HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-067-1249 - Acceptance of 2005 Disaster Recovery Funds
City of Miami Gardens Agenda Cover Memo Council Meeting Date: April 14, 2010 Item Type: (Enter X in box) Resolution Ordinance Other X Fiscal Impact: (Enter X in box) Yes No Ordinance
Reading: (Enter X in box) 1st Reading 2nd Reading X Public Hearing: (Enter X in box) Yes No Yes No X Funding Source: CDBG (through MiamiDade County HCD) Advertising Requirement: (Enter
X in box) Yes No X Contract/P.O. Required: (Enter X in box) Yes No RFP/RFQ/Bid #: N/A X Sponsor Name Danny Crew, City Manager Department: Community Development Short Title: A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF 2005 DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($375,000.00),
FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY’S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO RECEIVE SAID FUNDS; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION
OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Staff Summary: Background Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funding was made available to the State of Florida
by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the Military Construction Appropriations and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations Act. Florida received
$82,904,000 which is being administered by the State’s Department of Community Affairs (DCA). DCA entered into a sub‐recipient agreement with 16 counties affected by the 2005 disasters.
As a recipient, Miami‐Dade County held a competitive application process to allocate the funds they received. Through this process, the City of Miami Gardens was initially awarded $375,000.
During the course of the contract period, the County determined that the City of Miami Gardens was effectively running its program and efficiently spending the allocated funds. The County
subsequently awarded an ITEM J-6) CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION Authorizing the acceptance of the 2005 Disaster Recovery Funds
1515 NW 167 Street, Building 5 Suite 200 Miami Gardens, Florida 33169 additional $700,000 of Disaster Recovery Funds that were recaptured from underperforming municipalities. This brought
the total of the first round of Disaster Recovery Program Funds received by the City of Miami Gardens to $1,075,000. The resolution accepting the initial allocation of $375,000 was approved
by City Council on May 23, 2007 (Resolution No. 2007‐85‐592) and the resolution amending the contract and accepting the additional funding allocation of $700,000 was approved by Council
on July 23, 2008 (Resolution No. 2008‐144‐831). Current Situation Miami‐Dade County has recaptured additional Disaster Recovery Funds from underperforming municipalities. The City submitted
a formal letter of request to the County asking that a portion of these recaptured funds be allocated to the City of Miami Gardens, and the County has approved an additional $375,000
be awarded as part of the City’s Disaster Recovery Initiative‐Round 1 contract. The attached resolution requests City Council approval to authorize the City Manager to accept the additional
$375,000 and execute the amendment to the agreement between Miami‐Dade County and the City of Miami Gardens that was originally executed on June 15, 2007. The approval of this resolution
would bring the total amount of Disaster Recovery (Round 1) Program Funds to $1,450,000. Proposed Action: Staff recommends City Council approve the attached resolution authorizing the
City Manager to accept the additional $375,000 and to execute the amendment to the agreement between Miami‐Dade County and the City of Miami Gardens. Attachment: • Amendment Three (3)
to the FY 2005 CDBG Supplemental Disaster Recovery Initiative Governmental Contract