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try Resolution: R-19-0098
File Number: 5553
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 3/14/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, 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") AND WAIVING THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE
ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 5 SHARE OF THE
CITY'S ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE ("API") IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($135,000.00)
TO MARTIN LUTHER KING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
FOR THE WHEELS TO WORK PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR
SAID PURPOSE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Keon Hardemon
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, Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation, a Florida not for
profit corporation ("MLK"), operates the Wheels to Work Program which affords low-income City
residents with transportation hardships an opportunity to purchase vehicles at lower interest
rates ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the District 5 Commissioner wishes to provide grant funds from the District 5
share of the City's API in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thirty -Five Thousand Dollars
($135,000.00) ("Funds") for the Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,
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, all in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, for the allocation of the Funds for the Program;
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File ID: 5553
Enactment Number: R-19-0098
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 the Funds from the District 5
share of the City's API to MLK for the Program.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to execute any and all documents
necessary, all 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:
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' 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.
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