HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-264-3393 CDC Grant Acceptance RESOLUTION NO. 2019-264-3393
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) YEAR TWO (2) GRANT AWARD, NUNC
PRO TUNC, TO SEPTEMBER 1, 2019, 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 an effort to support the work of Live Healthy Miami Gardens
(LHMG), City staff submitted 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) (CDC-RFA-DP18-1813), and
WHEREAS, year one (1) of this five-year grant was approved by City Council in
January 2018, and
WHEREAS, year two (2) of the grant award has been extend to the City,
September 2019 through September 2020,
WHEREAS, this 5-year CDC program is designed 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 REACH project will align with the practices promoted by the
CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP) program, and
WHEREAS, the project's goal is to reduce chronic disease cases and deaths in
Miami Gardens by increasing resident access of 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 CDC REACH project is a multi-disciplinary, cross-sector
collaboration of community stakeholders and organizations, and
WHEREAS, as a requirement of the CDC's Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA), the initiative required to use a Collective Impact approach and partner with
multiple organizations who would work collaboratively to implement the funded
strategies.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Gardens has been awarded Six Hundred Ninety-
Two Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight Dollars ($692,588.00) from the CDC
REACH project, and
WHEREAS, Staff recommends that the City Council accept the grant award for
Year 2 from the CDC 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) award, nunc pro tunc, to
September 1, 2019 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Racial
and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) grant. The City Council further
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authorizes the City Manager to execute any and all documents related to the
acceptance of this award.
Section 3: EFFECTIVE DATE: This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its final passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
GARDENS AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 11, 2019.
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OLIVER GILBERT, III, MAYOR
ATTEST:
MAWO BATAILLE, CMC, CITY CLERK
PREPARED BY: SONJA KNIGHTON DICKENS, CITY ATTORNEY
SPONSORED BY: CAMERON D. BENSON, CITY MANAGER
Moved by: Coujcc taW1 S
Seconded by: Counx ow,4N
VOTE: � -O
Mayor Oliver Gilbert, III (Yes) (No)
Vice Mayor Rodney Harris (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 __Z__ (Yes) (No)
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