2015-29154 Reso RESOLUTION NO 2015-29154
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO
APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH
GRANTS AND FUNDING REQUESTS FROM THE FOLLOWING
SOURCES, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF
SUCH FUNDS (INCLUDING MATCHING FUNDS AND ANY
RELATED CITY EXPENSES): 1) STATE FARM, GOOD
NEIGHBOR CITIZENSHIP COMPANY PROGRAM, IN THE
APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $100,000; 2) FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE
TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION COUNCIL INCENTIVE
PROGRAM; 3) FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, ACCELERATED INNOVATION
DEPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM; 4) MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY HOMELESS TRUST, IN THE APPROXIMATE
AMOUNT OF $64,000, FOR THE CITY'S HOMELESS
OUTREACH PROGRAM; 5) MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FY 2015/16
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANT, IN THE
APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $20,000; AND, 6) FLORIDA
JUNIOR GOLF COUNCIL, IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF
$4,000.
WHEREAS, City staff has requested the approval of the City Commission to submit an
application to State Farm for the Good Neighbor Citizenship Company Grant Program, for
funding in the approximate amount of$100,000, the details of which are follows:
• The State Farm Youth Advisory Board started in 2006 and has funded more than $28.6
million youth-lead service-learning projects to solve issues important to State Farm and
communities across the United States.
• If funded, the City will implement the Youth Lead Empower Act During Emergency
Response Situations (Y-LEADERS) program. This program will engage and empower
high school students, while focusing on natural and social disaster related issues and
activities.
• The program is also designed to increase students' knowledge and skills related to
disaster awareness, preparedness, response, and recovery; scholastic proficiency;
increased leadership; civic engagement; and cultural competency skills.
• This program will provide experience and a sense of safety and security, so that young
participants are equipped to lead and educate in a variety of diverse critical
circumstances and act appropriately in order to strengthen the City's preparedness
capabilities as a whole community.
• Through the Y-LEADERS program, the students will educate, train, and engage their
families, peers, and community members.
• Participants will also have a direct connection and ability to bring vital information and
resources to their families and community members that will strengthen their ability to
become disaster informed and prepared.
• The program is also designed to increase a young person's leadership abilities and
understanding.
• The City intends to apply for $100,000, and this grant does not require matching funds.
• This project supports the City's key intended outcome of enhancing external and internal
communication from and within the City; and
WHEREAS City staff has requested the approval of the City Commission to submit an
application to Florida Department of Transportation for the State Transportation Innovation
Council Incentive Program, the details of which are follows:
• The State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC) is a leadership platform established
in every State to identify critical needs, find best solutions, and to effectuate such
solutions quickly.
• STIC's role is to help facilitate the deployment of innovations and engage the various
stakeholders within the State.
• Funds are provided through the Florida Department of Transportation.
• The City intends to apply for funding for the ITS program, to relieve traffic congestion by
implementing Demand Management and Parking Management Systems to include
Adaptive Signal Control Technologies and Travelers Information Systems.
• As part of the Demand Management System, the City plans to retrofit intersections with
Real Time Adaptive Signal Control Technology.
• The project also plans to address the monitoring of corridors by installing pan-tilt-zoon
(PTZ) cameras on high traffic and high incident zones as well as install travel-time
devices along arterial roadways.
• does not require matching grant doe q g funds.
• This project supports the City's key intended outcome of ensuring comprehensive
mobility addressing all modes throughout the City; and
WHEREAS City staff has requested the approval of the City Commission to submit an
application to Florida Department of Transportation for the Accelerated Innovation Deployment
Demonstration Program, the details of which are follows:
• The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID)
Demonstration grant program provides incentive funding for eligible entities to accelerate
the implementation and adoption of innovation in highway transportation.
• Projects eligible for funding shall include proven innovative practices or technologies,
including infrastructure and non-infrastructure strategies or activities, which the applicant
or subrecipient intends to implement and adopt as a significant improvement from their
conventional practice.
• Funds are provided through the Florida Department of Transportation.
• The City intends to apply for funding for the ITS program, to relieve traffic congestion by
implementing Demand Management and Parking Management Systems to include
Adaptive Signal Control Technologies and Travelers Information Systems.
