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File ID: #5189
Resolution
Sponsored by: Mayor Francis Suarez
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT
TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, AS AMENDED ("CODE"), BY
A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC
HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S
FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE
NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR
ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE
MAYOR'S SHARE OF THE CITY'S ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE ("API"), IN A TOTAL AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.00) TO THE IMPAC
FUND, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("IMPAC FUND"), IN SUPPORT
OF ITS NEW AMERICAN WORKFORCE PROGRAM; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, IN
A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, AS
AMENDED ("CODE"), BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER
AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING
THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT
"A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT
PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), WAIVING
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE
ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE MAYOR'S SHARE OF THE CITY'S
ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE ("API"), IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.00) TO THE IMPAC FUND, INC., A
FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("IMPAC FUND"), IN SUPPORT OF ITS
NEW AMERICAN WORKFORCE PROGRAM; FURTHER 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 of Miami ("City") created the Anti -Poverty Initiative ("API") to
address poverty based on a strategy of focusing the provision of support towards the goal of
having the City's residents achieve self-sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, The Impac Fund, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation ("Impac Fund"), is
seeking funding in support of the New American Workforce Program ("Program") aimed at
aiding businesses with assisting their eligible immigrant employees with the Naturalization
process; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor wishes to provide grant funds from the Mayor's share of the
City's API in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) ("Funds")
for the Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City, as amended ("City
Code"), the City Manager has made a written finding, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A,"
that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous for
the City's provision of said Funds for the Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to
negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, for said 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.
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Enactment Number: R-18-0552
File Number: 5189
Final Action Date:12/13/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, AS
AMENDED ("CODE"), BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER
AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING
THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT
"A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT
PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), WAIVING
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE
ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE MAYOR'S SHARE OF THE CITY'S
ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE ("API"), IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.00) TO THE IMPAC FUND, INC., A
FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("IMPAC FUND"), IN SUPPORT OF ITS
NEW AMERICAN WORKFORCE PROGRAM; FURTHER 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 of Miami ("City") created the Anti -Poverty Initiative ("API") to
address poverty based on a strategy of focusing the provision of support towards the goal of
having the City's residents achieve self-sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, The Impac Fund, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation ("Impac Fund"), is
seeking funding in support of the New American Workforce Program ("Program") aimed at
aiding businesses with assisting their eligible immigrant employees with the Naturalization
process; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor wishes to provide grant funds from the Mayor's share of the
City's API in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) ("Funds")
for the Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City, as amended ("City
Code"), the City Manager has made a written finding, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A,"
that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous for
the City's provision of said Funds for the Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to
negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, for said 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. Pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code, by a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative
vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City Manager's written finding, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A," that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not
practicable or advantageous for the City's provision of said Funds for the Program and waiving
the requirements for said procedures are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to allocate Funds from the Mayor's share of
the City's API to Impac Fund in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00) for the Program.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to execute any and all documents
necessary, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purpose.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
i ria i "ndez, City Attor ey 12/312018
' 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 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.