HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-207-1389 - Disaster Recovery Initiative Agreement
1515 NW 167 Street, Building 5 Suite 200 Miami Gardens, Florida 33169 City of Miami Gardens Agenda Cover Memo Council Meeting Date: December 8, 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 Miami-Dade County HCD) Advertising Requirement: (Enter X in box) Yes No X Contract/P.O. Required: (Enter X in box) Yes No RFP/RFQ/Bid #: X N/A 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 CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE
AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN AMENDMENT #4 TO THE DISASTER RECOVERY INITIATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA; 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 additional $700,000 and $375,000 of Disaster Recovery Funds that were recaptured from ITEM K-8) CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION Disaster Recoverty Initiative Agreeme
nt1515 NW 167 Street, Building 5 Suite 200 Miami Gardens, Florida 33169 underperforming municipalities. This brought the total of the first round of Disaster Recovery Program Funds received
by the City of Miami Gardens to $1,450,000. These funds have been used to rehab and harden owner occupied homes within Miami Gardens that were damaged by the Hurricanes of 2005. A total
of 45 homes have been rehabilitating and City Staff is in the process of pre-qualifying an additional 19 home owners. 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 resolutions amending the contract and accepting the additional funding allocations of $700,000 and $375,000
were approved by Council on July 23, 2008 (Resolution No. 2008-144-831) and April 14, 2010 (Resolution No. 2010-067-1249), respectively. Current Situation The City’s contract for CDBG
Disaster Recovery Initiative-Round 1 funds expired on June 30, 2010. However, because of the additionally allocated funds, reimbursement to the City for grant related expenditures could
not be made because of the expired contract. Miami-Dade County is requesting to extend the City’s contract through June 30, 2011. The delay in requesting this contract extension is attributed
to the delay experienced by the County in getting their contract for DRI Funds extended by the Department of Community Affairs. The attached resolution requests City Council approval
to authorize the City Manager to 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 extend the Disaster Recovery Initiative-Round 1 contract to June 30, 2011. Proposed Action: Staff recommends City Council approve the attached resolution authorizing
the City Manager to execute the Amendment #4 to the agreement between Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami Gardens. Attachment: • Amendment Four (4) to the FY 2005 CDBG Supplemental
Disaster Recovery Initiative-Round 1 Governmental Contract