• As part of the Demand Management System, the City plans to retrofit intersections with
Real Time Adaptive Signal Control Technology.
• The project also plans to address the monitoring of corridors by installing pan-tilt-zoon
(PTZ) cameras on high traffic and high incident zones as well as install travel-time
devices along arterial roadways.
• This grant does not require matching funds.
• This project supports the City's key intended outcome of ensuring comprehensive
mobility addressing all modes throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, City staff has requested the approval of the City Commission to submit an
application to the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, for funding in the approximate amount of
$64,000 for the City's Homeless Outreach Program, the details of which are follows:
• The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S. HUD) has issued a
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for its Continuum of Care Program, which is the
primary Federal funding source for homeless assistance programs.
• All current U.S. HUD funded projects with program funding expiring in calendar year
2016 must request renewal funding through this competitive process.
• The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust serves as the applicant for U.S. HUD NOFA
funds on behalf of the Miami-Dade County Continuum of Care (MDCoC) system.
• The MDCoC system encompasses all of Miami-Dade County, including all
municipalities.
• All local entitlement jurisdictions are part of the MDCoC system, and the "Collaborative
Application" will contain projects submitted by project applicants.
• The City has received these funds since 2003 to support the salaries of Homeless
Outreach staff in the City's Housing and Community Services Department.
• As such, the City intends to apply for continuation of funding, in the approximate amount
of$64,000, through this collaborative application.
• A match of at least 25% is required, and matching funds in the amount of $25,000 are
available from the Housing and Community Services Department FY 2015/16 Operating
Budget.
• This project supports the City's key intended outcome of improving cleanliness on the
City's beaches; and
WHEREAS, City staff has requested the approval of the City Commission to submit an
application to Miami-Dade County for FY 2015/16 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) County
grant funds, in the approximate amount of $20,000, through the State of Florida Department of
Health, to improve and expand pre-hospital emergency services, the details of which are
follows:
• The Florida Department of Health is authorized by chapter 401, Part II, Florida Statutes
to provide grants to Boards of County Commissioners for the purpose of improving and
expanding emergency medical services.
• These grants are awarded only to Boards of County Commissioners, but may
subsequently be distributed to municipalities and other agencies involved in the
provision of EMS pre-hospital care.
• Miami-Dade County makes these funds available to cities within the County; the level of
County funding is based on each Fire Department's call volume.
• The funds are derived by the State from surcharges on various traffic violations, and
such funds must be used solely to improve and expand prehospital EMS.
• The City intends to apply for funding in the approximate amount of $20,000 to support
the Fire Department's pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Such funds may
be requested for EMS materials, supplies, training, equipment, and reference library
materials.
• This grant does not require matching funds; and
WHEREAS, City staff has requested the approval of the City Commission to submit an
application to Florida Junior Golf Council for grant funds in the amount of $4,000 to offer golf
instruction to youth at the Normandy Shores Park Youth Center, the details of which are follows:
• The Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic was founded in 2008, in conjunction
with the re-opening of the Normandy Shores Golf Course.
• The mission of the program is to impact the lives of young people by providing learning
facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life-
enhancing values through the game of golf.
• Research shows that the primary reason more children (and especially economically
disadvantaged children) do not play golf is because of (1) the lack of places that
welcomed them, (2) transportation challenges, and (3) lack of affordability.
• The Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic is a dynamic approach to bringing golf
to youth who otherwise would not be exposed to the game and its positive values.
• The goal of the program is to establish a high-quality and self-sustaining golf learning
program that will provide youth with an avenue to learn the fundamentals of golf along
with the values of the game of golf including rules, etiquette, history, tradition, and
respect.
• Additionally, the program is committed to provide ongoing access to each graduate as a
way to complete and achieve our goal.
• The City intends to apply for funding to support the Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth
Clinic. Funds may be requested in the approximate amount of $4,000 for golf instruction,
course access, and/or practice range facility access, life skills training/curriculum, golf
equipment, transportation provided for participants, snacks, clothing, and fees.
• This grant does not require matching funds.
