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Resolution: R-19-0465
File Number: 6762 Final Action Date: 11/21/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE
GRANT FUNDS FROM THE MIAMI FOUNDATION UNDER THE ADVANCING
CITIES PROGRAM IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $466,977.00 TO ESTABLISH A
SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "ADVANCING CITIES GRANT
PROGRAM" TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF MIAMI'S EFFORTS TO INCREASE
WORKFORCE PLACEMENTS, IMPLEMENT A DATA MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM, PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PROGRAM CANDIDATES,
AND ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES WITH PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, AND ANY
AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, AND EXTENSIONS THERETO, ALL IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE
GRANT AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") created the Department of Human Services
("Department") to improve residents' self-sufficiency and connections to various City services;
and
WHEREAS, the Department's objective is to provide support services to City residents
based on the principles outlined in the Quality of Life Strategy which focuses on improving the
safety and sustainable opportunities in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Assets, Capital, Community, Education, Savings and Success Miami
("ACCESS Miami") Initiative unites City resources with similar resources available from public,
private, and non-profit organizations to offer tools and education that enables City residents and
small businesses to improve their quality of life; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Miami Foundation under the Advancing Cities grant is to
fund projects focused on training residents and small businesses to be more resilient to chronic
financial stresses such as the lack of lucrative jobs, insufficient profit from local business, and
procurement opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Foundation has awarded the City a three (3) year grant in an
amount not to exceed $466,977.00 to hire one (1) a full-time Workforce Navigator who will work
closely with the City's Opportunity Center staff to generate sustainable job opportunities and
one (1) part-time Small Business Advocate who will assist in the implementation of a data
management system and work closely with the City's small businesses to identify and obtain
resources from community providers; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will also allow participants to receive support services such
as childcare subsidies, transportation passes, and On -The -Job ("OTJ") training which are
intended to improve the likelihood of success in attaining new job opportunities;
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File ID: 6762 Enactment Number: R-19-0465
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to accept grant funds in an amount not to
exceed $466,977.00 from the Miami Foundation to fund a new special revenue program titled
"Advancing Cities Grant Program."
Section 3. The following new Special Revenue Fund is established and resources are
appropriated as described below:
PROJECT TITLE: Advancing Cities Grant Program
RESOURCES: The Miami Foundation $466,977.00
APPROPRIATIONS: Advancing Cities Grant Program $466,977.00
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to execute a grant agreement, in
substantially the attached form, and any amendments, modifications, and extensions thereto, all
in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to accept grant funds and implement the
Advancing Cities Grant Program.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
i ria i "ndez, Cify Attor.iey __) 11/12/2019
' 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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