HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-105-3503 Grant Award from CDC REACH RESOLUTION NO. 2020-105-3503
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 THREE (3) GRANT
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; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
RENEW EXISTING CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS AND
ALLOCATING THIRD YEAR GRANT FUNDING; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE
AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS
FOR THIS PURPOSE IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM AS ATTACHED
HERETO AS EXHIBIT A; PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO
THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF
REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in an effort to support the work of Live Healthy Miami Gardens
(LHMG), City of Miami Gardens ("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, the City of Miami Gardens was awarded Six Hundred Ninety-Two
Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight Dollars ($692,588.00) from the CDC REACH
project annually for the period of 2018 through 2022, and
WHEREAS, the 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, as a requirement of the CDC's Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA), the initiative is required to use a Collective Impact approach and partner with
multiple organizations who work collaboratively to implement the funded strategies, and
WHEREAS, Contractor Agreements between the City and service providers are
required to continue implementing CDC strategies for our CDC Year 3 grant, and
WHEREAS, the attached agreements reflect the ten organizations the City
desires to continue contracting with in Year Three (3) commencing on September 29,
2020:
1. Alliance for a Healthier Generation - $65,000.00
2. Change Lab Solutions - $9,500.00
3. Common Threads - $5,399.40
4. Flipany - $10,719.03
5. Florida Impact to End Hunger - $68,601.47
6. Jessie Trice Community Health System - $60,880.00
7. Trinity Church/Peacemakers Family Center - $67,514.00
8. QQ Consultants - $70,045.00
9. Urban Health Partnerships - $26,805.00
10. Urban Oasis Project - $13,221.50
WHEREAS, Staff recommends that the City Council accept the grant award for
Year Three (3) from the CDC REACH and authorize the City Manager to execute
contractor agreements and all documents related to 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, from the CDC REACH grant
and authorizes the City Manager to execute any and all documents related to the
acceptance of this award.
The City Council of the City of Miami Gardens further authorizes the City
Manager to renew existing contractor agreements, authorizes the City Manager and the
City Clerk to execute and attest respectively contractor agreements in substantial form
as attached hereto as Exhibit A and allocates the Third Year Grant funding as follows:
1. Alliance for a Healthier Generation - $65,000.00
2. Change Lab Solutions - $9,500.00
3. Common Threads - $5,399.40
4. Flipany - $10,719.03
5. Florida Impact to End Hunger - $68,601.47
6. Jessie Trice Community Health System - $60,880.00
7. Trinity Church/Peacemakers Family Center - $67,514.00
8. QQ Consultants - $70,045.00
9. Urban Health Partnerships - $26,805.00
10. Urban Oasis Project - $13,221.50
Section 3: INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK: The City Clerk is hereby
authorized to obtain two (2) fully executed copies of the subject Agreements with one to
be maintained by the City, and one to be delivered to each organization.
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Section 4: 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 SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2020.
OLIVER GILBERT, III, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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MARIO BATAILLE, CMC, CITY CLERK
PREPARED BY: SONJA KNIGHTON DICKENS, CITY ATTORNEY
SPONSORED BY: CAMERON D. BENSON, CITY MANAGER
Moved by: Councilman Leon
Seconded by: Vice Mayor Harris
VOTE: 7-0
Mayor Gilbert Yes
Vice Mayor Harris Yes
Councilwoman Odom Yes
Councilman Leon Yes
Councilman Williams Jr. Yes
Councilwoman Wilson Yes
Councilman Robert Stephens Yes
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