• This project supports the City's key intended outcome of maximizing the Miami Beach
brand as a world class destination.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH that the Mayor and City Commission of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida hereby approve and authorize the City Manager or his designee to
apply for, accept, and execute any and all documents or agreements in connection with grants
and funding requests from the following sources, and authorize the appropriation of such funds
(including matching funds and any related City expenses): 1) State Farm, Good Neighbor
Citizenship Company Program, in the approximate amount of $100,000; 2) Florida Department
of Transportation, State Transportation Innovation Council Incentive Program; 3) Florida
Department of Transportation, Accelerated Innovation Deployment Demonstration Program; 4)
Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, in the approximate amount of $64,000, for the City's
Homeless Outreach Program; 5) Miami-Dade County, FY 2015/16 Emergency Medical Services
grant, in the approximate amount of $20,000; and 6) Florida Junior Golf Council, in the amount
of$4,000.
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COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Condensed Title:
A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager or his designee to apply for and accept six(6) grants.
_ Key Intended Outcome Supported:
1) Enhance external and internal communication from and within the City; 2) and 3) Ensure
comprehensive mobility addressing all modes throughout the City; 4) Improve cleanliness, city beaches;
5) N/A; 6) Maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world-class destination.
Supporting Data: Community Satisfaction Survey: 1) 88% of businesses rated the City's
emergency/hurricane preparedness as excellent/good; 2) and 3) "Improve traffic" and "Increase and
improve public transportation" were both among the top ten recommendations of how to best improve
the quality of life in Miami Beach; 4) The City's efforts to "address homelessness" was a key driver for
resident respondents in how they view the City as a place to live, view city government on meeting
expectations and if they would recommend the City as a place to live; "A lot of homeless" was rated
amongst the top five things that have a negative impact on the quality of life on Miami Beach. Based on
the Census Count (January, 2012), the number of homeless in Miami Beach has decreased from 239 in
FY 2004/05 to 106 in FY 2012/13; 5) The Fire Department has experienced more than a 9% increase in
number of pre-hospital care calls for service from 14,865 in 2001 to 16,243 in 2011; and 6) The typical
resident visited City parks/recreational areas 58 times during 2012, an increase from 47 times in 2009.
Item Summary/Recommendation:
A Resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to apply for, accept, and
appropriate funding (including matching funds and any related city expenses), and execute any and all
documents or agreements in connection with grants and funding requests from the following sources: 1)
State Farm, Good Neighbor Citizenship Company Program, in the approximate amount of$100,000; 2)
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for the State Transportation Innovation Council Incentive
Program; 3) Florida Department of Transportation for The Accelerated Innovation Deployment
Demonstration Program; 4) Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, in the approximate amount of
$100,000 for the City's Homeless Outreach Program; 5) Miami-Dade County for FY 2015/16
Emergency Medical Services grant funds in the approximate amount of$20,000; and, 6) Florida Junior
Golf Council for grant funds in the amount of$4,000.
Financial Information:
Source # Grant Name/Project Approx. Approximate
of funds Award Match
Amount/Source
1 State Farm/Good Neighbor Citizenship $100,000 N/A
Company Program
2 FDOT/State Transportation Innovation Funding Agency will N/A
Council Incentive Program determine apply/award
amount
3 FDOT/Accelerated Innovation Funding Agency will N/A
Deployment Demonstration Program determine apply/award
amount
4 MDC Homeless Trust/Homeless $64,000 $16,000/Communi
Outreach ty Services FY
15/16 Operating
budget
5 MDC EMS/Emergency Medical $20,000 N/A
Services
6 Florida Junior Golf Council/Normandy $4,000 N/A
Shores Youth Golf
Financial Impact Summary: N/A
City Clerk's Office Legislative Tracking:
Judy Hoanshelt, Grants Officer, Office of Budget and Performance Improvement
Si•n-Offs:
D'•art en`i -ctor Assistant City Manager it City Manager
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MIAMI BEACH /PIM
DATE
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov
COMMISSI A N MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members oil'
the City C. mission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: October 14, 2015
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAY S R AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, AND
APPROPRIATE FUNDING (INCLUDING MATCHING FUNDS AND ANY
RELATED CITY EXPENSES), AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH GRANTS AND
FUNDING REQUESTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES: 1) STATE
FARM, GOOD NEIGHBOR CITIZENSHIP COMPANY PROGRAM, IN THE
APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $100,000; 2) FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE STATE TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION
COUNCIL INCENTIVE PROGRAM; 3) FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ACCELERATED INNOVATION
DEPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM; 4) MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
HOMELESS TRUST, IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $64,000, FOR
THE CITY'S HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM; 5) MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $20,000 FOR THE FY
2015/16 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANT; AND, 6) FLORIDA
JUNIOR GOLF COUNCIL IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $4,000.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution.
