HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-040-3669 Award for Centers and Disease Control and PreventionRESOLUTION NO. 2019-040-3669
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING A SIX HUNDRED
NINETY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT
DOLLARS ($692,588.00) ANNUAL AWARD FROM THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC),
RACIAL AND ETHNIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY HEALTH
(REACH) GRANT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AWARD; PROVIDING FOR THE
ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATION; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in 2014 the City of Miami Gardens implemented Live Healthy Miami
Gardens (LHMG) initiative to drive citywide changes that measurably improve the health
and life outcomes of people who live and work in the City of Miami Gardens, and
WHEREAS, the current grant funding LHMG sunsets in February 2020, and
WHEREAS, in an effort to sustain LHMG's work beyond that funded period,
LHMG partnered with the Health Foundation of South Florida and several community
organizations to submit a multi-year grant to the Department of Human Services,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Racial and Ethnic Approaches to
Community Health (REACH), and
WHEREAS, the CDC REACH project is a five (5) year program aimed to improve
health, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic
populations with the highest risk, or burden, of chronic disease, and
WHEREAS, the CDC REACH project will be implemented by the City of Miami
Gardens, and
WHEREAS, the project's goal is to reduce chronic disease cases and deaths in
Miami Gardens by increasing resident access to preventive and primary care resources,
increasing the supply of and demand for healthy local foods, and transforming built and
social environments to sustain improved physical activity levels and nutrition quality,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Gardens has been awarded Six Hundred Ninety -
Two Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty -Eight Dollars ($692,588.00) annually, and
WHEREAS, Staff recommends that the City Council accept the award from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Racial and Ethnic Approaches to
Community Health (REACH), and allow the City Manager to execute any and all
documents related to the acceptance of this award,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS: The foregoing Whereas
paragraphs are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true, and the same are hereby
made a specific part of this Resolution.
Section 2: ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT/AUTHORIZATION: The City Council
of the City of Miami Gardens hereby accepts the Six Hundred Ninety -Two Thousand
Five Hundred and Eighty -Eight Dollars ($692,588.00) annual award from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community
Health (REACH) grant. The City Council further authorizes the City Manager to execute
any and all documents related to the acceptance of this award.
Section 1 EFFECTIVE DATE: This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its final passage.
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Resolution No. 2019-040-3669
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
GARDENS AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 23, 2018.
OLIVER GILBERT, III, MAYOR
ATTEST:
MARIO BATAILLE, CITY CLERK
PREPARED BY: SONJA KNIGHTON DICKENS, CITY ATTORNEY
SPONSORED BY: CAMERON D. BENSON, CITY MANAGER
Moved by: Councilwoman Odom
Seconded by: Councilman Williams
VOTE: 6-0
Mayor Oliver Gilbert, III
(Yes)
(No) (absent)
Vice Mayor Rodney Harris
X
(Yes)
(No)
Councilwoman Katrina Wilson
X
(Yes)
(No)
Councilman Erhabor Ighodaro, Ph.D.
X
(Yes)
(No)
Councilwoman Lillie Q. Odom
X
(Yes)
(No)
Councilman Reggie Leon
X
(Yes)
(No)
Councilman David Williams Jr
X
(Yes)
(No)
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Resolution No. 2019-040-3669