financial self- sufficiency through financial education; and WHEREAS, the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc., a Delaware Non -Profit Corporation ("CFE Fund"), supports municipal efforts to improve the financial stability of households by leveraging opportunities unique to local governments; and City of Miami Page 1 of 4 File ID: 3993 (Revision: A) Printed On: 8/28/2018 File ID: 3993 Enactment Number: R-18-0189 WHEREAS, the CFE Fund is launching the 5t" year expansion of its Summer Jobs Connect Program ("Summer Jobs"), thereby supporting the expansion of the City's 2018 Summer Youth Employment and Financial Empowerment Program -S ("City Program") with a purpose to financial education, one-on-one coaching, empowerment, and banking access initiatives; and WHEREAS, since the inception of the City Program, the City has employed over six hundred (600) youth throughout the City and has generated over One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) in economic impact; and WHEREAS, the CFE Fund desires to leverage the City's investment in the City Program by providing additional grant funding necessary to expand the City Program for 2018 to hire up to an additional one hundred (100) youth at local businesses and continue to adhere to the established program components of financial counseling and banking opportunities; and WHEREAS, the CFE Fund works to promote economic progress in communities around the world and focuses on initiatives that expand financial inclusion and has partnered with (7) cities in the United States to implement Summer Jobs by providing grants to those partner cities; and WHEREAS, the grant's goal is to expand, replicate, and implement the City's Program and continue to facilitate a coordinated national effort to affect and improve the self-sufficiency of low/moderate income youth and increase their access to the financial tools and education that are fundamental to economic prosperity and success; and WHEREAS, the CFE Fund has awarded a grant to the City in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Sixty -Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($367,500.00) ("Grant") to expand the City Program for 2018 and to hire up to an additional one hundred (100) youth between the ages of 16-19 residing in low to moderate income census tracts in the City and place them in local businesses and entities; and WHEREAS, the Grant will allow the additional participants to receive saving incentives and coaching to improve their banking access, financial education, and financial habits; and WHEREAS, the Grant will provide the City with access to (1) participate in a learning community convened under Summer Jobs by the CFE Fund and (2) develop a plan for the City's Program to implement expanded financial education and access to banking for youth participants; and WHEREAS, through participating in the Summer Jobs, the City Program can better leverage and take advantage of its existing financial literacy and individualized financial coaching program components currently offered by ACCESS Miami; and WHEREAS, the Grant agreement ("Grant Agreement") requires the City to contribute publicity, social media, and media events in connection with the inclusion of the City Program in Summer Jobs; and WHEREAS, the City desires to provide such in-kind contribution in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) ("City In -Kind Contribution"), subject to budgetary approval at time of need; and City of Miami Page 2 of 4 File ID: 3993 (Revision: A) Printed on: 8/28/2018 File ID: 3993 Enactment Number: R-18-0189 WHEREAS, the Grant and the City -In -Kind Contribution will total a not to exceed amount of Three Hundred Sixty -Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($369,500.00) for costs for the City Program; and WHEREAS, in order to accept the Grant and to comply with the Grant's requirements by providing the City's In -Kind Contribution of publicity, social media, and media events, it is in the best interests of the City to waive competitive bidding pursuant to Section 18-86 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), by a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after a duly noticed public hearing; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals contained in the Preamble to 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 a duly noticed public hearing, (1) the competitive bidding requirements of Section 18-86 of the City Code are waived; (2) the City Manager is authorized to accept the Grant from the CFE Fund for the City Program for the purposes of expanding and supporting up to one hundred (100) additional summer youth employment opportunities with local businesses and entities as well as continuing to adhere to established City Program components connecting participants to financial counseling and banking opportunities; and (3) the City's In -Kind Contribution is authorized.' Section 3. The following new Special Revenue Project Fund is established and resources are appropriated as described below: PROJECT TITLE: Summer Youth Employment & Financial Empowerment Expansion Program 2018 RESOURCES: CFE Fund, Inc. City In -Kind Contribution $367,500.00 $2,000.00 APPROPRIATIONS Summer Youth Employment & Financial Empowerment Expansion Program 2018 $367,500.00 City In -Kind Contribution $2,000.002 TOTAL: $369,500.00 Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, the Grant Agreement and any and all other documents, amendments, renewals, modifications, and extensions in order to implement and comply with said Grant from the CFE Fund for the City Program. 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. 2 Subject to budgetary approval at time of need. City of Miami Page 3 of 4 File ID: 3993 (Revision: A) Printed on: 8/28/2018 File ID: 3993 Enactment Number: R-18-0189 Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.3 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ria ndez, ity ttor ey 6/4/2018 3 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. City of Miami Page 4 of 4 File ID: 3993 (Revision: A) Printed on: 812812018