ANALYSIS
1. Approval to submit an application to State Farm for the Good Neighbor
Citizenship Company Grant Program, in the approximate amount of$100,000.
The State Farm Youth Advisory Board started in 2006 and has funded more than $28.6
million youth-lead service-learning projects to solve issues important to State Farm and
communities across the United States.
If funded, the City will implement the Youth Lead Empower Act During Emergency
Response Situations (Y-LEADERS) program. This program will engage and empower
high school students, while focusing on natural and social disaster related issues and
activities. The program is also designed to increase students' knowledge and skills
related to disaster awareness, preparedness, response, recovery; scholastic proficiency;
increased leadership; civic engagement; and, cultural competency skills. This program
Commission Memorandum
Page 2
will provide experience and a sense of safety and security, so that young participants are
equipped to lead and educate in a variety of diverse critical circumstances and act
appropriately in order to .strengthen the preparedness capabilities as a whole
community.
Through the Y-LEADERS program, the students will educate, train, and engage their
families, peers, and community members. Participants will also have a direct connection
and ability to bring vital information and resources to their families and community
members that will strengthen their ability to become disaster informed and prepared. The
program is also designed to increase a young person's leadership abilities and
understanding.
The City intends to apply for $100,000, and this grant does not require matching funds.
This project supports the key intended outcome to enhance external and internal
communication from and within the City.
2. Approval to submit an application to Florida Department of Transportation for The
State Transportation Innovation Council Incentive Program.
The State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC) is the leadership platform in every
State to identify critical needs, find best solutions, and to get them into practice quickly.
Their role is to help facilitate the deployment of innovations and engage the various
stakeholders within the State. Funds are provided through the Florida Department of
Transportation.
The City intends to apply for funding for the ITS program, which intends to relieve traffic
congestion by implementing Demand Management and Parking Management Systems
to include Adaptive Signal Control Technologies and Travelers Information Systems. As
part of the Demand Management System, the City plans to retrofit intersections with
Real Time Adaptive Signal Control Technology. The project also plans to address the
monitoring of corridors by installing pan-tilt-zoon (PTZ) cameras on high traffic and high
incident zones as well as install travel-time devices along arterial roadways. This grant
does not require matching funds. This project supports the key intended outcome to
ensure comprehensive mobility addressing all modes throughout the City.
3. Approval to submit an application to Florida Department of Transportation for The
Accelerated Innovation Deployment Demonstration Program.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID)
Demonstration grant program provides incentive funding for eligible entities to accelerate
the implementation and adoption of innovation in highway transportation. Projects
eligible for funding.shall include proven innovative practices or technologies, including
infrastructure and non-infrastructure strategies or activities, which the applicant or
subrecipient intends to implement and adopt as a significant improvement from their
conventional practice. Funds are provided through the Florida Department of
Transportation.
The City intends to apply for funding for the ITS program. The City intends to apply for
funding for the ITS program, which intends to relieve traffic congestion by implementing
Commission Memorandum
Page 3
Demand Management and Parking Management Systems to include Adaptive Signal
Control Technologies and Travelers Information Systems. As part of the Demand
Management System, the City plans to retrofit intersections with Real Time Adaptive
Signal Control Technology. The project also plans to address the monitoring of corridors
by installing pan-tilt-zoon (PTZ) cameras on high traffic and high incident zones as well
as install travel-time devices along arterial roadways. This grant does not require
matching funds. This project supports the key intended outcome to ensure
comprehensive mobility addressing all modes throughout the City.
•
4. Approval to submit an application to the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust in
the approximate amount of$64,000 for the City's Homeless Outreach Program.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S. HUD) has issued a
Notice of Funding Availability(NOFA) for its Continuum of Care Program, which is the
primary Federal funding source for homeless assistance programs. All current U.S. HUD
funded projects with program funding expiring in calendar year 2016 must request
renewal funding through this competitive process. The Miami-Dade County Homeless
Trust serves as the applicant for U.S. HUD NOFA funds on behalf of the Miami-Dade
County Continuum of Care (MDCoC) system. The MDCoC system encompasses all of
Miami- Dade County, including all municipalities. All local entitlement jurisdictions are
part of the MDCoC system, and the "Collaborative Application" will contain projects
submitted by project applicants.
The City has received these funds since 2003 to support the salaries of Homeless
Outreach staff in the City's Housing and Community Services Department. As such, the
City intends to apply for continuation of funding, in the approximate amount of $64,000,
through this collaborative application. A match of at least 25% is required, and matching
funds in the amount of$25,000 are available from the Housing and Community Services
Department FY 2015/16 Operating Budget. This project supports the key intended
outcome to improve cleanliness.
5. Approval to submit an application to Miami-Dade County for FY 2015/16
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) County grant funds through the State of
Florida, Department of Health, in the approximate amount of$20,000 to improve
and expand pre-hospital emergency services
The Florida Department of Health is authorized by chapter 401, Part II, Florida Statutes
to provide grants to Boards of County Commissioners for the purpose of improving and
expanding emergency medical services. These grants are awarded only to Boards of
County Commissioners, but may subsequently be distributed to municipalities and other
agencies involved in the provision of EMS pre-hospital care. Miami-Dade County makes
these funds available to cities within the County; the level of funding is based on each
Fire Department's call volume. The funds are derived by the State from surcharges on
various traffic violations and funds must be used solely to improve and expand
prehospital EMS.
The City intends to apply for funding in the approximate amount of $20,000 to support
the Fire Department's pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS); funds may be
requested for EMS materials, supplies, training, equipment, and reference library
materials. This grant does not require matching funds.
Commission Memorandum
Page 4
• 6. Approval to submit an application to Florida Junior Golf Council for grant funds in
the amount of $4,000 to offer youth from the Normandy Shores Park Youth
Center golf instruction
The Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic was founded in 2008, and is a youth
program started in conjunction with the re-opening of the Normandy Shores Golf Course.
The mission of the program is to impact the lives of young people by providing learning
facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life-
enhancing values through the game of golf. Research shows that the primary reason
more children (and especially economically disadvantaged children) do not play golf is
because of: (1) the lack of places that welcomed them, (2) transportation challenges,
and (3) lack of affordability.
The Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic is a way to bring golf to youth who
otherwise would not be exposed to the game and its positive values. The goal of the
program is to establish a quality and self-sustaining golf learning program that will
provide youth with an avenue to learn the fundamentals of golf along with the values of
the game of golf including rules, etiquette, history, tradition, and respect. Additionally, the
program is committed to provide ongoing access to each graduate as a way to complete
and achieve our goal.
The City intends to apply for funding to support the Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth
Clinic; funds may be requested in the approximate amount of $4,000 for golf instruction,
course access and/or practice range facility access, life skills training/curriculum, golf
equipment, transportation provided for participants, snacks, clothing, and fees. This
grant does not require matching funds. This project supports the key intended outcome
to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class destination.
CONCLUSION
A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
approving and authorizing the City Manager or his designee, to apply for, accept, and
appropriate funding (including matching funds and any related City expenses), and
execute any and all documents or agreements in connection with grants and funding
requests from the following sources: 1) State Farm, Good Neighbor Citizenship
Company Program, in the approximate amount of $100,000; 2) Florida Department of
Transportation for the State Transportation Innovation Council Incentive Program; 3)
Florida Department of Transportation for The Accelerated Innovation Deployment
Demonstration Program; 4) Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, in the approximate
amount of $64,000, for the City's Homeless Outreach Program; and, 5) Miami-Dade
County, in the approximate amount of $20,000, for the FY 2015/16 Emergency Medical
Services grant; and, 6) Florida Junior Golf Council in the amount of$4,000.
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